Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Christoph Janssen
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 3.2, Geomechanics and Rheology
Telegrafenberg, D 420
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1323
Fax: +49 331 288 1328
Mail: christoph.janssen@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Structural Geology, Fluid-rock interaction, Brittle deformation, Geochemistry, Seismology, Microstructures
Projects:
- MONGAN - Differentiation between locked and creeping segments of the Ganos fault
- SAFOD - Examining the relation between mineralogical and geochemical fault rock variations with deformation mechanisms in the San Andreas Fault Zone at SAFOD
- GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATORY CENTRAL ASIA – Landslide processes in the Southern Tienshan
Career:
- 1977 Diplom Geology, Bergakademie Freiberg
- 1983 Promotion Geology, Dr. rer. nat., Akademie der Wisenschaften Berlin
Experience:
- 1977 – 1992 Research Fellow at Zentralinstitut für Physik der Erde Potsdam
- 01/1992-08/92 MINERVA founded Research Fellow at Ben-Gurion University of the the Negev, Israel
- 1992-recent Senior Research Fellow at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
- 1995-1996 DAAD founded Research Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne
Awards:
- 1991 DFG travel grant; Melbourne University, Australia
- 1992 MINERVA Scholarship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- 1995-DAAD Scholarship, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Selected publications:
- Janssen, C., Michel, G.W. Bau, M., Lüders, V. and Mühle, K. (1997): The North Anatolian Fault Zone and the role of fluids for seismogenic deformation, Journal of Geolology 105, 387-403.
- Janssen, C., Laube, N. and Gray , D.R. (1998): Fluid regime in faulting deformation of the Waratah Fault Zone, Australia, as inferred from major and minor element analyses and stable isotopic signatures, Tectonophysics, 294, 109-130.
- Janssen, C., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Tauber, S. and Wilke, H. (2002): Internal structure of the Precordilleran fault system (Chile) - Insights from structural and geophysical observations. Journal of Structural Geology 24, 123-143.
- Janssen, C., Romer, R.L., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Kesten, D., Al-Zubi, H. (2004): The Dead Sea Transform: Evidences for a strong fault? Journal of Geology 112, 561-573.
- Janssen, C., Hoffmann-Rothe, A., Bohnhoff, M., Wetzel, U., Matar, A., Khatib, M.,and the DESERT Research Group (2007) Different styles of faulting deformation along the Dead Sea Transform and possible consequences for the recurrence of major earthquakes. Journal of Geodynamics, doi: 10.1016/j.jog.2007.01.002