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Michael Sturm is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable contributions in various subfields including Ecology, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics such as Geological Studies and Exploration, Water Resources and Management, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine and Environmental Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control, and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Michael Sturm include:

  • Changing nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal, the world's oldest lake, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A framework for the propagation of uncertainty in Transfer Path Analysis, 2020, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • The Ecb's Price Stability Framework: Past Experience, and Current and Future Challenges, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Generalised round-trip identity-For the determination of structural dynamic properties at locations inaccessible or too distant for direct measurement, 2021, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • TRACES OF HIGH SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE UPPERMOST SEDIMENTS OF LAKE BAIKAL, SIBERIA, 2021, Geodynamics & Tectonophysics

Frequent co-authors working with Michael Sturm include:

  • E. G. Vologina
  • Н. В. Кулагина
  • A. Marsteller
  • F. Priester
  • Dennis Schober

Michael Sturm has published multiple articles in several scientific venues, with a concentration in:

  • Limnology and Freshwater Biology
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Evidence of Lateglacial and Holocene climatic change and human impact in eastern Anatolia: high-resolution pollen, charcoal, isotopic and geochemical records from the laminated sediments of Lake Van, Turkey

    Lucia Wick;Genry Lemcke;Michael Sturm

  • 9000 years of geochemical evolution of lithogenic major and trace elements in the sediment of an alpine lake – the role of climate, vegetation, and land-use history

    Karin A. Koinig;William Shotyk;William Shotyk;André F. Lotter;André F. Lotter;Christian Ohlendorf

  • ‘PALEOVAN’, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP): site survey results and perspectives

    Thomas Litt;Sebastian Krastel;Michael Sturm;Rolf Kipfer

  • The record of historic earthquakes in lake sediments of Central Switzerland

    Katrin Monecke;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Arnfried Becker;Michael Sturm

  • Matrices, curves and indicators: A review of approaches to assess physical vulnerability to debris flows

    Maria Papathoma-Köhle;Bernhard Gems;Michael Sturm;Sven Fuchs

  • AMS radiocarbon dating and varve chronology of Lake Soppensee: 6000 to 12000 14C years BP

    Irena Hajdas;Susan D Ivy;Jürg Beer;Georges Bonani

  • δ18o and Trace Element Measurements as Proxy for the Reconstruction of Climate Changes at Lake Van (Turkey): Preliminary Results

    Gerry Lemcke;Michael Sturm

  • Eutrophication of ancient Lake Ohrid: Global warming amplifies detrimental effects of increased nutrient inputs

    Andreas Matzinger;Martin Schmid;Elizabeta Veljanoska-Sarafiloska;Suzana Patceva

  • Natural (210Pb, 7Be) and fallout (137Cs, 239,240Pu, 90Sr) radionuclides as geochemical tracers of sedimentation in Greifensee, Switzerland

    G.J. Wan;P.H. Santschi;M. Sturm;K. Farrenkothen

  • Distribution of diatoms, chironomids and cladocera in surface sediments of thirty mountain lakes in south-eastern Switzerland

    Christian Bigler;Christian Bigler;Oliver Heiri;Renata Krskova;André F. Lotter

  • Temporal trends, congener patterns, and sources of octa-, nona-, and decabromodiphenyl ethers (PBDE) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCD) in Swiss lake sediments.

    Martin Kohler;Markus Zennegg;Christian Bogdal;Andreas C. Gerecke

  • Effects of Alpine hydropower dams on particle transport and lacustrine sedimentation

    Flavio S. Anselmetti;Raphael Bühler;David Finger;Stéphanie Girardclos

  • Is Lake Prespa jeopardizing the ecosystem of ancient Lake Ohrid

    A. Matzinger;M. Jordanoski;E. Veljanoska-Sarafiloska;M. Sturm

  • Influence of catchment quality and altitude on the water and sediment composition of 68 small lakes in Central Europe

    Beat Müller;André F. Lotter;Michael Sturm;Adrian Ammann

  • 200-Year Record of Metals in Lake Sediments and Natural Background Concentrations

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  • Quantitative and qualitative relationships between planktonic diatom communities and diatom assemblages in sedimenting material and surface sediments in Lake Baikal, Siberia

    David B. Ryves;David H. Jewson;Michael Sturm;Richard W. Battarbee

  • Chernobyl radionuclides in the environment: tracers for the tight coupling of atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic geochemical processes.

    Peter H. Santschi;Silvia. Bollhalder;Klaus. Farrenkothen;Alfred. Lueck

  • Sedimentary evolution and environmental history of Lake Van (Turkey) over the past 600 000 years

    Mona Stockhecke;Mona Stockhecke;Michael Sturm;Irene Brunner;Hans‐Ulrich Schmincke

  • Megaturbidite deposits in the Holocene basin fill of Lake Como (Southern Alps, Italy)

    Daniela Fanetti;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Emmanuel Chapron;Michael Sturm

  • Rates of change and chronological problems during the late-glacial period

    André F Lotter;Brigitta Ammann;Michael Sturm

  • Chronostratigraphy of the 600,000 year old continental record of Lake Van (Turkey)

    Mona Stockhecke;Ola Kwiecien;Ola Kwiecien;Luigi Vigliotti;Flavio S. Anselmetti

  • Cold intrusions in Lake Baikal: direct observational evidence for deep-water renewal

    Alfred Wüest;Thomas M. Ravens;Nikolai G. Granin;Otti Kocsis

Frequent Co-Authors

André F. Lotter
André F. Lotter University of Bern
Alfred Wüest
Alfred Wüest Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Beat Müller
Beat Müller University of Basel
Anson W. Mackay
Anson W. Mackay University College London
Christian Ohlendorf
Christian Ohlendorf University of Bremen
David B. Ryves
David B. Ryves Loughborough University
Richard W. Battarbee
Richard W. Battarbee University College London
Roger J. Flower
Roger J. Flower University College London

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