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Gerhard Furrer

Gerhard Furrer

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
7409
World Ranking
6745
National Ranking
161

Overview

Gerhard Furrer is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, and Soil Science.

Their research topics focus heavily on issues related to climate change and permafrost, mine drainage and remediation techniques, as well as carbon dioxide sequestration and geologic interactions. Additional interests include geology and paleoclimatology, heavy metals in the environment, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Gerhard Furrer has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers published in respected scientific venues. These include:

  • Rock glaciers in the Central Eastern Alps - How permafrost degradation can cause acid rock drainage, mobilization of toxic elements and formation of basaluminite, 2023, Global and Planetary Change
  • Massive mobilization of toxic elements from an intact rock glacier in the central Eastern Alps, 2024, The Cryosphere
  • Long-term additions of ammonium nitrate to montane forest ecosystems may cause limited soil acidification, even in the presence of soil carbonate, 2023, Biogeosciences
  • Rock Glaciers in the Central Eastern Alps - How Permafrost Degradation Can Cause Acid Rock Drainage, Mobilization of Toxic Elements and Formation of Basaluminite, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • il lat dals ovels alpins - When alpine streams turn white, 2020, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)

Frequent coauthors in Gerhard Furrer's research include Christoph Wanner, Hoda Moradi, Philipp Ingold, Miguel A. Cardenas Bocanegra, and Romano Mercurio.

The publication venues where their work appears include Global and Planetary Change, The Cryosphere, Biogeosciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern).

Best Publications

  • The coordination chemistry of weathering: I. Dissolution kinetics of δ-Al2O3 and BeO

    Gerhard Furrer;Werner Stumm

  • The coordination chemistry of weathering: II. Dissolution of Fe(III) oxides

    Bettina Zinder;Gerhard Furrer;Werner Stumm

  • Removal of Heavy Metals from Mine Waters by Natural Zeolites

    Ulla Wingenfelder;Carsten Hansen;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • The origin of aluminum flocs in polluted streams.

    Gerhard Furrer;Brian L. Phillips;Kai-Uwe Ulrich;Rosemarie Pöthig

  • Heavy Metal Sorption on Clay Minerals Affected by the Siderophore Desferrioxamine B

    Uta Neubauer;Bernd Nowack;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • On the chemistry of the Keggin Al13 polymer

    Gerhard Furrer;Christian Ludwig;Paul W Schindler

  • Immobilization of Heavy Metals by Polynuclear Aluminium and Montmorillonite Compounds

    Barbara Lothenbach;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Weathering-Associated Bacteria from the Damma Glacier Forefield: Physiological Capabilities and Impact on Granite Dissolution

    Beat Frey;Stefan R. Rieder;Ivano Brunner;Michael Plötze

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • Adsorption of Pb and Cd by amine-modified zeolite.

    Ulla Wingenfelder;Bernd Nowack;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Solubility and plant uptake of metals with and without liming of sludge-amended soils

    Rolf Krebs;Satish Kumar Gupta;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Plant uptake of trace elements on a Swiss military shooting range: uptake pathways and land management implications.

    Brett H. Robinson;Simone Bischofberger;Andreas Stoll;Dirk Schroer

  • Cation adsorption on oxides and clays: The aluminum case

    L. Charlet;L. Charlet;P. W. Schindler;L. Spadini;L. Spadini;G. Furrer;G. Furrer

  • Siderophores, NTA, and Citrate: Potential Soil Amendments to Enhance Heavy Metal Mobility in Phytoremediation

    Uta Neubauer;Gerhard Furrer;Achim Kayser;Rainer Schulin

  • Microbial reactions, chemical speciation, and multicomponent diffusion in porewaters of a eutrophic lake

    Gerhard Furrer;Bernhard Wehrli

  • Pioneering fungi from the Damma glacier forefield in the Swiss Alps can promote granite weathering

    I. Brunner;Michael Plötze;S. Rieder;A. Zumsteg

  • Aqueous Aluminum Polynuclear Complexes and Nanoclusters: A Review

    William H. Casey;Brian L. Phillips;Gerhard Furrer

  • The effect of copper on the activity of cellulase and β-glucosidase in the presence of montmorillonite or Al-montmorillonite

    Gabriella Geiger;Helmut Brandl;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • Sorption of antimonate by HDTMA-modified zeolite

    Ulla Wingenfelder;Gerhard Furrer;Rainer Schulin

  • The Role of Nitrilotriacetate in Copper Uptake by Tobacco

    K. Wenger;S. K. Gupta;G. Furrer;R. Schulin

  • Immobilization of Zinc and Cadmium by Montmorillonite Compounds: Effects of Aging and Subsequent Acidification

    Barbara Lothenbach;Gerhard Furrer;Helen Schärli;Rainer Schulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Schulin
Rainer Schulin ETH Zurich
Beat Frey
Beat Frey Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ivano Brunner
Ivano Brunner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
William H. Casey
William H. Casey University of California, Davis
Peter C. Hauser
Peter C. Hauser University of Basel
Beat Müller
Beat Müller University of Basel
Markus Egli
Markus Egli University of Zurich
Barbara Lothenbach
Barbara Lothenbach Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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