Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Hella Wittmann-Oelze
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 3.4, Earth Surface Geochemistry
Telegrafenberg, E 228
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 2820
Fax: +49 331 288 2852
Mail: hella.wittmann@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Earth Surface Processes and their Quantification
- Applications of the cosmogenic nuclide method
- Geomorphology
- Isotope Geochemistry
Career:
- 2004: Degree ("Diplom") in Geosciences, Leibniz University of Hannover
- 2005-2008: Ph-D in Geochemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover
- 2008 - Present: Post-doctorial Scientist in Isotope Geochemistry- Cosmogenic Radionuclides, at the GFZ Potsdam
Experience:
- Manager of Geochemistrylab
- Safety Officer
Selected publications:
- Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F., Kruesmann, T., Norton, K.P., and Kubik, P.W. (2007): Relation between rock uplift and denudation from cosmogenic nuclides in river sediment in the Central Alps of Switzerland: Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, doi: F04010/10.1029/2006jf000729.
- Wittmann, H., and von Blanckenburg, F. (2009): Cosmogenic nuclide budgeting of floodplain sediment transfer: Geomorphology, 109, 246-256, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.006.
- Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F., Guyot, J.L., Maurice, L., and Kubik, P.W. (2009): From source to sink: Preserving the cosmogenic 10Be-derived denudation rate signal of the Bolivian Andes in sediment of the Beni and Mamoré foreland basins: EPSL, 288, 463-474, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.008.
- Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F., Maurice, L., Guyot, J.L., Filizola, N., and Kubik, P.W. (2011): Sediment production and delivery in the Amazon River basin quantified by in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides and recent river loads: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123, 934-950, doi: 10.1130/B30317.1.
- Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F., Maurice, L., Guyot, J. L. and Kubik, P. W. (2011): Reycling of Amazon floodplain sediment quantified by cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be: Geology, 39, 467-470, doi: 10.1130/G31829.1.