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Peer-reviewed articles

1. Schwanghart, W., Agarwal, A., Cook, K., Ozturk, U., Shukla, R., Fuchs, S. (2024): Preface: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3291-3297.[DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3291-2024]
2. Mey, J., Kumar Guntu, R., *Plakias, A., *Silva de Almeida, I., Schwanghart, W. (2024): More than one landslide per road kilometer – surveying and modeling mass movements along the Rishikesh-Joshimath (NH-7) highway, Uttarakhand, India. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3207–3223.[DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3207-2024]
3. Avcioglu, A., Antić, N., Kašanin-Grubin, M., Moreno de las Heras, M., Mohammed, A., Schwanghart, W., Yetemen, O., Tosti, T., Dojčinović, B., Görüm, T. (2024): How does climate seasonality influence weathering processes in badland landscapes? CATENA, 243, 108136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108136]
4. Vogel, S., Emmerich, K., Schröter, I., Bönecke, E., Schwanghart, W., Rühlmann, J., Kramer, E., Gebbers, R. (2024): The effect of soil moisture content and soil texture on fast in situ pH measurements with two types of robust ion-selective electrodes. SOIL, 10, 321–333. [DOI: 10.5194/soil-10-321-2024]
5. Fischer, M.L., Munz, P.M., Foerster, V., Schaebitz, F., Marwan, N., Schwanghart, W., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Trauth, M.H. (2024): Spatio-temporal variations of climate along possible African-Arabian routes of H. sapiens expansion. Quaternary Science Advances, 14, 100174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100174]
6. de Boer, A.-M., Schwanghart, W., Mey, J., Adhikari, B. R., and Reimann, T. (2024): Insight into the dynamics of a long run-out mass movement using single-grain feldspar luminescence in the Pokhara valley, Nepal. Geochronology, 6, 53-70. [DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-53-2024]
7. Mey, J., Schwanghart, W., de Boer, A.-M., Reimann, T. (2023): Differential bleaching of quartz and feldspar luminescence signals under high turbidity conditions. Geochronology, 5, 377–389. [DOI: 10.5194/gchron-5-377-2023]
8. Rohrmann, A., Kirby, E., Schwanghart, W., 2023: Accelerated Miocene incision along the Yangtze River driven by headward drainage basin expansion. Science Advances, 9, eadh163. [DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1636] – In the news: phys.org
9. García-Delgado, H., Schwanghart, W., Hoke, G.K., Guerrero, B., Velandia, F., 2023: How erosional efficiency modulates landscape response to drainage reorganization: new empirical evidence from the Andes. Geomorphology, 440, 108893. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108893] [free download until Oct 25, 2023]
10. Pfau, M., Veh, G., Schwanghart, W., 2023: Cast shadows reveal changes in glacier thickness, The Cryosphere, 17, 3535–3551. [DOI: 10.5194/tc-17-3535-2023]
11. Horf, M., Bönecke, E., Gebbers, R., Kling, C., Kramer, E., Rühlmann, J., Schröter, I., Schwanghart, W., Vogel, S. 2022: Utility of visible and near‑infrared spectroscopy to predict base neutralizing capacity and lime requirement of quaternary soils. Precision Agriculture, [DOI: 10.1007/s11119-022-09945-9]
12. Smith, A.G.G., Fox, M., Schwanghart, W., Carter, A. 2022: Comparing methods for calculating channel steepness index. Earth-Science Reviews, 227, 103970. [DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103970]
13. Yadav, A., Sen, S., Mao, L., Schwanghart, W. 2022: Evaluation of flow resistance equations for high gradient rivers using geometric standard deviation of bed material. Journal of Hydrology, 605, 127292. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127292]
14. Zhou, L., Liu, W., Chen, X., Wang, H., Hu, X., Li, X., Schwanghart, W., 2021. Relationship between dams, knickpoints and the longitudinal profile of the Upper Indus River. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. [DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.660996]
15. Ozturk, U., Saito, H., Matsushi, Y., Crisologo, I., Schwanghart, W., 2021. Can global rainfall estimates (satellite and reanalysis) aid landslide hindcasting? Landslides, 18, 3119-3133. [DOI: 10.1007/s10346-021-01689-3]
16. Shugar, D., Jacquemart, M., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Upadhyay, K., Sattar, A., Schwanghart, W., McBride, S., Van Wyk de Vries, M., Mergili, M., Emmer, A., Deschamps-Berger, C., McDonnell, M., Bhambri, R., Allen, S., Berthier, E., Carrivick, J.L., Clague, J.J., Dokukin, M., Dunning, S.A., Frey, H., Gascoin, S., Haritashya, U.K., Azam, M.F., Cook, S.J., Dimri, A.P., Eriksson, M., Farinotti, D., Fiddes, J., Gnyawali, K.R., Harrison, S., Jha, M., Koppes, M., Kumar, A., Leinss, S., Majeed, U., Mal, S., Muhuri, A., Noetzli, J., Paul, F., Rashid, I., Sain, K., Steiner, J., Ugalde, F., Watson, C.S., Westoby, M.J., 2021. A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya. Science, 373, 300-306. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abh4455]
17. Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Where and Why Do Submarine Canyons Remain Connected to the Shore During Sea-level Rise? – Insights from Global Topographic Analysis and Bayesian Regression. Geophysical Research Letters, accepted. [ESSOAr DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10505620.1]
18. Schwanghart, W., Molkenthin, C., Scherler, D., 2021. A systematic approach and software for the analysis of point patterns on river networks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, accepted. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.5127]
19. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D., 2020. Divide mobility controls knickpoint migration on the Roan Plateau (Colorado, USA). Geology, 48 (7), 698–702. [DOI: 10.1130/G47054.1]
20. Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Drainage divide networks – Part 1: Identification and ordering in digital elevation models. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 245–259. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-245-2020]
21. Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Drainage divide networks – Part 2: Response to perturbations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 261-274. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-261-2020]
22. Campforts, B., Vanacker, V., Herman, F., Vanmaerke, M., Schwanghart, W., Tenorio, G.E., Willems, P., Govers, G., 2020. Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental heterogeneity: insights from the tropical Andes. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 447–470. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-447-2020]
23. Greene, C.A., Thirumalai, K., Kearney, K.A., Delgado, J.M., Schwanghart, W., Wolfenbarger, N.S., Thyng, K.M., Gwyther, D.E., Gardner, A.S., Blankenship, D.D., 2019. The Climate Data Toolbox for MATLAB. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 3774-3781. [DOI: 10.1029/2019GC008392]
24. Stolle, A., Schwanghart, W., Andermann, C., Bernhardt, A., Fort, M., Jansen, J.D., Wittmann, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Adhikari, B.R., Korup, O., 2019. Protracted river response to medieval earthquakes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 331-341. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.4517]
25. Marrucci, M., Zeilinger, G., Ribolini, A., Schwanghart, W., 2018. Origin of knickpoints in an alpine context subject to different perturbing factors, Stura Valley, Maritime Alps (North-Western Italy). Geosciences, 8(12), 443. [DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8120443]
26. Schwanghart, W., Ryan, M., Korup, O., 2018. Topographic and seismic constraints on the vulnerability of Himalayan hydropower. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 8985-8992. [DOI: 10.1029/2018GL079173]
27. Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Schwanghart, W., Van De Wiel, M. J., and Hancock, G. (2018): Global Sensitivity Analysis of Parameter Uncertainty in Landscape Evolution Models, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 4873-4888. [DOI: 10.5194/gmd-11-4873-2018]
28. Stolle, A., Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B.R., Fort, M., Korup, O., 2017. Catastrophic valley fills record large Himalayan earthquakes, Pokhara, Nepal. Quaternary Science Reviews, 177, 88-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.015]
29. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D., 2017. Bumps in river profiles: uncertainty assessment and smoothing using quantile regression techniques. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 821-839. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-5-821-2017]
30. Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., Hebbeln, D., Stuut, J.-B., Strecker, M.R. (2017): Immediate propagation of deglacial environmental change to deep-marine turbidite systems along the Chile convergent margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 190–204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.017].
31. Bricker, J.D., Schwanghart, W., Adhikari, B.R., Moriguchi, S., Roeber, V., Giri, S. (2017): Performance of models for flash flood warning and hazard assessment: the 2015 Kali Gandaki landslide breach in Nepal. Mountain Research and Development, 37, 5-15. [DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00043.1]
32. Campforts, B., Schwanghart, W., Govers, G. (2017): Accurate simulation of transient landscape evolution by eliminating numerical diffusion: the TTLEM 1.0 model. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 47-66. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-5-47-2017]
33. Malinowski, R., Groom, G., Heckrath, G., Schwanghart, W. (2017): Do remote sensing mapping practices adequately address localized flooding? – A critical overview. Springer Science Reviews, 5, 1-2, 1-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s40362-017-0043-8]
34. Rosenwinkel, S., Landgraf, A., Korup, O., Schwanghart, W., Volkmer, F., Dzhumabaeva, A., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Preusser, F. (2017). Late Pleistocene outburst floods from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42, 10, 1535–1548. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.4109]
35. Schwanghart, W., Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., Korup, O. (2016): Uncertainty in the Himalayan energy-water nexus: estimating regional exposure to glacial lake outburst floods. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 074005. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005]
36. Malinowski, R., Höfle, B., König, K., Groom, G., Schwanghart, W., Heckrath, G. (2016): Local-scale flood mapping on vegetated floodplains from radiometrically calibrated airborne LiDAR data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 119, 267-279 [DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.06.009].
37. Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B.R., Andermann, C., Tofelde, S., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., Korup, O. (2016): Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science, 351, 147-150 [DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9865].
38. Philips, A., Walz, A., Bergner, A., Graeff, T., Heistermann, M., Kienzler, S., Korup, O., Lipp, T., Schwanghart, W., Zeilinger, G. (2015): Immersive 3D Geovisualisation in Higher Education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39, 437-449. [DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2015.1066314]
39. Blöthe, J.H., Korup, O., Schwanghart, W. (2015): Large landslides lie low: Excess topography in the Himalaya-Karakorum ranges. Geology, 43, 523-526. [DOI: 10.1130/G36527.1]
40. Clason, C.C., Mair, D., Nienow, P., Bartholomew, I., Sole, A., Palmer, S., Schwanghart, W. (2015): Modelling the transfer of supraglacial meltwater to the bed of Leverett Glacier, southwest Greenland. The Cryosphere, 9, 123-138. [DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-123-2015]
41. Heckmann, T., Schwanghart, W., Phillips, J.D. (2015): Graph theory – recent developments of its application in geomorphology. Geomorphology, 243, 130-146. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.024]
42. Malinowski, R., Groom, G., Schwanghart, W., Heckrath, G. (2015): Detection and delineation of localised flooding from WorldView-2 multispectral data. Remote Sensing, 7(11), 14853-14875. [DOI: 10.3390/rs71114853]
43. Meyer, N.K., Schwanghart, W., Korup, O., Nadim, F. (2015): Roads at risk – traffic detours from debris flows in southern Norway. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 985-995. [DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-985-2015]
44. Phillips, J.D., Schwanghart, W., Heckmann, T. (2015): Graph theory in the geosciences. Earth-Science Reviews, 143, 147–160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.02.002]
45. Beck, J., Böller, M., Erhardt, A., Schwanghart, W. (2014): Spatial bias in the GBIF database and its effect on modelling species’ geographic distribution. Ecological Informatics, 19, 10-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.11.002]
46. Hunziker, M., Sigurdsson, B.D., Halldorsson, G., Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N. (2014): Biomass allometries and coarse root biomass distribution of mountain birch in southern Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 27, 111-125. [pdf]
47. Meyer, N.K., Schwanghart, W., Korup, O., Romstad, B., Etzelmüller, B. (2013): Estimating the topographic predictability of debris flows. Geomorphology, 207, 114-125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.030]
48. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2014): TopoToolbox 2 – MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences. Earth Surface Dynamics, 2, 1-7. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014].
49. Beck, J., Holloway, J.D., Schwanghart, W. (2013): Undersampling and the measurement of beta diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 370-382. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12023]
50. Heckmann, T., Schwanghart, W. (2013): Geomorphic coupling and sediment connectivity in an alpine catchment – exploring sediment cascades using graph theory. Geomorphology, 182, 89-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.033]
51. Hikel, H., Yair, A., Schwanghart, W., Hoffmann, U., Straehl, S., Kuhn, N.J. (2013): Experimental investigation of soil ecohydrology on rocky desert slopes in the Negev Highlands, Israel. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. 57, 39-58. [DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00116]
52. Schwanghart, W., Groom, G.B., Kuhn, N.J., Heckrath, G. (2013): Flow network derivation from a high resolution DEM in a low relief, agrarian landscape. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38, 1576-1586. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.3452]
53. Yair, A., Bryan, R.B., Lavee, H., Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N.J. (2013): The resilience of a badland area to climate change in an arid environment. CATENA, 106, 12-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.006]
54. Schwanghart, W., Heckmann, T. (2012): Fuzzy delineation of drainage basins through probabilistic interpretation of diverging flow algorithms. Environmental Modelling & Software, 33, 106-113. [DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.01.016]
55. Beck, J., Schwanghart, W., Khen, C. V., Holloway, J. D. (2011): Predicting geometrid moth diversity in the Heart of Borneo. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4, 173-183. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00119.x]
56. Gartmann, A., Fister, W., Schwanghart, W., Müller, M. (2011): CFD modelling and validation of measured wind field data in a portable wind tunnel. Aeolian Research, 3, 315-325. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.07.002]
57. Klinger, R., Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2011): Landscape classification using principal component analysis and fuzzy classification: Archaeological sites and their natural surroundings in Central Mongolia. Die Erde, 142(3), 213-233. [pdf]
58. Schwanghart, W., Jarmer, T. (2011): Linking spatial patterns of soil organic carbon to topography – a case study from south-eastern Spain. Geomorphology, 126, 252-263. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.008]
59. Beck, J., Schwanghart, W. (2010): Comparing measures of species diversity from incomplete inventories: an update. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1, 38-44. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2009.00003.x]
60. Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N. J. (2010): TopoToolbox: a set of Matlab functions for topographic analysis. Environmental Modelling & Software, 25, 770-781. [DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.12.002]
61. Kuhn, N. J., Hoffmann, T., Schwanghart, W., Dotterweich, M. (2009): Agricultural Soil Erosion and Global Carbon Cycle: Controversy over? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1033-1038. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.1796]
62. Schwanghart, W., Frechen, M., Kuhn, N. J., Schütt, B. (2009): Holocene environmental changes in the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 279, 160-171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.007]
63. Schwanghart, W., Beck, J., Kuhn, N. J. (2008): Measuring population densities in a heterogeneous world. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, 4, 566-568. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00390.x]
64. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2008): Meteorological causes of Harmattan dust in West Africa. Geomorphology, 95, 3-4, 412-428. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.002]
65. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2008): Holocene morphodynamics in the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia – insights from a sediment profile and 1D electrical resistivity tomography. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. 52, 2, 35-55. [DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052S2-0035]
66. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B., Walther, M. (2008): Holocene climate evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 6, 986-998. [DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4]

Book chapters

1. Andermann, C., Nepal, S., Wagnon, P. Veh., G., Maharjan, S.B., Azam M. F., Brun, F., Schwanghart, W. (2023): Glaciers and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in the Himalaya. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant (3 Current Activity of the Himalayan Range), coordinated by Cattin, R. and Epard, J.-L., ISTE, Wiley, 57-93. [DOI: 10.1002/9781394228683.ch3]
2. Marc, O., Gnyawali, K., Schwanghart, W., Fort. M. (2023): Landsliding in the Himalaya: Causes and Consequences. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant (3 Current Activity of the Himalayan Range), coordinated by Cattin, R. and Epard, J.-L., ISTE, Wiley, 95-130. [DOI: 10.1002/9781394228683.ch4]
3. Bemmann, J., Pohl, E., Schütt, B., Schwanghart, W. (2010): Archeological findings in the Upper and Middle Orkhon Valley and their geographical setup. In: Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition, Bemmann, J., Erdenebat, E., Pohl, E. (eds.), Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen, Band 8, Bonn, 307-320. [Link]
4. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B., Möller, S. (2010): Environmental characteristics of the Upper and Middle Orkhon Valley, Mongolia. In: Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition, Bemmann, J., Erdenebat, E., Pohl, E. (eds.), Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen, Band 8, Bonn, 14-26. [Link]