Forschung Kathrin Faak

My research interest is focused on the determination of timescales for cooling of magmatic systems. I combine different methods of diffusion chronometry with experimental investigation of phase equilibria, thermal modelling and fieldwork to constrain cooling histories of natural rocks from different igneous systems. I am particularly interested in understanding igneous, metamorphic and geodynamic processes involved in the formation of oceanic crust, as well as in the formation of layered intrusions.

Active projects (as PI)

FA 1331/4-1       Chronometry in plutonic rocks: cooling rates of ancient oceanic crust (within the framework of FOR 2881)

FA 1331/3-1       Determination of the cooling history of magmatic intrusions using diffusion geochronometry

FA 1331/2-1       Determination of cooling rates of the lower oceanic crust on drilled rocks of the ICDP Oman Drilling Project