Prof. Dr. Susan Ochs

Ion Beam Physics and Dept. Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Susan Ochs

Ion Beam Physics and Dept. Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland

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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

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26 August 2008 in Journal of Quaternary Science

Journal Article

Chronology of the last glacial cycle in the European Alps

Susan Ochs

Hanns Kerschner

Anne Reuther

Frank Preusser

Klaus Heine

Christian Schlüchter

24 January 2006 in Journal of Quaternary Science

Journal Article

Glacier response in the European Alps to Heinrich Event 1 cooling: the Gschnitz stadial

Susan Ochs

Hanns Kerschner

Peter W. Kubik

Christian Schlüchter

1 October 2014 in Elements

Journal Article

Dating Disappearing Ice with Cosmogenic Nuclides

Susan Ochs

Jason P. Briner

Cosmogenic nuclides are remarkably well suited to dating glacial landforms. Exposure dating of boulders on moraines and of glacially sculpted bedrock allows the determination of the ages of former ice margins, from which past glaciations can be temporally constrained. Where moraines are lacking or are poorly preserved, outwash is dated with depth-profile dating. Two-nuclide methods can be used to determine the ages of buried till. Multinuclide measurements of bedrock ages also provide insights into periods of non-erosive ice coverage and can be used to identify regions with selective linear erosion. Of particular interest is the use of cosmogenic nuclides to assess rates of glacier retreat and glacial erosion.