The Pompeckj Block in NW Germany: An example of a European inversion structure of Cretaceous age

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Jörg Mutterlose
• Subject Area: Palaeontology
• Term: from 2002 to 2005
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5367176

... It is the objective of this project to reconstruct the inversion of the NW German Block for the Albian - Masstrichtian interval on a high resolution scale. About 50 wells will be studied with respect to their micropalaeontology, lithofacies and geophysical parameters, in order to obstain six transects over the Pompeckj Block. It is the goal of this study to decipher the role of global, regional and local factors, i.e. sea-level changes, inversion and halotectonics. The observed phases of inversion will be viewed in a wider context (opening of the Bay of Biscay), as a case study for a young inversion structure.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1135: Dynamics of Sedimentary Systems under Varying Stress Regimes: The Example of the Central European Basin System