Publications

1) Yang F, Zhang GL, Karius V, Sauer D: Loess in Pleistocene periglacial slope deposits and Holocene colluvium: Mixing processes and spatial variations. Submitted to Catena.

2) Wang TH, Wang QB, Hana CL, Cui D, Sauer D: Development and first application of new transfer functions between climate and weathering indices of soils for reconstructing paleoclimatic changes in Chinese loess-paleosol sections. Submitted to Catena.

3) Nketia KA, Ramcharan A, Asabere SB, Herbold S, Erasmi S, Sauer D: Spatio-temporal mapping of soil water storage in a semi-arid landscape of Northern Ghana - A multi-tasked ensemble machine-learning approach. Submitted to Geoderma.

4) Wang TH, Wang QB, Shi DZ, Sauer D (2021): Pedogenic or anthropogenic? An approach to evaluate fragipan and redox features in paleosols of NE China. Geoderma Regional 26, e00410. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00410.

5) Zwanzig L, Zwanzig M, Sauer D (2021): Outcomes of a quantitative analysis of 48 soil chronosequence studies in humid mid and high latitudes: Importance of vegetation in driving podzolization. Catena 196 (4), 104821. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104821.

6) Klinge M, Schneider F, Dulamsuren C, Arndt K, Bayarsaikhan U, Sauer D (2021): Interrelations between relief, vegetation, disturbances, and permafrost in the forest-steppe of central Mongolia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 5116. doi: 10.1002/esp.5116.

7) Yang F, Karius V, Sauer D (2020): Quantification of loess proportions in Pleistocene periglacial slope deposits and Holocene colluvium using grain-size data by laser diffractometry. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 183 (3), 277-281. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201900376.

8) Bosq M, Kreutzer S, Bertran P, Degeai J-P, Dugas P, Kadereit A, Lanos P, Moine O, Pfaffner N, Queffelec A, Sauer D (2020): Chronostratigraphy of two Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences in the Rhône Valley (southeast France). Quaternary Science Reviews, 106473. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106473

9) Yang F, Zhang GL, Sauer D, Yang F, Yang RM, Liu, F, Song XD, Zhao YG, Li DC, Yang JL (2020): The geomorphology – sediment distribution – soil formation nexus on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Implications for landscape evolution. Geomorphology 354, 107040. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107040.

10) von der Lühe B, Pauli L, Greenshields B, Huges HJ, Tjoa A, Sauer D (2020): Transformation of lowland rainforest into oil-palm plantations and use of fire alter topsoil and litter silicon pools and fluxes. Silicon. doi: 10.1007/s12633-020-00680-2.

11) Hughes HJ, Hung DT, Sauer D (2020): Silicon recycling through rice residue management does not prevent silicon depletion in paddy rice cultivation. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 118 (1), 75-89. doi: 10.1007/s10705-020-10084-8.

12) Asabere SB, Acheampong RA, Ashiagbor G, Beckers SC, Keck M, Erasmi S, Schanze J, Sauer D (2020): Urbanization, land use transformation and spatio-environmental impacts: Analyses of trends and implications in major metropolitan regions of Ghana. Land Use Policy 96, 104707. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104707.

13) Roettig CB, Varga G, Sauer D, Kolb T, Wolf D, Makowski V, Recio Espejo JM, Zöller L, Faust D (2018). Similar but different palaeosurfaces of dune generations on Fuerteventura. Quaternary Research, in print. doi: 10.1017/qua.2018.52.

14) Schneidewind U, Niether W, Armengot L, Schneider M, Sauer D, Heitkamp F, Gerold G (2019): Carbon stocks, litterfall and pruning residues in monoculture and agroforestry cacao production systems. Journal of Experimental Agriculture. Experimental Agriculture 55 (3), 452-470. doi: 10.1017/S001447971800011X.

15) Klinge M, Sauer D (2019): Spatial pattern of Late Glacial and Holocene climatic and environmental development in Western Mongolia - A critical review and synthesis. Quaternary Science Reviews 210, 26-50.

16) Asabere SB, Zeppenfeld T, Nketia KA, Sauer D (2018). Urbanization leads to increases in pH, carbonate, and soil organic matter stocks of arable soils of Kumasi, Ghana (West Africa). Front. Environ. Sci. 6: 119. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00119.

17) Costantini EAC, Carnicelli S, Sauer D, Priori S, Andreetta A, Kadereit A, Lorenzetti R (2018). Loess in Italy: Genesis, characteristics and occurrence. Catena 168, 14-33.

18) Terhorst B, Sauer D, Meyer-Heintze S (2017). Auf den Spuren der Kaltzeit in den Böden der Deutschen Mittelgebirge. Geographische Rundschau 6, 36-42.

19) Brevik EC, Richter Dd, Verrecchia EP, Ryan J, Poch RM, Crouvi O, Sauer D, Waroszewski J, Solleiro Rebolledo E, Monger C, Ottner F, Targulian V (2016).
The influence of Dan H. Yaalon: His impact on people. Catena 146: 147-154,
doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.012.

20) Sauer D, Kadereit A, Kühn P, Kösel M, Miller CE, Shinonaga T, Kreutzer S, Herrmann L, Fleck W, Starkovich BM, Stahr K (2016). The loess-palaeosol sequence of Datthausen, SW Germany: Characteristics, chronology, and implications for the use of the Lohne Soil as a marker soil. Catena 146: 10-29, doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.024.

21) Sauer D, Poch RM, Stahr K (2016). Soils in space and time. Catena 137: 581-582,
doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.007.

22) Georgiadis A, Sauer D, Breuer J, Herrmann L, Rennert T, Stahr K (2015). Optimising the extraction of amorphous silica by NaOH from soils of temperate-humid climate. Soil Research 53 (4): 392-400, doi: 10.1071/SR14171.

23) Sauer D, Stein C, Glatzel S, Kühn J, Zarei M, Stahr K (2015). Duricrusts in soils of the Alentejo (southern Portugal) - types, distribution, genesis and time of their formation. J. Soil Sedim. 15 (6): 1437-1453, doi: 10.1007/s11368-015-1066-x.

24) Sauer D (2015). Pedological concepts to be considered in soil chronosequence studies. Soil Research 53 (6): 577-591, doi: 10.1071/SR14282.

25) Sauer D, Amit R, Carnicelli S, Costantini EAC (2015). Rates of soil forming processes and the role of aeolian influx. Quatern. Int. 376: 1-4, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.057

26) Solleiro-Rebolledo E, Sedov S, Sycheva S, Sanchez Perez S, Pustovoitov K, Sauer D (2015). Influence of paleosoils in modern exogenous processes in the northeastern Mexico Basin. B. Soc. Geol. Mex. 67 (2): 255-272.

27) Sauer D, Schülli-Maurer I, Wagner S, Scarciglia F, Sperstad R, Svendgård-Stokke S, Sørensen R, Schellmann G (2015). Soil development over millennial timescales -
A comparison of soil chronosequences of different climates and lithologies. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 25 (2015) 012009. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/25/1/012009.

28) Georgiadis A, Sauer D, Herrmann L, Breuer J., Zarei M, Stahr K (2014). Testing a new method for sequential Si-extraction on soils of temperate-humid climate. Soil Research 52 (7): 645-657.

29) Zaccone C, Quideau S, Sauer D (2014). Soils and palaeosols as archives of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes. European Journal of Soil Science 65 (4): 403-405.

30) Srivastava P, Sauer, D (2014). Thin-section analysis of lithified paleosols from Dagshai Formation of the Himalayan Foreland: Identification of paleopedogenic features and diagenetic overprinting and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Catena 112, 86-98.

31) Sauer D, Jahn R, Stahr K (2014). Landscapes and soils through time - Progress and challenges in palaeopedology and soil geography. Catena 112, 1-3.

32) Georgiadis A, Sauer D, Herrmann L, Breuer J, Zarei M, Stahr K (2013): Development of a method for sequential Si-extraction in soils. Geoderma, 209–210, 251–261.

33) Sauer D, Schülli-Maurer I, Sperstad R, Sørensen R (2013): Micromorphological characteristics reflecting soil-forming processes during Albeluvisol development in S Norway. Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 3 (2): 38–58.

34) Fuchs M, Kreutzer S, Fischer M, Sauer D, Sørensen R (2012): OSL and IRSL dating of raised beach sand deposits along the southeastern coast of Norway. Quaternary Geochronology, 10, 195–200.

35) Sauer D, Finke P, Sørensen R, Sperstad R, Schülli-Maurer I, Høeg H, Stahr K (2012): Testing a soil development model against southern Norway soil chronosequences. Quaternary International, 265, 18–31.

36) Häring V, Clemens G, Sauer D, Stahr K (2010): Human induced soil fertility decline reducing the potential for sustainable land use in a mountain area in northern Vietnam. Die Erde, 141, 3, 235–253.

37) Sauer D (2010): Approaches to quantify progressive soil development with time in Mediterranean climate - I. Use of field criteria and soil development indices, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 173, 6, 822–842.

38) Saccone L, Conley DJ, Koning E, Sauer D, Sommer M, Kaczorek D, Blecker SW, Kelly EF (2007): Assessing the extraction and quantification of amorphous silica (ASi) in soils of forest and grassland ecosystems. European J. Soil Sci., 58: 1446–1459.

39) Sauer D, Jahn R, Feger K-H, Costantini EAC, Makeev A, Felix-Henningsen P (2008): Imprint of environmental change on paleosols. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 171(4): 482.

40) Sauer D, Schülli-Maurer I, Sperstad R, Sørensen R, Stahr K (2008): Podzol development with time in sandy beach deposits in southern Norway. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 171, 4: 483–497.

41) Priori S, Costantini EAC, Capezzuoli E, Protano G, Hilgers A, Sauer D, Sandrelli F (2008): Pedostratigraphy of Terra Rossa and Quaternary geological evolution of a lacustrine limestone plateau in central Italy. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 171, 4: 509–523.

42) Costantini EAC, Makeev A, Sauer D (2009): Recent developments and new frontiers in palaeopedology. Quaternary International, 209 (1–2): 1–5.

43) Sauer D, Schülli-Maurer I, Sperstad R, Sørensen R, Stahr K (2009): Albeluvisol development with time in loamy marine sediments of S-Norway. Quaternary International, 209, 1-2: 31–43.

44) Costantini EAC, Priori S, Urban B, Hilgers A, Sauer D, Protano G, Trombino L, Hülle D, Nannoni F (2009): Multidisciplinary characterization of the middle Holocene eolian deposits of the Elsa River basin (central Italy). Quaternary International, 209, 1-2: 107–130.

45) Sauer D, Wagner S, Brückner H, Scarciglia F, Mastronuzzi G, Stahr K (2010): Soil development on marine terraces near Metaponto (Gulf of Taranto, southern Italy). Quaternary International, 222, 1-2, 48–63.

46) Sauer D, Sponagel H, Sommer M, Giani L, Jahn R, Stahr K (2007): Podzol: Soil of the Year 2007. A review on its genesis, occurrence, and functions. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 170: 581–597.

47) Schülli-Maurer I, Sauer D, Stahr K, Sperstad R, Sørensen R (2007): Soil formation in marine sediments of S-Norway: Investigation of soil chronosequences in the Oslofjord region. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 24, 2: 237–246.

48) Wagner S, Costantini EAC, Sauer D, Stahr K (2007): Soil genesis with time in a marine terrace sequence of Sicily. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 24, 2: 247–260.

49) Sauer D, Schellmann G, Stahr K (2007): A soil chronosequence in the semi-arid environment of Patagonia (Argentina). Catena, 71, 3: 382–393.

50) Sauer D, Saccone L, Conley DJ, Herrmann L, Sommer M (2006): Review of methodologies for extracting plant-available and amorphous Si from soils and aquatic sediments. Biogeochemistry, 80, 1: 89–108.

51) Saccone L, Conley DJ, Sauer D (2006): Methodologies for amorphous silica analysis. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 88 (1-3): 235–238.

52) Sauer D, Burghardt W (2006): The occurrence and distribution of various forms of silica and zeolites in soils developed in wastes of iron production. Catena, 65: 247–257.

53) Sauer D, Kuzyakov Y, Stahr K (2006): Spatial distribution of root exudates of five plant species as assessed by 14C labeling. Short Communication. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 169: 360–362.

54) Sauer D, Felix-Henningsen P (2006): Saprolite, soils and sediments in the Rhenish Massif as records of climate and landscape history, Quaternary International,156-157: 4–12.

55) Sauer D, Felix-Henningsen P (2004): Application of ground penetrating radar for the determination of the thickness of Pleistocene periglacial slope deposits (PPSD) on hard rock. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., 167: 752–760.