Research Areas
- Archaeological prospection
- near surface geophysics
- rock magnetism
- seismic exploration
CV
Education
- Doctorate, ETH Zurich
- Undergraduate studies, University of Leipzig
Positions
- Research associate, University of Münster
- Geophysicist, K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies, Sondershausen
- Geophysicist, Geophysik IGS/GGD Leipzig
- Scientist, University of Leipzig
Projects
- Die keltische Mikroregion von Bierfeld/Sitzerath, Gem. Nonnweiler, Kr. St. Wendel (Saarland) (since )
Own resources project - Investigation of the magnetic and dielectric properties and their anisotropy of salt rocks ( – )
Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: SCHM 2846/2-2 - Investigation of the magnetic and dielectric properties and their anisotropy of salt rocks ( – )
Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: SCHM 2846/2-1 - Wein - Getreide - Rituale. Ausgrabungen im spätkeltischen Friedhof Bierfeld "Vor dem Erker", Saarland ()
Individual project: Gerda Henkel Foundation
- Die keltische Mikroregion von Bierfeld/Sitzerath, Gem. Nonnweiler, Kr. St. Wendel (Saarland) (since )
Publications
- . . ‘Evaluation of a Semi-Airborne Electromagnetic Survey Based on a Multicopter Aircraft System.’ Geosciences 12, No. 1. doi: 10.3390/geosciences12010026.
- . . ‘Potential and Challenges of UAV-Borne Magnetic Measurements for Archaeological Prospection.’ ArcheoSciences 45, No. 1.
- . . ‘A UAV-borne magnetic survey for archaeological prospection of a Celtic burial site.’ First Break 38, No. 8.
- . ‘Beyond Roşia Montană – The Ancient Mining District of Vâlcoi-Corabia, Bucium, Romania .’ contributed to the Archaeometallurgy in Europe, Miskolc, .
- . . ‘Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in salt rocks from the German Zechstein Basin, Sondershausen mine.’ Geophysical Journal International 219, No. 1.
- . . ‘Very-high-resolution electrical resistivity imaging of buried foundations of a Roman villa near Nonnweiler, Germany.’ Archaeological Prospection 25, No. 3.
- . . ‘High-energy inundation events versus long-term coastal processes – room for misinterpretation.’ Sedimentology 2018. doi: 10.1111/sed.12524.
- 10.1093/gji/ggw488. . ‘Magnetic and mineralogical properties of salt rocks from the Zechstein of the Northern German Basin.’ Geophysical Journal International 208, No. 3: 1811–1831. doi:
- . ‘AMS of Salt Rocks: Which mineral is the cause and does it reflect deformation?’ contributed to the New Trends on Paelo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism, Dinant, Belgien, .
- . ‘Magnetic and mineralogical properties of salt rocks.’ contributed to the New Trends on Paelo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism, Dinant, Belgien, .
- . ‘Geophysical prospecting and archaeological excavation at a Celtic burial site near Nonnweiler, Saarland.’ contributed to the 75. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft (DGG), Hannover, .
- 10.1088/0957-0233/26/10/105902. . ‘A cylindrical guarded capacitor for spectral permittivity measurements of hard rock samples in the MHz-range.’ Measurement Science and Technology 26, No. 10. doi:
- . ‘Magnetic minerals and magnetic anisotropy in Permian salt deposits.’ contributed to the 75. Jahrestagung Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, Hannover, Deutschland, .
- 10.3997/1873-0604.2013056. . ‘Combination of seismic and resistivity tomography for the detection of abandoned mine workings in Münster/Westfalen, Germany: Improved data interpretation by cluster analysis.’ Near Surface Geophysics 12, No. 3: 415–425. doi:
- . ‘Entwicklung und Charakterisierung einer Torsion-Scherwellenquelle.’ präsentiert auf der 73. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Leipzig, .
- . ‘Spektrale Permittivitätsmessungen an Festgestein: Messtechnische Entwicklungen.’ präsentiert auf der 72. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Hamburg, .
- . ‘Sedimentology of coastal chevron deposits – tsunamigenic versus aeolian origin.’ contributed to the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, .
- . . ‘Magnetic susceptibility as a tool to study deformed calcite with variable impurity content.’ Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11.
- . . ‘Quantitative correlation of texture and magnetic anisotropy of compacted calcite-muscovite aggregates.’ Journal of Structural Geology 31, No. 10: 1062–1073. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.11.012.
- . . ‘Magnetic fabrics of the Morcles Nappe complex.’ Tectonophysics 466, No. 1-2: 89–100. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.07.014.
- . . ‘Fabrication of synthetic calcite-muscovite rocks with variable texture - An analogue to cataclasite fabrics?’ Tectonophysics 449, No. 1-4: 105–119. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.055.
- . . ‘Magnetic anisotropy of carbonate minerals at room temperature and 77 K.’ American Mineralogist 92, No. 10: 1673–1684. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2569.
- . . ‘Separation of diamagnetic and paramagnetic anisotropy by high-field, low-temperature torque measurements.’ Geophysical Journal International 168, No. 1: 40–47. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03202.x.
- . . ‘Magnetic anisotropy of calcite at room-temperature.’ Tectonophysics 418, No. 1-2: 63–73. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.12.019.
- . „Unterdrückung von Störwellen in der Nahseismik durch Mehrkomponentenverfahren.“ Leipziger Geowissenschaften , No. 14: 107–120.
- . „Beiträge zum Strukturbau des Präzechsteins im Bereich des NE-Abschnittes des DEKORP-Profiles BASIN’96 auf der Grundlage reprozessierter industrieseismischer Felddaten.“ Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 2001, No. 29: 267–273.
Dr. Volkmar Schmidt
