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Thilo Bechstädt
 
Prof. Dr.
Director, GeoResources
Professor for Petroleum Geology, Univ. of Cracow
Professor emeritus, Univ. of Heidelberg

Email bechstaedt@georesources.de
Fon +49 6221 548292
Fax +49 6221 545503
 
   
Professional CV
 
Doctoral degree/PhD (Geology/Mineralogy), 1972
The Anisian of the Prags Dolomites (Southern Tyrol)
Habilitation/State Doctorate, 1977
Facies analyis of the Permo-Triassic in the Drau Range as indication for a large-scale strike-slip fault in the Eastern Alps
 
Professor for Petroleum Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 2010-
Full Professor for Sedimentary Geology & Director, Geological-Paleontological Institute/Institute of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Heidelberg, 1991-2009
Professor, Geological Institute, Univ. of Freiburg, 1981-1991
Area Geologist/Chief Geologist; Deminex Essen, Vietnam, Libya; 1978-1981
Research Assistant, Geological Institute, Univ. of Munich, 1974-1978
Research Assistant, Geological Institute, Univ. of Freiburg, 1972-1974
Postdoctoral Scientist, Geological-Paleontological Institute, Univ. of Innsbruck, 1972
Exploration Geologist, Irish Base Metals, 1970-1971
 
Founder and Coordinator, Doctoral Program “System Earth”, Univ. of Heidelberg
Chief Reviewer for Geology-Paleontology, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2000-2004)
Reviewer, DFG and other international funding agencies
Reviewer for international geoscience journals (a.o. Sedimentology, Sedimentary Geology, Int. Journal of Earth Sciences, etc.)
Dean of Geoscience Faculty (Univ. of Freiburg and Heidelberg)
Credner Price, German Geological Society, 1978
 
Focus
 
Facies and paleogeography
Sequence stratigraphy
Facies analysis from well logs
Reservoir-outcrop analogue analysis
Integrated sedimentary basin analysis
Diagenesis and fluid flow
Lead-zinc mineralization in carbonates
 
Regional Expertise
 
Paleozoic and Mesozoic of central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, Atlantic continental margins, Proterozoic of southern Africa
Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Namibia, Vietnam
 
Industry courses
 
Facies analysis from well logs
Carbonate sequence and seismic stratigraphy
Porosity evolution in carbonate successions
 
Languages
 
English, Italian