Publications

Bao, H., Fairchild, I.J., Wynn, P.M. & Spötl, C. (2009): Stretching the envelope of past surface environments: Neoproterozoic glacial lakes from Svalbard – Science, 323, 119-122.

Boch, R., Spötl, C. & Kramers, J. (2009): High-resolution isotope records of early Holocene rapid climate change from two coeval stalagmites of Katerloch Cave, Austria. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2527-2538.

Brown, K.S., Marean, C.W., Herries, A.I.R., Jacobs, Z., Tribolo, Ch., Braun, D., Roberts, D.L., Meyer, M.C., Bernatchez, J. (2009): Fire as an engineering tool of early modern humans. Science, 325, 859-862.

De Waele J., Plan, L., Audra, P., Rossi, A., Spötl, C., Polyak, V. & Mcintosh, W. (2009): Kraushöhle (Austria): Morphology and mineralogy of an alpine sulfuric acid cave. – Proceedings 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerville, Texas, 19-26 June, Vol. 2, 831-837.

Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C. (2009): Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of water from inclusions in minerals: design of a new crushing system and on-line CF-IRMS analysis. – Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23, 2605-2613.

Dublyansky, Y., Spötl, C. & Steinbauer, C. (2009): Stegbachgraben, a mineralized hypogene cave in the Grossarl valley, Austria. - In: Klimchouk, A. & Ford, D. (eds.): Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins, Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology, Special Paper 1,  117-120.

Dublyansky, Y. & Spötl, C. (2009): Identifying paleo water-rock interaction during hydrothermal karstification: A stable isotope approach. - In: Klimchouk, A. & Ford, D. (eds.): Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins. Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology, Special Paper 1,  45-49.

Meyer, M.C., Wiesmayr, G., Brauner, M., Häusler, H. & Wangda, D. (2006a): Active Tectonics in Eastern Lunana (NW-Bhutan): Implications for the seismic and glacial hazard potential of the Bhutan-Himalaya. Tectonics, TC 3001, doi: 10.1029/2005TC001858.

Meyer, M.C., Cliff, R.A., Spötl, C., Knipping, M. & Mangini, A. (2009): Speleothems from the earliest Quaternary: Snapshots of paleoclimate and landscape evolution at the northern rim of the Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1374-1391.

Leber, D., Häusler, H., Brauner, M., Skuk, S., Meyer, M.C., Payer, T., Platzer, K., Schwarz, P., Friedrich, M., & Wiesmayr, G. (2000): Technical Report of Luggye Tsho Outburst Flood Mitigation Project, Lunana, Bhutan, Phase III. Inst. of Geology, U. Vienna, pp. 71.

Häusler, H., Leber, D., Schreilechner, M., Morawetz, R., Lentz, H., Skuk, S., Meyer, M.C., Janda, Ch., & Burgschwaiger, E. (2000): Technical Report - Raphstreng Tsho Outburst Flood Mitigatory Project (Lunana; NW Bhutan), Phase II. Institute of Geology, U. Vienna, pp. 100

Meyer, M.C. (2002): Quaternary Geologic and Geomorphologic investigations in the upper Pho Chhu Catchment Area and Implications for the Geohazard Risk Assessment and Hazarde Zonation Planning. in: Leber, D., Häusler, H., Brauner, M. & Wangda, D. Final report of the Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Mitigation Project, Eastern Lunana (Bhutan), Inst. of Geology, U. Vienna, p. 32 – 41.

Plan, L., Spötl, C., Pavuza, R. & Dublyansky, Y. (2009): Hypogean caves in Austria. – In: Klimchouk, A. & Ford, D. (eds.): Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins. Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology, Special Paper 1,  121-127.

Stoffel, M., Luetscher, M., Bollschweiler, M., Schlatter, F. (2009): Evidence of NAO control on subsurface ice accumulation in a 1200 yr old cave-ice sequence, St Livres ice cave, Switzerland. Quaternary Research, 72, 16-26.

Hoffmann, D.L., Spötl, C. & Mangini, A. (2009): Micromill and in situ laser ablation sampling techniques for high spatial resolution MC-ICPMS U-Th dating of carbonates. – Chemical Geology, 259, 253-261.

Wackerbarth, A., Mangini, A., Spötl, C., Ufrecht, W., Schimpf, D. (2009): Einordnung des Stalagmiten BT-1 aus dem Blauhöhlensystem in einen klimatischen Kontext. – Laichinger Höhlenfreund, 44, 195-208.

Gemmell, A.M.D. & Spötl, C. (2009): Dating the Hötting Breccia near Innsbruck (Austria), a classical Quaternary site in the Alps. – Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 50-61.

Korte, C., Hesselbo, S.P., Jenkyns, H.C., Rickaby, R.E.M. & Spötl, C. (2009): Palaeoenvironmental significance of carbon- and oxygen-isotope stratigraphy of marine Triassic–Jurassic boundary sections in SW Britain. – Journal of the Geological Society London, 166, 431-445.

Riechelmann, D.F.C., Richter, D.K., Niggemann, S., Schröder-Ritzrau, A. & Spötl, C. (2009): Mehrjähriges Monitoring in der Bunkerhöhle (Sauerland, NRW) - Methodik und erste Ergebnisse. – Mitteilungen des Verbandes deutscher Karst- und Höhlenforscher, 55, 44-52.

Smith, C.L., Fairchild, I.J., Spötl, C., Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Moreton, S.G., & Wynn, P.M. (2009): Chronology building using objective identification of annual signals in trace element profiles of stalagmites. – Quaternary Geochronology, 4, 11-21.

Tooth, S., Rodnight, H., McCarthy, T.S., Duller, G.A.T. & Grundling, A.T. (2009): Late Quaternary dynamics of a South African floodplain wetland and the implications for assessing recent human impacts. - Geomorphology, 106, 278-291.

Spötl, C., Dublyansky, Y., Meyer, M. & Mangini, A. (2009): Identifying low-temperature hydrothermal karst and palaeowaters using stable isotopes: a case study from an alpine cave, Entrische Kirche, Austria. – International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98, 665-676.

Meyer, M.C., Hofmann, C., Gemmell, A.M.D., Haslinger, E., Häusler, H., Wangda, D. (2009): Holocene glacier fluctuations and migration of Neolithic yak pastoralists into the high valleys of northwest Bhutan. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1217-1237.

Preto, N., Spötl, C. & Guaiumi, C. (2009): Evaluation of bulk carbonate δ¹³C data from Triassic hemipelagites and the initial composition of carbonate mud. – Sedimentology, 56, 1329-1345.

Spötl, C., Scholz, D. & Mangini, A. (2008): A terrestrial U/Th-dated stable isotope record of the Penultimate Interglacial. - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 276, 283-292.

Meyer, M., Spötl, C. & Mangini, A. (2008): The demise of the Last Interglacial recorded in isotopically dated speleothems from the Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, 476-496.

Spötl, C. (2008): Stimme aus dem Untergrund – Tropfsteine und Klimawandel – in: Kempe, S. & Rosendahl, W. (Hrsg.), Höhlen. Verborgene Welten, 127-135, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft).

Fuller, L., Baker, A., Fairchild, I.J., Spötl, C., Marca-Bell, A., Rowe, P. & Dennis, P.F. (2008): Isotope hydrology of dripwaters in a Scottish cave and implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate research. - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, 1065-1074.

Smart, P.L., Moseley, G.E., Richards, D.A. and Whitaker, F.F. 2008. Past high sea stands and platform stability: evidence from Conch Bar Cave, Middle Caicos, SEPM Caicos Platform Workshop Special Publication 22, 203-210.

Spencer, J.Q.G., Robinson, R.A.J. (2008): Dating intramontane alluvial deposits from NW Argentina using luminescence techniques: Problems and potential. - Geomorphology, 93, 144-155.

Boch, R. & Spötl, C. (2008): The origin of lamination in stalagmites from Katerloch Cave, Austria: Towards a seasonality proxy. – PAGES News, 16, 21-22.

Spötl, C. (2008): Kryogene Karbonate im Höhleneis der Eisriesenwelt. – Die Höhle, 59, 26-36.

Richoz, S., Krystyn, L. & Spötl, C. (2007): First detailed carbon isotope curve through the Ladinian-Carnian boundary : the Weissenbach section (Austria). – Albertiana, 36, 98-101.

Lukas, L., Spencer, J.Q.G., Robinson, R.A.J., Ben, D.I. (2007): Problems associated with luminescence dating of Late Quaternary glacial sediments in the NW Scottish Highlands. - Quaternary Geochronology, 2, 243-248.

Spötl, C. & Mangini, A. (2007): Speleothems and paleoglaciers. – Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 254, 323-331.

Morrocco, S.M., Ballantyne, C.K., Spencer, J.Q.G., Robinson, R.A.J. (2007): Age and significance of aeolian sediment reworking on high plateaux in the Scottish Highlands. - The Holocene, 17, 349-360.

Mangini, A., Blumbach, P., Verdes, P., Spötl, C., Scholz, D., Machel, H. & Mahon, S. (2007): Combined records from a stalagmite from Barbados and from lake sediments in Haiti reveal variable seasonality in the Caribbean between 6.7 and 3 ka BP. - Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, 1332-1343.

Mangini, A., Verdes, P., Spötl, C., Scholz, D., Vollweiler, N. & Kromer, B. (2007): Persistent influence of the North Atlantic hydrography on Central European winter temperature during the last 9,000 years. – Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L02704, doi:10.1029/2006GL028600.

Spötl, C., Offenbecher, K.-H., Boch, R., Meyer, M., Mangini, A., Kramers, J. & Pavuza, R. (2007): Tropfstein-Forschung in österreichischen Höhlen – ein Überblick. – Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Festschrift H.-P. Schönlaub), 147, 117-167.

Filippi, M.L., Spötl, C., Corradini, F., Mandelli, M. & Tardio, M. (2007): Sedimentazione in ambienti lacustre: studio tramite trappole per sedimento nel Lago di Lavarone (NE Italy). - Studi Trentini Sci. Naturali, Acta Geol., 82, 189-202.

Borsato, A., Frisia, S., Miorandi, R., Van Der Borg, K., Spötl, C. & Corradini, F. (2007): Ricostruzioni climatico-ambientali per l’Olocene da tufo calcareo e latte di monte in grotte del  Trentino. - Studi Trentini Sci. Naturali, Acta Geol., 82, 239-259.

Mietto, P., Andreetta, R., Broglio Loriga, C., Buratti, N., Cirilli, S., De Zanche, V., Furin, S., Gianolla, P., Manfrin, S., Muttoni, G., Neri, C., Nicora, A., Posenato, R., Preto, N., Rigo, M., Roghi, G., Spötl, C. (2007): A candidate of the global boundary stratotype section and point for the base of the Carnian stage (Upper Triassic): GSSP at the base of the canadensis subzone (FAD of Daxatina) in the Prati di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen section (Southern Alps, NE Italy). – Albertiana, 36, 78-97.

Horacek, M., Richoz, S., Brandner, R., Krystyn, L., Spötl, C. (2007): Evidence for recurrent changes in Lower Triassic oceanic circulation of the Tethys: The δ¹³C record from marine sections in Iran. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 252, 355-369.

Krystyn, L., Richoz, S., Gallet, Y., Bouquerel, H., Kürschner, W.M. & Spötl, C. (2007): Updated bio- and magnetostratigraphy from Steinbergkogel (Austria), candidate GSSP for the base of the Rhaetian stage. - Albertiana, 36, 164-173.

Krainer, K., Mostler, W. & Spötl, C. (2007): Discharge from active rock glaciers, Austrian Alps: a stable isotope approach. – Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 100, 102-112.

Neuhuber, S., Wagreich, M., Wendler, I. & Spötl, C. (2007): Turonian Oceanic Red Beds in the Eastern Alps: Concepts for paleoceanographic changes in the Mediterranean Tethys. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 251, 222-238.

Spötl, C., Holzkämper, S. & Mangini, A. (2007): The Last and the Penultimate Interglacial as recorded by speleothems from a climatically sensitive high-elevation cave site in the Alps. – In: The Climate of Past Interglacials (ed. by F. Sirocko, M. Claussen, T. Litt, & M.F. Sánchez-Goñi). – Developments in Quaternary Science Series, 7, 471-491 (Elsevier).

Richoz, S., Krystyn, L., Horacek, M. & Spötl, C. (2007): Carbon isotopic record of the Induan-Olenekian candidate GSSP Mud and comparison with other sections. – Albertiana, 35, 35-40.

Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Litt, T., Sánchez Goñi, M.F., Berger, A., Boettger, T., Diehl, M., Desprat, S., Delmote, B., Degering, D., Frechen, M., Geyh, M.A., Groeger, M., Kageyama, M., Kaspar, F., Kühl, N., Kubatzki, C., Lohmann, G., Loutre, M.-F., Müller, U., Rein, B., Rosendahl, W., Roucoux, K., Rousseau, D.-D., Seelos, K., Siddall, M., Scholz, D., Spötl, C., Urban, B., Vautrans, M., Velichko, A., Wenzel, A., Widmann, M. & Wünnemann, N. (2007): Chronology and climate forcing of the last four interglacials. - In: The Climate of Past Interglacials (ed. by F. Sirocko, M. Claussen, T. Litt, & M.F. Sánchez-Goñi). – Developments in Quaternary Science Series, 7, 597-614 (Elsevier).