Gruber A

Biography

1973-1986 school education in South Tyrol 1986-1995 Studies of Earth Sciences (Geology) at the University of Innsbruck Diploma thesis: Opening and closing of tertiary basins in the area of ​​the Eiberger Basin (Unterinntal, Tyrol) - A contribution to the Unterinntal shear zone. Supervision: Prof. R. Brandner 1995-2003 Contract Assistant at the University of Innsbruck, participation in the project "Geological Base Map South Tyrol - Sediment Share" (scale 1: 25,000) as a mapper and map compiler 2004 Participation in the creation of Merano Leaf in the context of the Italian geological survey 1: 50.000, Project "CARG" since October 2004 employee of the Federal Geological Survey, Dept. of Sedimentary Geology, with focus on geological survey in the western Northern Limestone Alps

Research Interest

Geological survey: Mapping in the western Northern Limestone Alps Stratigraphy: lithostratigraphy; Microfacial studies of carbonates Structural geology: analysis of disturbances and crease structures; regional tectonic issues (ceiling classification) Quaternary geology: sedimentary dynamics in the Inn Valley and in the Northern Limestone Alps during the Würm and Holocene Creation of geological maps and explanations