Publications

Süss, M.P., Schäfer, A. & Drozdzewski, G. ,2000, Sequenzstratigraphie des kohleführenden Oberkarbons im Ruhr-Becken, Geologisches Jahrbuch A156: 45-106. 

Süss, M.P., Schäfer, A. & Drozdzewski, G., 2001, A sequence stratigraphic model for the Lower Coal Measures (Upper Carboniferous) of the Ruhr district, north-west Germany - Discussion, Sedimentology. 48:1171-1186.

Izart, A. Vachard,D., Fauvel, P.J., Vaslet, D., Süss, M.P., Kossovaya, O. & Maslo, A., 2002, Sequence Stratigraphy of the Serpukhovian, Bashkirian and Moscovian in Gondwa-naland, Western Europe, Eastern Europe And USA. In: Len V. Hills, Charles M. Hen-derson, and E.Wayne Bamber, 2001: Carboniferous and Permian of the World, XIV International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian (M19).Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologist Memoir 19: 144-188.

Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G. & Schäfer, A., 2002, The Ruhr and Aachen Basins - sedi-mentary environments, sequence stratigraphic model, and synsedimentary tectonics of Variscan foreland basins (Namurian B/C to Westphalian C, W Germany).In: Len V. Hills, Charles M. Henderson, and E.Wayne Bamber, 2001: Carboniferous and Permian of the World, XIV International Congress on the Carboniferous and Permian (M19).Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologist Memoir 19: 208-227.

Schäfer, A., Drozdzewski, G. & Süss, M.P., 2002, Das Variscische Vorlandbecken. Das Aachener Kohlerevier und das Ruhr-Kohlerevier als geologische Fallstudie eines Ablagerungsraumes im Oberkarbon.- In: Busch, B. (ed.): Erde.- Schriftenreihe Forum, 11, 116 – 125, (Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH) Bonn.

Hinderer, M., Schäuble H. & Süss, M.P., 2003,Denudation processes at various scales - towards a new GIS-based global model, Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. Teil I, Nr. ¾, 377-397.

Süss, M.P. & Shaw, J.H., 2003, Seismic velocity structure derived from sonic logs and industry reflection data in the Los Angeles Basin, California, Journal of Geophysical Research.

Derer, Ch., Kosinowski, M., Luterbacher, H.P., Schäfer, A. & Süss, M.P., 2003, Sedimentary response to tectonics in extensional basins: the Pechelbronn Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene) in the northern Upper Rhine Graben, Germany.- In: McCann, T. & Saintot, A. (eds.): Tracing Tectonic Deformation using the Sedimentary Record.- Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ., 208, 55 - 69, London.

Izart, A., Stephenson R., Vai G.B., Vachard D., Le Nindre, Y., Vaslet D., Fauvel P.J., Süss M.P., Kossovaya O., Chen Z., Maslo A., Stovba S., 2003, Sequence stratigraphy and correlation of the late Carboniferous and Permian in CIS, Europe, Tethyan area, North Africa, Arabia, China, Gondwanaland and USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 196 (2003) 59-84.

Bieg, U., Thomas, M., Cordero, F., Süss, M. P., Kuhlemann, J.  , 2004,Global M2 Simulation for the Lower Miocene delivering border conditions for a Shallow water model of the Burdigalian Seaway (Upper Marine Molasse), Zentralblatt Geologie und Paläontologie, 2004,259/276.

Süss, M.P., Phadnis, V.M., Bieg, U., 2004, Mapping surfacial deposits from alluvial fan using hyperspectral data: A case study from Death Valley, USA, Zentralblatt Geologie und Paläontologie, 2004, 237/257.

Komatitsch, D., Liu, Q., Tromp, J, Suess, M.P., Shaw, J.H., 2004, Simulations of Strong Ground Motion in the Los Angeles Basin based upon the Spectral-Element Method., Bulletin Seismological Society of America, 94/1 (2004) 187-206.

Süss, M. P., 2005, 3.1 Zyklotheme, Zyklen und Sequenzen – Steuernde Faktoren der Sedimentation im Ruhr-Becken, Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 254 (2005) 161-168.

Süss, M. P., Drozdzewski, G., Schäfer, A., 2007, Sedimentary environment dynamics and the formation of coal in the Pennsylvanian Variscan foreland in the Ruhr Basin (Germany, Western Europe). International Journal of Coal Geology, Volume 69, Issue 4, 1 March 2007, Pages 267–287, DOI:10.1016/j.coal.2006.05.003.

Plesch, A., Shawn, J.H., Benson, C., Bryant, W.A., Carena, S., Cooke, M., Dolan, J., Fuis, G., Gath, E., Grant, L., Hauksson, E., Jordan, T., Kamerling, M., Legg, M., Lindvall, S., Magistrale, H., Nicholson, T., Niemi N., Oskin, M., Perry, S., Planasky, G., Rockwell, T., Shearer, P., Sorlien, C., Suess, M.P., Suppe, J., Treiman, J., Yeats, R. ,2007, Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 1793-1802. ; doi:10.1785/0120050211.

Kostic, B., Süss, M.P., Aigner, T., 2007, Three-dimensional sedimentary architecture of Quaternary sand and gravel resources: a case study of economic sedimentology (SW Germany). International Journal of Earth Sciences 01/2007; 96(4):743-767. DOI:10.1007/s00531-006-0120-8.

Bieg, U, Süss, M.P., Kuhlemann J., 2009, Simulation of Tidal Flow and Circulation Patterns in the Early Miocene (Upper Marine Molasse) of the Alpine Foreland Basin, In: Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: From Understanding to Prediction, 02/2009: pages 145 - 169; , ISBN: 9781444303131.

Süss, M.P., Schäfer, A., Drozdzewski, G. & Fischer, K.D., 2008, Modelling Tectonics and Sedimentation of the Late Carboniferous Variscan Foreland in North Western Europe.- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 159, 6, 671-686.

Shaw, J.H., Plesch, A., Tape, C., Suess, M.P., Jordan,T.H, Ely,G., Hauksson,E., Tromp,J., Tanimoto, T., Graves,R., Olsen,K., Nicholson,G., Maechling, P.J., Rivero,J., Lovely,P., Brankman,C.M., Munster, J. ,2015, Unified Structural Representation of the southern California crust and upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 04/2015; 415. DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.016.

El Jorfi, L., Süss, M.P., Aigner, T., Mhammdi,N., Triassic – Quaternary sequence stratigraphy of the Tarfaya basin (moroccan atlantic): structural evolution, eustasy and sedimentation, 2015, Journal of Petroleum Geology 01/2015; 38(1). DOI:10.1111/jpg.12599. 

Wolpert, P., Bartenbach, M., Suess, M. P., Rausch, R., Aigner, T., Le Nindre, Y.-M., Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy  of the uppermost Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Sulaiy Formation in outcrops of central Saudi Arabia, 2015, Geoarabia, Volume 20/4, 67-122.

Conference presentations and other contributions:

Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G., Schäfer, A. & Thein, J., 1994a, Vorlandbecken Variscicum -- Sedimentologie und synsedimentäre Tektonik des Ruhr-Beckens: presentation; 3.-6. Oct. 1994, 146. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft Heidelberg, Nachr. dt. geol. Ges., 52, p.139.
Jentzsch, G. & Süss, M.P., 1994b, Die "Blaue Straße" eine Geotraverse von Finnalnd bis Norwegen, poster presentation, 3.-6. Oct. 1994, 146. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft Heidelberg, Nachr. dt. geol. Ges., 52, p.100.
Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G. & Schäfer, A. & Thein, J., 1996, Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of the Late Carboniferous Ruhr Basin (NW-Germany), Terra Nostra, 96/1, pp. 29.
Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G. & Schäfer, A. & Thein, J., 1996, Tektonik und Faziesentwicklung im Ruhr-Becken - Ergebnisse einer sequenzstratigraphischen Betrachtung, Terra Nostra96/2, pp.180-182.
Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G., Schäfer, A. & Thein J., 1996, Tectonic and sedimentary modeling of Variscian foreland basins - The Late Carboniferous Ruhr Basin versus the Aachen-Erkelenz Basin (NW-Germany) , Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft,1, pp. 80-81.
Süss, M.P., Drozdzewski, G. & Schäfer, A., 1997, An Upper Carboniferous Time Model: Results from an Interpretation of cyclic Sedimentation in the Ruhr Basin, poster presentation, Geologische Vereinigung 87., anual meeting, Terra Nostra 97/1, p.32.
Süss, M.P., 1997, A Sedimentary and Sequence Stratigraphic Model of the Namurian B/C to Westphalian C in the Ruhr Basin, NW-Germany, invited presentation Coacl Geology Workshop "Sequence Stratigraphy Applied to Coal-Bearing Strata: Qui Vadis ?", 13-14 March 1997 Hasselt, extended abstract, 7 pp..
Süss, M.Peter & Schäfer, A. ,1997, From delta to alluvial plain: siliciclastic sedimentation in the Late Carboniferous (Namurian to Westphalian) Varscian foreland. IAS-Regional Meeting Heidelberg 1997, GAEA heidelbergensis,3, pp. 326-327.
Süss, M.P. ,1997, Pangea's Coal-Bearing Deposystems In The Late Carboniferous - Global Versus Local Factors On The Formation Of Coal. IAS-Regional Meeting Heidelberg 1997, GAEA heidelbergensis,3, pp. 327-328.
Süss, M. P., Schrader, S, Fischer, K., Schäfer, A., Ricken, W., Jentzsch, G., Jahr, T., & Drozdzewski, G. 1998, Modelling and Simulation of the Variscan Foreland in the Carboniferous (Visean to Stephanian) - From Sedimentary Models to the Dynamic of the Lithosphere, Terra Nostra98/2, pp. 147-148.
Fischer, K., Süss, M. P., Jentzsch, G. 1998,Finite-Elemente-Modellierung zur Geodynamik von Vorlandbecken, Vortragskurzfassung, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, März/April 1998, Göttingen
Fischer, K., Jentzsch, G., Süss, M.P. & Schäfer, A., 1998: Geodynamic finite-element-modeling of foreland basins, Vortragskurzfassung, EGS, 20-24. April 1998, Nizza
Süss, M. P. & Shaw, J.H. 1998, High Resolution Modeling of seismic velocities in the Los Angeles Basin (California) .
Süss, M.P. 1999, XPROF - a tool for integrated well-log interpretation.Vortragskurzfassung, EGS, März 1999, Den Haag.
Shaw, J.H. & Süss, M.P. 1999, Construction and Calibration of a regional 3D velocity model using wireline-logs in the Los Angeles Basin (California), Vortragskurzfassung, EGS, März 1999, Den Haag.
Fischer, K.D.; Süss, M.P., Jahr, T.H., Jentzsch, G. & Schäfer A. 1999, Modelling and simulating the Variscan foreland in the carboniferous - a numerical model of the geodynamical evolution. Poster, EGS, März 1999, Den Haag.
Rivero, C.; Shaw, J.H. & Suess, M.P. 2000, Structural Model of Thrust Inversion of Low Angle Normal Fault Systems: The Oceanside & Thirtymile Trusts, Inner California Borderland, AAPG, Spring Meeting, Houston.
Süss, M. P., Stidham, C., Shaw, J. H. & Tromp, J., 2000, High Resolution Modeling of seismic velocities in the Los Angeles Basin (California), AGU Fall Meeting 2000, San Francisco.
Stidham, C., Süss, M. P., Shaw, J. H. & Tromp, J., 2000, Use of a new 3D Velocity Model of the Los Angeles Basin in 3D Spectral Element Method Earthquake Simulations, Poster AGU Fall Meeting 2000, San Francisco.