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Michael Plötze

Michael Plötze

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
5200
World Ranking
7876
National Ranking
167

Overview

Michael Plötze is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering, earth and planetary sciences, and environmental science, with a focus on civil and structural engineering, geophysics, building and construction, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Michael Plötze has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Environmental Geotechnics
  • Géotechnique
  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Thallium sorption and speciation in soils: Role of micaceous clay minerals and manganese oxides" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Sustainable environmental geotechnics practices for a green economy" (2021), published in Environmental Geotechnics
  • "Fast and persistent responses of alpine permafrost microbial communities to in situ warming" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Shale fault zone structure and stress dependent anisotropic permeability and seismic velocity properties (Opalinus Clay, Switzerland)" (2020), published in Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Molecular dynamics modeling of hydraulic conductivity of soil considering variable viscosity and adsorbed water" (2022), published in Applied Clay Science

Frequent coauthors of Michael Plötze include:

  • Alexander M. Puzrin
  • Claudia Vitone
  • Rossella Petti
  • Francesca Sollecito
  • Federica Cotecchia

Best Publications

  • Origin, spectral characteristics and practical applications of the cathodoluminescence (CL) of quartz – a review

    J. Götze;M. Plötze;D. Habermann

  • Porosity and pore size distribution of different wood types as determined by mercury intrusion porosimetry

    Michael Plötze;Peter Niemz

  • Trace element incorporation into quartz: A combined study by ICP-MS, electron spin resonance, cathodoluminescence, capillary ion analysis, and gas chromatography

    Jens Götze;Michael Plötze;Torsten Graupner;Dieter Klaus Hallbauer

  • Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon

    Lutz Nasdala;Ming Zhang;Ulf Kempe;Gérard Panczer

  • 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

  • Climatic cycles during a Neoproterozoic “snowball” glacial epoch

    Ruben Rieu;Philip A. Allen;Michael Plötze;Thomas Pettke

  • Thallium speciation and extractability in a thallium- and arsenic-rich soil developed from mineralized carbonate rock.

    Andreas Voegelin;Numa Pfenninger;Julia Petrikis;Juraj Majzlan

  • Mineralogical control on the fate of continentally derived organic matter in the ocean

    Thomas M. Blattmann;Zhifei Liu;Yonghua Zhang;Yulong Zhao

  • Heterogeneous ice nucleation on dust particles sourced from nine deserts worldwide – Part 1: Immersion freezing

    Yvonne Boose;Yvonne Boose;André Welti;André Welti;James Atkinson;Fabiola Ramelli

  • Initial stages of weathering and soil formation in the Morteratsch proglacial area (Upper Engadine, Switzerland)

    Christian Mavris;Markus Egli;Michael Plötze;Joel D. Blum

  • Structure and luminescence characteristics of quartz from pegmatites

    Jens Götze;Michael Plötze;Toralf Trautmann

  • Clay minerals, oxyhydroxide formation, element leaching and humus development in volcanic soils

    Markus Egli;Markus Nater;Aldo Mirabella;Salvatore Raimondi

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

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

  • Alteration of clay minerals-gamma-irradiation effects on physicochemical properties

    Michael Plötze;G. Kahr;R. Hermanns Stengele

  • Smear zone identification and soil properties around stone columns constructed in-flight in centrifuge model tests

    Toni M. Weber;Michael L. Plötze;Jan Laue;Gerd Peschke

  • Compositional and mineralogical variations in a Neoproterozoic glacially influenced succession Mirbat area south Oman: Implications for paleoweathering conditions

    Ruben Rieu;Philip Allen;Michael Plotze;Thomas Pettke

  • Weathering, mineralogical evolution and soil organic matter along a Holocene soil toposequence developed on carbonate-rich materials

    Markus Egli;Christian Merkli;Giacomo Sartori;Aldo Mirabella

  • Micro-textural effects on crack initiation and crack propagation of andesitic rocks

    Ömer Ündül;Ömer Ündül;Florian Amann;Namık Aysal;Michael L. Plötze

  • Adsorption of Arsenic on Polyaluminum Granulate

    Jasmin Mertens;Jasmin Mertens;Jérôme Rose;Ralf Kägi;Perrine Chaurand

  • Clogging of an Alpine streambed by silt-sized particles – Insights from laboratory and field experiments

    Jasmin Fetzer;Markus Holzner;Michael Plötze;Gerhard Furrer

  • Sulphuric acid-mediated weathering on Taiwan buffers geological atmospheric carbon sinks.

    Thomas M. Blattmann;Shinglin Wang;Maarten Lupker;Lena Märki

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Egli
Markus Egli University of Zurich
Gerhard Furrer
Gerhard Furrer ETH Zurich
Jens Götze
Jens Götze TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Beat Frey
Beat Frey Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Reiner Dohrmann
Reiner Dohrmann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Stephan Kaufhold
Stephan Kaufhold Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Ivano Brunner
Ivano Brunner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Zamin A. Kanji
Zamin A. Kanji ETH Zurich
Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich

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