DeepDyn - DFG Priority Programm 2404

Project website for the German Science Foundation's Priority Programme SPP 2404 DeepDyn about the reconstructing the deep dynamics of planet Earth over geologic time

SPP2404 - DeepDyn in a nutshell

The DeepDyn joint project is investigating how the long-term development of the Earth's lower mantle influences the geodynamo. Researchers from five specialist areas - palaeomagnetics, geodynamics research, geodynamics, geochemistry and biomagnetism - are relating their findings to each other.

Reconstructing the Deep Dynamics of Planet Earth over Geologic Time

In the priority program 2404, scientists from Germany and abroad work on researching the deep interior of the earth in an interdisciplinary network.

27 Oct

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29 Oct

Workshop: Dynamos in a nutshell

07 Jul

DeepDynSeminar #5: Karen Appel

News

Mysterious Fingers in the Earth's Core

02 Jun

02/06/2025 DeepDynSeminar #10: Juliane Dannberg
Heterogeneity of the Lowermost Mantle: Insights from Connecting Geodynamic Models to Seismic Observations
07 Jul

07/07/2025 DeepDynSeminar #5: Karen Appel
Accessing electronic and structural properties of major Fe-bearing geomaterials at conditions close to the core-mantle boundary: an experimental approach
Seminar series

Publications

Publications, research data and conference contributions of the priority program

Complete list of publications

News from the Priority Programm

22/05/2025 Mysterious Fingers in the Earth's Core
How Earth's rotation and magnetic field alter convection patterns at the top of the Earth's outer core
14/05/2025 DeepDyn Phd-student Carolina Camarda wins Poster prize
Carolina Camarada wins the European XFEL UOEC PhD Poster prize at the User meeting 2025
09/05/2025 Unveiling the Hidden Link Between Earth's Core and Plate Tectonics
How did Earth sustain its magnetic field for over 3 billion years? Valentin Bonnet reveals the surprising interplay of core cooling and mantle movement at the EGU 2025
News overview

Annual Meetings, Workshops and Conference sessions

25 Nov

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28 Nov

25/11/2025 - 28/11/2025 DeepDyn Annual Conference 2025
Annual meeting of scientists participating in the priority program in Wernigerode
27 Oct

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29 Oct

27/10/2025 - 29/10/2025 Workshop: Dynamos in a nutshell
The 3-Day MagIC Dynamo Experience
28 Apr

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02 May

28/04/2025 - 02/05/2025 DeepDyn at EGU General Assembly 2025
DeepDyn members present their research at the EGU Meeting 2025
24 Feb

24/02/2025 Focus topic at the DGG
The priority program sets the tone at the Annual Meeting of the German Geophysical Society 2025
19 Nov

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22 Nov

19/11/2024 - 22/11/2024 DeepDyn Meeting 2404 in Rügen
Annual Meeting of all scientists of the priority programm 2404 DeepDyn in Sellin, Rügen
16 Nov

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17 Nov

16/11/2023 - 17/11/2023 Kick-Off Meeting of SPP 2404 - DeepDyn
Welcome, Barbara Romanowicz (Univ. Berkley) and Lisa Tauxe (SCRIPPS), as keynote speakers at our Kick-off meeting in Tutzing (Nov 15-17 2023).

School projects in DeepDyn

MagBacBayern is the first DeepDyn school project to be launched. Here, pupils from Munich and Bayreuth can actively research magnetotactic bacteria.

School projects

Projects in the priority programm

projects in the priority programm

Scientists

Scientists in the priority programm

Research institutions

participating research institutions in Germany

Group picture of the scientists in the Priority Programm at the beach of Sellin

Research team

An overview of all scientists involved in the priority program

Team

Participating research institutions

Map of participating research institutes in Germany

Map of all participating research institutes

Projects

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DeepDyn - DFG Priority Programm 2404

SPP2404 - DeepDyn in a nutshell