Metamorphic and magmatic petrology
Metamorphic and magmatic petrology deals with rocks and the minerals they contain as well as their changes within the earth's crust and upper mantle. Radiogenic elements that are incorporated in various minerals (e.g. zircon, monazite) and the chemical composition of individual minerals allow us to determine the time, pressure and temperature of their formation. The rock-forming processes give us an insight into the formation of mountains that are still taking place today (e.g. Alps, Andes, Himalayas). This knowledge is of enormous importance for locating deposits, assessing natural hazards, but also for climate-related issues due to the interaction with the Earth's carbon cycle.
Mantle petrology and geochemistry
Petrological, geochemical and isotope geochemical investigations of mantle rocks and basalts from Styria, Southeast Asia and southern and eastern Africa reveal complex processes in the Earth's mantle - the main component of our planet. These projects are based in particular on analytical methods established at the NAWI Graz Central Lab for Water, Minerals and Rocks and the NAWI Graz Core Facility Field Emission Microprobe.
Applied mineralogy/petrology and interdisciplinary research
Gemological research is concerned with the genesis, characterization and origin determination of gemstones using petrological methods as well as geochemical and spectroscopic investigations. Various projects are carried out with the support of colleagues from the University of Vienna, University of Mainz, Germany, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Open University of Sri Lanka and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Applied research in the field of mineralogy is partly carried out with industrial companies, focusing primarily on environmental issues such as the hazard potential of rock dust, the release of environmentally harmful elements in spoil heaps, etc.
Interdisciplinary research project on archaeological lithic artifacts and their mineral raw materials combines petrological, geochemical and mineralogical methods with archaeological questions, which are solved together with the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Academy of Sciences.
Metamorphic evolution of high-pressure/ultra-high-pressure metamorphic areas (Alps; Bohemian Massif; Nan, Thailand; Qaidam/Kunlun, NW China) and high-temperature/ultra-high-temperature metamorphic areas (East Africa, Sri Lanka, Upper/Lower Austria). The research in this field of activity is based on petrological and structural geological geological methods, which are complemented by thermodynamic phase equilibrium modeling, application of growth and diffusion zoning of major (microprobe) and trace elements (LA-ICPMS) in minerals, especially garnet, dating of metamorphic events (LA-(MC)ICPMS) and fluid evolution in the course of metamorphism. Through intensive cooperation with the geology department, attempts are being made to comprehensively model and quantify rock formation processes.
Publications
- Simon Schorn, Anna Rogowitz, and Christoph A. Hauzenberger
Partial melting of amphibole-clinozoisite eclogite at the pressure maximum (eclogite type locality, Eastern Alps, Austria).
In:European Journal of Mineralogy. 35. 2023. 715-735. doi:10.5194/ejm-35-715-2023 - He, DF; Dong, YP; Hauzenberger, CA; Sun, SS; Liu, XM; Yue, YA
Pressure-temperature evolution of the Qingshuiquan mafic granulite: Implications for Proto-Tethys subduction in the East Kunlun orogenic belt, northern Tibetan Plateau.
In:Geological Society of America Bulletin. 135.3-4. 2023. 1034-1052. doi:10.1130/B36420.1 - Sorger, Dominik, Hauzenberger, Christoph A., Finger, Fritz, Linner, Manfred, Skrzypek, Etienne, Schorn, Simon
Formation of low-pressure reaction textures during near-isothermal exhumation of hot orogenic crust (Bohemian Massif, Austria).
In:Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 42 (1). 2023. 3-34. doi:10.1111/jmg.12744 - Nong, Anh T. Q.; Hauzenberger, Christoph A.; Gallhofer, Daniela; Skrzypek, Etienne; Dinh, Sang Q.
Geochemical and zircon U-Pb geochronological constraints on late Mesozoic Paleo-Pacific subduction-related volcanism in southern Vietnam.
In:Mineralogy and Petrology. 116.5. 2022. 349-368. doi:10.1007/s00710-022-00785-z - Sorger, Dominik; Hauzenberger, Christoph; Finger, Fritz; Linner, Manfred
Two generations of Variscan garnet: Implications from a petrochronological study of a high-grade Avalonia-derived paragneiss from the Drosendorf unit, Bohemian Massif.
In:Gondwana Research. 85. 2020. 124-148. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.04.004
The evolution of the lithospheric mantle in Southeast Asia: Mantle fragments show strong metasomatic changes caused by silicate and carbonate melting. This project is carried out in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi.
Publications
- Hauzenberger, Christoph; ; Konzett, Jürgen; ; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; ; Nguyen, Hoang
Pliocene to Pleistocene REE-P Metasomatism in the Subcontinental Lithosphere beneath Southeast Asia-Evidence from a Monazite- and REE-rich Apatite-bearing Peridotite Xenolith from Central Vietnam .
In:Journal of Petrology. 65.3. 2024. xx. doi:10.1093/petrology/egae015 - Konzett, Jürgen; Hauzenberger, Christoph; Krenn, Kurt; Joachim-Mrosko, Bastian; Stalder, Roland; Gröbner, Katharina; Sieberer, Anna-Katharina; Khoi, Nguyen Ngoc
Neogene Metasomatism in the Subcontinental Lithosphere beneath SE Asia-Evidence from Modal and Cryptic Phosphorus Enrichment in Peridotites and Pyroxenites from Southern Laos.
In:Journal of Petrology. 60,12. 2020. 2413-2448.
Applied mineralogy/petrology and interdisciplinary research
Various projects are carried out with cooperation partners. Here is a selection of publications from recent years:
Publications
- Kaewpaluk, Sirawit; ; Assawincharoenkij, Thitiphan; ; Hauzenberger, Christoph; ; Salam, Abhisit
Geochemical vectors to ore and environmental significance at the Chatree epithermal low-sulfidation deposit, Thailand.
In:International Journal of Earth Sciences. 113. 2024. 225-243. doi:10.1007/s00531-023-02367-6 - Burghardt, Tomasz E.; Ettinger, Karl; Köck, Birgit; Hauzenberger, Christoph
Glass beads for road markings and other industrial usage: Crystallinity and hazardous elements.
In:Case Studies in Construction Materials. 17. 2022. -. doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01213 - Kruzslicz, Ágnes Blanka; Nasdala, Lutz; Wildner, Manfred; Škoda, Radek; Redhammer, Günther J.; Hauzenberger, Christoph; Wanthanachaisaeng, Bhuwadol
Black Spinel-A Gem Material from Bo Phloi, Thailand.
In:Journal of Gemmology, The. 37,1. 2020. 66-79. - Nasdala, Lutz; Wildner, Manfred; Giester, Gerald; Chanmuang, N. Chutimun; Scicchitano, Maria Rosa; Hauzenberger, Christoph
Blue Dravite ('Indicolite') from the Elahera Gem Field, Sri Lanka.
In:Journal of Gemmology, The. 37,6. 2021. 618-630. - Brandl, Michael; Martinez, Maria M.; Hauzenberger, Christoph; Filzmoser, Peter; Nymoen, Pal; Mehler, Natascha
A multi-technique analytical approach to sourcing Scandinavian flint: Provenance of ballast flint from the shipwreck &;quot;Leirvigen 1&;quot;, Norway.
In:PLoS One. 13.8. 2018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200647