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Publications

W. Aeschbach (-Hertig)

Journal papers, book chapters, proceedings

2024

  • Ram, R., E. M. Adar, Y. Yechieli, R. Yokochi, W. Aeschbach, M. Armon, D. K. Solomon, R. Purtschert, A. M. Seltzer, K. L. Urbach, M. Bishof, P. Mueller, J. C. Zappala, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, and I. J. Reznik, 2024. Deep desert aquifers as an archive for Mid- to Late Pleistocene hydroclimate: An example from the southeastern Mediterranean. Sci. Total Environ. 951: 175737, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175737.
  • Lopez-Elorza, M., T. Weißbach, M. B. Muñoz-García, T. Kluge, W. Aeschbach, and J. Martín-Chivelet, 2024. Fabric and fluid inclusions characterization of a stalagmite from Eastern Spain: A precondition for noble gas analysis by step-crushing methodology. Minerals 14: 267, doi:10.3390/min14030267.
  • Winter, T., W. Aeschbach, and F. Einsiedl, 2024. Reconstruction of the Pleistocene paleoclimate from deep groundwater in Southern Germany from noble gas temperatures linked with organic radiocarbon dating. Water Resour. Res. 60: e2023WR035644, doi:10.1029/2023WR035644.
  • Müller, T., G. de Rooij, N. Trauth, M. Schmidt, H. Al Badi, and W. Aeschbach, 2024. Noble gases in groundwater reflect wet-season temperature in an arid, monsoonal, and mountainous environment. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 626: 118534, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118534.

2023

  • Aeschbach, N., D. Röck, K. Foshag, E. Engelhardt, L. Mosmann, and W. Aeschbach, 2023. Climate Physics meets Education for Sustainable Development – How to address wicked problems through blended learning. HINT Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching 4: 47–71, doi:10.11588/hint.2023.1.101927.
  • Aeschbach, W., und N. Aeschbach, 2023. Physikalische Grundlagen des Klimawandels. In: Nikendei, C., T.J. Bugai, A. Cranz, A. Herrmann, und J. Tabatabai (Hrsg.), Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin – Wissen und Handlungsstrategien für den klinischen Alltag und die medizinische Lehre im Klimawandel, 1. Auflage, 2023, HeiCuMed, Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg: 3–9. ISBN 978-3-00-074681-9.
  • Weissbach, T., T. Kluge, S. Affolter, M. C. Leuenberger, H. Vonhof, D. F. C. Riechelmann, J. Fohlmeister, M.-C. Juhl, B. Hemmer, Y. Wu, S. F. Warken, M. Schmidt, N. Frank, and W. Aeschbach, 2023. Constraints for precise and accurate fluid inclusion stable isotope analysis using water-vapour saturated CRDS techniques. Chem. Geol. 617: 121268, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121268.
  • Purtschert, R., A.J. Love, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, G.-M. Yang, S. Fulton, D. Wohling, P. Shand, W. Aeschbach, L. Bröder, P. Müller, and Y. Tosaki, 2023. Residence times of groundwater along a flow path in the Great Artesian Basin determined by 81Kr, 36Cl and 4He: Implications for palaeo hydrogeology. Sci. Total Environ. 859: 159886, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159886.

2022

  • Platt, U., W. Aeschbach und W. Kahl, 2022. Energie. In: Umwelt interdisziplinär. Grundlagen – Konzepte – Handlungsfelder. Meier, T., F. Keppler, U. Mager, U. Platt und F. Reents (Hrsg.). Heidelberg University Publishing. doi:10.11588/heidok.00031287.
  • Platt, U. und W. Aeschbach, 2022. Umweltphysik. In: Umwelt interdisziplinär. Grundlagen – Konzepte – Handlungsfelder. Meier, T., F. Keppler, U. Mager, U. Platt und F. Reents (Hrsg.). Heidelberg University Publishing. doi:10.11588/heidok.00031280.
  • Rädle, V., A. Kersting, M. Schmidt, L. Ringena, J. Robertz, W. Aeschbach, M. Oberthaler, and T. Müller, 2022. Multi-Tracer groundwater dating in Southern Oman using Bayesian modelling. Water Resour. Res. 58, e2021WR031776, doi:10.1029/2021WR031776.
  • Schwenk, C., S. Negele, C. M. Balagizi, W. Aeschbach, and B. Boehrer, 2022. High temperature noble gas thermometry in Lake Kivu, East Africa. Sci. Total Environ. 837: 155859, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155859.
  • Schwenk, C., F. Freundt, W. Aeschbach, and B. Boehrer, 2022. Extending Noble Gas Solubilities in Water to Higher Temperatures for Environmental Application. J. Chem. Eng. Data 67, 1164–1173. doi:10.1021/acs.jced.2c00009.

2021

  • Broers, H. P., J. Sültenfuß, W. Aeschbach, A. Kersting, A. Menkovich, J. de Weert, and J. Castelijns, 2021. Paleoclimate signals and groundwater age distributions from 39 public water works in the Netherlands; insights from noble gases and carbon, hydrogen and oxygen isotope tracers. Water Resources Research 57, e2020WR029058, doi:10.1029/2020WR029058.
  • Walraevens, K., A. Fernández-Lagunas, P. Blaser, W. Aeschbach, A. Vandenbohede, M. Van Camp, 2021. Understanding the mechanisms of groundwater recharge and flow in periglacial environments: New insights from the Ledo-Paniselian aquifer in Belgium. J. Contam. Hydrol. 241, 103819, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103819.
  • Vaikmäe, R., J. Pärn, V. Raidla, J. Ivask, E. Kaup, W. Aeschbach, C. Gerber, J.-M. Lemieux, R. Purtschert, A. Sterckx, T. Martma, and L. Vallner, 2021. Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater flow history in the Baltic Artesian Basin: a synthesis of numerical models and hydrogeochemical data. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 70: 152–164. doi:10.3176/earth.2021.11.
  • Seltzer, A. M., J. Ng, W. Aeschbach, R. Kipfer, J. T. Kulongoski, J. P. Severinghaus, and M. Stute, 2021. Widespread six degrees Celsius cooling on land during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature 593: 228–232, doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03467-6.

2020

  • Foshag, K., N. Aeschbach, B. Höfle, R. Winkler, A. Siegmund, W. Aeschbach, 2020. Viability of public spaces in cities under increasing heat: A transdisciplinary approach. Sustainable Cities and Society 59: 102215, doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102215.
  • Walraevens, K., P. Blaser, W. Aeschbach, M. Van Camp, 2020. A palaeoclimatic record from the Ledo-Panselian Aquifer in Belgium - indications for groundwater recharge and flow in a periglacial environment, Quat. Int., 547: 127–144, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.06.003.

2019

  • Sprenger, M., C. Stumpp, M. Weiler, W. Aeschbach, S. T. Allen, P. Benettin, M. Dubbert, A. Hartmann, M. Hrachowitz, J. W. Kirchner, J. J. McDonnell, N. Orlowski, D. Penna, S. Pfahl, M. Rinderer, N. Rodriguez, M. Schmidt, C. Werner, 2019. The demographics of water: A review of water ages in the critical zone. Rev. Geophys., 57: 800–834, doi:10.1029/2018RG000633.
  • Feng, Z., P. Bohleber, S. Ebser, L. Ringena, M. Schmidt, A .Kersting, P. Hopkins, H. Hoffmann, A. Fischer, W. Aeschbach, M. K. Oberthaler, 2019. Dating glacier ice of the last millennium by quantum technology. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116: 8781–8786, doi:10.1073/pnas.1816468116.
  • Raidla, V., J. Pärn, W. Aeschbach, S. Schloemer, G. Czuppon, J. Ivask, A. Marandi, H. Sepp, R. Vaikmäe, K. Kirsimäe, 2019. Origin and formation of methane in groundwater of glacial origin from the Cambrian-Vendian aquifer system in Estonia. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 251: 247–264, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.02.029.
  • Pärn, J., K. Walraevens, M. van Camp, V. Raidla, W. Aeschbach, R. Friedrich, J. Ivask, E. Kaup, T. Martma, J. Mažeika, R. Mokrik, T. Weissbach, R. Vaikmäe, 2019. Dating of glacial palaeogroundwater in the Ordovician-Cambrian aquifer system, northern Baltic Artesian Basin. Appl. Geochem. 102: 64–76, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.01.004.
  • Raidla, V., J. Pärn, W. Aeschbach, G. Czuppon, J. Ivask, M. Kiisk, R. Mokrik, V. Samalavičius, S. Suursoo, S. Tarros, T. Weissbach, 2019. Intrusion of Saline Water into a Coastal Aquifer Containing Palaeogroundwater in the Viimsi Peninsula in Estonia. Geosciences 9: 47, doi:10.3390/geosciences9010047.

2018

  • Ebser, S., A. Kersting, T. Stöven, Z. Feng, L. Ringena, M.Schmidt, T. Tanhua, W. Aeschbach, M. K. Oberthaler, 2018. 39Ar dating with small samples provides new key constraints on ocean ventilation. Nat. Commun. 9: 5046, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07465-7.
  • Jung, M., W. Aeschbach, 2018. A new software tool for the analysis of noble gas data sets from (ground)water. Environ. Modell. Software 103: 120–130, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.02.004.

2017

  • Gerber, C., R. Vaikmäe, W. Aeschbach, A. Babre, W. Jiang, M. Leuenberger, Z.-T. Lu, R. Mokrik, P. Müller, V. Raidla, T. Saks, H. N. Waber, T. Weißbach, J. C. Zappala, R. Purtschert, 2017. Using 81Kr and noble gases to characterize and date groundwater and brines in the Baltic Artesian Basin on the one-million-year timescale. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 205: 187–210, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.033.
  • Schmidt, G., S. Al Najem, M. Isenbeck-Schröter, F. Freundt, M. Kraml, W. Aeschbach, 2017.  87Sr/86Sr ratios in shallow and deep aquifers from the southern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany. Procedia Earth Planet. Sci. 17: 626-629.
  • Schmidt, G., S. Al Najem, M. Isenbeck-Schröter, F. Freundt, M. Kraml, W. Aeschbach, 2017. 87Sr/86Sr ratios in thermal water from the southern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany. Procedia Earth Planet. Sci. 17: 364-367.
  • Schmidt, G., S. Al Najem, M. Isenbeck-Schröter, F. Freundt, M. Kraml, R. Eichstädter, W. Aeschbach, 2017. 87Sr/86Sr ratios in shallow and deep aquifers and thermal water from the Eastern Boundary Fault of the northern Upper Rhine Graben at the Heidelberg Basin, Germany. Procedia Earth Planet. Sci. 17: 108-111.
  • Schmidt, G., S. Al Najem, M. Isenbeck-Schröter, F. Freundt, M. Kraml, R. Eichstädter, W. Aeschbach, 2017. Ascending deep fluids into shallow aquifer at hydraulically active segments of the Western Boundary Fault of the Rhine Graben, Germany: Constraints from 87Sr/86Sr ratios. Procedia Earth Planet. Sci. 17: 81-84.

2016

  • Müller, T., Osenbrueck, K., Strauch, G., Pavetich, S., Al-Mashaikhi, K.-S., Herb, C., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Aeschbach, W., Sanford, W., 2016. Use of multiple age tracers to estimate groundwater residence times and long-term recharge rates in arid southern Oman, Appl. Geochem. 74: 67-83.
  • Aeschbach, W. 2016. New perspectives for noble gases in oceanography, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 6550–6554, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012133.
  • Kaudse, T., R. Bani-Khalaf, R. Tuffaha, F. Freundt, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2016. Noble gases reveal the complex groundwater mixing pattern and origin of salinization in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan. Appl. Geochem. 66: 114-128.

2015

  • Wei W., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, Z. Chen, 2015. Identification of He sources and estimation of He ages in groundwater of the North China Plain. Appl. Geochem. 63: 182-189.

2014

  • Visser A., E. Fourré, F. Barbecot, L. Aquilina, T. Labasque, V. Vergnaud, B. K. Esse, Contributors from participating laboratories, 2014. Intercomparison of tritium and noble gases analyses, 3H/3He ages and derived parameters excess air and recharge temperature. Appl. Geochem. 50: 130-141.
  • Labasque T., L. Aquilina, V. Vergnaud, F. Barbecot, Contributors from participating laboratories, 2014. Inter-laboratory comparison of the analyses of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and three chlorofluorocarbons (CFC-11, -12 and -113) in groundwater and an air standard. Appl. Geochem. 50: 118-129.
  • Ritterbusch, F., S. Ebser, J. Welte, T. Reichel, A. Kersting, R. Purtschert, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. K. Oberthaler, 2014. Groundwater dating with Atom Trap Trace Analysis of 39Ar. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41: 6758–6764, doi: 10.1002/2014GL061120.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2014. Radiokrypton dating finally takes off. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 111: 6856-6857.
  • Kluge, T., T. Marx, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, C. Spötl, D.K. Richter, 2014. Noble gas concentrations in fluid inclusions as tracer for the origin of coarse-crystalline cryogenic cave carbonates. Chem. Geol. 368: 54-62.
  • Sander, T., T. Marx, J. Engel, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2014. Reproducibility and accuracy of noble gas measurements on water samples in the microlitre range. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 28: 42-48.

2013

  • Friedrich, R., G. Vero, C. von Rohden, B. Lessmann, R. Kipfer, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2013. Factors controlling terrigenic SF6 in young groundwater of the Odenwald region (Germany). Appl. Geochem. 33: 318–329.
  • Utting, N., B. Lauriol, N. Mochnacz, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, I. Clark, 2013. Noble gas and isotope geochemistry in western Canadian Arctic watersheds: tracing groundwater recharge in permafrost terrain. Hydrogeol. J. 21: 79-91.
  • Kluge, T., H. P. Affek, T. Marx, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D. F. C. Riechelmann, D. Scholz, S. Riechelmann, A. Immenhauser, D. K. Richter, J. Fohlmeister, A. Wackerbarth, A. Mangini, and C. Spotl, 2013. Reconstruction of drip-water d18O based on calcite oxygen and clumped isotopes of speleothems from Bunker Cave (Germany). Clim. Past 9: 377-391.
  • Freundt, F., T. Schneider and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2013. Response of noble gas partial pressures in soil air to oxygen depletion, Chem. Geol. 339: 283-290.
  • Jung, M., M. Wieser, A. von Oehsen and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2013. Properties of the closed-system equilibration model for dissolved noble gases in groundwater, Chem. Geol. 339: 291-300.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W. and D.K. Solomon, 2013. Noble gas thermometry in groundwater hydrology, in: Burnard, P. (Ed.), The noble gases as geochemical tracers. Advances in Isotope Geochemistry. Springer Verlag, pp. 81-122. Preprint

2012

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., and T. Gleeson, 2012. Regional strategies for the accelerating global problem of groundwater depletion. Nature Geoscience 5: 853-861.
  • Kluge, T., C. von Rohden, P. Sonntag, S. Lorenz, M. Wieser, W. Aeschbach-Hertig and J. Ilmberger, 2012. Localising and quantifying groundwater inflow into lakes using high-precision 222Rn profiles. J. Hydrol. 450-451: 70-81.
  • Utting, N., I. Clark, B. Lauriol, M. Wieser, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2012. Origin and flow dynamics of perennial groundwater in continuous permafrost terrain using isotopes and noble gases: Case study of the Fishing River, Northern Yukon, Canada. Permafrost and Periglac. Process. 23: 91-106.

2011

  • Wieser, M., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, T. Schneider, R. D. Deshpande, S. K. Gupta, 2011. A temperature and monsoon record derived from environmental tracers in groundwater of Northwest India. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems, and Climate Change Studies, IAEA, Monaco, 2011. IAEA-CN-186-029, Vol. 1: 7–14.
  • Sanford, W. E., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, A. Herczeg, 2011. Preface: Insights from environmental tracers in groundwater systems. Hydrogeol. J., 19:1–3.

2010

  • Kluge, T., D. F. C. Riechelmann, M. Wieser, C. Spötl, J. Sültenfuß, A. Schröder-Ritzrau, S. Niggemann, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2010. Dating cave drip water by tritium. J. Hydrol. 394: 396-406.
  • Newman, B. D., K. Osenbrück, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D. K. Solomon, P. Cook, K. Rozanski, and R. Kipfer, 2010. Dating of 'young' groundwaters using environmental tracers: advantages, applications, and research needs. Isotopes Environ. Health Studies 46: 259-278.
  • Kluge, T., M. Wieser, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2010. Assessing the use of 3H-3He dating to determine the subsurface transit time of cave drip waters. Isotopes Environ. Health Studies 46: 299-311.
  • Von Rohden, C., A. Kreuzer, Z. Chen, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2010. Accumulation of natural SF6 in the sedimentary aquifers of the North China Plain as a restriction on groundwater dating. Isotopes Environ. Health Studies 46: 279-290.
  • Blaser, P.C., R. Kipfer, H.H. Loosli, K. Walraevens, M. van Camp, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2010. A 40 ka record of temperature and permafrost conditions in northwestern Europe from noble gases in the Ledo-Paniselian Aquifer (Belgium). J. Quaternary Sci. 25: 1038-1044.
  • Welte, J., F. Ritterbusch, I. Steinke, M. Henrich, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, and M. K. Oberthaler, 2010. Towards the realization of atom trap trace analysis for 39Ar. New J. Phys. 12, 065031(14pp), doi:10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065031.
  • Von Rohden, C., A. Kreuzer, Z. Y. Chen, R. Kipfer, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2010. Characterizing the recharge regime of the strongly exploited aquifers of the North China Plain by environmental tracers. Water Resour. Res. 46, W05511, doi:10.1029/2008WR007660.
  • Blaser, P.C., M. Coetsiers, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, M. Van Camp, H.H. Loosli, and K. Walraevens, 2010. A new groundwater radiocarbon correction approach accounting for palaeoclimate conditions during recharge and hydrochemical evolution: The Ledo-Paniselian Aquifer, Belgium. Appl. Geochem. 25: 437-455.
  • Shotyk, W., M. Krachler, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, S. Hillier, and J. C. Zheng, 2010. Trace elements in recent groundwater of an artesian flow system and comparison with snow: enrichments, depletions, and chemical evolution of the water. J. Environ. Monit. 12: 208-217.

2009

  • Welte, J., I. Steinke, M. Henrich, F. Ritterbusch, M. K. Oberthaler, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, W. H. Schwarz, and M. Trieloff, 2009. Hyperfine spectroscopy of the 1s5-2p9 transition of 39Ar. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 113109, doi:10.1063/1.3257691.
  • Corcho Alvarado, J. A., F. Barbecot, R. Purtschert, M. Gillon, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, and R. Kipfer, 2009. European climate variations over the past half-millennium reconstructed from groundwater. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L15703, doi:10.1029/2009GL038826.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2009. Clean coal and sparkling water. Nature 458: 583-584.
  • Holzner, C. P., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. Simona, M. Veronesi, D. M. Imboden, and R. Kipfer, 2009. Exceptional mixing events in meromictic Lake Lugano (Switzerland/Italy), studied using environmental tracers. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 1113-1124.
  • Kreuzer, A. M., C. von Rohden, R. Friedrich, Z. Chen, J. Shi, I. Hajdas, R. Kipfer, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2009. A record of temperature and monsoon over the past 40 kyr from groundwater in the North China Plain. Chem. Geol. 259: 168-180.

2008

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., H. El-Gamal, M. Wieser, and L. Palcsu, 2008. Modeling excess air and degassing in groundwater by equilibrium partitioning with a gas phase. Water Resour. Res. 44, W08449, doi:10.1029/2007WR006454.
  • Kluge, T., T. Marx, D. Scholz, S. Niggemann, A. Mangini, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2008. A new tool for palaeoclimate reconstruction: Noble gas temperatures from fluid inclusions in speleothems. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 269: 407–414.
  • Scheidegger, Y., T. Kluge, R. Kipfer, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Wieler, 2008. Paleotemperature reconstruction using noble gas concentrations in speleothem fluid inclusions. PAGES News 16: 10–12.

2007

  • Kluge, T., J. Ilmberger, C. von Rohden, and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2007. Tracing and quantifying groundwater inflow into lakes using a simple method for radon-222 analysis. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1621–1631 (online).
  • Corcho Alvarado, J. A., R. Purtschert, F. Barbecot, C. Chabault, J. Rüedi, V. Schneider, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, and H.H. Loosli, 2007. Constraining the age distribution of highly mixed groundwater using 39Ar: a multiple environmental tracer (3H/3He, 85Kr, 39Ar and 14C) study in the semi-confined Fontainebleau Sands aquifer (France). Water Resour. Res. 43, W03427, doi:10.1029/2006WR005096.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., C. P. Holzner, M. Hofer, M. Simona, A. Barbieri, and R. Kipfer, 2007. A time series of environmental tracer data from deep meromictic Lake Lugano, Switzerland. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 257–273.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2007. Rebuttal of "On global forces of nature driving the Earth's climate. Are humans involved?" by L. F. Khilyuk and G. V. Chilingar, Env. Geol. 52: 1007–1009, DOI 10.1007/s00254-006-0519-3.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., H. El-Gamal, K. Dahab, R. Friedrich, R. Kipfer, I. Hajdas, 2007. Identifying and dating the origin of groundwater resources in reclamation areas of Egypt. In: Advances in Isotope Hydrology and its Role in Sustainable Water Resources Management (HIS-2007), Proceedings of a Symposium, Vienna, 21-25 May 2007. IAEA, Vienna, STI/PUB/1310, Vol. 2: 395–403.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2007. Book review of "Use of Chlorofluorocarbons in Hydrology: A Guidebook". Isotopes Environ Health Studies 43: 177-178.
  • Lippmann-Pipke, J., W. Aeschbach-Hertig (eds.), 2007. 4th Mini Conference on Noble Gases in the Hydrosphere and in Natural Gas Reservoirs. Abstract Volume. GFZ Potsdam, Germany, 28.02.-02.03.2007. doi 10.2312/GFZ.mga.050.

2006

  • Edmunds, W. M., J. Z. Ma, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, and D. P. F. Darbyshire, 2006. Groundwater recharge history and hydrogeochemical evolution in the Minqin Basin, North West China. Appl. Geochem. 21: 2148–2170.
  • Kreuzer, A., C. Zongyu, R. Kipfer and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 2006. Environmental Tracers in Groundwater of the North China Plain. In: Isotopes in Environmental Studies - Aquatic Forum 2004. IAEA, Vienna, C&S Papers Series 26/P: 136–139.

2005

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2005. A comment on "Helium sources in passive margin aquifers - new evidence for a significant mantle 3He source in aquifers with unexpectedly low in situ 3He/4He production" by M. C. Castro [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 222 (2004) 897-913], Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 240: 827–829.
  • Corcho Alvarado, J. A., R. Purtschert, K. Hinsby, L. Troldborg, M. Hofer, R. Kipfer, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, and H.-A. Synal, 2005. 36Cl in modern groundwater dated by a multi tracer approach (3H/3He, SF6, CFC-12 and 85Kr): A case study in quaternary sand aquifers in the Odense Pilot River Basin, Denmark. Appl. Geochem. 20: 599–609.

2004

  • Peeters, F., U. Beyerle, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. S. Brennwald, and R. Kipfer, 2004. Response to the comment by G. Favreau, A. Guero, and J. Seidel on “Improving noble gas based paleoclimate reconstruction and groundwater dating using 20Ne/22Ne ratios” (2003) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 67, 587–600. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68: 1437–1438.

2003

  • Beyerle, U., J. Rüedi, M. Leuenberger, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Peeters, R. Kipfer, and A. Dodo, 2003. Evidence for periods of wetter and cooler climate in the Sahel between 6 and 40 kyr BP derived from groundwater. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016310.
  • Brennwald, M. S., M. Hofer, F. Peeters, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, K. Strassmann, R. Kipfer, and D. M. Imboden, 2003. Analysis of dissolved noble gases in the porewater of lacustrine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 1: 51–62.
  • Holocher, J., F. Peeters, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, W. Kinzelbach, and R. Kipfer, 2003. Kinetic model of gas bubble dissolution in groundwater and its implications for the dissolved gas composition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 1337–1343.
  • Lehmann, B. E., A. Love, R. Purtschert, P. Collon, H. H. Loosli, W. Kutschera, U. Beyerle, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, S. K. Frape, A. Herczeg, J. Moran, I. Tolstikhin, and M. Gröning, 2003. A comparison of groundwater dating with 81Kr, 36Cl and 4He in four wells of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 211: 237–250.
  • Peeters, F., U. Beyerle, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, J. Holocher, M. S. Brennwald, and R. Kipfer, 2003. Improving noble gas based paleoclimate reconstruction and groundwater dating using 20Ne/22Ne ratios. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 67: 587–600.

2002

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., J. F. Clark, M. Stute, R. Reuter, and P. Schlosser, 2002. A paleotemperature record derived from dissolved noble gases in groundwater of the Aquia Aquifer (Maryland,USA). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66: 797–817.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., M. Hofer, M. Schmid, R. Kipfer, and D. M. Imboden, 2002. The physical structure and dynamics of a deep, meromictic crater lake (Lac Pavin, France). Hydrobiol. 487: 111–136.
  • Hofer M., F. Peeters, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. Brennwald, J. Holocher, D. M. Livingstone, V. Romanovski, and R. Kipfer, 2002. Rapid deep-water renewal in Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) indicated by transient tracers. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47: 1210–1216.
  • Holocher, J., F. Peeters, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. Hofer, M. Brennwald, W. Kinzelbach, and R. Kipfer, 2002. Experimental investigations on the formation of excess air in quasi-saturated porous media. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66: 4103–4117.
  • Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Peeters, and M. Stute, 2002. Noble gases in lakes and ground waters. In: Porcelli, D., C. Ballentine, R. Wieler (eds.), Noble gases in geochemistry and cosmochemistry. Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 47: 615–700.
  • Winckler, G., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, J. Holocher, R. Kipfer, I. Levin, C. Poss, G. Rehder, E. Suess, and P. Schlosser, 2002. Noble gases and radiocarbon in natural gas hydrates. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, DOI 10.1029/2001GL014013.
  • Kinzelbach, W., W. Aeschbach, C. Alberich, I. B. Goni, U. Beyerle, P. Brunner, W.-H. Chiang, J. Rüedi and K. Zoellmann, 2002. A survey of methods for analysing groundwater recharge in arid and semi-arid regions. Early Warning and Assessment Report Series UNEP/DEWA/RS.02-2, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., U. Beyerle, J. Holocher, F. Peeters and R. Kipfer, 2002. Excess air in groundwater as a potential indicator of past environmental changes. In: Study of Environmental Change using Isotope Techniques. IAEA, Vienna, C&S Papers Series 13/P: 174–183.
  • Huneau, F., B. Blavoux, W. Aeschbach-Hertig and R. Kipfer, 2002. Palaeogroundwaters of the Valréas Miocene aquifer (Southeastern France) as archives of the LGM/Holocene transition in the Western Mediterranean region. In: Study of Environmental Change using Isotope Techniques. IAEA, Vienna, C&S Papers Series 13/P: 84–90.

2001

  • Holocher, J., V. Matta, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, U. Beyerle, M. Hofer, F. Peeters, and R. Kipfer, 2001. Noble gas and major element constraints on the water dynamics in an alpine floodplain. Ground Water 39: 841–852.
  • Loosli, H. H., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Barbecot, P. Blaser, W. G. Darling, L. Dever, W. M. Edmunds, R. Kipfer, R. Purtschert, and K. Walraevens, 2001. Isotopic methods and their hydrogeochemical context in the investigation of palaeowaters. In: Edmunds, W. M. and C. J. Milne (eds.), Palaeowaters in Coastal Europe: Evolution of groundwater since the late Pleistocene. Geol. Soc. London Special Publications 189: 193–212.
  • Purtschert, R., U. Beyerle, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, and H. H. Loosli, 2001. Palaeowaters from the Glatt Valley, Switzerland. In: Edmunds, W. M. and C. J. Milne (eds.), Palaeowaters in Coastal Europe: Evolution of groundwater since the late Pleistocene. Geol. Soc. London Special Publications 189: 155–162.
  • Winckler, G., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, R. Botz, A. P. Rübel, R. Bayer, and P. Stoffers, 2001. Constraints on origin and evolution of Red Sea brines from a helium and argon isotopes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 184: 671–683.

2000

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., F. Peeters, U. Beyerle, and R. Kipfer, 2000. Palaeotemperature reconstruction from noble gases in ground water taking into account equilibration with entrapped air. Nature 405: 1040–1044.
  • Beyerle, U., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D. M. Imboden, H. Baur, T. Graf, and R. Kipfer, 2000. A mass spectrometric system for the analysis of noble gases and tritium from water samples. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 2042–2050.
  • Peeters, F., R. Kipfer, D. Achermann, M. Hofer, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, U. Beyerle, D.M. Imboden, K. Rozanski, and K. Fröhlich, 2000. Analysis of deep-water exchange in the Caspian Sea based on environmental tracers. Deep-Sea Res. I 47: 621–654 .
  • Weyhenmeyer, C. E., S. J. Burns, H. N. Waber, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, H. H. Loosli, and A. Matter, 2000. Cool glacial temperatures and changes in moisture source recorded in Oman groundwaters. Science 287: 842–845.
  • Winckler, G., R. Kipfer, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Botz, M. Schmidt, S. Schuler, and R. Bayer, 2000. Sub sea floor boiling of Red Sea Brines: New indication from noble gas data. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64: 1567-1575.

1999

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., M. Hofer, R. Kipfer, D. Imboden, and R. Wieler, 1999. Accumulation of mantle gases in a permanently stratified volcanic Lake (Lac Pavin, France). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63: 3357–3372.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., F. Peeters, U. Beyerle, and R. Kipfer, 1999. Interpretation of dissolved atmospheric noble gases in natural waters. Water Resour. Res. 35: 2779–2792.
  • Beyerle, U., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. Hofer, D.M. Imboden, H. Baur, and R. Kipfer, 1999. Infiltration of river water to a shallow aquifer investigated with 3H/3He, noble gases and CFCs. J. Hydrol. 220: 169–185.
  • Beyerle, U., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, F. Peeters, R. Kipfer, R. Purtschert, B. Lehmann, H. H. Loosli and A. Love, 1999. Noble gas data from the Great Artesian Basin provide a temperature record of Australia on time scales of 105 years. In: International symposium on isotope techniques in water resources development and management. IAEA, Vienna. IAEA-CSP-2/C (CD): 97–103.

1998

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., P.Schlosser, M. Stute, H. J. Simpson, A. Ludin, and J. F. Clark, 1998. A 3H/3He study of groundwater flow in a fractured bedrock aquifer. Ground Water 36: 661–670.
  • Beyerle, U., R. Purtschert, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D.M. Imboden, H.H. Loosli, R. Wieler, and R. Kipfer, 1998. Climate and groundwater recharge during the last glaciation in an ice-covered region. Science 282: 731–734.
  • Schlosser, P., S. D. Shapiro, M. Stute and W. Aeschbach-Hertig, 1998. Tritium/3He measurements in young groundwater: Chronologies for environmental records. In: Isotope techniques in the study of environmental change. IAEA, Vienna. p. 165–189.
  • Loosli, H. H., B. Lehmann, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, R. Kipfer, M. Edmunds, L. Eichinger, K. Rozanski, M. Stute and R. Vaikmäe, 1998. Tools used to study paleoclimate help in water management. EOS. 79: 576+582.

1997

  • Hofer, M., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, U. Beyerle, S. B. Haderlein, E. Hoehn, T. B. Hofstetter, A. Johnson, R. Kipfer, A. Ulrich, and D.M. Imboden, 1997. Tracers as essential tools for the investigation of physical and chemical processes in groundwater systems. Chimia 51: 941–946.

1996

  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., R. Kipfer, M. Hofer, D.M. Imboden, and H. Baur, 1996. Density-driven exchange between the basins of Lake Lucerne (Switzerland) traced with the 3H-3He method. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 707–721. 
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., R. Kipfer, M. Hofer, D.M. Imboden, R. Wieler, and P. Signer, 1996. Quantification of gas fluxes from the subcontinental mantle: The example of Laacher See, a maar lake in Germany. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60: 31–41.
  • Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, M. Hofer, R. Hohmann, D. M. Imboden, H. Baur, V. Golubev, and J. Klerkx, 1996. Bottomwater formation due to hydrothermal activity in Frolikha Bay, Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60: 961–971.

before 1996

  • Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, H. Baur, M. Hofer, D.M. Imboden, and P. Signer, 1994. Injection of mantle type helium into Lake Van (Turkey): The clue for quantifying deep water renewal. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 125: 357–370.
  • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., R. Kipfer, M. Hofer und D. M. Imboden, 1993. CO2 und andere Gase in vulkanischen Seen: Archiv magmatischer Prozesse. EAWAG Jahresbericht 1992: 27–28.
  • Wüest, A., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, H. Baur, M. Hofer, R. Kipfer, and M. Schurter, 1992. Density structure and tritium-helium age of deep hypolimnetic water in the northern basin of Lake Lugano. Aquat. Sci. 54: 205–218.
  • Wüest, A., W. Aeschbach, M. Hofer, R. Kipfer and M. Schurter, 1990. Dichtestruktur und Alter des hypolimnischen Tiefenwassers im Luganersee-Nordbecken. In: Limnological Aspects and Management of the Lake of Lugano. Swiss Limnological Society, Lugano.

    Theses

    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 1994. Helium and tritium as tracers for physical processes in lakes. Diss. ETH Nr. 10714, ETH Zürich.
    • Aeschbach, W., 1989. Vorstudie zur photoakustischen Stark-Spektroskopie mit Isotopen CO2-Lasern. Diplomarbeit, ETH Zürich.


    Scientific reports for a wider audience (in German)

    • Aeschbach, N., W. Aeschbach, 2023. Klimaphysik und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Geographische Rundschau 7/8-2023: 65.
    • Schwenk, C., S. Negele, C. M. Balagizi, W. Aeschbach, and B. Boehrer, 2023. Warum fehlen Edelgase im Tiefenwasser des Kivusees? Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft 16 (4): 230-235. doi:10.3243/kwe2023.04.001.
    • Oberthaler, M. und W. Aeschbach, 2021. Spurensuche in der Umwelt. Physik Journal 20 (11): 25-30. (invited)
    • Aeschbach, W., M. Oberthaler, 2018. Ultrakalte Atome. Die Geschichte des Eises. Ruperto Carola 13/2018: 72–79. (invited)
      https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/rupertocarola/article/view/23911/17598.
    • Aeschbach, W., 2018. Die Datierung von Wasser, in: Loureda, Ó. (Hrsg.), Wasser. Sammelband der Vorträge des Studium Generale der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Wintersemester 2015/2016. Heidelberg University Publishing, pp. 43–56. (invited)
      http://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/generale/issue/view/2366.
    • Kluge, T., Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2014. Verschlossene Vergangenheit. Tropfsteine als Klimaarchive. Ruperto Carola 5/14: 128-135.
    • Tröndle, T., U. Platt, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, K. Pfeilsticker, 2012. Erneuerbare Energie fur Europa. Physik in unserer Zeit, Vol. 43(6): 300-306.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2008. Jahrtausende alte Wasser. Ruperto Carola 2/08: 38–43. (online)
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2002. Klimaarchiv im Grundwasser. Physik in unserer Zeit 33 (4): 160–166.
    • Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, U. Beyerle, M. Brennwald, M. Hofer, J. Holocher und F. Peeters, 2001. Konservative Elemente auf neuen Wegen. EAWAG News 52D, September 2001: 20–21.
    • Kipfer, R., W. Aeschbach-Hertig, U. Beyerle und J. Holocher, 2000. Zeitreisen des Grundwassers. EAWAG News 49D, September 2000: 12–14.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., M. Hofer und R. Kipfer, 1998. Spurenstoffe zur Analyse von Wasserkreisläufen. EAWAG News 46D, Dezember 1998: 15–17.
    • Beyerle, U., R. Kipfer, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, D. Imboden und E. Hoehn, 1997. Eiszeitliches Grundwasser im oberen Glattal - ein Klimaarchiv der Vergangenheit. EAWAG Jahresbericht 1996: 63-65.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., R. Kipfer, M. Hofer und D. M. Imboden, 1993. CO2 und andere Gase in vulkanischen Seen: Archiv magmatischer Prozesse. EAWAG Jahresbericht 1992: 27–28.
       

    Newspaper articles

    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 2000. Luft im Grundwasser - kein Störfaktor mehr. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12. 7. 2000, S. 56.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 1998. Wie kalt war es in Zürich vor 20 000 Jahren? Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 4. 11. 1998, S. 69.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 1997. Kalte Vergangenheit – heisse Zukunft? Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 25. 6. 1997, S. 73.
    • Aeschbach-Hertig, W., 1997. Vierwaldst ättersee: helvetischer Modell-Ozean? Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16. 4. 1997, S. 65.
    • Aeschbach, W., 1987. Riesenteleskop für Europa. Tages-Anzeiger, 22. 12. 1987, S. 55.

       

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