Ralf Hetzel

5.4k citations

111 papers · 4.5k indexed · h-index 39

Impact in

Geophysics top 0.5%
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
Earth-Surface Processes top 0.5%
- Geological formations and processes

Papers in ⓘ

Geophysics 87
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 71
- earthquake and tectonic studies 70
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 25
Atmospheric Science 67
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 66

Co-authors: Andrea Hampel (31 shared papers)Uwe Ring (6 shared papers)Mingxin Tao (10 shared papers)Samuel Niedermann (11 shared papers)Cees W. Passchier (5 shared papers)Manfred R. Strecker (6 shared papers)Peter W. Kubik (10 shared papers)T. Reischmann (1 shared paper)
Journals: Tectonics (8 papers)Geology (8 papers)Terra Nova (7 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (6 papers)Journal of the Geological Society (6 papers)
Partner nations: Germany China Switzerland

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Ralf Hetzel

109 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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1	Miocene NNE-directed extensional unroofing in the Menderes Massif, southwestern Turkey Journal of the Geological Society ·Ralf Hetzel, Uwe Ring, Cüneyt Akal, Manfred Troesch	1995	211
2	An active bivergent rolling-hinge detachment system: Central Menderes metamorphic core complex in western Turkey Geology ·Klaus Gessner, Uwe Ring, Christopher Johnson, Ralf Hetzel, Cees W. Passchier, Talip Güngör	2001	202
3	Bivergent extension in orogenic belts: The Menderes massif (southwestern Turkey) Geology ·Ralf Hetzel, Cees W. Passchier, Uwe Ring, Özcan Dora	1995	188
4	Low slip rates and long-term preservation of geomorphic features in Central Asia Nature ·Ralf Hetzel, Samuel Niedermann, Mingxin Tao, Peter W. Kubik, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, Bo Gao, Manfred R. Strecker	2002	185
5	Intrusion age of Pan-African augen gneisses in the southern Menderes Massif and the age of cooling after Alpine ductile extensional deformation Geological Magazine ·Ralf Hetzel, T. Reischmann	1996	165
6	Peneplain formation in southern Tibet predates the India-Asia collision and plateau uplift Geology ·Ralf Hetzel, István Dunkl, Vicky L. Haider, Marcus Strobl, Hilmar von Eynatten, Lin Ding, Dirk Frei	2011	165
7	Tectonic denudation of a Late Cretaceous–Tertiary collisional belt: regionally symmetric cooling patterns and their relation to extensional faults in the Anatolide belt of western Turkey Geological Magazine ·Uwe Ring, Christopher Johnson, Ralf Hetzel, Klaus Gessner	2003	161
8	Slip rate variations on normal faults during glacial–interglacial changes in surface loads Nature ·Ralf Hetzel, Andrea Hampel	2005	144
9	Late Pleistocene/Holocene slip rate of the Zhangye thrust (Qilian Shan, China) and implications for the active growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau Tectonics ·Ralf Hetzel, Mingxin Tao, Stephen Stokes, Samuel Niedermann, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, Bo Gao, Manfred R. Strecker, Peter W. Kubik	2004	141
10	Arc–continent collision in the Southern Urals Earth-Science Reviews ·Dennis Brown, Piera Spadea, В. Н. Пучков, Joaquina Álvarez-Marrón, Richard Herrington, Arne P. Willner, Ralf Hetzel, Y. Gorozhanina, Christopher Juhlin	2006	115
11	Geology of the Bozdag area, central Menderes massif, SW Turkey: Pan-African basement and Alpine deformation Geologische Rundschau ·Ralf Hetzel, Rolf L. Romer, Osman Candan, Cees W. Passchier	1998	105
12	Active faulting, mountain growth, and erosion at the margins of the Tibetan Plateau constrained by in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides Tectonophysics ·Ralf Hetzel	2012	99
13	Deciphering the rate of mountain growth during topographic presteady state: An example from the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau Tectonics ·Luigi Palumbo, Ralf Hetzel, Mingxin Tao, Xiaobin Li, Jianming Guo	2009	97
14	Precise U–Pb ages of syn-extensional Miocene intrusions in the central Menderes Massif, western Turkey Geological Magazine ·Johannes Glodny, Ralf Hetzel	2006	93
15	Holocene loess sedimentation along the Qilian Shan (China): significance for understanding the processes and timing of loess deposition Quaternary Science Reviews ·Yvonne Küster, Ralf Hetzel, Matthias Krbetschek, Mingxin Tao	2005	92
16	Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·A. Joshua West, Ralf Hetzel, Gen Li, Zhangdong Jin, Fei Zhang, Robert Hilton, Alexander L. Densmore	2014	79
17	Climatic versus tectonic control on river incision at the margin of NE Tibet: ¹⁰Be exposure dating of river terraces at the mountain front of the Qilian Shan Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Ralf Hetzel, Samuel Niedermann, Mingxin Tao, Peter W. Kubik, Manfred R. Strecker	2006	78
18	Implications of the fault scaling law for the growth of topography: mountain ranges in the broken foreland of north‐east Tibet Terra Nova ·Ralf Hetzel, Mingxin Tao, Samuel Niedermann, Manfred R. Strecker, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, Peter W. Kubik, Bo Gao	2004	78
19	Response of normal faults to glacial‐interglacial fluctuations of ice and water masses on Earth's surface Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Andrea Hampel, Ralf Hetzel	2006	77
20	Topographic and lithologic control on catchment-wide denudation rates derived from cosmogenic 10Be in two mountain ranges at the margin of NE Tibet Geomorphology ·Luigi Palumbo, Ralf Hetzel, Mingxin Tao, X. Li	2009	72

About Ralf Hetzel

Ralf Hetzel is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Geology, having authored 111 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (71 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (66 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (25 papers), Geological formations and processes (23 papers), Landslides and related hazards (20 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (3.5k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (826 citations), Atmospheric Science (2.0k citations), Geology (235 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (461 citations). Ralf Hetzel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Andrea Hampel, Uwe Ring, Mingxin Tao, Samuel Niedermann, Cees W. Passchier, Manfred R. Strecker, Peter W. Kubik, T. Reischmann, Klaus Gessner and Cüneyt Akal. Their work appears in journals such as Tectonics, Geology, Terra Nova, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Journal of the Geological Society.

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