Earth Sciences at the University of Fribourg

Bern-Fribourg Master in Earth Sciences

Master Thesis Topics (Module D)

List with current offer of Master Thesis Topics (pdf, 1MB)

Specialities:

ELE: Earth and Life Evolution, EM: Earth Materials, ERG: Environmental & Resource Geochemistry, GEOL: Geology, PAQS: Pure & Applied Quaternary Sciences

ELE	EM	ERG	GEOL	PAQS	Thesis topic	Advisors:
			x		A monometamorphic wedge between basement blocks of the central Sesia Zone (Val Chiusella - Val Soana, Italy), Details	Prof. Martin Engi, Dr. Afifé El Korh
x					Biodiversity of benthic foraminifera in the Pacific Ocean: A collaboration with the Tara Ocean Expedition., Details	Dr. Silvia Spezzaferri
			x		Caucasus in Russia - N-S tectonic section, Details	Prof. Jon Mosar
				x	Climate reconstruction on stalagmites from Switzerland, Details	Prof. Dominik Fleitmann
			x		Control of pre-existing mechanical anisotropies on the active erosion in the Hasli valley, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, PD Marco Herwegh
			x		Deformation at the transition crystalline basement - sedimentary cover (Aar massif), Details	PD Marco Herwegh
			x		Eigenschaften und Häufigkeit von Sturmablagerungen in der oberen UMM, Details	Prof. Karl Ramseyer, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger
			x		Evolution of the Glacier-Rafrey Klippe (Val Clavalité, Italy), Details	Prof. Martin Engi, Dr. Martin Robyr
			x	x	Geology, geomorphology, weathering and sediment transport in an Alpine drainage basin near Chur, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Dr. Kevin Norton (New Zealand), Toufik Bekaddour
			x		Highly deformed Verrucano rocks in the hanging wall of the Glarus thrust, Details	Prof. Adrian Pfiffner, PD Marco Herwegh
	x				Kinetics of chlorite dehydration, Details	Prof. Bernard Grobéty
x					Meteorites and meteorite weathering in Arabia, Details	PD Dr. Beda Hofmann, Dr. Edwin Gnos (Geneva)
x	x				Microbial fossils in a quartz-rich rock from Piz Alv/Bernina, GR, Details	PD Dr. Beda Hofmann
x					Micropaleontology benthic foraminifera from cold-water coral ecosystems to investigate their response to environmental conditions, Details	Dr. Silvia Spezzaferri
			x		Molasse "basins" in the Jura: Tectonosedimentary setting, Details	Prof. Jon Mosar
			x		Neotectonis indicated by longitudinal profiles of major rivers (Rhine, Reuss, Aar, Rhone), Details	Prof. Adrian Pfiffner
x		x	x		New isotope geoscience projects, Details	Prof. Thomas Nägler, Prof. Igor Villa
	x				Oxygen diffusion in nanoceramics: BSCF membranes, Details	Prof. Bernard Grobéty, Frank Clemens (EMPA Dübendorf)
x			x		Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Jura platform in the Late Jurassic , Details	Prof. André Strasser
		x	x		Porosity enhancement in the Buntsandstein for geothermal energy: Is this possible?, Details	Prof. Karl Ramseyer, Prof. Larryn Diamond, Dr. Hansruedi Bläsi
				x	Quantifying and mapping of erosion rates in sedimentary terrains based on anatomical changes in exposed roots, Details	Dr. Markus Stoffel, Dr. Christophe Corona
				x	Quartärgeologie "Unteres Suhretal" (Kt. Aargau), Details	Dr. Naki Akçar, Dr. Andreas Gautschi, Prof. Christian Schlüchter
				x	Quartärgeologie "Val Nendaz" (Kt. Wallis), Details	Dr. Naki Akçar, Prof. Christian Schlüchter
				x	Reconstruction of reactivations of the Pra Bellon landslide (Ubaye valley, French Alps) and risk assessment, Details	Dr. Markus Stoffel, Dr. Christophe Corona
		x			Research topics in Environmental & Resource Geochemistry, Details	Prof. Larryn Diamond
				x	Rock glacier activity in the Tien Shan mountains, Central Asia: a reconstruction based on tree rings and aerial photographs, Details	Dr. Markus Stoffel, Annina Sorg
				x	Rutschungen im Gurnigel: raum-zeitliche Analyse und Auslösungsmechanismen, Details	Dr. Markus Stoffel, Dr. Michelle Bollschweiler, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger
				x	Sand und Kies als Betonzuschlagstoffe und die AAR-Problematik, Details	Dr. Naki Akçar, Martin Stolz, Prof. Christian Schlüchter
x			x		Sedimentary history at the transition from the Lower Freshwater Molasse to the Upper Marine Molasse, Details	Prof. André Strasser
		x			Source of uranium in soils in Graubünden, Details	Dr. Philipp Steinmann, Dr. Urs Eggenberger, Prof. Larryn Diamond
			x		Strike-slip faulting in the Jura, Details	Prof. Jon Mosar
			x		Structural and geomorphological investigations in the central Jura., Details	PD Guido Schreurs, Dr. Jon Mosar
			x		Synsedimentary Tectonics in the Subalpine Molasse, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Prof. Adrian Pfiffner, PD Marco Herwegh
			x	x	The Flims Rockfall, Details	Prof. Adrian Pfiffner, PD Marco Herwegh
x	x				The Twannberg meteorite fall and it's relation to glacial deposits, Details	PD Dr. Beda Hofmann
	x				Thermal behavior of ceramic and cement materials: the cause of anisotropic thermal expansion , Details	Prof. Thomas Armbruster, Dr. Biljana Lazic
	x				Thermal behavior of minerals: the cause of anisotropic thermal expansion , Details	Prof. Thomas Armbruster, Dr. Biljana Lazic
	x				Thermal transformation of amphibole asbestos, Details	Prof. Bernard Grobéty
	x				Volcanic Aerosols, Details	Prof. Bernard Grobéty, Tullio Ricci, (INGV, Italy)
			x		Wildflysch underneath the Glarus thrust: tectonic or sedimentary origin?, Details	PD Marco Herwegh, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger