Publikationsverzeichnis

Peer-reviewed (ISI) publications (* indicates student paper)

2022

Huber, M.S., Kovaleva, E., Clark, M.D., Riller, U., Fourie, F., 2022. Evidence from the Vredefort Granophyre Dikes points to crustal relaxation following basin-size impact cratering. Icarus 374, 114812 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114812.

2021

McCall, N., Gulick, S.P.S., Hall, B., Rae, A.S.P., Poelchau, M.H., Riller, U., Lofi, J., Morgan, J.V., 2021. Orientations of planar cataclasite zones in the Chicxulub peak ring as a ground truth for peak ring formation models. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117236

Wittmann, A., Cavosie, A.J., Timms, N.E., Ferrière, L., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C, Ross, C., Stockli, D., Schmieder, M., Kring, D.A., Zhao, J., Xiao, L., Morgan, J.V., Gulick, S.P.S. and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, 2021. Shock Impedance Amplified Impact Deformation of Zircon in Granitic Rocks from the Chicxulub Impact Crater. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 575, 117201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117201

*Eisermann, J.O., Göllner, P.L., Riller, U., 2021. Orogen-scale transpression accounts for GPS velocities and kinematic partitioning in the Southern Andes. Communications Earth & Environment 2, 167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00241-4

*Eisermann, J.O., Göllner, P.L., Riller, U., 2021. Experimental data on scaled analogue experiments modelling GPS velocity field variations and kinematic partitioning in the Southern Andes (34°S to 42°S). GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.023

*Göllner, P.L., Eisermann, J.O., Balbis, C., Petrinovic, I.A., Riller, U., 2021. Kinematic partitioning in the Southern Andes (39° S–46° S) inferred from lineament analysis and reassessment of exhumation rates. International Journal of Earth Science (Geol Rundsch) 110, 2385–2398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02068-y

Riller, U., Giambiagi, L., Strecker, M.R., 2021. Editorial - From Proterozoic tectonics to Quaternary climate variability: Earth system science studies in Latin America. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch) 110, 2269–2271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-021-02095-9

Zhao, J., Xiao, L., Xiao, Z., Morgan, J.V., Osinski, G.R., Neal, C.R., Gulick, S.P.S., Riller, U., Claeys, P., Zhao, S., Prieur, N.C., Nemchin, A., Yu, S. and IODP 364 Science Party. 2021. Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for cratering process. Geology 49, 755–760. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48278.1.

*Mathieu, L., Riller, U., Gibson, L., Lightfoot, P., 2021. Structural controls on the localization of the mineralized Copper Cliff embayment and the Copper Cliff offset dyke, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Ore Geology Reviews 133, 104071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104071.

*Mathieu, L., Riller, U., Gibson, L., Lightfoot, P., 2021. Data on the geology and structure of the Copper Cliff embayment and offset dyke, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Data in Brief 35, 106957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106957.

*Schulte, F.M., Wittmann, A., Jung, S., Morgan, J.V., Gulick, S.P.S., Kring, D.A., Grieve, R.A.F., Osinski, G.R., Riller, U. and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party. 2021. Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch) 110, 2619–2636. 10.1007/s00531-021-02008-w.

Goderis, S., Sato, H., Ferrière, L., Schmitz, B., Burney, D., Kaskes, P., Vellekoop, J., Wittmann, A., Schulz, T., Chernonozhkin, S.M., Claeys, P., de Graaff, S.J., Déhais, T., de Winter, N.J., Elfman, M., Feignon, J.-G., Ishikawa, A., Koeberl, C., Kristiansson, P., Neal, C.R., Owens, J.D., Schmieder, M., Sinnesael, M., Vanhaecke, F., Van Malderen, S.J.M., Bralower, T.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Kring, D.A., Lowery, C.M., Morgan, J.V., Smit, J., Whalen, M.T., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists. 2021. Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure. Science Advances 7, eabe3647. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe3647.

2020

Whalen, M.T., Gulick, S.P.S., Lowery, C.M., Bralower, T.J., Morgan, J.V., Grice, K., Schaefer, B., Smit, J., Ormö, J., Wittmann, A., Kring, D.A., Lyons, S., Goderis, S., and the IODP Expedition 364 Scientists. 2020. Winding down the Chicxulub impact: the transition between impact and normal marine sedimentation near ground zero. Marine Geology, 106368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106368.

Huber, M.S., Kovaleva, E., Riller, U., 2020. Modeling the geochemical evolution of impact melts in terrestrial impact basins: Vredefort Granophyre Dikes and Sudbury Offset Dikes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 2320-2337. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13582.

Cox, M.A., Erickson, T.M., Schmieder, M., Christoffersen, R.. Ross, D.K., Cavosie, A.J., Bland, P.A., Kring, D.A. and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists. 2020. High‐resolution microstructural and compositional analyses of shock deformed apatite from the peak ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 1715–1733. Doi: 10.1111/maps.13541

Kring, D.A., Tikoo, S.M., Schmieder, M., Riller, U., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Simpson, S.L., Osinski, G.R., Gattacceca, J., Wittmann, A., Verhagen, C.M., Cockell, C.S., Coolen, M.J.L., Longstaffe, F.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Bralower, T.J., Chenot, E., Christeson, G.L, Claeys, P., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Green, S.L., Jones, H., Lofi, J., Lowery, C.M., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A.E., Poelchau, M.H., Rae, A.S.P., Rasmussen, C., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M.T., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K.E., 2020. Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub Crater. Science Advances 6, eaaz3053.

Collins, G.S., Patel, N., Davison, T.M., Rae, A.S.P., Morgan, J.V., Gulick, S.P.S., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party. 2020. A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact. Nature Communications 11, 1480, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15269-x.

Zhao, J., Xiao, L. Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Kring, D., Urrutia Fucugauchi, J., Schmieder, M., de Graaff, S.J., Wittmann, A., Ross, C.H., Claeys, P., Pickersgill, A., Kaskes, P., Goderis, S., Rasmussen, C., Vajda, V., Ferrière, L., V., Feignon, J.-G., D., Chenot, E., Perez-Cruz, L., Sato, H., Yamaguchi, K., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 scientists. 2020. Geochemistry, geochronology and petrogenesis of Maya Block granitoids and dykes from the Chicxulub Impact Crater: Implications for the Assembly of Pangea. Gondwana Research 182, 128-150.

Osinski, G.R, Grieve, R.A.F., Hill, P.J.A., Simpson, S.L., Cockell, C., Christeson, G.L., Ebert, M., Gulick, S., Melosh, H.J., Riller, U., Tikoo, S.M., Wittmann, A. 2020. Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event. Geology 48, 108-112, https://doi.org/10.1130/G46783.1.

2019

Gulick, S. P.S., Bralower, T., Ormö, J., Hall, B., Grice, K., Schaefer, B., Lyons, S., Freeman, K. H., Morgan, J., Artemieva, N., Kaskes, P., de Graaf, S., Whalen, M., Collins, G., Tikoo, S. M., Verhagen, C., Christeson, G. L., Claeys, P., Coolen, M., Goderis, S., Goto, K., Grieve, R., McCall, N., Osinski, G., Rae, A., Riller, U., Smit, J., Vajda, V., Wittmann, A., and Expedition 364 Scientists. 2019. The First Day of the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi/10.1073/pnas.1909479116.

Rasmussen, C., Stockli, D., Ross, C.H., Gulick, S.P.S., Schmieder, M., Christeson, G.L., Pickersgill, A., Wittmann, A., Kring, D.A., Long, X., Morgan, J.V., and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 science party. 2019. U-Pb memory behavior in Chicxulub's peak ring - applying U-Pb depth profiling to shocked zircon. Chemical Geology 525, 356-367.

Rae, A.S.P., Collins, G.S., Morgan, J.V., Salge, T., Christeson, G.L., Leung, J., Lofi, J., Gulick, S.P.S, Poelchau, M., Riller, U., Gebhardt, C., Grieve, R.A.F., Osinski, G.R., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, 2019b. Impact-induced Porosity and Micro-fracturing at the Chicxulub Impact Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124, 1960-1978.

*Wüstemann, T., Göllner, P., Lightfoot, P.C., Riller, U., 2019. Genetic relationship between post-cratering dynamics and footwall deposit formation at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: importance for sulfide ore exploration. Economic Geology 114, 599-611.  

Milker, Y., Jorissen, F., Riller, U., Reicherter, K., Titschack, J., Weinkauf, M., Theodor, M., Schmiedl, G., 2019. Paleo-ecologic and neotectonic evolution of a marine depositional environment in SE Rhodes (Greece) during the early Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 231, 120-132.

Timms, N.E., Pearce, M.A., Erickson, T.M., Cavosie, A.J., Rae, A.S.P., Wheeler, J. Wittmann, A., Ferrière, L., Poelchau, M.H., Tomioka, N., Collins, G.S., Gulick, S.P.S., Rasmussen, C., Morgan, J.V., and the IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, 2019. New shock microstructures in titanite (CaTiSiO5) from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 174:38.

Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Pérez-Cruz, L., Morgan, J., Gulick, S., Wittmann, A., Lofi, J., & IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party, 2019. Peering inside the peak ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater—its nature and formation mechanism. Geology Today 35/2, 68-72.

*Göllner, P.L., Wüstemann, T., Bendschneider, L., Reimers, S., Clark, M.D., Gibson, L., Lightfoot, P.C., Riller, U., 2019. Thermo-mechanical interaction of a large impact melt sheet with adjacent target rock, Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13268.

Lowery, C.M., J.V. Morgan, S.P.S. Gulick, T.J. Bralower, G.L. Christeson, and the Expedition 364 Scientists. 2019. Ocean drilling perspectives on meteorite impacts. Oceanography 32(1):120–134.

Rae, A.S.P, Collins, G.S., Poelchau, M., Riller, U., Davison, T.M., Grieve, R.A.F., Osinski, G.R., Morgan, J.V., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists, 2019. Stress-Strain Evolution during Peak-Ring Formation: A Case Study of the Chicxulub Impact Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 396-417.

2018

Riller, U., Poelchau, M.H., Rae, A.S.P., Schulte, F.M., Collins, G.S., Melosh, H.J., Grieve, R.A.F., Morgan, J.V., Gulick, S.P.S., Lofi, J., Diaw, A., McCall, N. Kring, D.A., and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party, 2018. Rock fluidisation during peak-ring formation of large impact structures. Nature 562, 511–518.

Lofi, J., Smith, D., Delahunty, C., Le Ber, E., Brun, L., Henry, G., Paris, J., Tikoo, S., Zylberman, W., Pezard, P.A., Célérier, B., Schmitt, D.R., Nixon, C. and the Expedition 364 Scientists: Gulick, S., Morgan, J.V., Bralower, T., Chenot, E., Christeson, G., Claeys, P., Cockell, C., Coolen, M.J.L., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Green, S., Goto, K., Jones, H., Kring, D.A., Long, X., Lowery, C., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A., Poelchau, M., Rae, A., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M., Wittmann, A., Yamaguchi, K.E. 2018. Drilling-induced and logging-related features illustrated from IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 downhole logs and borehole imaging tools. Scientific Drilling 24, 1–13.

*Clark, M.D. and Riller, U., 2018. Reply to Sperner and Zweigel's comment on "Significance of first-order faults in folding mechanically isotropic layers: Evidence from the Sudbury Basin, Canada". Journal of Structural Geology 115, 266-269.

*Clark, M.D. and Riller, U., 2018. 3-D kinematic restoration of the eastern Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada, and its importance for Cu-Ni-PGE sulphide exploration. Ore Geology Review 101, 199-210.

Lowery, C.M., Bralower, T.J., Owens, J.D., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., Jones, H., Smit, J., Whalen, M.T., Claeys, P., Farley, K., Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Green, S., Chenot, E., Christeson, G.L., Cockell, C.S., Coolen, M.J.L., Ferrière, L., Gebhardt, C., Goto, K., Kring, D.A., Lofi, J., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A.E., Poelchau, M.H., Rae, A.S.P., Rasmussen, C., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Sato, H., Tikoo, S.M., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Vellekoop, J., Wittmann, A., Xiao, L., Yamaguchi, K.I., Zylberman, W., 2018. Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Nature 558, 288-291.

Christeson, G.L., Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Gebhardt, C., Kring, D.A., LeBer, E., Lofi, J., Nixon, C., Poelchau, M., Rae, A.S.P., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Riller, U., Schmitt, D.R., Wittmann, A., Bralower, T.J., Chenot, E., Claeys, P., Cockell, C.S., Coolen, M.J.L., Ferrière, L., Green, S., Goto, K., Jones, H., Lowery, C.M., Mellett, C., Ocampo-Torres, R., Perez-Cruz, L., Pickersgill, A.E., Rasmussen, C., Sato, H., Smit, J., Tikoo, S.M., Tomioka, N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi, J., Whalen, M.T., Xiao, L., & Yamaguchi, K.E. 2018. Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364. Earth Planetary Science Letters 495, 1-11.

2017

Artemieva, N., Morgan, J. and Expedition 364 Science Party. 2017. Quantifying the release of climate-active gases by large meteorite impacts with a case study of Chicxulub. Geophysical Research Letters 44, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074879.

Kring, D.A., Claeys, P., Gulick, S.P.S., Morgan, J.V., Collins, G.S., and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party. 2017. Chicxulub and the exploration of large peak-ring impact craters through scientific drilling. GSA Today 27, Issue 10, 4-8. doi: 10.1130/GSATG352A.1.

Riller, U., Clark, M.D., Daxberger, H., Doman, D., Lenauer, I., Plath, S. & Santimano, T., 2017. Fault-slip inversions: Their importance in terms of strain, heterogeneity, and kinematics of brittle deformation. Journal of Structural Geology 101, 80–95.

*Lenauer, I., Riller, U., 2017. A Trishear Model for the Deformation of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Journal of Structural Geology 97, 212-224.

Gulick, S., Morgan, J., Mellett, C.L., and the Expedition 364 Scientists, 2017. Expedition 364 Preliminary Report: Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater. International Ocean Discovery Program. http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.364.2017.

*Clark, M.D., Riller, U. 2017. Significance of first-order faults in folding mechanically isotropic layers: evidence from the Sudbury Basin, Canada. Journal of Structural Geology 95, 113-126.

2016

Joanna V. Morgan, Sean P. S. Gulick, Timothy Bralower, Elise Chenot, Gail Christeson, Philippe Claeys, Charles Cockell, Gareth S. Collins, Marco J. L. Coolen, Ludovic Ferrière, Catalina Gebhardt, Kazuhisa Goto, Heather Jones, David A. Kring, Erwan Le Ber, Johanna Lofi, Xiao Long, Christopher Lowery, Claire Mellett, Rubén Ocampo-Torres, Gordon R. Osinski, Ligia Perez-Cruz, Annemarie Pickersgill, Michael Poelchau, Auriol Rae, Cornelia Rasmussen, Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra, Ulrich Riller, Honami Sato, Douglas R. Schmitt, Jan Smit, Sonia Tikoo, Naotaka Tomioka, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Michael Whalen, Axel Wittmann, Kosei E. Yamaguchi, William Zylberman. 2016. The formation of peak rings in large impact craters. Science 354 (6314), 878-882.

2015

*Daxberger, H., Riller, U. 2015. Analysis of geomorphic indices in the southern Central Andes (23˚ - 28˚ S): Evidence for pervasive Quaternary to Recent deformation in the Puna Plateau. Geomorphology 248, 57-76.

*Asmussen, P., Conrad, O., Günther, A., Kirsch, M., and Riller, U. 2015. Semi-automatic segmentation of petrographic thin section images using a “seeded-region growing algorithm” with an application to characterize subarkose sandstone. Computers and Geosciences 83, 89-99.

*Jahn, A. and Riller, U. 2015. Kinematics of large terrestrial impact crater formation inferred from structural analysis and three-dimensional block modeling of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa, in Osinski, G.R., and Kring, D.A., eds., Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V: Geological Society of America Special Paper 518.

*Daxberger, H. and Riller, U. 2015. Kinematics of Neogene to Recent upper-crustal deformation in the southern Central Andes (23°–28°S) inferred from fault–slip analysis: Evidence for gravitational spreading of the Puna Plateau. Tectonophysics 642, 16-28.

2014

*Daxberger, H., Dalumpines, R., Scott, D.M., and Riller, U. 2014. The ValleyMorph Tool: An automated extraction tool for transverse topographic symmetry (T-) factor and valley width to valley height (Vf-) ratio. Computers and Geosciences 70, 154-163.

2012

*Clark, M.D., Riller, U. and Morris, W.A. 2012. Upper-crustal, basement-involved folding in the East Range of the Sudbury Basin, Ontario, inferred from paleomagnetic data and spatial analysis of mafic dykes. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49.

*Lenauer, I. and Riller, U. 2012b. Strain fabric geometry within and near deformed igneous sheets: the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Tectonophysics 558-559, 45-57.

*Santimano, T. and Riller, U. 2012b. Kinematics of Tertiary to Quaternary intracontinental deformation of upper crust in the Eastern Cordillera, southern Central Andes, NW Argentina. Tectonics 31, TC4002.

*Lieger, D. and Riller, U. 2012. Emplacement history of Granophyre dikes in the Vredefort Impact Structure, South Africa, inferred from geochemical evidence. ICARUS 219, 168–180.

Riller, U., Cruden, A.R., Boutelier, D., Schrank, C. 2012. The causes of sinuous crustal-scale deformation patterns in hot orogens: Evidence from scaled analogue experiments and the southern Central Andes. Journal of Structural Geology 37, 65-74.

*Santimano, T. and Riller, U. 2012a. Revisiting thrusting, reverse faulting and transpression in the southern Sudbury Basin, Ontario. Precambrian Research 200-203, 74-81.

*Lenauer, I. and Riller, U. 2012a. Geometric consequences of ductile fabric development from brittle shear faults in mafic melt sheets: Evidence from the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Journal of Structural Geology 35, 40-50.

2011

Meyer, C., Jébrak, M., Stöffler, D., Riller, U. 2011. Lateral transport of suevite inferred from 3D shape fabric analysis: evidence from the Ries impact crater, Germany. Geological Society of America Bulletin 123, 2312-2319.

*Lieger, D., Riller, U., Gibson, R.L. 2011. Petrographic and geochemical evidence for an allochthonous, possibly impact melt, origin of pseudotachylite from the Vredefort Dome, South Africa. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 4490-4514.

Acocella, V., Gioncada, A., Omarini, R., Riller, U., Mazzuoli, R., and Vezzoli, L. 2011. Tectonomagmatic characteristics of the back‐arc portion of the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro Fault Zone, Central Andes, Tectonics, 30, TC3005.          

2010                                 

*Dreuse, R., Doman, D., Santimano, T., Riller, U., 2010. Crater-floor topography and impact melt sheet geometry of the Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Terra Nova 22, 463-469.

Riller, U., Boutelier, D., Schrank, C., & Cruden, A.R., 2010. Role of kilometer-scale weak circular heterogeneities on upper crustal deformation patterns: evidence from scaled analogue modeling and the Sudbury Basin, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297, 587-597.                                   

Riller, U., Lieger, D., Gibson, R.L., Grieve, R.A.F., Stöffler, D., 2010. Origin of large-volume pseudotachylite in terrestrial impact structures. Geology 38, 619-622.

2009

*Jahn, A., and Riller, U. 2009. A 3D model of first-order structural elements of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa - Importance for understanding central uplift formation of large impact structures. Tectonophysics 478, 221-229.

*Mohr-Westheide, T., Reimold, W.U., Riller, U. and Gibson, R. 2009. Pseudotachylitic breccia and microfracture networks in Archean gneiss of the central uplift of the Vredefort Impact Structure, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology 112, 1-22.

*Lieger, D., Riller, U., Gibson, R. 2009. Generation of fragment-rich pseudotachylite bodies during central uplift formation in the Vredefort Impact Structure, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 279, 53-64.

2008

Hecht, L., Wittek, A., Riller, U., Mohr, T., Schmitt, R.T., Grieve, R.A.F. 2008. Differentiation and emplacement of the Worthington Offset Dike of the Sudbury Impact Structure, Ontario. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 43, 1659-1679.

Grieve, R.A.F., Reimold, W.U., Morgan, J., Riller, U., Pilkington, M., 2008. Observations and Interpretations at Vredefort, Sudbury and Chicxulub: Towards a composite kinematic model of terrestrial impact basin formation. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 43, 855-882.

*Wegmann, M., Riller, U., Hongn, F.D., Glodny, J., and Oncken, O,. 2008. Age and kinematics of ductile deformation in the Cerro Durazno area, NW Argentina: significance for orogenic processes operating at the western margin of Gondwana during Ordovician – Silurian times. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Vol 26, 78-90.

2007

*Klimczak, C., Wittek, A. Doman, D., Riller, U. 2007. Fold origin of the NE-lobe of the Sudbury Basin, Canada: Evidence from heterogeneous fabric development in the Onaping Formation and the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Journal of Structural Geology. Vol. 29, 1744-1756.

Hongn, F. and Riller, U. 2007. Tectono-magmatic evolution of the western margin of Gondwana inferred from syntectonic emplacement of Paleozoic granitoid plutons in NW-Argentina. Journal of Geology. Vol. 115, 163-180.

2006

Deeken, A., Sobel, E.R., Coutand, I., Haschke, M., Riller, U., Strecker, M.R. 2006. Development of the southern Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina, constrained by apatite fission track thermochronology: From early Cretaceous extension to middle Miocene shortening. TECTONICS, Vol. 25, No. 6, TC6003.

Trumbull, R., Riller, U., Oncken, O., Scheuber, E., Munier, K., Hongn, F. 2006. The time-space distribution of Cenozoic volcanism in the south-central Andes: a new data compilation and some tectonic implications. In: Oncken, O., Chong, G., Franz, G., Giese, P., Götze, H.-J., Ramos, V., Strecker, M., Wigger, P. (eds): The Andes - Active Subduction Orogeny. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 1, XXII, 570pp, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. p. 29-43.

Riller, U., Götze, H.-J., Schmidt, S., Trumbull, R., Hongn, F., Petrinovic, I. 2006. Upper-crustal structure of the Central Andes inferred from dip curvature analysis of isostatic residual gravity. In: Oncken, O., Chong, G., Franz, G., Giese, P., Götze, H.-J., Ramos, V., Strecker, M., Wigger, P. (eds): The Andes - Active Subduction Orogeny. Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 1, XXII, 570pp, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. p. 327-336.

Petrinovic, I.A., Riller, U., Brod, J.A., Alvarado, G. and Arnosio, M. 2006. Bimodal volcanism in a tectonic transfer zone: Evidence for tectonically controlled magmatism in the southern Central Andes, NW Argentina. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 152, 240-252.

*Ramelow, J., Riller, U., Romer, R.L., Oncken, O., 2006. Kinematic link between episodic caldera collapse of the Negra Muerta Collapse Caldera and motion on the Olacapato – El Toro Fault Zone, NW-Argentina. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 95, 529-541.

2005

Riller, U. & Reimold, W.U., 2005. Editorial to the Special issue in honour to Dieter Stöffler. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. Vol. 40, p. 1275-1277.

Riller, U., 2005. Invited Review: Structural characteristics of the Sudbury Impact Structure, Canada: impact-induced and orogenic deformation – a review. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Vol. 40, p. 1723-1740.

Schwerdtner, W.M., Riller, U., and Borowik, A. 2005. Structural testing of tectonic hypotheses by field-based analysis of distributed tangential shear: concrete examples from major high-strain zones in the Grenville Province and other parts of the southern Canadian Shield. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 42, 1927-1947.

Petrinovic, I.A., Riller, U., Brod, J. A. 2005. The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcano-tectonic complex. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. Vol. 140, p. 295-320.

2003

Riller, U., and Oncken, O., 2003. Growth of the central Andean Plateau by tectonic segmentation is controlled by the gradient in crustal shortening. Journal of Geology. Vol. 111, p. 367-384.

2001

Riller, U., Petrinovic, I., Ramelow, J., Strecker, M., & Oncken, O. 2001. Late Cenozoic tectonism, caldera and plateau formation in the central Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 188, p. 299-311.

2000

Rosenberg, C. & Riller, U. 2000. Partial-melt topology in statically and dynamically recrystallized granite. Geology. Vol. 28, p. 7-10.

1999

Cowan, E. J., Riller, U. & Schwerdtner, W. M. 1999. Emplacement geometry of the Sudbury Igneous Complex: Structural examination of a proposed impact melt-sheet. In: Dressler, B. O. and Sharpton, V. L. (eds.), Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution II. Geol. Society of America Special Paper 339, p. 399-418.

Riller, U., Schwerdtner, W. M., Halls, H. C. & Card, K. D. 1999. Transpressional tectonism in the Eastern Penokean Orogen, Canada: Consequences for Proterozoic crustal kinematics and continental fragmentation. In: Mengel, F. (ed.), Precambrian Orogenic Processes. Precambrian Research. Vol. 93, p. 51-70.

1998

Riller, U., Schwerdtner, W. M. & P.-Y. F. Robin. 1998. Low-temperature deformation mechanisms at a lithotectonic interface near the Sudbury Basin, Eastern Penokean Orogen, Canada. Tectonophysics. Vol. 287, p. 59-75.

1997

Riller, U. & Schwerdtner, W. M. 1997. Documentation of a 1450 Ma contractional orogeny preserved between the 1850 Ma Sudbury Impact Structure and the 1 Ga Grenville orogenic front, Ontario, Canada: Discussion and Reply: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 109, No. 9, p. 1228-1230.

Riller, U. & Schwerdtner, W. M. 1997. Midcrustal deformation at the southern flank of the Sudbury Basin, central Ontario: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 109, No. 7, p. 841-854.

1996

Riller, U., Cruden, A. R. & Schwerdtner, W. M., 1996. Magnetic fabric, microstructure and high-temperature metamorphic overprint of the Murray granite pluton, central Ontario: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 18, No. 8, p. 1005-1016.

1992

Riller, U., Ratschbacher, L. & Frisch, W., 1992. The Tierra Colorada deformation zone: Left lateral transtension along the northern margin of the Xolapa complex, Southern Mexico: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 237-249.

1991

Ratschbacher, L., Riller, U., Meschede, M., Herrman, U. & Frisch, W., 1991. Second look at suspect terranes in Southern Mexico: Geology, Vol. 19, p. 1233-1236.

 

Scientific books

Riller, U., Fletcher, S., Santimano, T. 2009. Sudbury area, Ontario: meteorite impact, ore deposits and regional geology. Field trip guide book of the Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada. 43 pages.

Fletcher, S., & Riller, U., 2009. Earth Science 3FE3 Field Guide. School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University. 97p.

Riller, U. & Reimold, W.U., 2005. Special issue in honour to Dieter Stöffler. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. Vol. 40, No. 9/10, p. 1275-1557.

 

Text book

Götze, H.-J., Mertmann, D., Riller, U., Arndt, J. 2015. Einführung in die Geowissenschaften. 2nd edition. Ulmer. ISBN 9783825239251. 512 p.

 

Other scientific publications

Adriasola, A. and Riller, U. 2010. Emplacement of sulphide-rich quartz-diorite melts in the Whistle-Parkin offset dike of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geologie 51, 40-50.

Riller, U. 2009. Felsic Plutons. In Rousell, D.H. and Brown, G.H., A Field Guide to the Geology of Sudbury, Ontario; Ont. Geol. Survey Open File Report 6243, 11-13.

Riller, U., 2004. Kosmische Projektile bewegen die Erde: Bewegungen der Erdkruste durch Impaktereignisse. Humboldt-Spektrum. 11. Jahrgang, Heft2/2004,  p. 18 – 23.

Riller, U., Oncken, O., & Strecker, M. 2001. Late Cenozoic tectonomagmatic and kinematic history of the Puna. Collaborative Research Centre 267. Report for the research period 1999-2001. 81-94.

Riller, U., Greskowiak, J., Ramelow, J. & Strecker, M. 1999. Dominant modes of Andean deformation in the Calchaquí River Valley, NW-Argentina. XIV Argentine Geological Congress, Actas I, Salta. p. 201-204.

Riller, U., Strecker, M. & Oncken, O. 1999. Andean deformation mechanisms in the eastern Puna, NW-Argentina, 4th International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics (ISAG), Göttingen, Germany. p. 618-620.

Meschede, M., Ratschbacher, L., Riller, U., Herrmann, U. & Frisch, W., 1992. Geodynamik von Südmexiko: Transtensive Bewegung entlang der Nordgrenze des Xolapakomplexes: Frankfurter Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten, Serie A - Geologie-Paläontologie, Vol. 11, p. 259-263.

Weber, B., Meschede, M., Ratschbacher, L., Frisch, W., Herrmann, U. & Riller, U., 1992. Acadische Orogenese in Südmexiko: Deformationsetappen im Basementkomplex von Acatlan. Frankfurter Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten, Serie A - Geologie-Paläontologie, Vol. 11, p. 174-177.

Meschede, M., Ratschbacher, L., Riller, U., Herrman, U. & Frisch, W., 1991. Transtensional nature of suspect terrane boundaries in Southern Mexico: Serie Comunicaciones - Departamento de Geologia, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile, Vol. 42, p. 146-151.

 

Monographs

Riller , U. 2002. Upper-crustal deformation, magmatism and plateau formation in the southern central Andes. Habilitation thesis. Free University Berlin, Germany. 130 pages.

Riller, U. 1996. Tectonometamorphic episodes in the Eastern Penokean Orogen and their significance for the origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, central Ontario, Canada. Ph.D. thesis, University Toronto, Canada. 130 pages.

Riller, U. 1992. Kinematics and deformation mechanisms of the Tierra Colorada Mylonite Zone, Central Mexico. Diploma thesis. University of Tübingen, Germany. 59 pages.

 

Book Review

Riller, U. 2006. On: Reimold, W.U. and Gibson, R.L. 2006. Meteorite Impact! The danger from space and South Africa’s mega-impact: the Vredefort Structure. Chris van Rensburg Publications (Pty) Ltd., Melville, Südafrika. 319 pages. ISBN 1-919908-70-6. GMIT Vol 25, p. 96-98.