Research Interests

Primary Research Interests

• Tectonics and General Geology
• Geology, Tectonics and Deep Structure of the Alps
• Tectonic evolution of the Pannonian-Carpathian-Dinaridic (PANCARDI) system
• Structural Geology
• Fission Track Studies
• Microfabric studies of fault rocks

Current Research Projects

• Tectonic evolution of the Pannonian-Carpathian-Dinaridic (PANCARDI) system (Link)
  Tectonic Map of the Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides (view)
  Structural and petrological features of the north-Bosnian inselbergs of Kozara, Prosara and Motajica by Usatszewski and Schmid.
  Tisza and its role in the framework of the tectonic evolution of the Alps, Dinarides and Carpathians. (Prof. Stefan Schmid, Dr. Alexandre Kounov, Link)
• Serbo-Macedonian massif, an enigmatic terrain within the Eastern Mediterranean Alpine orogen. (Link)

Former Research Projects

• Tectonics in the Northern Alpine foreland: EUCOR-URGENT (Upper Rhine Graben Evolution and Neotectonics) and ENTEC (Environmental Tectonics EU FP5 Training and Research Network). Download final ENTEC report
• Alpine geology and tectonics in general, including the deep structure of the Alps. View low or download a high quality image (5.5 Mb): See update Nov. 2006
• Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Italian-Swiss Central Alps (Link). View a profile through the Central Alps low or high (1.2 Mb) quality image
• "Tectonic evolution of the suture zone between Dinarides and Carpatho-Balkan: The Kopaonik region, southern Serbia" by Schefer, Schmid and Fügenschuh (Link)
• Seismic Source Characterisation for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis in Northern Switzerland and adjacent areas View or PDF-file (3.1 Mb)
• Structures, metamorphic evolution and dating of orogeny in the Italian-French Western Alps Link