Benita-Lisette Sonntag
Benita-Lisette Sonntag
PhD student
Contact information:
TU Bergakademie FreibergInstitut für GeologieBernhard-von-Cotta-Str. 209599 FreibergGermany

Research interests:
PhD project:
Tibetan Plateau Fomation (TiP): Tracing material flow around the East-Himalayan syntaxis
The Pamir-Tibet-Himalaya orogen was created 50 Ma ago with the collision between the Indian and the Eurasian plates. Whereas the margins of the orogen are contractional or show strike-slip deformation, most of the orogen shows E-W extension. Our project concerns the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis (Namche Barwa), which is characterized by clockwise rotation of material around the northeastern corner of the Indian plate. In this lateral flow scenario, the major structures are N-trending strike-slip shear zones within the Gaoligong Shan, Chong Shan and Diangcan Shan (Shan = Mountain).
Diploma thesis (Geography):
"Geochronologie und REM-Analytik der Schwermineralseife im Seufzergründel bei Hinterhermsdorf (Sächsische Schweiz) unter Berücksichtigung der periglazialen Reliefformung." ("Geochronology and EDX analysis of a heavy mineral placer in the Seufzergründel near Hinterhermsdorf (Saxony Switzerland) considering periglacial relief formation.")