Dr. Gerold Zeilinger
Dr. Gerold Zeilinger
General Geology | Scientific Staff
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Building 27, Room 2.27
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam-Golm
CV
2002 Doctor degree (Dr. sc. nat.) Doctoral thesis: Structural and Geochronological Study of the lowest Kohistan
Complex, Indus Kohistan Region in Pakistan, NW Himalaya. Supervisor: Prof. J.-P. Burg, ETH Zurich
1997 – 2001 PhD - student, Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1997 Diploma in Geology/Paleontology Diploma thesis: The Tamsweg Tertiary in the Lungau region (Austria): Facies
and deformation of an intramontane basin. Supervisor: Prof. W. Frisch, University of Tübingen
1994 – 1997 Student of Geology, Institute of Geoscience, Eberhard - Karls University Tübingen, Germany
1991 – 1994 Student of Geology, Institute of Geology/Paleontology, Westf. Wilhelms University Münster, Germany
| Professional Experience | |
| since 09/'05 | Research Associate, Institute of Geoscience, University of Potsdam |
| 01/'05 - 08/'05 | Project collaborator at the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Scientific Exhibition "Welten des Wissens" |
| 11/'02 - 12/'04 | Research Associate at the Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern |
| 07/'02 - 10/'02 | Research Associate, Département de Mineralogie, Université de Genève |
| 01/'02 - 06/'02 | Research Associate, Geological Institute, ETH-Zurich |
| since 06/'02 | Co-Editor and Administrator of DIoGeneS (Digital Images of Geologic nice Structures), an interactive database for Structural images (www.diogenes.uni-potsdam.de) |
| since 01/'06 | Map Collection Administrator in the Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam (internal). |
| since 01/'07 | responsible person for GIS infrastructure in Geology ( List of available facilities) |
| since 05/'11 | Head of 3D Visualization Lab |
| since 05/'11 | responsible person for Riegl Z620 Laser-Scanner / Analysis Software |
Research
| Current Research | |
Research Focus
| My research focuses on deformation processes, structures at various scales and the complex feedback mechanisms acting between erosion and crustal response. Specific interest is in the analysis of this feedback between endogeneous and exogeneous processes in mountains (e.g. Andes, Himalaya, Makran) and their forelands. Remote sensing applications are used for surface change detection and quantification, whereas additional methods like structural mapping, thermochronology and modelling identify the endogeneous element. The monitoring of natural processes with different sensors and the integration to existing data is a key for the understanding of environmental matters. A recent focus is on the immersive projection and analysis of three- and multi-dimensional geo-data. |
Selected projects
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short profile
| Some of my work has focused on modeling the contribution to topography from isostatic rebound caused by focused erosion (Zeilinger et al., 2005; Zeilinger et al., 2007). Other papers have focused on tectonic geomorphology (Schlunegger et al., 2006; Zeilinger et al., 2005; Zeilinger & Schlunegger, 2007, Hippe et al., 2012, Zeilinger et al., 2013), neotectonics (Mora et al., 2010, Parra et al, 2010, Hagipour et al., 2012), fluvial erosion in mountainous regions (Kober et al., 2008, Schlunegger et al., 2011, Zeilinger et al., 2013) and structural geology (Garrido et al., 2006, Zeilinger et al., 2007, Gao et al., 2013). |
| Reviewer for |
| Geomorphology, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Tectonics, Geology |
Teaching
Introduction to geologic maps and profiles
• 2007 – 2010 Karten und Profile
• 2011 – 2019 Modul BW01 –Geowissenschaftliche Geländeübung A Karten und Profile
• 2020 – today Einführung in die Geowissenschaften II –Darstellung geologischer Prozesse
Courses using GIS in Geology (basics / advanced / professional)
• 2007 – 2010 GIS 1, GIS 2, GIS 3 (Diploma)
• 2011 – today BScW06, BScW24, MGEW16 (since 2017 with GEW-GIS02), since 2025 GEW-MF04 Specialization Module-Theory and Applications and RGV GEW-MF014 - Geo-Information System
• 2018 – 2019 RCM04
Mapping classes:
• 2007 – 2010 Geologische Geländeübung Harz
• 2011 – 2019 MODUL BP02 Geländeübung zu Geowissenschaften II Harz
• 2020 – 2025 Einführung in die Geowissenschaften II – Geländeübung zur Feldaufnahme Harz
• 2026 – today Modul "Gesteins- und Mineralidentifizierung und Feldmethoden" GEW-B-P21, Geländeübung zur Feldaufnahme
• 2005 – 2006 Kartierkurs Südfrankreich
• 2010 – 2019 Geowissenschaftliche Geländeübung A (Südfrankreich)
• 2020 – today Einführung in die Geowissenschaften II – Geländeübung zur Kartierung Südfrankreich
• 2007, 2009 Geländepraktikum f. Fortgeschrittene/ Strukturgeol. Geländeübung Fortgeschrittene
• 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2025 MGEW11 Geological Advanced Mapping Pyrenees, GEW-MC04: Advanced Field Practical
Publications
2024
Irum, I., Ghani, H., Sobel, E.R., Zeilinger, G., Altenberger, U., 2024. Late Oligocene to Early Pliocene Exhumation and Structural Development in the Western Himalaya, Northern Pakistan: Implications for the Cenozoic Metamorphic Overprint. Lithosphere 2024 (1). doi: doi.org/10.2113/2024/3252550
Erbello, A., Colleps, C., Melnick, D., Sobel, E.R., Bookhagen, B., Pingel, H., Zeilinger, G., van der Beek, P., Strecker, M.R., 2024. Magma-Assisted Continental Rifting: The Broadly Rifted Zone in SW Ethiopia, East Africa. Tectonics 43. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022tc007651
2023
Gao, M.; Hao, M.; Zeilinger, G.; Xu, X. (2023), Recent Uplift Characteristics of the Southeast Tibetan Plateau, an Analysis Based on Fluvial Indices. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 433. doi.org/10.3390/rs15020433
2022
Erbello, A., Melnick, D., Zeilinger, G., Bookhagen, B., Pingel, H., Strecker, M.R., (2022), Geomorphic expression of a tectonically active rift-transfer zone in southern Ethiopia. Geomorphology, Vol 403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108162
2021
Hippe, K., Jansen, J.D., Skov, D.S., Lupker, M., Ivy-Ochs, S., Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., Capriles, J.M., Christl, M., Maden, C., Vockenhuber, C., & Egholm, D.L. Cosmogenic in situ 14C-10Be reveals abrupt Late Holocene soil loss in the Andean Altiplano. Nat Commun 12, 2546 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22825-6
Ghani, H., Sobel, E.R., Zeilinger, G., Glodny, J., Irum, I., Sajid, M., 2021. Spatio-temporal structural evolution of the Kohat fold and thrust belt of Pakistan. Journal of Structural Geology 145, doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104310
2020
Ghani, H, Sobel, ER, Zeilinger, G, Glodny, J, Zapata, S, Irum, I. Palaeozoic and Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Salt Range constrained by low‐temperature thermochronology. Terra Nova. 2020; 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12515
Payrola, P.; del Papa, C.; Aramayo, A.; Pingel, H.; Hongn, F.; Sobel, E.R.; Zeilinger, G.; Strecker, M.R.; Zapata, S.; Cottle, J.; Salado Paz, N.; Glodny, J. (2020): Episodic out-of-sequence deformation promoted by Cenozoic fault reactivation in NW Argentina. In Tectonophysics 776, p. 228276. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228276.
2018
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
H. Ghani, G. Zeilinger, E. R. Sobel, G. Heidarzadeh, 2018: Structural variation within the Himalayan fold and thrust belt: A case study from the Kohat-Potwar Fold Thrust Belt of Pakistan, Journal of Structural Geology, Volume 116, 2018, Pages 34-46, ISSN 0191-8141, DOI/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.07.022.
2017
Ballato, P., Cifelli, F., Heidarzadeh, G., Ghassemi, M. R., Wickert, A. D., Hassanzadeh, J., Dupont-Nivet, G., Balling, P., Sudo, M., Zeilinger, G., Schmitt, A. K., Mattei, M. and Strecker, M. R. (2017), Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the northern Iranian Plateau: insights from middle–late Miocene foreland-basin deposits. Basin Res. DOI: 10.1111/bre.12180
2016
Gao, M., G. Zeilinger, X. Xu, X. Tan, Q. Wang, and M. Hao (2016), Active tectonics evaluation from geomorphic indices for the central and the southern Longmenshan range on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China, Tectonics, 35, DOI: 10.1002/2015TC004080
2015
A. Philips, A. Walz, A. Bergner, T. Graeff, M. Heistermann, S. Kienzler, O. Korup, T. Lipp, W. Schwanghart & G. Zeilinger (2015) Immersive 3D geovisualization in higher education, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39:3, 437-449, DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2015.1066314
Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., Hippe, K., Marc, O., Lendzioch, T., Grischott, R., Christl, M., Kubik, P.W., Zola, R. 2015 Tectonic and lithological controls on denudation rates in the central Bolivian Andes. Tectonophysics, Volume 657, 230–244, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.06.037
Mey, J., Scherler, D., Zeilinger, G., and Strecker, M. R. (2015), Estimating the fill thickness and bedrock topography in intermontane valleys using artificial neural networks, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003270
2013
Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., Ivy-Ochs, S., Dolati, A., Smit, J., Kubik, P.W. 2013 Climatic and tectonic control on fluvial and alluvial fan sequence formation in the Central Makran Range, SE-Iran. Global and Planetary Change, 111 (2013) 133-149
Gao, M., Zeilinger, G., Xu, X., Wang, Q., Hao, M., DEM and GIS analysis of geomorphic indices for evaluating recent uplift of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China, Geomorphology (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.02.008, Volume 180, 61-72
2012
Hippe, K., Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., Ivy-Ochs, S., Maden, C., Wacker, L., Kubik, P.W., Wieler, R. 2012 Quantifying denudation rates and sediment storage on the eastern Altiplano, Bolivia, using cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al, and in situ 14C. Geomorphology, 179, 58-70
Bousquet R., Oberhänsli R., Schmid S.M., Berger A., Wiederkehr M., Robert C., Möller A.,Rosenberg C., Koller F., Molli G., Zeilinger G, 2012, Metamorphic framework of the Alps, CCGM/CGMW.
Bousquet R., Schmid S.M., Zeilinger G, Oberhänsli R., Rosenberg C., Molli G., Robert C., Wiederkehr M., Rossi Ph., 2012, Tectonic framework of the Alps, CCGM/CGMW
Haghipour, N., Burg, J.P., Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., Ivy-Ochs, S., Kubik, P.W., Faridi, M. 2012 Rate of crustal shortening and non-Coulomb behaviour of an active accretionary wedge: The folded fluvial terraces in Makran (SE, Iran). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 355-356 (2012) 187–19
2011
Schlunegger, F., Norton, K.P., Zeilinger, G., 2011 Climatic Forcing on Channel Profiles in the Eastern Cordillera of the Coroico Region, Bolivia. Journal of Geology, Vol. 119, No. 1, p. 97-107. DOI: 10.1086/657407
2010
Schlunegger, F., Kober, F., Zeilinger, G., von Rotz, R., 2010 Sedimentology-based reconstructions of paleoclimate changes in the Central Andes in response to the uplift of the Andes, Arica region between 19 and 21 S latitude, northern Chile. Int. J. Earth Sci. (Geol Rundsch), DOI 10.1007/s00531-010-0572-8
Mora, A., Parra, M., Strecker, M.R., Sobel, E.R., Zeilinger, G., Jaramillo, C., Ferreira Da Silva, S., Blanco, M., 2010 The eastern foothills of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia: An example of multiple factors controlling structural styles and active tectonics. Geological Society of America Bulletin 2010 doi: 10.1130/B30033.1
Parra, M., Mora, A., Jaramillo, C., Torres, V., Zeilinger, G., Strecker, M.R., 2010 Tectonic controls on Cenozoic foreland basin development in the north-eastern Andes,Colombia. Basin Research (2010) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00459.x
2008
Kober, F., Ivy-Ochs, S., Zeilinger, G., Schlunegger, F., Kubik, P. W., Baur, H., Wieler, R., 2008 Complex multiple cosmogenic nuclide concentration and histories in the arid Rio Lluta catchment, northern Chile. ESPL, DOI: 10.1002/esp.1748
Wipf, M., Zeilinger, G., Seward, D., and Schlunegger, F., 2008 Focused subaerial erosion during ridge subduction: impact on the geomorphology in south-central Peru: Terra Nova, v. 20, p. 1-10.
2007
Zeilinger, G., Seward, D. & Burg, J.P. 2007. Exhumation across the Indus Suture Zone: a record of back sliding of the hanging wall. Terra Nova, 19, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00767 .
Zeilinger, G. & Schlunegger, F., 2007. Possible flexural accommodation on the eastern edge of the Altiplano in relation to focused erosion in the Rio La Paz drainage system. Terra Nova, 19, 373–380.
2006
Kober, F., Schlunegger, F., Zeilinger, G. and Schneider, H., 2006: Surface uplift and climate change: The geomorphic evolution of at the Western Escarpment of the Andes of northern Chile between the Miocene and present. Tectonics, Climate and Landscape evolution 398 (GSA Special Paper) Willett, S., Hovius, N., Fisher, D. and Brandon, M. (eds.) : 75-86
Garrido, C.J., Bodinier, J.L., Burg, J.P., Zeilinger, G., Hussain, S., Dawood, H., Chaudhry, N.M., Gervilla, F., 2006. Petrogenesis of Mafic Garnet Granulite in the Lower Crust of the Kohistan Paleo-arc Complex (Northern Pakistan): Implications for Intra-crustal Differentiation of Island Arcs and Generation of Continental Crust. Journal of Petrology, doi:10.1093/petrology/egl030 Advance Access
Schlunegger, F., Zeilinger, G., Kounov, A., Kober, F. Hüsser, B., 2006. Scale of relief growth in the forearc of the Andes of Northern Chile (Arica latitude, 18°S), Terra Nova, 18, p. 217-223.
2005
Burg, J.P., Arbaret, L., Chaudhry, N.M., Dawood, H., Hussain, S., Zeilinger, G., 2005. Shear strain localization from the upper mantle to the middle crust of the Kohistan Arc (Pakistan). In: High-Strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties. Geological Society Special Publication, 245, p. 25-38.
Burlini, L., Arbaret, L., Zeilinger, G., Burg, J.P., 2005. High-temperature and pressure seismic properties of a lower crustal prograde shear zone from the Kohistan Arc, Pakistan. In: High-Strain Zones: Structure and Physical Properties. Geological Society Special Publication, 245, p. 187-202.
Zeilinger, G., Schlunegger, F., Simpson, G., 2005, The Oxaya anticline (northern Chile): a buckle enhanced by river incision? Terra Nova, v. 17, p. 368-375.
2002
Schaltegger, U., Zeilinger, G., Frank, M. Burg, J.-P. 2002. Multiple mantle sources during island arc magmatism: U-Pb and Hf isotopic evidence from the Kohistan arc complex, Pakistan. Terra Nova 14(6), 461-468.
2000
Zeilinger, G., Burg, J. P., Chaudhry, N., Dawood, H. Hussain, S. 2000. Fault systems and paleo-stress tensors in the Indus suture zone (NW Pakistan). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 18(5), 547-559.
Arbaret, L., Burg, J. P., Zeilinger, G., Chaudhry, N., Hussain, S. Dawood, H. 2000. Pre-collisional anastomosing shear zones in the Kohistan Arc, NW Pakistan. In: Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the western Himalaya. Geological Society Special Publication, 170, p. 295-311.
1999
Zeilinger, G., Kuhlemann, J., Reinecker, J., Kazmer, M. Frisch, W. 1999. The Tamsweg Tertiary in the Lungau region (Austria): Facies and deformation of an intramontane basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 214(3), 537-569.
Book chapter
M. Schiffarth, G. Zeilinger, 2023. Von der Naturgefahr zur Naturkatastrophe, 356 - 363, in Notfallmedizin extrem, M. Ruppert und J. (Hrsg.), 2. Auflage. ISBN: 978-3-95466-770-3
Invited Meeting and Kolloquium Talks
SEMINARIO “PROCESOS DE EROSION Y SEDIMENTACION EN CUENCAS Y EMBALSES”, La Paz, 14th of December 2018
1st International geoscience Congress, Tehran, Iran, 16th of February 2014
Title: Geological 3D model visualization in CAVE settings – advantages, challenges and limitations
Geological survey of Iran, 21. August 2012
Title: Combination of field study, remote sensing and application of Geo-Information systems
University of Kabul, Afghanistan, Geoscience Faculty, 5th September 2010
Title: GIS Applications in Geology.
Geological Survey of Iran, The 26th Symposium on Geosciences, and ECO - Meeting, 18th Feb. 2008
Title: Feedback mechanisms between mass redistribution by surface processes and crustal deformation."
University of Tehran, Mining Engineering Faculty, 6th of March 2007
Title: Enhanced structures due to crustal unloading: examples from northern Chile and Bolivia.