O. Adrian Pfiffner

Best Publications

• Geophysical‐geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss‐Italian Alps

  S. M. Schmid;Othmar-Adrian Pfiffner;N. Froitzheim;G. Schönborn

  895
  Citations

• Constraints on geological strain rates: Arguments from finite strain states of naturally deformed rocks

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  415
  Citations

• The relief of the Swiss Alps and adjacent areas and its relation to lithology and structure: topographic analysis from a 250-m DEM

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  246
  Citations

• Evolution of the North Alpine Foreland Basin in the Central Alps

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  216
  Citations

• Mechanical behaviour of granular materials used in analogue modelling: insights from grain characterisation, ring-shear tests and analogue experiments

  Marion Panien;Guido Schreurs;Adrian Pfiffner

  200
  Citations

• Collision tectonics in the Swiss Alps: Insight from geodynamic modeling

  O. A. Pfiffner;S. Ellis;C. Beaumont

  196
  Citations

• Dynamics of sediment subduction‐accretion at convergent margins: Short‐term modes, long‐term deformation, and tectonic implications

  Christopher Beaumont;Susan Ellis;Adrian Pfiffner

  183
  Citations

• Thick-Skinned and Thin-Skinned Tectonics: A Global Perspective

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  175
  Citations

• Sandbox experiments on basin inversion: testing the influence of basin orientation and basin fill

  Marion Panien;Guido Schreurs;Adrian Pfiffner

  161
  Citations

• Strain partitioning in the Helvetic thrust belt of eastern Switzerland from the leading edge to the internal zone

  Richard H. Groshong;O.Adrian Pfiffner;Laurel R. Pringle

  146
  Citations

• The structure of the Helvetic nappes and its relation to the mechanical stratigraphy

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  133
  Citations

• The Swiss Alps and their peripheral foreland basin: Stratigraphic response to deep crustal processes

  O. A. Pfiffner;F. Schlunegger;S. J. H. Buiter

  130
  Citations

• Grustal shortening in the Alpine Orogen: Results from deep seismic reflection profiling in the eastern Swiss Alps, Line NFP 20‐east

  Othmar-Adrian Pfiffner;W. Frei;P. Valasek;M. Stäuble

  129
  Citations

• Inversion of extensional sedimentary basins: A numerical evaluation of the localisation of shortening

  Susanne J.H. Buiter;O. Adrian Pfiffner;Christopher Beaumont

  120
  Citations

• Active deformation in the eastern Swiss Alps: post-glacial faults, seismicity and surface uplift

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  108
  Citations

• Deep Structure of the Swiss Alps: Results of NRP 20

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  102
  Citations

• Geodynamic models of crustal-scale episodic tectonic accretion and underplating in subduction zones

  Susan Ellis;Christopher Beaumont;O. Adrian Pfiffner

  99
  Citations

• Tectono-metamorphic evolution of a nappe stack: A case study of the Swiss Alps

  Marco Herwegh;Othmar-Adrian Pfiffner

  98
  Citations

• Recent crustal movements, geoid and density distribution: Contribution from integrated satellite and terrestrial measurements

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  98
  Citations

• Cooling induced strain localization in carbonate mylonites within a large-scale shear zone (Glarus thrust, Switzerland)

  Andreas Ebert;Marco Herwegh;Adrian Pfiffner

  96
  Citations