Jan Behrmann

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Jan Behrmann

Jan Behrmann , complete Jan Hinrich Behrmann (born February 23, 1953 in Ingolstadt ) is a German geologist and university professor .

Scientific career

Jan Behrmann studied geology in Erlangen and graduated with a diploma in 1978 . In 1979 he was hired as a geologist at Esso Erz GmbH, Nuremberg . In the same year he received the "Florey European Studentship" from Queens's College, Oxford , England and stayed there until 1982. From 1982 to 1984 he was a project geologist for BP Minerals International plc, London , England. In 1983 he received a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, England. Between 1984 and 1986 he was a research assistant at the University of Tübingen , from 1986 to 1995 a member of the Academic Council at the University of Gießen and finally in 1995 he became Professor of Geology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . Jan Behrmann has been Professor of Marine Geodynamics at IFM-Geomar (today: GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) and at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel as well as a member of the “Future Ocean” cluster of excellence since 2006 .

honors and awards

  • 1979: Florey European Studentship, Queens's College, Oxford, England
  • 1987: Albert Maucher Prize - Geology

Research projects

  • 2004–2008 PetroTec, petrography , origin and geotechnical properties of sediments in the Chile Trench. (TIPTEQ joint project)
  • 2006–2008 DFG-SFB 574, Subduction Factory (Mechanisms of Subduction), SP A1: Tectonics , fluid flow and slope stability made visible by multi-scale imaging methods.
  • 2006–2009 FastSed, Structure , Strength and Physical Properties of Young Sediments, Ursa and Brazos-Trinity Basins, Gulf of Mexico . Laboratory study as part of the SSP "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IODP / ODP"
  • 2008–2010 Determination of rock textures by neutron diffraction and the relationship to petrophysical rock properties. Development and use of a neutron texture diffractometer at the IBR-2 reactor, Dubna, Russia.

Selected publications

  • Speckbacher, R., Behrmann, JH, Nagel, TJ, Stipp, M. and Mahlke, J. (2012) Fluid flow and metasomatic fault weakening in the Moresby Seamount detachment, Woodlark Basin, offshore Papua New Guinea Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13. Q11016. doi : 10.1029 / 2012GC004407 .
  • Nivière, B., Bruestle, A., Bertrand, G., Carretier, S., Behrmann, JH and Gourry, JC (2008) Active tectonics of the southeastern Upper Rhine Graben, Freiburg area (Germany) Quaternary Science Reviews, 27. pp. 541-555. doi : 10.1016 / j.quascirev.2007.11.018 .
  • Agar, SM, Prior, DJ and Behrmann, JH (1989) Back-scattered electron imagery of the tectonic fabrics of some fine-grained sediments: implications for fabric nomenclature and deformation processes Geology, 17. pp. 901-904. doi : 10.1130 / 0091-7613 (1989) 017 <0901: BSEIOT> 2.3.CO; 2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Curriculum Vitae, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, January 9, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Behrmann, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behrmann, Jan Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingolstadt