Schmidt

Michael Schmidt

Doctoral research student

Research interests

• Geomorphic GIS applications and advanced geodata visualization (>>more information: geo-scan.de)

• Quantitative approaches to geomorphology

• Human impact on and interactions with Holocene earth surface systems

• Historical and recent landscape change in Mediterranean environments

• Laser scanning morphometry

Publications

(update in preparation)

Research projects

Quantified soil erosion and recent Holocene sediment fluxes in the Campiña of Andalusia (SW Spain) (funded by the DFG, 2002–2004)
key words: soil erosion measurements, laser scanning approaches, rill and gully erosion, long-term landscape change, sediment budget approach

Holocene sediment fluxes and sediment budgets in the Upper Rhine area (funded by the DFG, 2002–2006; RheinLUCIFS)
key words: past to present response of fluvial systems to human activities and climate change, quantitative geomorphology, sediment budget approach, Holocene sediment fluxes, data evaluation of available spatially distributed data on soils and sediments, spatially and temporally resolved model of Holocene sediment flux