Adrian Pfiffner

Prof. emerit. Adrian Pfiffner Professor emeritus Institut für Geologie Universität Bern Baltzerstrasse 1+3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Phone: +41 (0) 31 631 87 57 Phone2: +41 (0) 31 631 87 61 Fax: +41 (0) 31 631 48 43 E-mail: adrian.pfiffner(at)geo.unibe.ch URL Institution: www.geo.unibe.ch Personal URL: link Phone: +41 (0) 31 631 87 57 Phone2: +41 (0) 31 631 87 61 Fax: +41 (0) 31 631 48 43 E-mail: adrian.pfiffner(at)geo.unibe.ch URL Institution: www.geo.unibe.ch Personal URL: link

Additional functions:
Member Swiss Federal Comm. of Geology (EGK);

Ombudsperon University of Bern ;

Pres. Scientific Council of UNESCO World Heritage site "Tectonic Arena Sardona"


Key Publications of Adrian Pfiffner (up to five) :
Pfiffner, O. Adrian (2009) Geologie der Alpen. - UTB/Haupt Verlag

Pfiffner, O.A., Schlunegger, F. and Buiter, S.J.H. (2002): The Swiss Alps and their peripheral foreland basin: stratigraphic response to deep crustal processes. – Tectonics, 21/2, 3-1 – 3-16.

Pfiffner, O. A., Ellis, S. and Beaumont, C. (2000): Collision tectonics in the Swiss Alps: insight from geodynamic modeling. – Tectonics, 19/6, 1065-1094.

Pfiffner, O.A., Lehner, P., Heitzmann, P., Mueller, St. & Steck, A. - Deep Structure of the Swiss Alps: Results of NRP 20.- Birkhäuser, Basel, 380 pp.


Expertise of Adrian Pfiffner:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Lithosphere	Lithosphere
	Tectonics
	Morphodynamics
Time Frame	Time Frame
	Past
	Past: Quarternary
	Past: Tertiary
	Past: Cretaceous
	Past: Jurassic
	Past: Triassic
	Past: Palaeozoic
	Recent / Today
Time Scale	Time Scale
	100 kyr
	Billenial (Mio yrs)
Methods	Method
	Data Collection - Measurement
	Literature Study
	Modeling
	Integrated Assessment
GeoForum General-Technology	Technologies, Engineering, Physics
GeoForum Geo-Technology	Rock and Soil Mechanics
	Geodesy and Photogrammetry
	Cartography

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