Co-supervised MSc & PhD Theses

Co-supervised MSc & PhD Theses

  • Litty C., present. Conglomerate-terraces dating, 10Be, 26Al, erosional mechanisms, surface erosion rate and variations in climate in Peru. Ongoing Ph.D. study, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences.
  • Madella A., present. A reconstruction of the recent erosional history of the Western Andean Escarpment in Northern Chile with Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides. Ongoing Ph.D. study, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences.
  • Wirsig C., 2015. Combining cosmogenic 10Be, 14C, 26Al and 36Cl: Quantifying depth of glacial erosion and timing of deglaciation. Ph.D. Thesis, ETH Zurich, Institute of Geology, 146 pages.
  • Sojc U., 2014. Building high-resolution radiocarbon dating chronologies for the reconstruction of late Holocene glacier variations and landslide events in the Mont Blanc area, Italy. M.Sc.Thesis, ETH Zurich, Institute of Geology, 56 pages.
  • Casagrande J., 2014. Erosion rates by 10Be measurement of a postglacial setting in the Central Alps of Switzerland, Flühli/Sörenberg in Emmental. M.Sc.Thesis, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 42 pages.
  • Nunes F.C., 2014. Where are the major sediment sources of Val Lumnezia (GR, eastern Swiss Alps)?: Quantitative estimate of cosmogenic 10Be-deived erosion rates and sediment discharges. M.Sc.Thesis, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 42 pages.
  • Reber R., present. 10Be & 26Al Exposure Dating of Quaternary Paleoglaciations of Northeastern Anatolia. Ongoing PhD study, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences.
  • Özkaymak Ç., present. Quaternary geology and paleoseismological analysis of active faults forming the Manisa Basin. Ongoing PhD study, Dokuz Eylül University, Engineering Geological Department.
  • Kocher M., 2012. Die Lockergesteine am Piz Starlex. M.Sc.Thesis, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 70 pages.
  • Ott A., present. Holocene glacier oscillations at Damma (Uri/Switzerland). Ongoing MSc. study, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences.
  • Haudenschild E., 2011. The Kestanbol Intrusion (Western Turkey) and its importance as a building stone: Application of cosmogenic 10Be to archaeology. MSc.Thesis, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 159 pages.
  • Schindelwig I., 2010. The Last Glacial – Interglacial transition: an interval of high alpine-glacier dynamics in the Central and Western Swiss Alp. PhD dissertation, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 101 pages.
  • Lüthold A., 2010. Die Rigi und die letzte Eiszeit. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 131 pages.
  • Dehnert A., 2009. Burial dating using the cosmogenic isotopes 10Be and 26Al – Feasibility studies for Pliocene to Pleistocene terrestrial sediments. PhD dissertation, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 101 pages.
  • Zahno C., 2009. Late Pleistocene glacier variations in western Turkey: Chronology and Paleoclimate. PhD dissertation, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 95 pages.
  • Graf A., 2008. Surface exposure dating of LGM and pre-LGM Erratic Boulders: A comparison of paleoclimate records from both hemispheres. PhD dissertation, University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences, 215 pages.
  • Di Nicola L., 2007. Surface exposure dating of pre-Last Glacial Maximum glacial drifts in Terra Nova Bay region (Antarctica). PhD dissertation, University of Sienna, School of Polar Science, 118 pages.
  • Abbühl L., 2004. A zero-exposure-time experiment on a sub-recent erratic boulder: the problem of pre-exposure in dating with cosmogenic nuclides. Diploma Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, 89 pages with a geomorphological map.