Stefan Schmid
 

Prof. Dr. Stefan M. Schmid

Dipl. Zürich 1968, Ph.D. Zürich 1971

Address: Geological-Paleontological Institute
Departement Umweltwissenschaften
Universität Basel
Bernoullistrasse 32
CH-4056 Basel

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Research
  • Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Experimental Rock Deformation and Microfabrics
  • Alpine Geology and comparative  studies in other orogens (mainly Dinarides and Carpathians)
Selected key publications
  • Schmid, S.M., 1976. Rheological evidence for changes in the deformation mechanism of Solnhofen limestone towards low stresses. Tectonophysics, 31, T21-T28.
  • Froitzheim, N., Schmid, S.M., and Frey, M., 1996. Mesozoic paleogeography and the timing of eclogite-facies metamorphism in the Alps: A working hypothesis. Eclogae geol. Helv., 89, 81-110.
  • Schmid, S.M., Pfiffner, O.A., Froitzheim, N., Schönborn, G., and Kissling, E., 1996. Geophysical-geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss-Italian Alps. Tectonics, 15, 1036-1064
  • Schmid, S.M. and Kissling, E., 2000. The arc of the Western Alps in the light of geophysical data on deep crustal structure. Tectonics, 19, 62-85.
  • Schmid, S.M., Fügenschuh, B., Kissling, E. and Schuster, R. (2004). Tectonic map and overall architecture of the Alpine orogen. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 97: 93-117.
  • Schmid, S.M., Bernoulli, D., Fügenschuh, B., Matenco, L., Schefer, S., Schuster, R., Tischler, M. & Ustaszewski, K. (2008). The Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic orogenic system: correlation and evolution of tectonic units. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101(1): 139-183.