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Roland Oberhänsli

Roland Oberhänsli

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8851
World Ranking
3253
National Ranking
217

Overview

Roland Oberhänsli is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research portfolio includes significant work across several subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Information Systems and Management, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Recent publications showcase contributions to understanding geological processes and promoting data-driven Earth science initiatives. Selected papers include:

  • "The Deep-Time Digital Earth program: data-driven discovery in geosciences" (2021), published in National Science Review
  • "A new international initiative for facilitating data-driven Earth science transformation" (2020), published in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Temporal and spatial evolution of orogens: a guide for geological mapping" (2021), published in Episodes
  • "P-T-t evolution of the Cycladic Blueschist Unit in Western Anatolia/Turkey: Geodynamic implications for the Aegean region" (2020), published in Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • "Progress towards the establishment of the IUGS Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) programme" (2020), published in Episodes

Frequent co-authors include Michael H. Stephenson, Robert M. Hazen, Qiuming Cheng, Mohssen Moazzen, and Chengshan Wang. These collaborations appear across multiple publications, reflecting ongoing joint research efforts.

Oberhänsli's works are regularly published in established venues such as Episodes, National Science Review, Geological Society London Special Publications, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, and Mineralogy and Petrology.

Best Publications

  • Mineral supply for sustainable development requires resource governance

    Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Saleem H. Ali;Damien Giurco;Nicholas Arndt;Edmund Nickless

  • Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

  • Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

    Stefan M. Schmid;Bernhard Fügenschuh;Alexandre Kounov;Liviu Maţenco

  • Menderes Massif (Western Turkey): structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution – a synthesis

    Erdin Bozkurt;Roland Oberhänsli

  • Pan-African high-pressure metamorphism in the Precambrian basement of the Menderes massif, Western Anatolia, Turkey

    O. Candan;O. Dora;Roland Oberhänsli;M. Cetinkaplan

  • Eclogite-facies quartz veins within metabasites of the Dabie Shan (eastern China): pressure–temperature–time–deformation path, composition of the fluid phase and fluid flow during exhumation of high-pressure rocks

    Leander Franz;R. Oberhänsli;Thomas Wagner;S. Dong

  • Alpine high-P/low-T metamorphism of the Afyon Zone and implications for the metamorphic evolution of Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Osman Candan;Mete Çetinkaplan;Roland Oberhänsli;Gaëtan Rimmelé

  • Geochemistry of basaltic and gabbroic rocks from the West Mariana basin and the Mariana trench

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  • High‐pressure metasediments in central Turkey: Constraints on the Neotethyan closure history

    A. Pourteau;O. Candan;R. Oberhänsli

  • Metamorphism of metasediments at the scale of an orogen: a key to the Tertiary geodynamic evolution of the Alps

    Romain Bousquet;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé;Michael Wiederkehr

  • First evidence of high-pressure metamorphism in the 'Cover Series' of the southern Menderes Massif. Tectonic and metamorphic implications for the evolution of SW Turkey

    Gaëtan Rimmelé;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé;Laurent Jolivet

  • The tectono-metamorphic history of the Valaisan domain from the Western to the Central Alps: New constraints on the evolution of the Alps

    Romain Bousquet;Bruno Goffé;Olivier Vidal;Roland Oberhänsli

  • Geochemistry, geochronology and petrology of Monte Mucrone: An example of EO-alpine eclogitization of Permian granitoids in the Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps, Italy

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  • Geochemistry, PbPb single zircon ages and NdSr isotope composition of Precambrian rocks from southern and eastern Ethiopia: implications for crustal evolution in East Africa

    M. Teklay;A. Kröner;Klaus Mezger;R. Oberhänsli;R. Oberhänsli

  • The crustal structure of the Dead Sea Transform

    M. Weber;K. Abu-Ayyash;A. Abueladas

  • Deformation history of the high‐pressure Lycian Nappes and implications for tectonic evolution of SW Turkey

    Gaëtan Rimmelé;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Laurent Jolivet;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé

  • Correlation of syn-orogenic tectonic and metamorphic events in the Cyclades, the Lycian Nappes and the Menderes massif, geodynamic implications

    Laurent Jolivet;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Gaëtan Rimmelé;Roland Oberhänsli;Bruno Goffé

  • Evidence for middle Miocene uplift of the East African Plateau

    Henry Wichura;Romain Bousquet;Roland Oberhänsli;Manfred R. Strecker

  • Detachments in high-pressure mountain belts, Tethyan examples

    L Jolivet;L Jolivet;B Goffé;R Bousquet;R Oberhänsli

  • The determination of the oxidation state of iron by the electron microprobe

    Heidi E. Hofer;Gerhard P. Brey;Burkhard Schulz-Dobrick;Roland Oberhänsli

  • Metamorphic Structure of the Alps.

    R. Oberhänsli;R. Bousquet;Martin Engi;B. Goffé

  • Age, geodynamic setting, and mantle enrichment processes of a K-rich intrusion from the Meissen massif (northern Bohemian massif) and implications for related occurrences from the mid-European Hercynian

    T. Wenzel;D. F. Mertz;R. Oberhänsli;T. Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Romain Bousquet
Romain Bousquet Kiel University
Osman Candan
Osman Candan Dokuz Eylül University
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Aral I. Okay
Aral I. Okay Istanbul Technical University
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Fukun Chen
Fukun Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Olivier Vidal
Olivier Vidal Grenoble Alpes University
Stephan V. Sobolev
Stephan V. Sobolev University of Potsdam
Leander Franz
Leander Franz University of Basel

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