Funded by the German Research Foundation
and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Organized by the Institute of Geosciences of the University
and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz.

Falte in zerissenen Turbiditen der Lower Ugab Domain, Rhino Wash, Namibia. Gesteine etwa 710 Ma, Deformation etwa 530 Ma.

Vertical W-E cross section through the tomographic model of the Eifel plume. Displayed are perturbations of the P-wave velocity relative to the IASP91 model. The reddish areas in the mantle are characterized by relatively low seismic velocity (by courtesy of Dr. Joachim R.R. Ritter, Karlsuhe).

Strombolian activity with a lavaflow spilling down Mt. Etna's southeast crater (Sicily, Italy 13.09.2006, Photo by J. Krause)