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  • 2023

    Evidence for partial melting and alkaline-rich fluid in the crust from a 3-D electrical resistivity model in the vicinity of the Coqen region, western Lhasa terrane.
    Y. Sheng, S. Jin, M.J. Comeau, Z. Hou, M.Becken, h. Dong, L. Zhang, W. Wei, G. Ye
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 618, 2023
    Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118316

    Crustal structure of the Lazufre volcanic complex and the Southern Puna from 3-D inversion of magnetotelluric data: implications for surface uplift and evidence for melt storage and hydrothermal fluids.
    M. Unsworth, M.J. Comeau, D. Diaz, H. Brasse, B. Heit, A. Faveto, C. Pomposiello, H. Barcelona, G.V. Peri, F. Ticona
    Geosphere, v. 19, 2023 3(2), 96–104
    Doi: 10.1130/GES02596.1

    Three-dimensional inversion of semi-airborne electromagnetic data with a second-order finite-element forward solver.
    R.Rochlitz, M. Becken, T. Günther
    Geophysical Journal International, ggad056, 2023
    https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad056

  • 2022

    2-D joint inversion of semi-airborne CSEM and LOTEM data in eastern Thuringia, Germany.
    J. Cai, P. Yogeshwar, W. Mörbe, M. Smirnova, A. Haroon, M. Becken, Bülent Tezkan
    Geophysical Journal International, 229, 3, 1475–1489, 2022
    https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac002

    Relationship of the crustal structure, rheology, and tectonic dynamics beneath the Lhasa-Gangdese terrane (southern Tibet) based on a 3-D electrical model.
    S. Jin, Y. Sheng, M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, W. Wei, G. Ye, H. Dong, L. Zhang
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 127, 2022
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024318

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

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

    Imaging the whole-lithosphere structure of a mineral system — Geophysical signatures of the sources and pathways of ore-forming fluids.
    M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, & A.V. Kuvshinov
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 23(8) (2022)
    DOI: 10.1029/2022GC010379

    Controls on the metallogenesis of the Lhasa-Mozugongka district, Gangdese Belt, Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on melt distribution and viscosity from the 3-D electrical structure of the litosphere.
    Y. Sheng, S. Jin, M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, L. Lei, L. Zhang, H. Dong, W. Wenbo Wei, G. Ye
    Ore Geology Reviews, Volume 145 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104881

    Evidence for the superposition of tectonic systems in the northern Songliao Block, NE China, revealed by a 3-D electrical resistivity model
    T. Wang, G. Ma, M.J. Comeau, M. Becken, Z. Zhou, W.liu, J. kang, J. Han 
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 127 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1029/2021JB022827

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

    Numerical study on the style of delamination
    C. Stein, M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, U. Hansen
    Tectonophysics, Volume 827 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229276

    The geophysical signature of a continental intraplate volcanic system: From surface to mantle source
    M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, A. V. Grayver, J. S. Käufl, A. Kuvshinov 
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 578 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117307

  • 2021

    Lithospheric structure near the northern Xainza-Dinggye Rift, Tibetan Plateau - implication for rheology and tectonic dynamics
    Y. Sheng, S. Jin, M.J. Comeau, H. Dong, l. Zhang, L. Bei, B. Li, W. Wei, G. Ye, Z. Lu
    JGR Solid Earth, Volume 126(8) (2021)
    DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021442

    The geophysical signature of a continental intraplate volcanic system: From surface to mantle source
    Matthew J. Comeau, M. Becken, A. V. Grayver, J. S. Käufl, A. Kuvshinov 
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 578 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117307

    Crustal architecture of a metallogenic belt and ophiolite belt: Implications for mineral genesis and emplacement from 3-D electrical resistivity models (Bayankhongor area, Mongolia)
    Matthew J. Comeau, M. Becken, A. Kuvshinov, S. Demberel
    Earth, Planets and Space, 73:82 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1186/s40623-021-01400-9

    Geodynamic Modeling of Lithospheric Removal and Surface Deformation: Application to Intraplate Uplift in Central Mongolia
    M. Comeau, C. Stein, M. Becken, U. Hansen
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021304

  • 2020

    Exploring Kiruna iron ore fields with large-scale, semi-airborne, controlled-source electromagnetics.
    M. Smirnova, N. Juhojuntti, M. Becken, M. Smirnov
    First Break, Volume 38, Issue 10, Oct 2020, p. 35 – 40, 2020
    https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.fb2020070

    DESMEX: A novel system development for semi-airborne electromagnetic exploration.
    M. Becken, C. G. Nittinger, M. Smirnova, A. Steuer, T. Martin, H. Petersen, U. Meyer, W. Mörbe, P. Yogeshwar, B. Tezkan, U. Matzander, B. Friedrichs, R. Rochlitz, T. Günther, M. Schiffler, R. Stolz, and the DESMEX Working Group
    Geophysics, 85:6, E253-E267, 2020
    https://library.seg.org/doi/abs/10.1190/geo2019-0336.1

    Compaction-driven fluid localization as an explanation for lower crustal electrical conductors in an intracontinental setting
    M.J. Comeau, M. Becken, J.A.D. Connolly, A. Grayver, A.V. Kuvshinov
    Geophysical Research Letters, 47(19) (2020)
    DOI: 10.1029/2020GL088455

    Multiscale 3-D inversion of the Hangai and Gobi-Altai magnetotelluric array in Mongolia: insights into intra-continental uplift and volcanism
    J.  S. Käufl, A. Grayver, M. J. Comeau, A. Kuvshinov, M. Becken u.a.
    Geophysical Journal International, 221 (2020, accepted)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggaa039

    Evidence for terrane boundaries and suture zones across Southern Mongolia detected with a 2-dimensional magnetotelluric transect
    M. J. Comeau, M. Becken, J. Käufl u.a.
    Earth, Planets and Space, 72 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1186/s40623-020-1131-6
     
    Electromagnetic modelling with topography on regular grids with equivalent materials
    J.  Kamm,  M. Becken, R. Abreu
    Geophysical Journal International, 220, 2021-2033 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz563
     
     
  • 2019

    Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in salt rocks from the German Zechstein Basin, Sondershausen mine
    F. C. Heinrich, V. Schmidt, M. Schramm, M. Mertineit
    Geophysical Journal International, 219, 690-712 (2019)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz326

    A novel semiairborne frequency-domain controlled-source electromagnetic system: three dimensional inversionof semiairborne data from the flight experiment over an ancient mining area near Schleitz, Germany
    M. Smirnova, M. Becken, C. Nittinger u.a.
    Geophysics, 84, E281-E292 (2019)
    DOI: 10.1190/GEO-0659.1.
  • 2018

    High-energy inundation events versusu long-term coastal processes - room for misinterpretation
    M. Spiske, A.-M. Garcia Garcia, S. Tsukamoto, V. Schmidt
    Sedimentology (2018)
    DOI: 10.1111/sed.12524

    Compressive sensing approach for two-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion using wavelet dictionaries
    C.G. Nittinger, M. Becken
    Geophysical Prospecting, 66,  664-672 (2018)
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2478.12605
     
    Evidence for fluid and melt generation in response to an asthenospheric upwelling beneath the Hangai Dome, Mongolia
    M. J. Comeau, J. S. Käufl, M. Becken, A. Kuvshinov, A. V. Grayver, J. Kamm, S. Demberel, U. Sukhbaatar, E. Batmagnai
    Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 487 , 201-209 (2018)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.007
     
    Using impressed current cathodic protection systems of pipelines for electromagnetic exploration
    T. Lindau, M. Becken
    Geophysics, 83 (2018)
    DOI: 10.1190/geo2017-0651.1
     
    Very high resolution electrical resistivity imaging of buried foundations of a Roman Villa near Nonnweiler, Germany
    O. Al-Saadi, V. Schmidt, M. Becken, T. Fritsch
    Archaeological Prospection, 25,3, 209-218 (2018)
     
    A multi-resolution approach to electromagnetic modeling
    M. Cherevatova, G. D. Egbert, M. Yu. Smirnov
    Geophysical Journal International, 153, 656-671 (2018)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy153
     
    A new reference model for 3D inversion of airborne magnetic data in hilly terrain - A case study from northern Sweden
    S. M. Abtahi, L. Börsting Pedersen, J. Kamm, T. Kalscheuer
    Geophysic, 83, 1 JF-Z3 (2018)
    DOI: 1190/GEO2016-0331.1
     
    Compressive sensing approach for two-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion using wavelet dictionaries
    C. G. Nittinger,  M. Becken
    Geophysical Prospecting, 66,  664-672 (2018)
    DOI:10.1111/1365-2478.12605
  • 2017

    Magnetic and mineralogical properties of salt rocks from the Zechstein of the Northern German Basin
    F. Heinrich, V. Schmidt, M. Sommer,  M. Mertineit
    Geophysical Journal International, 208, 1811-1831 (2017)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw488

     

  • 2016

    Inversion of magnetotelluric data in a sparse model domain
    C. G. Nittinger,  M. Becken
    Geophysical Journal International, 206, 1398-1409 (2016)
    DOI:10.1093/gji/ggw222

    Post-glacial reactivation of the Bollnäs fault, central Sweden - a multidisciplinary geophysical investigation
    A. Malehmir, M. Andersson, S. Mehta, B. Brodic, R. Munier, J. Place, G. Maries, C. Smith, J. Kamm, M. Bustani, H. Mikko, B. Lund
    Solid Earth, 7, 509-527( 2016)
    DOI: 10.5194/se-7-509-2016

    Extracting geoelectrical maps from vintage very-low-frequency airborne data, tipper inversion, and interpretation: A case study from northern Sweden
    S. M. Abtahi, L. Börsting Pedersen, J. Kamm, and T. Kalscheuer
    Geophysics, 81, B135- B137 (2016)
    DOI: 10.1190/GEO2015-0296.1

     

  • 2015

    A cylindrical guarded capacitor for spectral permittivity measurements of hard rock samples in the MHz-range
    V. Schmidt, W. Wilting, M. Gruse and N. Wagner
    Measurement Science and Technology, 26, 2015,
    DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233726/10/105902

  • 2014

    The Eyjafjallajökull volcanic system, Iceland: insights from elctromagnetic measurements
    M. P. Miensopust, A.  Jones, G. P. Hersir, A. M. Vilhjálmsson
    Geophysical Journal International, 199, 1187-1204 (2014)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu322

    Combination of seismic and resistivity tomography for the detection of abandoned mine workings in  Münster/WestfalenbGermany: Improved data interpretation by cluster analysis
    B. Kotyrba, V. Schmidt
    Near Surface Geophysics, 12,3, 415-426 (2014)
    DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2013056
  • 2013

    Robust processing of noisy land-based controlled-source electromagnetic data
    R. Streich, M. Becken, O. Ritter
    Geophysics, 78, 237-247 (2013)
    DOI: 10.1190/geo2013-0026.1

    Inversion of slingram electromagnetic induction data using a Born approximation
    J. Kamm, M. Becken, L.B. Pedersen
    Geophysics, 78, 201-212 (2013)
    DOI: 10.1190/geo2012-0484.1
     
    Using pattern recognition to automatically localize reflection hyperbolas in data from ground penetrating radar
    C. Maas, J. Schmalzl
    Computers and Geosciences (2013)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2013.04.012
     
    Magnetotelluric 3-D inversion - a review of two successful workshops on forward and inversion code testing and comparison
    M. P. Miensopust, P. Queralt,  A. Jones and the 3D MT modellers
    Geophysical Journal International,  193, 1216 - 1238 (2013)
    DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt066
  • 2012

    Magnetotelluric studies at the San Andreas fault zone: implications for the role of fluids
    M. Becken, O. Ritter
    Surveys in Geophysics 33, 65 - 105 (2012)
    DOI:10.1007/s10712-011-9144-0

  • 2011

    Correlation between deep fluids, tremor and creep along the central San Andreas fault
    M. Becken,  O. Ritter, P. Bedrosian, U. Weckmann
    Nature, 480, 87-90 (2011)
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10609

    Strategies for land-based controlled-source electromagnetic surveying in high-noise regions
    R. Streich, M. Becken, U. Matzander, O. Ritter
    The Leading Edge, 30, 1174-1181 (2011)
    Doi: 10.1190/1.3657078
     
    2.5D controlled source EM modeling with general 3D source geometries
    R. Streich, M. Becken, O. Ritter
    Geophysics, 76, 387 - 393 (2011)
    Doi: 10.1190/geo2011-0111.1
     
    Lithospheric structures and precambrian terrane boundaries in northeastern Botswana revealed through magnetotelluric profiling as part of the Southern African magnetotelluric experiment
    M. Miensopust,  A. G. Jones, M. R. Muller, X. Garcia, R.L. Evans
    Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, 116 (2011)
    Doi: 10.1029/2010JB007740
     
    Three-dimensional finite-element modelling of magnetotelluric data with a divergence correction
    C. Farquharson,  M. Miensopust
    Journal of Applied Geophysics 75, 699 - 710 (2011)
    Doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.09.025
     
    Sensitivity of controlled-source electromagnetic fields in planarly layered media
    R. Streich, M. Becken
    Geophysical Journal International, 187,  705 - 728 (2011)
    Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05203.x

    Artefacts of isotropic inversion applied to magnetotelluric data from an anisotropic Earth
    M. Miensopust,  A. Jones
    Geophysical Journal International,  187,  677 - 689 2011)
    Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05157.x

  • 2010

    Using an optical mouse sensor to track geophysical field measurements
    Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 7, 404-409 (2010)
    R. Klose,  J. Schmalzl
    Doi: 10.1088/1742-2132/7/4/007
     
    Electromagnetic fields generated by finite-length wire sources: comparison with point dipole solutions
    Geophysical Prospecting, 59, 361-374 (2010)
    R. Streich, M. Becken
    Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00926.x
     
    Imaging of CO² storage sites, geothermal reservoirs, and gas shales using controlled-source magnetotellurics: modeling studies
    R. Streich, M. Becken, O. Ritter
    Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry , 70, 63-75 (2010)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2010.05.004
     
    Lithospheric structures and precambrian terrane boundaries in northeastern Botswana revealed through magnetotelluric profiling as part of the Southern African Magnetotelluric Experiment
    M. P. Miensopust,  A. G. Jones, M. R. Muller, X. Garcia, R. L. Evans
    J. Geophys. Res., 116 (2010),  B02401 
    DOI:10.1029/2010JB007740
     
    Magnetic susceptibility as a tool to study deformed calcite with variable impurity content
    B. Almqvist,  M. Herwegh, V. Schmidt, T. Pettke, A. Hirt
    G³.  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11 (2010)
    DOI: 10.1029/2009C002900
  • < 2009

    Quantitative correlation of texture and magnetic anisotropy of compacted calcite-muscovite aggregates
    V. Schmidt,  A. Hirt, B. Leiss, L. Burlini, J. Waler
    Journal of structural Geology (2009), 31, 1062-1073

    Magnetic fabrics of the Morcles Nappe complex
    B. S. G. Almqvist, A. M. Hirt., et al.
    Tectonophysics (2009), 466 (1 - 2): 89 - 100

    Fabrication of synthetic calcite-muscovite rocks with variable texture - An analogue to cataclasite fabrics ?
    V. Schmidt, L. Burlini, et al.
    Tectonophysics (2008), 418 (1 - 4): 105 - 119
     
    A deep crustal fluid channel into the San Andreas fault system near Parkfield, California
    M. Becken, O. Ritter, S. K. Park, P. A. Bedrosian, U. Weckmann, M. Weber
    Geophys. J. Int. (2008), 173, 718 - 732
     
    Mode separation of magnetotelluric responses in three-dimensional environments
    M. Becken, O. Ritter, H. Burkhardt
    Geophys. J. Int. (2008), 172, 67 - 86
     
    Electromagnetic and Geoelectric Investigation of the Gurinai Structure, Inner Mongolia, NW China
    S. Hölz, D. Polag, M. Becken, R. Fiedler-Volmer, H. C. Zhang, K. Hartmann, H. Burkhardt
    Tectonophysics (2007), 445, 26 - 48
     
    Electrical resistivity image of the Jingtsu Graben at the NE margin of the Ejina Basin (NW China) and implications for the basin development
    M. Becken, S. Hölz, R. Fiedler-Volmer, K. Hartmann, B. Wünnemann
    Geophys. Res. Lett. (2007), 34, L09315
     
    Separation of diamagnetic and paramagnetic anisotropy by high-field, low-temperature torque measurements
    V. Schmidt, A. M. Hirt, et al.
    Geophysical Journal International (2007), 168(1): 40 - 47
     
    Magnetic anisotropy of carbonate minerals at room temperature and 77 K
    V. Schmidt, D. Gunther, et al.
    American Mineralogist (2007), 92 (10): 1673 - 1684
     
    Magnetic anisotropy of carbonate minerals at room temperature
    V. Schmidt, D. Gunther, et al.
    Tectophysics (2006), 418(1 - 2): 62 - 73
     
    Equivalent images derived from  very-low-frequency (VLF) profile data
    L. B. Pedersen, M. Becken
    Geophysics (2005), 70, G42 - G50
     
    An ellipticity criterion in magnetotelluric tensor analysis
    M. Becken, H. Burkhardt
    Geophys. J. Int. (2004), 159, 69 - 82
     
    Transformation of VLF anomaly maps into apparent resistivities and phases
    M. Becken, L. B. Pedersen
    Geophysics (2003), 68, 497 - 505
     
    Unterdrückung von Störwellen in der Nahseismik durch Mehrkomponentenverfahren
    V. Schmidt, P. Schikowsky
    Leipziger Geowissenschaften (2002), 14: 107 - 120
     
    Beiträge zum Strukturbau des Präzechsteins im Bereich des NE-Abschnittes des DEKORP-Profiles BASIN'96 auf der Grundlage reprozessierter industrieseismischer Felddaten
    P. Mayer, H. Zöllner, et al.
    Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften (2001), 29:206 - 273
     
     
     
    Publikationen Polargeophysik

    Surface lowering, accumulation and glacier retreat of the King George Island ice cap
    M. Rückamp, M. Braun, S. Suckro, N. Blindow
    Global and Planetary Change (2010)

    Dynamics of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica - Field Measurements and numerical simulations
    M. Rückamp, N. Blindow, S. Suckro, A. Humbert
    Annals of Glaciology. (2010), 51, 80 - 90
    Doi: 10.3189/172756410791392817

    Geometry and thermal regime of the King George Island ice cap, Antarctica from GPR and GPS measurements
    N. Blindow, S. Suckro, M. Rückamp, M. Braun, M. Schindler, B. Breuer, H. Saurer, J. Simoes, M. Lange
    Annals of Glaciology (2010), 51(55), 103 - 109
    Doi: 10.3189/172756410791392691

    Benchmark Experiments for higher-order and full-stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP-HOM)
    F. Pattyn, L. Perichon, A. Aschwanden, B. Breuer, B. de Smet, O. Gagliardini, G. H. Gudmundsson, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, A. Hubbard, J.V. Johnson, T. Kleiner, Y. Konovalov, C. Martin, A. J. Payne, D. Pollard, S. Price, M. Rückamp, F. Saito, O. Soucek, S. Sugiyama und T. Zwinger
    The Cryosphere (2008), 2, 95 - 108
    Doi: 10.5194/Tc-2-95-2008

    Bestimmung von Eishöhenveränderungen in Grönland
    W. Korth, W. Adler, U. Hoffmann, U. Münster, F. Polte, M. Rückamp
    Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen 3, (2008)

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