Research
Current research projects
- Serbo-Macedonian massif, an enigmatic terrain within the Eastern Mediterranean Alpine orogen (Link). (Dr. Alexandre Kounov, PhD candidate MSc. Milorad Antić)
- Epeirogenic history of Southern Africa: tracking 200 Ma of uplift, exhumation, erosion and influence on climate. Sub-Project 1.3 (Link) of “Inkaba ye Africa” Joint Initiative of the German and South African Earth Science Communities (Dr. Alexandre Kounov)
- Tisza and its role in the framework of the tectonic evolution of the Alps, Dinarides and Carpathians (Link). (Prof. Stefan Schmid, Dr. Alexandre Kounov)
- Low-temperature thermochronological constraints on the evolution of the Orange River drainage system and its surrounding relief (Augrabies Falls area) (Link). (Dr. Alexandre Kounov, Dr. Giulio Viola)
Cooperative research projects
- Structure and geodynamic evolution of Central Stara planina Mountain. (Prof. Dimo Dimov, Dr. Ianko Gerdjikov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Post-Gondwana tectonics in western South Africa: from the Namaqualand offshore to the Kalahari. (Dr. Giulio Viola, NGU Norway; Dr. Marco Andreoli, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
- Thermochronology of the South Caribbean plate Boundary Zone : Dutch Antilles and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. (Dr. Richard Spikings, MSc. Roelant van der Lelij, Département de Minéralogie, Université de Genève)
