Prof. Dr. Tesfaye Kidane Birke

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeophysics
Keywordsgeomagnetism, paleomagnetism, sedimentary geology, tectonics, Snowball Earth

Current contact address

CountrySouth Africa
CityDurban
InstitutionUniversity of Kwazulu-Natal
InstituteGeography Department, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Valerian BachtadseSektion für Geophysik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Stuart GilderSektion für Geophysik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2014Tesfaye Kidane Birke: Crystalline basement aquifers of Ethiopia: Their genesis, classification, and aquifer properties. In: Journal of African Earth Science, 2014, 191-202
2014Tesfaye Kidane Birke: Magnetostratigraphy of the fossil rich Shungura Formation in southwest Ethiopia. In: J. African. Earth. Science, 2014, 207-223
2014Tesfaye Kidane Birke: Paleomagnetic dating of Enticho Sandstone at Negash locality, Implication for Quarternary Remagnetization. In: SINET: Ehtiop. J. Sci., 2014, 31-42