Projects

Tectonic, Palaeoclimatic, and Landscape evolution of central Africa	Dr. B. Kankeu (Yaoundé, Cameroon) Dr. I. M. Akaegbobi (Nigeria) Prof. D.K. Asiedu (Ghana) Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling Prof. J. Runge (University of Frankfurt)
Caledonian nappe tectonics and orogenic evolution	Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling B. Kathol (SGU, Uppsala, Sweden) R. Kumpulainen

Completed projects

Magmatism and rifting at the South Atlantic margin: Magma transport and emplacement mechanisms from geochemical and AMS (anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility) studies of mafic dykes	Prof. Dr. R. O. Greiling Dr. John Trumbull (GFZ Potsdam)
South Atlantic Margin Processes and Links with Onshore Evolution	Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
Concentric Impact Structures in the Palaeozoic (CISP)	Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
Assessment of quarries of dimension stones and industrial minerals and their potential multi-purpose use	Ö. Einarsson (Vilhelmina) Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
Evaluating strain in monomineralic quartz rocks using magnetic fabric – integrating AMS, fractal, and textural data	Prof. Dr. Manish A. Mamtani (IIT Kharagpur, India) Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
Pan-African tectonic evolution and natural resources in Eastern Egypt	M. M. Abdeen M. F. Sadek (Cairo, Egypt) Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
Determination of active faults and directions of horizontal principal stress by using EMR technique and Cerescope device (Gulf of Suez area)	W. D. A. M. Hagag (Banha University, Egypt) Dr. Hennes Obermeyer (GE&O, Geoerkundung, Karlsruhe) Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling
AMS und EMR in einem naszierenden Falten- und Überschiebungsgürtel in NW-Indien (Khach-Region)	Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling MSc Jyortimoy Mallik

2023

An early Cambrian post-rift basin within the Baltica–Iapetus passive margin (north-central Scandinavian Caledonides)
Greiling, R. O.; Kathol, B.; Kumpulainen, R. A.
2023. International Journal of Earth Sciences. doi:10.1007/s00531-023-02353-y

2020

Dynamic interaction in tropical Africa: IGCP-616Y and IGCP 646 projects and events
Kankeu, B.; Akaegbobi, I. M.; K, A. D.; Greiling, R. O.; Runge, J.; Fuanya, C.; Ganno, S.; Nzenti, J. P.; Bassahak, J.; Hell, J. V.
2020. Episodes, 43 (2), 825–831. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2020/020049

2018

Introduction to the Special Issue on the Precambrian Geology of Egypt in honour of Professor Mahmoud Fawzy El Ramly
Abdeen, M. M.; Fowler, A.; El-Kaliouby, B.; Greiling, R. O.
2018. Journal of African earth sciences, 146, 1–3. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.08.001

Hans Stille’s contributions to geotectonics – a discussion
Greiling, R. O.
2018. Global Tectonics and Metallogeny, 10 (2-4), 127–131. doi:10.1127/gtm/2018/0013

Nappe units along the Caledonian margin in central Scandinavia (Grong–Olden to Nasafjället): definition, distinction criteria and tectonic evolution
Greiling, R. O.; Kathol, B.; Kumpulainen, R. A.
2018. GFF online, 140 (1), 66–89. doi:10.1080/11035897.2018.1453864

2017

Contrasting Pan-African structural styles at the NW margin of the Congo Shield in Cameroon
Kankeu, B.; Greiling, R. O.; Nzenti, J. P.; Ganno, S.; Danguene, P. Y. E.; Bassahak, J.; Hell, J. V.
2017. Journal of African earth sciences, 146, 28–47. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.06.002

2016

An AMS study of magma transport and emplacement mechanisms in mafic dykes from the Etendeka Province, Namibia
Wiegand, M.; Trumbull, R. B.; Kontny, A.; Greiling, R. O.
2016. Tectonophysics, 716, 149–167. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.016

Shock pressure estimates in target basalts of a pristine crater : A case study in the lonar crater, India
Agarwal, A.; Kontny, A.; Srivastava, D. C.; Greiling, R. O.
2016. The Geological Society of America bulletin, 128 (1-2), 19–28. doi:10.1130/B31172.1

2015

Early- to mid-Silurian extrusion wedge tectonics in the central Scandinavian Caledonides
Grimmer, J. C.; Glodny, J.; Drueppel, K.; Greiling, R.; Kontny, A.
2015. Geology, 43 (4), 347–350. doi:10.1130/G36433.1

Traces of the Transscandinavian Igneous Belt in the central Scandinavian Caledonides: U-Pb zircon dating and geochemistry of crystalline basement rocks in the Middle Allochthon
Grimmer, J. C.; Hellström, F. A.; Greiling, R. O.
2015. GFF online, 138 (2), 320–335. doi:10.1080/11035897.2015.1063537

Relationships among magnetic fabrics, microfractures and shock pressures at an impact crater: A case study from Lockne crater, Sweden
Agarwal, A.; Kontny, A.; Greiling, R. O.
2015. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 114, 232–243. doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.01.010

2014

Arabian–Nubian Precambrian basement geology – Progress and developments: Introduction to the issue in honour of Samir El-Gaby
Fowler, A. R.; Greiling, R. O.; Abdeen, M. M.
2014. Journal of African earth sciences, 99, 1–3. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.06.004

Spectral analyses of basement rocks in El-Sibai-Umm Shaddad area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, using ASTER thermal infrared data
Hassan, S. M.; Sadek, M. F.; Greiling, R. O.
2014. Arabian journal of geosciences, 8 (9), 6853–6865. doi:10.1007/s12517-014-1729-8

Late Pan-African granite emplacement during regional deformation, evidence from magnetic fabric and structural studies in the Hammamat-Atalla area, Central Eastern desert of Egypt
Greiling, R. O.; Wall, H. de; Sadek, M. F.; Dietl, C.
2014. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 99 (PA1), 109–121. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.02.015

Magnetic fabrics and Pan-African structural evolution in the Najd Fault corridor in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
Abdeen, M. M.; Greiling, R. O.; Sadek, M. F.; Hamad, S. S.
2014. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 99 (PA1), 93–108. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.022

2013

Applications of geomorphology, tectonics, geology and geophysical interpretation of, East Kom Ombo depression, Egypt, using Landsat images
El Gammal, E. S. A.; Salem, S. M.; Greiling, R. O.
2013. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 16 (2), 177–187. doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2013.05.001

Kinematic analysis using AMS data from a deformed granitoid
Mamtani, M. A.; Pal, T.; Greiling, R. O.
2013. Journal of Structural Geology, 50, 119–132. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2012.03.002

A comparison of two orogenic margins: central Scandinavian Caledonides and western Outer Carpathians
Greiling, R. O.; Oszczypko, N.; Garfunkel, Z.
2013. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 164 (1), 9–32. doi:10.1127/1860-1804/2013/0013

Exploration of new gold occurrences in the alteration zones of the Barramiya District, Central Eastern Desert of Egypt using ASTER data and geological studies
Salem, S. M.; Soliman, N. M.; Ramadan, T. M.; Greiling, R. O.
2013. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7 (5), 1717–1731. doi:10.1007/s12517-013-0874-9

2012

Serpentinites and low-K island arc meta-volcanic rocks in the Lower Köli Nappe of the central Scandinavian Caledonides: Late Cambrian - early Ordovician serpentinite mud volcanoes in a forearc basin?
Grimmer, J. C.; Greiling, R. O.
2012. Tectonophysics, 541-543, 19–30. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.014

Strain partitioning along the Neoproterozoic Central Africa Shear Zone system: structures and magnetic fabrics (AMS) from the Meiganga area, Cameroon
Kankeu, B.; Greiling, R. O.; Nzenti, J. P.; Bassahak, J.; Hell, J. V.
2012. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 265 (1), 27–47. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0244

Kaolin deposits in the Ukrainian Shield and their geological context
Sabelfeld, A.; Greiling, R. O.
2012. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 163 (2), 127–135. doi:10.1127/1860-1804/2012/0163-0127

Fabric evolution at basement - cover interfaces in a fold-and-thrust belt and implications for décollement tectonics (Autochthon, Lower Allochthon, central Scandinavian Caledonides)
Angerer, T.; Greiling, R. O.
2012. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101, 1763–1788. doi:10.1007/s00531-012-0765-4

Rocks, fabrics and magnetic anisotropy: an introduction to the issue in honour of Frantisk Hrouda
Mamtani, M. A.; Chadima, M.; Wall, H. de; Greiling, R. O.
2012. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (3), 605–607. doi:10.1007/s00531-011-0733-4

Magnetic fabric analysis in a mesoscopic fold
Mamtani, M. A.; Chadima, M.; Wall, H. de; Greiling, R. O.
2012. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (3), 611–612. doi:10.1007/s00531-012-0749-4

Magnetic fabric development in a highly anisotropic magnetite-bearing ductile shear zone (Seve Nappe Complex, Scandinavian Caledonides)
Kontny, A.; Engelmann, R.; Grimmer, J. C.; Greiling, R. O.; Hirt, A.
2012. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (3), 671–692. doi:10.1007/s00531-011-0713-8

2011

Chapter 60. Evidence for late Neoproterozoic glaciation in the central Scandinavian Caledonides
Kumpulainen, R. A.; Greiling, R. O.
2011. The geological record of neoproterozoic glaciations. Ed.: E. Arnaud, 623–628, The Geological Soc

The Ammarnäs Complex in the central Scandinavian Caledonides: An allochthonous basin fragment in the foreland of the Sveconorwegian orogen?
Grimmer, J. C.; Greiling, R. O.; Gerdes, A.
2011. Terra Nova, 23 (4), 270–279. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01009.x

Process of magnetite fabric development during granite deformation
Mamtani, M. A.; Piazolo, S.; Greiling, R. O.; Kontny, A.; Hrouda, F.
2011. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 308 (1-2), 77–89

Fabric development in a weathering profile at a basement-cover interface, the sub-Cambrian peneplain, Israel: implications for decollement tectonics
Angerer, T.; Greiling, R. O.; Avigad, D.
2011. Journal of Structural Geology, 33 (5), 819–832. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.010

2010

Magnetic Fabric Studies on Mafic Dykes at a Volcanic Rifted Margin in the Henties Bay - Outjo Dyke Swarm, NW Namibia
Wiegand, M.; Trumbull, R.; Greiling, R. O.; Vietor, T.
2010. Dyke Swarms : Keys for Geodynamic Interpretation. Ed.: R.K. Srivastava, 377–399, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-12496-9_22

Geologische Beiträge zur Geothermie des südwestlichen Mitteleuropas. Editorial
Greiling, R. O.; Kontny, A. M.
2010. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, 38 (1), 1–2

Serrated quartz grain boundaries, temperature and strain-rate: testing fractal techniques in a syntectonic granite
Mamtani, M. A.; Greiling, R. O.
2010. Advances in Interpretation of Geological Processes: Refinement of Multi-scale Data and Integration in Numerical Modelling. Ed.: M. I. Spalla, 35–48, Scottish Academ. Press

Natural electromagnetic radiation (EMR) and its application in structural geology and neotectonics
Greiling, R. O.; Obermeyer, H.
2010. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 75 (1), 265–275. doi:10.1007/s12594-010-0015-y

2009

Structural setting of Neoproterozoic mineralization, Asmara district, Eritrea
Ghebreab, W.; Greiling, R. O.; Solomon, S.
2009. Journal of African earth sciences, 55 (5), 219–235. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.05.001

Magnetic fabric variations along the fault related anticlines of Eastern Kachchh, Western India
Mallik, J.; Mathew, G.; Greiling, R. O.
2009. Tectonophysics, 473 (3), 428–445. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.026

Pan-African strike-slip tectonics in eastern Cameroon - Magnetic fabrics (AMS) and structure in the Lom basin and its gneissic basement
Kankeu, B.; Greiling, R. O.; Nzenti, J. P.
2009. Precambrian research, 174 (3), 258–272. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2009.08.001

Interpretation von Strukturen in der Lithosphäre mit Hilfe magnetischer Gefügeuntersuchungen
Greiling, R. O.; Grimmer, J. C.; Kontny, A.
2009. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, 37 (6), 361–371

2008

Long sequence of Quaternary Rocks in the Heidelberg Basin Depocentre
Ellwanger, D.; Gabriel, G.; Simon, T.; Wielandt-Schuster, U.; Greiling, R. O.; Hagedorn, E.-M.; Hahne, J.; Heinz, J.
2008. Quaternary science journal, 57 (3-4), 316–337

Determination of directions of horizontal principal stress and identification of active faults in Kachchh (India) by Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR)
Mallik, J.; Mathew, G.; Angerer, T.; Greiling, R. O.
2008. Journal of geodynamics, 45 (4), 234–245

Thrusting and multiple folding in the Neoproterozoic Pan-African basement of Wadi Hodein area, south Eastern Desert, Egypt
Abdeen, M. M.; Sadek, M. F.; Greiling, R. O.
2008. Journal of African earth sciences, 52 (1), 21–29

2007

Fabric evolution across a discontinuity between lower and upper crustal domains from field, microscopic, and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility studies in central eastern Eritrea, NE Africa
Ghebreab, W.; Kontny, A.; Greiling, R. O.
2007. Tectonics, 26 (3), Art.Nr.: TC3015. doi:10.1029/2005TC001881

Köli Nappes in the north-central Swedish Caledonides - new views on stratigraphy and structural evolution
Greiling, R. O.; Grimmer, J. C.
2007. GFF online, 129 (2), 141–153. doi:10.1080/11035890701292141

Mesoproterozoic dyke swarms in foreland and nappes of the central Scandinavian Caledonides: structure, magnetic fabric, and geochemistry
Greiling, R. O.; Grimmer, J. C.; Wall, H. de; Björk, L.
2007. Geological magazine, 144 (3), 525–546. doi:10.1017/S0016756807003299

An early Ordovician (Finnmarkian?) foreland basin and related lithospheric flexure in the Scandinavian Caledonides
Greiling, R. O.; Garfunkel, Z.
2007. American journal of science, 307 (2), 527–553. doi:10.2475/02.2007.07

2006

Magnetic fabrics (AMS) and transpression in the Neoproterozoic basement of Eastern Cameroon (Garga-Sarali area)
Kankeu, B.; Greiling, R. O.
2006. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 239 (2), 263–287

2005

Spår av världens största inlandsis i Vilhelminafjällen?
Greiling, R. O.; Kumpulainen, R.
2005. Geologiskt Forum, 12 (43), 8–11

Granite emplacement and its relation with regional deformation in the Aravalli Mountain Belt (India) - inferences from magnetic fabric
Mamtan, M. A.; Greiling, R. O.
2005. Journal of Structural Geology, 27 (11), 2008–2029

A quantitative structural study of late Pan-African compressional deformation in the Central Eastern Desert (Egypt) during Gondwana assembly
Abdeen, M. M.; Greiling, R. O.
2005. Gondwana Research, 8 (4), 457–471

Swedish feldspar
Greiling, R. O.; Sabelfeld, A.; Einarsson, Ö.; Sundqvist, E.
2005. Industrial Minerals, 454, 49–51

2004

Feldspatlagerstätten im Baltischen Schild Nord- Schwedens
Sabelfeld, A.; Einarsson, Ö.; Greiling, R. O.
2004. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geologie, 50 (2), 66–70

Ergebnisse erster AMS-Messungen in cadomischen Granodioriten der Lausitz
Lobst, R.; Greiling, R. O.; Leonhard, W.
2004. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, 32 (1), 9–29

2003

Structural evolution of metavolcanics in the surrounding of the gold-mineralization at El Beida, south Eastern Desert, Egypt
Nano, L.; Kontny, A.; Sadek, M. F.; Greiling, R. O.
2003. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 25, 11–22

Al Uwaynat Banded Iron Formation (SW Egypt), distribution and related gold mineralization
Khattab, M. M.; Greiling, R. O.; Khalid, A. M.; Said, M. M.; Kontny, A.; Abu Salem, A. O.; El Kady, M. F.; Attia, M. N.; Shaaban, G. M.
2003. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 25, 343–364

South Western Desert BIF laboratory studies and gold extraction tests
Khalid, A. M.; Greiling, R. O.; Said, M. M.; Megahed, A.; Shaaban, G.; Micheal, W.; Hussein, A. M.; Tawfik, I.; El Hofy, S. L.; Khattab, M. M.
2003. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 25, 315–332

2002

Crystalline basement rocks in the Lower and Middle Allochthons, Västerbotten, Sweden: Palaeoproterozoic U-Pb zircon ages from the north-central Swedish Caledonides
Greiling, R. O.; Stephens, M. B.; Persson, P.-O.
2002. Radiometric dating results 5. Ed.: S. Bergman, 31–42, Geological Survey of Sweden

The implications of foreland basins for the causative tectonic loads
Garfunkel, Z.; Greiling, R. O.
2002. EGU Stephan Mueller Special Publication Series, 1, 3–16

2001

Naturwerksteine in Ost-Kasachstan
Sabelfeld, A.; Greiling, R. O.
2001. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geologie, 47, 94–100

Time relationship between metamorphism and deformation in Proterozoic rocks of the Lunavada region, southern Aravalli mountain belt (India) - a microstructural study
Mamtani, M. A.; Merh, S. S.; Karanth, R. V.; Greiling, R. O.
2001. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 19 (1-2), 195–205

Strike-slip tectonics and granitoid emplacement: an AMS fabric study from the Odenwald Crystalline Complex, SW Germany
Greiling, R. O.; Verma, P. K.
2001. Mineralogy and Petrology, 72 (1-3), 165–184

Superposition de la tectonique éburnéenne et panafricaine dans les granitoïdes de la bordure nord du craton ouest africain, boutonnière de Zenaga, Anti-Atlas central, Maroc
Ennih, N.; Laduron, D.; Greiling, R. O.; Errami, E.; Wall, H. de; Boutaleb, M.
2001. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 32 (4), 677–693

Post-collisional shortening in the late Pan-African Hamisana high strain zone, SE Egypt: field and magnetic fabric evidence
Wall, H. de; Greiling, R. O.; Sadek, M. F.
2001. Precambrian Research, 107 (3-4), 179–194

Les dykes basiques protérozoiques de la boutonnière de Zenaga (Anti-Atlas, Maroc) pétrographie-géochimie
Ennih, N.; Errami, E.; Laduron, D.; Greiling, R. O.; Boutaleb, M.
2001. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique de Maroc, 408, 109–116


Berggrundskartan 24H Sorsele NV 1:50000	Eliasson T, Greiling RO, Triumf CA	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Ai 187, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 24H Sorsele SV 1:50000	Eliasson T, Greiling RO, Triumf CA	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Ai 188, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23H Stensele NV 1:50000	Eliasson T, Greiling RO, Sträng T, Triumf CA	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 126, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23 G Dikanäs NO 1:50000	Greiling RO, Zachrisson E, Thelander T, Sträng T	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 124, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23 G Dikanäs SO 1:50000	Greiling RO, Zachrisson E, Thelander T, Sträng T	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 125, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23 G Dikanäs NV 1:50000	Greiling RO, Zachrisson E	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 122, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23 G Dikanäs SV 1:50000	Greiling RO, Zachrisson E	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 123, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 22 G Vilhelmina NV, 1:50.000	Zachrisson E, Greiling RO	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 84, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 22 G Vilhelmina NO 1:50000	Greiling RO, Zachrisson E, Björk L, Kero L	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 86, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23F Fatmomakke NO 1:5000	Zachrisson E, Greiling RO	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 77, Uppsala
Berggrundskartan 23F Fatmomakke SO 1:50000	Zachrisson E, Greiling RO	Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Serie Ai 78, Uppsala

Prof. Dr. Reinhard O. Greiling

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