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- DOVE Phase 2 coming soon



- DOVE Phase 2 coming soon
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- DOVE Phase 2 coming soon

Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
2026
Beraus, S., Köhn, D., Bohlen, T., Burschil, T., Buness, H., Gabriel, G., 2026. On the detectability of local, high-velocity anomalies in acoustic crosshole full-waveform inversion. J. Appl. Geophys., 251, 106231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2026.106231
Firla, G., Lüthgens, C., Burschil, T., Neuhuber, S., Pini, R., Marchhart, O., Wieser, A., Schmalfuss, C., Kroemer, E., Fiebig, M., 2026. An MIS 8 terrestrial record retrieved from a glacially overdeepened basin in the northern foreland of the European Alps, E&G Quat. Sci. J., 75, 75-85. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-75-85-2026
Schmalfuss, C., Neuhuber, S., Firla, G., Lüthgens, C., Schuster, B., Gegg, L., Anselmetti, F. S., Fiebig, M., 2026. Revisiting the ‘Hole of Bad Aussee’: A key sedimentary record of Quaternary landscape dynamics in the Eastern Alps (Austria), Quat. Int., 755, 110086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2025.110086
2025
Bamford, C. A., Pomper, J. E., Hergarten, S., Preusser, F., Sprafke, T., Gegg L., 2025. New insights into one of the oldest glacial deposits in the northern Alpine foreland (Höchsten, SW Germany), Boreas, 54, 729-743. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12684
Beraus, S., Köhn, D., Bohlen, T., Burschil, T., Schuster, B., Buness, H., Gabriel, F., 2025. Seismic crosshole full-waveform inversion of high-frequency SV-waves for glacial sediment characterization, Geophys. Prospect., 73, 1587-1605. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.70024
Burschil, T., Köhn, D., Körbe, M., Gabriel, G., Großmann, J., Firla, G., Fiebig, M., 2025. Seismic data acquisition to combine high-resolution seismic reflection and full-waveform inversion – a case study for overdeepened valleys, Solid Earth, 16, 1493-1507. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1493-2025
Firla, G., Fiebig, M., Rauter, T., Lüthgens, C., 2025. The depositional age of glacio-lacustrine sediments (Salzburger Seeton) from the lower Salzach Valley, Austria, E&G Quat. Sci. J., 74, 213-218. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-213-2025
Gegg, L., Anselmetti, F. S., Deplazes, G., Fuelling, A., Madritsch, H., Mueller, D., Preusser, F., Buechi, M. W., 2025. Glaciations and landscape change in the Lower Aare Valley (Northern Switzerland) through the Middle Pleistocene, Quat. Res., 125, 134-153. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2024.61
Gegg L., Salcher, B. C., Pollhammer, T., Cohen, D., Fischer, U. H., Landgraf, A., 2025. An inventory of subglacial overdeepenings in southern Germany and Austria, Boreas, 54, 527-541. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12693
Schaller, S., Becerra, P., Beraus, S., Buechi, M. W., Mair, D., Abadi, M. S., Schuster, B., Anselmetti, F. S., 2025. Data-driven lithofacies prediction of unconsolidated sediments from wireline logs, Sedimentologika, 3. https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2025.e31.1819
Schaller, S., Schuster, B., Beraus, S., Buechi, M. W., Buness, H., Anselmetti, F. S., 2025. Seismic- and core-based glacial sequence stratigraphy in an overdeepened trough in the northern Alpine foreland of Switzerland, Swiss J. Geosci., 118, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-025-00481-y
Schuster, B., Mair, D., Schmid, T. C., Gegg, L., Buechi, M. W., Schaller, S., Anselmetti, F. S., Preusser, F., 2025. Automated X-ray computed tomography-based analysis of clast fabric in drill-cores of glacial diamicts using deep learning models, Boreas, 55, 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70023
2024
Beraus, S., Burschil, T., Buness, H., Köhn, D., Bohlen, T., and Gabriel, G., 2024. A comprehensive crosshole seismic experiment in glacial sediments at the ICDP DOVE site in the Tannwald Basin, Sci. Dril., 33, 237–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-237-2024
Buechi, M. W., Landgraf, A., Madritsch, H., Mueller, D., Knipping, M., Nyffenegger, F., Preusser, F., Schaller, S., Schnellmann, M., & Deplazes, G., 2024. Terminal glacial overdeepenings: Patterns of erosion, infilling and new constraints on the glaciation history of Northern Switzerland. Quat. Sci. Rev., 344, 108970
Firla, G., Lüthgens, C., Neuhuber, S., Schmalfuss, C., Kroemer, E., Preusser, F., & Fiebig, M., 2024. Analyzing complex single grain feldspar equivalent dose distributions for luminescence dating of glacially derived sediment. Quat. Geochron. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101627
Schuster, B., Gegg, L., Schaller, S., Buechi, M. W., Tanner, D. C., Wielandt-Schuster, U., Anselmetti, F. S., and Preusser, F., 2024. Shaped and filled by the Rhine Glacier: the overdeepened Tannwald Basin in southwestern Germany, Sci. Dril., 33, 191–206, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-33-191-2024
2023
Gegg, L., Gegg, J., 2023. Poor Man’s Line Scan – a simple tool for the acquisition of high-resolution, undistorted drill core photos. Sci. Dril. 32, 55–59. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-32-55-2023
Gegg, L., Preusser, F., 2023. Comparison of overdeepened structures in formerly glaciated areas of the northern Alpine foreland and northern central Europe. E&G Quat. Sci. J. 72, 23–36. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-23-2023
Schaller, S., Buechi, M.W., Schuster, B., Anselmetti, F.S., 2023. Drilling into a deep buried valley (ICDP DOVE): a 252 m long sediment succession from a glacial overdeepening in northwestern Switzerland. Scientific Drilling 32, 27–42. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-32-27-2023
2022
Anselmetti, F.S., Bavec, M., Crouzet, C., Fiebig, M., Gabriel, G., Preusser, F., Ravazzi, C., DOVE scientific team, 2022. Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys (ICDP-DOVE): quantifying the age, extent, and environmental impact of Alpine glaciations. Sci. Dril. 31, 51–70. https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-31-51-2022
Buness, H., Tanner, D.C., Burschil, T., Gabriel, G., Wielandt-Schuster, U., 2022. Cuspate-lobate folding in glacial sediments revealed by a small-scale 3-D seismic survey. J. Appl. Geophys.,200, 104614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2022.104614
Burschil, T., Buness, H., Schmelzbach, C., 2022. Near‐surface three‐dimensional multicomponent source and receiver S‐wave survey in the Tannwald Basin, Germany: Acquisition and data processing. Near Surf. Geophys., 20, 331–348. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12214
2020
Burschil, T., Buness, H., 2020. S-wave seismic imaging of near-surface sediments using tailored processing strategies. J. Appl. Geophys., 173, 103927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2019.103927
2018
Burschil, T., Buness, H., Tanner, D.C., Wielandt‐Schuster, U., Ellwanger, D., Gabriel, G., 2018. High‐resolution reflection seismics reveal the structure and the evolution of the Quaternary glacial Tannwald Basin. Near Surf. Geophys., 16, 593–610. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12011
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Technical reports and others
2023
DOVE-Phase 1 Scientific Team, Anselmetti, F.S., Beraus, S., Buechi, M.W., Buness, H., Burschil, T., Fiebig, M., Firla, G., Gabriel, G., Gegg, L., Grelle, T., Heeschen, K., Kroemer, E., Lehne, C., Lüthgens, C., Neuhuber, S., Preusser, F., Schaller, S., Schmalfuss, C., Schuster, B., Tanner, D.C., Thomas, C., Tomonaga, Y., Wieland-Schuster, U., Wonik, T., 2023. Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys (DOVE) – Operational Report of Phase 1. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.48440/ICDP.5068.001
DOVE-Phase 1 Scientific Team, Anselmetti, F.S., Beraus, S., Buechi, M.W., Buness, H., Burschil, T., Fiebig, M., Firla, G., Gabriel, G., Gegg, L., Grelle, T., Heeschen, K., Kroemer, E., Lehne, C., Lüthgens, C., Neuhuber, S., Preusser, F., Schaller, S., Schmalfuss, C., Schuster, B., Tanner, D.C., Thomas, C., Tomonaga, Y., Wieland-Schuster, U., Wonik, T., 2023. Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys (DOVE) - Operational Dataset of DOVE Phase 1. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/ICDP.5068.001
DOVE-Phase 1 Scientific Team, Anselmetti, F.S., Beraus, S., Buechi, M.W., Buness, H., Burschil, T., Fiebig, M., Firla, G., Gabriel, G., Gegg, L., Grelle, T., Heeschen, K., Kroemer, E., Lehne, C., Lüthgens, C., Neuhuber, S., Preusser, F., Schaller, S., Schmalfuss, C., Schuster, B., Tanner, D.C., Thomas, C., Tomonaga, Y., Wieland-Schuster, U., Wonik, T., 2023. Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys (DOVE) - Explanatory remarks on the operational dataset. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.48440/ICDP.5068.002
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