
Prof. Dr. Jörn Kruhl
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Kruhl's research foci are structures of geomaterials from macro to micro, hydrothermal systems and deformation processes in crystallizing magma. He performs projects in geotourism (transfer of science to the public) and investigations on 'sound-rock music'.
Prof. Kruhl studied geology at the University of Hamburg, received his doctoral degree from University of Bonn, his habilitation from University of Mainz and held appointments in research and teaching at universities in Mainz, Salzburg, Berlin and Frankfurt/M. 1996 Prof. Kruhl was appointed to the professorship for geology at TUM, which he hold till his retirement in 2014. He was visiting professor at universities in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Jordan, and Nepal and is an alumnus of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Key Publications
Kruhl,J.H., Griesshaber,E., Schmahl,W.W., Wirth,R. (2024): Fracturing and widening of grain boundary networks in quartz, plagioclase and olivine crystal aggregates during exhumation at low P-T conditions. Journal of Structural Geology 179, 1-15, 105032.
AbstractChhetri,S., Kruhl,J.H., Paudel,L.P., Altenberger,U. (2023): Interplay of fragmentation, flow, mingling, and mixing in composite pseudotachylyte-ultracataclasite veins – an example from the Main Central Thrust (central Nepal). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 241, 105483.
AbstractKruhl JH: Drawing Geological Structures. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
AbstractKruhl JH: "Fractal geometry techniques in the quantification of complex rock structures: a special view on scaling regimes, inhomogeneity and anisotropy". Journal of Structural Geology. 2013; 46: 2-21.
AbstractKruhl JH, Wirth R, Morales LFG: "Quartz grain boundaries as fluid pathways in metamorphic rocks". Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 2013; 118: 1-11.
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