Tobias Stephan
Variscan tectonics and Early Palaeozoic evolution of Gondwana
Email Address
Tobias [dot] Stephangeo [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de
Postal Address
Germany
phone: ++49 3731 393748
Scientific Work
3D modelling of the Erzgebirge-Vogtland-Fichtelgebirge granites
- Structural evolution of the Schwarzburg antiform (Saxo-Thuringian Zone, Variscides)
- 3D modelling of the metamorphic complex Erzgebirge-Vogtland-Fichtelgebirge (Saxo-Thuringian Zone, Variscides)
- Provenance analyses using multivariate statistical methods
- Palaeogeographic reconstruction of the pre-Pangaean plates via GPlates
- Trigger mechanisms of earthquake swarms in NW Bohemia
Multi-dimensional scaling coupled with density-based clustering of detrital Zircon U-Pb age spectra.
Projects
Publications
Stephan, T., Kroner, U., Romer, R. L., Rösel, D. (2019): From a bipartite Gondwana shelf zo an arcuate Variscan belt: the Early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana. Earth-Science Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.03.012
Heinicke, J., Stephan, T., Alexandrakis, C., Gaupp, R., Buske, S. (2019): Alteration as possible cause for transition from brittle failure to aseismic slip: the case of the NW-Bohemia / Vogtland earthquake swarm region. Journal of Geodynamics 124, pp. 79-92, DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2019.01.010
Stephan, T., Kroner, U., Romer, R. L. (2019): The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwana crust. Geological Magazine 156(2), pp. 281-307, DOI: 10.1017/S0016756818000031
Stephan, T., Kroner, U., Hahn, T., Hallas, P., Heuse, T. (2016): Fold/Cleavage Relationships as Indicator for Sinistral Transpression in the Rheno-Hercynian - Saxo-Thuringian Boundary Zone, Central European Variscides. Tectonophysics 681, pp. 250-262, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.03.005
Theses
Doctoral Thesis: Paleogeographic and Structural Control on the Arcuate Variscan Belt
Master´s Thesis: Variscan Tectonics of the Schwarzburg Unit (Saxo-Thuringian Zone): from a Transform Plate Boundary Zone to an Orogenic Wedge. supervised by PD Dr. Uwe Kroner and Dr. Thomas Heuse