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C3/Z2/Z3 Fieldwork 2019: “showers” in the desert
The joint fieldwork of the subprojects C3, Z2 and Z3 in February and March 2019 was successfully completed. We were able to conduct UAV-based flights over several surfaces, in particular with the... -
B2 - three field trips
In the subproject B2 we investigate the evolution of insects in arid environments with emphasis on desert specialist such as the hyperdiverse tenebrionid beetles and silverfish. In the last years,... -
European Geoscience Assembly 2019
With 5,531 oral presentation and 9,432 posters, the EGU General Assembly 2019 was one of the major events among the Geoscience community. Scientist from all over the globe gathered in Vienna to... -
CRC 1211 @ the EGU 2019
GM5.3/BG7.4/CL4.38/PS4.7 Earth - Evolution at the dry limit (co-organized) Convener: Tibor J. Dunai Co-conveners: Eduardo Campos , Cristina Dorador , Claudia Knief , Laura Evensta Water is the... -
B1 – field work completed
During this year’s late summer, B01 undertook the fourth field trip to the Atacama Desert, which at the same time completed the overall field campaign of phase 1. During these field trips Tim... -
Master Excursion to the Atacama Desert and high Andes
A Master-Student excursion for the students from the University of Cologne was conducted during end of September till mid of October to the Atacama Desert and the high Andes. In total up to 16... -
Bárbara Blanco Arrué joins the CRC
We welcome Bárbara Blanco Arrué - a PhD student from Chile. She has started her PhD Program in the Applied Geophysics Group with Bülent Tezkan & Pritam Yogeshwar at the Institute of Geophysics and... -
Scientific Guest from Chile
PhD student Sebastian Munoz - July to October 2018 Due to the new scientific collaboration between the Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) and the Collaborative Research Centre 1211... -
Field campaign of C4 and D3
Members of the CRC 1211 subprojects C04 and D03 carried out another successful field trip in September 2018. To better understand the atmospheric deposition of Sulfates and Nitrates in the Atacama... -
Student excursion to North and Central Chile
In September, we conducted an excursion with 20 geography students from the RWTH Aachen University to northern Chile against the background of our research project C2 within the CRC 1211 "Earth -... -
Geophysical survey clay pans 2018 - Project A2
After 7 days of intense fieldwork we finished the geophysical survey in the claypan PAG south of the Río Loa. Together with colleagues from the Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology of the UoC... -
Fieldwork 2018 by project C2 – 03.03 to 09.04.2018
In April 2018, the members of the subproject C2 successfully completed the second field trip to the westernmost part of the Atacama Desert. While fieldwork in 2017 dealt with coastal alluvial fans... -
CRC 1211 at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) 2018
General Assembly in Vienna The EGU General Assembly took place from the 09-13.04.2018 in Vienna with up to 15,075 scientists from 106 countries (EGU, 2018). The CRC 1211 was represented by in total... -
All weather stations established
During the long and intensive joined field campaign of C3, Z2 and Z3 in February and March 2018, further 10 weather stations were established. The southern transect at 25.1°S and the northern... -
Remote sensing station in the Atacama desert at the Airport of Iquique/Chile
The Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology installed successfully a remote sensing station in the Atacama desert at the Airport of Iquique/Chile. The group of Integrated Remote Sensing under Prof... -
CRC1211 on Instagram and in 'Kölner Universitätsmagazin'
{/jb_icon-calendar} 12 March 2018 The next few days we will share with you the exiting research conducted by our university in the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Desert stretches from the north of... -
CRC1211 - February Conference
First CRC 1211 gathering in 2018 at the Schlosshotel Domäne Walberberg in Bornheim, Germany,from Monday, 5th of February 2018 to Wednesday, 7th of February 2018. © 2018 Oliver Bödeker © 2018 Oliver... -
CRC1211 at the AGU Fall Meeting 2017
The traditional venue undergoing renovations, the American Geophysical Union hold its annual Fall Meeting for the first time in its history not in San Francisco but in New Orleans, Louisiana. With... -
News from the PAG Drilling Team
After a few difficult days with several attempts to drill and recover the sediments of the clay pan PAG, the team reached 41m with full recovery. The tough environment and sediments brought some... -
Scientific meeting with SERNAGEOMIN
On Friday the 6th of October, geologist from the Chilenean Geological Survey (SERNAGEOMIN, Paulina Vasquez and Fernando Sepulveda Vasquez), from the UCN (Eduardo Campus), from the US (Tereca Jordan)... -
Official ceremony and execution of the Memorandum of Understanding
On Friday the 16.09.2017 the Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) represented by the rector of the UCN Jorge Tabilo Álvarez and the CRC1211, represented by Prof. Tibor Dunai ceremonial signed the... -
Second field campaign of D3
In September 2017 we carried out our second field trip to the Atacama Desert to investigate the local hydrological situation at the Salar de Llamara and the Salar de Huasco. Investigations at the... -
Second field campaign of Z2 and Z3 ...
... with focus on the installation of weather stations, the realization of irrigation experiments, and the installation of dust sampling devices. During the second field campaign in... -
Scientific Field Work with Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN – Antofagasta) and University of Cologne
During the 10-15 of September, a small group of geologists from Chile and Germany, represented by Prof. Eduardo Campos, Prof. Rodrigo Riquelme, Sebastian Muñoz (all UCN) and Prof. Tibor Dunai and... -
Start Drilling PAG
Starting on Wednesday the 11th of October scientist from cluster project A02 (Volker Wennrich, Damian Lopez, Alicia Medialdea Utande, Julia Diederich, Emma Fernandez-Galego, Ascelina Hasberg)... -
Two data grants approved for Z2
Two grants were approved for the Z2 project, which is very much appreciated. The first grant is the TanDEM-X Global DEM for the whole study area by the TanDEM-X Science Team. This very accurate... -
Fieldwork 2017 CRC 1211 – The workshop aftermath
Mostly all groups within the CRC 1211 used their stay after the kick-off workshop for their field work. More than 12 groups with in total more than 60 scientists sampled, measured and discussed in... -
CRC 1211 Kick-off Workshop, Hornitos (Chile) 13-14.03.2017
In March 2017, the first kick-off workshop of the CRC1211 “Earth Evolution at the Dry Limit” took place at Hornitos, Chile. Short talks given by researchers from Germany of each cluster and... -
Introduction Field Campaign – 05.03-12.03.2017
In March 2017, a mixed group of 36 researchers from all CRC1211 projects (Biology, Geophysics, Meteorology, Geography, Geology) participate an 8-day introduction field campaign guided by Prof. Tibor...
Contact
| Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tibor J. Dunai Institute of Geology and Mineralogy | University of Cologne Zülpicher Str. 49b | 50674 Cologne +49 (0)221 470-3229 | tdunai@uni-koeln.de |
Managing Director: Christian Tiede Institute of Geology and Mineralogy | University of Cologne Zülpicher Str. 49b | 50674 Cologne +49 (0)221 470-89833 | christian.tiede@uni-koeln.de |
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| Deputy Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Melles Institute of Geology and Mineralogy | University of Cologne Zülpicher Str. 49a | 50674 Cologne +49 (0)221 470-2262 | mmelles@uni-koeln.de |
Webmaster: Tim Schlüter Institute of Geography | University of Cologne Otto-Fischer-Str. 4 | 50674 Cologne +49 (0)221 470-3735 | webmaster@sfb1211.de |
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