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Professor Dr. Ralf Hetzel

Current affiliations

Professur für Endogene Geologie und Strukturgeologie (Prof. Hetzel)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Tektonik & Strukturgeologie
Aktive Tektonik, Geomorphologie, Paläoseismologie
Geologische Anwendungen kosmogener Nuklide

Academic Education
08/1992 - 11/1995	Promotion, Universität Mainz
Work Experience
since 10/2004	C-3 Professur, Universität Münster
01/2004 - 09/2004	Heisenberg-Stipendiat der DFG, ETH Zürich
09/2001 - 12/2003	Post-Doc, Universität Potsdam (Habilitation im Dezember 2002)
12/1995 - 08/2001	Post-Doc, GFZ Potsdam
Functions and Memberships
	Mitgliedschaften: Geologische Vereinigung, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, American Geophysical Union

Publications

Extensional structures at lunar lobate scarps Früh, T; Hetzel, R; Watters, TR; van der Bogert CH; Clark JD; Nypaver C; Hiesinger, H (2025) In: Icarus, 432, 116493. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116493 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
The long-lasting exhumation history of the Ötztal-Stubai Complex (Eastern European Alps): New constraints from zircon (U-Th)/He age-elevation profiles and thermo-kinematic modeling Hölzer, K; Wolff, R; Hetzel, R; Dunkl, I (2024) In: Lithosphere, 2024, 1-20. doi:10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2023_174 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Late-orogenic extension ceases with waning plate convergence: The case of the Simplon normal fault (Swiss Alps) Wolff, R; Hölzer, K; Hetzel, R; Dunkl, I; Anczkiewicz, AA (2024) In: Journal of Structural Geology, 179, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105049 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Millennial-scale erosion rates in the Harz Mountains (Germany) from cosmogenic 10Be: Implications for landscape evolution of basement highs in Central Europe Hetzel, R; Rother, H; Wolff, R; Hölzer, K (2024) In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 73, 161-178. doi:10.5194/egqsj-73-161-2024 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
10Be-derived catchment-wide erosion rates from a high-elevation, low-relief landscape in the Gurktal Alps (Austria): comparison with thermochronological data and implications for landscape evolution Hampel, A; Wölfler, A; Wolff, R; Hetzel, R (2024) In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, x, 1-19. doi:10.1007/s00531-024-02459-x Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Quantifizierung pleistozäner Denudations- und Hebungsraten im Bereich des Brockenplutons (Harz) mittels Nuklide (in situ 10BE) Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/09/2022 Funded by: Landesamt für Geologie und Bergwesen Sachsen-Anhalt Type of project: Individual project
Normal faulting, basin development, and paleoelevation in south Tibet and the evolution of the Tibetan Plateau Duration: 01/05/2019 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Rates of high-angle normal faulting in southern Tibet from thermochronology and thermokinematic modelling Duration: since 01/06/2016 Type of project: Own resources project
Die Raten von aktiven Überschiebungen und Erosion in Nordtibet Duration: since 01/01/2016 Type of project: Own resources project
Landscape evolution and exhumation history during active continental extension: the central Menderes Massif, western Turkey Duration: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2018 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project

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Prizes

Ausgewählt als "Outstanding Reviewer" im Jahr 2014 von ELSEVIER für die Zeitschrift "Quaternary Science Reviews" Awarded by: Editorial Board of "Quaternary Science Reviews" Award given to: Hetzel R Date of awarding: 01/01/2015 Type of distinction: Best reviewer award (conference or journal)
Lehrpreis des Fachbereichs Geowissenschaften 2007 Awarded by: Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der WWU Award given to: Hetzel, Ralf; Prinz, Torsten Announced at: 01/01/2007 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2007 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Determination of the age of lake terraces, the last glacial advance, and rates of normal faulting in the Tangra Yum Co graben using 10Be exposure and optically… Candidate: Rades, Eike F \| Supervisors: Hetzel, Ralf; Frechen, Manfred Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2014 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Landscape evolution of an exceptionally well preserved bedrock peneplain on the southern Tibetan Plateau Candidate: Strobl, Marcus \| Supervisors: Hetzel, Ralf Period of time: 28/06/2012 - 31/10/2012 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Holocene rates of thrust faulting at the front of the Andean Precordillera (Mendoza, Argentina) revealed by geomorphologic, paleoseismologic and geochronologic… Candidate: Silke Schmidt \| Supervisors: Hetzel, Ralf Period of time: 01/06/2008 - 10/11/2011 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Quantification and geochemical characterization of total mass fluxes in river catchments of the Rhenish Massif and the Black Forest, Germany Candidate: Meyer, Henning \| Supervisors: Hetzel, Ralf Period of time: until 20/11/2009 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Improving the production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in quartz, pyroxene and olivine using Pleistocene volcanic rocks, and an application of 21Ne to tectonic… Candidate: Goethals, Mirjam Maria \| Supervisors: Hetzel, Ralf Period of time: until 16/01/2009 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster