Dr. Lukas Gegg

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Research

Motivation and scope

I am Quaternary geologist / sedimentologist by training, with a wide range of interests. My research focus is the recent geological history of the Alpine realm in the widest sense. I investigate landscape modifications, sediment transport and depositional environments from the mountain range over the (northern) Alpine foreland to distal settings such as the Upper Rhine Graben. 

Current projects

• Investigating Early-Stage Quaternary Overdeepening in Oberschwaben (as part of ICDP DOVE)
  07/2023 - 06/2026
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) project no. 517980590
• Quaternary lithostratigraphy in the Upper Rhine Graben
  (05/2023 - 05/2024: palynological analyses funded by Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg)
• Geotechnical properties of glacigenic sediments

Selected publications (link to full list)

• Gegg, L., and Gegg, J., 2023, Poor Man’s Line Scan – a simple tool for the acquisition of high-resolution, undistorted drill core photos: Scientific Drilling, v. 32, p. 55–59.
• Gegg, L., and Preusser, F., 2023, Comparison of overdeepened structures in formerly glaciated areas of the northern Alpine foreland and northern central Europe: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, v. 72, p. 23–36.
• Gegg, L., Anselmetti, F. S., Deplazes, G., Knipping, M., Madritsch, H., Mueller, D., Preusser, F., Vogel, H., and Buechi, M. W., 2023, Rinikerfeld Palaeolake (Northern Switzerland) – a sedimentary archive of landscape and climate change during the penultimate glacial cycle: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 38, no. 2, 174-185.
• Gegg, L., Deplazes, G., Keller, L., Madritsch, H., Spillmann, T., Anselmetti, F. S., and Buechi, M. W., 2021, 3D morphology of a glacially overdeepened trough controlled by underlying bedrock geology: Geomorphology, v. 394, 107950.
• Gegg, L., Buechi, M. W., Ebert, A., Deplazes, G., Madritsch, H., and Anselmetti, F. S., 2020, Brecciation of glacially overridden palaeokarst (Lower Aare Valley, northern Switzerland): result of subglacial water‐pressure peaks?: Boreas, v. 49, no. 4, p. 813–827.

Teaching

Bachelor courses

• Exogene Geologie
• Geowissenschaftliche Analytik: Sedimentologische Labormethoden
• Exkursion Mittelrhein
• Geosciences - A crash course in theory and practice (Liberal Arts and Sciences, University College Freiburg)

Master courses

• Earth Management: Recycling and disposal sites, climate engineering
• Engineering Geology: Practical exercises
• Sedimentary Geology: Glacial geology, fluvial geology, practical exercises

Students' theses

If you are interested in a Bachelor's or Master's project in the above-mentioned context, feel free to contact me.

Curriculum vitae