Publications
- Früh, T, Hetzel, R, Watters, TR, CH, van der Bogert, JD, Clark, C, Nypaver, and Hiesinger, H. . “Extensional structures at lunar lobate scarps.” Icarus 432 116493. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116493.
- Hölzer, K, Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, and Dunkl, I. . “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.” Lithosphere 2024: 1–20. doi: 10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2023_174.
- Wolff, R, Hölzer, K, Hetzel, R, Dunkl, I, and Anczkiewicz, AA. . “Late-orogenic extension ceases with waning plate convergence: The case of the Simplon normal fault (Swiss Alps).” Journal of Structural Geology 179: 1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105049.
- Hetzel, R, Rother, H, Wolff, R, and Hölzer, K. . “Millennial-scale erosion rates in the Harz Mountains (Germany) from cosmogenic 10Be: Implications for landscape evolution of basement highs in Central Europe.” E&G Quaternary Science Journal 73: 161–178. doi: 10.5194/egqsj-73-161-2024.
- Hampel, A, Wölfler, A, Wolff, R, and Hetzel, R. . “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.” International Journal of Earth Sciences x: 1–19. doi: 10.1007/s00531-024-02459-x.
- Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, Hölzer, K, Dunkl, I, Xu, Qiang, Anczkiewicz, AA, and Li, Zhenyu. . “Rift propagation in south Tibet controlled by underthrusting of India: A case study at the Tangra Yumco graben (south Tibet).” Journal of the Geological Society 1: 1–14. doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-090.
- Zhang, Jian; Hetzel, Ralf; Pan, Baotian; Geng, Haopeng; Wolff, Reinhard; Chen, Dianbao. . “A 10Be-based paleo-erosion record for the Qilian Shan (NE Tibet) over the past 4.2 Ma from a drillcore in the Hexi Corridor.” Geomorphology 430: 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108657.
- Wölfler, Andreas, Wolff, Reinhard, Hampel, Andrea, Hetzel, Ralf, and Dunkl, István. . “Phases of enhanced exhumation during the Cretaceous and Cenozoic orogenies in the Eastern European Alps: new insights from thermochronological data and thermokinematic modeling.” Tectonics 42 e2022TC007698. doi: 10.1029/2022TC007698.
- Wolff, R, Hölzer, K, Hetzel, R, Xu, Q, Dunkl, I.Anczkiewicz AA, and Li, Z. . “Spatially focused erosion in the High Himalaya and the geometry of the Main Himalayan Thrust in Central Nepal (85°E) from thermo-kinematic modeling of thermochronological data in the Gyirong region (southern China).” Tectonophysics 834: 229378. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229378.
- Wölfler, A, Hampel, A, Dielforder, A, Hetzel, R, and Glotzbach, C. . “LGM ice extent and deglaciation history in the Gurktal and Lavantal Alps (Eastern European Alps): first constraints from 10Be surface exposure dating of glacially polished quartz veins.” Journal of Quaternary Science 37 (4): 677–687. doi: 10.1002/jqs.3399.
- Hampel, A, Hetzel, R, and Erdmann, MS. . “Postglacial slip distribution along the Teton normal fault (Wyoming, USA) derived from tectonically offset geomorphological features.” Geosphere 17: 1517–1533. doi: 10.1130/GES02370.1.
- Xu, Q, Li, Z, Wolff, R, Tan, X, Hetzel, R, Yue, Y, and Tang, X. . “Two-phase Himalayan extension recorded in the Late Miocene-Pleistocene Gyirong Basin, south Tibet.” Sedimentary Geology 417. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105892.
- Xu, Q, Hetzel, R, Hampel, A, and Wolff, R. . “Slip rate of the Danghe Nan Shan thrust fault from 10Be exposure dating of folded river terraces: implications for the strain distribution in northern Tibet.” Tectonics 40. doi: 10.1029/2020TC006584.
- Zhao, X, Zhang, H, Hetzel, R, Kirby, E, Duvall, AR, Whipple, KX, and et, al. . “Existence of a continental-scale river system in eastern Tibet during the late Cretaceous–early Palaeogene.” Nature Communications 2021 (12-7231). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27587-9.
- Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, Dunkl, I, and Anczkiewicz, AA. . “New constraints on the exhumation history of the western Tauern Window (European Alps) from thermochronology, thermokinematic modeling, and topographic analysis.” International Journal of Earth Sciences .. doi: 10.1007/s00531-021-02094-w.
- Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, Dunkl, I, Anczkiewicz, AA, and Pomella, H. . “Fast cooling of normal-fault footwalls: rapid fault slip or thermal relaxation?” Geology 48: 333–337. doi: 10.1130/G46940.1.
- Dielforder, A, Hetzel, R, and Oncken, O. . “Megathrust shear force controls mountain elevation at convergent plate margins.” Nature 582: 225–229. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2340-7.
- Ratnayaka, K, Hetzel, R, Hornung, J, Hampel, A, Hinderer, M, and Frechen, M. . “Postglacial alluvial fan dynamics in the Cordillera Oriental, Peru, and palaeoclimatic implications.” Quaternary Research 91: 431–449. doi: 10.1017/qua.2018.106.
- Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, Dunkl, I, Bröcker, M, Xu, Q, and Anczkiewicz, A.A. . “High-angle normal faulting at the Tangra Yumco graben (southern Tibet) since ~15 Ma.” The Journal of Geology 127: 15–36. doi: 10.1086/700406.
- Hampel, A, Lüke, J, Krause, T, and Hetzel, R. . “Finite-element modelling of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA): use of elastic foundations at material boundaries versus the geometrically non-linear formulation.” Computers and Geosciences 122: 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2018.08.002.
- Heineke, C, Hetzel, R, Nilius, N-P, Zwingmann, H, Todd, A, Mulch, A, Wölfler, A, Glotzbach, C, Akal, C, Dunkl, I, Raven, M, and Hampel, A. . “Detachment faulting in a bivergent core complex constrained by fault gouge dating and low-temperature thermochronology.” Journal of Structural Geology 127. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103865.
- Heineke, C, Hetzel, R, Nilius, N-P, Glotzbach, C, Akal, C, Christl, M, and Hampel, A. . “Spatial patterns of erosion and landscape evolution in the central Menderes Massif (western Turkey) revealed by cosmogenic 10Be.” Geosphere 15: 1846–1868. doi: 10.1130/GES02013.1.
- Nilius, N-P, Glotzbach, C, Wölfler, A, Hampel, A, Akal, C, Heineke, C, and Hetzel, R. . “Exhumation history of the Aydın range and the role of the Büyük Menderes detachment system during bivergent extension of the central Menderes Massif, western Turkey.” Journal of the Geological Society of London 176: 704–726.
- Binnie, SA, Dunai, TJ, Dewald, A, Heinze, S, Voronina, E, Hein, A, Wittmann, H, von Blanckenburg, F, Hetzel, R, and Christl, Mand 19 others. . “Preliminary results of CoQtz-N: A quartz reference material for terrestrial in-situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al measurements.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 456: 203–212. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2019.04.073.
- Hetzel, R, Hampel, A, Gebbeken, P, Xu, Q, and Gold, RD. . “A constant slip rate for the western Qilian Shan frontal thrust during the last 200 ka consistent with GPS-derived and geological shortening rates.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 509: 100–113. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.12.032.
- Wolff, R, Hetzel, R, and Strobl, M. . “Quantifying river incision into low-relief surfaces using local and catchment-wide 10Be denudation rates.” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43: 2327–2341. doi: 10.1002/esp.4394.
- Wölfler, A, Glotzbach, C, Heineke, C, Nilius, N.-P, Hetzel, R, Hampel, A, Akal, C, Dunkl, I, and Christl, M. . “Late Cenozoic cooling history of the central Menderes Massif: timing of the Büyük Menderes detachment and the relative contribution of normal faulting and erosion to rock exhumation.” Tectonophysics 717: 585–598. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.07.004.
- Heineke, C, Hetzel, R, Akal, C, and Christl, M. . “Constraints on water reservoir lifetimes from catchment-wide 10Be erosion rates – a case study from Western Turkey.” Water Resources Research 53: 9206–9224. doi: 10.1002/2017WR020594.
- Hiesinger, H, Roggon, L, Hetzel, R, Clark, JD, Hampel, A, and van der, Bogert CH. . “Lunar thrust faults: Length displacement scaling and the formation of uphill-facing scarps.” contribution to the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
- Roggon, L, Hetzel, R, Hiesinger, H, Clark, JD, Hampel, A, and van der, Bogert CH. . “Length-displacement scaling of thrust faults on the Moon and the formation of uphill-facing scarps.” Icarus 292: 111–124. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.034.
- Hampel, A, and Hetzel, R. . “Role of climate changes for wind gap formation in a young, actively growing mountain range.” Terra Nova 28: 441–448. doi: 10.1111/ter.12238.
- Heineke, C, Niedermann, S, Hetzel, R, and Akal, C. . “Surface exposure dating of Holocene basalt flows and cinder cones in the Kula volcanic field (Western Turkey) using cosmogenic 3He and 10Be.” Quaternary Geochronology 34: 81–91.
- Xu, Q, Ding, L, Hetzel, R, Yue, Y, and Rades, EF. . “Low elevation of the northern Lhasa terrane in the Eocene: Implications for relief development in south Tibet.” Terra Nova 27: 458–466. doi: 10.1111/ter.12180.
- Rades, EF, Hetzel, R, Strobl, M, Xu, Q, and Ding, L. . “Defining rates of landscape evolution in a south Tibetan graben with in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be.” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 40: 1862–1876. doi: 10.1002/esp.3765.
- Hampel, A, Hetzel, R, and Maniatis, G. . “COMMENT on "Stress and fault parameters affecting fault slip magnitude and activation time during a glacial cycle" by Steffen et al.” Tectonics 34: 1348–1353.
- Hampel, A, and Hetzel, R. . “Horizontal surface velocity and strain patterns near thrust and normal faults during the earthquake cycle: The importance of viscoelastic relaxation in the lower crust and implications for interpreting geodetic data.” Tectonics 34: 731–752. doi: 10.1002/2014TC003605.
- Strobl, M., Hetzel, R., Fassoulas, C., and Kubik, P.W. . “A long-term rock uplift rate for eastern Crete and geodynamic implications for the Hellenic subduction zone.” Journal of Geodynamics 78: 21–31. doi: 10.1016/j.jog.2014.04.002.
- West, A.J., Hetzel, R., Li, G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Hilton, R.G., and Densmore, A.L. . “Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 396: 143–153. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.058.
- Glotzbach, C., Röttjer, M., Hampel, A., Hetzel, R., and Kubik, P.W. . “Quantifying the impact of former glaciation on catchment-wide denudation rates derived from cosmogenic 10Be.” Terra Nova 26: 186–194. doi: 10.1111/ter.12085.
- Cording, A., Hetzel, R., Kober, M., and Kley, J. . “10Be exposure dating of river terraces at the southern mountain front of the Dzungarian Alatau (SE Kazakhstan) reveals rate of thrust faulting over the past ~400 ka.” Quaternary Research 81: 168–178. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.10.016..
- Dielforder, A., and Hetzel, R. . “The deglaciation history of the Simplon region (southern Swiss Alps) constrained by 10Be exposure dating of ice-molded bedrock surfaces.” Quaternary Science Reviews 84: 26–38. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.008.
- Hampel, A., Hetzel, R., and Maniatis, G. . “Response of faults to climate-driven changes in ice and water volumes on Earth's surface.” in Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards, edited by B. McGuire and M. Maslin. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Rades, E.F., Hetzel, R., Xu, Q., and Ding, L. . “Constraining Holocene lake-level highstands on the Tibetan Plateau by 10Be exposure dating: A case study at Tangra Yumco, southern Tibet.” Quaternary Science Reviews 82: 68–77. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.016.
- Buscher, J.T., Hampel, A., Hetzel, R., Dunkl, I., Glotzbach, C., Struffert, A., Akal, C., and Rätz, M. . “Quantifying rates of detachment faulting and erosion in the central Menderes Massif (western Turkey) by thermochronology and cosmogenic 10Be.” Journal of the Geological Society of London 170: 669–683. doi: 10.1144/jgs2012-132.
- Hetzel, R., Zwingmann, H., Mulch, A., Gessner, K., Akal, C., Hampel, A., Güngör, T., Petschick, R., Mikes, T., and Wedin, F. . “Spatio-temporal evolution of brittle normal faulting and fluid infiltration in detachment fault systems - a case study from the Menderes Massif, western Turkey.” Tectonics 32: 1–13. doi: 10.1002/tect.20031.
- Hetzel, R., Dunkl, I., Haider, V., Strobl, M., von, Eynatten H., Ding, L., and Frei, D. . “Peneplain formation in southern Tibet predates the India-Asia collision and plateau uplift.” Geology 41. doi: 10.1130/G34504Y.1.
- Hetzel, R. . “Active faulting, mountain growth, and erosion at the margins of the Tibetan Plateau constrained by in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides.” Tectonophysics 582: 1–24. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.10.027.
- Salomon, E., Schmidt, S., Hetzel, R., Mingorance, F., and Hampel, A. . “Repeated folding during late Holocene earthquakes on the Cal thrust fault near Mendoza city (Argentina).” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 103: 936–949. doi: 10.1785/0120110335.
- Schmidt, S., Tsukamoto, S., Salomon, E., Frechen, M., and Hetzel, R. . “Optical dating of alluvial deposits at the orogenic front of the Andean Precordillera (Mendoza, Argentina).” Geochronometria 39 (1): 62–75. doi: 10.2478/s13386-011-0050-5.
- Hampel, A., and Hetzel, R. . “Temporal variation in fault friction and its effects on the slip evolution of a thrust fault over several earthquake cycles.” Terra Nova 24: 357–362. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01073.x.
- Strobl, M., Hetzel, R., Niedermann, S., and Zhang, L. . “Landscape evolution of a bedrock peneplain on the southern Tibetan Plateau revealed by in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be and 21Ne.” Geomorphology 153-154: 192–204. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.024.
- S., Sindern, A., Gerdes, Ronkin, Y.L., A., Dziggel, R., Hetzel, and B.A., Schulte. . “Monazite stability, composition and geochronology as tracers of Proterozoic events at the eastern margin of the East European Craton (Taratash complex, Middle Urals).” Lithos 132-133: 82–97. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.11.017.
- Schmidt, S., Hetzel, R., Kuhlmann, J., Mingorance, F., and Ramos, V.A. . “A note of caution on the use of boulders for exposure dating of depositional surfaces.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 302: 60–70. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.039.
- Palumbo, L., Hetzel, R., Tao, M., and Li, X. . “Catchment-wide denudation rates at the margin of NE Tibet from in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be.” Terra Nova 23: 42–48. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00982.x.
- Sanhueza-Pino, K., Korup, O., Hetzel, R., Munack, H., Weidinger, J.T., Dunning, S., Ormukov, C., and Kubik, P.W. . “Glacial advances constrained by 10Be exposure dating of bedrock landslides, Kyrgyz Tien Shan.” Quaternary Research 76: 295–304. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.06.013.
- Schmidt, S., Hetzel, R., Mingorance, F., and Ramos, V.A. . “Coseismic displacements and Holocene slip rates for two active thrust faults at the mountain front of the Andean Precordillera (~33°S).” Tectonics 30: TC5011.. doi: 10.1029/2011TC002932.
- Hetzel, R., Dunkl, I., Haider, V., Strobl, M., von, Eynatten H., Ding, L., and Frei, D. . “Peneplain formation in southern Tibet predates India-Asia collision and plateau uplift.” Geology 39: 983–986. doi: 10.1130/G32069.1.
- Strobl, M, Hetzel, R, Ding, L, Zhang, L, and Hampel, A. . “Preservation of a large-scale bedrock peneplain suggests long-term landscape stability in southern Tibet.” Annales de Géomorphologie 54 (4): 453–466. doi: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0023.
- Hampel, A, Hetzel, R, and Maniatis, G. . “Response of faults to climate-driven changes in ice and water volumes on Earth's surface.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 368 (1919): 2501–2517. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0031.
- Hampel, A, Karow, T, Maniatis, G, and Hetzel, R. . “Slip rate variations on faults during glacial loading and post-glacial unloading: implications for the viscosity structure of the lithosphere.” Journal of the Geological Society 167 (2): 385–399. doi: 10.1144/0016-76492008-137.
- Meyer, H, Hetzel, R, Fugenschuh, B, and Strauss, H. . “Determining the growth rate of topographic relief using in situ-produced Be-10: A case study in the Black Forest, Germany.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (3-4): 391–402. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.034.
- Palumbo, L., Hetzel, R., Tao, M., and Li, X. . “Topographic and lithologic control on catchment-wide denudation rates derived from cosmogenic 10Be in two mountain ranges at the margin of NE Tibet.” Geomorphology 117: 130–142. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.019.
- Meyer, H., Hetzel, R., and Strauss, H. . “Erosion rates on different timescales derived from cosmogenic 10Be and river loads: Implications for landscape evolution in the Rhenish Massif, Germany.” International Journal of Earth Sciences 99: 395–412. doi: 10.1007/s00531-008-0388-y.
- Densmore, AL, Hetzel, R, Ivy-Ochs, S, Krugh, WC, Dawers, N, and Kubik, P. . “Spatial variations in catchment-averaged denudation rates from normal fault footwalls.” Geology 37 (12): 1139–1142. doi: 10.1130/G30164A.1.
- Meyer, H, Strauss, H, and Hetzel, R. . “The role of supergene sulphuric acid during weathering in small river catchments in low mountain ranges of Central Europe: Implications for calculating the atmospheric CO2 budget.” Chemical Geology 268 (1-2): 41–51. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.07.007.
- Palumbo, L, Hetzel, R, Tao, MX, Li, XB, and Guo, JM. . “Deciphering the rate of mountain growth during topographic presteady state: An example from the NE margin of the Tibetan Plateau.” Tectonics 28: 1–17. doi: 10.1029/2009TC002455.
- Hampel, A, Hetzel, R, Maniatis, G, and Karow, T. . “Three-dimensional numerical modeling of slip rate variations on normal and thrust fault arrays during ice cap growth and melting.” Journal of Geophysical Research 114: 1–14. doi: 10.1029/2008JB006113.
- Goethals, MM, Hetzel, R, Niedermann, S, Wittmann, H, Fenton, CR, Kubik, PW, Christl, M, and von Blanckenburg, F. . “An improved experimental determination of cosmogenic Be-10/Ne-21 and Al-26/Ne-21 production ratios in quartz.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 284 (1-2): 187–198. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.027.
- Goethals, MM, Niedermann, S, Hetzel, R, and Fenton, CR. . “Determining the impact of faulting on the rate of erosion in a low-relief landscape: A case study using in situ produced Ne-21 on active normal faults in the Bishop Tuff, California.” Geomorphology 103 (3): 401–413. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.008.
- Hampel, A, and Hetzel, R. . “Slip reversals on active normal faults related to the inflation and deflation of magma chambers: Numerical modeling with application to the Yellowstone-Teton region.” Geophysical Research Letters 35 (7): 1–5. doi: 10.1029/2008GL033226.
- Alvarez-Marron, J, Hetzel, R, Niedennann, S, Menendez, R, and Marquinez, J. . “Origin, structure and exposure history of a wave-cut platform more than 1 Ma in age at the coast of northern Spain: A multiple cosmogenic nuclide approach.” Geomorphology 93 (3-4): 316–334. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.005.
- Hampel, A, Hetzel, R, and Densmore, AL. . “Postglacial slip-rate increase on the Teton normal fault, northern Basin and Range Province, caused by melting of the Yellowstone ice cap and deglaciation of the Teton Range?” Geology 35 (12): 1107–1110. doi: 10.1130/G24093A.1.
- Glodny, J, and Hetzel, R. . “Precise U-Pb ages of syn-extensional Miocene intrusions in the central Menderes Massif, western Turkey.” Geological Magazine 144 (2): 235–246. doi: 10.1017/S0016756806003025.
- Brown, D, Spadea, P, Puchkov, V, Alvarez-Marron, J, Herrington, R, Willner, AP, Hetzel, R, Gorozhanina, Y, and Juhlin, C. . “Arc-continent collision in the Southern Urals.” Earth-Science Reviews 79 (3-4): 261–287. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.08.003.
- Hetzel, R, Niedermann, S, Tao, MX, Kubik, PW, and Strecker, MR. . “Climatic versus tectonic control on river incision at the margin of NE Tibet: Be-10 exposure dating of river terraces at the mountain front of the Qilian Shan.” Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (F3). doi: 10.1029/2005JF000352.
- Hampel, A, and Hetzel, R. . “Response of normal faults to glacial-interglacial fluctuations of ice and water masses on Earth's surface.” Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (B6). doi: 10.1029/2005JB004124.
- Kuster, Y, Hetzel, R, Krbetschek, M, and Tao, MX. . “Holocene loess sedimentation along the Qilian Shan (China): significance for understanding the processes and timing of loess deposition.” Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (1-2): 114–125. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.003.
- Hetzel, R, and Hampel, A. . “Long-term rates of faulting derived from cosmogenic nuclides and short-term variations caused by glacial-interglacial volume changes of glaciers and lakes.” International Journal of Modern Physics B 20 (3): 261–276. doi: 10.1142/S0217979206033255.
- Sindern, S, Hetzel, R, Schulte, BA, Kramm, U, Ronkin, YL, Maslov, AV, and Lepikhina, OP. . “Proterozoic magmatic and tectonometamorphic evolution of the Taratash complex, Central Urals, Russia.” International Journal of Earth Sciences 94 (3): 319–335. doi: 10.1007/s00531-005-0489-9.
- Hetzel, R, and Hampel, A. . “Slip rate variations on normal faults during glacial-interglacial changes in surface loads.” Nature 435 (7038): 81–84. doi: 10.1038/nature03562.
- Hetzel, R, Tao, MX, Stokes, S, Niedermann, S, Ivy-Ochs, S, Gao, B, Strecker, MR, and Kubik, PW. . “Late Pleistocene/Holocene slip rate of the Zhangye thrust (Qilian Shan, China) and implications for the active growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau.” Tectonics 23 (6). doi: 10.1029/2004TC001653.
- Hetzel, R, Tao, MX, Niedermann, S, Strecker, MR, Ivy-Ochs, S, Kubik, PW, and Gao, B. . “Implications of the fault scaling law for the growth of topography: mountain ranges in the broken foreland of north-east Tibet.” Terra Nova 16 (3): 157–162. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00549.x.
- Ring, U, Johnson, C, Hetzel, R, and Gessner, K. . “Tectonic denudation of a Late Cretaceous-Tertiary collisional belt: regionally symmetric cooling patterns and their relation to extensional faults in the Anatolide belt of western Turkey.” Geological Magazine 140 (4): 421–441. doi: 10.1017/S0016756803007878.
- Stokes, S, Hetzel, R, Bailey, RM, and Tao, MX. . “Combined IRSL-OSL single aliquot regeneration (SAR) equivalent dose (D-e) estimates from source proximal Chinese loess.” Quaternary Science Reviews 22 (10-13): 975–983. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00044-1.
- Niedermann, S, Hermanns, R, and Hetzel, R. . Improving the distinction of cosmogenic Ne-21 from other neon components in quartz
- Hetzel, R, Niedermann, S, Ivy-Ochs, S, Kubik, PW, Tao, MX, and Gao, B. . “Ne-21 versus Be-10 and Al-26 exposure ages of fluvial terraces: the influence of crustal Ne in quartz.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 201 (3-4): 575–591. doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00748-3.
- Hetzel, R, Niedermann, S, Tao, M, Kubik, PW, Ivy-Ochs, S, Gao, B, and Strecker, MR. . “Low slip rates and long-term preservation of geomorphic features in Central Asia.” Nature 417 (6887): 428–432. doi: 10.1038/417428a.
- Hetzel, R, and Glodny, J. . “A crustal-scale, orogen-parallel strike-slip fault in the Middle Urals: age, magnitude of displacement, and geodynamic significance.” International Journal of Earth Sciences 91 (2): 231–245.
- Gessner, K, Ring, U, Passchier, CN, and Hetzel, R. . Discussion on "Stratigraphic and metamorphic inversions in the central Menderes Massif: a new structural model", by Aral I. Okay doi: 10.1007/s005310100223.
- Seward, D., Brown, D., Hetzel, R., Friberg, M., Gerdes, A., Petrov, G.A., and Perez-Estaun, A. . “The syn- and post-orogenic low temperature events in the Southern and Middle Uralides: Evidence from fission-track analysis.” in Mountain Building in the Uralides, edited by D. Brown, C. Juhlin and V. Puchkov.
- Scarrow, J.H., Hetzel, R., Gorozhanin, V.M., Dinn, M., Glodny, J., Gerdes, A., Ayala, C., and Montero, P. . “Four decades of geochronological work in the Southern and Middle Urals: A review.” in Mountain Building in the Uralides, edited by D. Brown, C. Juhlin and V. Puchkov.
- Gessner, K, Ring, U, Johnson, C, Hetzel, R, Passchier, CW, and Gungor, T. . “An active bivergent rolling-hinge detachment system: Central Menderes metamorphic core complex in western Turkey.” Geology 29 (7): 611–614. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0611:AABRHD>2.0.CO;2.
- Sherlock, SC, and Hetzel, R. . “A laser-probe Ar-40/Ar-39 study of pseudotachylite from the Tambach Fault Zone, Kenya: direct isotopic dating of brittle faults.” Journal of Structural Geology 23 (1): 33–44. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00082-1.
- Hetzel, R, and Romer, RL. . “A moderate exhumation rate for the high-pressure Maksyutov Complex, southern Urals, Russia.” Geological Journal 35 (3-4): 327–344. doi: 10.1002/gj.862.
- Brown, D, Hetzel, R, and Scarrow, JH. . “Tracking arc-continent collision subduction zone processes from high-pressure rocks in the southern Urals.” Journal of the Geological Society 157: 901–904. doi: 10.1144/jgs.157.5.901.
- Hetzel, R., and Romer, R.L. . “A minimum age for subduction and amphibolite facies overprint of the East European continental margin.” Geological Magazine 136: 593–597.
- Hetzel, R. . “Geology and geodynamic evolution of the high-P/low-T Maksyutov Complex, Southern Urals, Russia.” Geologische Rundschau 87: 577–588.
- Hetzel, R., Romer, R.L., Candan, O., and Passchier, C.W. . “Geology of the Bozdag area, central Menderes Massif, SW Turkey: Pan-African basement and Alpine deformation.” Geologische Rundschau 87: 394–406.
- Hetzel, R., Echtler, H.P., Seifert, W., Schulte, A.B., and Ivanov, K.S. . “Subduction- and exhumation-related fabrics in the Paleozoic high-P/low-T Maksyutov Complex, Antingan area, Southern Urals, Russia.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 110: 916–930.
- Echtler, H.P., Ivanov, K.S., Ronkin, Y.L., Karsten, L.A., Hetzel, R., and Noskov, A.G. . “The tectono-metamorphic evolution of gneiss complexes in the Middle Urals, Russia: A reappraisal.” Tectonophysics 276: 229–251.
- Hetzel, R., and Reischmann, T. . “Intrusion age of Pan-African augen gneisses in the southern Menderes Massif and the age of cooling after Alpine ductile extensional deformation.” Geological Magazine 133: 565–572.
- Hetzel, R., Altenberger, U., and Strecker, M.R. . “Structural and chemical evolution of pseudotachylytes during seismic events.” Mineralogy and Petrology 58: 33–50.
- Hetzel, R., Passchier, C.W., Ring, U., and Dora, O.Ö. . “Bivergent extension in orogenic belts: The Menderes Massif (SW Turkey).” Geology 23: 455–458.
- Hetzel, R., Ring, U., Akal, C., and Troesch, M. . “Miocene NNE-directed extensional unroofing in the Menderes Massif, SW Turkey.” Journal of the Geological Society of London 152: 639–654.
- Hetzel, R., and Strecker, M.R. . “Late Mozambique Belt structures in western Kenya and their influence on the evolution of the Cenozoic Kenya Rift.” Journal of Structural Geology 16: 189–201.
- Hetzel, R., and Dora, O.Ö. . “Miocene extensional tectonics in the Menderes Massif, southwestern Turkey.” Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 30: 507–512.