Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig

Fellow-Klasse 2009-10

Forschungsgebiete:

Physik aquatischer Systeme, Tracer- und Isotopenhydrologie mit Anwendung auf Wasserressourcen. Isotope in Umweltarchiven, Klimarekonstruktion aus Grundwasser und Speläothemen. Gase in Umweltsystemen (Grundwasser, Eis, Sedimente, Gashydrate). Edelgasgeochemie, He Entgasung aus Erdkruste und -mantel.

Curriculum Vitae

Arbeitsvorhaben

Ausgwählte Publikationen:

• Aeschbach-Hertig, W., F. Peeters, U. Beyerle, and R. Kipfer, 2000. Palaeotemperature reconstruction from noble gases in ground water taking into account equilibration with entrapped air. Nature 405: 1040-1044.
• Aeschbach-Hertig, W., F. Peeters, U. Beyerle, and R. Kipfer, 1999. Interpretation of dissolved atmospheric noble gases in natural waters. Water Resour. Res. 35: 2779-2792.
• Weyhenmeyer, C. E., S. J. Burns, H. N. Waber, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, H. H. Loosli, and A. Matter, 2000. Cool glacial temperatures and changes in moisture source recorded in Oman groundwaters. Science 287: 842-845.
• Beyerle, U., R. Purtschert, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D.M. Imboden, H.H. Loosli, R. Wieler, and R. Kipfer, 1998. Climate and groundwater recharge during the last glaciation in an ice-covered region. Science 282: 731-734.
• Kluge, T., T. Marx, D. Scholz, S. Niggemann, A. Mangini, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2008. A new tool for palaeoclimate reconstruction: Noble gas temperatures from uid inclusions in speleothems. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269: 407 - 414.
• Aeschbach-Hertig, W., H. El-Gamal, M. Wieser, and L. Palcsu, 2008. Modeling excess air and degassing in groundwater by equilibrium partitioning with a gas phase. Water Resour. Res. 44, W08449, doi:10.1029/2007WR006454.
• Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Peeters, and M. Stute, 2002. Noble gases in lakes and ground waters. In: Porcelli, D., C. Ballentine, R. Wieler (eds.), Noble gases in geochemistry and cosmochemistry. Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 47: 615-700.
• Beyerle, U., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D. M. Imboden, H. Baur, T. Graf, and R. Kipfer, 2000. A mass spectrometric system for the analysis of noble gases and tritium from water samples. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 2042-2050.
• Beyerle, U., J. Rüedi, M. Leuenberger, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Peeters, R. Kipfer, and A. Dodo, 2003. Evidence for periods of wetter and cooler climate in the Sahel between 6 and 40 kyr BP derived from groundwater. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016310.
• Aeschbach-Hertig, W., J. F. Clark, M. Stute, R. Reuter, and P. Schlosser, 2002. A paleotemperature record derived from dissolved noble gases in groundwater of the Aquia Aquifer (Maryland,USA). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66: 797-817.