Publications

Google Scholar Citations  |  Researcher ID: G-2066-2016

2023

Mandal, S.K., Kapannusch, R., Scherler, D., Barnes, J.B., Insel, N., Densmore, A. (2023): Cosmogenic nuclide tracking of sediment recycling from a frontal Siwalik range in the northwestern Himalaya, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 128, doi:10.1029/2023JF007164. Editor's highlight in EOS.

Wetterauer, K., Scherler, D. (2023): Spatial and temporal variations in rockwall erosion rates derived from cosmogenic 10Be in medial moraines at five valley glaciers around Pigne d'Arolla, Switzerland, Earth Surface Dynamics, vol. 11, p. 1013–1033, doi:10.5194/esurf-11-1013-2023.

Ott, R.F., Pérez-Consuegra, N., Scherler, D., Mora, A., Hupper, K.L., Braun, J., Hoke, G.D., Ruiz, J.R.S. (2023): Erosion rate maps highlight spatio-temporal patterns of uplift and quantify sediment export of the Northern Andes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 621, 118354, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118354.

Lodes, E., Scherler, D.,  van Dongen, R., Wittmann, H. (2023): The story of a summit nucleus: hillslope boulders and their effect on erosional patterns and landscape morphology in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera, Earth Surface Dynamics, doi:10.5194/esurf-11-305-2023.

Nanni, U., Scherler, D., Ayoub, F., Millan, R., Herman, F., Avouac, J.-P. (2023): Climatic control on seasonal variations in mountain glacier surface velocity, The Cryosphere, vol. 17, p. 1567–1583, doi:10.5194/tc-17-1567-2023. 

Gök, D.T., Scherler, D., Anderson, L.S. (2023): High-resolution debris-cover mapping using UAV-derived thermal imagery: limits and opportunities, The Cryosphere, vol. 17, p. 1165–1184, doi:10.5194/tc-17-1165-2023.

Ott, R.F., Scherler, D., Wegmann, K., D'Arcy, M.K., Pope, R.J., Ivy-Ochs, S., Christl, M., Vockenhuber, C., Rittenour, T.M. (2023): Paleo-denudation rates suggest variations in runoff drove aggradation during last glacial cycle, Crete, Greece. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 48, p. 386-405, doi:10.1002/esp.5492.

2022

Trichandi, R., Bauer, K., Ryberg, T., Scherler, D., Bataille, K., Krawczyk, C.M. (2022): Combined seismic and borehole investigation of the deep granite weathering structure - Santa Gracia Reserve case in Chile. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi:10.1002/esp.5457.

Wetterauer, K., Scherler, D., Anderson, L.S., Wittmann, H. (2022): Temporal evolution of headwall erosion rates derived from cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in the medial moraines of Glacier d'Otemma, Switzerland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 27, p. 2437-2454, doi:10.1002/esp.5386.

Dennis, D.P., Scherler, D. (2022): A Combined Cosmogenic Nuclides Approach for Determining the Temperature-Dependence of Erosion. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 127, e2021JF006580, doi:10.1029/2021JF006580.

2021

Mandal, S.K., Scherler, D., Wittmann, H. (2021): Tectonic accretion controls erosional cyclicity in the Himalaya. AGU Advances, vol. 2, e2021AV000487, doi:10.1029/2021AV000487.

Anderson, L.S., Armstrong, W.H., Anderson, R.S., Scherler, D., Petersen, E. (2021): The causes of debris-covered glacier thinning: Evidence for the importance of ice dynamics from Kennicott Glacier, Alaska. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 9:680995, doi:10.3389/feart.2021.680995.

Liu, S., Kruse, S., Scherler, D., Ree, R.H., Zimmermann, H.H., Stoof-Leichsenring, K.R., Epp, L.S., Mischke, S., Herzschuh, U. (2021): Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals a threat of warming-induced alpine habitat loss to Tibetan Plateau plant diversity. Nature Communications, vol. 12, 2995, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22986-4.

Schwanghart, W.,  Molkenthin, C., Scherler, D. (2021): A systematic approach and software for the analysis of point patterns on river networks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 6, p. 1847-1862, doi:10.1002/esp.5127.

2020

Scherler, D., Egholm, D.L. (2020): Production and transport of supraglacial debris: Insights from cosmogenic 10Be and numerical modeling, Chhota Shigri Glacier, Indian Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 125, e2020JF005586, doi:10.1029/2020JF005586.

Kapannusch, R., Scherler, D., King, G., Wittmann, H. (2020): Glacial influence on late Pleistocene 10Be-derived paleo-erosion rates in the north-western Himalaya, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 547,  doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116441.

Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2020): Divide mobility controls knickpoint migration on the Roan Plateau (Colorado, USA). Geology, vol. 48, doi:10.1130/G47054.1.

Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W. (2020): Drainage divide networks - Part 2: Response to Perturbations. Earth Surf. Dynam., vol. 8, p. 261-274, doi:10.5194/esurf-8-261-2020.

Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W. (2020): Drainage divide networks - Part 1: Identification and ordering in digital elevation models. Earth Surf. Dynam., vol. 8, p. 245-259, doi:10.5194/esurf-8-245-2020.

2019

Makhubela, T.V., Kramers, J.D., Scherler, D., Wittmann, H.,Dirks, P.H.G.M., Winkler, S.R. (2019): Effects of long soil surface residence times on apparent cosmogenic nuclide denudation rates and burial ages in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, vol. 44, p. 2968-2981, doi:10.1002/esp.4723.

van Dongen, R., Scherler, D., Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F. (2019): Cosmogenic 10Be in river sediment: where grain size matters and why. Earth Surf. Dynam., vol. 7, p. 393-410, doi:10.5194/esurf-7-393-2019.

Mandal, S.K., Scherler, D., Romer, R.L., Burg, J.-P., Guillong, M., Schleicher, A.M. (2019): Multi-proxy isotopic and geochemical analysis  of the Siwalik sediments in NW India: implication for the Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalaya. Tectonics, vol. 8, p. 120-143, doi:10.1029/2018TC005200.

2018

Scherler, D., Wulf, H., Gorelick, N. (2018): Global assessment of supraglacial debris cover extents. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, p. 11,798-11,805, doi:10.1029/2018GL080158.

Eugster, P., Thiede, R.T., Scherler, D., Stübner, K., Sobel, E.R., Strecker, M.R. (2018): Segmentation of the Main Himalayan Thrust Revealed by Low‐Temperature Thermochronometry in the Western Indian Himalaya. Tectonics, vol. 37(8), p. 2710-2726, doi:10.1029/2017TC004752.

Zhang, J-Y., Liu-Zeng, J., Scherler, D., Yin, A., Wang, W., Tang, M.-Y., Li, Z.-F. (2018): Spatiotemporal variation of late Quaternary river incision rates in southeast Tibet, constrained by dating fuvial terraces. Lithosphere, doi:10.1130/L686.1.

2017

Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2017): Bumps in river profiles: uncertainty assessment and smoothing using quantile regression techniques. Earth Surface Dynamics, vol. 5, p. 821-839, doi:10.5194/esurf-5-821-2017.

Wang, W., Godard, V., Zeng, J.-L., Scherler, D., Xu, C., Zhang, J., Xie, K., Bellier, O., Ansberque, C., de Sigoyer, J., A.S.T.E.R. Team (2017): Perturbation of fluvial sediment fluxes following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms, vol. 42, p. 2611-2622, doi:10.1002/esp.4210.

Scherler, D., DiBiase, R.A., Fisher, G.B., Avouac, J.-P. (2017): Testing monsoonal controls on bedrock river incision in the Himalaya and Eastern Tibet with a stochastic-threshold stream power model. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 122, p. 1389-1429, doi:10.1002/2016JF004011. Editor's highlight.

2016

Savi, S., Schildgen, T. F., Tofelde, S., Wittmann, H., Scherler, D., Mey, J., Alonso, R. N., Strecker, M. R. (2016): Climatic modulation of sedimentary processes and insights into late Quaternary landscape evolution: The Del Medio debris-flow fan, NW Argentina. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 121, p. 2424-2445, doi:10.1002/2016JF003912.

Dey, S., Thiede, R. C., Schildgen, T. F., Wittmann, H., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D., Strecker, M.R. (2016): Holocene internal shortening within the northwest Sub-Himalaya: Out-of-sequence faulting of the Jwalamukhi Thrust, India. Tectonics, vol. 35, doi:10.1002/2015TC004002.

Mey, J., Scherler, D., Wickert, A.D., Egholm, D.L., Tesauro, M., Schildgen, T.F., Strecker, M.R. (2016): Glacial isostatic uplift of the European Alps. Nature Communications, vol. 7, 13382, doi:10.1038/ncomms13382.

Ganti, V., von Hagke, C., Scherler, D., Lamb, M. P., Fischer, W. W., Avouac, J.-P. (2016): Time-dependent bias of erosion rates in glaciated landscapes linked to climate variability. Science Advances, vol. 2, e1600204, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1600204.

Dey, S., Thiede, R. C., Schildgen, T. F., Wittmann, H., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D., Jain, V., Strecker, M. R. (2016): Climate-driven sediment aggradation and incision since the Late Pleistocene in the NW Himalaya, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 449, p. 321-331, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.050.

Schildgen, T.F., Robinson, R.A.J., Savi, S., Phillips, W.M., Spencer, J.Q.G., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D., Tofelde, S., Alonso, R.N., Kubik, P.W., Binnie, S., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Strecker, M.R. (2016): Landscape response to late Pleistocene climate change in NW Argentina: Sediment flux and cosmogenic landslide signatures modulated by basin geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 121, p. 392-414, doi:10.1002/2015JF003607.

Scherler, D., Lamb, M.P., Rhodes, E.J., Avouac, J.-P. (2016), Climate-change versus landslide origin of fill terraces in an arid bedrock landscape: San Gabriel River, CA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 128(7-8), p. 1228-1248, doi:10.1130/B31356.1.

Eugster, P., Scherler, D., Thiede, R. C., Codilean, A. T., Strecker, M. R. (2016): Rapid Last Glacial Maximum deglaciation in the Indian Himalaya coeval with mid-latitude glaciers: New insights from 10Be dating of ice-polished bedrock surfaces in the Chandra Valley, NW Himalaya. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, p. 1589-1597, doi:10.1002/2015GL066077.

Wulf, H., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D. (2016): Differentiating between rain, snow, and glacier contributions to river discharge in the western Himalaya using remote-sensing data and distributed hydrological modeling. Advances in Water Resources, vol. 88, p. 152-169, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.12.004.

2015

Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Wulf, H., Preusser, F., Strecker, M.R. (2015): Increased late Pleistocene erosion rates during fluvial aggradation in the Garhwal Himalaya, northern India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 428, p. 255-266, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.034.

Acosta, V.T., Schildgen, T.F., Clarke, B.A., Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Wittmann, H., von Blanckenburg, F., Strecker, M.R. (2015): The effect of vegetation cover on millennial-scale landscape denudation rates. Lithosphere, vol. 7, p. 408-420, doi:10.1130/L402.1.

Mey, J., Scherler, D., Strecker, M.R., Zeilinger, G. (2015): Estimating the fill thickness and bedrock topography in intermonate valleys using artificial neural networks. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, vol. 120(7), p. 1301-1320, doi:10.1002/2014JF003270.

2014

Wang, P., Scherler, D., Liu-Zeng, J., Mey, J., Avouac, J.-P., Zhang, Y., Shi, D. (2014): Tectonic control of Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge revealed by a buried canyon in Southern Tibet. Science, vol. 356, p. 978-980, doi:10.1126/science.1259041. Comment by P. Zeitler et al.; Our reply.

Scherler, D. (2014): Climatic limits to headwall retreat in the Khumbu Himalaya, eastern Nepal. Geology, vol. 42(11), p. 1019-1022, doi:10.1130/G35975.1.

Munack, H., Korup, O., Resentini, A., Limonta, M., Garzanti, E., Blöthe, J.H., Scherler, D., Wittmann, H., Kubik, P.W. (2014): Postglacial denudation of western Tibetan Plateau margin outpaced by long-term exhumation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 126, p. 1580-1594, doi:10.1130/B30979.1.

Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2014): Short Communication: Topo Toolbox 2 – A MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences. Earth Surface Dynamics, vol. 2, p. 1-7, doi:10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014. TopoToolbox at GitHub

Scherler, D., Munack, H., Mey, J., Eugster, P., Wittman, H., Codilean, A.T., Kubik, P., Strecker, M.R. (2014): Ice dams, outburst floods, and glacial incision at the western margin of the Tibetan Plateau: a >100-kyr chronology from the Shyok Valley, Karakoram. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 126, no. 5/6, p. 738–758, doi:10.1130/B30942.1.

Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Strecker, M. R. (2014): Tectonic control on 10Be-derived erosion rates in the Garhwal Himalaya, India. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, vol. 119, p. 1–23, doi:10.1002/2013JF002955. EOS spotlight.

2013

Schmandt, B., Aster, R., Scherler, D., Tsai, V. C., Karlstrom, K. (2013): Multiple fluvial processes detected by riverside seismic and infrasound monitoring of a controlled flood in the Grand Canyon. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50953.

2012

Wulf, H., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D. (2012): Climatic and geologic controls on suspended sediment flux in the Sutlej River Valley, western Himalaya. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 16, p. 2193-2217, doi:10.5194/hess-16-2193-2012.

Scherler, D., Strecker, M. R. (2012): Large surface velocity fluctuations of Biafo Glacier, central Karakoram, at high spatial and temporal resolution from optical satellite images. Journal of Glaciology, vol. 58, no. 209, p. 569-580, doi:10.3189/2012JoG11J096.

2011

Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Strecker, M. R. (2011): Hillslope-glacier coupling: the interplay of topography and glacial dynamics in High Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, doi:10.1029/2010JF001751.

Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Strecker, M. R. (2011): Spatially variable response of Himalayan glaciers to climate change affected by debris cover. Nature Geoscience, vol. 4, p. 156-159, doi:10.1038/NGEO1068.

2010 and earlier

Scherler, D., Bookhagen, B., Strecker, M. R., von Blanckenburg, F., Rood, D., (2010): Timing and extent of late Quaternary glaciation in the western Himalaya constrained by 10Be moraine dating in Garhwal, India. Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, p. 815-831, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.031.

Wulf, H., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D. (2010): Seasonal precipitation gradients and their impact on fluvial sediment flux in the Northwest Himalaya, Geomorphology, vol. 118, p. 13-21, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.12.003.

Scherler, D., Leprince, S., Strecker, M. R. (2008): Glacier-surface velocities in alpine terrain from optical satellite imagery – accuracy improvement and quality assessment. Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 112, p. 3806-3819, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.018.

Scherler, D., Kenkmann, T., Jahn, A. (2006): Structural record of an oblique impact. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 248, p. 43-53, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.002.

Kenkmann, T., Jahn, A., Scherler, D., Ivanov, B. (2005): Structure and formation of a central uplift: A case study at the Upheaval Dome impact crater, Utah. In: Kenkmann, T., Hörz, F., Deutsch, A., eds., Large Meteorite Impacts III: Geological Society of America Special Paper, vol. 384, p. 85-115, doi:10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.85.

Kenkmann, T., Wittmann, A., Scherler, D. (2004): Structure and impact indicators of the Cretaceous sequence of the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 39, no. 7, p. 1069-1088, doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb01129.x.