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Prof. Dr. Markus Fuchs

Physical Geography

Prof. Dr. Markus Fuchs
Director Department of Geography


Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Department of Geography 
Physical Geography
Senckenbergstr. 1 (Postal Address)
Schlossgasse 7 (Visiting Address)
35390 Giessen
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+49 (0) 641 99-36205
+49 (0) 641 99-36259


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News  
New funded projects:
  • Diachronism in the formation of Pleistocene river terraces: Deciphering an inherent component of fluvial systems by means of high-resolution luminescence dating of terrace sediments of the Regnitz catchment (Upper Franconia).

  • Landscape evolution in the highlands of northeastern Iran reconstructed from late Pleistocene-Holocene sedimentary archives.
 
  • Floodplain evolution and its human influence since the Early Middle Ages: The Wiesent river system of the Northern Franconian Alb.
New Publications:
  • Fuchs, M., Lomax. J., Junge, A., Langgut, D., Dunseth, Z. C., Shahack-Gross, R. & Finkelstein, I. 2025. Water Reservoirs and Cisterns: Effects of manual digging on sediment bleaching for OSL dating and the potential use of pollen from infill deposits as an environmental archive in a desert environment. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie.

  • Geis, A.-L., Sontag-González, M., Kolb, T., Jain, M. &

    Fuchs, M. 2025. Multi-method luminescence dating of late Cenozoic northern Upper Rhine Graben fluvial sediments. Quaternary Geochronology.

  • Sontag-Gonzalez, M., Murari, M. K., Jain, M., Frouin, M. & Fuchs, M. 2025. Further investigations into the accuracy of infrared-radiofluorescence (IR-RF) and its inter-comparison with infrared photoluminescence (IRPL) dating. GChron.
 
  • Oehler, S., Stevens, T., Kolb, T., Possnere, G., & Fuchs, M. 2024. Combined optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating of aeolian dunes in Arctic Sweden. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 35, 172-187.

  • Seregély, T., Kothieringer, K., Jansen, D., Fuchs, M., Kolb, T., Schäfer, A. 2024. Long-lasting rural Settlement Continuity and Land Use during the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Central European low mountain ranges. European Journal of Archaeology. doi:10.1017/eaa.2024.2

  • Sontag-Gonzalez, M., Mittelstraß, D., Kreutzer, S. & Fuchs, M. 2024. Wavelength calibration and spectral sensitivity correction of luminescence measurements for dosimetry applications: Method comparison tested on the IR-RF of luminescence measurements for dosimetry applications: Method comparison tested on the IR-RF of K-feldspar. Radiation Measurements 159, 106876.

Research Interest Regional Interest
  • Geomorphology
  • Quarternary
  • Environmental Change
  • Man and Environment (Geoarchaeology)
  • Loess
  • Historic soil erosion / Sediment dynamic
  • Natural hazards
  • Luminescence dating
  • Germany
    (e.g. Hesse, Saxony, Franconia)
  • SE Europe & Armenia
  • Mediterranean
    (e. g. Israel, Jordan, Greece, Spain)
  • Iran
  • USA (California, Nevada)
  • Africa (S-Africa / Egypt)
Secretary  

Julia Jeretzky and Annette Briesemeister
Senckenbergstr. 1 (Postal Address)
Schlossgasse 7  (Visiting Address)
35390 Giessen
Fon: +49 (0) 641 - 99-36220/36241
Fax: +49 (0) 641 - 99-36259
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