Ingmar Holzhauer, Dipl.-Geogr.

Project plan:

• Conceptual design and implementation of a university field trip map and guide based on the Rhine-Neckar area.

Regional focuses:

• Southern Germany, Cycladen und Crete (Greece)

Main research interests:

• Geomorphology, soil sciences, Quarternary research
• Micromorphology, Sedimentology, Geochemistry and mineralogical methods
• Geoarchaeology and Geoecology
• Geophysical Methods (Applied Geophysics)

Lectureship:

Summer semester 2008:

• Field work courses in Physical Geography

Wintersemester 2008/09:

• Field work courses in Physical Geography
• Introduction in Physical Geography (Tutorials and field trips)
• Field trip “South-West Germany”
• Participation in advanced seminar “South-West Germany” (Prof. Dr. Olaf Bubenzer)
• Participation in ArcGIS 9.3 – principles of GIS and applications in Physical Geography (C. Siart)

Summer semester 2009:

• Field work courses in Physical Geography
• Field trip “South-West Germany”
• Courses in Applied Cartographical methods and Desktop Mapping

Winter semester 2009/10:

• Field work courses in Physical Geography
• Introduction in Physical Geography (Tutorials and field trips)

Publications:

• Siart, C., Ghilardi, M. & I. Holzhauer (2009): Geoarchaeological study of karst depressions integrating geophysical and sedimentological methods: case studies from Zominthos and Latô (Central and East Crete, Greece).In: Géomorphologie: relief, processus, environnement, 2009, n° 4, S. 241-256
• Siart, C., Hecht, S., Brilmayer-Bakti, B., Holzhauer, I. (subm.): 3D visualisation of Mediterranean subsurface karst features based on tomographic mapping (Zominthos, Central Crete).
• Siart, C., Hecht, S., Holzhauer, I., Altherr, R., Meyer, H.P., Schukraft, G., Eitel, B., Bubenzer, O., Panagiotopoulos, D. (2009): Karst depressions as geoarchaeological archives: the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Zominthos (Central Crete) based on geophysical prospection, mineralogical investigations and GIS. Quaternary International.
• Siart, C., Holzhauer, I., Hecht, S., Eitel, B., Schukraft, G., Bubenzer, O. (2008): Karst depressions as archive of landscape evolution. Geomorphologic, geophysical and sedimentological investigations on the plateau of Zominthos, Central Crete. In: Mächtle, B., Nüsser, M., Schmid, H., Siegmund, A. (Eds.): Inszenierte Landschaften und Städte. HGG Journal 22. Heidelberg, 205-219.
• Holzhauer, I. (2008): Geomorphological-sedimentological investigations in the Psiloritis (Central Crete) – a contribution to the geoarchaeological landscape reconstruction. Unpublished diploma theses, Heidelberg University

Peer-reviewed abstracts:

• Siart, C., Hecht, S., Holzhauer, I., Meyer, H.P., Eitel, B., Schukraft, G., Bubenzer, O., Altherr, R., Panagiotopoulos, D. (2009): Karst depressions as geoarchaeological archives: revealing the past human-environmental interactions of Zominthos (Crete) through geophysical prospection, geomorphologic studies and mineralogical investigations. In: Geophysical research abstracts Vol.11, EGU2009-1872.
• Holzhauer, I., Siart, C., Meyer, H.P., Schukraft, G., Altherr, R, Eitel, B. (2009): Geoarchaeological conclusions through investigating sediments, soils and minerals in karst depressions in Mount Ida, Central Crete. In: Geophysical research abstracts Vol.11, EGU2009-2916.

Poster presentations:

• “Geoarchaeological conclusions through investigating sediments, soils and minerals in karst depressions in Mount Ida, Central Crete”; (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2009)
• “Reconstruction of quaternary landscape evolution of Mount Ida (Central Crete) based on sedimentological, pedological and heavy mineral investigations in karst depressions”; (3rd Mideuropean Congress on Geomorphology, Salzburg, September 2008)
• with C. Siart: “Geomorphologisch- geoarchäologische Untersuchungen zur Rekonstruktion des holozänen Klima- und Landschaftswandels im Ida-Gebirge, Zentralkreta” (Annual assembly of the AK Geoarchaeology, Trier, May 2008)