Alexandre Kounov

PD Dr. Alexandre Kounov Departement Umweltwissenschaften, Botanik Universität Basel Bernoullistrasse, 32 CH-4056 Basel Switzerland Phone2: +41 (0) 61 267 35 10 Fax: +41 (0) 61 267 35 04 E-mail: a.kounov(at)unibas.ch URL Institution: https://duw.unibas.ch/en/ Personal URL: link

Key Publications of Alexandre Kounov (up to ten) :
Kounov, A., Gerdjikov, I., Vangelov, D., Balkanska, E., Lazarova, A., Georgiev, S. Blunt, E. and Stockli, D. (2017). First thermochronological constraints on the Cenozoic extension along the Balkan Fold-Thrust Belt (Central Stara Planina Mountain, Bulgaria). International Journal of Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s00531-017-1555-9

Kounov, A., Niedermann, S., de Wit, M.J., Codilean, A.T., Viola, G., Andreoli, M. and Christl, M. (2015). Cosmogenic 21Ne and 10Be reveal a more than 2 Ma alluvial fan flanking the Cape Mountains, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 118(2), 129-144.

Kounov, A., Wüthrich, E., Seward, D., Burg, J-P. and Stockli D. (2015). Low-temperature constraints on the Cenozoic thermal evolution of the Southern Rhodope Core Complex (Northern Greece). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104(5), 1337-1352.

Kounov, A. and Schmid, S.M. (2013). Fission-track constraints on the thermal and tectonic evolution of the Apuseni Mountains (Romania). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 207–233.

Kounov, A., Viola, G., Dunkl, I. and Frimmel, H.E. (2013). Southern African perspectives on the long-term morpho-tectonic evolution of cratonic interiors. Tectonophysics, 601, 177–191.

Kounov, A., Graf, J., von Quadt, A., Bernoulli, D., Burg, J-P., Seward, D., Ivanov, Z. and Fanning, M. (2012). Evidence for a "Cadomian" ophiolite and magmatic-arc complex in SW Bulgaria. Precambrian Research, 212–213, 275–295.

Kounov, A., Seward, D., Burg, J-P., Bernoulli, D., Ivanov, Z. and Handler, R. (2010). Geochronological and structural constraints on the Cretaceous thermotectonic evolution of the Kraishte zone (Western Bulgaria). Tectonics, 29, TC2002, doi:10.1029/2009TC002509.

Kounov, A., Viola, G., de Wit, M.J. and Andreoli, M. (2009). Denudation along the Atlantic passive margin: New insights from apatite fission-track analysis on the western coast of South Africa. In: Lisker, F., Ventura, B. and Glasmacher, U. (eds.): Thermochronological methods: from paleotemperature constraints to landscape evolution models. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 324, 287-306.

Kounov, A., Viola, G., de Wit, M.J. and Andreoli, M. (2008). A Mid Cretaceous paleo-Karoo River valley across the Knersvlakte plain (northwestern coast of South Africa): Evidence from apatite fission-track analysis. South African Journal of Geology, 111, 409-420.

Kounov, A., Niedermann, S., de Wit, M.J., Viola, G., Andreoli, M. and Erzinger, J. (2007). Present denudation rates at selected sections of the South African escarpment and the elevated continental interior based on cosmogenic 3He and 21Ne. South African Journal of Geology, 110, 235-248.

Kounov, A., Seward, D., Bernoulli, D., Burg, J-P. and Ivanov, Z. (2004). Thermotectonic evolution of an extensional dome: the Cenozoic Osogovo-Lisets core complex (Kraishte zone, western Bulgaria). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 93, 1008-1024.



Expertise of Alexandre Kounov:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Lithosphere	Tectonics
	Morphodynamics

Specialties of Alexandre Kounov:
Structural geology and Tectonics
Low temperature thermochronology.
Fission Track analysis.
Cosmogenic nuclides surface dating.
Paleo-stress analysis


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