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Ulrich Riller is affiliated with the Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields and topics related to planetary science, geological processes, and tectonics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on impact cratering, geophysical processes, and tectonic dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for cratering process," 2021, Geology
  • "Orogen-scale transpression accounts for GPS velocities and kinematic partitioning in the Southern Andes," 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Evidence from the Vredefort Granophyre Dikes points to crustal relaxation following basin-size impact cratering," 2021, Icarus

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • S. P. S. Gulick
  • Joanna Morgan
  • D. A. Kring
  • A. Wittmann
  • Philippe Claeys

Ulrich Riller has published multiple times in several specific venues, indicating a consistent research presence. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment

The main fields of study for Ulrich Riller are:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

They have contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Geophysics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Environmental Chemistry

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Best Publications

  • Late Cenozoic tectonism, collapse caldera and plateau formation in the central Andes

    Ulrich Riller;Ivan Petrinovic;Juliane Ramelow;Manfred Strecker

  • The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

    Joanna V. Morgan;Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy Bralower;Elise Chenot

  • The Time-Space Distribution of Cenozoic Volcanism in the South-Central Andes: a New Data Compilation and Some Tectonic Implications

    Robert B. Trumbull;Ulrich Riller;Onno Oncken;Ekkehard Scheuber

  • Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Christopher M. Lowery;Timothy J. Bralower;Jeremy D. Owens;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • The First Day of the Cenozoic

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy J. Bralower;Jens Ormö;Brendon Hall

  • Development of the southern Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina, constrained by apatite fission track thermochronology: From early Cretaceous extension to middle Miocene shortening

    Anke Deeken;Anke Deeken;Edward R. Sobel;Isabelle Coutand;Michael Haschke

  • Growth of the Central Andean Plateau by Tectonic Segmentation Is Controlled by the Gradient in Crustal Shortening

    Ulrich Riller;Onno Oncken

  • Partial-melt topology in statically and dynamically recrystallized granite

    C. L. Rosenberg;U. Riller

  • Second look at suspect terranes in southern Mexico

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Ulrich Riller;Martin Meschede;Uwe Herrmann

  • Tectonomagmatic characteristics of the back‐arc portion of the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro Fault Zone, Central Andes

    V. Acocella;A. Gioncada;Ricardo Hector Omarini;U. Riller

  • Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater

    David A. Kring;Sonia M. Tikoo;Martin Schmieder;Ulrich Riller

  • Structural characteristics of the Sudbury impact structure, Canada: Impact-induced versus orogenic deformation—A review

    Ulrich Riller

  • Observations and interpretations at Vredefort, Sudbury, and Chicxulub: Towards an empirical model of terrestrial impact basin formation

    Richard A. F. Grieve;W. Uwe Reimold;Joanna Morgan;Ulrich Riller

  • A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact

    G S Collins;N Patel;T M Davison;A S P Rae;A S P Rae

  • Rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of large impact structures

    Ulrich Riller;Michael H Poelchau;Auriol S P Rae;Felix M Schulte

  • Bimodal volcanism in a tectonic transfer zone: Evidence for tectonically controlled magmatism in the southern Central Andes, NW Argentina

    I.A. Petrinovic;U. Riller;J.A. Brod;G. Alvarado

  • Left-lateral transtension along the Tierra Colorada deformation zone, northern margin of the Xolapa magmatic arc of southern Mexico

    U. Riller;L. Ratschbacher;W. Frisch

  • Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364

    G.L. Christeson;S.P.S. Gulick;J.V. Morgan;C. Gebhardt

  • Transpressive tectonism in the eastern Penokean orogen, Canada Consequences for Proterozoic crustal kinematics and continental fragmentation

    U Riller

  • The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcanic centre

    Ivan Alejandro Petrinovic;Ivan Alejandro Petrinovic;Ulrich Riller;José Affonso Brod

  • Semi-automatic segmentation of petrographic thin section images using a seeded-region growing algorithm with an application to characterize wheathered subarkose sandstone

    Pascal Asmussen;Olaf Conrad;Andreas Günther;Moritz Kirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Joanna Morgan
Joanna Morgan Imperial College London
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Gordon R. Osinski
Gordon R. Osinski University of Western Ontario
Richard A. F. Grieve
Richard A. F. Grieve University of Western Ontario
Marco J. L. Coolen
Marco J. L. Coolen Curtin University
Gareth S. Collins
Gareth S. Collins Imperial College London
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo

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