SPP 1115:  Mars and the Terrestrial Planets

• Subject Area: Geosciences
• Term: from 2002 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5471062

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• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• International Connection: Poland

Projects

• Accretion and core formation of terrestrial planets: insights from experimentally determined solubility behavior of siderophile elements in silicate liquids (Applicants Holzheid, Astrid ;  Palme, Herbert )
• Accretion and core formation of terrestrial planets: insights from experimentally determined solubility behavior of siderophile elements in silicate liquids (Applicant Palme, Herbert )
• Adaptive strategies of microorganisms to extreme environmental conditions: Molecular mechanisms of desiccation and UV radiation resistance in the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans (Applicant Rettberg, Petra )
• Application of geothermometers to Martian meteorites (Applicant Palme, Herbert )
• Cellular mechanisms of survival in vegetative microcolonial fungal structures (Applicant Gorbushina, Anna A. )
• Chemistry of the martian atmosphere (Applicant Schwarz, Helmut )
• Chronostratigraphy of Mars - Chronostratigraphie des Mars (Applicant Neukum, Gerhard )
• Disorder in martian pyroxenes (Applicant Weidner, Eveline )
• Edelgase und Stickstoff in Mars-Meteoriten als Hinweise zur Entwicklung der Mars-Atmosphäre (Applicant Ott, Ulrich )
• Experimental determination of the physico-chemical properties of Fe-rich silicate melts relevant to mars (Applicant Courtial, Philippe )
• Experimental study of the survival of endolithic microorganisms during impact and ejection of Martian meteorites: First phase of the transfer of life between Mars and Earth (Applicants Rabbow, Elke ;  Stöffler, Dieter )
• Experimental study of the survival of endolithic microorganisms during impact and ejection of Martian meteorites: First phase of the transfer of life between Mars and Earth (Applicant Stöffler, Dieter )
• Fingerprinting late accretion: Precise measurements of highly siderophile elements in planetary materials (Applicant Becker, Harry )
• Formation mechanisms of high-pressure phases in Martian meteorites (Applicant Bläß, Ulrich W. )
• Fraktionierung der schweren Edelgase und des Stickstoffs in Mars-Meteoriten als Folge terrestrischer und marsianischer Verwitterungsvorgänge (Applicant Schwenzer, Susanne Petra )
• Geodesy and Cartography of Phobos (Applicant Oberst, Jürgen )
• Globale Ausbreitung Stromatolithen bildender Bakterien (Applicant Stackebrandt, Erko )
• Integration of image matching and multi-image shape from shading for the derivation of digital terrain models (Applicant Heipke, Christian )
• Interior Structure and Seismology of Mars (Applicant Oberst, Jürgen )
• Interior structure and seismology of Mars and Moon (Applicant Spohn, Tilman )
• Investigation of Martin Dust Devils from Multi-Mission Imaging Data (Applicant Pätzold, Martin )
• Investigation of the past and present Martian climate, its stability, and mechanisms of changes with a modular planet simulator model (Applicants Fraedrich, Klaus ;  Keller, Horst Uwe )
• Investigation of the past and present Martian climate, its stability, and mechanisms of changes with a modular planet simulator model (Applicant Greve, Ralf )
• Investigation of the past and present Martian climate, its stability, and mechanisms of changes with a modular planet simulator model (Applicant Fraedrich, Klaus )
• Investigation of the properties and the processes in planetary near-surface layers (Applicants Breuer, Doris ;  Seidensticker, Klaus )
• Investigation of Titan's meteorology in the light of the Cassini/Huygens mission by means of a general circulation model (Applicant Tokano, Tetsuya )
• Laboratory measurements of analog materials for modeling the spectral and photometric behavior of the bright Martian soil (Applicant Arnold, Gabriele )
• Liquid-like adsorption water in the Martian surface (Applicant Sattler, Christian )
• Magnetic signature of all Martian meteorites (SNC) (Applicant Hoffmann, Viktor )
• Mars and the terrestrial planets (coordination of the programme) (Applicant Spohn, Tilman )
• Mechanisms of metal-silicate segregation during formation of the Martian core (Applicant Rubie, David )
• Mechanisms of metal-silicate segregation during formation of the Martian core (Applicant Holzheid, Astrid )
• Mediterranean deep-sea brine lakes: unique terrestrial environments and analogues to putative subsurface ocean on Europa (Applicant Timmis, Kenneth N. )
• Modeling of plasma and magnetic field transport through the Martian magnetosphere on the basis of a three-dimensional hybrid simulation / Extension to a multi-species-ionosphere and code parallelization (Applicant Motschmann, Ph.D., Uwe )
• Modeling the Gas Flux into the Atmosphere from the Surface of Mars (Applicant Benkhoff, Johannes )
• Multi-fluid model of the solar wind interaction with Mars (Applicant Sauer, Konrad )
• New technique for retrieving pressure and temperature distributions in the Martian atmosphere from the infrared limb observations (Applicant Pauldrach, Adalbert Wilhelm Alois )
• Oxygen solubility in Fe-Ni-S alloy at high pressure and implications for the formation and compositions of planetary cores (Applicants Langenhorst, Falko ;  Rubie, David )
• Planetary and nebular fractionation in the early solar system: Evidence from isotopes and trace elements in metal (Applicant Mezger, Klaus )
• Planetary and nebular fractionation in the early solar system: Evidence from isotopes and trace elements in metal (Applicant Palme, Herbert )
• Plasma induced atmospheric escape at Mars - A synthesis of Mars Express observations and theory (Applicant Woch, Joachim )
• Properties, formation and decomposition kinetics of CO2-hydrates at conditions relevant to mars (Applicant Kuhs, Werner F. )
• Recognition and modeling of biogenic structures on rock surfaces (far and close remote sensing of structures) (Applicant Krumbein, Wolfgang E. )
• Seasonal cycle of the exchange of H2O and CO2 between surface and atmosphere in the Martian polar regions with special considerations of surface topography (Applicant Markiewicz, Wojciech Jerzy )
• Stability and structures of hydrous minerals in the transition zone of the Martian mantle (Applicants Frost, Daniel J. ;  Langenhorst, Falko )
• Staubtori um Mars (Applicant Krivov, Alexander )
• Surface tectonics and internal dynamics of Mars (Applicant Hansen, Ulrich )
• Systematic and comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of all Martian meteorites - TOF-SIMS investigation (Applicant Stephan, Thomas )
• Systematische Untersuchungen der Stoßwellenmetamorphose aller Marsmeteorite (Systematic investigation of shock metamorphism of all Martian meteorites) (Applicant Greshake, Ansgar )
• Temperature distribution in crust and lithosphere of Mars (Applicant Breuer, Doris )
• The composition and temperature of the Martian Core - An experimental determination of the melting relations in the systems Fe-S and Fe-Ni-S at high pressure and temperature (Applicant Boehler, Reinhard )
• The geochemical behavior of Pb and implications for terrestrial core formation scenarios (Applicant Ballhaus, Christian Gerhard )
• The Martian Atmosphere: Observation and Modeling (Applicants Elbern, Ph.D., Hendrik ;  Hartogh, Paul )
• Thermochemical Evolution of Mars and Earth (Applicant Walzer, Uwe )
• Tolerance limits of methanogenic life in terrestrial permafrost (Applicant Wagner, Dirk )
• Untersuchung der Eigenschaften und Prozesse in planetaren Oberflächenschichten (Applicant Breuer, Doris )
• Valley networks in the ancient highlands on Mars: Geomorphology, environmental constraints, and hydrogeological processes (Applicant Jaumann, Ralf )
• Weathering of Iron-bearing minerals and rocks under extraterrestrial conditions investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy, XRD, XRF, and other methods (Applicant Klingelhoefer, Göstar )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Tilman Spohn