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	Uni.	Thesis topic	Advisors:
		x	x		BE	3D Evolution of Cockade Structures in the Grimsel Breccia Fault: An Earthquake proxy, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger, Prof. Thomas Pettke
	x	x			BE	Advanced pore scale geochemical modelling using machine learning algorithm, Details	Prof. Sergey Churakov
		x	x		BE	Alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) and cracking mechanisms of concrete structures (applied research project), Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger
			x		BE	Analogue modeling of geothermal systems along the Grimsel shear zone, Details	Prof. Guido Schreurs, Prof. Marco Herwegh
x	x		x		BE	Archean mountain building processes in 3D tectonic experiments, Details	Dr. Frank Zwaan, Prof. Nicolas Greber, Prof. Guido Schreurs
	x			x	BE	Characterization of a sustainable building material made of raw earth and hemp, Details	Dr. Guilhem Amin Douillet
		x	x		BE	Characterization of fluid accompanied deformation along thrust faults , Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger
	x		x		BE	Classification of chondritic meteorites from Oman using X-ray diffractometry., Details	Prof. Beda Hofmann, Dr. Urs Eggenberger
	x		x		BE	Crystal anisotropy, Details	Prof. Andrea Biedermann, Prof. Sergey Churakov
				x	BE	Environmental magnetism - Climate variation in lakes, Details	Prof. Andrea Biedermann
			x	x	BE	Frost weathering of alpine limestone rock faces, Details	Dr. David Mair, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Prof. Marco Herwegh
				x	BE	General topics in paleoclimatology, paleoenvironments and sedimentary geochemistry, Details	PD Dr. Hendrik Vogel
				x	BE	General topics in Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimatology, Details	Prof. Flavio Anselmetti
			x	x	BE	Geology, geomorphology, weathering and sediment transport in an Alpine drainage basin, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, PD Dr. Naki Akçar
		x	x		BE	Geometries of 3D Flow paths in fault-related hydrothermal systems, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger, Prof. Beda Hofmann
	x		x		BE	Himalaya gabbros: magmatic history and polymetamorphic evolution, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Pierre Lanari
				x	BE	Holocene rock avalanches and evolution of the polygenic cones in the Mont Blanc Massif, Details	PD Dr. Naki Akçar
	x				BE	Internally consistent thermodynamic databases, Details	Prof. Sergey Churakov
	x		x		FR	Iron distribution and behaviour in the HP-LT volcanoclastic rocks of the Ile de Groix, Details	PD Dr. Afifé El Korh
				x	BE	Lake Van seismites documenting 600'000 years of tectonic activity in Eastern Anatolia, Details	Prof. Flavio Anselmetti
x	x		x		BE	Magnetic properties of iron oxide exsolutions in silicates, Details	Prof. Andrea Biedermann
	x		x		BE	Magnetic signatures of serpentinization, Details	Prof. Andrea Biedermann, Prof. Jörg Hermann
	x	x	x		BE	Microstructural analysis in sedimentary rocks of the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory subjected to high-pressure squeezing experiments, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Martin Mazurek
			x		BE	Microstructure and fabric development in a gabbro of the Val Malenco, Details	Prof. Alfons Berger, Prof. Jörg Hermann
	x	x			BE	Mineral surface speciation at an atomic scale, Details	Dr. Konstantinos Karalis, Prof. Sergey Churakov
		x	x		BE	Multiscale 3D Fault Patterns and their Role for Seismic Activity in Switzerland, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh
x			x	x	FR	New projects in Carbonate Sedimentology, Details	Prof. Anneleen Foubert
x				x	FR	New projects in Macropaleontology, Details	Prof. Walter Joyce
x				x	FR	New projects in Micropaleontology, Details	Dr. Silvia Spezzaferri
				x	BE	Postglacial mass movements in the alpine valleys: a case study from Bernese Alps, Details	PD Dr. Naki Akçar
	x		x		BE	Pressure dependence for the compositions of accessory phases in the Bergell tonalite?, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Alfons Berger
	x		x		BE	Quantitative computational tomography applied to metamorphic rocks, Details	Prof. Pierre Lanari, Prof. Jörg Hermann
				x	BE	Quaternary glaciation reconstruction using drill cores from glacial overdeepenings in Northern Switzerland, Details	Dr. Marius W.E. Büchi, Prof. Flavio Anselmetti
	x	x			BE	Regression analysis of sorption data for evaluation of experimental uncertainties., Details	PD Dr. Georg Kosakowski, Prof. Sergey Churakov
		x			BE	Research topics in Environmental & Resource Geochemistry, Details	Prof. Larryn W. Diamond
				x	BE	Single-channel Airgun Reflection Seismics – Method opportunities and limitations in Austrian & Swiss Lakes, Details	Dr. Stefano Claudio Fabbri, Prof. Flavio Anselmetti
			x		BE	Sr isotopes in different vein types developed in a paleo-accretion wedge, Details	Prof. Alfons Berger, Dr. Martin Wille, Prof. Marco Herwegh
			x		BE	Stable Si-isotopes in seismic tectonites, Details	Dr. Martin Wille, Prof. Alfons Berger, Prof. Klaus Mezger
			x		BE	Storm deposits recorded by Molasse sequences, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger
	x	x			BE	Structural investigation of layered- and framework-structures phosphates, Details	Dr. Georgia Cametti, Prof. Sergey Churakov
	x		x		BE	Subduction zone history of an oceanic slab unit in the tectonic accretionary channel of the Alps, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Jörg Hermann
			x	x	BE	The Clavaniev Zone: A recent seismic fault system?, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger
			x		BE	The dynamics of conglomerate deposition in the Molasse Basin, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger
			x		BE	The Engadine Line - a neotectonically reactivated large-scale fault?, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. em. Christian Schlüchter
		x	x		BE	The fate of ophicarbonates from seafloor to beyond antigorite dehydration and the subduction zone carbon cycle, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Jörg Hermann
			x		BE	The formation and evolution of transfer faults in extensional settings, Details	Prof. Guido Schreurs
		x		x	BE	The geochemistry of chromium (Cr) in major Western European rivers, Details	Prof. Samuel Jaccard, Dr. Christoph Wanner, Dr. David J. Janssen
	x		x		BE	The reaction between tonalite and serpentinite in the Bergell contact aureole, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Daniela Rubatto
			x	x	BE	The Schwarzwasser fault system: Where is it? , Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Prof. Flavio Anselmetti
		x	x		BE	The subduction plate interface: Geodynamics, chemical cycling and more, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke
		x			BE	The thermal anomaly in the Gotthard highway tunnel, Details	PD Dr. Niklaus Waber, Dr. Christoph Wanner
	x		x		BE	Topics in meteoritics, Details	Prof. Beda Hofmann
x	x				BE	Trace element distribution in garnet: growth and diffusion, Details	Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Pierre Lanari, Prof. Jörg Hermann
	x	x	x		BE	Tracking the nature of the continental crust with modern analytical techniques, Details	Prof. Nicolas Greber, Prof. Klaus Mezger
	x	x	x		BE	Tracking the source and mineralization mechanism of Mo-deposits with in-situ Mo isotope measurements of molybdenite using Femtosecond-Laser Mass-Spectrometry, Details	Prof. Nicolas Greber
	x		x		BE	When lightning strikes: fulgurites in the Malenco serpentinite, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Daniela Rubatto