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Overview

Andreas Wetzel is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with active contributions to subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Paleontology.

The research topics covered by Wetzel focus on a range of areas including geological formations and processes, drilling and well engineering, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, oil and gas production techniques, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Wetzel has published scientific papers in several notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Sedimentology
  • Swiss Journal of Geosciences
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

Recent publications include:

  • Trace-fossil suites and composite ichnofabrics from meandering fluvial systems: The Oligocene Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • The Middle Jurassic Opalinuston Formation (Aalenian, Opalinum Zone) at its type locality near Bad Boll and adjacent outcrops (Swabian Alb, SW Germany), 2021, Palaeodiversity
  • Sediment dynamics of estuarine Holocene incised-valley fill deposits recorded by Siphonichnus (ancient Red River, Gulf of Tonkin), 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Fluid conduits formed along burrows of giant bivalves at a cold seep site, Southern Taiwan, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • What makes seep carbonates ignore self-sealing and grow vertically: the role of burrowing decapod crustaceans, 2021, Solid Earth

Frequent coauthors in Wetzel's research include Toshio Ishizuka, Dorrik A. V. Stow, Arnold H. Bouma, James M. Coleman, and James M. Brooks. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement and contribution to diverse aspects of Earth sciences and engineering.

Best Publications

  • Ecologic interpretation of deep-sea trace fossil communities

    Andreas Wetzel

  • Morphology and ecological significance of Zoophycos in deep-sea sediments off NW Africa

    Andreas Wetzel;Friedrich Werner

  • The Xigaze forearc basin: evolution and facies architecture (Cretaceous, Tibet)

    G Einsele;G Einsele;B Liu;S Dürr;W Frisch

  • Sequential colonization of muddy turbidites in the Eocene Beloveža Formation, Carpathians, Poland

    A Wetzel;A Uchman

  • Infilling and flooding of the Mekong River incised valley during deglacial sea-level rise

    Rik Tjallingii;Karl Stattegger;Andreas Wetzel;Phung Van Phach

  • Recent bioturbation in the deep South China Sea : a uniformitarian ichnologic approach

    Andreas Wetzel

  • PHYCOSIPHON INCERTUM REVISITED: ANCONICHNUS HORIZONTALIS IS ITS JUNIOR SUBJECTIVE SYNONYM

    Andreas Wetzel;Richard G. Bromley

  • The Himalaya-Bengal fan denudation-accumulation system during the past 20 Ma

    G. Einsele;L. Ratschbacher;A. Wetzel

  • Bioturbation in deep-sea fine-grained sediments: influence of sediment texture, turbidite frequency and rates of environmental change

    A. Wetzel

  • Deep-sea ichnology: The relationships between depositional environment and endobenthic organisms

    Alfred Uchman;Andreas Wetzel

  • Reactivated basement structures affecting the sedimentary facies in a tectonically ''quiescent'' epicontinental basin: an example from NW Switzerland

    Andreas Wetzel;Robin Allenbach;Vincenzo Allia

  • Grain size, areal thickness distribution and controls on sedimentation of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo tephra layer in the South China Sea

    Martin G. Wiesner;Andreas Wetzel;Sandra G. Catane;Eddie L. Listanco

  • Biogenic structures in modern slope to deep-sea sediments in the sulu sea basin (Philippines)

    Andreas Wetzel

  • Stratigraphic completeness: Tiered trace fossils provide a measuring stick

    Andreas Wetzel;Thomas Aigner

  • Mid to late Holocene sea-level reconstruction of Southeast Vietnam using beachrock and beach-ridge deposits

    Karl Stattegger;Rik Tjallingii;Yoshiki Saito;Maximiliano Michelli

  • The Transfer of River Load to Deep-Sea Fans: A Quantitative Approach

    Andreas Wetzel

  • Deep-sea ichnology: Observations in modern sediments to interpret fossil counterparts

    Andreas Wetzel

  • Chapter 11 Bioturbation and Biogenic Sedimentary Structures in Contourites

    A Wetzel;F Werner;Dorrik Stow

  • Deep-Sea Fans

    Alfred Uchman;Andreas Wetzel

  • Morphology and ecological significance of Zoophycos in deep-sea sediments off NW Africa.

    A. Wetzel

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Covering Leg 116 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sites 717-719, 2 July 1987-19 August 1987 : SR. Vol. 116 Distal Bengal Fan

    J. Cochran;D.A.V. Stow;Christian Auroux;Kazuo Amano

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Uchman
Alfred Uchman Jagiellonian University
Irena Peytcheva
Irena Peytcheva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Karl Stattegger
Karl Stattegger Kiel University
Lothar Ratschbacher
Lothar Ratschbacher TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Rik Tjallingii
Rik Tjallingii Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Bernhard Fügenschuh
Bernhard Fügenschuh University of Salzburg
Christian Meyer
Christian Meyer Greifswald University Hospital
Richard G. Bromley
Richard G. Bromley University of Copenhagen
Luis A. Buatois
Luis A. Buatois University of Saskatchewan

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