We are currently pursuing research in four broad themes:
Investigation of the exhumation mechanisms of the axial core of a collisional orogen, by means of structural analysis of brittle deformation and of thermochronology in the Eastern Alps (DFG, Rosenberg, Handy, Garcia
Relationship of the Andean orogeny to uplift of the Altiplano Plateau (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina) (DFG-SFB, Handy, Scheuber, Medvedev)
Fault Systems in Front of the Apulian Orogenic Indenter and their Role in Exhuming High Pressure Rocks in the Sesia Zone, Western Alpine Arc (DFG, Handy, Hammerschmidt, Oberhänsli, Rosenberg)
Exhumation Mechanisms of Middle and Lower Crust In the Eastern Alps (DFG, Rosenberg, Hammerschmidt, Handy)
Melt segregation and migration in ductile shear zones (DFG, Rosenberg, Handy)
Ascent and emplacement of granitic melts in the Earth’s crust (DFG, Rosenberg, Handy)
Migration of pressurized fluids along shear zones in deep continental crust (DFG, Handy, Rosenberg)
Oligo-miozäne Tektonik nördlich des Dolomitenindenters und ihre Beziehung zur Platznahme des Rieserferner Plutons (DFG, Handy, Rosenberg)