Professor Todd A. Ehlers
- Professor, Head of School, Geographical & Earth Sciences (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
telephone:
0141 330 4224
email:
Todd.Ehlers@glasgow.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303Biography
Todd A. Ehlers (Todd Ehlers CV) is a Professor and Head of School at the University of Glasgow, UK. Before this, he was a Professor and former Department Speaker at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and an Associate Professor and Associate Chair at the University of Michigan, USA. He is an elected member of Academia Europaea (2018), recipient of the EGU Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal (2018), and former Moore Distinguished Scholar at the California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (2021-2022). While in Germany, Professor Ehlers was the speaker for the German priority research program (SPP 1801) EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota (2016-2024), and a former European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Awardee. He has served on numerous USA and German Science Foundation (NSF, DFG) Senate Commissions for the future of Geo- and Earth System Sciences, as well as science review panels for USA National Science Foundation, and DFG. Professor Ehlers is on the Board of Review Editors for Science (2013-present), and former editor in chief for Tectonics (2009-2013), and Earth Science Reviews (2006-2010).
Research interests
Prof. Ehlers' research interests are in the interactions between climate, tectonics, surface processes, and biota as applied to the evolution of active mountain ranges and sedimentary basins. His research group has a wide range of projects that involve an integration of field observations and geochemical data with physics-based models of landscape evolution, lithospheric deformation, and climate/paleoclimate. The goal of these projects is to quantify the rates of magnitudes of processes that influence the form and evolution of Earth's surface. Emphasis is also placed on understanding any couplings and feedbacks between biotic, geologic, atmospheric, and geomorphic processes.
Current research topics include:
- Tectonic, (paleo)climate, and biotic controls on Earth surface processes
- Active tectonics and geodynamics
- Quantifying tectonic and surface processes using thermochronology, cosmogenic nuclides, remote sensing, and numerical modeling techniques.
- Glacial erosion and topographic development.
Techniques/tools used:
Professor Ehlers integrates a variety of tools in his research. He emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to solving problems and integrates techniques and data sets such as:
- Field observations
- Numerical modeling (thermal, mechanical, atmospheric, and surface process models) and high performance computing.
- Low-temperature thermochronology: noble gas and fission track methods.
- Analysis and modeling of high-resolution (Lidar derived) digital topography.
- Field-based observations of sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, and structure.
- Meso-and global-scale climate models and meteorological data
- Remote sensing and geographic information systems(GIS)
- Cosmogenic isotopes (10Be,26Al,3He) and shortlived nuclides.
- Geophysical data analysis (heatflow, gravity, GPR, seismic reflection profiles)
Publications
2024
Glotzbach, C. and Ehlers, T. A. (2024) Interpreting cooling dates and histories from laser ablation in-situ (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronometry. Geochronology, 6(4), pp. 697-717. (doi: 10.5194/gchron-6-697-2024)
Li, D. et al. (2024) The competing controls of glaciers, precipitation, and vegetation on high-mountain fluvial sediment yields. Science Advances, 10(48), eads6196. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads6196) (PMID:39602526) (PMCID:PMC11601201)
Ghoshal, S., McQuarrie, N., Robinson, D.M. and Ehlers, T.A. (2024) Assessing the geometry of the Main Himalayan thrust in central Nepal: A thermokinematic approach. Geosphere, 20(4), pp. 1162-1189. (doi: 10.1130/ges02731.1)
Ballian, A. et al. (2024) Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry Reveals Early to Middle Miocene Along-Strike Elevation Differences of the European Alps. EGU24 General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-18901)
Pye, A. E., Hodges, K. V., Ehlers, T. A. , van Soest, M. C., McDonald, C. S. and Bhandari, B. (2024) Constraining the exhumation history of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Kali Gandaki, Central Nepal. Journal of the Geological Society, 181(2), jgs2023-10. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2023-100)
Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., Schaller, M. , Beer, A., Shi, Y. and Ehlers, T. A. (2024) Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), (doi: 10.1029/2024jf007636)
2023
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. , Ballian, A., Meijers, M. J. M., Methner, K., Botsyun, S., Mulch, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The effects of diachronous surface uplift of the European Alps on regional climate and the oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation. Earth System Dynamics, 14(6), pp. 1183-1210. (doi: 10.5194/esd-14-1183-2023)
Buford Parks, V. M., McQuarrie, N., Falkowski, S. , Perez, N. D. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Timing and drivers of exhumation and sedimentation in the eastern Peruvian Andes: Insights from thermokinematic modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, 118355. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118355)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , McQuarrie, N., Glover, C. O., Perez, N. D. and Buford Parks, V. M. (2023) Exhumation and incision of the eastern Central Andes, southern Peru: Low-temperature thermochronology observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, 118299. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118299)
Glover, C. O., McQuarrie, N., Falkowski, S. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Assessing drivers of high exhumation magnitudes and young cooling ages in the eastern central Andes, southern Peru (13–18°S). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, p. 118281. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118281)
Cloetingh, S. et al. (2023) Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate- and energy-related societal challenges. Global and Planetary Change, 226, 104140. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104140)
Andrić-Tomašević, N., Koptev, A., Maiti, G., Gerya, T. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Slab tearing in non-collisional settings: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling of oblique subduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, 118097. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118097)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Glotzbach, C., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Thermo‐kinematic evolution of the Eastern European Alps along the TRANSALP transect. Tectonics, 42(4), e2022TC007380. (doi: 10.1029/2022TC007380)
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The Influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on Oxygen and Hydrogen Stable Isotopes in Precipitation of the Late Cenozoic: Implications on Paleoenvironment Reconstructions. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1752)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , McQuarrie, N., Ghoshal, S., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Drivers of Topography in Fold-thrust Belts: A Perspective from Central Nepal. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13359)
Falkowski, S. , Glover, C., Buford Parks, V., McQuarrie, N., Perez, N. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Drivers of Eastern Andean Plateau Incision from Integrated Thermochronology and Thermo-kinematic Modelling. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12157)
Sedhu-Madhavan, A., Mutz, S. G. , Boateng, D. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) A model-based exploration of mid-Holocene anti-phase climate variations in the Central Andes. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2372)
Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Landscapes through time. Science, 379(6635), pp. 879-880. (doi: 10.1126/science.adg5546) (PMID:36862786)
Sacek, V., Mutz, S. G. , Bicudo, T. C., de Almeida, R. P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The Amazon paleoenvironment resulted from geodynamic, climate, and sea-level interactions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 605, 118033. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118033)
2022
Ring, S. J., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Cenozoic proxy constraints on Earth system sensitivity to greenhouse gases. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(12), e2021PA004. (doi: 10.1029/2021PA004364)
Ehlers, T. A. et al. (2022) Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth Science Reviews, 234, 104197. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197)
Sharma, H., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) The effects of late Cenozoic climate change on the global distribution of frost cracking. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(5), pp. 997-1015. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-997-2022)
Botsyun, S. et al. (2022) Middle Miocene climate and stable oxygen isotopes in Europe based on numerical modeling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(10), e2022PA004442. (doi: 10.1029/2022PA004442)
Koptev, A., Nettesheim, M., Falkowski, S. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) 3D geodynamic-geomorphologic modelling of deformation and exhumation at curved plate boundaries: Implications for the southern Alaskan plate corner. Scientific Reports, 12, 14260. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17644-8)
Botsyun, S., Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Koptev, A., Wang, X., Schmidt, B., Appel, E. and Scherer, D. E. (2022) Influence of large‐scale atmospheric dynamics on precipitation seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia in cold and warm climates during the Late Cenozoic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(12), e2021JD035. (doi: 10.1029/2021JD035810)
Koptev, A., Nettesheim, M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Plate corner subduction and rapid localized exhumation: Insights from3Dcoupled geodynamic and geomorphological modelling. Terra Nova, 34(3), pp. 210-223. (doi: 10.1111/ter.12581)
Oetting, A. et al. (2022) Geomorphology and shallow sub-sea-floor structures underneath the Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Cryosphere, 16(5), pp. 2051-2066. (doi: 10.5194/tc-16-2051-2022)
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How Would the Eastward Propagation of Surface Uplift in the Alps Affect Regional Climate and Isotopic Composition of Precipitation? EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-843)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , McQuarrie, N., Buford Parks, V., Glover, C. and Cárdenas, J. (2022) Along-strike Variations in the Timing and Magnitude of Exhumation in the Eastern Peruvian Andes. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10064)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How the Co-evolution of Major Mountain Ranges Affects Global Climate. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-862)
Sacek, V., Mutz, S. , Ehlers, T. , Bicudo, T. and Almeida, R. (2022) Andean Geodynamics and the Evolution of the Amazonian Ecosystem. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1783)
Konidaris, G. E. et al. (2022) Correction: Konidaris et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. Quaternary, 5(2), 21. (doi: 10.3390/quat5020021)
Madella, A., Glotzbach, C. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How many grains are needed for quantifying catchment erosion from tracer thermochronology? Geochronology, 4(1), pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.5194/gchron-4-177-2022)
Michel-Wolf, L., Ehlers, T. A. and Bendick, R. (2022) Transitions in subduction zone properties align with long-term topographic growth (Cascadia, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 580, 117363. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117363)
Schaller, M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Comparison of soil production, chemical weathering, and physical erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient (Chile) to global observations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(1), pp. 131-150. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-131-2022)
Beer, A. R., Krumrein, N., Mutz, S. G. , Rink, G. M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Spatial Rockfall Susceptibility Prediction from Rockwall Surface Classification. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1866)
2021
Krsnik, E., Methner, K., Campani, M., Botsyun, S., Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Kempf, O., Fiebig, J., Schlunegger, F. and Mulch, A. (2021) Miocene high elevation and high relief in the Central Alps. Solid Earth, 12(11), pp. 2615-2631. (doi: 10.5194/se-2021-59)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , Madella, A., Glotzbach, C., Georgieva, V. and Strecker, M. R. (2021) Glacial catchment erosion from detrital zircon (U‐Th)/he thermochronology: Patagonian Andes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(10), e2021JF006. (doi: 10.1029/2021JF006141)
Jia, Y., Glotzbach, C., Lü, L. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Cenozoic tectono‐geomorphologic evolution of the Pamir‐Tian Shan Convergence Zone: evidence from detrital zircon U‐Pb provenance analyses. Tectonics, 40(10), e2020TC006. (doi: 10.1029/2020TC006345)
Willett, S. D., Herman, F., Fox, M., Stalder, N., Ehlers, T. A. , Jiao, R. and Yang, R. (2021) Bias and error in modelling thermochronometric data: resolving a potential increase in Plio-Pleistocene erosion rate. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(5), pp. 1153-1221. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-9-1153-2021)
Wang, X., Schmidt, B., Otto, M., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S. G. , Botsyun, S. and Scherer, D. (2021) Sensitivity of water balance in the Qaidam Basin to the mid‐Pliocene climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(16), e2020JD033965. (doi: 10.1029/2020jd033965)
Sharma, H., Ehlers, T. A. , Glotzbach, C., Schmid, M. and Tielbörger, K. (2021) Effect of rock uplift and Milankovitch timescale variations in precipitation and vegetation cover on catchment erosion rates. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(4), pp. 1045-1072. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-9-1045-2021)
Andrić‐Tomašević, N., Falkowski, S. , Georgieva, V., Glotzbach, C., Strecker, M. R. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Quantifying tectonic and glacial controls on topography in the Patagonian Andes (46.5°S) from integrated thermochronometry and thermo‐kinematic modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(8), e2020JF005. (doi: 10.1029/2020JF005993)
Madella, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Contribution of background seismicity to forearc uplift. Nature Geoscience, 14(8), pp. 620-625. (doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00779-0)
Koptev, A., Cloetingh, S., Kovács, I. J., Gerya, T. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, 116925. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116925)
Mohadjer, S., Mutz, S. G. , Kemp, M., Gill, S. J., Ischuk, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools. Geoscience Communication, 4(2), pp. 281-295. (doi: 10.5194/gc-2020-43)
Mutz, S. , Scherrer, S., Muceniece, I. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Twenty-first century regional temperature response in Chile based on empirical-statistical downscaling. Climate Dynamics, 56(9-10), pp. 2881-2894. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05620-9)
Cloetingh, S. et al. (2021) Plume-induced sinking of intracontinental lithospheric mantle: an overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(2), e2020GC009. (doi: 10.1029/2020GC009482)
Konidaris, G. et al. (2021) Dating of the Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): biochronology, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic radionuclides. Quaternary, 4(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/quat4010001)
2020
Mohadjer, S., Mutz, S. , Kemp, M., Gill, S., Ischuk, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2020) Paired Teaching Approach to Earthquake Education: A Cross-country Comparison Between Dushanbe, Tajikistan and London, United Kingdom. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11230)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2020) On the Synergistic Climatic Effects of Covarying Major Mountain Range Topographies. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9518)
Schmidt, B., Wang, X., Mutz, S. , Botsyun, S., Ehlers, T. A. and Scherer, D. (2020) Changes in Water Balance of the Qaidam Basin from Pliocene to Present Day. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20666)
Botsyun, S., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S.G. , Methner, K., Krsnik, E. and Mulch, A. (2020) Opportunities and challenges for paleoaltimetry in “small” orogens: insights from the European alps. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), e2019GL086. (doi: 10.1029/2019GL086046)
2019
McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Long, S. P., Tobgay, T., Ehlers, T. A. , Blythe, A. E., Morgan, L. E., Gilmore, M. E. and Dering, G. M. (2019) The influence of foreland structures on hinterland cooling: evaluating the drivers of exhumation in the eastern Bhutan Himalaya. Tectonics, 38(9), pp. 3282-3310. (doi: 10.1029/2018TC005340)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , McQuarrie, N., Shelef, E. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Landscape response to lateral advection in convergent orogens over geologic time scales. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(8), pp. 2056-2078. (doi: 10.1029/2019JF005100)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Detection and explanation of spatiotemporal patterns in Late Cenozoic palaeoclimate change relevant to Earth surface processes. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(3), pp. 663-679. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-7-663-2019)
Paeth, H., Steger, C., Li, J., Pollinger, F., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Comparison of climate change from Cenozoic surface uplift and glacial-interglacial episodes in the Himalaya-Tibet region: Insights from a regional climate model and proxy data. Global and Planetary Change, 177, pp. 10-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.005)
Michel, L., Glotzbach, C., Falkowski, S. , Adams, B. A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) How steady are steady-state mountain belts? A reexamination of the Olympic Mountains (Washington state, USA). Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(1), pp. 275-299. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-7-275-2019)
2018
Gilmore, M. E., McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2018) Testing the effects of topography, geometry, and kinematics on modeled thermochronometer cooling ages in the eastern Bhutan Himalaya. Solid Earth, 9(3), pp. 599-627. (doi: 10.5194/se-9-599-2018)
Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Werner, M., Lohmann, G., Stepanek, C. and Li, J. (2018) Estimates of late Cenozoic climate change relevant to Earth surface processes in tectonically active orogens. Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(2), pp. 271-301. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-271-2018)
2017
Mohadjer, S., Ehlers, T. A. , Bendick, R. and Mutz, S. G. (2017) Review of GPS and Quaternary fault slip rates in the Himalaya-Tibet orogen. Earth-Science Reviews, 174, pp. 39-52. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.005)
Eizenhöfer, P. , McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T. A. and Shelef, E. (2017) All Smeared? Geomorphic Responses to Horizontal Movement at Geologic Time Scales. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2017am-301226)
McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T. A. and Eizenhöfer, P. R. (2017) Determining Fault Geometry from Matching Predicted and Measured Cooling Ages and Topographies; Melding Cross Section Kinematics, Thermal Modeling and Landscape Evolution in Central Nepal. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2017am-302272)
Enkelmann, E., Piestrzeniewicz, A., Falkowski, S. , Stübner, K. and Ehlers, T. A. (2017) Thermochronology in southeast Alaska and southwest Yukon: Implications for North American Plate response to terrane accretion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, pp. 348-358. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.032)
2016
McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2016) Utilizing Linked Thermo-Kinematic Modeling and Balanced Cross Sections to Predict and Evaluate the Topography, Active Fault Geometry and Resulting Thermal Evolution of the Central Nepal Himalaya. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2016am-285751)
Li, J., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S. G. , Steger, C., Paeth, H., Werner, M., Poulsen, C. J. and Feng, R. (2016) Modern precipitation δ18O and trajectory analysis over the Himalaya-Tibet Orogen from ECHAM5-wiso simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(18), 10,432-10,452. (doi: 10.1002/2016jd024818)
Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Li, J., Steger, C., Paeth, H., Werner, M. and Poulsen, C. J. (2016) Precipitation δ18O over the Himalaya-Tibet orogen from ECHAM5-wiso simulations: Statistical analysis of temperature, topography and precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(16), pp. 9278-9300. (doi: 10.1002/2016jd024856)
Falkowski, S. , Enkelmann, E., Drost, K., Pfänder, J. A., Stübner, K. and Ehlers, T. A. (2016) Cooling history of the St. Elias syntaxis, southeast Alaska, revealed by geochronology and thermochronology of cobble-sized glacial detritus. Tectonics, 35(2), pp. 447-468. (doi: 10.1002/2015tc004086)
2014
Falkowski, S. , Enkelmann, E. and Ehlers, T. A. (2014) Constraining the area of rapid and deep‐seated exhumation at the St. Elias syntaxis, Southeast Alaska, with detrital zircon fission‐track analysis. Tectonics, 33(5), pp. 597-616. (doi: 10.1002/2013tc003408)
Articles
Glotzbach, C. and Ehlers, T. A. (2024) Interpreting cooling dates and histories from laser ablation in-situ (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronometry. Geochronology, 6(4), pp. 697-717. (doi: 10.5194/gchron-6-697-2024)
Li, D. et al. (2024) The competing controls of glaciers, precipitation, and vegetation on high-mountain fluvial sediment yields. Science Advances, 10(48), eads6196. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads6196) (PMID:39602526) (PMCID:PMC11601201)
Ghoshal, S., McQuarrie, N., Robinson, D.M. and Ehlers, T.A. (2024) Assessing the geometry of the Main Himalayan thrust in central Nepal: A thermokinematic approach. Geosphere, 20(4), pp. 1162-1189. (doi: 10.1130/ges02731.1)
Pye, A. E., Hodges, K. V., Ehlers, T. A. , van Soest, M. C., McDonald, C. S. and Bhandari, B. (2024) Constraining the exhumation history of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Kali Gandaki, Central Nepal. Journal of the Geological Society, 181(2), jgs2023-10. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2023-100)
Bernard, T., Glotzbach, C., Peifer, D., Neely, A., Schaller, M. , Beer, A., Shi, Y. and Ehlers, T. A. (2024) Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), (doi: 10.1029/2024jf007636)
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. , Ballian, A., Meijers, M. J. M., Methner, K., Botsyun, S., Mulch, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The effects of diachronous surface uplift of the European Alps on regional climate and the oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation. Earth System Dynamics, 14(6), pp. 1183-1210. (doi: 10.5194/esd-14-1183-2023)
Buford Parks, V. M., McQuarrie, N., Falkowski, S. , Perez, N. D. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Timing and drivers of exhumation and sedimentation in the eastern Peruvian Andes: Insights from thermokinematic modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, 118355. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118355)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , McQuarrie, N., Glover, C. O., Perez, N. D. and Buford Parks, V. M. (2023) Exhumation and incision of the eastern Central Andes, southern Peru: Low-temperature thermochronology observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, 118299. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118299)
Glover, C. O., McQuarrie, N., Falkowski, S. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Assessing drivers of high exhumation magnitudes and young cooling ages in the eastern central Andes, southern Peru (13–18°S). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 620, p. 118281. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118281)
Cloetingh, S. et al. (2023) Coupled surface to deep Earth processes: Perspectives from TOPO-EUROPE with an emphasis on climate- and energy-related societal challenges. Global and Planetary Change, 226, 104140. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104140)
Andrić-Tomašević, N., Koptev, A., Maiti, G., Gerya, T. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Slab tearing in non-collisional settings: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling of oblique subduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 610, 118097. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118097)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Glotzbach, C., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Thermo‐kinematic evolution of the Eastern European Alps along the TRANSALP transect. Tectonics, 42(4), e2022TC007380. (doi: 10.1029/2022TC007380)
Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Landscapes through time. Science, 379(6635), pp. 879-880. (doi: 10.1126/science.adg5546) (PMID:36862786)
Sacek, V., Mutz, S. G. , Bicudo, T. C., de Almeida, R. P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The Amazon paleoenvironment resulted from geodynamic, climate, and sea-level interactions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 605, 118033. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118033)
Ring, S. J., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Cenozoic proxy constraints on Earth system sensitivity to greenhouse gases. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(12), e2021PA004. (doi: 10.1029/2021PA004364)
Ehlers, T. A. et al. (2022) Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth Science Reviews, 234, 104197. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197)
Sharma, H., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) The effects of late Cenozoic climate change on the global distribution of frost cracking. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(5), pp. 997-1015. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-997-2022)
Botsyun, S. et al. (2022) Middle Miocene climate and stable oxygen isotopes in Europe based on numerical modeling. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(10), e2022PA004442. (doi: 10.1029/2022PA004442)
Koptev, A., Nettesheim, M., Falkowski, S. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) 3D geodynamic-geomorphologic modelling of deformation and exhumation at curved plate boundaries: Implications for the southern Alaskan plate corner. Scientific Reports, 12, 14260. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17644-8)
Botsyun, S., Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Koptev, A., Wang, X., Schmidt, B., Appel, E. and Scherer, D. E. (2022) Influence of large‐scale atmospheric dynamics on precipitation seasonality of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia in cold and warm climates during the Late Cenozoic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(12), e2021JD035. (doi: 10.1029/2021JD035810)
Koptev, A., Nettesheim, M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Plate corner subduction and rapid localized exhumation: Insights from3Dcoupled geodynamic and geomorphological modelling. Terra Nova, 34(3), pp. 210-223. (doi: 10.1111/ter.12581)
Oetting, A. et al. (2022) Geomorphology and shallow sub-sea-floor structures underneath the Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Cryosphere, 16(5), pp. 2051-2066. (doi: 10.5194/tc-16-2051-2022)
Konidaris, G. E. et al. (2022) Correction: Konidaris et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. Quaternary, 5(2), 21. (doi: 10.3390/quat5020021)
Madella, A., Glotzbach, C. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How many grains are needed for quantifying catchment erosion from tracer thermochronology? Geochronology, 4(1), pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.5194/gchron-4-177-2022)
Michel-Wolf, L., Ehlers, T. A. and Bendick, R. (2022) Transitions in subduction zone properties align with long-term topographic growth (Cascadia, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 580, 117363. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117363)
Schaller, M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Comparison of soil production, chemical weathering, and physical erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient (Chile) to global observations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(1), pp. 131-150. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-131-2022)
Krsnik, E., Methner, K., Campani, M., Botsyun, S., Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Kempf, O., Fiebig, J., Schlunegger, F. and Mulch, A. (2021) Miocene high elevation and high relief in the Central Alps. Solid Earth, 12(11), pp. 2615-2631. (doi: 10.5194/se-2021-59)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , Madella, A., Glotzbach, C., Georgieva, V. and Strecker, M. R. (2021) Glacial catchment erosion from detrital zircon (U‐Th)/he thermochronology: Patagonian Andes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(10), e2021JF006. (doi: 10.1029/2021JF006141)
Jia, Y., Glotzbach, C., Lü, L. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Cenozoic tectono‐geomorphologic evolution of the Pamir‐Tian Shan Convergence Zone: evidence from detrital zircon U‐Pb provenance analyses. Tectonics, 40(10), e2020TC006. (doi: 10.1029/2020TC006345)
Willett, S. D., Herman, F., Fox, M., Stalder, N., Ehlers, T. A. , Jiao, R. and Yang, R. (2021) Bias and error in modelling thermochronometric data: resolving a potential increase in Plio-Pleistocene erosion rate. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(5), pp. 1153-1221. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-9-1153-2021)
Wang, X., Schmidt, B., Otto, M., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S. G. , Botsyun, S. and Scherer, D. (2021) Sensitivity of water balance in the Qaidam Basin to the mid‐Pliocene climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(16), e2020JD033965. (doi: 10.1029/2020jd033965)
Sharma, H., Ehlers, T. A. , Glotzbach, C., Schmid, M. and Tielbörger, K. (2021) Effect of rock uplift and Milankovitch timescale variations in precipitation and vegetation cover on catchment erosion rates. Earth Surface Dynamics, 9(4), pp. 1045-1072. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-9-1045-2021)
Andrić‐Tomašević, N., Falkowski, S. , Georgieva, V., Glotzbach, C., Strecker, M. R. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Quantifying tectonic and glacial controls on topography in the Patagonian Andes (46.5°S) from integrated thermochronometry and thermo‐kinematic modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(8), e2020JF005. (doi: 10.1029/2020JF005993)
Madella, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Contribution of background seismicity to forearc uplift. Nature Geoscience, 14(8), pp. 620-625. (doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00779-0)
Koptev, A., Cloetingh, S., Kovács, I. J., Gerya, T. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Controls by rheological structure of the lithosphere on the temporal evolution of continental magmatism: Inferences from the Pannonian Basin system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565, 116925. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116925)
Mohadjer, S., Mutz, S. G. , Kemp, M., Gill, S. J., Ischuk, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools. Geoscience Communication, 4(2), pp. 281-295. (doi: 10.5194/gc-2020-43)
Mutz, S. , Scherrer, S., Muceniece, I. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Twenty-first century regional temperature response in Chile based on empirical-statistical downscaling. Climate Dynamics, 56(9-10), pp. 2881-2894. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05620-9)
Cloetingh, S. et al. (2021) Plume-induced sinking of intracontinental lithospheric mantle: an overlooked mechanism of subduction initiation? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(2), e2020GC009. (doi: 10.1029/2020GC009482)
Konidaris, G. et al. (2021) Dating of the Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): biochronology, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic radionuclides. Quaternary, 4(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/quat4010001)
Botsyun, S., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S.G. , Methner, K., Krsnik, E. and Mulch, A. (2020) Opportunities and challenges for paleoaltimetry in “small” orogens: insights from the European alps. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), e2019GL086. (doi: 10.1029/2019GL086046)
McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Long, S. P., Tobgay, T., Ehlers, T. A. , Blythe, A. E., Morgan, L. E., Gilmore, M. E. and Dering, G. M. (2019) The influence of foreland structures on hinterland cooling: evaluating the drivers of exhumation in the eastern Bhutan Himalaya. Tectonics, 38(9), pp. 3282-3310. (doi: 10.1029/2018TC005340)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , McQuarrie, N., Shelef, E. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Landscape response to lateral advection in convergent orogens over geologic time scales. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(8), pp. 2056-2078. (doi: 10.1029/2019JF005100)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Detection and explanation of spatiotemporal patterns in Late Cenozoic palaeoclimate change relevant to Earth surface processes. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(3), pp. 663-679. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-7-663-2019)
Paeth, H., Steger, C., Li, J., Pollinger, F., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) Comparison of climate change from Cenozoic surface uplift and glacial-interglacial episodes in the Himalaya-Tibet region: Insights from a regional climate model and proxy data. Global and Planetary Change, 177, pp. 10-26. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.03.005)
Michel, L., Glotzbach, C., Falkowski, S. , Adams, B. A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2019) How steady are steady-state mountain belts? A reexamination of the Olympic Mountains (Washington state, USA). Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(1), pp. 275-299. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-7-275-2019)
Gilmore, M. E., McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2018) Testing the effects of topography, geometry, and kinematics on modeled thermochronometer cooling ages in the eastern Bhutan Himalaya. Solid Earth, 9(3), pp. 599-627. (doi: 10.5194/se-9-599-2018)
Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Werner, M., Lohmann, G., Stepanek, C. and Li, J. (2018) Estimates of late Cenozoic climate change relevant to Earth surface processes in tectonically active orogens. Earth Surface Dynamics, 6(2), pp. 271-301. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-271-2018)
Mohadjer, S., Ehlers, T. A. , Bendick, R. and Mutz, S. G. (2017) Review of GPS and Quaternary fault slip rates in the Himalaya-Tibet orogen. Earth-Science Reviews, 174, pp. 39-52. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.005)
Enkelmann, E., Piestrzeniewicz, A., Falkowski, S. , Stübner, K. and Ehlers, T. A. (2017) Thermochronology in southeast Alaska and southwest Yukon: Implications for North American Plate response to terrane accretion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, pp. 348-358. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.032)
Li, J., Ehlers, T. A. , Mutz, S. G. , Steger, C., Paeth, H., Werner, M., Poulsen, C. J. and Feng, R. (2016) Modern precipitation δ18O and trajectory analysis over the Himalaya-Tibet Orogen from ECHAM5-wiso simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(18), 10,432-10,452. (doi: 10.1002/2016jd024818)
Mutz, S. G. , Ehlers, T. A. , Li, J., Steger, C., Paeth, H., Werner, M. and Poulsen, C. J. (2016) Precipitation δ18O over the Himalaya-Tibet orogen from ECHAM5-wiso simulations: Statistical analysis of temperature, topography and precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(16), pp. 9278-9300. (doi: 10.1002/2016jd024856)
Falkowski, S. , Enkelmann, E., Drost, K., Pfänder, J. A., Stübner, K. and Ehlers, T. A. (2016) Cooling history of the St. Elias syntaxis, southeast Alaska, revealed by geochronology and thermochronology of cobble-sized glacial detritus. Tectonics, 35(2), pp. 447-468. (doi: 10.1002/2015tc004086)
Falkowski, S. , Enkelmann, E. and Ehlers, T. A. (2014) Constraining the area of rapid and deep‐seated exhumation at the St. Elias syntaxis, Southeast Alaska, with detrital zircon fission‐track analysis. Tectonics, 33(5), pp. 597-616. (doi: 10.1002/2013tc003408)
Conference or Workshop Item
Ballian, A. et al. (2024) Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry Reveals Early to Middle Miocene Along-Strike Elevation Differences of the European Alps. EGU24 General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-18901)
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) The Influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on Oxygen and Hydrogen Stable Isotopes in Precipitation of the Late Cenozoic: Implications on Paleoenvironment Reconstructions. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1752)
Eizenhöfer, P. R. , McQuarrie, N., Ghoshal, S., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Drivers of Topography in Fold-thrust Belts: A Perspective from Central Nepal. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13359)
Falkowski, S. , Glover, C., Buford Parks, V., McQuarrie, N., Perez, N. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) Drivers of Eastern Andean Plateau Incision from Integrated Thermochronology and Thermo-kinematic Modelling. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-12157)
Sedhu-Madhavan, A., Mutz, S. G. , Boateng, D. and Ehlers, T. A. (2023) A model-based exploration of mid-Holocene anti-phase climate variations in the Central Andes. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 Apr 2023. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2372)
Boateng, D., Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How Would the Eastward Propagation of Surface Uplift in the Alps Affect Regional Climate and Isotopic Composition of Precipitation? EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-843)
Falkowski, S. , Ehlers, T. A. , McQuarrie, N., Buford Parks, V., Glover, C. and Cárdenas, J. (2022) Along-strike Variations in the Timing and Magnitude of Exhumation in the Eastern Peruvian Andes. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10064)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) How the Co-evolution of Major Mountain Ranges Affects Global Climate. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-862)
Sacek, V., Mutz, S. , Ehlers, T. , Bicudo, T. and Almeida, R. (2022) Andean Geodynamics and the Evolution of the Amazonian Ecosystem. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1783)
Beer, A. R., Krumrein, N., Mutz, S. G. , Rink, G. M. and Ehlers, T. A. (2022) Spatial Rockfall Susceptibility Prediction from Rockwall Surface Classification. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1866)
Mohadjer, S., Mutz, S. , Kemp, M., Gill, S., Ischuk, A. and Ehlers, T. A. (2020) Paired Teaching Approach to Earthquake Education: A Cross-country Comparison Between Dushanbe, Tajikistan and London, United Kingdom. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11230)
Mutz, S. G. and Ehlers, T. A. (2020) On the Synergistic Climatic Effects of Covarying Major Mountain Range Topographies. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9518)
Schmidt, B., Wang, X., Mutz, S. , Botsyun, S., Ehlers, T. A. and Scherer, D. (2020) Changes in Water Balance of the Qaidam Basin from Pliocene to Present Day. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 04-08 May 2020. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20666)
Conference Proceedings
Eizenhöfer, P. , McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T. A. and Shelef, E. (2017) All Smeared? Geomorphic Responses to Horizontal Movement at Geologic Time Scales. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2017am-301226)
McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T. A. and Eizenhöfer, P. R. (2017) Determining Fault Geometry from Matching Predicted and Measured Cooling Ages and Topographies; Melding Cross Section Kinematics, Thermal Modeling and Landscape Evolution in Central Nepal. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2017am-302272)
McQuarrie, N., Eizenhöfer, P. and Ehlers, T. A. (2016) Utilizing Linked Thermo-Kinematic Modeling and Balanced Cross Sections to Predict and Evaluate the Topography, Active Fault Geometry and Resulting Thermal Evolution of the Central Nepal Himalaya. In: GSA Annual Meeting 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA, (doi: 10.1130/abs/2016am-285751)
Prior publications
Article
Drews, R., Wild, C.T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Ehlers, T.A., Neckel, N., Helm, V. (2021) Grounding-Zone Flow Variability of Priestley Glacier, Antarctica, in a Diurnal Tidal Regime Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 19448007 00948276 (doi: 10.1029/2021GL093853)
Botsyun, S., Ehlers, T.A. (2021) How Can Climate Models Be Used in Paleoelevation Reconstructions? Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 22966463 (doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.624542)
Koptev, A., Cloetingh, S., Ehlers, T.A. (2021) Longevity of small-scale ('baby') plumes and their role in lithospheric break-up Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 1365246X 0956540X (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab223)
Übernickel, K., Pizarro-Araya, J., Bhagavathula, S., Paulino, L., Ehlers, T.A. (2021) Reviews and syntheses: Composition and characteristics of burrowing animals along a climate and ecological gradient, Chile Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17264189 17264170 (doi: 10.5194/bg-18-5573-2021)
Spohn, M., Aburto, F., Ehlers, T.A., Farwig, N., Frings, P.J., Hartmann, H., Hoffmann, T., Larsen, A., Oelmann, Y. (2021) Terrestrial ecosystems buffer inputs through storage and recycling of elements Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 1573515X 01682563 (doi: 10.1007/s10533-021-00848-x)
Jones, T.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2021) Using benchtop experiments to teach dimensional analysis and analogue modeling to graduate geoscience students Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 21581428 10899995 (doi: 10.1080/10899995.2020.1855040)
Drews, R., Schannwell, C., Ehlers, T.A., Gladstone, R., Pattyn, F., Matsuoka, K. (2020) Atmospheric and Oceanographic Signatures in the Ice Shelf Channel Morphology of Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Inferred From Radar Data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 21699003 (doi: 10.1029/2020JF005587)
Schaller, M., Dal Bo, I., Ehlers, T.A., Klotzsche, A., Drews, R., Fuentes Espoz, J.P., Van Der Kruk, J. (2020) Comparison of regolith physical and chemical characteristics with geophysical data along a climate and ecological gradient, Chilean Coastal Cordillera (26 to 38° S) Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 2199398X 21993971 (doi: 10.5194/soil-6-629-2020)
Ghoshal, S., McQuarrie, N., Robinson, D.M., Adhikari, D.P., Morgan, L.E., Ehlers, T.A. (2020) Constraining Central Himalayan (Nepal) Fault Geometry Through Integrated Thermochronology and Thermokinematic Modeling Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2020TC006399)
Smith, E.C. et al. (2020) Detailed Seismic Bathymetry Beneath Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Implications for Glacial History and Ice-Ocean Interaction Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19448007 00948276 (doi: 10.1029/2019GL086187)
Starke, J., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M. (2020) Latitudinal effect of vegetation on erosion rates identified along western South America Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 10959203 00368075 (doi: 10.1126/SCIENCE.AAZ0840)
Lang, K.A., Glotzbach, C., Ring, U., Kamp, P.J.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2020) Linking orogeny and orography in the Southern Alps of New Zealand: New observations from detrital fission-track thermochronology of the Waiho-1 borehole Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116586)
Schannwell, C., Drews, R., Ehlers, T.A., Eisen, O., Mayer, C., Malinen, M., Smith, E.C., Eisermann, H. (2020) Quantifying the effect of ocean bed properties on ice sheet geometry over 40 000 years with a full-Stokes model Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 19940424 19940416 (doi: 10.5194/tc-14-3917-2020)
Cloetingh, S., Ehlers, T.A. (2020) TOPO-EUROPE — ILP’s Program on Coupled Deep Earth and Surface Processes in Continental Europe and its Margins Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 09746889 00167622 (doi: 10.1007/s12594-020-1460-x)
Mohadjer, S., Ehlers, T.A., Nettesheim, M., Ott, M.B., Glotzbach, C., Drews, R. (2020) Temporal variations in rockfall and rock-wall retreat rates in a deglaciated valley over the past 11 k.y. Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19432682 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G47092.1)
Georgieva, V., Gallagher, K., Sobczyk, A., Sobel, E.R., Schildgen, T.F., Ehlers, T.A., Strecker, M.R. (2019) Effects of slab-window, alkaline volcanism, and glaciation on thermochronometer cooling histories, Patagonian Andes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.01.030)
Dal Bo, I., Klotzsche, A., Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Kaufmann, M.S., Fuentes Espoz, J.P., Vereecken, H., van der Kruk, J. (2019) Geophysical imaging of regolith in landscapes along a climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean coastal cordillera Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 03418162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.04.023)
Glotzbach, C., Lang, K.A., Avdievitch, N.N., Ehlers, T.A. (2019) Increasing the accuracy of (U-Th(-Sm))/He dating with 3D grain modelling Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00092541 (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.032)
Schannwell, C., Drews, R., Ehlers, T.A., Eisen, O., Mayer, C., Gillet-Chaulet, F. (2019) Kinematic response of ice-rise divides to changes in ocean and atmosphere forcing Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19940424 19940416 (doi: 10.5194/tc-13-2673-2019)
Koptev, A., Beniest, A., Gerya, T., Ehlers, T.A., Jolivet, L., Leroy, S. (2019) Plume-Induced Breakup of a Subducting Plate: Microcontinent Formation Without Cessation of the Subduction Process Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19448007 00948276 (doi: 10.1029/2018GL081295)
Whipp, D.M., Ehlers, T.A. (2019) Quantifying landslide frequency and sediment residence time in the Nepal Himalaya Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 23752548 (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3482)
Koptev, A., Ehlers, T.A., Nettesheim, M., Whipp, D.M. (2019) Response of a Rheologically Stratified Lithosphere to Subduction of an Indenter-Shaped Plate: Insights Into Localized Exhumation at Orogen Syntaxes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2018TC005455)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Lang, K.A.H., Schmid, M., Fuentes-Espoz, J.P. (2018) Addressing the contribution of climate and vegetation cover on hillslope denudation, Chilean Coastal Cordillera (26°–38°S) Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.026)
Oeser, R.A. et al. (2018) Chemistry and microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 03418162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.002)
Ansberque, C., Godard, V., Olivetti, V., Bellier, O., de Sigoyer, J., Bernet, M., Stübner, K., Tan, X., Xu, X., Ehlers, T.A. (2018) Differential Exhumation Across the Longriba Fault System: Implications for the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2017TC004816)
Werner, C., Schmid, M., Ehlers, T.A., Pablo Fuentes-Espoz, J., Steinkamp, J.S., Forrest, M., Liakka, J., Maldonado, A., Hickler, T. (2018) Effect of changing vegetation and precipitation on denudation - Part 1: Predicted vegetation composition and cover over the last 21 thousand years along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 2196632X 21966311 (doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-829-2018)
Schmid, M., Ehlers, T.A., Werner, C., Hickler, T., Fuentes-Espoz, J.-P. (2018) Effect of changing vegetation and precipitation on denudation - Part 2: Predicted landscape response to transient climate and vegetation cover over millennial to million-year timescales Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 2196632X 21966311 (doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-859-2018)
Bernhard, N. et al. (2018) Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 03418162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.018)
Lang, K.A., Ehlers, T.A., Kamp, P.J.J., Ring, U. (2018) Sediment storage in the Southern Alps of New Zealand: New observations from tracer thermochronology Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.016)
Avdievitch, N.N., Ehlers, T.A., Glotzbach, C. (2018) Slow Long-Term Exhumation of the West Central Andean Plate Boundary, Chile Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2017TC004944)
Bomberger, C., Bendick, R., Flesch, L., Ehlers, T.A. (2018) Spatial Scales in Topography and Strain Rate Magnitude in the Western United States Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699356 21699313 (doi: 10.1029/2018JB016135)
Grin, E., Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A. (2018) Spatial distribution of cosmogenic 10Be derived denudation rates between the Western Tian Shan and Northern Pamir, Tajikistan Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0169555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.08.007)
Michel, L., Ehlers, T.A., Glotzbach, C., Adams, B.A., Stübner, K. (2018) Tectonic and glacial contributions to focused exhumation in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19432682 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G39881.1)
Adams, B.A., Ehlers, T.A. (2018) Tectonic controls of Holocene erosion in a glaciated orogen Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 2196632X 21966311 (doi: 10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018)
Madanipour, S., Yassaghi, A., Ehlers, T.A., Enkelmann, E. (2018) Tectonostratigraphy, structural geometry and kinematics of the NW Iranian Plateau margin: Insights from the Talesh mountains, Iran Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00029599 (doi: 10.2475/02.2018.02)
Nettesheim, M., Ehlers, T.A., Whipp, D.M., Koptev, A. (2018) The influence of upper-plate advance and erosion on overriding plate deformation in orogen syntaxes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 18699529 18699510 (doi: 10.5194/se-9-1207-2018)
Madanipour, S., Ehlers, T.A., Yassaghi, A., Enkelmann, E. (2017) Accelerated middle Miocene exhumation of the Talesh Mountains constrained by U-Th/He thermochronometry: Evidence for the Arabia-Eurasia collision in the NW Iranian Plateau Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2016TC004291)
Adams, B.A., Ehlers, T.A. (2017) Deciphering topographic signals of glaciation and rock uplift in an active orogen: a case study from the Olympic Mountains, USA Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 10969837 01979337 (doi: 10.1002/esp.4120)
Zhao, Z., Bons, P.D., Stübner, K., Wang, G.-H., Ehlers, T.A. (2017) Early Cretaceous exhumation of the Qiangtang Terrane during collision with the Lhasa Terrane, Central Tibet Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 13653121 09544879 (doi: 10.1111/ter.12298)
Rak, A.J., McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A. (2017) Kinematics, Exhumation, and Sedimentation of the North Central Andes (Bolivia): An Integrated Thermochronometer and Thermokinematic Modeling Approach Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2016TC004440)
Schlunegger, F., Norton, K.P., Delunel, R., Ehlers, T.A., Madella, A. (2017) Late Miocene increase in precipitation in the Western Cordillera of the Andes between 18–19°S latitudes inferred from shifts in sedimentation patterns Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.002)
Yanites, B.J., Becker, J.K., Madritsch, H., Schnellmann, M., Ehlers, T.A. (2017) Lithologic Effects on Landscape Response to Base Level Changes: A Modeling Study in the Context of the Eastern Jura Mountains, Switzerland Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 21699003 (doi: 10.1002/2016JF004101)
Stübner, K., Grin, E., Hidy, A.J., Schaller, M., Gold, R.D., Ratschbacher, L., Ehlers, T. (2017) Middle and Late Pleistocene glaciations in the southwestern Pamir and their effects on topography Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.012)
Dietze, M., Mohadjer, S., Turowski, J.M., Ehlers, T.A., Hovius, N. (2017) Seismic monitoring of small alpine rockfalls-validity, precision and limitations Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 2196632X 21966311 (doi: 10.5194/esurf-5-653-2017)
Starke, J., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M. (2017) Tectonic and Climatic Controls on the Spatial Distribution of Denudation Rates in Northern Chile (18°S to 23°S) Determined From Cosmogenic Nuclides Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 21699003 (doi: 10.1002/2016JF004153)
Schultz, M.H., Hodges, K.V., Ehlers, T.A., van Soest, M., Wartho, J.-A. (2017) Thermochronologic constraints on the slip history of the South Tibetan detachment system in the Everest region, southern Tibet Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.022)
Grin, E., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M., Sulaymonova, V., Ratschbacher, L., Gloaguen, R. (2016) 10Be surface-exposure age dating of the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern Pamir (Tajikistan) Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 18711014 (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2016.03.007)
Mohadjer, S., Alan Ehlers, T., Bendick, R., Stübner, K., Strube, T. (2016) A Quaternary fault database for central Asia Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 16849981 15618633 (doi: 10.5194/nhess-16-529-2016)
Perez, N.D., Horton, B.K., McQuarrie, N., Stübner, K., Ehlers, T.A. (2016) Andean shortening, inversion and exhumation associated with thin- and thick-skinned deformation in southern Peru Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 14695081 00167568 (doi: 10.1017/S0016756816000121)
Stübner, K., Drost, K., Schoenberg, R., Böhme, M., Starke, J., Ehlers, T.A. (2016) Asynchronous timing of extension and basin formation in the South Rhodope core complex, SW Bulgaria, and northern Greece Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2015TC004044)
Yanites, B.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2016) Intermittent glacial sliding velocities explain variations in long-timescale denudation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.022)
Lease, R.O., Ehlers, T.A., Enkelmann, E. (2016) Large along-strike variations in the onset of Subandean exhumation: Implications for Central Andean orogenic growth Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.004)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Stor, T., Torrent, J., Lobato, L., Christl, M., Vockenhuber, C. (2016) Spatial and temporal variations in denudation rates derived from cosmogenic nuclides in four European fluvial terrace sequences Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0169555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.08.018)
Georgieva, V., Melnick, D., Schildgen, T.F., Ehlers, T.A., Lagabrielle, Y., Enkelmann, E., Strecker, M.R. (2016) Tectonic control on rock uplift, exhumation, and topography above an oceanic ridge collision: Southern Patagonian Andes (47°S), Chile Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2016TC004120)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Stor, T., Torrent, J., Lobato, L., Christl, M., Vockenhuber, C. (2016) Timing of European fluvial terrace formation and incision rates constrained by cosmogenic nuclide dating Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.022)
Adams, B.A., Hodges, K.V., Whipple, K.X., Ehlers, T.A., Van Soest, M.C., Wartho, J. (2015) Constraints on the tectonic and landscape evolution of the Bhutan Himalaya from thermochronometry Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2015TC003853)
Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A. (2015) Evaluation of detrital thermochronology for quantification of glacial catchment denudation and sediment mixing Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00092541 (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.07.018)
Headley, R.M., Ehlers, T.A. (2015) Ice flow models and glacial erosion over multiple glacial-interglacial cycles Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 2196632X 21966311 (doi: 10.5194/esurf-3-153-2015)
Ehlers, T.A., Szameitat, A., Enkelmann, E., Yanites, B.J., Woodsworth, G.J. (2015) Identifying spatial variations in glacial catchment erosion with detrital thermochronology Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 21699003 (doi: 10.1002/2014JF003432)
McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A. (2015) Influence of thrust belt geometry and shortening rate on thermochronometer cooling ages: Insights from thermokinematic and erosion modeling of the Bhutan Himalaya Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2014TC003783)
Deng, B., Liu, S.-G., Enkelmann, E., Li, Z.-W., Ehlers, T.A., Jansa, L. (2015) Late Miocene accelerated exhumation of the Daliang Mountains, southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 14373262 14373254 (doi: 10.1007/s00531-014-1129-z)
Fiorella, R.P., Poulsen, C.J., Pillco Zolá, R.S., Jeffery, M.L., Ehlers, T.A. (2015) Modern and long-term evaporation of central Andes surface waters suggests paleo archives underestimate Neogene elevations Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.045)
Strunden, J., Ehlers, T.A., Brehm, D., Nettesheim, M. (2015) Spatial and temporal variations in rockfall determined from TLS measurements in a deglaciated valley, Switzerland Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 21699003 (doi: 10.1002/2014JF003274)
Fiorella, R.P., Poulsen, C.J., Pillco Zolá, R.S., Barnes, J.B., Tabor, C.R., Ehlers, T.A. (2015) Spatiotemporal variability of modern precipitation δ 18 O in the central Andes and implications for paleoclimate and paleoaltimetry estimates Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21562202 01480227 (doi: 10.1002/2014JD022893)
Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A., Merli, G., Methner, K. (2015) Thermal and exhumation history of the Eocene Chumstick Basin, Washington State, USA Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19449194 02787407 (doi: 10.1002/2014TC003767)
Bendick, R., Ehlers, T.A. (2014) Extreme localized exhumation at syntaxes initiated by subduction geometry Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19448007 00948276 (doi: 10.1002/2014GL061026)
Jeffery, M.L., Yanites, B.J., Poulsen, C.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2014) Vegetation-precipitation controls on Central Andean topography Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1002/2013JF002919)
Insel, N., Poulsen, C.J., Sturm, C., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Climate controls on Andean precipitation δ18O interannual variability Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21698996 (doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50619)
Thiede, R.C., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Erratum to "Large spatial and temporal variations in Himalayan denudation" [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 371-372 (2013) 278-293] Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.004)
Rushlow, C.R., Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., Vergés, J. (2013) Exhumation of the southern Pyrenean fold-thrust belt (Spain) from orogenic growth to decay Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 19449194 (doi: 10.1002/tect.20030)
Yanites, B.J., Ehlers, T.A., Becker, J.K., Schnellmann, M., Heuberger, S. (2013) High magnitude and rapid incision from river capture: Rhine River, Switzerland Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20056)
Lease, R.O., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Incision into the eastern Andean Plateau during Pliocene cooling Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 10959203 00368075 (doi: 10.1126/science.1239132)
Thiede, R.C., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Large spatial and temporal variations in Himalayan denudation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.004)
Eichelberger, N., McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A., Enkelmann, E., Barnes, J.B., Lease, R.O. (2013) New constraints on the chronology, magnitude, and distribution of deformation within the central Andean orocline Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 19449194 (doi: 10.1002/tect.20073)
Lee, J.P., Stockli, D.F., Kelley, S.A., Pederson, J.L., Karlstrom, K.E., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) New thermochronometric constraints on the Tertiary landscape: Evolution of the central and eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 1553040X (doi: 10.1130/GES00842.1)
Jeffery, M.L., Ehlers, T.A., Yanites, B.J., Poulsen, C.J. (2013) Quantifying the role of paleoclimate and Andean Plateau uplift on river incision Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20055)
Bao, G., Ehlers, T.A., Li, P. (2013) Radiogenic source identification for the helium production-diffusion equation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19917120 18152406 (doi: 10.4208/cicp.030112.250512a)
Grabowski, D.M., Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Spatial extent of rapid denudation in the glaciated St. Elias syntaxis region, SE Alaska Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20136)
Madanipour, S., Ehlers, T.A., Yassaghi, A., Rezaeian, M., Enkelmann, E., Bahroudi, A. (2013) Synchronous deformation on orogenic plateau margins: Insights from the Arabia-Eurasia collision Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00401951 (doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.003)
Herman, F., Seward, D., Valla, P.G., Carter, A., Kohn, B., Willett, S.D., Ehlers, T.A. (2013) Worldwide acceleration of mountain erosion under a cooling climate Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00280836 14764687 (doi: 10.1038/nature12877)
Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A., Buck, G., Schatz, A.-K. (2012) Advantages and challenges of automated apatite fission track counting Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00092541 (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.07.013)
Yanites, B.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2012) Global climate and tectonic controls on the denudation of glaciated mountains Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.030)
Louise Jeffery, M., Poulsen, C.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2012) Impacts of Cenozoic global cooling, surface uplift, and an inland seaway on South American paleoclimate and precipitation δ18O Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00167606 19432674 (doi: 10.1130/B30480.1)
Olen, S.M., Ehlers, T.A., Densmore, M.S. (2012) Limits to reconstructing paleotopography from thermochronometer data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1029/2011JF001985)
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., Insel, N., McQuarrie, N., Poulsen, C.J. (2012) Linking orography, climate, and exhumation across the central Andes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 19432682 (doi: 10.1130/G33229.1)
Insel, N., Poulsen, C.J., Ehlers, T.A., Sturm, C. (2012) Response of meteoric δ 18O to surface uplift - Implications for Cenozoic Andean Plateau growth Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.039)
Enkelmann, E., Ehlers, T.A., Zeitler, P.K., Hallet, B. (2011) Denudation of the Namche Barwa antiform, eastern Himalaya Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.004)
Bao, G., Dou, Y., Ehlers, T.A., Li, P., Wang, Y., Xu, Z. (2011) Quantifying tectonic and geomorphic interpretations of thermochronometer data with inverse problem theory Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19917120 18152406 (doi: 10.4208/cicp.090110.270410a)
Insel, N., Poulsen, C.J., Ehlers, T.A. (2010) Influence of the Andes Mountains on South American moisture transport, convection, and precipitation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 09307575 14320894 (doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0637-1)
Poulsen, C.J., Ehlers, T.A., Insel, N. (2010) Onset of convective rainfall during gradual late miocene rise of the central andes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00368075 10959203 (doi: 10.1126/science.1185078)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Blum, J.D. (2010) Soil transport on a moraine foreslope Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0169555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.040)
Insel, N., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M., Barnes, J.B., Tawackoli, S., Poulsen, C.J. (2010) Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0169555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.014)
Schaller, M., Blum, J.D., Ehlers, T.A. (2009) Combining cosmogenic nuclides and major elements from moraine soil profiles to improve weathering rate estimates Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0169555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.014)
Stock, G.M., Frankel, K.L., Ehlers, T.A., Schaller, M., Briggs, S.M., Finkel, R.C. (2009) DKJ StartSpatial and temporal variations in denudation of the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 19474253 19418264 (doi: 10.1130/L15.1)
Whipp Jr., D.M., Ehlers, T.A., Braun, J., Spath, C.D. (2009) Effects of exhumation kinematics and topographic evolution on detrital thermochronometer data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1029/2008JF001195)
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A. (2009) End member models for Andean Plateau uplift Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00128252 (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.08.003)
Thiede, R.C., Ehlers, T.A., Bookhagen, B., Strecker, M.R. (2009) Erosional variability along the northwest Himalaya Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1029/2008JF001010)
Ehlers, T.A., Poulsen, C.J. (2009) Influence of Andean uplift on climate and paleoaltimetry estimates Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.026)
Schildgen, T.F., Ehlers, T.A., Whipp Jr., D.M., Van Soest, M.C., Whipple, K.X., Hodges, K.V. (2009) Quantifying canyon incision and Andean Plateau surface uplift, southwest Peru: A thermochronometer and numerical modeling approach Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1029/2009JF001305)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A., Blum, J.D., Kallenberg, M.A. (2009) Quantifying glacial moraine age, denudation, and soil mixing with cosmogenic nuclide depth profiles Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699011 (doi: 10.1029/2007JF000921)
McQuarrie, N., Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A. (2008) Geometric, kinematic, and erosional history of the central Andean Plateau, Bolivia (15-17°S) Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2006TC002054)
McQuarrie, N., Ehlers, T.A., Barnes, J.B., Meade, B. (2008) Temporal variation in climate and tectonic coupling in the central Andes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G25124A.1)
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N., O'Sullivan, P.B., Tawackoli, S. (2008) Thermochronometer record of central Andean Plateau growth, Bolivia (19.5°S) Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2007TC002174)
Densmore, M.S., Ehlers, T.A., Woodsworth, G.J. (2007) Effect of Alpine glaciation on thermochronometer age-elevation profiles Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00948276 (doi: 10.1029/2006GL028371)
Whipp Jr., D.M., Ehlers, T.A. (2007) Influence of groundwater flow on thermochronometer-derived exhumation rates in the central Nepalese Himalaya Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G23788A.1)
Reich, M., Ewing, R.C., Ehlers, T.A., Becker, U. (2007) Low-temperature anisotropic diffusion of helium in zircon: Implications for zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry> Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00167037 (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.033)
Whipp Jr., D.M., Ehlers, T.A., Blythe, A.E., Huntington, K.W., Hodges, K.V., Burbank, D.W. (2007) Plio-Quaternary exhumation history of the central Nepalese Himalaya: 2. Thermokinematic and thermochronometer age prediction model Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2006TC001991)
Rahl, J.M., Ehlers, T.A., van der Pluijm, B.A. (2007) Quantifying transient erosion of orogens with detrital thermochronology from syntectonic basin deposits Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.020)
Huntington, K.W., Ehlers, T.A., Hodges, K.V., Whipp Jr., D.M. (2007) Topography, exhumation pathway, age uncertainties, and the interpretation of thermochronometer data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 02787407 (doi: 10.1029/2007TC002108)
Timothy D. Swindle (2006) Low-temperature thermochronology: Techniques, interpretations, and applications, edited by Peter W. Reiners and Todd A. Ehlers Crossref Metadata Search. ISSN 1086-9379 (doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00508.x)
Ehlers, T.A., Farley, K.A., Rusmore, M.E., Woodsworth, G.J. (2006) Apatite (U-Th)/He signal of large-magnitude accelerated glacial erosion, southwest British Columbia Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G22507.1)
Barnes, J.B., Ehlers, T.A., McQuarrie, N., O'Sullivan, P.B., Pelletier, J.D. (2006) Eocene to recent variations in erosion across the central Andean fold-thrust belt, northern Bolivia: Implications for plateau evolution Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.018)
Schaller, M., Ehlers, T.A. (2006) Limits to quantifying climate driven changes in denudation rates with cosmogenic radionuclides Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.027)
Stock, G.M., Ehlers, T.A., Farley, K.A. (2006) Where does sediment come from? Quantifying catchment erosion with detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G22592.1)
Shuster, D.L., Ehlers, T.A., Rusmore, M.E., Farley, K.A. (2005) Geology: Rapid glacial erosion at 1.8 Ma revealed by 4He/ 3He thermochronometry Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00368075 10959203 (doi: 10.1126/science.1118519)
Heimsath, A.M., Ehlers, T.A. (2005) Quantifying rates and timescales of geomorphic processes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 01979337 (doi: 10.1002/esp.1253)
Armstrong, P.A., Taylor, A.R., Ehlers, T.A. (2004) Is the Wasatch fault footwall (Utah, United States) segmented over million-year time scales? Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/G20421.1)
Ehlers, T.A., Farley, K.A. (2003) Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: Methods and applications to problems in tectonic and surface processes Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 0012821X (doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01069-5)
Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., Mitchell, S.G., Montgomery, D.R. (2003) Coupled spatial variations in precipitation and long-term erosion rates across the Washington Cascades Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00280836 (doi: 10.1038/nature02111)
Armstrong, P.A., Ehlers, T.A., Chapman, D.S., Farley, K.A., Kamp, P.J.J. (2003) Exhumation of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: 1. Patterns and timing of exhumation deduced from low-temperature thermochronology data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699356 21699313
Ehlers, T.A., Willett, S.D., Armstrong, P.A., Chapman, D.S. (2003) Exhumation of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: 2. Thermokinematic model of exhumation, erosion, and thermochronometer interpretation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 21699356 21699313
Reiners, P.W., Zhou, Z., Ehlers, T.A., Xu, C., Brandon, M.T., Donelick, R.A., Nicolescu, S. (2003) Post-orogenic evolution of the Dabie-Shan, eastern China, from (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00029599 (doi: 10.2475/ajs.303.6.489)
Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., Garver, J.I., Mitchell, S.G., Montgomery, D.R., Vance, J.A., Nicolescu, S. (2002) Late Miocene exhumation and uplift of the Washington Cascade Range Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00917613 (doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0767:LMEAUO>2.0.CO;2)
Ehlers, T.A., Armstrong, P.A., Chapman, D.S. (2001) Normal fault thermal regimes and the interpretation of low-temperature thermochronometers Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00319201 (doi: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00254-0)
Ehlers, T.A., Chapman, D.S. (1999) Normal fault thermal regimes: Conductive and hydrothermal heat transfer surrounding the Wasatch fault, Utah Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00401951 (doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00203-6)
Ehlers, T.A., Chan, M.A. (1999) Tidal sedimentology and estuarine deposition of the proterozoic big cottonwood formation, Utah Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 15271404 (doi: 10.2110/jsr.69.1169)
Ehlers, T.A., Chan, M.A., Link, P.K. (1997) Proterozoic tidal, glacial, and fluvial sedimentation in big cottonwood Canyon, Utah Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00968064
Book
Garzione, C.N. et al. (2017) Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Implications for the Growth of Plateaus Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 00846597 (doi: 10.1146/annurev-earth-063016-020612)
Ehlers, T.A. et al. (2005) Computational tools for low-temperature thermochronometer interpretation Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 15296466 (doi: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.22)
Ehlers, T.A. (2005) Crustal thermal processes and the interpretation of thermochronometer data Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 15296466 (doi: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.12)
Reiners, P.W., Ehlers, T.A., Zeitler, P.K. (2005) Past, present, and future of thermochronology Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 15296466 (doi: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.1)
Grants
2022 € 406,000, German Science Foundation (DFG Major Research Instrumentation) High Voltage Pulsed Power Fragmentation System. PIs. T. Ehlers.
2022-2024 € ~1,334,000, Bundesgessellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE, German nuclear waste disposal agency), Erosion rates across Germany with a focus on the South German Scarplands - integrating surface analysis, thermochronology, cosmogenic nuclide, and landscape evolution modelling. PIs, T. Ehlers, C. Glotzbach, A. Beer, M. Schaller.
2021-2024 € ~450,000, Machine Learning Cluster of Excellence, (Univ. Tübingen) PIMMs - Probabilistic Inference in Mechanistic Models. PIs., P. Berens, J. Classen, R. Drews, T. Ehlers, P. Henning, J. Macke.
2021-2023 € ~400,000, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/23-1) Reconstructing eastward propagation of surface uplift in the Alps: Integrating stable isotope palaeoaltimetry and palaeoclimate modeling. PIs. T. Ehlers, S. Mutz, A. Mulch, M. Meijers.
2021-2023 € ~430,000, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/26-1) Constraining the geodynamic evolution of the Alps with sedimentary provenance and detrital thermochronometer data. PIs L. Stutenbecker, C. Glotzbach, T. Ehlers.
2021-2023 € ~220,000, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/24-1) Integrated records of tectonic and climate interactions in the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin sedimentary architecture. PIs. N. (Andric) Tomasevic, T. Ehlers
2021-2023 € ~220,000, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/25-1) Quantifying the effects of mantle processes and climate variability on hinterland denudation in the Central and Eastern Alps since the Oligocene. PIs P. Eizenhöfer, T. Ehlers.
2014-2022 € 10,500,000, German Science Foundation (DFG SPP 1801) Proposal for establishment of a new German priority program (SPP), “EARTHSHAPE: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota ”, PIs T. Ehlers (contact person), F. von Blanckenburg.
2019-2022 € 225,506 German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/14-2) Bridging Timescales of Climate and Vegetation Change Effects on Denudation: A Coupled Modeling Approach. PI: T. Ehlers. Separate co-PI project by T. Hickler.
2019-2022 € 932,524, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/17-2) Coordination of the DFG Priority Program 1803 (Phase 2): “EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota”, PI: T. Ehlers (con- tact person). Separate co-PI project by F. von Blanckenburg.
2017-2022 € 149,688 German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/19-1): Neogene paleoelevation and paleoclimate of the central Alps - Linking surface processes to lithospheric dynamics PI: T. Ehlers. Separate co-project led by A. Mulch.
2017-2024 € 591,000, German Science Foundation (DFG Major Research Instrumentation, INST 37/1041-1 FUGG) Next Generation Thermochronology: Proposal for a laser ablation equipped Helium extraction and triple dating instrument. PI. T. Ehlers.
2017-2021 € 218,350 German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/18-1): Quantifying the tectonic controls on glaciated topography, Patagonia, South America. PI: T. Ehlers. Separate co-project led by M. Strecker.
2017-2020 € 166,689 German Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF 03G0878D) CLIENT II - CaTeNA: Climate and tectonic natural hazards In Central Asia: Investigation of the earthquake and mass wasting hazards.
2016-2020 € 246,475 German Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF 03G0863A) CAMEII - Tipping points in lake systems in arid zones of central Asia (Q-Tip): Climate proxies and global climate modelling Subproject , PI: T. Ehlers and E. Appel.
2016-2020 € 176,625 German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/13-1) Constraining paleo-dynamics and sediment transport of Antarctic stream flow across grounding lines - from source to sink, PI: T. Ehlers. Separate co-projects led by O. Eisen, C. Mayer.
2015-2019 € 2,000,000, European Research Council (ERC CoG 615703), Consolidator Grant. “EXTREME: EXtreme Tectonics and Rapid Erosion in Mountain Environments”, PI. T. Ehlers
2016-2019 € 525,000, German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/17-1) Coordination of the DFG Priority Program 1803 (Phase I): “EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota”, PIs: T. Ehlers (contact person).
2016-2019 € 228,163 German Science Foundation (DFG EH329/14-1) BioScapes I: Coupled modeling of Climate, Dynamic Vegetation, and Surface Processes From the Last Glacial Maximum to Present PI: T. Ehlers.
2012-2015 € 2,035,286, (€ 242,000 Uni Tü) “Tien-Shan-Pamir Monitoring Program: Cenozoic geodynamics, climate interactions, and resulting hazards in Central Asia”, German BMBF – Central Asia Program, PIs: H. Echtler, T. Ehlers, U. Linnemann, L. Ratschbacher, M. Strecker.
2011-2015 € 265,442, German Science Foundation (DFG) Geology, “Quantifying deformation and erosion at the Yakutat plate corner (SE Alaska) with integrated thermochronology and numerical modeling”, PIs T. Ehlers, E. Enkelmann. (EN 941/1-1)
2011-2014 € 270,159, German Science Foundation (DFG) TiP SPP 1372, “Bridging timescales of Tibetan Plateau environmental change: An integration of Earth system modeling with modern and paleoenvironmental proxies”, PIs T. Ehlers (EH 329/2-1), Separate co-project led by H. Paeth.
2011-2014 € 210,000, German Science Foundation (DFG) Geology, “Quantifying paleo-denudation rates with cosmogenic nuclides from European river terraces”, PIs M. Schaller, T. Ehlers
2013 € 44,000, NAGRA (Swiss Nuclear Waste Disposal Agency), “Quantification of the thermal and exhumation histories of the Benken and Sonnengarten Boreholes, Switzerland”, PI T. Ehlers.
2010-2013 $579,707, NSF-Tectonics, “Collaborative Research: Recovering surface uplift histories and climate dynamics of the Cenozoic North American Cordillera through integrated climate modeling, sedimentology, and stable isotopes.” PIs P. Chamberlain, C. Poulsen, T. Ehlers, S. Graham, A. Mulch.
2009-2013 $500,929, NSF-CD, “Collaborative Research: CAUGHT: Central Andean Uplift and the Geodynamics of High Topography, PIs T. Ehlers, C. Poulsen.
2010-2012 € 135,600, German Science Foundation (DFG) Antarctica SPP 1158, “Quantifying long-term glacial erosion in Antarctica with numerical modeling and thermochronology”. PIs T. Ehlers, P. Bons. (EH 329/1-1)
2007-2012 $513,204, NSF-Collaborations in Mathematics and Geosciences, “Collaborative Research: Quantifying Tectonic and Geomorphic Interpretations of Thermochronometer Data With Inverse Problem Theory”, PI: T. Ehlers.
2008-2012 $402,183, NSF-EAR, “Quantifying the Cenozoic oxygen isotopic variability of precipitation on the Andes: A test of stable isotope paleoaltimetry and plateau uplift”, PIs: T. Ehlers, C. Poulsen.
2010-2012 € 161,800, NAGRA (Swiss Nuclear Waste Disposal Agency), “Landscape evolution modeling of Northern Switzerland (LENS)”, PI T. Ehlers.
2009 € 415,000, “Struktur und Innovationsfonds Baden-Württemberg”, Stiftung Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2008-2010 $191,475, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, “Integration of physical and social sciences for development of a sustainable water resource policy in Bolivia, South America, PIs: C. Poulsen, T. Ehlers, M. Lemos, A. Steiner.
2008-2009 $5,000, UofM LSA-ITC Faculty Grant, “Video Bites – A new tool for more vivid Earth science education, PI: T. Ehlers.
2006-2009 $147,230, NSF-Geomorphology, “Quantifying spatial distribution of erosion rates and relief change with detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and cosmogenic isotopes of modern river sediments” PIs: T. Ehlers and G. Stock.
2003-2008 $93,000, Swiss National Science Foundation, “Quantifying weathering rates and soil ages in a glacial chronosequence: Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, USA,” PIs: M. Schaller, J. Blum, T. Ehlers.
2004-2008 $298,879, NSF – Tectonics panel, “When did the Altiplano Form? A Coupled Thermochronometer and Numerical Model Test” PI: T. Ehlers
2006-2007 $21,027, NSF-SGER, “Exploratory thermochronology of synorogenic deposits as a new tool to constrain the long-term erosional history of mountain belts” PIs T. Ehlers, B. van der Pluijm, J. Rahl.
2003-2006 $270,000, NSF –Geology and Paleontology panel, “Quantifying Glacial Erosion Rates, Magnitudes, and Paleotopography, Coast Mountains British Columbia” PI: T. Ehlers
2005 $10,000, NSF- Tectonics, Petrology and Geochemistry panels, Request for joint sponsorship of short course on Low-Temperature Thermochronology. PI: T. Ehlers
2004-2005 $61,627, NSF – Continental Dynamics, “Geomorphic and Geodynamic Coupling at the Orogen Scale: A Himalayan Transect in Central Nepal,” PI: T. Ehlers.
Supervision
PhD, MSc and Postdoc Opportunities:
PhD and MSc (postgraduate) Students:
I have supervised >18 PhD and >100 Msc and BSc students. I'm always looking for new talent! All available positions are advertised through the school student opportunities web page.
Postdocs:
I have previously mentored more than 35 postdoctoral research scientists who were supported through research grants, fellowships, and scholarships. All of these persons have successfully found employment in academia or industry. All new opportunities are listed here, advertised through newsgroups or websites (e.g., Earthworks jobs), or listed here.
I greatly enjoy working with postdocs. Persons with fellowships and looking for host institution should contact me directly.
Teaching
STUDENT AND POSTDOC SUPERVISION (2003-2023):
- Advisor for 35 Postdoctoral Research Scientists
- Supervisor for 18 Ph.D. theses
- Supervisor for 100 BSc. and MSc. student theses
COURSES TAUGHT (generalized names used):
- Introduction to Geosciences (1st semester BSc course)
- Field based course in Introduction to the Geosciences (BSc level)
- Plate Tectonics (BSc and MSc level)
- Earth Surface Processes (BSc, MSc level)
- Physics of the Earth's Surface (MSc level)
- Tectonophysics (MSc level)
- Numerical Methods for Geoscientists (BSc and MSc level)
- GIS and Remote Sensing (MSc level)
- Basin Analysis (MSc level)
- Field mapping courses: BSc level Bedrock geology mapping (Western US, Italy, Switzerland, Spain)
- Field mapping courses: MSc level course in Applied Tectonics and Surface Processes (Italy)
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2021-2022: Moore Distinguished Scholar (California Institute of Technology)
- 2018: Elected Member (Academia Europaea)
- 2918: Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal (European Geosciences Union)
- 2018: Senior Research Fellow (COFUND) (Durham University, UK)
- 2014-2019: Consolidator Award (European Research Council)
- 2014-2019: University Tübingen (Golden Hammer Teaching Award)
- 2009: Elected Fellow (Geological Society of America)
- 2001-2002: Geology Prize Postdoctoral Fellow (California Institute of Technology)
Editorial boards
- 2013 - Present: Science: Board of Review Editors
- 2022 - Present: Earth Surface Dynamics: Guest Editor
- 2009 - 2013: Tectonics: Editor in Chief
- 2006 - 2010: Earth Science Reviews: Editor in Chief
- 2005 - 2009: Tectonics: Associate Editor
- 2005 - 2005: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Co-editor v58
- 2005 - 2005: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: Guest editor 2 issues
Additional information
PUBLICATION METRICS:
Google Scholar (as of 11.2024)
- Total number of citations: ~11,100
- Hirsch (H) index = 59
- I10-index = 151
ISI Web of Science (as of 11.2024; author search as Ehlers, TA; ORCID 0000-0001-9436-0303)
- Total number of publications: 194
- Total number of citations: ~8,900
- Hirsch (H) index = 53
- Average H index growth rate since the year of Ph.D. = 2.3 / yr.
LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/todd-a-ehlers
