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Overview

Frank Preusser is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Geophysics, and Archeology. Their research output reflects significant engagement with topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Landslides and related hazards, Cryospheric studies and observations, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Recent notable publications by Frank Preusser include:

  • Exploring possible links between Quaternary aggradation in the Upper Rhine Graben and the glaciation history of northern Switzerland, 2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Out-of-phase Late Pleistocene glacial maxima in the Western Alps reflect past changes in North Atlantic atmospheric circulation, 2021, Geology
  • Effect of Using Different Chemical Dispersing Agents in Grain Size Analyses of Fluvial Sediments via Laser Diffraction Spectrometry, 2021, Methods and Protocols
  • Late Pleistocene glaciation history of the southern Black Forest, Germany: 10Be cosmic-ray exposure dating and equilibrium line altitude reconstructions in Sankt Wilhelmer Tal, 2022, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Cultural evolution and environmental change in Central Europe between 40 and 15 ka, 2020, Quaternary International

Frank Preusser frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Daniela Mueller
  • Alexander Fülling
  • Lukas Gegg
  • Sakonvan Chawchai
  • Laurent Schmitt

Their research is regularly published in journals such as E&G Quaternary Science Journal, Quaternary Geochronology, Quaternary Research, Journal of Quaternary Science, and Quaternary Science Reviews, indicating sustained contributions to the field.

Best Publications

  • Chronology of the last glacial cycle in the European Alps

    Susan Ivy-Ochs;Hanns Kerschner;Anne Reuther;Frank Preusser

  • Quartz as a natural luminescence dosimeter

    Frank Preusser;Makaiko L. Chithambo;Thomas Götte;Marco Martini;Marco Martini

  • Luminescence dating: Basics, methods and applications

    Frank Preusser;Detlev Degering;Markus Fuchs;Alexandra Hilgers

  • Modelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps

    Julien Seguinot;Julien Seguinot;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss

  • Quaternary glaciation history of northern Switzerland

    Frank Preusser;Hans Rudolf Graf;Oskar Keller;Edgar Krayss

  • On the reconstruction of palaeo-ice sheets: Recent advances and future challenges

    Chris R. Stokes;Lev Tarasov;Robin Blomdin;Robin Blomdin;Thomas M. Cronin

  • Characterisation of low OSL intensity quartz from the New Zealand Alps

    Frank Preusser;Karl Ramseyer;Christian Schlüchter

  • Palaeoclimate records 60–8 ka in the Austrian and Swiss Alps and their forelands

    Oliver Heiri;Karin A. Koinig;Christoph Spötl;Sam Barrett

  • Distribution, geometry, age and origin of overdeepened valleys and basins in the Alps and their foreland

    Frank Preusser;Jürgen M. Reitner;Christian Schlüchter

  • OSL quartz age underestimation due to unstable signal components

    Damian Steffen;Frank Preusser;Fritz Schlunegger

  • Humid periods in southern Arabia: Windows of opportunity for modern human dispersal

    T. M. Rosenberg;T. M. Rosenberg;Frank Preusser;Frank Preusser;D. Fleitmann;D. Fleitmann;A. Schwalb

  • A 160,000-Year Record of Dune Development and Atmospheric Circulation in Southern Arabia

    Frank Preusser;Dirk Radies;Albert Matter

  • Towards a chronology of the Late Pleistocene in the northern Alpine Foreland

    Frank Preusser

  • Regional insolation forcing of late Quaternary climate change in the Southern Hemisphere

    Marcus J. Vandergoes;Rewi M. Newnham;Frank Preusser;Chris H. Hendy

  • Rapid ecosystem response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period in western Europe, 40–16 ka

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Daniel Veres;Linda Ampel;Terri Lacourse

  • Late Quaternary environmental changes in the Taklamakan Desert, western China, inferred from OSL-dated lacustrine and aeolian deposits

    Xiaoping Yang;Frank Preusser;Frank Preusser;Ulrich Radtke

  • Middle and Late Pleistocene humid periods recorded in palaeolake deposits of the Nafud desert, Saudi Arabia

    Thomas M. Rosenberg;Thomas M. Rosenberg;Frank Preusser;Jan Risberg;Anna Plikk

  • Age of the Pomeranian ice-marginal position in northeastern Germanydetermined by Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating ofglaciofluvial sediments

    Christopher Lüthgens;Margot Böse;Frank Preusser

  • Testing the application of post IR-IRSL dating to fine grain waterlain sediments

    Sally E. Lowick;Mareike Trauerstein;Frank Preusser

  • Timing of Late Pleistocene climate change in lowland Switzerland

    Frank Preusser;Mebus A. Geyh;Christian Schlüchter

  • Modelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps

    Julien Seguinot;Guillaume Jouvet;Matthias Huss;Martin Funk

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Albert Matter
Albert Matter University of Bern
Heinz Veit
Heinz Veit University of Bern
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Dominik Fleitmann
Dominik Fleitmann University of Basel
Lutz Schirrmeister
Lutz Schirrmeister Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Susan Ivy-Ochs
Susan Ivy-Ochs ETH Zurich
Barbara Wohlfarth
Barbara Wohlfarth Stockholm University
Hanno Meyer
Hanno Meyer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrich Radtke
Ulrich Radtke University of Duisburg-Essen

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