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  1. Kremer K., Fabbri S.C., Evers F.E., Schweizer N and Wirth S.B. (2022) Traces of a prehistoric and potentially tsunamigenic mass movement in the sediments of Lake Thun (Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 115:13, https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-022-00405-0.
  2. Cojean A.N.Y., Kremer K., Bartosiewicz M., Fabbri S.C., Lehmann M.F. and Wirth S.B. (2021) Morphology, Formation, and Activity of Three Different Pockmark Systems in Peri-Alpine Lake Tun Switzerland. Frontiers in Water 3, https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.666641.
  3. Wirth S.B., Bouffard D. & Zopfi J. (2020) Lacustrine groundwater discharge through giant pockmarks (Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland). Frontiers in Water 2:13, doi:10.3389/frwa.2020.00013.
  4. Wirth S.B., Carlier C., Cochand F., Hunkeler D. & Brunner P. (2020) Lithological and tectonic control on groundwater contribution to stream discharge during low-flow conditions. Water 12, 821, https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030821.
  5. Kremer K., Gassner-Stamm G., Grolimund R., Wirth S.B., Strasser M. & Fäh D. (2020) A database of potential paleoseismic evidence in Switzerland. Journal of Seismology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-020-09908-5.
  6. Schulte L., Wetter O., Wilhelm B., Peña J.C., Amann B., Wirth S.B., Carvalho F. & Gómez-Bolea A. (2019) Integration of multi-archive datasets for the development of a four-dimensional paleoflood model of alpine catchments. Global and Planetary Change, 180, 66-88. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818118307318
  7. Carlier C., Wirth S.B., Cochand F., Hunkeler D. & Brunner P. (2019) Exploring geological and topographical controls on low flows with hydrogeological models. Groundwater 57, 48-62. https://.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12845
  8. Carlier C., Wirth S.B., Cochand F., Hunkeler D. & Brunner P. (2018) Geology controls streamflow dynamics. Journal of Hydrology 566, 756-769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydrol.2018.08.069
  9. Kremer K., Wirth S.B., Reusch A., Fäh D., Bellwald B., Anselmetti F.S., Girardclos S. & Strasser M. (2017) Lake-sediment based paleoseismology: limitations and perspectives from the Swiss Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews 168, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.04.026
  10. Dahl T.W. & Wirth S.B. (2017) Molybdenum isotope fractionation and speciation in a euxinic lake – testing ways to discern isotope fractionation processes in a sulfidic setting. Chemical Geology 460, 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.04.018
  11. Wirth S.B. & Sessions A.L. (2016): Plant-wax D/H ratios in the southern European Alps record multiple aspects of climate variability. Quaternary Science Reviews 148, 176-191.
  12. Glur L., Stalder N., Wirth S.B., Gilli A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2015) Alpine lacustrine varved record reveals summer temperature as main control of glacier fluctuations over the past 2250 years. The Holocene, 10.1177/0959683614557572.
  13. Wirth S.B., Glur L., Gilli A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2013) Holocene flood frequency across the Central Alps - Solar forcing and evidence for variations in North Atlantic atmospheric circulation. Quaternary Science Reviews 80, 112-128.
  14. Glur L., Wirth S.B., Büntgen U, Gilli A., Haug G.H., Schär C., Beer J. & Anselmetti F.S. (2013) Frequent floods in the European Alps coincide with cooler periods of the past 2500 years. Nature Scientific Reports 3, DOI: 10.1038/srep02770.
  15. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Simonneau A., Ariztegui D., Vannière B., Glur L., Chapron E., Magny M. & Anselmetti F.S. (2013) A 2000-year long seasonal record of floods in the southern European Alps. Geophysical Research Letters 40, 4025–4029, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50741.
  16. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Niemann H., Dahl T.W., Ravasi D., Sax N., Hamann Y., Peduzzi R., Peduzzi S., Tonolla M., Lehmann M.F. & Anselmetti F.S. (2013) Combining sedimentological, trace metal (Mn, Mo) and molecular evidence for reconstructing past water-column redox conditions: The example of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Swiss Alps). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 120, 220-238.
  17. Thevenon F., Wirth S.B., Fujak M., Poté, J. & Girardclos S. (2013) Human impact on the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic elements to peri-alpine lakes (Switzerland) over the last decades. Aquatic Sciences 75, 413-424, doi:10.1007/s00027-013-0287-6.
  18. Magny, M., Combourieu-Nebout, N., de Beaulieu, J.L., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Colombaroli, D., Desprat, S., Francke, A., Joannin, S., Ortu, E., Peyron, O., Revel, M., Sadori, L., Siani, G., Sicre, M.A., Samartin, S., Simonneau, A., Tinner, W., Vannière, B., Wagner, B., Zanchetta, G., Anselmetti, F., Brugiapaglia, E., Chapron, E., Debret, M., Desmet, M., Didier, J., Essallami, L., Galop, D., Gilli, A., Haas, J.N., Kallel, N., Millet, L., Stock, A., Turon, J.L. and Wirth, S. (2013) North-south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses. Climate of the Past 9, 2043-2071.
  19. Vannière B., Magny M., Joannin S., Simonneau A., Wirth S.B., Hamann Y., Chapron E., Gilli A., Desmet M. & Anselmetti F.S. (2013) Orbital changes, variation in solar activity and increased anthropogenic activities: controls on the Holocene flood frequency in the Lake Ledro area, Northern Italy. Climate of the Past 9, 1193-1209.
  20. Simonneau A., Chapron E., Vannière B., Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Di Giovanni C., Anselmetti F.S., Desmet M. & Magny M. (2013) Mass-movement and flood-induced deposits in Lake Ledro, southern Alps, Italy: implications for Holocene palaeohydrology and natural hazards. Climate of the Past 9, 825–840.
  21. Niemann H., Stadnitskaia A., Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Anselmetti F.S., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., Schouten S., Hopmans E.C. & Lehmann M.F. (2012) Bacterial GDGTs in Holocene sediments and catchment soils of a high Alpine lake: application of the MBT/CBT-paleothermometer. Climate of the Past 8, 889–906, doi:10.5194/cp-8-889-2012.
  22. Ravasi, D.F., Peduzzi, S., Guidi, V., Peduzzi, R., Wirth, S.B., Gilli, A. & Tonolla, M. (2012) Development of a real-time PCR method for the detection of fossil 16S rDNA fragments of phototrophic sulfur bacteria in the sediments of Lake Cadagno. Geobiology 10, 196-204, DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00326.x.
  23. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Glur L., Anselmetti F.S., Ariztegui D., Simonneau A., Chapron E., Vannière B. & Magny M. (2012) Reconstructing the seasonality of late Holocene flood events using varved lake sediments of Lake Ledro (Southern Alps, Italy). Terra Nostra, 2012/1.
  24. Wirth S.B., Girardclos S., Rellstab C. & Anselmetti F.S. (2011) The sedimentary response to a pioneer geo-engineering project: Tracking the Kander River deviation in the sediments of Lake Thun (Switzerland). Sedimentology 58, 1737-1781, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01237.x.

Book chapters

  • Vescovi E., Tinner W., Beer R., van Leeuwen J.F.N., Steinhauser U., Ziegler S., Gilli A., Wirth S.B., Samartin S., Jacquat C. & Carraro G. (2018) Vegetation History of the Upper Leventina Valley from Neolithic to Roman Times, Recorded by Pollen, Spores, Plant Macrofossils, and Charcoal. In: The Leventina Prehistoric Landscape (Alpine Ticino Valley, Switzerland) (ed. Philippe Della Casa). Zurich Studies in Archeology, Vol. 12, p. 207-225.

  • Gilli A., Anselmetti F.S., Glur L. & Wirth S.B. (2013) Lake sediments as archives of recurrence rates and intensities of past flood events. In: Dating torrential processes on fans and cones - Methods and their application for hazard and risk assessment (eds. M. Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, M. Stoffel and F. Rudolf-Miklau). Advances in Global Change Research, Springer, v. 47, pp. 225-242, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4336-6_15.

Theses

  • Wirth S.B. (2013) ‘The Holocene flood history of the Central Alps reconstructed from lacustrine sediments: Frequency, intensity and controlling climate factors’. PhD thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Diss ETH No. 20860, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
    Link to ETH e-collection
  • Wirth S.B. (2008) ‘Lake Thun sediment record: 300 years of human impact, flood events and subaquatic slides.’ MSc thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
    Link to ETH e-collection

Outreach and Media

Media reports on the research on pockmarks (Lake Biel and Lake Neuchatel):

  • Newspaper article in 'Bieler Tagblatt' – 5 Dec 2018
  • Article in the customer magazine 'EnergiePlus' of the Energie service Biel/Bienne ESB – July 2018
  • RTS television interview – Couleurs d'été, 8 Aug 2016 (Link)
  • Newspaper article in 'L'Express', 19 March 2016
  • Radio Interview RTN (Radio Télévision Neuchâtel), broadcasted 5 and 6 March 2016
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Wirth S.B., Glur L., Gilli A., Anselmetti F.S. (2015) Wenn Hochwasser ihre Spuren in Seesedimenten hinterlassen - Des crues enfouis dans les sédiments lacustres. Geopanorama, 1/2015.

International conference contributions (first author)

  1. Wirth S.B., Cheng L., Kremer K. & Schulte L. (2019) Early river deviations in the Swiss Alps and their effects on the lake system of Lake Thun. INQUA Conference Dublin. (Talk)

  2. Wirth S.B., Anselmetti F.S., Bouffard D., Fabbri S.C., Kipfer R. & Zopfi J. (2018) Lacustrine pockmarks as hot spots of subaquatic groundwater discharge: case studies from peri-alpine lakes in Switzerland. IPA-IAL Conference, Stockholm. (Poster)
  3. Wirth S.B., Bouffard D., Kipfer R. & Zopfi J (2018) Giant pockmarks in Lake Neuchatel (Switzerland): new evidence for sublacustrine karst groundwater discharge. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Talk)
  4. Wirth S.B., Carlier C., Cochand F., Hunkeler D. & Brunner P. (2017) Exploring the geological controls on groundwater storage and discharge dynamics in the Swiss alpine foreland. International Meeting of Sedimentology IMS, Toulouse.
  5. Wirth S.B., Gilli A. & Sessions A.L. (2016) Multi-proxy sedimentary record from Lake Ghirla (N-Italy) reveals hydro-climatic variations and periods of anthropogenic activities during the past 13 kyrs. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Poster)
  6. Wirth S.B. (2015) Dynamik von Hochwassern in den Alpen während der letzten 10'000 Jahre. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Berlin. (Talk, invited)
  7. Wirth S.B. & Sessions A.L. (2015) Leaf wax D/H ratio reflects Younger Dryas-Holocene climate variability in the southern European Alps. Plant Wax Congress, Monte Verità, Switzerland. (Talk as Young Researcher)
  8. Wirth S.B. & Gilli A. (2015) Annual 18O/16O composition of authigenic calcite in varved lake sediments reflects regional air temperature. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Poster)
  9. Wirth S. B. (2014) Holocene precipitation variation in the northwestern Mediterranean: what is the role of solar, volcanic and ENSO forcing? PAGES Workshop: ‘Past as Prologue: Holocene Climate as Context for Future Climate Change’. (Talk)
  10. Wirth S.B., Glur, L., Gilli, A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2014) FloodAlp! Frequency and climatic forcing of Holocene floods in the Central Alps - a project summary. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Talk)
  11. Wirth, S.B., Sessions, A.L. & Gilli, A. (2014) The mid- to late-Holocene δD signal of n-alkanoic acids in lake sediments from the Southern Alps. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Poster)
  12. Wirth, S.B., Gilli, A., Simonneau, A., Ariztegui, D., Vannière, B., Glur, L., Chapron, E., Magny, M. & Anselmetti, F.S. (2014) Changes in flood seasonality in Northern Italy during the past 2000 years. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Poster)
  13. Wirth, S.B., Gilli, A., Simonneau, A., Ariztegui, D., Vannière, B., Glur, L., Chapron, E., Magny, M. & Anselmetti, F.S. (2013) A 2000-year long seasonal record of floods in the southern European Alps reconstructed from varved lake sediments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. (Talk, invited)
  14. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Niemann H., Dahl T.W., Ravasi D., Lehmann M.F., Peduzzi R., Peduzzi S., Tonolla M. & Anselmetti F.S. (2012) Geochemical and bacterial evidence for 9800 years of meromixis and euxinia in alpine Lake Cadagno. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts. (Talk)
  15. Wirth S.B., Glur L., Gilli A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2012) FloodAlp! – The Holocene flood history of the Central Alps reconstructed from multiple lacustrine sediment records. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Talk)
  16. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Niemann H., Dahl T.W., Ravasi D., Lehmann M.F., Peduzzi R., Peduzzi S., Tonolla M. & Anselmetti F.S. (2012) 9800 years of meromixis and euxinia in Lake Cadagno (Swiss Alps): Sedimentary and biogeochemical evidence for the formation of a permanently stable chemocline. EGU General Assembly Abstracts. (Poster)
  17. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Glur L., Anselmetti F.S. Ariztegui D., Simonneau A., Chapron E., Vannière B. & Magny M. (2012) Reconstructing the seasonality of late Holocene flood events using varved lake sediments of Lake Ledro (Southern Alps, Italy). 3rd PAGES Varves Working Group Workshop, Manderscheid, Germany. (Talk)
  18. Wirth S.B., Glur L., Gilli A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2011) XRF core scanning and CAT scans as tools for tracking the Holocene flood frequency in Lake Ghirla (Southern Alps, N-Italy). 5th International Limnogeological Congress Abstracts. (Poster)
  19. Wirth S.B., Gilli A., Niemann H., Dahl T.W., Lehmann M.F. & Anselmetti F.S. (2011) Holocene flood frequency and redox state evolution in meromictic Lake Cadagno (Southern Alps, Switzerland). XVIII. INQUA Congress Abstracts. (Poster)
  20. Wirth S.B., Glur L., Gilli A. & Anselmetti F.S. (2010) Holocene flood history of the Central Alps reconstructed from terrigenous layers in lacustrine sediments (FloodAlp project). 18th International Sedimentological Congress Abstracts. (Talk)