Deutsch Intern
Chair of Geomorphology

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg STAUCH

Tel.: +49 931 31-84714
E-Mail: georg.stauch@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute of Geography and Geology
Working group Geomorphology
Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg

Campus Hubland South
Geography Building
Room 227, entry via room 228

on appointment

  • Geomorphology
  • Palaeoclimatology
  • Climate Change

1996 - 2002 Studies: Geography, Bioclimatology and Botany, University of Göttingen and University of Exeter (UK)

2002 Diploma: "Glacial-geomorphological mapping in the Russian-Mongolian Altai Mountains using satellite images  (Landsat ETM7), GIS, airphotos and field work" (in German)

2007 Doctorate: "Late Quaternary landscape evolution in the Verkhojansk Mountains, north-eastern Siberia" (in German)

2017 Habilitation: "Aeolian sediments on the northern Tibetan Plateau", topic of the habilitation lecture: Geomorphological processes on Mars

2023 Adjunct professor at the RWTH Aachen University

since 04/2024 chair of geomorphology at JMU Würzburg

 

2007 Friedrich Wilhelm Prize of RWTH Aachen University 2008 Borchers Medal of RWTH Aachen University Plaque of RWTH Aachen University
2012 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2013 Award as RWTH Lecturer for outstanding teaching and research activities
2013 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2016 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2019 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2019 Teaching Award of the Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering for the exemplary implementation of modern and illustrative teaching methods
2020 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2021 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2022 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2023 Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University
2024 Ultimate Teaching Award of the Geography Student Council of RWTH Aachen University

  • 115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Effects of the industrial history and environmental protection on heavy metals and microplastic. Stauch, Georg; Schulte, Philipp; Schwanen, Christina; Kümmerle, Eberhard Andreas; Dörwald, Lukas; Esch, Alexander; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Walk, Janek. In Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(11), pp. 3419–3436. Wiley, 2024.
  • Reconstruction of the pollution history of the Urft reservoir: an organic-geochemical investigation. Schwanen, Christina A.; Stauch, Georg; Schulte, Philipp; Schwarzbauer, Jan. In Environmental Sciences Europe, 36(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024.
  • 115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Topographic change detection. Stauch, Georg; Dörwald, Lukas; Esch, Alexander; Walk, Janek. In Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(2), pp. 582–600. 2024.
  • Opportunities for international cooperation in the field of Disaster Risk and Resilience Research. Fekete, Alexander; Priesmeier, Peter; Büdel, Christian; Flörchinger, Verena; Heyn, Timo; Knoche, Luisa; Krippner, Nils; Stauch, Georg; Winkhardt-Enz, Ronja. 2024.
  • Dune behavior in the Source Area of the Yellow River under climate changes observed from various remote sensing datasets. Dörwald, Lukas; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Delobel, Lucie; Zhang, Deguo; Yang, Xiaoping; Stauch, Georg. In Aeolian Research, 67-69, p. 100928. 2024.
  • Angewandte Fernerkundung mit der Google Earth Engine. Stauch, Georg. p. III, 120 S. : Illustrationen, Tabellen, Diagramme. Geographisches Institut der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, 2024.
  • Fernerkundung und Cloud-Computing – Eine kurze Einführung. Stauch, Georg. In Angewandte Fernerkundung mit der Google Earth Engine / mit Beiträgen von: Eileen Berg [und 7 anderen] ; Hrsg.: Georg Stauch, pp. 1–7. Geographisches Institut der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, 2024.
  • Dormant dune fields and ameliorative moisture conditions in the West Gobi Desert in East Asia during the Last Interglacial. Zheng, Junge; Zhang, Deguo; Yang, Xiaoping; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Stauch, Georg. In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 643, p. 112170. 2024.
  • Anthropogenic influence of open pit mining on river floods, an example of the Blessem flood 2021. Lehmkuhl, Frank; Stauch, Georg. In Geomorphology, 421, p. 108522-. 2023.
  • High-resolution digital surface models ({DSM}s) of the Urft River valley (Urft {R}eservoir) from 2020 and 2021, northern Eifel Mountains, western Germany. Stauch, Georg; Dörwald, Lukas; Esch, Alexander; Walk, Janek. 2023.
  • Pedogenesis at the coastal arid-hyperarid transition deduced from a Late Quaternary chronosequence at Paposo, Atacama Desert. Walk, Janek; Schulte, Philipp; Bartz, Melanie; Binnie, Ariane; Kehl, Martin; Mörchen, Ramona; Sun, Xiaolei; Stauch, Georg; Tittmann, Christopher; Bol, Roland; Brückner, Helmut; Lehmkuhl, Frank. In CATENA, 228, p. 107171-. 2023.
  • Dune movement under climatic changes on the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau as recorded by long-term satellite observation versus ERA-5 reanalysis. Dörwald, Lukas; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Walk, Janek; Delobel, Lucie; Boemke, Bruno; Baas, Andreas; Zhang, Deguo; Yang, Xiaoping; Stauch, Georg. In Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(13), pp. 2613–2629. 2023.
  • High-resolution digital elevation model ({DEM}) of the Urft River valley (Urft {R}eservoir) from 1897, northern Eifel Mountains, western Germany. Stauch, Georg; Dörwald, Lukas; Esch, Alexander; Walk, Janek. 2023.
  • Late Quaternary landscape evolution and paleoenvironmental implications from multiple geomorphic dryland systems, Orog Nuur Basin, Mongolia. Nottebaum, Veit; Stauch, Georg; van der Wal, Jorien L. N.; Zander, Anja; Schlütz, Frank; Shumilovskikh, Lyudmila; Reicherter, Klaus; Batkhishig, Ochirbat; Lehmkuhl, Frank. In Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(1), pp. 275–297. 2022.
  • Weathering under coastal hyperaridity – Late Quaternary development of spectral, textural, and gravelometric alluvial fan surface characteristics. Walk, Janek; Bartz, Melanie; Stauch, Georg; Binnie, Ariane; Brückner, Helmut; Lehmkuhl, Frank. In Quaternary Science Reviews, 277, p. 107339-. 2022.
  • Smartphone-supported mapping of landforms – A new tool in teaching geomorphology. Stauch, Georg. In Erdkunde, 76(3), pp. 227–234. 2022.
  • Beispiele für morphodynamische Prozesse und Verlagerungen in Folge des Hochflutereignisses 2021 im Ahrtal. Lehmkuhl, Frank; Keßels, Johannes; Schulte, Philipp; Stauch, Georg; Dörwald, Lukas; Wolf, Stefanie; Brüll, Catrina; Schüttrumpf, Holger. In Wasser und Abfall, 24(11), pp. 40–47. 2022.
  • Why analysing microplastics in floodplains matters: application in a sedimentary context. Lechthaler, Simone; Esser, Verena; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Stauch, Georg. In Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 23(1), pp. 117–131. 2021.
  • Morphotectonics of the northern Bogd fault and implications for Middle Pleistocene to modern uplift rates in southern Mongolia. van der Wal, Jorien L.N; Nottebaum, V.C; Gailleton, B.; Stauch, G.; Weismüller, C.; Batkhishig, O.; Lehmkuhl, F.; Reicherter, K. In Geomorphology, 367, p. 107330-. 2020.
  • The Way of Macroplastic through the Environment. Lechthaler, Simone; Waldschläger, Kryss; Stauch, Georg; Schüttrumpf, Holger. In Environments, 7(10), p. 73-. 2020.
  • Gradients in climate, geology, and topography affecting coastal alluvial fan morphodynamics in hyperarid regions – The Atacama perspective. Walk, Janek; Stauch, Georg; Reyers, Mark; Vásquez, Paulina; Sepúlveda, Fernando A.; Bartz, Melanie; Hoffmeister, Dirk; Brückner, Helmut; Lehmkuhl, Frank. In Global and Planetary Change, 185, p. 102994-. 2020.
  • Testing the potential of K-feldspar pIR-IRSL and quartz ESR for dating coastal alluvial fan complexes in arid environments. Bartz, Melanie; Duval, Mathieu; Brill, Dominik; Zander, Anja; King, Georgina E.; Rhein, Alexander; Walk, Janek; Stauch, Georg; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Brückner, Helmut. In Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating in Quaternary studies: evolution, recent advances and applications, 556, pp. 124–143. 2020.
  • Late Pleistocene alluvial fan evolution along the coastal Atacama Desert (N Chile). Bartz, Melanie; Walk, Janek; Binnie, Steven A.; Brill, Dominik; Stauch, Georg; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Hoffmeister, Dirk; Brückner, Helmut. In Global and Planetary Change, 190, p. 103091-. 2020.
  • Regional study of microplastics in surface waters and deep sea sediments south of the Algarve Coast. Lechthaler, Simone; Schwarzbauer, Jan; Reicherter, Klaus; Stauch, Georg; Schüttrumpf, Holger. In Regional Studies in Marine Science, 40, p. 101488-. 2020.
  • The way of microplastic through the environment – Application of the source-pathway-receptor model (review). Waldschläger, Kryss; Lechthaler, Simone; Stauch, Georg; Schüttrumpf, Holger. In Science of The Total Environment, 713, p. 136584-. 2020.
  • Canola Oil Extraction in Conjunction with a Plastic Free Separation Unit Optimises Microplastics Monitoring in Water and Sediment. Lechthaler, Simone; Hildebrandt, Lars; Stauch, Georg; Schüttrumpf, Holger. In Analytical Methods. 2020.
  • Surface Roughness Estimation in the Orog Nuur Basin (Southern Mongolia) Using Sentinel-1 SAR Time Series and Ground-Based Photogrammetry. Ullmann, Tobias; Stauch, Georg. In Remote Sensing, 12(19), p. 3200-. 2020.
  • Oil Extraction as Separation Method for Microplastic in Sediment Samples. Lechthaler, Simone; Stauch, Georg; Schüttrumpf, Holger. M. Cocca, E. Di Pace, M. E. Errico, G. Gentile, A. Montarsolo, R. Mossotti, M. Avella (eds.), pp. 282–286. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
  • Late Quaternary environments in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia: Vegetation, hydrological, and palaeoclimate evolution. Yu, Kaifeng; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Schlütz, Frank; Diekmann, Bernhard; Mischke, Steffen; Grunert, Jörg; Murad, Waheed; Nottebaum, Veit; Stauch, Georg; Zeeden, Christian. In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, pp. 77–91. Elsevier BV, 2019.
  • A conceptual model for the interpretation of aeolian sediments from a semiarid high-mountain environment since the late glacial. Stauch, Georg. In Quaternary Research, 91(1), pp. 24–34. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
  • Geomorphology of the coastal alluvial fan complex Guanillos, northern Chile. Walk, Janek; Stauch, Georg; Bartz, Melanie; Brückner, Helmut; Lehmkuhl, Frank. In Journal of Maps, 15(2), pp. 436–447. 2019.
  • Response of lake-catchment processes to Holocene climate variability: Evidences from the NE Tibetan Plateau. Yan, Dada; Wünnemann, Bernd; Zhang, Yongzhan; Long, Hao; Stauch, Georg; Sun, Qianli; Cao, Guangchao. In Quaternary Science Reviews, 201, pp. 261–279. Elsevier BV, 2018.
  • Environmental changes during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the Gonghe Basin, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Stauch, Georg; Lai, Zhongping; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Schulte, Philipp. In Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 509, pp. 144–155. Elsevier BV, 2018.
  • Paleolakes in the Gobi region of southern Mongolia. Lehmkuhl, Frank; Grunert, Jörg; Hülle, Daniela; Batkhishig, Ochirbat; Stauch, Georg. In Quaternary Science Reviews, 179, pp. 1–23. Elsevier BV, 2018.
  • Geochemical imprints of coupled paleoenvironmental and provenance change in the lacustrine sequence of Orog Nuur, Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Yu, Kaifeng; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Diekmann, Bernhard; Zeeden, Christian; Nottebaum, Veit; Stauch, Georg. In Journal of Paleolimnology, 58(4), pp. 511–532. 2017.
  • Project house water: a novel interdisciplinary framework to assess the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of flood-related impacts. Crawford, Sarah E.; Cofalla, Catrina Brüll nee; Aumeier, Benedikt; Brinkmann, Markus; Classen, Elisa; Esser, Verena; Ganal, Caroline; Kaip, Elena; Häussling, Roger; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Letmathe, Peter; Müller, Anne-Katrin; Rabinovitch, Ilja; Reicherter, Klaus; Schwarzbauer, Jan; Schmitt, Marco; Stauch, Georg; Wessling, Matthias; Yüce, Süleyman; Hecker, Markus; Kidd, Karen A.; Altenburger, Rolf; Brack, Werner; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Hollert, Henner. In Environmental Sciences Europe, 29(1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
  • Landscape and climate on the northern Tibetan Plateau during the late Quaternary. Stauch, G.; Schulte, P.; Ramisch, A.; Hartmann, K.; Hülle, D.; Lockot, G.; Diekmann, B.; Nottebaum, V.; Müller, C.; Wünnemann, B.; Yan, D.; Lehmkuhl, F. In Geomorphology, 286, pp. 78–92. Elsevier BV, 2017.
  • Late Pleistocene glaciations at Lake Donggi Cona, eastern Kunlun Shan (NE Tibet): early maxima and a diminishing trend of glaciation during the last glacial cycle.. Rother, Henrik; Stauch, Georg; Loibl, David; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Freeman, Stewart P. H. T. In Boreas, 46(3), pp. 503–524. Wiley, 2017.
  • Aeolian sediments on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Stauch, Georg. G. Stauch (ed.). 2017.
  • Late Quaternary aeolian sand deposition sustained by fluvial reworking and sediment supply in the Hexi Corridor — An example from northern Chinese drylands. Nottebaum, Veit; Lehmkuhl, Frank; Stauch, Georg; Lu, Huayu; Yi, Shuangwen. In Geomorphology, 250, pp. 113–127. 2015.