2025

M. Schiffler, R. Rochlitz, A. Thiede (2025): Three-dimensional inversion of QAMT airborne natural-source electromagnetic data. Earth Planets Space 77, 192, doi.org/10.1186/s40623-025-02324-4.

A. Thiede, M. Becken (2025):  A self-consistent response function estimator for airborne natural source EM processing. Geophysical Journal International 243.1, ggaf312, doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf312.

P.O. Kotowski, M. Becken, R. Rochlitz, J. Schmalzl, S. Ueding, P. Tolksdorf, A. Wilhelm, G. Symons (2025):  Semi-airborne electromagnetic exploration of deep sulfide deposits with UAV-towed magnetometers—Part 1: Processing and modeling. Geophysics 90(3), WA261-WA274, doi.org/10.1190/geo2024-0453.1.

R. Rochlitz, T. Günther, P.O. Kotowski, M. Becken (2025):  Semi-airborne electromagnetic exploration of deep sulfide deposits with UAV-towed magnetometers — Part 2: Inversion and resolution analysis. Geophysics 90(3), WA307-WA322, doi.org/10.1190/geo2024-0448.1.

2024

Mörbe, W., Yogeshwar, P., Tezkan, B., Kotowski, P., Thiede, A., Steuer, A., Rochlitz, R., Günther, T., Brauch, K. & Becken, M. (2024): Large-scale 3D inversion of semi-airborne electromagnetic data - topography and induced polarization effects in a graphite exploration scenario. Geophysics 89(5), B339-B352, doi:10.1190/geo2023-0471.1.

Thiede, A., Schiffler, M., Junge, A., & Becken, M. (2024): Multivariate processing of airborne natural source electromagnetic data—application to field data from Gobabis (Namibia). Geophysical Journal International 238.1: 573-589, doi:10.1093/gji/ggae172.

Stolz, R., Schiffler, M., Becken, M., Schneider, M. & Chubak, G. (2024): The hunt for mineral resources with quantum magnetometers. tm-Technisches Messen 91 (1), 41-50, doi:10.1515/teme-2023-0116.

2023

Nazari, S., Rochlitz, R. & Günther, T. (2023): Optimizing semi-airborne electromagnetic survey design for mineral exploration, Minerals 23(6), 796, doi:10.3390/min13060796.

Rochlitz, R., Becken, M. & Günther, T. (2023): Three-dimensional inversion of semi-airborne electromagnetic data with a second-order finite-element forward solver. Geophys. J. Int., 234(1), 528-545. doi:10.1093/gji/ggad056.

2022

Becken, M., Kotowski, P. O., Schmalzl, J., Symons, G. & Brauch, K. (2022): Semi-Airborne Electromagnetic Exploration Using a Scalar Magnetometer Suspended below a Multicopter, First Break 40(8), 37–46, doi:10.3997/1365-2397.fb2022064.

P. O. Kotowski, P. O., Becken, M., Thiede, A., Schmidt, V., Schmalzl, J., Ueding, S. & Klingen, S. (2022): Evaluation of a Semi-Airborne Electromagnetic Survey Based on a Multicopter Aircraft System, Geosciences 12(1), Volume 26, doi:10.3390/geosciences12010026.

Stolz, R., Schiffler, M., Becken, M., Thiede, A., Schneider, M., Chubak, G., Marsden, P., Bergshjorth, A. B., Schaefer, M. & Terblanche, O. (2022): SQUIDs for magnetic and electromagnetic methods in mineral exploration, Mineral Economics 35(3-4), 467-494, doi:10.1007/s13563-022-00333-3 

Ji Cai, J., Yogeshwar, P., Mörbe, W. , Smirnova, M. , Haroon, A. , Becken, M. , Tezkan, B. (2022): 2-D joint inversion of semi-airborne CSEM and LOTEM data in eastern Thuringia, Germany. Geophysical Journal International, Volume 229, Issue 3, doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac002.

2021

Rochlitz, R., Seidel, M. & Börner, R.-U. (2021): Evaluation of three approaches for simulating 3-D time-domain electromagnetic data. Geophysical Journal International, 227(3): 1980-1995. doi:10.1093/gji/ggab302.

Werthmüller, D., Rochlitz, R., Castillo-Reyes, O. & Heagy, L. (2021): Towards an open-source landscape for 3-D CSEM modelling, Geophysical J. Int. 227(1): 644-659. doi:10.1093/gji/ggab238.

2020

Becken, M., Nittinger, C., Smirnova, M., Steuer, A., Martin, T., Petersen, H., Meyer, U., Matzander, U., Friedrichs, B., Rochlitz, R., Günther, T., Mörbe, W., Yogeshwar, P., Tezkan, B., Schiffler, M. & Stolz, R. (2020): DESMEX: A novel system development for semi-airborne electromagnetic exploration. Geophysics, 85(6): E239-E253, doi:10.1190/geo2019-0336.1.

Smirnova, M., Juhojuntti, N., Becken, M., Smirnov, M. and the DESMEX WG (2020): Exploring Kiruna iron ore fields with large-scale, semi-airborne, controlled-source electromagnetics. First Break, 38, doi:10.3997/1365-2397.fb2020070.

Steuer, A., Smirnova, M., Becken, M., Schiffler, M., Günther, T., Rochlitz, R., Yogeshwar, P., Mörbe, W., Siemon, B., Costabel, S., Preugschat, B., Ibs-von Seht, M., Zampa, L.S. & Müller, F. (2020): Comparison of novel semi-airborne electromagnetic data with multi-scale geophysical, petrophysical and geological data from Schleiz, Germany. Journal of Applied Geophysics 182: 104172, doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.104172.

2019

Rochlitz, R., Skibbe, N. & Günther, T. (2019): custEM: customizable finite element simulation of complex controlled-source electromagnetic models. Geophysics 84(2): F17-F33, doi:10.1190/geo2018-0208.1.

Smirnova, M., Juhojuntti, N., Becken, M., Smirnov, M., Yogeshwar, P., Steuer, A., Rochlitz R. & Schiffler, M. (2019): Combined 3D Inversion of Ground and Airborne Electromagnetic Data over Iron Ore in Kiruna. Near Surface Geoscience Conference & Exhibition, 8-12 September 2019, The Hague, Netherlands, doi:10.3997/2214-4609.201902430.