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Frédéric Herman is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly output reflects a strong focus on atmospheric science and geophysics within these broader disciplines.

Their research extensively covers a range of subfields and main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Ecology

Main thematic areas addressed by their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Several recent publications illustrate Herman's research focus. These include:

  • "The impact of glaciers on mountain erosion" (2021) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental heterogeneity: insights from the tropical Andes" (2020) published in Earth Surface Dynamics
  • "The relationships between tectonics, climate and exhumation in the Central Andes (18-36°S): Evidence from low-temperature thermochronology" (2020) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "A glacial buzzsaw effect generated by efficient erosion of temperate glaciers in a steady state model" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Climatic patterns over the European Alps during the LGM derived from inversion of the paleo-ice extent" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Herman frequently publishes in venues associated with geosciences and earth system dynamics, such as:

  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Collaboration is notable in Herman's career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Georgina E. King
  • Rabiul H. Biswas
  • Matthew Fox
  • Nadja Stalder
  • Shigeru Sueoka

Best Publications

  • Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

    A. Antonelli;W.D. Kissling;S.G.A. Flantua;S.G.A. Flantua;Bermúdez

  • Worldwide acceleration of mountain erosion under a cooling climate

    Frédéric Herman;Diane Seward;Pierre G. Valla;Andrew Carter

  • Exhumation, crustal deformation, and thermal structure of the Nepal Himalaya derived from the inversion of thermochronological and thermobarometric data and modeling of the topography

    Frederic Herman;Frederic Herman;Peter Copeland;Jean Philippe Avouac;Laurent Bollinger

  • Quantifying rates of landscape evolution and tectonic processes by thermochronology and numerical modeling of crustal heat transport using PECUBE

    Jean Braun;Peter van der Beek;Pierre Valla;Pierre Valla;Xavier Robert

  • Erosion by an Alpine glacier.

    Frédéric Herman;Olivier Beyssac;Mattia Brughelli;Stuart N. Lane

  • Coupled numerical–analytical approach to landscape evolution modeling

    Liran Goren;Sean D. Willett;Frédéric Herman;Jean Braun

  • Tectonics, climate, and mountain topography

    Jean-Daniel Champagnac;Peter Molnar;Christian Sue;Frédéric Herman

  • Glacial hydrology and erosion patterns: A mechanism for carving glacial valleys

    Frédéric Herman;Flavien Beaud;Jean-Daniel Champagnac;Jean-Michel Lemieux

  • River drainage patterns in the New Zealand Alps primarily controlled by plate tectonic strain

    Sébastien Castelltort;Sébastien Castelltort;Liran Goren;Sean D. Willett;Jean-Daniel Champagnac

  • Northward migration of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis revealed by OSL thermochronometry

    Georgina E. King;Georgina E. King;Frédéric Herman;Benny Guralnik

  • Uniform erosion rates and relief amplitude during glacial cycles in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, as revealed from OSL-thermochronology

    Frédéric Herman;Edward J. Rhodes;Jean Braun;Lukas Heiniger

  • The Kumaun and Garwhal Lesser Himalaya, India: Part 2. Thermal and deformation histories

    Julien Célérier;T. Mark Harrison;T. Mark Harrison;Olivier Beyssac;Olivier Beyssac;Frédéric Herman;Frédéric Herman

  • Mountain glacier velocity variation during a retreat/advance cycle quantified using sub-pixel analysis of ASTER images

    Frédéric Herman;Brian Anderson;Sébastien Leprince

  • Plio-Pleistocene increase of erosion rates in mountain belts in response to climate change

    Frédéric Herman;Jean-Daniel Champagnac

  • The impact of glaciers on mountain erosion

    Frédéric Herman;Fien De Doncker;Ian Delaney;Günther Prasicek

  • Spatial and temporal pattern of erosion in the Three Rivers Region, southeastern Tibet

    Rong Yang;Maria Giuditta Fellin;Frédéric Herman;Sean D. Willett

  • Bimodal Plio-Quaternary glacial erosion of fjords and low-relief surfaces in Scandinavia

    Philippe Steer;Ritske S. Huismans;Pierre G. Valla;Sébastien Gac

  • Evolution of the glacial landscape of the Southern Alps of New Zealand: Insights from a glacial erosion model

    Frédéric Herman;Frédéric Herman;Frédéric Herman;Jean Braun

  • Rapid exhumation in the Western Alps driven by slab detachment and glacial erosion

    Matthew Fox;Matthew Fox;Matthew Fox;Frédéric Herman;Edi Kissling;Sean D. Willett

  • Radiation-induced growth and isothermal decay of infrared-stimulated luminescence from feldspar

    Benny Guralnik;Bo Li;Mayank Jain;Reuven Chen

  • Inversion of thermochronological age-elevation profiles to extract independent estimates of denudation and relief history — I: Theory and conceptual model

    Pierre G. Valla;Frédéric Herman;Peter A. van der Beek;Jean Braun

  • OSL-thermochronometry of feldspar from the KTB borehole, Germany

    Benny Guralnik;Mayank Jain;Frédéric Herman;Christina Ankjærgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Braun
Jean Braun University of Potsdam
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Peter van der Beek
Peter van der Beek University of Potsdam
Marcus Christl
Marcus Christl ETH Zurich
Diane Seward
Diane Seward Victoria University of Wellington
Ritske S. Huismans
Ritske S. Huismans University of Bergen
Sumiko Tsukamoto
Sumiko Tsukamoto Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics
Takahiro Tagami
Takahiro Tagami Kyoto University

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