Institutions of the University of Bayreuth
Chair Geomorphology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Sass

Draebing, Daniel ; Mayer, Till ; Jacobs, Benjamin ; McColl, Samuel T.:
Alpine rockwall erosion patterns follow elevation-dependent climate trajectories.
In: Communications Earth & Environment. Vol. 3 (2022) . - 21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00348-2

Khan, Saeed Akhtar ; Vanselow, Kim A. ; Sass, Oliver ; Samimi, Cyrus:
Detecting abrupt change in land cover in the eastern Hindu Kush region using Landsat time series (1988–2020).
In: Journal of Mountain Science. Vol. 19 (2022) Issue 6 . - pp. 1699-1716.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-7297-y

Sass, Oliver ; Viles, Heather:
Heritage hydrology : a conceptual framework for understanding water fluxes and storage in built and rock-hewn heritage.
In: Heritage Science. Vol. 10 (2022) . - 66.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006653

Sass, Oliver:
Investigating rock moisture at a sandstone massif in the Saxonian Switzerland climbing area.
In: Journal of Geomorphology. Vol. 1 (2022) Issue 1 . - pp. 25-41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/jgeomorphology/2022/0711

Scandroglio, Riccardo ; Draebing, Daniel ; Offer, Maike ; Krautblatter, Michael:
4D quantification of alpine permafrost degradation in steep rock walls using a laboratory-calibrated electrical resistivity tomography approach.
In: Near Surface Geophysics. Vol. 19 (2021) Issue 2 . - pp. 241-260.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12149

Anghelinu, Mircea ; Händel, Marc ; Niță, Loredana ; Cordoș, Cristina ; Veres, Daniel ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Murătoreanu, George ; Ciornei, Alexandru ; Schmidt, Christoph ; Sava, Tiberiu ; Mănăilescu, Cristian ; Ilie, Maria ; Demay, Läetitia ; Georgescu, Valentin:
From Gravettian to Epigravettian in the Eastern Carpathians : Insights from the Bistricioara-Lutărie III archaeological site.
In: Quaternary International. Vol. 587-588 (2021) . - pp. 210-229.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.06.044

Draebing, Daniel:
Identification of rock and fracture kinematics in high alpine rockwalls under the influence of elevation.
In: Earth Surface Dynamics. Vol. 9 (2021) Issue 4 . - pp. 977-994.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-977-2021

Constantin, Daniela ; Mason, J. A. ; Veres, D. ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Panaiotu, C. ; Zeeden, Christian ; Zhou, L. ; Marković, Slobodan B. ; Gerasimenko, Natalia ; Avram, Anca ; Tecsa, Viorica ; Groza-Sacaciu, S. M. ; del Valle Villalonga, L. ; Begy, R. ; Timar-Gabor, Alida:
OSL-dating of the Pleistocene-Holocene climatic transition in loess from China, Europe and North America, and evidence for accretionary pedogenesis.
In: Earth-Science Reviews. Vol. 221 (2021) . - No. 103769.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103769

Obreht, Igor ; Zeeden, Christian ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Veres, Daniel ; Marković, Slobodan B. ; Lehmkuhl, Frank:
Reply to the discussion paper by P. Sümegi and S. Gulyás: Some notes on the interpretation and reliability of malacological proxies in paleotemperature reconstructions from loess ; comments to Obreht et al.'s "A critical reevaluation of paleoclimate proxy records from loess in the Carpathian Basin".
In: Earth-Science Reviews. Vol. 220 (2021) . - No. 103737.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103737

Zeeden, Christian ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Klasen, Nicole ; Fischer, Peter ; Schulte, Philipp ; Nett, Janina J. ; Veres, Daniel ; Obreht, Igor ; Chu, Wei ; Papadopoulou, Maria ; Viehberg, Finn ; Schäbitz, Frank ; Gavrilov, Milivoj B. ; Marković, Slobodan B. ; Vött, Andreas ; Lehmkuhl, Frank:
Sedimentology of a Late Quaternary lacustrine record from the south-eastern Carpathian Basin.
In: Journal of Quaternary Science. Vol. 36 (2021) Issue 8 . - pp. 1414-1425.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3297

Draebing, Daniel ; Mayer, Till:
Topographic and geologic controls on frost cracking in Alpine rockwalls.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Vol. 126 (2021) Issue 6 . - e2021JF006163.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006163

Tsanova, Tsenka ; Veres, Daniel ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Spasov, Rosen ; Dimitrova, Irena ; Popov, Pavel ; Talamo, Sahra ; Sirakova, Svoboda:
Upper Palaeolithic layers and Campanian Ignimbrite/Y-5 tephra in Toplitsa cave, Northern Bulgaria.
In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Vol. 37 (2021) . - No. 102912.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102912

Emmer, Adam ; Klimeš, Jan ; Hölbling, Daniel ; Abad, Lorena ; Draebing, Daniel ; Skalák, Petr ; Štěpánek, Petr ; Zahradníček, Pavel:
Distinct types of landslides in moraines associated with the post-LIA glacier thinning : Observations from the Kinzl Glacier, Huascarán, Peru.
In: Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 739 (2020) . - 139997.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139997

Cody, Emma ; Draebing, Daniel ; McColl, Samuel T. ; Cook, Simon ; Brideau, Marc-Andre:
Geomorphology and geological controls of an active paraglacial rockslide in the New Zealand Southern Alps.
In: Landslides. Vol. 17 (2020) . - pp. 755-776.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-019-01316-2

Avram, Anca ; Constantin, Daniela ; Veres, Daniel ; Kelemen, Szabolcs ; Obreht, Igor ; Hambach, Ulrich ; Marković, Slobodan B. ; Timar-Gabor, Alida:
Testing polymineral post-IR IRSL and quartz SAR-OSL protocols on Middle to Late Pleistocene loess at Batajnica, Serbia.
In: BOREAS. Vol. 49 (2020) Issue 3 . - pp. 615-633.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12442

Eichel, Jana ; Draebing, Daniel ; Kattenborn, Teja ; Senn, Johannes Antenor ; Klingbeil, Lasse ; Wieland, Markus ; Heinz, Erik:
Unmanned aerial vehicle-based mapping of turf-banked solifluction lobe movement and its relation to material, geomorphometric, thermal and vegetation properties.
In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Vol. 31 (2020) Issue 1 . - pp. 97-109.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2036

Hepp, Johannes:
Beyond single biomarker-isotope studies in paleoclimatology : potential and limitations of a coupled δ²Hn-alkane-δ¹⁸Osugar paleohygrometer approach.
Bayreuth , 2019 . - viii, 203 p.
( Doctoral thesis, 2019 , Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004535

Draebing, Daniel ; Krautblatter, Michael:
The Efficacy of Frost Weathering Processes in Alpine Rockwalls.
In: Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 46 (2019) Issue 12 . - pp. 6516-6524.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL081981

Moldenhauer, Klaus-Martin:
Die Paläobotanische Sammlung Rossmann, Bayreuth.
In: Globulus. Vol. 21 (2019) . - pp. 29-32.

Rascher, Eric ; Rindler, Rolf ; Habersack, Helmut ; Sass, Oliver:
Impacts of gravel mining and renaturation measures on the sediment flux and budget in an alpine catchment (Johnsbach Valley, Austria).
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 318 (2018) . - pp. 404-420.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.009

Schnepfleitner, Harald ; Rode, Matthias ; Sass, Oliver:
Validation of simulated temperature profiles at rock walls in the Eastern Alps (Dachstein).
In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Vol. 29 (2018) Issue 1 . - pp. 34-48.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1962

Rascher, Eric ; Sass, Oliver:
Evaluating sediment dynamics in tributary trenches in an alpine catchment (Johnsbachtal, Austria) using multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie : Supplementary Issues. Vol. 61 (2017) Issue 1 . - pp. 27-52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/zfg_suppl/2016/0358

Sass, Oliver ; Sarcletti, Sebastian:
Patterns of long-term regeneration of forest fire slopes in the Northern European Alps : a logistic regression approach.
In: Geografiska Annaler : Series A, Physical Geography. Vol. 99 (2017) Issue 1 . - pp. 56-71.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2016.1263131

Seier, Gernot ; Stangl, Johannes ; Schöttl, Stefan ; Sulzer, Wolfgang ; Sass, Oliver:
UAV and TLS for monitoring a creek in an alpine environment, Styria, Austria.
In: International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol. 38 (2017) Issue 8/10 . - pp. 2903-2920.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1277045

Stangl, Johannes ; Rascher, Eric ; Sass, Oliver:
Comparative analysis of sediment routing in two different alpine catchments.
In: Beylich, Achim A. ; Dixon, John C. ; Zwolinski, Zbigniew (ed.): Source-to-sink fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016 . - pp. 364-377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107705791.026

Gingrich, Simone ; Schmid, Martin ; Dirnböck, Thomas ; Dullinger, Iwona ; Garstenauer, Rita ; Gaube, Veronika ; Haberl, Helmut ; Kainz, Martin ; Kreiner, Daniel ; Mayer, Renate ; Sass, Oliver ; Stocker-Kiss, Andrea:
Long-term socio-ecological research in practice : Lessons from inter-and transdisciplinary research in the Austrian Eisenwurzen.
In: Sustainability. Vol. 8 (2016) Issue 8 . - No. 743.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080743

Schnepfleitner, Harald ; Sass, Oliver ; Fruhmann, Stefanie ; Viles, Heather ; Goudie, Andrew:
A multi‐method investigation of temperature, moisture and salt dynamics in tafoni (Tafraoute, Morocco).
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 41 (2016) Issue 4 . - pp. 473-485.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3838

Rode, Matthias ; Schnepfleitner, Harald ; Sass, Oliver:
Simulation of moisture content in alpine rockwalls during freeze-thaw events.
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 41 (2016) Issue 13 . - pp. 1937-1950.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3961

Egartner, Isabel ; Sass, Oliver:
Using paper pulp poultices in the field and laboratory to analyse salt distribution in building limestones.
In: Heritage Science. Vol. 4 (2016) . - 41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-016-0110-5

Sass, Oliver ; Kloss, Stefanie:
Distribution of macro charcoal from forest fires in shallow soils of the Northern Alps.
In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. Vol. 15 (2015) Issue 4 . - pp. 748-758.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-014-0954-9

Glade, Thomas ; Bell, Rainer ; Dobesberger, Paul ; Embleton-Hamann, Christine ; Fromm, Reinhard ; Fuchs, Sven ; Hagen, Karl ; Hübl, Johannes ; Lieb, Gerhard ; Otto, Jan-Christoph ; Perzl, Frank ; Peticzka, Robert ; Prager, Christoph ; Samimi, Cyrus ; Sass, Oliver ; Schöner, Wolfgang ; Schröter, Dagmar ; Schrott, Lothar ; Zangerl, Christian ; Zeidler, Antonia:
Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Reliefsphäre.
In: Kromp-Kolb, Helga (ed.): Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht Klimawandel 2014 = Austrian Assessment Report 2014 (AAR14): Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014 . - pp. 557-600

Malowerschnig, Bodo ; Sass, Oliver:
Long-term vegetation development on a wildfire slope in Innerzwain (Styria, Austria).
In: Journal of Forestry Research. Vol. 25 (2014) Issue 1 . - pp. 103-111.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-014-0435-4

Stiegler, Christian ; Rode, Matthias ; Sass, Oliver ; Otto, Jan-Christoph:
An undercooled scree slope detected by geophysical investigations in sporadic permafrost below 1000 m ASL, central Austria.
In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Vol. 25 (2014) Issue 3 . - pp. 194-207.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1813

Arpaci, Alexander ; Malowerschnig, Bodo ; Sass, Oliver ; Vacik, Harald:
Using multi variate data mining techniques for estimating fire susceptibility of Tyrolean forests.
In: Applied Geography. Vol. 53 (2014) . - pp. 258-270.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.05.015

Strasser, Ulrich ; Marke, Thomas ; Sass, Oliver ; Birk, S. ; Winkler, Gerfried:
John’s creek valley : a mountainous catchment for long-term interdisciplinary human-environment system research in Upper Styria (Austria).
In: Environmental Earth Sciences. Vol. 69 (2013) Issue 2 . - pp. 695-705.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2318-y

Bremer, Magnus ; Sass, Oliver:
Combining airborne and terrestrial laser scanning for quantifying erosion and deposition by a debris flow event.
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 138 (2012) Issue 1 . - pp. 49-60.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.024

Sass, Oliver ; Heel, Michael ; Leistner, Iris ; Stöger, Florence ; Wetzel, Karl‐Friedrich ; Friedmann, Arne:
Disturbance, geomorphic processes and recovery of wildfire slopes in North Tyrol.
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 37 (2012) Issue 8 . - pp. 883-894.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3221

Sass, Oliver ; Haas, Florian ; Schimmer, Christoph ; Heel, Michael ; Bremer, Magnus ; Stöger, Florence ; Wetzel, Karl‐Friedrich:
Impact of forest fires on geomorphic processes in the Tyrolean Limestone Alps.
In: Geografiska Annaler : Series A, Physical Geography. Vol. 94 (2012) Issue 1 . - pp. 117-133.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00452.x

Sass, Oliver ; Oberlechner, Martin:
Is climate change causing increased rockfall frequency in Austria?
In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Vol. 12 (2012) Issue 11 . - pp. 3209-3216.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-3209-2012

Kloss, Stefanie ; Sass, Oliver ; Geitner, Clemens ; Prietzel, Jörg:
Soil properties and charcoal dynamics of burnt soils in the Tyrolean Limestone Alps.
In: Catena. Vol. 99 (2012) . - pp. 75-82.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.011

Lukas, Sven ; Sass, Oliver:
The formation of Alpine lateral moraines inferred from sedimentology and radar reflection patterns : a case study from Gornergletscher, Switzerland.
In: Special Publications / Geological Society London. Vol. 354 (2011) Issue 1 . - pp. 77-92.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP354.5

Sass, Oliver ; Friedmann, Arne ; Haselwanter, G. ; Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich:
Investigating thickness and internal structure of alpine mires using conventional and geophysical techniques.
In: Catena. Vol. 80 (2010) Issue 3 . - pp. 195-203.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2009.11.006

Sass, Oliver ; Heel, Michael ; Hoinkis, R. ; Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich:
A six-year record of debris transport by avalanches on a wildfire slope (Arnspitze, Tyrol).
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Vol. 54 (2010) Issue 2 . - pp. 181-193.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0009

Sass, Oliver:
Spatial and temporal patterns of talus activity : a lichenometric approach in the Stubaier Alps, Austria.
In: Geografiska Annaler : Series A, Physical Geography. Vol. 92 (2010) Issue 3 . - pp. 375-391.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00402.x

Sass, Oliver ; Viles, Heather:
Two-dimensional resistivity surveys of the moisture content of historic limestone walls in Oxford, UK : implications for understanding catastrophic stone deterioration.
In: Special Publications / Geological Society London. Vol. 331 (2010) . - pp. 237-249.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/SP331.22

Sass, Oliver ; Viles, Heather:
Wetting and drying of masonry walls : 2D-resistivity monitoring of driving rain experiments on historic stonework in Oxford, UK.
In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. Vol. 70 (2010) Issue 1 . - pp. 72-83.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.11.006

Schrott, Lothar ; Sass, Oliver:
Application of field geophysics in geomorphology : advances and limitations exemplified by case studies.
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 93 (2008) Issue 1-2 . - pp. 55-73.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.024

Sass, Oliver ; Bell, Rainer ; Glade, Thomas:
Comparison of GPR, 2D-resistivity and traditional techniques for the subsurface exploration of the Öschingen landslide, Swabian Alb (Germany).
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 93 (2008) Issue 1-2 . - pp. 89-103.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.019

Sass, Oliver:
The use of GPR in determining talus thickness and talus structure.
In: Hauck, Christian ; Kneisel, Christof (ed.): Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008 . - pp. 165-171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535628.012

Sass, Oliver:
Bedrock detection and talus thickness assessment in the European Alps using geophysical methods.
In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. Vol. 62 (2007) Issue 3 . - pp. 254-269.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2006.12.003

Sass, Oliver ; Krautblatter, Michael:
Debris flow-dominated and rockfall-dominated talus slopes : Genetic models derived from GPR measurements.
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 86 (2007) Issue 1-2 . - pp. 176-192.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.08.012

Sass, Oliver ; Krautblatter, M. ; Morche, David:
Rapid lake infill following major rockfall (bergsturz) events revealed by ground-penetrating radar (GPR) measurements, Reintal, German Alps.
In: The Holocene. Vol. 17 (2007) Issue 7 . - pp. 965-976.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607082412

Otto, Jan-Christoph ; Sass, Oliver:
Comparing geophysical methods for talus slope investigations in the Turtmann valley (Swiss Alps).
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 76 (2006) Issue 3-4 . - pp. 257-272.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.11.008

Sass, Oliver:
Determination of the internal structure of alpine talus deposits using different geophysical methods (Lechtaler Alps, Austria).
In: Geomorphology. Vol. 80 (2006) Issue 1-2 . - pp. 45-58.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.09.006

Sass, Oliver:
Geophysical investigation of a relict talus slope in the Bavarian Alps, Germany.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Vol. 50 (2006) Issue 4 . - pp. 447-463.

Sass, Oliver ; Viles, Heather:
How wet are these walls? Testing a novel technique for measuring moisture in ruined walls.
In: Journal of Cultural Heritage. Vol. 7 (2006) Issue 4 . - pp. 257-263.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2006.08.001

Sass, Oliver ; Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich ; Friedmann, Arne:
Landscape dynamics of sub-alpine forest fire slopes in the Northern Alps - preliminary results.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie : Supplement. Vol. 142 (2006) . - pp. 207-227.

Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich ; Sass, Oliver ; von Restorff, Cai:
Mass Movement Processes in Unconsolidated Pleistocene Sediments : A Multi-Method Investigation at the "Hochgraben"(Jenbach/Upper Bavaria).
In: Erdkunde. Vol. 60 (2006) Issue 3 . - pp. 246-260.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2006.03.04

Sass, Oliver:
Rock moisture measurements : techniques, results, and implications for weathering.
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 30 (2005) Issue 3 . - pp. 359-374.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1214

Sass, Oliver:
Spatial patterns of rockfall intensity in the northern Alps.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie : Supplement. Vol. 138 (2005) . - pp. 51-65.

Sass, Oliver:
Temporal variability of rockfall in the Bavarian Alps, Germany.
In: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Vol. 37 (2005) Issue 4 . - pp. 564-573.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0564:TVORIT]2.0.CO;2

Sass, Oliver:
Rock moisture fluctuations during freeze-thaw cycles : Preliminary results from electrical resistivity measurements.
In: Polar Geography. Vol. 28 (2004) Issue 1 . - pp. 13-31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/789610157

Sass, Oliver:
Moisture distribution in rockwalls derived from 2D-resistivity measurements.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie : Supplement. Vol. 132 (2003) . - pp. 51-69.

Sass, Oliver ; Wollny, Klaus:
Investigations regarding Alpine talus slopes using ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) in the Bavarian Alps, Germany.
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 26 (2001) Issue 10 . - pp. 1071-1086.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.254