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Friedrich Heller

Friedrich Heller

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Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
11525
World Ranking
3739
National Ranking
97

Overview

Friedrich Heller is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers topics related to Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies. Additionally, their research touches on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Landslides and related hazards, Aeolian processes and effects, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Key recent publications by Friedrich Heller include:

  • Intensified Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Facilitates Continuous Accumulation of Late Pliocene Loess on the Western Margin of the Pamir (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Magnetic Proxy of Eurasian Loess Revealing Enhanced Physical Erosion Since the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (2023), Geophysical Research Letters
  • High-resolution late Middle Pleistocene paleoclimatic record from the Galería Complex, Atapuerca archaeological site, Spain - An environmental magnetic approach (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Dynamic Coupling Between Intensified Physical Erosion and Asian Dust Activity Under Late Cenozoic Global Cooling (2024), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Mineralogical and magnetic variations of periglacial loess in SE Tibet reveal mid-Pleistocene expansion of Tibetan glacial activity (2024), Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Geophysical Research Letters (3 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (2 publications)
  • Annals of Geophysics (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Friedrich Heller include Jinbo Zan, Xiaomin Fang, Weilin Zhang, Wenxiao Ning, and Jian Kang, with multiple joint publications indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Heller's work spans several subfields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, involving Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Molecular Biology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. This multidisciplinary engagement demonstrates an integration of geophysical and environmental approaches within their research activities.

Best Publications

  • Environmental Magnetism: Principles and Applications of Enviromagnetics

    Michael E. Evans;Friedrich Heller

  • Pleistocene climates in China dated by magnetic susceptibility

    George Kukla;Friedrich Heller;Liu Xiu Ming;Xu Tong Chun

  • Magnetostratigraphical dating of loess deposits in China

    Friedrich Heller

  • Magnetism of Chinese loess deposits

    Friedrich Heller;Liu Tungsheng

  • Palaeoclimatic and sedimentary history from magnetic susceptibility of loess in China

    Friedrich Heller;Liu Tung-sheng

  • Quantitative estimates of pedogenic ferromagnetic mineral formation in Chinese loess and palaeoclimatic implications

    F. Heller;C.D. Shen;C.D. Shen;J. Beer;X.M. Liu

  • Magnetic properties of marine limestones

    W. Lowrie;F. Heller

  • Magnetic record of industrial pollution in forest soils of Upper Silesia, Poland

    Friedrich Heller;Zygmunt Strzyszcz;Tadeusz Magiera

  • Magnetic enhancement and palaeoclimate: study of a loess/palaeosol couplet across the Loess Plateau of China

    M. E. Evans;F. Heller

  • Magnetic susceptibility of loess in China

    Friedrich Heller;Friedrich Heller;Xiuming Liu;Xiuming Liu;Tungsheng Liu;Tungsheng Liu;Tongchun Xu;Tongchun Xu

  • The last million years recorded at the Stari Slankamen (Northern Serbia) loess-palaeosol sequence: revised chronostratigraphy and long-term environmental trends

    Slobodan B. Marković;Ulrich Hambach;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla

  • Multistage accretion and exhumation of the continental crust (Ivrea crustal section, Italy and Switzerland)

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  • Magnetic mineralogy of Chinese loess and its significance

    Xiuming Liu;John Shaw;Tungsheng Liu;Friedrich Heller

  • The frequency dependence of low field susceptibility in loess sediments

    Th. Forster;M. E. Evans;F. Heller

  • The influence of industrial immissions on the magnetic susceptibility of soils in upper Silesia

    Zygmunt Strzyszcz;Tadeusz Magiera;Friedrich Heller

  • Origin and Cretaceous tectonic history of the coastal Ecuadorian forearc between 1°N and 3°S: Paleomagnetic, radiometric and fossil evidence

    L.D.A. Luzieux;F. Heller;Richard Alan Spikings;C.F. Vallejo

  • Magnetism of loess/palaeosol sequences: recent developments

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  • Timing of diagenetic haematite growth in red pelagic limestones from Gubbio (Italy)

    J.E.T. Channell;R. Freeman;F. Heller;W. Lowrie

  • Magnetic material in the human hippocampus

    J.R. Dunn;Mike Fuller;John Zoeger;Jon Dobson

  • Loess deposits from the Tajik depression (Central Asia): Magnetic properties and paleoclimate

    Th. Forster;F. Heller

  • Detrital and pedogenic magnetic mineral phases in the loess/palaeosol sequence at Lingtai (Central Chinese Loess Plateau)

    S Spassov;F Heller;R Kretzschmar;M.E Evans

  • Paleomagnetic evidence for clockwise rotation of the Simao region since the Cretaceous: A consequence of India-Asia collision

    Chen Haihong;Jon Dobson;Friedrich Heller;Hao Jie

Frequent Co-Authors

William Lowrie
William Lowrie ETH Zurich
Ann M. Hirt
Ann M. Hirt ETH Zurich
Timur Ustaömer
Timur Ustaömer Istanbul University
Ramon Egli
Ramon Egli Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics
Vicente Soler
Vicente Soler Spanish National Research Council
Juan Carlos Carracedo
Juan Carlos Carracedo Spanish National Research Council
George Kukla
George Kukla Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Richard Alan Spikings
Richard Alan Spikings University of Geneva
John Shaw
John Shaw Harvard University

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