Education Mag. (M.S.) Geology, 2004 University of Vienna Mag. (M.S.) Biology and Earth Sciences, 2004 University of Vienna Current Research My current interest is the Cenozoic E-W extension on the Tibetan Plateau. Ongoing northward drifting of India led to E-directed extrusion of the Tibetan plateau along major strike-slip faults and associated N-S striking rift valleys. These valleys show an incredible change in relief from high summits with spectacular triangle facets in the footwall to rather smooth and less high hills in the hanging-wall parts. Preliminary studies have shown that this contrasting morphological feature becomes apparent in different ages of footwall and hanging-wall rocks. Studies on the brittle tectonics and (U-Th)/He thermochronology in the Xainza Rift valley can improve the knowledge about the kinematics and timing of rifting plus the interactions with the adjacent strike-slip systems. Additionally, dating of rocks with U/Pb, Rb/Sr and Sm/Nd techniques will add substantial information to the network of international studies in Tibet. Past Research Graduate Research Assistant Starting in fall 2000 my Master’s thesis I was working in the Indian part of the Sutlej Valley (Himachal Pradesh, NW-Himalaya) focusing on brittle tectonics to study the kinematics of the late-stage extrusion of a wedge shaped metamorphic unit (Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Sequence, LHCS). Additional dating of pegmatites with Grt Sm/Nd and Mica Rb/Sr techniques shed light on the timing of the tectonic processes. Teaching Fall 2000 & 2001, Geological mapping course, University of Vienna Summer 2001, Field course in structural geology (Cyclades, Greece), University of Vienna Fall 2002, Geology Lab, Vienna University of Technology Publications DRAGANITS, E., GRASEMANN, B. AND HAGER, C. (2004): Conjugate deformation band faults in the Lower Devonian Muth Formation (Tethyan Zone, NW India): evidence for pre-Himalayan deformation structures, Geological Magazine, submitted HAGER, C. (2003): Out-of-sequence thrusting in the Sutlej Valley (NW-Himalaya), unpublished diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 99p. HAGER, C., JANDA, C., GRASEMANN, B., DRAGANITS, E., & VANNAY, J.-C. (2003): Active extrusion in the Sutlej Valley (NW-Himalaya). 12th Meeting of the European Union of Geosciences, Nice, 6-11 April, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, HAGER, C., JANDA, C., GRASEMANN, B., DRAGANITS, E., & VANNAY, J.-C. (2003): Active extension in the Higher Himalayan Crystalline, Sutlej Valley, NW-Himalaya. 18th Himalaya- Karakorum- Tibet Workshop, Ascona, 2-4 April, 55. DRAGANITS, E., GRASEMANN, B. & HAGER, C. (2003): Neo-Tethyan rifting at the Indian Gondwana margin (NW Himalayas): Evidence from conjugate deformation bands in the early Devonian Muth Formation. 12th Meeting of the European Union of Geosciences, Nice, 6-11 April, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, GRASEMANN, B., DRAGANITS, E., JANDA, C., HAGER, C., VANNAY, J.-C. (2002): Active exhumation of a high-grade asymmetric dome in the Sutlej Valley (NW-Himalayas, India). Abstracts with Programs, 34/6, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 27–30 2002, Denver, 108. JANDA, C., HAGER, C., GRASEMANN, B., DRAGANITS, E., VANNAY, J. C., BOOKHAGEN, B., THIEDE, R. (2001): Fault-slip analysis of the active extruding Lesser Himalayan crystalline wedge in the Sutlej Valley (NW-Himalayas), Special abstracts issue; 16th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet workshop, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 19; 3A, Pages 30-31. DRAGANITS, E., BOOKHAGEN, B., GIER, S., GRASEMANN, B., HOFMANN, C. C., JANDA, C., HAGER, C. (2001): Deformation structures in rockfall-dammed lake sediments near Sangla; implications on neotectonic activity in the Sutlej region (NW India), Special abstracts issue; 16th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet workshop, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 19; 3A, Pages 14. JANDA, C., HAGER, C., GRASEMANN, B., DRAGANITS, E., VANNAY, J.-C., BOOKHAGEN, B. & THIEDE, R. (2001): Kinematics of an Active Extruding Tectonic Wedge (Sutlej Valley, NW-Himalayas). 11th Meeting of the European Union of Geosciences, 8-12 April, Strasbourg, Journal of Conference Abstracts, 6/1, 407. Affiliations German Geological Association |
