Professur für Allgemeine Geologie

Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter

Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Experimentelle Gesteinsdeformation
• Hochdynamische Geoprozesse
• Planetare Geologie
• Stoßwellenmetamorphose
• Strukturgeologie von Impaktkratern

Wissenschaftliche Projekte und Forschungsvorhaben

• Atlas der terrestrischen Impaktkrater
  • Projektleitung: Manfred Gottwald (DLR), Kenkmann T, Uwe Reimold (University Brasilia)
  • Laufzeit: 01.06.2017 bis 30.06.2019
  • Details zum Projekt
• Confirmation of two new impact craters in the Republic of the Congo
  • Projektleitung: Wulf G
  • Laufzeit: 12.01.2017 bis 12.01.2018
  • Details zum Projekt
• Die Bildung des Peak Rings in Chicxulub: Entschlüsselung des Deformationspfads und des gesteinsmechanischen Verhaltens
  • Projektleitung: Poelchau M H, Kenkmann T
  • Laufzeit: 01.10.2017 bis 01.09.2020
  • Details zum Projekt
• Schnelle Deformation in Gestein: ein Vergleich spröden Versagens in seismogenen Störungszonen, Impaktkratern und Split-Hopkinson Bar Experimenten.
  • Projektleitung: Kenkmann T, Agarwal A
  • Laufzeit: 01.02.2017 bis 31.05.2019
  • Details zum Projekt
• Strain-rate dependent brittle deformation of rocks during impact cratering: Linking mechanical data and microstructure
  • Projektleitung: Kenkmann T, Schäfer F
  • Laufzeit: 11.06.2018 bis 10.06.2021
  • Details zum Projekt

Wissenschaftliche Publikationen

• Agarwal A, Lied P: Overturned jointed non-sheared granite block emplaced on sheared non-jointed Alum shale. Int J Earth Sci, 2018; 107 (7): 2463-2464. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-018-1610-1.
• Carl E R, Liermann H P, Ehm L, Danilewsky A, Kenkmann T: Phase transitions of α‐quartz at elevated temperatures under dynamic compression using a membrane‐driven diamond anvil cell: Clues to impact cratering? Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1687-1695. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13077
• Christeson G L, Gulick S P S, Morgan J V, Gebhardt C, Kring D A, Le Ber E, Lofi J, Nixon C, Poelchau M H, Rae A S P, Rebolledo-Vieyra M, Riller U, Schmitt D R, Wittmann A, Bralower T J, Chenot E, Claeys P, Cockell C S, Coolen M J L, Ferrière L, Green S, Goto K, Jones H, Lowery C M, Mellett C, Ocampo-Torres R, Perez-Cruz L, Pickersgill A E, Rasmussen C, Sato H, Smit J, Tikoo S M, Tomioka N, Urrutia-Fucugauchi J, Whalen M T, Xiao L, Yamaguchi K E: Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364 Earth Planet Sc Lett, 2018; 495: 1-11. : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.013
• Ebert M, Kowitz A, Schmitt R T, Reimold W U, Mansfeld U, Langenhorst F: Localized shock‐induced melting of sandstone at low shock pressures (<17.5 GPa): An experimental study. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1633-1643. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12948
• Gulde M, Kortmann L, Ebert M, Watson E, Wilk J, Schäfer F: Robust optical tracking of individual ejecta particles in hypervelocity impact experiments. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1696-1704. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12958
• Hamann C, Fazio A, Ebert M, Hecht L, Wirth R, Folco L, Deutsch A, Reimold W U: Silicate liquid immiscibility in impact melts. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1594-1632. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12907
• Kenkmann T, Deutsch A, Thoma K, Ebert M, Poelchau M H, Buhl E, Carl E R, Danilewsky A, Dresen G, Dufresne A, Durr N, Ehm L, Grosse C, Gulde M, Güldemeister N, Hamann C, Hecht L, Hiermaier S, Hoerth T., Kowitz A, Langenhorst F, Lexow B, Liermann H P, Luther R, Mansfeld U, Moser D, Raith M, Reimold W U, Sauer M, Schäfer F, Schmitt R T, Sommer F, Wilk J, Winkler R, Wünnemann K: Experimental impact cratering: A summary of the major results of the MEMIN research unit. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1543-1568. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13048
• Kenkmann T, Sundell K A, Cook D: Evidence for a large Paleozoic Impact Crater Strewn Field in the Rocky Mountains. Sci Rep-uk, 2018; 8 (13246). : http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31655-4
• Kenkmann T, Wulf G: Impact Cratering. In Pio Rossi, A. and van Gasselt, S. (eds.) Planetary Geology, 2018: 123-145.
• Krüger T, Hergarten S, Kenkmann T: Deriving morphometric parameters and the simple‐to‐complex transition diameter from a high resolution, global database of fresh lunar impact craters (D ≥ ~ 3 km). J Geophys Res-planet, 2018; 0. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005545
• Lowery C M, Bralower T J, Owens J D, Rodríguez-Tovar F J, Jones H, Smit J, Whalen M T, Claeys P, Farley K, Gulick S P S, Morgan J V, Green S, Chenot E, Christeson G L, Cockell C S, Coolen M J L, Ferrière L, Gebhardt C, Goto K, Kring D A, Lofi J, Ocampo-Torres R, Perez-Cruz L, Pickersgill A E, Poelchau M H, Rae A S P, Rasmussen C, Rebolledo-Vieyra M, Riller U, Sato H, Tikoo S M, Tomioka N, Urrutia-Fucugauchi J, Vellekoop J, Wittmann A, Xiao L, Yamaguchi K E, Zylberman W: Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction Nature, 2018; 558: 288-291. : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0163-6
• Raith M, Ebert M, Pinkert K, Grosse C U: Nondestructive imaging of hypervelocity impact‐induced damage zones beneath laboratory‐created craters by means of ultrasound travel‐time tomography. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1756-1772. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13113
• Riller U, Poelchau M H, Rae A S, Schulte F M, Collins G S, Melosh H J, Grieve R A F, Morgan J V, Gulick S P S, Lofi J, Diaw A, McCall N, Kring D A, IODP–ICDP Expedition 364, Science Party: Rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of large impact structures. Nature, 2018; 562: 511-518. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0607-z
• Wilk J, Hamann C, Fazio A, Luther R, Hecht L, Langenhorst F, Kenkmann T: Petrographic investigation of shatter cone melt films recovered from MEMIN impact experiments in sandstone and iSALE modeling of their formation boundary conditions. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53 (8): 1569-1593. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13179
• Winkler R, Luther R, Poelchau M H, Wünnemann K, Kenkmann T: Subsurface deformation of experimental hypervelocity impacts in quartzite and marble targets. Meteorit Planet Sci, 2018; 53: 1733-1755. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.13080

• Agarwal A, Alva-Valdivia L M, García-Amador B I: Paleomagnetism and tectonics from the late Pliocene to late Pleistocene in the Xalapa monogenetic volcanic field, Veracruz, Mexico. 2018 (GeoBonn 2018-2d) Tectonic Systems. Bonn, Germany.).
• Agarwal A, Poelchau M H, Kenkmann T: Plaeostress and strain estimation in experimental impact crater: clues to shock wave behaviour. 2018 (GeoBonn 2018-6b) Impact cratering throughout the solar system. Bonn,).
• Agarwal A, Reznik B, Kontny A: Formation of nanoscopic Lingunite and alternating augite- plagioclase wedges at Lockne impact crater, Sweden 2018 (European Planetary Science Congress. Berlin.).
• Agarwal K K, Agarwal A, Joshi G: Back-thrusting in Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India. Rock Deformation and Structures- V. 2018 (Rock Deformation and Structures- V. Department of Geology, University of Delhi.), Department of Geology, University of Delhi. (Hrsg).
• Cox M A, Cavosie A J, Miljković K, Bland P A, Kenkmann T: The search for shocked Zircon at the Spider Impact Structure, Western Australia 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract .).
• Cox M A, Cavosie A J, Miljković K, Bland P A, Kenkmann T, Hoskins Z: Characterization of Shock Deformation at the Spider Impact Structure, Western Australia. 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6248).
• Doerfler M, Kenkmann T, : Collapse of an over-heightened Central Peak: Clues to the Peak-Ring Formation at Chicxulub? 2018 (Analogue Modeling of the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract #1484).
• Ebert M, Poelchau M H, Kenkmann T, Karagöz O: Feather feature orientations in shocked granitic rocks of Chicxulub’s peak ring. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20, EGU2018-13255.).
• Kenkmann T: Barringer Award Lecture. Split-Second Geology: Attempts to Understand the Structural Inventory of Impact Craters on different Scales. 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6076).
• Kenkmann T, Rae A S P, Cavosie A J, Cox M A, Timms N, Miljkovic K: The Central Uplift of Gosses Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6077).
• Kenkmann T, Sundell K A, Cook D: Discovery of a Paleozoic Impact Crater Strewn Field near Douglas, Wyoming, USA: Evidence from Microstructural Analysis, Satellite, and Drone Imagery. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20,.).
• Kenkmann T, Sundell K A, Cook D: Exhumed Paleozoic Impact Crater Strewn Field near Douglas, Wyoming, USA: Evidence from microstructural analysis, satellite, and drone imagery. 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract #1469).
• Kenkmann T, Winkler R, Poelchau M H, Wirth R, Luther R, Schaefer F: Impact-Induced Twinning in Calcite as Revealed by MEMIN Experiments with Marble. 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6147).
• Krüger T, Hergarten S, Kenkmann T: Deriving morphometric parameters and the simple-to-complex transition diameter from a new, high resolution database of fresh lunar impact craters ≥ 3 km. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20, 2018-15947.).
• Lambert P, 57 co-authors: Rochechouart 2017-Drilling Campaign: First Results. 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract).
• Lofi J, Diaw A, Poelchau M H, Riller U, Morgan J, Gulick S, Le Ber E, The Expedition 364 Scientists: Orientation of magmatic dykes and impact-induced faults in the peak ring of the Chicxulub crater inferred from borehole imaging. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20, EGU2018-4328.).
• Pietrek A, Hergarten S, Kenkmann T: Comparing the morphology of striations on Martian landslide deposits and ejecta blankets. 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract).
• Poelchau M H, Ebert M, Schuster B, Kenkmann T: Damage distribution and block sizes mapped in granitoids in the peak ring of the Chicxulub crater. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20,).
• Poelchau M H, Ebert M, Schuster B, Kenkmann T, Karagöz O: Structural mapping of granitoids in the Peak Ring of the Chicxulub Crater: Damage distribution and block sizes. 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract).
• Rae A, Collins G, Riller U, Poelchau M H, Timms N, Cavosie A, Salge T, Lofi J, Ferrière L, Christeson G, Grieve R, Osinski G, Gulick S, Morgan J: Quantitative Geological Predictions of the Dynamic Collapse Model of Peak Ring Formation: Comparisons with Observations from the Chicxulub Impact Structure. 2018 (Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20, EGU2018-10873.).
• Riller U, Schulte F, Poelchau M H, Rae A, Grieve R, Lofi J, Joanna Morgan, Naoma McCall, Sean Gulick: Target-rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of the Chicxulub crater inferred from Expedition 364 drill core. 2018 (. Geophysical Research Abstracts. EGU General Assembly 2018 , Vol. 20, EGU2018-3978.).
• Sundell K A, Poelchau M H, Cook D, Kenkmann T: The Douglas Crater Field, Wyoming, USA: Discovery of an Unexpected Crater Cluster at the Carboniferous-Permian Boundary. 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6149).
• Wulf G, Kenkmann T: Meteor (Barringer) Impact Crater, AZ, USA: Indications For Rampart-Like Ejecta Morphologies? 2018 (49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The Woodlands Abstract).
• Wulf G, Kenkmann T: Barringer Impact Crater, AZ, USA: A Terrestrial Rampart Crater? 2018 (81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held 22-27 July 2018 in Moscow, Russia. LPI Contribution No. 2067, 2018, id.6284).

Besondere wissenschaftliche Aktivitäten

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Barringer Medal and Award, The Barringer Medal recognizes outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena.[1] The Barringer Medal and Award were established to honor the memory of D. Moreau Barringer Sr. and his son D. Moreau Barringer Jr. and are sponsored by the Barringer Crater Company. The medal is awarded by the Meteoritical Society., Meteoritical Society, 01.01.2018.

• Dr. Michael H. Poelchau: Associate editor der Zeitschrift " Meteoritics and Planetary Science, seit 2014.

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Gutachter für die wissenschaftlichen Journale: “Nature”, “Earth Science Reviews” ,“Earth and Planetary Science Letters”, “Geology”, “Journal of Structural Geology”, “Meteoritics and Planetary Science”, “Lecture Notes in Earth Science“, “European Journal of Mineralogy“, “Impact Studies Series”, “GSA Bulletin”, “GSA Special Paper”, seit 2007.
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Gutachter der DFG, seit 2007.
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Gutachter für die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung und den DAAD , seit 2010.
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Member of the Science Advisary Group (SAC) of the International Continental Deep Drilling Project (ICDP), 01.10.2018 bis 30.09.2022.

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann: Strukturkommission der Fakultät UNR, seit 2013.

Abschlussarbeiten

• Wihioka C: The Sedimentary and Geomorphic Analysis of Aeolian Palaeo-dunes in Kronau. (Betreuer/in May J H, Erstgutachter/in Preusser F, Zweitgutachter/in Wulf G), 2018.
• Xu M: GIS-based Mapping and Structural Analysis of the Mare Orientale Multi Ring Basin, Moon. (Betreuer/in Wulf G, Erstgutachter/in Wulf G, Zweitgutachter/in Hergarten S), 2018.

• Braun J: Glaziale Spuren im Bereich des Jostals. (Betreuer/in Preusser F, Erstgutachter/in Preusser F, Zweitgutachter/in Wulf G), 2018.
• Carduck L: Spuren der Vergletscherung bei Menzenschwand. (Betreuer/in Wulf G, Erstgutachter/in Wulf G, Zweitgutachter/in Preusser F), 2018.
• Gläser L: GIS-basierte 3D-Rekonstruktion des Barringer Kraters, AZ, USA: Interpolation der Ejektadecke und der strukturellen Hebungszone. (Betreuer/in Wulf G, Erstgutachter/in Wulf G, Zweitgutachter/in Preusser F), 2018.
• Meyer L: GIS-based morphological analysis of landform evolution: A comparative study of impact craters on Mars, Moon, and Earth. (Betreuer/in Wulf G, Erstgutachter/in Wulf G, Zweitgutachter/in Hergarten S), 2018.
• Stephan C: Rekonstruktion holozäner Flussdynamik südlich von Illhäusern im Elsass, Frankreich. (Betreuer/in Preusser F, Erstgutachter/in Preusser F, Zweitgutachter/in Wulf G), 2018.
• Urdi H: Traces of glaciation east of Feldberg, Black Forest. (Betreuer/in Wulf G, Erstgutachter/in Wulf G, Zweitgutachter/in Preusser F), 2018.