Department Applied Geosciences and Geophysics
Organisational unit: Departments and Institutes
Research output
- 2025
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Tracing metal sources in orogenic gold deposits of the Timburu Goldfield, Meratus, Indonesia: A Geochemical and Statistical Approach
Hakim, A. Y. A., Dijkstra, A. H., Melcher, F., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Feichter, M., 14 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Asian earth sciences. 285.2025, 15 May, 20 p., 106561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Seltene Erden: Eigentlich kein Problem
Melcher, F., 11 Mar 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Transfer
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Das Anthropozän – Frank Melcher zum ‘Erdzeitalter des Menschen’
Melcher, F., 10 Mar 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Transfer
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Navigating the Mining Industry Challenges: An Introduction to the CERA 4in1 Standards
Nowaz, T., Fernandez Munoz, P., Förster, L., Tost, M., Monfort Climent, D., Olmos Betin, S. & Melcher, F., 14 Feb 2025, In: Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte : BHM. 170.2025, 2, p. 108-115 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Formation of uranium-, vanadium- and chromium-bearing reduction spheroids in karst bauxite of the Unterlaussa mining district (Austria)
Hampl, F., Dunkl, I., Schmidt, B. C., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Melcher, F., 10 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of geochemical exploration. 272.2025, May, 17 p., 107709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Pelsonian and Illyrian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) ammonoid faunas from the Bulog Group of Kovčezi, Durmitor Mountain, Dinarides (northern Montenegro)
Đaković, M., Mrdak, M. & Gawlick, H.-J., 21 Jan 2025, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 118.2025, 1, p. 1-40 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Horgen-Käpfnach, the largest Swiss coal deposit: Geology, petrology and geochemistry
Sachsenhofer, R. F., Aghayeva, V., Ajuaba, S., Kojić, I., Misch, D. & Stojanović, K., 6 Jan 2025, In: International journal of coal geology. 299.2025, 12 February, 20 p., 104684.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
- 2024
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Integrated Rock Mass Characterization of the Lower Continental Crust Along the ICDP-DIVE 5071_1_B Borehole in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone
Li, J., Caspari, E., Greenwood, A., Pierdominici, S., Lemke, K., Venier, M., Kück, J., Baron, L., Pistone, M., Petri, B., Ziberna, L. & Hetényi, G., 18 Dec 2024, In: Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems. 25.2024, 12, 26 p., e2024GC011707.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Ore Deposits
Melcher, F., 1 Dec 2024, Mixed Reality Handbooks for Mining Engineers. Graz, Vol. 1. p. 131-137Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Education
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Pressure–temperature–time and REE mineral evolution in low- to medium-grade polymetamorphic units (Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps)
Hollinetz, M. S., Huet, B., Schneider, D., McFarlane, C. R. M., Schuster, R., Rantitsch, G., Schantl, P., Iglseder, C., Reiser, M. & Grasemann, B., 27 Nov 2024, In: European journal of mineralogy. 36.2024, 6, p. 943-983 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Consistent crystal orientation of core and rim pyrites indicates an epitaxial growth of rim in Carlin-type gold deposits
Xiao, J., Xie, Z., Xia, Y., Gopon, P. & Tan, Q., 17 Nov 2024, In: Geoscience Frontiers. 16.2025, 1, 12 p., 101966.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Geochemical aspects on formation processes of vein-hosted pyrite in the Carboniferous-Permian rocks of the Karavanke/Karawanken tunnel, northwestern Slovenia
Soster, A., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V. & Ravnjak, M., 7 Nov 2024, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 117.2024, 1, p. 195-206 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Nanoscale Characteristics of Carlin-Type Auriferous Pyrite from the Nadaleen Trend, Yukon
Holley, E. A., Jilly-Rehak,, C., Sack, P., Phillips, D. L. & Gopon, P., 1 Nov 2024, In: Economic Geology (Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists). 117.2024, 7, p. 1643-1666 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Unraveling mudstone compaction at microscale: A combined approach of nanoindentation mapping and machine learning data analysis
Shi, X., Misch, D., Skerbisch, L., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Žák, S., Cordill, M. & Kiener, D., Nov 2024, In: Marine and petroleum geology. 169.2024, November, 16 p., 107083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Hydrocarbon potential and depositional environment of the Middle Miocene Balikpapan Formation, lower Kutai Basin, Indonesia: Sedimentology, calcareous nannofossil, organic geochemistry, and organic petrography integrated approach
Jamaluddin, Wagreich, M., Schöpfer, K., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Maria, J. P. & Rahmawati, D., 17 Oct 2024, In: International journal of coal geology. 293.2024, 17 October, 19 p., 104591.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and pyrite chemistry in stratiform sediment-hosted Cu(-Co) metallogenic districts: trace element characteristics and factors controlling polymetallic mineralization
Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Foltyn, K., Muchez, P., Rantitsch, G., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 12 Oct 2024, In: Mineralium deposita. ??? Stand: 17.März 2025, ??? Stand: 17.März 2025, 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Ins Blaue hinein
Melcher, F., 5 Oct 2024, Schaan, LiechtensteinResearch output: Other contribution › Transfer
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Hydrogen induced changes in the phase composition and micro-structure of downhole cements: Fundamental research within the context of underground hydrogen storage
Sammer, T., Kostoglou, N., Ravi, K. & Raith, J. G., 3 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 89.2024, 4, p. 1166–1175 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Correction: Middle Triassic stepwise deepening and stratigraphic condensation associated with Illyrian volcanism in the Durmitor Mountain, Montenegro
Mrdak, M., Đaković, M., Gawlick, H.-J., Djerić, N., Bucur, I. I., Sudar, M., Milic, M. & Čađenović, D., 27 Sept 2024, In: Facies. 70.2024, 6 p., 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Alteration zones as exploration parameter for stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag-Ba deposits in the Graz Paleozoic (Eastern Alps, Austria)
Rohrhofer, S., Geringer, A., Melcher, F. & Schuster, R., 26 Sept 2024, In: Berg- und hüttenmännische Monatshefte : BHM. 169.2024, 10, p. 567-576 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
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Comparative Study of Sulfides from Porphyry, Skarn, and Carbonate-Replacement Mineralization at the Recsk Porphyry-Mineralized Complex, Hungary
Biró, M., Raith, J. G., Feichter, M., Hencz, M., Kiss, G. B., Virág, A. & Molnàr, F., 21 Sept 2024, In: Minerals. 14.2024, 9, 26 p., 956.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Multistep evolution of harzburgitic mantle underneath pipe 200 kimberlite, northern Lesotho: a study on xenoliths and their implication on diamond-barren nature of pipe 200 kimberlite
Khan, S., Kovàcs, I. J., Federtchouk, Y., Feichter, M., Szabò, C. & Tóth, T. M., 19 Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Earth Sciences. 113.2024, 7*October, p. 1689–1713 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Active seismic surveys for drilling target characterization in Ossola Valley: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) project Drilling the Ivrea–Verbano zonE (DIVE) phase I
MOS field team, 2 Sept 2024, In: Scientific Drilling. 33.2024, 2, p. 219-236 18 p., 33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Mapping the composite nature of clay matrix in mudstones: integrated micromechanics profiling by high-throughput nanoindentation and data analysis
Shi, X., Misch, D., Žák, S., Cordill, M. & Kiener, D., 14 Aug 2024, In: Geomechanics and geophysics for geo-energy and geo-resources. 10.2024, 25 p., 139.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Insight into Carbon Black and Silica Fume as Cement Additives for Geoenergy Wells: Linking Mineralogy to Mechanical and Physical Properties
Sammer, T., Nasiri, A., Kostoglou, N., Ravi, K. & Raith, J., 8 Aug 2024, In: C – journal of carbon research. 10.2024, 3, 22 p., 71.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Middle Triassic stepwise deepening and stratigraphic condensation associated with Illyrian volcanism in the Durmitor Mountain, Montenegro
Mrdak, M., Đaković, M., Gawlick, H.-J., Djeric, N., Bucur, I. I., Sudar, M., Milic, M. & Čađenović, D., 23 Jul 2024, In: Facies. 70.2024, 31 p., 10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Geomechanical characterization and mineralogical correlation of compositionally diverse world-class Kazakhstani source rocks: Insights from nanoindentation testing
Nurbekova, R., Shi, X., Hazlett, R., Misch, D., Fustic, M. & Sachsenhofer, R., 15 Jul 2024, In: International journal of coal geology. 289.2024, 15 July, 19 p., 104545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Seismic structure of the Balmuccia Peridotite from a high-resolution refraction and reflection survey
Pasiecznik, D., Greenwood, A., Bleibinhaus, F. & Hetényi, G., 10 Jul 2024, In: Geophysical journal international. 238.2024, 3, p. 1612-1625 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Metal impact and vaporization on the Moon’s surface: nano-geochemical insights into the source of lunar metals
Gopon, P., Douglas, J., Gardner, H., Moody, M., Wood, B., Halliday, A. & Wade, J., Jul 2024, In: Meteoritics and planetary science. 59.2024, 7, p. 1775-1789 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Polymetallic tungsten skarn mineralisation related to the Periadriatic intrusion at Lienzer Schlossberg, East Tyrol, Austria
Raith, J., Hutter, F., Altenberger, F., Weilbold, J., Auer, C., Krause, J., Berndt, J. & Neinavaie, H., 22 Jun 2024, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 117.2024, 1, p. 87-112 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Confocal Raman spectroscopic study of melt inclusions from peridotite xenoliths in economic and barren kimberlites from Kaapvaal Craton
Khan, S., Federtchouk, Y., Feichter, M. & Tóth, T. M., 16 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 55.2024, 10, p. 1090-1104 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Multiphase evolution of fluids in the Rudnik hydrothermal-skarn deposit (Serbia): new constraints from study of quartz-hosted fluid inclusions
Petrovic, S., Bakker, R. J., Cvetkovic, V. & Jelenkovic, R., 8 Jun 2024, In: Mineralogy and Petrology. 118.2024, September, p. 461-482 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Influence of broad ion beam polishing on the surface roughness of hydrated cement paste and its implications on microstructural analysis
Sammer, T., Shi, X., Khan, M. Z., Matkovic, A., Teichert, C. & Raith, J., 1 Jun 2024, In: Cement and concrete research. 182.2024, August, 11 p., 107555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond Hot Air.
Saxinger, G., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Jensen, E. M., Kowasch, M., Melcher, F. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Multi-proxy record of the Austrian Upper Triassic Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte in light of the Carnian Pluvial Episode
Lukeneder, A., Lukeneder, P., Sachsenhofer, R., Roghi, G. & Rigo, M., 21 May 2024, In: Scientific reports (e-only). 14.2024, 1, 21 p., 11194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Student perspectives on the Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria
Kowasch, M., Baumann, C., Batterbury, S. P., Melcher, F., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Time for green extractivism in the EU?
Kowasch, M., Melcher, F., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Lesser, P., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Constraining the stress field and its variability at the BedrettoLab: Elaborated hydraulic fracture trace analysis
Bröker, K., Ma, X., Zhang, S., Doonechaly, N. G., Hertrich, M., Klee, G., Greenwood, A., Caspari, E. & Giardini, D., 10 May 2024, In: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 178.2024, June, 17 p., 105739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Raman Spectroscopy of carbonaceous material thermometry in the Carnic Alps (Austria, Italy)
Rantitsch, G., 10 May 2024, In: Austrian journal of earth sciences. 117.2024, 1, p. 73-86 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “From abandoned mines to carbon sinks: Assessing the CO2 storage capacity of Austrian low-rank coal deposits” [International Journal of Coal Geology 286 (2024) 1–13/104495]
Safaei Farouji , M., Misch, D., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Rauscher, M. & Kostoglou, N., 6 May 2024, In: International journal of coal geology. 287.2024, 29 May, 1 p., 104520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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High-cellulose content of in-situ Miocene fossil tree stumps and trunks from Lusatia lignite mining district, Federal Republic of Germany
Kus, J., Dolezych, M., Schneider, W., Hower, J. C., Hofmann, T., Visiné Rajczi, E., Bidló, A., Bolodár-Varga, B., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Bechtel, A., Stojanović, K., Životić, D., Kojić, I., Mastalerz, M., Graupner, T., Lukens, W. E. & Donaldson, L., 6 May 2024, In: International journal of coal geology. 286.2024, 6 May, 41 p., 104494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Geodynamic Significance of Continental UHP Exhumation: New Constraints From the Tso Morari Complex, NW Himalaya
Bidgood, A., Parsons, A., Roberts, N., Waters, D., Tapster, S. & Gopon, P., 26 Apr 2024, In: Tectonics. 43.2024, 5, 31 p., e2023TC007976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Fracture network characterisation of the Balmuccia peridotite using drone-based photogrammetry, implications for active-seismic site survey for scientific drilling
Menegoni, N., Panara, Y., Greenwood, A., Mariani, D., Zanetti, A. & Hetényi, G., 24 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 16.2024, 10, p. 3961-3981 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Seismic while drilling with a diamond drill bit in project DIVE DT-1B borehole in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Western Alps, Italy)
Trabi, B., Bleibinhaus, F. & Greenwood, A., 17 Apr 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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Types and quantities of Critical Raw Materials needed to meet growing demands in the European Union and worldwide
Melcher, F., 5 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Transfer
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Too much consumption – too little resources?! Types and quantities of Critical Raw Materials needed to meet growing demands on the globe
Melcher, F., 3 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Transfer
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The Toarcian Posidonia Shale at Salem (North Alpine Foreland Basin; South Germany): hydrocarbon potential and paleogeography
Ajuaba, S., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Galasso, F., Garlichs, T. U., Groß, D., Schneebeli-Hermann, E., Misch, D. & Oriabure, J. E., 27 Mar 2024, In: International Journal of Earth Sciences. 113.2024, November, p. 2093-2130 38 p., 102989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Comprehensive Investigation of the Relationship between Fractures and Oil Production in a Giant Fractured Carbonate Field
Kharrat, R., Kadkhodaie, A., Azizmohammadi, S., Misch, D., Moghadasi, J., Fardin, H., Saedi, G., Rokni, R. & Ott, H., 22 Mar 2024, In: Processes : open access journal. 12.2024, 4, 20 p., 631.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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From abandoned mines to carbon sinks: Assessing the CO2 storage capacity of Austrian low-rank coal deposits
Safaei Farouji, M., Misch, D., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Rauscher, M. & Kostoglou, N., 20 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International journal of coal geology. 286.2024, 6 May, 15 p., 104495.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Impact of the Bohemian Spur on the Cooling and Exhumation Pattern of the Eastern Alpine Wedge of the European Alps
Heberer, B., Salcher, B. C., Tari, G., Wessely, G., Dunkl, I., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Wagreich, M. & von Hagke, C., 18 Mar 2024, In: Tectonics. 43.2024, 3, 25 p., e2023TC008005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review