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Achim Bechtel is affiliated with the University of Leoben in Austria. Their research focuses on areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, contributing extensively to 68 and 52 publications respectively. Their work spans multiple subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, and Geology.

The main topics addressed by Bechtel's research include hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, coal and its by-products, geology and paleoclimatology research, coal properties and utilization, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological studies and exploration, and geological formations and processes exploration.

They have published a notable number of papers in well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Bechtel has collaborated regularly with multiple co-authors, among which are:

  • Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer
  • Ksenija Stojanović
  • Ivan Kojić
  • Alexander Zdravkov
  • Dragana Životić

Their recent scientific contributions include:

  • "Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review" (2020), published in International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Porosity evolution in organic matter-rich shales (Qingshankou Fm.; Songliao Basin, NE China): Implications for shale oil retention" (2021), published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Bio-geochemical evolution and critical element mineralization in the Cretaceous-Cenozoic coals from the southern Far East Russia and northeastern China" (2020), published in Applied Geochemistry
  • "Lateral changes of organic matter preservation in the lacustrine Qingshankou Formation (Cretaceous Songliao Basin, NE China): Evidence for basin segmentation" (2022), published in International Journal of Coal Geology
  • "Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Konin Basin (central Poland) during lignite accumulation linked to the mid-Miocene climate optimum" (2021), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review

    Shifeng Dai;Achim Bechtel;Cortland F. Eble;Romeo M. Flores

  • On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type

    Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Achim Bechtel;Kimon Christanis;Shifeng Dai

  • Palaeoenvironmental conditions during deposition of the Upper Cretaceous oil shale sequences in the Songliao Basin (NE China): Implications from geochemical analysis

    Achim Bechtel;Jianliang Jia;Susanne A.I. Strobl;Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer

  • Oil shale formation in the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation of the Songliao Basin (NE China): Implications from organic and inorganic geochemical analyses

    Jianliang Jia;Jianliang Jia;Achim Bechtel;Zhaojun Liu;Susanne A.I. Strobl

  • The birth of the Paratethys during the Early Oligocene: From Tethys to an ancient Black Sea analogue?

    H.-M. Schulz;Achim Bechtel;Reinhard Sachsenhofer

  • Depositional environment of oil shale within the second member of Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Santanghu Basin, Northwest China

    Bo Liu;Achim Bechtel;Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer;Doris Gross

  • Tectonic and climate control of oil shale deposition in the Upper Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation (Songliao Basin, NE China)

    Jianliang Jia;Jianliang Jia;Zhaojun Liu;Achim Bechtel;Susanne A. I. Strobl

  • Paleoenvironmental implications from biomarker and stable isotope investigations on the Pliocene Velenje lignite seam (Slovenia)

    A Bechtel;R.F Sachsenhofer;M Markic;R Gratzer

  • Distribution of branched and isoprenoid tetraether lipids in an oligotrophic and a eutrophic Swiss lake: Insights into sources and GDGT-based proxies

    Achim Bechtel;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Carsten J. Schubert

  • Basin evolution and oil shale deposition during Upper Cretaceous in the Songliao Basin (NE China): Implications from sequence stratigraphy and geochemistry

    Jinjun Xu;Jinjun Xu;Zhaojun Liu;Achim Bechtel;Qingtao Meng

  • Biomarker and carbon isotope variation in coal and fossil wood of Central Europe through the Cenozoic

    Achim Bechtel;Achim Bechtel;Reinhard Gratzer;Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer;Jürgen Gusterhuber

  • Organic geochemistry of the Lower Miocene Oberdorf lignite (Styrian Basin, Austria): its relation to petrography, palynology and the palaeoenvironment

    A. Bechtel;R.F. Sachsenhofer;I. Kolcon;R. Gratzer

  • Depositional environment of the Late Miocene Hausruck lignite (Alpine Foreland Basin): insights from petrography, organic geochemistry, and stable carbon isotopes

    A Bechtel;W Gruber;R.F Sachsenhofer;R Gratzer

  • Perylene as an indicator of conifer fossil wood degradation by wood-degrading fungi

    Leszek Marynowski;Justyna Smolarek;Achim Bechtel;Marc Philippe

  • Influence of floral assemblage, facies and diagenesis on petrography and organic geochemistry of the Eocene Bourgas coal and the Miocene Maritza-East lignite (Bulgaria)

    A. Bechtel;R.F. Sachsenhofer;A. Zdravkov;I. Kostova

  • Origin of ore fluids in the Muruntau gold system: Constraints from noble gas, carbon isotope and halogen data

    Torsten Graupner;Torsten Graupner;Samuel Niedermann;Ulf Kempe;Reiner Klemd;Reiner Klemd

  • Organic geochemistry of Mississippian shales (Bowland Shale Formation) in central Britain: Implications for depositional environment, source rock and gas shale potential

    D. Gross;R.F. Sachsenhofer;A. Bechtel;L. Pytlak

  • A biogeochemical study of sediments from the eutrophic Lake Lugano and the oligotrophic Lake Brienz, Switzerland

    Achim Bechtel;Carsten J. Schubert

  • Biomarker and stable carbon isotope systematics of fossil wood from the second Lusatian lignite seam of the Lubstów deposit (Poland)

    A. Bechtel;A. Bechtel;M. Widera;R.F. Sachsenhofer;R. Gratzer

  • Distribution of sulfur and pyrite in coal seams from Kutai Basin (East Kalimantan, Indonesia): Implications for paleoenvironmental conditions

    Sri Widodo;Wolfgang Oschmann;Achim Bechtel;Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer

  • The origin of hydrocarbon source rocks in the Austrian Molasse Basin (Eocene–Oligocene transition)

    H.-M. Schulz;R.F. Sachsenhofer;A. Bechtel;H. Polesny

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer
Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer University of Leoben
Wilhelm Püttmann
Wilhelm Püttmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Lücke
Andreas Lücke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Leszek Marynowski
Leszek Marynowski University of Silesia
Francien Peterse
Francien Peterse Utrecht University
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University
Shifeng Dai
Shifeng Dai China University of Mining and Technology
James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Maria Mastalerz
Maria Mastalerz Indiana University

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