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Klaus Reicherter

Klaus Reicherter

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Earth Science

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36
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4369
World Ranking
7320
National Ranking
532

Overview

Klaus Reicherter is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Archaeology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Geology.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics related to geological and environmental phenomena. Central themes in their work include earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geological and geochemical analysis, maritime and coastal archaeology, landslides and related hazards, and toxic organic pollutants impact.

Recent publications by Klaus Reicherter demonstrate engagement with environmental and geological hazards, as well as geomorphological and tsunami-related studies. Notable papers include:

  • Remobilization of pollutants during extreme flood events poses severe risks to human and environmental health, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Empirical assessment of rockfall and debris flow risk along the Karakoram Highway, Pakistan, 2021, Natural Hazards
  • Comparing High Accuracy t-LiDAR and UAV-SfM Derived Point Clouds for Geomorphological Change Detection, 2021, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
  • Anthropogenic pollutants and biomarkers for the identification of 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits (Japan), 2020, Marine Geology
  • Ongoing shortening in the Dinarides fold-and-thrust belt: A new structural model of the 1979 (Mw 7.1) Montenegro earthquake epicentral region, 2020, Journal of Structural Geology

Klaus Reicherter collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Piero Bellanova
  • Jan Schwarzbauer
  • Frank Lehmkuhl
  • Lisa Feist
  • Georg Stauch

The scientist's work appears regularly in a select group of publication venues, reflecting consistent research outputs. These venues include:

  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Quaternary International
  • Marine Geology
  • Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive classification of Earthquake Archaeological Effects (EAE) in archaeoseismology: Application to ancient remains of Roman and Mesoamerican cultures

    M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua;R. Pérez-López;J.L. Giner-Robles;P.G. Silva

  • Landslide susceptibility mapping by using a geographic information system (GIS) along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (Karakoram Highway), Pakistan

    Sajid Ali;Sajid Ali;Peter Biermanns;Rashid Haider;Klaus Reicherter

  • Palaeoseismology: historical and prehistorical records of earthquake ground effects for seismic hazard assessment

    K. Reicherter;A. M. Michetti;P. G. Silva Barroso

  • Alpine tectonics north of the Alps

    Klaus Reicherter;Nikolaus Froitzheim;Marek Jarosiński;Janusz Badura

  • Paleostress states at the south-western margin of the Central European Basin System — Application of fault-slip analysis to unravel a polyphase deformation pattern

    Judith Sippel;Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth;Klaus Reicherter;Stanislaw Mazur

  • The potential of Lake Ohrid for long-term palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

    Bernd Wagner;Klaus Reicherter;Gerhard Daut;Martin Wessels

  • Block and boulder accumulations along the coastline between Fins and Sur (Sultanate of Oman): tsunamigenic remains?

    G. Hoffmann;G. Hoffmann;K. Reicherter;T. Wiatr;C. Grützner

  • The SCOPSCO drilling project recovers more than 1.2 million years of history from Lake Ohrid

    B. Wagner;T. Wilke;S. Krastel;G. Zanchetta

  • Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania)

    Katja Lindhorst;Sebastian Krastel;K. Reicherter;Michael Stipp

  • Surface and subsurface palaeoseismic records at the ancient Roman city of Baelo Claudia and the Bolonia Bay area, Cádiz (south Spain)

    Pablo G. Silva;Klaus Reicherter;Christoph Grützner;Teresa Bardají

  • Variation of the present-day stress field within the North German Basin—insights from thin shell FE modeling based on residual GPS velocities

    A. Kaiser;K. Reicherter;C. Hübscher;D. Gajewski

  • The post-glacial landscape evolution of the North German Basin: morphology, neotectonics and crustal deformation

    K. Reicherter;A. Kaiser;W. Stackebrandt

  • Repeated palaeoseismic activity of the Ventas de Zafarraya fault (S Spain) and its relation with the 1884 Andalusian earthquake

    K. R. Reicherter;A. Jabaloy;J. Galindo-Zaldívar;P. Ruano

  • The impact of the 1945 Makran tsunami along the coastlines of the Arabian Sea (Northern Indian Ocean) - a review

    G. Hoffmann;M. Rupprechter;N. Al Balushi;C. Grützner

  • The Seismic History of the Pisia Fault (Eastern Corinth Rift, Greece) : From Fault Plane Weathering Features and Cosmogenic 36 Cl Dating

    Silke Mechernich;Sascha Schneiderwind;Jack Mason;Ioannis D. Papanikolaou

  • Comparing High Accuracy t-LiDAR and UAV-SfM Derived Point Clouds for Geomorphological Change Detection

    Simoni Alexiou;Georgios Deligiannakis;Aggelos Pallikarakis;Ioannis Papanikolaou

  • Erosion of continental margins in the Western Mediterranean due to sea-level stagnancy during the Messinian Salinity Crisis

    Janna Just;Janna Just;Christian Hübscher;Christian Betzler;Thomas Lüdmann

  • Evidence for a seafloor rupture of the Carboneras Fault Zone (southern Spain): Relation to the 1522 Almería earthquake?

    Klaus Reicherter;Christian Hübscher

  • Evolution of ancient Lake Ohrid: a tectonic perspective

    N. Hoffmann;K. Reicherter;T. Fernández-Steeger;C. Grützner

  • Lake Banyoles (northeastern Spain) : A Last Glacial to Holocene multi-proxy study with regard to environmental variability and human occupation

    Nicole Höbig;Michael E. Weber;Martin Kehl;Gerd-Christian Weniger

  • Active faulting and neotectonics in the Baelo Claudia area, Campo de Gibraltar (southern Spain)

    Christoph Grützner;Klaus Reicherter;Christian Hübscher;Pablo G. Silva

  • Neotectonic evolution of the Central Betic Cordilleras (Southern Spain)

    Klaus R. Reicherter;Gwendolyn Peters

  • Active basins and neotectonics: morphotectonics of the Lake Ohrid Basin (FYROM and Albania)

    Klaus Reicherter;Nadine Hoffmann;Katja Lindhorst;Sebastian Krastel

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Jan Schwarzbauer
Jan Schwarzbauer RWTH Aachen University
János Urai
János Urai RWTH Aachen University
Martin Melles
Martin Melles University of Cologne
Bernd Wagner
Bernd Wagner University of Cologne
Christian Hübscher
Christian Hübscher Universität Hamburg
Helmut Brückner
Helmut Brückner University of Cologne
José Antonio López-Sáez
José Antonio López-Sáez Spanish National Research Council
Sebastian Krastel
Sebastian Krastel Kiel University
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern

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