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Wilfried Winkler

Wilfried Winkler

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Earth Science

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33
Citations
4098
World Ranking
8365
National Ranking
175

Overview

Wilfried Winkler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, and Atmospheric Science. The breadth of topics in their work includes Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Geological formations and processes, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and broader Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Winkler's recent publications showcase contributions to both regional and broader geological topics. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Jurassic to Early Paleogene sedimentation in the Amazon region of Ecuador: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution of northwestern South America" (2021), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Sedimentology, Provenance and Radiometric Dating of the Silante Formation: Implications for the Cenozoic Evolution of the Western Andes of Ecuador" (2020), published in Minerals
  • "Revealing exhumation of the central Alps during the Early Oligocene by detrital zircon U-Pb age and fission-track double dating in the Taveyannaz Formation" (2020), published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Detrital Zircon Provenance Analysis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Central and Southeastern Mongolia-A Palaeotectonic Model for the Mongolian Collage" (2020), published in Minerals
  • "New constraints on the tectonic history of the basement of the Western Cordillera and coastal forearc of Ecuador" (2024), published in Lithos

Winkler frequently publishes in journals such as Minerals (3 publications), Global and Planetary Change, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Lithos, and Swiss Journal of Geosciences.

The scientist's network of frequent coauthors includes Cristian Vallejo, Richard Spikings, Albrecht von Quadt, Christian Wladimir Romero Cóndor, and Gang Lu, reflecting collaborative efforts in various geological and tectonic research projects.

Best Publications

  • Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic evolution of the Western and Central cordilleras of Colombia

    Diego Villagómez;Richard Spikings;Tomas Magna;Tomas Magna;Andreas Kammer

  • The geological history of northwestern South America: from Pangaea to the early collision of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (290–75Ma)

    Richard Alan Spikings;Ryan Cochrane;Diego Villagomez;Roelant Van der Lelij

  • Along-strike variations in the thermal and tectonic response of the continental Ecuadorian Andes to the collision with heterogeneous oceanic crust

    R.A Spikings;W Winkler;D Seward;Robert Handler

  • Neogene stratigraphy and Andean geodynamics of southern Ecuador

    Dominik Hungerbühler;Michael Steinmann;Wilfried Winkler;Diane Seward

  • Origin and Cretaceous tectonic history of the coastal Ecuadorian forearc between 1°N and 3°S: Paleomagnetic, radiometric and fossil evidence

    L.D.A. Luzieux;F. Heller;Richard Alan Spikings;C.F. Vallejo

  • The early interaction between the Caribbean plateau and the NW South American Plate

    Cristian Vallejo;Richard Alan Spikings;Leonard Luzieux;Wilfried Winkler

  • The Mongol–Okhotsk Belt in Mongolia — An appraisal of the geodynamic development by the study of sandstone provenance and detrital zircons

    Denise Bussien;Nergui Gombojav;Wilfried Winkler;Albrecht von Quadt

  • Thermochronology of allochthonous terranes in Ecuador: Unravelling the accretionary and post-accretionary history of the Northern Andes

    Richard Alan Spikings;W. Winkler;R.A. Hughes;R. Handler

  • Detrital thermochronology – a new perspective on hinterland tectonics, an example from the Andean Amazon Basin, Ecuador

    G. M. H. Ruiz;D. Seward;W. Winkler

  • Mode and timing of terrane accretion in the forearc of the Andes in Ecuador

    Cristian Vallejo;Wilfried Winkler;Richard A Spikings;Leonard Luzieux

  • Neogene tectonic evolution and exhumation of the southern Ecuadorian Andes: a combined stratigraphy and fission-track approach

    Michael Steinmann;Dominik Hungerbühler;Diane Seward;Wilfried Winkler

  • Distinguishing between in-situ and accretionary growth of continents along active margins

    Ryan Cochrane;Richard Alan Spikings;Axel Gerdes;Axel Gerdes;Wilfried Winkler

  • Low-temperature thermochronology of the northern Cordillera Real, Ecuador: Tectonic insights from zircon and apatite fission track analysis

    Richard A. Spikings;Diane Seward;Wilfried Winkler;Geoffrey M. Ruiz

  • Recycling of Proterozoic crust in the Andean Amazon foreland of Ecuador: implications for orogenic development of the Northern Andes

    Nergui Martin-Gombojav;Wilfried Winkler

  • Syn- and post-accretionary cooling history of the Ecuadorian Andes constrained by their in-situ and detrital thermochronometric record

    R.A. Spikings;P.V. Crowhurst;W. Winkler;D. Villagomez

  • The Chota basin and its significance for the inception and tectonic setting of the inter-Andean depression in Ecuador

    Wilfried H. Winkler;Diego Villagómez;Richard A. Spikings;Peter Abegglen

  • Sediment dispersal and provenance in the Silesian, Dukla and Magura flysch nappes (Outer Carpathians, Poland)

    Wilfried Winkler;Andrzej Slaczka

  • Restoring the Silurian to Carboniferous northern active continental margin of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean in Mongolia: Hangay–Hentey accretionary wedge and seamount collision

    Désirée Ruppen;Alice Knaf;Denise Bussien;Wilfried Winkler

  • Detrital high-pressure/low-temperature minerals in a late Turonian flysch sequence of the eastern Alps (western Austria): Implications for early Alpine tectonics

    Wilfried Winkler;Daniel Bernoulli

  • Climate and Bioproductivity Control on Carbonate Turbidite Sedimentation (Paleocene to Earliest Eocene, Gulf of Biscay, Zumaia, Spain)

    Piotr Gawenda;Wilfried Winkler;Birger Schmitz;Thierry Adatte

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Alan Spikings
Richard Alan Spikings University of Geneva
Thierry Adatte
Thierry Adatte University of Lausanne
Brian K. Horton
Brian K. Horton The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Strasser
Michael Strasser University of Innsbruck
Diane Seward
Diane Seward Victoria University of Wellington

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