Brotkrumenpfad
Our group researches mainly geoscience-related problems. Major topics are:
- Geology and plate tectonic evolution of the Bohemian Massif and the Central European Variscan Orogen.
- Petrogenesis of granitic rocks.
- Chemical Th-U-Pb dating of accessory minerals with electron beam methods.
The range of methodical approaches is broad and includes:
- Outcrop descriptions and geological mapping.
- Petrographic investigations (thin section microscopy, XRD).
- Microscale studies of rock fabrics and mineral reaction textures by means of SEM/EDX.
- Whole rock geochemistry (mainly XRF).
Recent research projects:
- In search of geodynamic causes for post-collisional high heat flow and granitic plutonism in the south-western Bohemian Massif (funded by the Austrian FWF)
- Factors controlling the formation and breakdown of monazite in metamorphic rocks (funded by the Austrian FWF)
Most cited papers:
- FINGER, F., ROBERTS, M.P., HAUNSCHMID, B., SCHERMAIER, A., STEYRER, H.P. (1997): Variscan granites of central Europe: their typology, potential sources and tectonothermal relations. Mineralogy and Petrology 61, 67-96.
- ROBERTS, M.P., FINGER, F. (1997): Do U-Pb zircon ages from granulites reflect peak metamorphic conditions? Geology 4, 319-322.
- FINGER, F., BROSKA, I., ROBERTS, M.P., SCHERMAIER, A. (1998): Replacement of primary monazite by apatite-allanite-epidote coronas in an amphibolite facies granite gneiss from the Eastern Alps. American Mineralogist 83, 248-258.
- FINGER, F., GERDES, A., JANOUSEK, V., RENÉ, M., RIEGLER, G. (2007): Resolving the Variscan evolution of the Moldanubian sector of the Bohemian Massif: the significance of the Bavarian and the Moravo–Moldanubian tectonometamorphic phases. Journal of Geosciences, 52, 9–28.
