Curriculum Vitae

Personal

Name:	Mark R. Handy
Birth:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Nationality:	Swiss

Education & Qualifications

B.A.	Amherst College, U.S.A.	(1976-1980)
Postgraduate	ETH-Zürich, Switzerland	(1980-1981)
Dr. phil. nat.	Universität Basel, Switzerland	(1981-1986)
Postdoctorate	Imperial College, London	(1986-1988)
Habilitation	Universität Bern, Switzerland	(1988-1991)

Professional background

Research Associate	Universität Bern, Switzerland	(1991-1994)
Professor of Geology	Justus-Liebig Univ., Giessen, Germany	(1994-2000)
Professor of Geology	Freie Universität Berlin, Germany	(2000-present)

Guest Professor in Alpine Geodynamics ETH-Zürich 2020-2022

Honours

Gustav Steinmann Medaille of the German Geological Society (DGGV), 2021

Laudatio

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Teaching in Berlin & Abroad

• At the Freie Universität Berlin
• Introductory Earth Sciences
• Structural Geology
• Tectonics & Geodynamics
• Fabrics and Rheology of Geological Materials
• Geology of Europe
• Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins
• Evolution of the Alpine-type Mountain Belts
• Seminars on Tectonic and other Earth Science themes
• Field courses (Geological mapping, excursions)

At other institution

• Guest professor of Alpine Geodynamics, ETH-Zürich (2020-2022)
• Visiting professor at the ETH-Zürich, Switzerland (March-October 2017)
• Guest researcher of the CNRS / Univ. de Rennes 1, France (November 2007-February 2008)
• Distinguished Lecturer at the Vening Meinesz Research School of Geodynamics, the Netherlands (Research Seminar on Integrated Geodynamics, 2004)
• Guest professor at the Univ. of Vienna, Austria (May-July, 2003)
• Invited lecturer at the European Graduate Summer School, Charles Univ. of Prague (July 2001, June-July 1995, 1997, 2001)

Public Service

• Lectures and field trips on Earth Science to children in the Berlin schools
• Educational Directorate, John-F.-Kennedy Schule, Berlin (2008-2010)
• Guest lectures on Earthquakes for the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdient (DAAD)
• Public radio interviews (Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutsche Welle) on Earth Science themes - earthquakes, resources

Professional affiliations

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• Geological Society, London
• Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung (DGGV)
• German Mineralogical Society (DMG)
• German Geophysical Society (DGG)
• Swiss Geological Society (SGG)

 

Research and Projects

Current Research Interests

• Plate kinematics in the Alpine-Mediterranean domain
• Evolution of Tethyan continental margins
• Microstructure and rheology of fault rocks and anatectites
• Mountain-Building processes in the Alps, Dinarides, and Apennines

Present Projects

• SPP 2017 – Mountain Building Processes in 4-Dimensions (4D-MB), coordination (DFG, speaker - M.R. Handy, coordination – P. McPhee)
• The Neogene revolution in the Alpine Domain (part of SPP coordination project
• Investigating the Eastern Alpine lithosphere by joint inversion of surface waves & receiver functions (DFG, 2020-2023; co-PI with T. Meier, R. Kind, G. Rümpker)
• Switching of pro- and retrowedges in the Eastern Alps and their peripheral basins (DFG, 2020-2023; co-PI with A. Bernhardt, P. Bauer, associated with E. LeBreton)
• From shortening to extension in the upper plate of rollback subduction – the Aegean case (AvH, 2021-2024; co-PI with A. Okay)
• “Slab tearing or slab retreat as triggers of extension at the Dinaric-Hellenic transition, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro” (DFG; co-PI with J. Giese, J. Pleuger, associated with L. Gemignani)

Past Projects

• Plate motions in Alpine Tethys and the Western Mediterranean (2007-present)
• Relating surface exposures of subducted and exhumed crust to geophysical images of slabs (2017-2020)
• Orogenic arcuation in the Dinarides and NW Hellenides (2017-present)
• Shortening, extension and lateral extrusion in the Eastern Alps (2007-2016)
• Exhumation in the Eastern Himalayan Syntax and the formation of the Tibetan Plateau (2008-2010)
• Plate motions in Alpine Tethys and the Western Mediterranean (2007-present)
• Scaling of strain localization patterns at the frictional-to-viscous transition in continental fault zones (2002-2006)
• Fault systems in front of the Adriatic orogenic indenter in the Eastern Alps (2017-2020) and their role in exhuming high pressure rocks of the Western Alpine arc (2000-2005)
• Tectonometamorphic age map of the Alps (2002-2004, 2012)
• Numerical modelling of subduction, erosion and plateau formation in the Central Andes (2000-2004)

Administrative functions

• Head of section in Tectonics and Sedimentology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin (2000-2023)
• Chairman of Institute of Geology, Dept.of  Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin (2012-2017)
• Member, University Senate, Freie Universität Berlin (2001-2005)
• Dean of Studies, Earth Sciences Faculty (2001-2003)
• Advisory Board, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 267) “Deformation Processes in the Andes” (2000-2004)

 

                                          

I.   Articles in journals & books

II.  Articles in preparation

III.  Books & special volumes

IV.  Articles of general & historical interest

V.  Abstracts, book reviews, editorials, field guides

VI. Unpublished monographs

VII. Invited lectures & seminars

VIII. Invited talks not delivered

IX.  Interviews

I.  ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS & BOOKS

A. First-author articles (28, youngest to oldest)

Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Paffrath, M., Friederich, W. and the AlpArray Working Group (2021): Orogenic lithosphere and slabs in the greater Alpine area - Interpretations based on teleseismic P-wave tomography. Solid Earth, 12, 2633-2669, DOI: 10.5194/se-12-2633-2021

Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Schmid, S.M., Pleuger, J., Spakman, W., Onuzi, K., Ustaszewski, K. (2019): Coupled crust-mantle response to slab tearing, bending and rollback along the Dinarides-Hellenides orogen. Tectonics, DOI: 10.1029/2019TC005524

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K., Kissling, E. (2015): Reconstructing the Alps–Carpathians–Dinarides as a key to understanding switches in subduction polarity, slab gaps and surface motion. International Journal of Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1060-3. PDF Appendix PDF 

Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L. (2011): From embryonic tectonics and geosynclines to modern concepts of rifting, spreading and Alpine orogenesis. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100, 5, 895-897, DOI 10.1007/s00531-011-0647-1. PDF

Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Bousquet, R., Kissling, E., Bernoulli, D. (2010): Reconciling plate-tectonic reconstructions with the geological-geophysical record of spreading and subduction in the Alps. Earth Science Reviews, 102, 121-158. PDF

Handy, M.R., Hirth, G. and N. Hovius (2007): Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth. pp. 2-8 in: Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N. Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, 504 pp., The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA. PDF Dahlem Conferences

Handy, M.R., Hirth, G. and R. Bürgmann (2007): Fault Structure and Rheology from the Frictional-Viscous Transition Downward. pp. 139-181 in: Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N. Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, 504 pp., The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA. PDF Dahlem Conferences

Handy, M.R., Babist, J., Rosenberg, C.L., Wagner, R. and M. Konrad (2005): Decoupling and its relation to strain partitioning in continental lithosphere– Insight from the Periadriatic fault system (European Alps). In: Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, edited by Gapais, D., Brun, J.P. and P.R. Cobbold, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 243, 249-276. PDF

Handy, M.R. and R. Oberhänsli (2004): Age of the Metamorphic Structure of the Alps – Tectonic Interpretation and Outstanding Problems. In: “Explanatory Notes to the Map: Metamorphic Structure of the Alps.” Edited by R. Oberhänsli. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 149, 97-121. PDF (black and white)  PDF (colour)

Handy, M.R., and J.-P. Brun (2004): Seismicity, structure and strength of the continental lithosphere. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 223, 3-4, 427-441. PDF

Handy, M.R., and H. Stünitz (2002): Strain localization by fracturing and reaction weakening - A mechanism for initiating exhumation of subcontinental mantle beneath rifted margins. In: Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives, Edited by de Meer, S., Drury, M.R., de Bresser, J.H.P. and Pennock, G.M., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 200, 387-407. PDF

Handy, M.R., Mulch, A., Rosenau, M., and C.L. Rosenberg (2001): The role of fault zones and melts as agents of weakening, hardening and differentiation of the continental crust - a synthesis. in: The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening, edited by Holdsworth, R.E., Strachan, R.A., Magloughlin, J.F., and R.J. Knipe, Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 186, 303-330. PDF

Handy, M.R., Braun, J., Brown, M., Kukowski, N., Paterson, M.S., Schmid, S.M., Stöckhert, B., Stüwe, K., Thompson, A.B., and E. Wosnitza (2001): Rheology and geodynamic modeling: The next step forward, in: Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures and Rheology, edited by Dresen, G. and M.R. Handy, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 90, 1, 149-156. PDF

Handy, M.R., Franz, L., Heller, F., Janott, B., and R. Zurbriggen (1999): Multistage accretion, orogenesis and exhumation of continental crust (southern Alps, Italy and Switzerland), Tectonics, 18, 6, 1154 - 1177. PDF

Handy, M.R., Wissing, S., and J.E. Streit (1999): Strength and structure of mylonite with combined frictional-viscous rheology and varied bimineralic composition. Tectonophysics, 303, 1-4, 175-192. PDF

Handy, M.R. and J.E. Streit (1999): Mechanisms and mechanics of magmatic underplating: Inferences from syntectonic mafic veins in deep crustal mylonite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 165, 271-286. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1998): Fault rocks from an exhumed intracrustal extensional detachment: The Pogallo ductile fault zone, in: Fault-related rocks: A Photographic Atlas, edited by A.W. Snoke, J.A. Tullis, and V.R. Todd, Princeton University Press, 617 p. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1996): The Transition from Passive to Active Margin Tectonics: A Case Study from the Zone of Samedan (eastern Switzerland), Geologische Rundschau, 85, 4, 832-851. PDF

Handy, M.R., Herwegh, M., Kamber, B., Tietz, R., and I. Villa (1996): Geochronologic, petrologic and kinematic constraints on the evolution of the Err-Platta boundary, part of a fossil continent-ocean suture in the Alps (eastern Switzerland), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 76, 3, 453-474. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1994b): The energetics of steady state heterogeneous shear in mylonitic rock, Materials Science and Engineering, A175, 261-272. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1994a): Flow laws for rocks containing two nonlinear viscous phases: A phenomenological approach, Journal of Structural Geology, 16, 3, 287-301, Correction, 1994, Journal of Structural Geology, 16, 12, 1727. PDF

Handy, M.R., Herwegh, M., and C. Regli (1993): Die Tektonische Entwicklung der westlichen Zone von Samedan (Oberhalbstein, Graubünden), Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae, 86, 3, 785-817. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1992): Correction and Addition to "The solid-state flow of polymineralic rocks", 1992, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, B2, 1897-1899. PDF

Handy, M.R. and A. Zingg (1991): The tectonic and rheologic evolution of the Ivrea Crustal Cross Section (Southern Alps of northwestern Italy and southern Switzerland), Geological Society of America Bulletin, 103, 236-253. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1990): The solid-state flow of polymineralic rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, B6, 8647-8661. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1990): The exhumation of cross sections of the continental crust: structure, kinematics and rheology, Exposed Cross-Sections of the Continental Crust, edited by M.H. Salisbury and D.M. Fountain, NATO-ASI Series C, 317, 485-507, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1989): Deformation regimes and the rheological evolution of fault zones in the lithosphere: The effects of pressure, temperature, grain size, and time, Tectonophysics, 163, 119-152. PDF

Handy, M.R. (1987): The structure, age, and kinematics of the Pogallo fault zone, Southern Alps, northwestern Italy, Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae, 80, 3, 593-632

 

B. Co-authored articles (50, youngest to oldest)

Grund, M.U., Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Gemignani, L., Pleuger, J., Onuzi, K. (2023): Faulting, basin formation and orogenic arcuation at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction (northern Albania and Kosovo), International Journal of Earth Sciences 112, 1613–1634 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-023-02318-1

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., and Handy, M.R. (2022): Rift-related Segmentation of the Eastern European Margin Documented in the Central Tauern Window. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 115, 27, https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-022-00426-9.

Gemignani, L.,Mittelbach, B.V., Simon, D., Rohrmann, A., Grund, M.U., Bernhardt, A., Hippe, K., Giese, J., Handy, M.R. (2022). Response of drainage pattern and basin evolution to tectonic and climatic changes along the Dinarides-Hellenides orogen. Frontiers in Earth Science 10, 21 pp., doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.821707

Najafabadi, A. Jozi, Haberland, C., Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Verwater, V., Heit, B., Weber, M., the AlpArray and AlpArray SWATH-D Working Groups (2022): Constraints on Crustal Structure in the Vicinity of the Adriatic Indenter (European Alps) From Vp and Vp/Vs Local Earthquake Tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023160. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023160

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., and Handy, M.R. (2021): Rift-related Segmentation of the Eastern European Margin Documented in the Central Tauern Window. International Journal of Earth Sciences.

Agard, P., and Handy, M.R. (2021): Ocean subduction dynamics in the Alps, in: Shedding Light on the European Alps, McCarthy, A. and Müntener, O., Guest Editors, Elements 17, 1, 9-16, DOI: 10.2138/gselements.17.1.9. PDF

Verwater, V.F., Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Picotti, V., Najafabadi, A.J., Haberland^, Ch. (2021). Neogene kinematics and strain partitioning within the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (Northern Italy). Solid Earth, 12, 1309–1334, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1309-2021

Paffrath, M., Friederich, W., Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R., and the AlpArray and AlpArray-Swath D Working Group. (2021): Imaging structure and geometry of slabs in the greater Alpine area - A P-wave travel-time tomography using AlpArray Seismic Network data. Solid Earth, 12, 2671-2702, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2671-2021

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., Germer, M., John, T. (2020): Evolving temperature field in a fossil subduction channel during the transition from subduction to collision (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Journal of metamorphic Geology, DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12572

Groß, P., Handy, M.R., John, T., Pestal, G., Pleuger, J. (2020): Crustal-scale sheath folding at HP conditions in an Exhumed Alpine Subduction Zone (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Tectonics, doi: 10.1029/2019TC005942

Qorbani, E., Zigone, D., Handy, M.R., Bokelmann, G. and AlpArray-EASI working group (2020): Crustal structures beneath the Eastern and Southern Alps from ambient noise tomography. Solid Earth, 11, 1947–1968, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1947-2020.

Hetényia, G., Plomerová, J., Bianchi, I., Kampfová Exnerová, H., Bokelmann, G., Handy, M.R., Babuškae, V. and the Working Group AlpArray-EASI (2018): From mountain summits to roots: Crustal structure of the Eastern Alps and Bohemian Massif along longitude 13.3°E. Tectonophysics 744, 239-255. PDF

Hetényi, G., Molinari, I., Clinton, J., Bokelmann, G., Bondár, I., Crawford, W.C., Dessa, J.X., Doubre, C., Friederich, W., Fuchs, F., Giardini, D., Gráczer, Z., Handy, M.R., Herak, M. , Jia, Y., Kissling, E., Kopp, H., Korn, M., Margheriti, L., Meier, T., Mucciarelli, M., Paul, A., Pesaresi, D., Piromallo, C., Plenefisch, Th., Plomerová, J., Ritter, J., Rümpker, G., Šipka, V., Spallarossa, D., Thomas, Ch., Tilmann, F., Wassermann, J., Weber, M., Wéber, Z., Wesztergom, V., Živčić, M., AlpArray Seismic Network Team, AlpArray OBS Cruise Crew, AlpArray Working Group. (2018): The AlpArray Seismic Network: A Large‑Scale European Experiment to Image the Alpine Orogen. Surveys in Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-018-9472-4

Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Molli, G., Ustaszewski, K. (2017): Post-20 Ma motion of the Adriatic plate – new constraints from surrounding orogens and implications for crust-mantle decoupling. Tectonics, doi:10.1002/2016TC004443. PDF

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T., Kämpf, H. (2017): Detection of a new Sub-Lithospheric Discontinuity in Central Europe with S-Receiver Functions. Tectonophysics 700-701, 19-31 PDF

Favaro, S., Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Schuster, R. (2017): Changing patterns of exhumation and denudation in front of an advancing crustal indenter, Tauern Window (Eastern Alps). Tectonics 36,1053-1071, doi: 10.1002/2016TC004448 PDF Appendix PDF

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Sudo, M., Schuster, R., Hammerschmidt, K. (2016): Grain-size effects on the closure temperature of white mica in a crustal-scale extensional shear zone – implications of in-situ ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar laser-ablation of white mica for dating shearing and cooling (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps) Tectonophysics 674, 210-226 PDF

Favaro, S., Schuster, R., Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Pestal, G. (2015): Transition from orogen-perpendicular to orogen-parallel exhumation and cooling during crustal indentation – key constraints from 147Sm/144Nd and 87Rb/86Sr geochronology (Tauern Window, Alps). Tectonophysics 665, 1-16 PDF

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Ziemann, M.A., Schmid, S.M. (2013): Peak-temperature patterns of polyphase metamorphism resulting from accretion, subduction and collision (eastern Tauern Window, European Alps) – a study with Raman microspectroscopy on carbonaceous material (RSCM), Journal of metamorphic Geology, 31(8), 863-880, DOI 10.1111/jmg.12048. PDF Appendix PDF 

Schmid, S.M., Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L. (2013): The Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria): a new tectonic map, with cross-sections and a tectonometamorphic synthesis, Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 106, 1–32, DOI 10.1007/s00015-013-0123-y.    

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Favaro, S., Schmid, S. M., Bertrand, A. (2013): Modes of orogen-parallel stretching and extensional exhumation in response to microplate indentation and roll-back subduction (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps), International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch), 102(6), 1627-1654, DOI 10.1007/s00531-013-0894-4. PDF

Fusseis, F. and Handy, M.R. (2008): Micromechanisms of shear zone propagation at the brittle to viscous transition, Journal of Structural Geology, doi :10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.005. PDF

Schrank, C.E., Handy, M.R. and F. Fusseis (2008): Multiscaling of shear zones and the evolution of the brittle-to-viscous transition in continental crust, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B01407, doi:10.1029/2006JB004833. PDF

Furlong, K., Beroza, G.C., Brun, J.-P., Cowie, P.A., Handy, M.R., Mooney, W.D., Taymaz, T., Teyssier, C., Vauchez, A., and B. Wernicke (2007): Nucleation and Growth of Fault Systems. pp. 78-98 in: Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N. Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, 504 pp., The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA. PDF Dahlem Conferences

Rosenberg, C., Medvedev, S., and M.R. Handy (2007): On the effects of melting on faulting and continental deformation.  pp. 357-401 in: Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N. Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, 504 pp.,  The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA. PDF Dahlem Conferences

Babist, J., Handy, M.R., Konrad-Schmolke, M., and K. Hammerschmidt (2006). Precollisional, multistage exhumation of subducted continental crust: The Sesia Zone, western Alps. Tectonics, 25, 25 pp., TC6008, doi:10.1029/2005TC001927. PDF

Medvedev, S., Podladchikov, Y.Y., Handy, M.R. and E. Scheuber (2006): Controls on the evolution of the Central Andes (10-35°S): Insight from thin-sheet numerical modeling. Chapt. 23 (pp. 475-494) in: The Andes, Active Subduction Orogeny, edited by Onken, O., Chong, G., Franz, G., Giese, P. Götze, H.-J., Ramos, V.A., Strecker, M.R., and P. Wigger, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 1, 568 pp., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York. PDF

Konrad-Schmolke, M., Babist, J., Handy, M.R., and P.J. O’Brien (2006): The physico-chemical properties of a subducted slab from garnet zonation patterns (Sesia Zone, Western Alps). Journal of Petrology, 47, 11, 2123-2148, doi: 10.1093/petrology/egl039. PDF

Fusseis, F., Handy, M.R., and C. Schrank (2006): Networking of shear zones at the brittle-to-viscous transition (Cap de Creus, NE Spain). Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 1228-1243. PDF

Wagner, R., Rosenberg, C.L., Handy, M.R., Möbus, C. and M. Albertz (2005): Fracture-induced intrusion to buoyancy-driven upwelling of a mid-crustal pluton fed from a transpressive shear zone – the Rieserferner pluton (Eastern Alps). Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118, 1/2, 219-237: doi: 10.1130/B25842.1

Konrad, M., Handy, M.R., Babist, J., and P.J. O´Brien (2005): Thermodynamic modeling of diffusion-controlled garnet growth. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 16, 181-195. PDF

Rosenberg, C.L. and Handy, M.R. (2005): Experimental deformation of partially-melted granite revisited: Implications for the continental crust. Journal of metamorphic Geology,  23, 19-28. PDF

Mulch, M.R. Rosenau, M., Dörr, W. and M.R. Handy (2002): The age and structure of dikes along the tectonic contact of the Ivrea-Verbano and Strona-Ceneri Zones (southern Alps, Northern Italy, Switzerland), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 82, 55-76. PDF

Mulch, A., Cosca, M., and M.R. Handy (2002): In-situ UV-laser 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of a micaceous mylonite: an example of defect-enhanced Ar-loss, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142, 738-752. PDF

Rosenberg, C.L. and M.R. Handy (2001): Melt migration during pure shear deformation of a partially molten rock analogue (norcamphor-benzamide), Journal of Structural Geology, 23, 1917-1932. PDF

Herwegh, M., Handy, M.R., and R. Heilbronner-Panozzo (2000): Evolution of Mylonitic Microfabrics, in: Stress, Strain and Structure, A volume in honour of W.D. Means, edited by M.W. Jessell and J.L. Urai. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, 2, 18 (full-length contribution on CD-ROM).

Bauer, P., Palm, S., and M.R. Handy (2000): Strain localization and fluid pathways in mylonite: Inferences from in-situ deformation of a water-bearing quartz analogue (norcamphor), Tectonophysics, 320, 141-165. PDF

Rosenberg, C.L. and M.R. Handy (2000): Syntectonic melt pathways during simple shearing of an anatectic rock analogue (norcamphor-benzamide), Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 3135-3149. PDF

Bauer, P., Rosenberg, C.L, and M.R. Handy (2000): Deformation experiments on rock-analogue materials at controlled confining pressure: A new approach for studying strain localization at the brittle to viscous transition, Journal of Structural Geology, 22, 3, 281-289. PDF

Herwegh, M., Handy, M.R., and R. Heilbronner-Panozzo (1999): Evolution of Mylonitic Microfabrics (EMM): A Computer Application for Educational Purposes, Tectonophysics, 303, 1-4, 141-146. PDF

Herwegh, M. and M.R. Handy (1998): The origin of shape preferred orientations in mylonite: inferences from in-situ experiments on polycrystalline norcamphor, Journal of Structural Geology,  20, 6, 681-694. PDF

Zurbriggen, R., Kamber, B. S., Handy, M.R., and T. Nägler (1998): Dating syn-magmatic folds: A case study of Schlingen structures in the Strona-Ceneri Zone (southern Alps, northern Italy), Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16, 3, 403-414. PDF

Herwegh, M., Handy, M.R., and R. Heilbronner-Panozzo (1997): Temperature and strain rate dependent microfabric evolution in monomineralic mylonite: Evidence from insitu deformation of a rock analogue, Tectonophysics, 280, 1-2, 83-106. PDF

Zurbriggen, R. Franz, L., and M.R. Handy (1997): Pre-Variscan deformation, metamorphism and magmatism in the Strona-Ceneri Zone (southern Alps, northern Italy and southern Switzerland), Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen,  77, 3, 361-380. PDF

Herwegh, M. and M.R. Handy (1996): The evolution of high temperature mylonitic microfabrics: Evidence from simple shearing of a quartz analogue (norcamphor), Journal of Structural Geology, 18, 5, 689-710. PDF

Schmid, S.M., and M.R. Handy (1991): Towards a genetic classification of fault rocks: Geological usage and tectonophysical implications, 1991, pp. 339-361 in: Controversies in Modern Geology, edited by K.J. Hsü, J. Mackenzie, and D. Müller, Academic Press, London. PDF

Prior, D.J., Knipe, R.J., and M.R. Handy (1990): Estimates of the Rates of Microstructural Change in Mylonites, Geological Society Special Publication, 54, 309-320. PDF

Zingg, A., Handy, M.R., Hunziker, J.C., and S.M. Schmid (1990): Tectonometamorphic history of the Ivrea Zone and its relation to the crustal evolution of the Southern Alps, Tectonophysics, 182, 169-192. PDF

Schmid, S.M., Zingg, A., and M.R. Handy (1987): The kinematics of movements along the Insubric Line and the emplacement of the Ivrea Zone, 1987, Tectonophysics, 135, pp. 47-66. PDF

 

II.  ARTICLES IN REVIEW, SUBMITTED or IN PREPARATION

• Gipper, P., Hawemann, F., Handy, M.R., Oberhänsli, R.: Crustal imbrication and nappe folding in the southeastern Tauern Window. Swiss Journal of Geoscienc

 

 III.  BOOKS & SPECIAL VOLUMES

• From embryonic tectonics and geosynclines to modern concepts of rifting, spreading and Alpine orogenesis – The Trümpy Volume, selected papers of the 9th Alpine Workshop (Cogne, 2009), edited by M.R. Handy and C.L. Rosenberg, 2011 International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100, 5,895-1226.

• Tectonic Faults – Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth, edited by M.R. Handy, G. Hirth, N. Hovius, Dahlem Workshop Report 95, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA, 2007

• Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures and Rheology, edited by G. Dresen and M.R. Handy, 2001, International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 90, 1, 216 pp.

Mountain Building, edited by Hetényi G, M.R. Handy and AAG Webb, Frontiers in Earth Sciences 9, 789741, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.789741

 

IV. ARTICLES OF GENERAL & HISTORICAL INTEREST

• Handy, M.R. (2010): Von Vorurteilen, Paradigmen und Wandel in den Geowissenschaften, Seite des Vorsitzenden der Geologischen Vereinigung, Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (GMIT), 39, 63-64.

• Handy, M.R. und F. von Blankenburg (2008): Aktuelles zur geowissenschaftlichen Hochschulbildung, Seite des Vorsitzenden der Geologischen Vereinigung, Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (GMIT), 34, 73-75.
• “Die Steineversteher”, Interview with Carsten Wette, Januar 2007, Berliner Tagespiegel
• Erdbeben nach Stundenplan: Erdbebensicherheit im Gespräch. Lassen sich tektonische Schwankungen vorhersehen?Interview of M.R. Handy by Berndt Wannemacher in FUndiert, 1/2005, Das Wissenschaftsmagazin der Freien Universität. S. 38-47. PDF
• Wo die Erde bebt: Störungszonen beeinflussen ihre Umwelt - aber auch umgekehrt.” Interview with Kerstin Koch, Natur, 2/2005, 48-49.
• Handy, M.R. and C. Heubeck (2003): “Kartierung in Gefahr?” Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (GMIT), 12, 19-21.
• Handy, M.R. (2002): On experimental tectonics: Comparative Analysis of Three Types of Displacement, by H. Cloos, Translation and Commentary of "Zur experimentellen Tektonik, Vergleichende Analyse dreier Verschiebungen" in: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 91, 111-122.
• Handy, M.R. (2002): “Wozu Geologie?” pp. 6-12 in: Der belebte Planet. Böse, M. and H. Keupp (eds), Sonderheft der Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen zum “Jahr der Geowissenschaften 2002”
• Handy, M.R. (1999): Fieldwork, mapping and vocation- a German take. Geoscientist, 9, 11, 14.
  

 

V.  ABSTRACTS, REVIEWS, EDITORIALS, FIELD GUIDES (youngest top to oldest bottom)

Handy, M.R., McPhee, P., Le Breton, E. and members of the 4D-MB and AlpArray Groups (2023): A new 4D model of Alpine orogenesis based on AlpArray. 7^th annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Handy, M.R., Le Breton, E., Haberland, Ch., McPhee, P., Jozi Najafabadi, A., Verwater, V., Picotti, V.(2023): Role of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alps in Adriatic Indentation. 7^th annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., John, T., Handy, M.R. (2023): Evolution of a Fossil Subduction Zone: Insights from the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps.7^th annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Le Breton, E., Bernhardt, A., Neumeister, R., Heismann, C., Borzi, A., Hülscher, J., Sanders, R., Grunert, P., Handy, M.R., McPhee, P. (2023)^: Early Miocene tectono-sedimentary shift in the eastern North Alpine Foreland Basin and its relation to changes in tectonic style in the Eastern Alps. 7^th annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

Handy, M.R. and the members of 4D-MB and the AlpArray Working Group (2022): How AlpArray is guiding us to a new model of Alpine orogenesis, alpshop2022-13, 15th Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., McPhee, P., Jozi-Najafabadi, A., Haberland, Ch. (2022): Variation in style of Adriatic lower crust indentation west and east of the Giudicarie Fault. alpshop2022-25, 15th Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

McPhee, P., Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R (2022): Linking Map-view Kinematic Reconstructions of the Eastern Alps to Mantle and Lower Crustal Structure, alpshop2022-25, 15^th Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Handy, M.R. (2022): A new model of slab detachment in the Alps and its geodynamic consequences. EGU22-13517, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13517, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria

Molinari, I., Handy, M.R. (2021): Understanding the European and the Adriatic plates from the top down, Sept 16, 2021, invited talk for Online Meeting of the SGI (Geological Society of Italy).

Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Briole, P. (2020): The M 6.4 Albanian earthquake of Nov. 26, 2019 and its relation to structures at the Dinarides-Hellenides junctions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-5409, EGU General Assembly 2020

Verwater, V.F., Handy, M.R., Le Breton, E., Picotti, V., Najafabadi, A.-J., Haberland, Ch. (2020): Neogene kinematics and structural evolution of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (Northern Italy). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-7840, EGU General Assembly 2020

Kind, R., Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R. (2020): Negative Velocity Gradients in the uppermost Mantle below the larger Alpine Area. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-9787, EGU General Assembly 2020

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., John, T. (2020): Three-dimensional temperature variations in a fossil subduction zone resolved by RSCM thermometry (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-8054, EGU General Assembly 2020

Gemignani, L., Simon, D., Mittelbach, B., Hippe, K., Handy, M.R. (2020): Tectonic, erosional and climatic controls on sedimentary basin evolution a case study from the Tropoja Basin (Albania). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-9824, EGU General Assembly 2020

Dushi, E., Schurr, B., Kosari, E.,Soto, H., Gjuzi, O., Rohnacher, A., Haberland, Ch., Rietbrock, A., Tilmann, F., Handy, M.R., Koci, R., Ustaszewski, K., Dahm, Th., Meier, Th., Duni, L. (2020): The 2019 Durres Albania earthquake sequence – preliminary results from a post-seismic campaign. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. XX, EGU2020-22189, EGU General Assembly 2020

Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Pleuger, J., Schmid, S.M., Spakman, W., Onuzi, K., Ustaszewski, K. (2019): Change from rollback subduction to oblique collision at the junction of the Dinarides and Hellenides. pp. 28 in Abstract Vol., EGU Series – Emile Argand Conferences, 14^th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, September 4-6^th, 2019, Sion, Switzerland

Verwater, V.F., Handy, M.R., Le Breton, E., Picotti, V., Jozi Najafabadi, A., Haberland, C. (2019): Structures and kinematics of Neogene deformation from the Southern Alpine orogenic front to the Northern Giudicarie Belt (eastern Southern Alps, Northern Italy). pp. 88 in Abstract Vol., EGU Series – Emile Argand Conferences, 14^th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, September 4-6^th, 2019, Sion, Switzerland

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., John, T. (2019): Variations in the 3D temperature field in a fossil subduction zone resolved by RSCM thermometry (Tauern Window). pp. 27 in Abstract Vol., EGU Series – Emile Argand Conferences, 14^thWorkshop on Alpine Geological Studies, September 4-6^th, 2019, Sion, Switzerland

Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Pleuger, J., Le Breton, E., et altri. (2019): Along-strike change from oblique collision to rollback subduction at the junction of the Dinarides and Hellenides.pp. xx in Abstract Vol., Leibnitz Society Berlin-Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Workshop on The Geology of Eurasia, June 27-28^th, 2019, Potsdam, Germany

Grund, M.U., Giese, J., Zertani, S., Handy, M.R., Pleuger, J., Le Breton, E., Onuzi, K. (2019): Faulting, cooling and exhumation in the footwall of the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault (Dinaric-Hellenic junction) and its relation to the western Kosovo basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-8549, EGU General Assembly 2019

Gross, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., John, T. (2019): Crustal-scale sheath folding at HP conditions in an exhumed Alpine subduction zone (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU General Assembly 2019

Verwater, V., Handy, M.R., Le Breton, E., Picotti, V. (2019): Fault kinematics along the front of the Eastern Southern Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-15871, EGU General Assembly 2019

Pleuger, J., Gross, P., Langner, T., Menneken, M., Handy, M.R., John, T. (2018): The structural and thermal record of crustal-scale sheath folding during subduction and exhumation in the central Tauern Window, Eastern Alps.Abstract, 11th ESSEWECA conference: Environmental, Structural & Stratigraphical Evolution of the Western Carpathians. November 29th - 30th, 2018, Bratislava, Slovakia

Weber, M., Handy, M.R. Kaestle, E. (2018): The Alps revisited – 4D-MB, the German contribution to the AlpArray mission. DEEP-2018 international meeting, Beijing, October 2018.

Handy, M.R. (2018): Orogens, modern and ancient - what they tell us about mountain-building processes. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018- 16149, EGU General Assembly 2018

Heit, B., Weber, M., Haberland, C., Tilmann, F., Strollo, A., Schwarz, S., Handy, M.R., Jia, Y., Pesaresi, D. (2018): The AlpArray SWATH-D experiment - A dense seismic array in the Central, Eastern and Southern Alps. EGU2018-11509, 2018, EGU General Assembly 2018

Gross, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., John, T.(2018): Internal structure and evolution of the Penninic subduction channel of the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018- 8758, EGU General Assembly 2018

Giese, J., Grund, M., Zertani, S., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Pleuger, J. and Onuzi, K. (2018): Regional uplift and erosional denudation vs. footwall exhumation along the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault at the Dinarides-Hellenides transition. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU2018- 8470, EGU General Assembly 2018

Giese, J., Grund, M., Zertani, S., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Pleuger, J. and Onuzi, K. (2018): Footwall exhumation along the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault vs. regional uplift and erosional denudation (Dinarides-Hellenides junction). 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 45, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Goris, D^., Grund, M., Giese, J., Handy, M.R., and Onuzi, K. (2018): The Shkoder- Peja Normal Fault system and its relation to the Kosovo basin. 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 46, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Groß, P., Pleuger, J., Handy, M.R., John, T. (2018): The structural and metamorphic record of subduction, exhumation and collision in the Penninic nappes of the central Tauern Window, Eastern Alps. 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 47, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Grund, M., Giese, J., Handy, M.R., and Onuzi, K. (2018): Geological map (1 :10 000) of the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault in its central segment near Bajram Curri (northern Albania) – evidence for distributed normal faulting and extension.17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 50, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Onuzi, K., Pleuger, J., Schmid, S.M., Spakman, W., and Ustaszewski, K. (2018):Transfer and rotational normal faulting at the Dinarides-Hellenides junction - their relation to tearing and retreat of the Adriatic slab. 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 55, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Langner, T., Groß, P., Pleuger, J., Menneken, M., John, T., and Handy, M.R. (2018): Peak temperatures in the Seidlwinkl-Rote Wand nappe (Central Tauern Window, Eastern Alps) determined by Raman spectroscopy on carbonaceous matter. 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 77, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Simon, D., Giese, J., Handy, M.R., Grund, M., Onuzi, K. (2018): Evolution of the Tropoja basin in NE Albania and possible links to the Shkodër-Peja Normal Fault. 17^th TSK (Tektonik- Struktur-Kristallin) Meeting, Abstract Vol., p. 115, 19-25 March, 2018 in Jena, Germany.

Handy, M.R., Giese, J., Schmid, S.M. (2017): Slab rollback and Neogene deformation at the Dinarides-Hellenides transition. pp. 42 in Abstract Vol., EGU Series – Emile Argand Conferences, 13^th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, September 7^th-18^th, 2017, Zlatibor Mts. (Serbia)

Handy, M.R. (2017): AlpArray – probing the Alps from surface to deep mantle. pp. xx in Abstract Vol., EGU Series – Emile Argand Conferences,13^th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, September 7^th-18^th, 2017, Zlatibor Mts. (Serbia)

Handy, M.R. (2017): AlpArray – a northern take; Mountain-Building Processes in four dimensions; Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.19, EGU 2017-18043, 2017

Handy, M.R., Kissling, E., Spakman, W., Ustaszewski, K., Le Breton, E., Giese, J. (2017): Crust-mantle decoupling in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides and Hellenides – the next targets of AlpArray? Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.19, EGU 2017-18044, 2017

Ustaszewski, K., Le Breton, E., Balling, P., Handy, M.R., Molli, G., Tomljenovic, B. (2017): One microplate-three orogens: Alps, Dinarides, Apennines and the role of the Adriatic plate. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 19, EGU 2017-16444, 2017 EGU General Assembly 2017

Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Molli, G., Ustaszewski, K. (2017): New constraints on Neogene counter-clockwise rotation of Adria relative to Europe. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.19, EGU 2017-15437, 2017 EGU General Assembly 2017

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T., Kämpf, H., Riaz, S. (2017): Detection of a new Sub-Lithospheric Discontinuity in Central Europe with S-Receiver Functions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.19, EGU 2017-2995, 2017 EGU General Assembly 2017

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T., Kämpf, H., Riaz, S. (2017): Detection of a new sub-lithospheric discontinuity in central Europe with S-receiver functions. pp. 209-210 in Abstract Volume, 77. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft. 27-30. März 2017 in Potsdam

Handy, M.R., Friederich, W., Kaus, B., Kopp, H., Spiegel, C., Weber, M. (2017): Gebirgsbildende Prozesse in 4 Dimensionen – Mountain Building Processes in 4 Dimensions (4D-MB) – neuer Ansatz zum Verständnis von gekoppelten Prozessen, von tiefen Mantel bis zur Oberfläche. pp. 212-213 in Abstract Volume, 77. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysicalischen Gesellschaft. 27-30. März 2017 in Potsdam

Handy, M.R., Groß, P., Pestal, G. (2016): Field guide to the central and eastern Tauern Window, DGGV „GeoTirol“ Workshop, 29. Sept.-1. Oct. 2016, Innsbruck, Austria

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T. (2016): The Structure of the Mantle Lithosphere in Central Europe from S-Receiver Functions. EGU2016-xxxx, 2016, Session GD2.3/SM6.15, EGU General Assembly 2016, 17.-22. April, 2016, Vienna

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T. (2016): The Structure of the Mantle Lithosphere in Central Europe from S-Receiver Functions. 75. Jahrestagung der DGG und AEF, 14.-17. März, 2016, Münster, Germany

Kind, R., Handy, M.R., Yuan, X., Meier, T. (2016): The Structure of the Mantle Lithosphere in Central Europe from S-Receiver Functions. Istanbul

Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K. (2015): Balancing shortening and extension around the Adriatic Plate to constrain its independent motion and driving forces since Late Cretaceous time. AGU 2015-T13B-2983, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 14.-18. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Handy, MR, Fügenschuh, B, Giese, J, Le Breton, E, Muceku, B, Onuzi, K, Pleuger, J, Schmid, SM, Ustaszewski, K^. (2015): Orogen-parallel and -normal extension at the Dinarides-Hellenides junction during clockwise rotation and radial expansion of the retreating Hellenic arc-trench system. AGU 2015-T23F-06, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 14-18. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Le Breton, E. Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K. (2015): Kinematic reconstructions and possible driving forces of the Adriatic microplate. In: Wagner, J.; Elger, K. [Eds.] (2015) GeoBerlin2015 – “Dynamic Earth - from Alfred Wegener to today and beyond”, Abstracts. Annual Meeting of DGGV and DMG, 4.-7. October 2015, Berlin: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2015.003

Handy, MR, Cionoiu, S, Giese, J, Groß, P, Le Breton, E, Onuzi, K, Pleuger, J, Schmid, SM, Ustaszewski, K, Zertani, S (2015): Overlapping orogen-parallel and orogen-normal extension (Northern Albania) related to ongoing clockwise rotation at the junction of the Dinarides and Hellenides. In: Wagner, J.; Elger, K. [Eds.] (2015) GeoBerlin2015 – “Dynamic Earth - from Alfred Wegener to today and beyond”, Abstracts. Annual Meeting of DGGV and DMG, 4.-7. October 2015, Berlin: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2015.003

Zertani, S. Giese, J., Handy, M.R. (2015): Kinematics and low-temperature thermochronology of the Skutari-Pec-Fault in northern Albania: a combined structural and apatite fission-track study. In: Wagner, J.; Elger, K. [Eds.] (2015) GeoBerlin2015 – “Dynamic Earth - from Alfred Wegener to today and beyond”, Abstracts. Annual Meeting of DGGV and DMG, 4.-7. October 2015, Berlin: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2015.003

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Bauville, A., Kaus, B., Handy, M. (2015): 3D numerical modeling of the Alpine collision. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-6256, 2015, EGU General Assembly 2015, 12.-17. April, 2015, Vienna

Scharf, A., Handy, M., Schmid, S., Favaro, S., Sudo, M., Schuster, R., Hammerschmidt, K. (2015): Grain size effects on the closure temperature of white mica in a crustal-scale extensional shear zone – implications for dating shearing and cooling from in-situ 40Ar/39Ar laser-ablation of white mica (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-1504, 2015, EGU General Assembly 2015, 12.-17. April, 2015, Vienna

Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Cionoiu, S., Deutsch, C., Evseev, S., Giese, J., Groß, S., Le Breton, E., Onuzi, K., Pleuger, J., Ustaszewski, K., Wannek, D., Zertani, S. (2014): Tectonics related to rotation at the western end of the Skutari-Pec Normal Fault. Abstract for 20th Meeting of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association (CBGA), 23-25.09.2014 in Tirana, Albania.

Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R., Fügenschuh, B., Matenco, L.C., Muceku, B., Onuzi K., Pleuger J., Ustaszewski K. (2014): Nature and role of the Skutari-Pec Line in the context of the geology of the Balkan Peninsula. Abstract for 20th Meeting of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association (CBGA), 23-25.09.2014 in Tirana, Albania.

Groß, P., Zertani, S., Cionoiu, S., Deutsch, C., Evseev, S., Wannek, D., Giese, J., Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Onuzi, K., Pleuger, J., Ustaszewski, K. (2014): A new 1:10,000 geological map of the Skutari-Pec Normal Fault and surroundings, northern Albania – evidence of orogen-parallel extension.Abstract for 20th Meeting of the Carpatho-Balkan Geological Association (CBGA), 23-25.09.2014 in Tirana, Albania.

Cionoiu, S., Groß, P., Zertani, S., Handy, M.R., Onuzi, K., Ustaszewski, K. (2014): Changes in style of deformation along the Dinaric-Hellenic chain in northern Albania and southern Montenegro, pp. xx-xx in abstract volume of the 15. Symposium “Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie” (TSK), 31.3-4.4.2014 in Potsdam

Zertani, S., Cionoiu, S., Deutsch, C., Evseev, S., Groß, P., Wannek, D., Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K., Giese, J., Le Breton, E., Pleuger, J., Onuzi, K. (2014): Structure and kinematics of the Skutari-Pec-Fault in northern Albania. pp. xx-xx in abstract volume of the 15. Symposium “Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie” (TSK), 31.3-4.4.2014 in Potsdam

Wannek, D., Groß, P., Cionoiu, S., Deutsch, C., Evseev, S., Zertani, S., Giese, J., Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R., Onuzi, K., Pleuger, J., Ustaszewski, K. (2014): A new 1:10,000 geological map of the Skutari-Pec Fault and surroundings, northern Albania – evidence of orogen-parallel extension. pp. xx-xx in abstract volume of the 15. Symposium “Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie” (TSK), 31.3-4.4.2014 in Potsdam

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Crupi, P. (2013): Configurations of the lithosphere and their expression on the surface – the tectonic evolution of the Namche Barwa Antiform, Tibet. Abstract volume of the 15. Symposium “Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie” (TSK), 31.3-4.4.2014 in Potsdam

Favaro, S., Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Schuster, R., Pestal, G. (2013): Adriatic indentation of the Eastern Alps – nature vs. analogue models. AGU 2013-T33B-2624, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9.-13. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K., Kissling, E. (2013): Switches in subduction polarity, slab tearing and the opening of slab gaps along the Alpine chain - a view from the bottom up. AGU 2013-T43H-06, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9.-13. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Le Breton, E., Handy, M.R. (2013): Evaluating kinematic reconstructions of deformable and indepent microplates -­ the example of the Western Mediterranean – Alpine system. AGU 2013-T43I-07, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9.-13. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Crupi, P. (2013): Coeval doming and stretching of the eastern end of the India-Asia collision zone - Namche Barwa Syntaxis, Tibet. AGU 2013-T41B-2575, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9.-13. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski. K., Kissling, E., Schmid, S.M., Rosenberg, C.L., Fügenschuh, B., (2013): Transfer faulting at the Alps-Dinarides junction and its bearing on northward subduction, indentation and orogen-parallel escape in the Eastern Alps. Abstract and Talk, 11th Alpine Workshop, Schladming, Austria.

Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Favaro, S. (2013): Field guide to the eastern Tauern Window. 11th Alpine Workshop, Schladming, Austria.

Favaro, S., Schuster, R., Scharf, A., Hawemann, F., Gipper, P., Handy, M.R., Oberhänsli, R.(2013): Development of nappe stacking in the eastern Tauern Window with special attention to new data on Rb-Sr biotite and Ar/Ar white mica ages, and peak-temperature data. Abstract and Poster, 11th Alpine Workshop, Schladming, Austria.

Scharf, A., Favaro, S., Bertrand, A., Handy, M.R., Schuster, R., Fügenschuh, B., Schmid, S.M., Schneider, S., Sudo, M. (2013): Late Oligocene to Miocene exhumation and cooling history of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps) – new constraints from 40Ar/39Ar laser ablation ages on white mica. Abstract and Talk, 11th Alpine Workshop, Schladming, Austria.

Schmid , S.M., Scharf, A. , Handy, M.R. , Rosenberg, C.L. (2013): The Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria) - A new tectonic map, with cross-sections and a tectonometamorphic synthesis. Abstract and Poster, 11th Alpine Workshop, Schladming, Austria.

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K., Kissling, E., Schmid, S.M., Rosenberg, C.L. (2013): “Wrong-way” subduction of South Alpine (Adriatic) lithosphere beneath the Eastern Alps – a kinematic appraisal, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-11107, EGU 10th General Assembly, 7-12. April, 2013, Vienna

Hawemann, F., Gipper, P., Handy, M.R., Oberhänsli, R. (2013): Crustal imbrication and nappe folding in the southeastern Tauern Window. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-819-2, EGU 10th General Assembly, 7-12. April, 2013, Vienna

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Sudo, M. (2013): Contemporaneous versus diachronous rapid exhumation in the Tauern Window - new perspectives from in-situ 40Ar/39Ar laser-probe ages of white mica (Eastern Alps), Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-8399, 10th General Assembly, 7-12. April, 2013, Vienna

Favaro, S., Schuster, R., Scharf, A., Handy, M.R. (2013): Relationship of orogen-parallel exhumation in the Tauern and Rechnitz Windows to eastward lateral escape of the Eastern Alps, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-11548, EGU 10th General Assembly, 7-12. April, 2013, Vienna

Schmid, S.M., Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L. (2012): The Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria) – a new tectonic map, cross sections and tectonometamorphic synthesis. Abstract Volume, pp. 31-32, Talk 2.15, Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Platform Geosciences, Swiss Academy of Science (SCNAT)

Handy, M., Ustaszewski, K., Kissling, E., Rosenberg, C.L., Schmid, S.M. (2012): „Wrong-way“ subduction beneath the Alps, Pangeo Austria 2012, 15-20 September 2012, Salzburg.

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K. (2012): Reconstructing plate motion paths where plate tectonics doesn’t strictly apply. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-9101, EGU 9th General Assembly, 22-27. April, 2012, Vienna  PDF

Handy, M.R., Ustaszewski, K., Kissling, E., Spakman, W., Rosenberg, C.L. (2012): Kinematic model for decoupling orogenic crust from upper mantle during a switch in subduction polarity at the junction of the Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-9176, EGU 9th General Assembly, 22-27. April, 2012, Vienna PDF

Favaro., S., Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Schuster, R., Pestal, G. (2012): Exhumation structures in the Tauern Window and their relation to present-day crust-mantle structure in the Eastern Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-54455, EGU 9th General Assembly, 22-27. April, 2012, Vienna  PDF

Favaro., S., Schuster, R., Handy, M.R., Scharf, A., Pestal, G. (2012): The Mallnitz synform and its relation to the Mölltal fault (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps, Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-10371, EGU 9th General Assembly, 22-27. April, 2012, Vienna  PDF  Poster

Scharf, A., Ziemann, M.A., Handy, M.R. (2012): Peak-Temperature (Tp) estimates with Raman microspectroscopy on carbonaceous material (RSCM) as a tool for distinguishing tectonometamorphic regimes in the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU 2012-5259-1, EGU 9th General Assembly, 22-27. April, 2012, Vienna  PDF

Kopp, H., Argnani, A., Dannowski, A., Dasović, I., Dumke, I., Elger, J., Flueh, E., Frey, B., Handy, M.R., Karstens, J., Kordowski, M., Krabbenhoeft, A., Papenberg, C., Planert, L., Steffen, K.-P., Stipčević, J., Ustaszewski, K., Weinrebe, W., Wiskandt, T., Zander, T. (2012): Adria Lithosphere InvestigationALPHA, Part 3, Meteor-Bericht zu Cruise No. 86, Leg 3, 36 pp.

Scharf, A., Favaro, S., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M. (2011): Adriatic indentation vs. Carpathian slab roll-back: what triggered rapid exhumation and lateral escape in the Eastern Alps? AGU 2011-T53D-06, American Geophyical Union Fall Meeting, 4.-9. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.  PDF

Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., Ustaszewski, K., Spakman, W. (2011): Fragmentation of the Adriatic Indenter and its bearing on changing slab configurations beneath the Alps-Carpathian-Dinaride chain. AGU 2011-T43E-2422, American Geophyical Union Fall Meeting, 4.-9. Dec., San Francisco, U.S.A.  PDF

Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., Ustaszewski, K. (2011): Fragmentation of the Adriatic Indenter and its bearing on a Miocene switch in subduction polarity. 4.-7. Sept., Geological Society of America-Geologische Vereinigung Meeting “Fragile Earth”, GSA 2011-19-4, München, Germany  PDF

Scharf, A., Favaro, S., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M. (2011): Exhumation-related structures at the eastern margin of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria). 4.-7. Sept., Geological Society of America-Geologische Vereinigung Meeting “Fragile Earth”, GSA 2011-27-6, München, Germany  PDF

Favaro, S., Hawemann, F., Gipper, P., Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., (2011): Tectonics of the eastern Taeurn Window (Austria). 4.-7. Sept., Geological Society of America-Geologische Vereinigung Meeting “Fragile Earth”, GSA 2011-27-4, München, Germany   PDF

Schneider, S., Bertrand, A., Favaro, S., Garcia, S., Hammerschmidt, K., Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., Scharf, A., Schmid, S.M. (2011): Exhumation of the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps. Abstract and talk, 10th Alpine Workshop, 11.-16. April, 2011, Corsica, France.  PDF

Favaro, S., Hawemann, F., Gipper P., Scharf A., Handy M.R., Schmid, S.M. (2011): Stucture and Kinematics in the Sonnblick Area (Eastern Tauern Window - Austria). Abstract and poster, 10th Alpine Workshop, 11.-16. April, 2011, Corsica, France.  PDF  Poster

Schmid, S.M., Scharf, A., Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., Favaro, S., Bertrand, A. (2011): Tectonic map and cross sections of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria). Abstract and poster, 10th Alpine Workshop, 11.-16. April, 2011, Corsica, France.  PDF  Poster

Scharf, A., Favaro, S., Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M. (2011): Exhumation-related structures at the eastern margin of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria). Abstract and talk, 10th Alpine Workshop, 11.-16. April, 2011, Corsica, France.  PDF

Garcia, S., Handy, M.R. Rosenberg, C.L. (2010): Neotectonics of the Periadriatic Fault System (Eastern and Southern Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU 7th General Assembly, 2.-7. May, 2010, Vienna

Scharf, A., Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R. (2010): Coeval folding, extensional and strike-slip faulting at the eastern end of an axial culmination in the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU 7th General Assembly, 2.-7. May, 2010, Vienna

Handy, M.R., Schmid, S.M., Bousquet, R., Kissling, E., Bernoulli, D. (2010): From Tethyan Oceans to the Western Mediterranean II - Processes of subduction and orogeny in time slices and comparison with seismic tomographic images. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU 7th General Assembly, 2.-7. May, 2010, Vienna

Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R., Bousquet, R., Kissling, E., Bernoulli, D. (2010): From Tethyan Oceans to the Western Mediterranean I – Plate reconstructions from the Present back to the Early Mesozoic. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12, EGU 7th General Assembly, 2.-7. May, 2010, Vienna

Handy, M.R. Bousquet, R., Kissling, E., Bernoulli, D., Schmid, S.M. (2009): An independent plate motion path for the Adriatic microplate and its consequences for the tectonics of Alpine Tethyan subduction. Abstract and talk, 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 16.-18. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Handy, M.R., Konrad-Schmolke, M. (2009): Guide for pre-workshop field trip to the Sesia Zone, 22 pp., 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 14.-15. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Scharf, A., Handy, M.R. Rosenberg, C.L. (2009): Changing patterns of shortening, and lateral extensionat the end of the axial zone in a mountain belt - the case of the Tauern Window at the eastern end of the Alps. Abstract and talk, 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 16.-18. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Konrad-Schmolke, M., Handy, M.R., Sudo, M. (2009): Ar/Ar and trace element in-situ laser spot analyses from compositionally zoned phengite grains from the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Western Alps, northwestern Italy). Abstract and talk, 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 16.-18. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Garcia, S., Rosenberg, C.L., Handy, M.R. (2009): Neotectonics of the Periadriatic Fault System, in the Eastern and Southern Alps. Abstract and poster, 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 16.-18. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Crupi, P., Handy, M.R., O’Brien, P., Konrad-Schmolke, M. (2009): A working hypothesis on the evolution of the eastern Himalayan Syntaxis (Namche Barwa). Abstract and poster, 9th annual Alpine Workshop, 16.-18. Sept., 2009, Cogne, Italy.

Handy, M.R. Bousquet, R., Kissling, E., Bernoulli, D. (2009): The fate of Alpine Tethys in light of Jurassic-Tertiary plate motions between Europe and Africa. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, EGU 6th General Assembly, 30. April, 2009, Vienna

Bousquet, R., Goffé, B., Oberhänsli, R., Koller, F., Schmid, S.M., Schuster,, R., Wiederkehr, M., Handy, M.R., and M. Engi (2007): Metamorphic structure of the Alps: contribution from studies of the metasediments and consequences on the geodynamic evolution. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9, EGU 4th General Assembly, 30. April - 4. May, 2007, Vienna

Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2007): The propogation of greenschist-facies mylonitic shear zones in rocks with structural anisotropy. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 9, 06815, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-06815, EGU 4th General Assembly, 30. April - 4. May, 2007, Vienna

Handy, M.R., Konrad-Schmolke, M., Babist, J., and K. Hammerschmidt (2006): Exhumation of subducted continental lithosphere in the Western Alps - From pre-orogenic transpression to lateral extension to collision. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8, 377, EGU 3rd General Assembly, 1.-6. April, 2006, Vienna

Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2006): Evolution of a weak fault at the fossil brittle-to-viscous transition, Cap de Creus. Spain. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8, 279, EGU 3rd General Assembly, 1.-6. April, 2006, Vienna

Konrad-Schmolke, M., Babist, J., Handy, M.R., and P.J. O’Brien (2006): Insight into subduction and exhumation processes from thermodynamic and rheological forward modeling – A case study from the Sesia Zone (Western Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8, 282, EGU 3rd General Assembly, 1.-6. April, 2006, Vienna

Hauten, S., Handy, M.R., and C. Dobmeier (2006): Feldspar deformation in greenschist facies shear zones (Aar-Massif, Switzerland). In: Philipp, S.L., Leiss, B., Vollbrecht, A., Tanner, D., Gudmundsson, A. (eds), pp. 84-85 in abstract volume of the 11. Symposium “Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie” (TSK)

Handy, M.R. (2005): Earthquakes and strength of the continental lithosphere. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86 (52), Abstract V14A-08, p. 168, Fall Meeting Supplement, 2.-9. December, 2005, San Francisco. In: URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm05/

Handy, M.R., Babist, J., and M. Konrad (2005): Subduction and exhumation of continental crust in the internal Western Alps – a comparison of field-based and dynamic models. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86 (52), Abstract T12A-04, p. 130, Fall Meeting Supplement, December 2-9, 2005, San Francisco. In: URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm05/

Schrank, C.E., Handy, M.R., Fusseis, F. (2005): Length Scaling of Shear Zones at the Frictional-Viscous Transition (FVT). Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86 (52), Abstract S32B-02, p. 278, Fall Meeting Supplement, December 2-9, 2005, San Francisco.

Handy, M.R. (2005): How are large strike-slip faults structured at the Frictional-to-Viscous Transition (FVT)? p. 47 in Abstract volume, International Symposium on the Geodynamics of Eastern Mediterranean: Active Tectonics of the Aegean, June 15-18, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

Christmann, R., Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2005): Influence of pre-existing anisotropies on strain localization at the brittle-ductile transition. p. 63 in Abstract volume, “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), May 2-4, 2005, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fusseis, F., Georgieva, V. and M.R. Handy (2005): The growth and termination of shear zones at the brittle-to-ductile transition. p. 81 in Abstract volume, 15th conference on “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), May 2-4, 2005, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2005): Weakening at the the brittle-to-ductile transition (Cap de Creus, Spain). p. 83 in Abstract volume, 15th conference on “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), May 2-4, 2005, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2005): Evolution of a weak fault at the fossil brittle-to-ductile transition, Cap de Creus, Spain. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, p. 01872, European Geosciences Union Meeting, April 26-29, 2004, Vienna.

Medvedev, S., Handy, M.R., Scheuber, E., Podladchikov, Y. (2005): Controls on the deformation of the Central Andes (10–35°S): Insight from thin-sheet numerical modelling. P. 27 in Abstract Volume, International Final Symposium for Sonderforschungsbereich 267: Deformation Processes in the Andes, April 21-22, 2005, Potsdam, Germany.

Handy, M.R. (2004): Faults from top to bottom - Research trends and case studies, also in the Alps. pp. 169-171 in Abstract volume, Swiss Geoscience Meeting, November 19-20, 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Handy, M.R. and R. Oberhänsli (2004): Tectonometamorphic Age Map of the Alps – A New Approach. pp. 171-172 in Abstract volume, Swiss Geoscience Meeting, November 19-20, 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Babist, J. Konrad, M. and M.R. Handy (2004): Multistage exhumation of subducted continental crust, Sesia Zone (Western Alps). p. 64 in Abstract volume, Swiss Geoscience Meeting, November 19-20, 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Sämann, S., Babist, J., Konrad, M., Hammerschmidt, K. and M.R. Handy (2004): Evaluation of a diffusion profile in garnet from the Sesia Zone (Valle Chiusella), Western Alps. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 109, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Sperber, Ch. Konrad, M., and M.R. Handy (2004): Evaluation of a diffusion profile in garnet from the Sesia Zone (Valle Chiusella), Western Alps. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 94, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Schrank, Ch., Fusseis, F., and M.R. Handy (2004): Quantification of strain localization in shear zones: three simple geometric paramters. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 86, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Janitschke, M., Lütke, S., Babist, J. and M.R. Handy (2004): Late-collisional reworking of the Euroopean-Apulian suture in the Valle Sermenza transect, Western Alps. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 37, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Häusler, R., Konrad, M., Babist, J. and M.R. Handy (2004): Relative age of structures in the Sesia Zone (Val Chiusella), Western Alps. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 28, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Christman, R., Georgieva, V., Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2004): Ductile shear zone networks on different scales: A view from above. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 11, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Babist, J. Konrad, M. and M.R. Handy (2004): Structural record of multistage exhumation of subducted continental crust, Sesia Zone (Western Alps). Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 3, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Giese, J., Rosenberg, C. and M.R. Handy (2004): Constriction in front of the Dolomite Indenter (Alto Adige, Italy): Evidence from field studies and quartz textures. Terra Nostra, 2004/1, p. 26, Proceedings of Tektonik-Strukur-Kristallin “TSK 10”, March 31-April 2, 2004, Aachen, Germany.

Handy, M.R. and J.-P. Brun (2003): Seismicity, Structure and Strength of the Continental Lithosphere.  p. 29 in abstract volume, Proceedings for International Workshop on “Subduction Zone Processes in Southern Chile”, October 12-14, 2003, Pucon, Chile.

Konrad, M. Babist, J., C.L. Rosenberg, C.L., Völker, D. and M.R. Handy (2003): A new approach to reconstructing HP/LT paths from zoned garnets – An example from the Sesia Zone (Western Alps). European Journal of Mineralogy, 15, 1, 104, Proceedings for meeting on “Earth Sciences into the 3. Millenium”, September 22-25, 2003, Bochum, Germany.

Babist, J., Konrad, M., Rosenberg, C.L. and M.R. Handy (2003): The termination at depth of a lithospheric transpressional fault zone: the Periadriatic Line in the Western Alps. p. 19 in abstract volume for meeting on “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), April 14-16, 2003, St. Malo, France.

Schrank, C., Fusseis, F. and M.R. Handy (2003): Patterns of strain localization in folded mylonitic marbles (Laas, Southern Tirol). Abstract volume for meeting on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT), p. 139 in abstract volume for meeting on “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), April 14-16, 2003, St. Malo, France.

Konrad, M., Babist, J., Handy, M.R. and C.L. Rosenberg (2003): Polyphase Exhumation of HP Rocks in the Western Alps (Sesia Zone). p. 97 in abstract volume for meeting on “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics” (DRT), April 14-16, 2003, St. Malo, France.

Vietor, T. and M.R. Handy (2003): Numerical shear-box experiments with cyclic boundary conditions reveal localisation phenomena in particle aggregates. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, France.

Handy, M.R., Babist, J., Konrad, M. and C.L. Rosenberg (2003): Intracrustal decoupling during transpression. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, France.

Rosenberg, C.L., and M.R. Handy (2003): On the rheology of crustal rocks containing low melt fractions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, France.

Fusseis, F., Handy, M.R., and J. Carreras (2003): Resolving shear zone networks in mylonitic shear zones (Cap de Creus, NE Spain). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, France.

Babist, J., Handy, M.R., Konrad, M. and C.L. Rosenberg (2003): Partitioning of transpressional strain at the termination of an intracrustal fault zone (Periadriatic Fault Zone, Western Alps). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EGS-AGU-EUG meeting, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, France.

Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., Wagner, R. and M. Wegman (2003): Tertiary exhumation and strike-slip tectonics in the Austroalpine basement- Implications for deep structure of the TRANSALP section. Abstract for talk, Proceedings of the TRANSALP Conference, 10.-12. February, 2003, Trieste, Italy, Memorie di Scienze Geologiche, 54, 179-182.

Wagner, R., Rosenberg, C.L. and M.R. Handy (2003): Sill inflation in the middle crust: Emplacement mechanisms of the Rieserferner Pluton (Eastern Alps). Abstract for poster presentation, Proceedings of the TRANSALP Conference, 10.-12. February, 2003, Trieste, Italy, Memorie di Scienze Geologiche, 54, 231-232.

Handy, M.R. (2002): The brittle-viscous transition: A playground for the interaction of deformation and metamorphism. Abstract on pp. 81-82 in proceedings of the Winter Conference on "Timing, Transition, and Tectonics", January 7-9, 2002, British Mineralogical Society, Univ. of Derby, Great Britain

Konrad, M., Babist, J., and M.R. Handy (2001): HP Metamorphism and Tectonics in the Southwestern Part of the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Western Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck, 25, 21-22. Abstract for poster presentation at the 5th Workshop of Alpine Geological Studies, 18-20 Sept., 2001, Obergurgl, Austria.

Babist, J., Handy, M.R., and M. Konrad (2001): High P Metamorphism and Tectonics in the Northeastern Part of the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Western Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck, 25, 21-22. Abstract for oral presentation at the 5th Workshop of Alpine Geological Studies, 18-20 Sept., 2001, Obergurgl, Austria.

Wagner, R., Rosenberg, C.L., and M.R. Handy (2001): Emplacement Tectonics of the Rieserferner Pluton and its Country Rocks (Eastern Alps). Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck, 25, 235-236. Abstract for oral presentation at the 5th Workshop of Alpine Geological Studies, 18-20 Sept., 2001, Obergurgl, Austria.

Dresen, G. and M.R. Handy (2001): Editorial for International Conference on "Deformation mechanisms, rheology and microstructures" Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, 22-26 March 1999. in: Deformation Mechanisms, Microstructures and Rheology, edited by Dresen, G. and M.R. Handy, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 90, 1, 1-3.

Konrad, M., Babist, J. and M.R. Handy (2001): Extensional exhumation and oblique-slip tectonics in front of the Insubric indenter (Sesia–Lanzo Zone, Western Alps). Addendum in abstract volume for meeting on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT), 2-4 April, 2001, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Mulch, A., Cosca, M., and M.R. Handy (2001): Effects of deformation on Ar-Ar geochronology- a case study of defect-enhanced Ar-loss in slowly cooled muscovite. Terra Abstracts, 6, 601, April 8-12, 2001, EUG XI, Strasbourg, France.

Handy, M.R., and H. Stünitz (2001): Strain localization by fracturing and reaction weakening -A mechanism for extensional exhumation of subcontinental mantle beneath rifted margins. p. 62 in abstract volume for meeting on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT), 2-4 April, 2001, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Konrad, M., Babist, J. and M.R. Handy (2001): Extensional exhumation and oblique-slip tectonics in front of the Insubric indenter (Sesia–Lanzo Zone, Western Alps). Addendum in abstract volume for meeting on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT), 2-4 April, 2001, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Mulch, A., Cosca, M., and M.R. Handy (2000): Deformation during slow cooling: What happens to argon in muscovite? Abstract for DMG 2000 Meeting (German Mineralogical Society), Sept. 24-29, 2000, Heidelberg, Germany

Babist, J., and M.R. Handy (2000): Evidence for Extensional Exhumation and Transpressive Shearing in the Northeastern Sesia Zone (Western Alps). Abstract for Geology 2000 Meeting, April 14-17, 2000, Vienna, Austria.

Mulch, A., Rosenau, M., Dörr, W., and M.R. Handy (2000): The age and role of the CMB Line in the post-Variscan evolution of the southern Alpine continental basement (Ivrea-verbano and Strona-Ceneri Zones, southern Alps). Abstract for Geology 2000 Meeting, April 14-17, 2000, Vienna, Austria.

Wagner, R., Albertz, M., Handy, M., Möbus, C., and C.L. Rosenberg (2000): Oligo-Miocene Tectonics South of the Tauern Window and its Relation to the Emplacement of the Rieserferner Pluton. Abstract for Geology 2000 Meeting, April 14-17, 2000, Vienna, Austria.

Handy, M.R., Mulch, A., Rosenau, M.R., and C.L. Rosenberg (2000): The role of transcurrent shear zones as melt conduits and reactors, and as agents of weakening in the continental crust. Geological Society Meeting "The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault Zone Weakening", March 7-9, 2000, London, Great Britain.

Handy, M.R., Mulch, A., Rosenau, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., and J.E. Streit (1999): Mafic veining during mylonitization as a mechanism for the formation of granitoids in intermediate to deep continental crust. Documents du BRGM, 290, 52.  Fourth Hutton Symposium "The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks". 20-25 September, 1999, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Poster and Abstract.

Albertz, M., Rosenberg, C.L., Möbus, C., and M.R. Handy (1999): The Roof of the Rieserferner Pluton: Implications for syntectonic magma ascent and emplacement along crustal scale shear zones. Documents du BRGM, 290, 52.  Fourth Hutton Symposium "The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks". 20-25 September, 1999, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Poster and Abstract.

Handy, M.R. (1999): Towards a realistic model for the structure and rheology of polyphase rocks, EOS 80/17, 347, June 1-4, 1999, AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

Mulch, A., Cosca, M., Palm, S., and M.R. Handy (1999): In-situ 40Ar/39Ar UV-laser spot dating of microshears in an S-C mylonite, Terra Abstracts, 11, 434, 29. March-2. April, 1999, EUG X, Strasbourg, France

Rosenberg, C. and M.R. Handy (1999): Syntectonic melt pathways during simple shearing of an anatectic rock analogue (norcamphor-benzamide), p. 131 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Microstructures, 22.-24. March, 1999, Neustadt, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Bauer, P., Palm, S., Streit, J.S., and M.R. Handy (1999): Non-steady state rheology at the brittle to viscous transition: Inferences from the development of shear surfaces in a quartz analogue (norcamphor), p. 66 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Microstructures, 22.-24. March, 1999, Neustadt, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Palm, S., and M.R. Handy (1999): Rheological Instability at the Brittle to Viscous Transition Related to Rotating Shear Surfaces in S-C- Mylonites, p. 127 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Microstructures, 22.-24. March, 1999, Neustadt, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R., and C.L. Rosenberg (1999): The Role of Large Shear Zones in Generating and Transporting Melts, and in Changing the Rheology of Variscan Continental Crust, Terra Nostra, 99/1, 93-94, Proceedings of Final Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscan Belt", 22.-26. February, 1999, Geologische Vereinigung Meeting, Freiberg, Germany. Talk and Abstract

Mulch, A., Rosenau, M.R., Dörr, W., Haack, U., and M.R. Handy (1999): U-Pb Ages of Syn-Mylonitic Mafic and Granitoid Veins in the Middle to Lower Continental Crust (Ivrea-Verbano Zone, CH and I), Terra Nova, 99, 1, 150, Proceedings of Final Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscan Belt", 22.-26. February, 1999, Geologische Vereinigung Meeting, Freiberg, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Rosenau, M.R., Mulch, A., and M.R. Handy (1999): Petrogenesis of Syn-Mylonitic Mafic and Granitoid Veins in the Intermediate to Lower Continental Crust of the Southern Alps (I, CH), Terra Nostra, 99/1, 171, Proceedings of Final Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscan Belt", 22.-26. February, 1999, Geologische Vereinigung Meeting, Freiberg, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Rosenau, M.R., Mulch, A., and M.R. Handy (1999): Petrogenesis of Syn-Mylonitic Mafic and Granitoid Veins in the Intermediate to Lower Continental Crust of the Southern Alps (I, CH), Terra Nostra, 99/1, 171, Proceedings of Final Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscan Belt", 22.-26. February, 1999, Geologische Vereinigung Meeting, Freiberg, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R., Rosenberg, C.L., and J.E. Streit (1998): Effects of syntectonic magmatism on the structure and strength of continental crust, Terra Nostra, 98/2, 65-68, Proceedings of 7th Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscides", 16.-17. April, 1998, Giessen, Germany. Talk and Abstract

Rosenberg, C.L., and M.R. Handy (1997): Synkinematic melt migration in a migmatite and in a norcamphor /benzamide rock analogue: a comparison. p. A-127 in abstract volume, Geological/Mineralogical  Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 19-21, 1997.

Handy, M.R., Zurbriggen, R., Franz, L., and B. Janott (1997): Multistage accretion, orogenic stacking and exhumation of continental crust (southern Alps, Italy and Switzerland), Terra Abstracts , 7/1, 380-381, EUG IX Conference, March 23-27, 1997, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Rosenberg, C.L., and M.R. Handy (1997): Synkinematic melt migration in a norcamphor/benzamide rock analogue. Terra Abstracts , 9/1, 456, March 23-27, 1997, EUG IX, Strasbourg, France

Handy, M.R. and R. Zurbriggen (1997): A field guide to the bottom of the crust: Ivrea and Strona-Ceneri Zones (Valle Cannobina, northern Italy and southern Switzerland). pp. 1-38. Excursion to International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 20.-22. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Field Guide

Herwegh, M, Handy, M.R., and R. Heilbronner (1997): An interactive Computer Program for Understanding the Evolution of Mylonitic Microfabric in Polcrystalline Norcamphor. p. 28 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 17.-19. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Poster, Talk and Abstract

Palm, S., and M.R. Handy (1997): Non-steady state behaviour inferred from the evolution of foliation surfaces in mylonitic gneisses. p. 50 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 17.-19. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Persaud, M., Handy, M.R., and D.J. Prior (1997): Nucleation of phases in some naturally deformed feldspars. p. 51 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 17.-19. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Rosenberg, C.L., and Handy, M.R. (1997): Strain localization and melt segregation in partially melted norcamphor-benzamide aggregates. p. 28 in abstract volume, "Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment". March 17-19, Basel, Switzerland

Schlaefke, A., and M.R. Handy (1997): The strain dependence of the frictional to viscous transition: An example and a computer simulation. p. 62 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 17.-19. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Wissing, S.B. and M.R. Handy (1997): The strength and structure of bimineralic rocks with combined frictional and viscous ("semi-brittle") behaviour. p. 81 of abstract volume in International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms in Nature and Experiment, 17.-19. March, 1997, Basel, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Rosenberg, C.L. and M.R. Handy (1997): Synkinematic melt segregation and migration in a partially molten rock analogue: "See-through" experiments in a norcamphor-benzamide aggregate, Terra Nostra, 97, 5, 145-148, Proceedings of 6th Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscides", 13.-14. April, 1997, Bayreuth, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R., Zurbriggen, R., L. Franz, and B. Janott (1996): Multistage accretion, orogenic stacking and exhumation of the southern Alpine basement. p. 13 in abstract volume,14th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 6.-7. December, 1996. Talk and Abstract.

Janott, B. and M.R. Handy (1996): Kinematics and Metamorphic Evolution of the Val Colla Shear Zone (Tessin, Switzerland). p. 16 in abstract volume,14th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, Basel, Switzerland, 6.-7. December, 1996. Talk and Abstract.

Handy, M.R. (1996): The Swiss Alps: A geological detective story, Journal of Structural Geology, 18, 4, 529-530, (Review of "The Geology of Switzerland: An Introduction to Tectonic Facies" by Kenneth J. Hsü)

Zulauf, G., Scheuvens, D., Dörr, W., Fiala, J., Handy, M.R., Kleinschmidt, G., and Z. Vejnar (1996): Die Grenze Teplá-Barrandium/Moldanubikum s. str.: Ergebnisse von gravitativem und rheologischem Plateaukollaps, Terra Nostra, 96, 2, 211-214, Proceedings of 5th Colloquim of the DFG-Program "Orogenic Processes: Their Quantification and Simulation in the Variscides", 14.-15. March, 1996, Giessen, Germany. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1995): Structure & rheology of the lithosphere: What have we learned from nature, experiment and theory?, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol. 40, No. 3, p. 95, paper presented at Structures and Tectonics at Different Lithospheric Levels, September 27-October 1, 1995, Prague, Czech Republic. Talk and Abstract

Herwegh, M., Handy, M.R., and R. Panozzo (1995): Strain localization on different scales during simple shear of a viscous rock analogue, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, Vol. 40, No. 3, p. 97, paper presented at Structures and Tectonics at Different Lithospheric Levels, September 27-October 1, 1995, Prague, Czech Republic. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1995): The Deep Crust at the Transition from the Western to Eastern Alps: Its Early Evolution, Some Implications, and Natural Analogues, p. 54 of abstract volume, 175. Annual Meeting, Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SNG), September 6-9, 1995, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1995): Structure & rheology of the lithosphere: What we know and should seek from nature, experiment and theory, IUGG meeting, July 3-14, 1995, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Talk and Abstract

Zurbriggen, R., B.S. Kamber, T. Nägler, M., and M.R. Handy (1995): Intracrustal synmagmatic shearing Part A: Schlingen folding in a convergent setting (Ivrea crustal section, N. Italy), Terra Abstracts  7/1, p. 270, EUG VIII Conference, April 9-13, 1995, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. and R. Zurbriggen (1995): Intracrustal synmagmatic shearing Part B: Transtensional uplift (Ivrea crustal section, N. Italy), Terra Abstracts  7/1, p. 270, EUG VIII Conference, April 9-13, 1995, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Herwegh, M. and M.R. Handy (1995): Strain localization and texture evolution in quartz mylonite: Evidence from simple shearing of norcamphor, Terra Abstracts  7/1, pp. 47-48, EUG VIII Conference, April 9-13, 1995, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Herwegh, M. and M.R. Handy (1994): Einfache Scherung eines Quarz-Analogmaterials (Norcamphor): Evidenzen für ein heterogenes, mikrostrukturelles Gleichgewicht?, Göttinger Arb. Geol. Paläont., Sb1, pp.42-45, paper presented at 5th annual Tektonik-Strukturgeologie-Kristallingeologie Symposium, April 7-9, 1994, Göttingen, Germany. Talk and Abstract

Herwegh, M. and M.R. Handy (1994): Microfabric Evolution during Simple Shear Deformation of a Quartz-Analogue, p. xx in abstract volume, 11th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, February 25-26, 1994, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1993): Continental Margin Evolution in the Upper to Middle Crust: The Transition from Rifting to Subduction, Thickening and Extension (Lower Austro-Alpine Nappes), Terra abstracts, Vol. 5, No. 2, p.13, paper given at Structures and Tectonics at Different Lithospheric Levels, September 6-8, 1993, Graz, Austria. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1993): The Mechanical Paradox of Stress Concentration in Mylonitic Shear Zones, abstract volume, NATO-Workshop on Polyphase Polycrystal Plasticity, May 17-21, 1993, Palm Springs, California. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1993): The Energetics of Heterogeneous Shear in Mylonite, Terra Abstracts , 5/1, p. 304, EUG VII Conference, April 4-8, 1993, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Tietz, R., Handy, M.R., Villa, I., and B. Kamber (1993): Strukturgeologische und Radiometrische Untersuchungen an der Grenze Unterostalpin-Penninikum im Raume Piz Lunghin und Piz dal Sasc (GR), p. 33 of abstract volume, 10th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, March 7, 1993, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1992): Heterogeneous Shear, Strain Energy Partitioning, and the -T-t History of Mylonitic Fault Rocks, p. 67 of abstract volume, 172. Annual Meeting, Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SNG), October 2, 1992, Basel, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R., Herwegh, M., Regli, C., and I. Mercolli (1992):  The Evolution of the Zone of Samedan, p. 4 of abstract volume, 9th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, March 7, 1992, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1991): Flow laws for composite viscous materials: A phenomenological approach, Terra Abstracts 3/1, p. 75, EUG VI Conference, March 24-28, 1991, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1991): Polyphase thrusting, folding, and extension in the Lower Austroalpine Julier and Err nappe complex: A first look and some paleogeographical implications, p. 13 of abstract volume, 8th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, March 8-9, 1991, University of Bern, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1990): A basic tectonic dilemma: The exposure of the Earth's continental crust in cross section, p. 14 in abstract volume, 7th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting (the Hans Laubscher Symposium), January 19-20, 1990, University of Basel, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1989): The structure and rheology of polyphase rocks: A brief review, some new ideas, and tectonic implications, p. 40 in abstract volume, Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, December 18-20, 1989, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, Great Britain. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1989): Ductile fault evolution: Constraints from nature, theory, and experiment, International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology, and Tectonics, March 29-31, 1989, University of Leeds, Great Britain. Poster and Abstract

Lieberman, J., Oberhänsli, R., and M.R. Handy (1989): Multiple P-T paths within the Sesia Zone: Speculations on differential movement during Eo-Alpine metamorphism, abstract volume, Third International Eclogite Conference, April 18-21, 1989, Universität Würzburg, Germany. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1988): Rheologische Pfade von deformierten Gesteinen, p. 9 in abstract volume, 6th Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, December 9-10, 1988, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1988): Structure and rheology of the continental crust: Inferences from nature, theory and experiment and implications for seismology, p. 26 in abstract volume, NATO-Advanced Studies Institute on “Exposed Cross Sections of the Continental Crust”, September 17-27, 1988, Killarney, Ontario, Canada. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R., and A. Zingg (1988): The Ivrea - Strona-Ceneri Section as a Model for the Evolution of Lower Continental Crust, Ricerca scientifica ed educazione permanente, Università degli Studi di Milano, 65, pp. 41-43, edited by A. Boriani and L. Burlini, Italy-U.S. Workshop on the Nature of the Lower Continental Crust, May 23-27, 1988, Verbania, Italy. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1987): Mesozoic extensional tectonics in the Southern Alpine basement (NW-Italy),Geological Society Newsletter, 16/2, pp. 17-18, Alpine Tectonics Meeting, May 27-28, 1987, Geological Society, London, Great Britain. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1987): Evidence for the role of fracturing and fluids in the deformation of some quartz-rich rocks, Terra Cognita, 7/2, p. 130, EUG IV Conference, April 13-16, 1987, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. and A. Walker (1987): Placing rheological constraints on the evolution of fault zones with deformation mechanism maps and microstructures, Terra Cognita, 7/1,  p. 58, 77th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung: Detachment and Shear, March 4-7, 1987, University of Basel, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1986): The Pogallo deformation: Evidence of Mesozoic extensional faulting associated with crustal thinning in the basement of the Southern Alps, NW-Italy, p. 27 in abstract volume, Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting, December 15-17, 1986, University of Hull, Great Britain. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1986): Reflections on the seismic reflectivity of a ductile extensional fault, p. xx in Second International Symposium on Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling of the Continental Lithosphere, July 15-17, 1986, Cambridge University, Great Britain. Poster and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1985): The structural development of the Pogallo Line- A deep crustal normal fault, pp. 80-81 in abstract volume, International Conference on Tectonic and Structural Processes, April 10-12, 1985, State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Poster and Abstractnormal fault, pp. 80-81 in abstract volume

Schmid, S.M., Handy, M.R., and A. Zingg (1985): The kinematics of movements along the Insubric Line and the emplacement of the Ivrea Zone, pp. 47-48 in abstract volume, International Conference on Tectonic and Structural Processes, April 10-12, 1985, State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1985): The timing and conditions of deformation along the Pogallo Line, Southern Alps, northwestern Italy, Terra Cognita 5, 2/3, p. 7 of program supplement, EUG III Conference, April 1-4, 1985, Strasbourg, France. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1983): Mylonite längs der Pogallo Linie zwischen Val Grande und Val d'Ossola, 1st Annual Swiss Tectonics Meeting, November 5,  1983, University of Bern, Switzerland. Talk and Abstract

Handy, M.R. (1980): Geology of the Russell Mountain Area, Southwestern Massachusetts, p. xx in abstract volume, 1st Annual Five College Geology Symposium, April 21, 1980, Mt. Holyoke College, Massachusetts. Talk and Abstract

 

VI.  UNPUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS (youngest to oldest)

Handy, M.R., and C.L. Rosenberg (1998): Fabric and Rheology of Geological Materials III, Lecture notes for short course, 270 pp., Institut für Geowissenschaften, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

Handy, M.R., and J. Streit (1996): Fabric and Rheology of Geological Materials II, Lecture notes for short course, 250 pp., Institut für Geowissenschaften, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

Handy, M.R., Behrmann, J., and J. Streit (1995): Fabric and Rheology of Geological Materials I, Lecture notes for short course, 230 pp., Institut für Geowissenschaften, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

Handy, M.R., The Structure and Rheology of Heterogeneously Deformed Rock in Earth's Lithosphere, 1991, Habilitationsschrift, 70 pp. and Appendix, University of Bern, Switzerland

Handy, M.R., The Structure and Rheological Evolution of the Pogallo Fault Zone, A Deep Crustal Dislocation in the Southern Alps of Northwestern Italy (Prov. Novara), 1986, Ph.D. thesis, 327 pp., University of Basel, Switzerland

Handy, M.R., Geology of the Russell Mountain Area, Southwestern Massachusetts, 1980, B.A. Honors thesis, 108 pp., Amherst College, U.S.A.

 

VII. INVITED LECTURES & SEMINARS (77, youngest to oldest)

Lateral and temporal changes in subduction modes in the Alpine Mediterranean Mountain Belts. Department Colloquium, December 16, 2019, Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland

Along-strike change from oblique collision to rollback subduction at the junction of the Dinarides and Hellenides.Leibnitz Society Berlin-Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Workshop on The Geology of Eurasia, June 27-28^th, 2019, Potsdam, Germany

Subduction dynamics in the Alps-Mediterranean system seen from down under - the contribution of AlpArray. Leibnitz Society Berlin-Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Workshop on The Geology of Eurasia, June 27-28^th, 2019, Potsdam, Germany

Linking surface kinematics to deep structure near a potential switch in subduction polarity. 1^st meeting of the AlpArray Collaborative Project of the same name, May 8-9, 2019, Trieste, Italy

Tectonics & seismicity of the Alps-Pannonian-Dinarides Junction, 1^st meeting of the AlpArray Collaborative Project of the same name, May 8-9, 2019, Trieste, Italy

The Neogene revolution in the Alpine Mediterranean area - Images & processes back in time. Colloquium, March 19, 2019, GNS, Wellington, New Zealand

AlpArray – glimpses of the deep structure of the Central Mediterranean. Colloquium, March 19, 2019, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

AlpArray –glimpses of the deep structure of the Alps down to the mantle transition zone, Colloquium, Oct. 30, 2018, Univ. Utrecht, The Netherlands

Crustal response to slab bending & retreat at the Dinarides-Hellenides transition. 4^th Meeting of the Friends of the Mediterranean (MedMeet), October 19, 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mountain-Building Processes in 4-Dimensions (4D-MB) – a part of AlpArray. 1^st annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, August 29-30, 2018, Zürich, Switzerland

Why AlpArray – motivation & unanswered questions on the Alpine Orogen.1^st annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, August 29-30, 2018, Zürich, Switzerland

What drives lateral escape in the Alps-Carpathian system? and Effects of competing subduction systems on the Dinarides-Hellenides transition. Invited lectures for post-graduates, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 19.-20. February, 2018

Shallow versus deep structures at orogenic junctions of the Dinarides. Meeting of the Central Adriatic Seismological Experiment (CASE), Banja Luka, Bosnia, 13-14. June, 2017

The Alps-Mediterranean System – does plate tectonics work there? Institutskolloquium, Univ. Hamburg, Germany, December 6^th, 2016.

AlpArray – the dense seismological array project in the heart of Europe, GNS, Wellington, New Zealand, March 10^th, 2016

Subduction in the Mediterranean – what does it tell us about forces driving microplates? GNS, Wellington, New Zealand, March 9^th, 2016

Subduction in the Mediterranean – what does it tell us about forces driving microplates? University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, March 1^st, 2016

Changes in subduction polarity beneath the Alpides in the light of plate kinematics and dynamics, University of Vienna, May 12^th, 2015

How slab gaps and crustal motion patterns relate to subduction polarity beneath the Eastern Alps, Geokolloquium, Universität Innsbruck, Austria, April 30, 2015

Mountain building in the aftermath of slab tearing and subduction polarity change - the case of the Alpides, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, March 12^th, 2015

Slab Dynamics of the Tethys Closure, Lunchtime Lecture Series, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, December 5th, 2014

The Seismological Array Project in the Alps (AlpArray), International Workshop on Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth’s Dynamic system, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, November 24th, 2014

Imaging Mountain-Building Processes in the Alpine Collision Zone, Lunchtime Seminar, California Institute of Technology (Caltech, Pasadena, USA), December 18th, 2013

Transfer faulting at the Alps-Dinarides junction and its bearing on indentation and Jan’s great orogenic escape from the Eastern Alps, Anniversary colloquium in honour of Jan Behrmann, June 14, 2013, Geomar-Kiel, Germany

What drives lateral orogenic escape in the Alps? April 29, 2013, Colloquium, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany

Switches in subduction polarity in the Alpine chains and their bearing on crust-mantle coupling. November 28, 2012, Colloquium, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

Which way did subduction go in the Alp-Carpathians-Dinarides Orogen? November 7, 2012, Colloquium, Johann-Wolfgang von Goethe Universität zu Frankfurt, Germany

Where do the Alps belong in the Western Mediterranean puzzle? – A geological-geophysical approach to putting it together, Dec. 1, 2011, Lithospheric Dynamics Seminar, University of Southern California, USA

Alpine Tectonics – Currect Issues and Future Perspectives, Symposium in Structural Geology, May 29-31, 2011, Universität Bern, Switzerland

Microplates and former oceans beneath the Western Mediterranean, May 27, 2011, Colloquium, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Germany

An independent motion path for Adria and its consequences for tectonics of the Western Mediterranean. May 5, 2011, Colloquium, Université de Breste, France

Does plate tectonics work in the Mediterranean? December 6, 2010, Lecture Series on Earth System Cycles, Universität Mainz, Germany

The Fate of Alpine Tethys and its bearing on Mountain Belts of the Western Mediterranean. November 25, 2010, Institute Colloquium, PG/EOST Université de Strasbourg, France

Plate reconstructions in the Tethys–W. Mediterranean area – Issues, problems and ideas.  June 7-9, 2010, Termex Meeting, IPGP-CNRS, Jussieu, Paris, France

Changing patterns of microplate motion in the Western Mediterranean and their bearing on modes of subduction and accretion in the Alps. November 23-28, 2009, Seminar between Taiwan and Germany on “Tectonic vs. Climatic forcing of exhumation in collisional orogens”, Taiwan National University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Mountain Belts – Natural laboratories for testing tectonic processes. October 15, 2009, Meeting of the Geokommission, Wissenschaftsforum, Berlin

The role of Adria and other microplates in the fate of Alpine Tethys. May 29, 2009, Geophysikalisches Kolloquium, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland.

Tectonics of the Alps – current issues and future perspectives, October 20, 2008, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Amherst College, U.S.A.

What we don’t (yet) know about the Alps! December 14, 2007, CAREN - Géosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, France

Strength, seismicity and the mechanical role of the fluid phase, October 24, 2007, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

The Periadriatic Fault Zone from west to east – thoughts on its significance for Alpine plate motion and crustal response, June 27, 2007, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Exhumierung von subduzierter kontinentaler Kruste: Wann und wie passiert es im orogenen Zyklus? May 18, 2006, Institute für Geologie und Mineralogie, Österreichische Geologische und Mineralogische Gesellschaften, Universität Innsbruck, Austria

Exhumation of subducted continental lithosphere in the Western Alps, May 10, 2006, Université de Paris VI, Jussieu, France

Structural geology as a tool for understanding processes in the Earth, March 10, 2005, Faculté des geosciences et de l’environement, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

The structure and rheology of continental fault zones (two lectures) Distinguished Lecture Series in Integrated Geodynamics, December 7-9, 2004, Vening-Meinesz Research School of Geodynamics, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Faults from top to bottom - Research trends and case studies, also in the Alps. Plenary Lecture, November 19-21, 2004, Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland

Die Sesia Zone – Ein Unikum in Deckenbau der Westalpen? Geologisches und Mineralogisches Kolloquium, Februar, 2003, Universität Basel, Switzerland

The brittle-ductile transition: A playground for interactive deformational and metamorphic processes. January 7-9, 2002, keynote lecture, British Mineralogical Studies Group, Derby, Great Britain

Length and time scales of mechanical events in the lithosphere, July 9-15, 2001, Tempus European Union Summer Graduate School in Earth Sciences, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Der spröd-duktile Übergang. May 5, 1999, Geowissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

Die Tektonik als Werkzeug zur Lösung von geologischen Problemen: Beispiele aus der Natur, Experiment, und Theorie. October 27, 1998, Institutskolloquium, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Evidence in the southern Alps for repeated orogenesis and exhumation at the northern margin of Gondwana. October 12-14, 1998, Cours romand de 3ème cycle: “The Alps and their Variscan Framework”, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Einsichten zur Magmatektonik aus der Natur und aus Experimenten. December 4, 1997, Institutskolloquium, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Der spröd-duktile übergang - Gibt es ihn? November 13, 1997, Geologisch-Mineralogisches Kolloquium, Universität Bonn, Germany

Lithospheric Rheology: Inferences from Nature, Theory and Experiment, June 28-July 3, 1997, Tempus European Union Summer Graduate School in Earth Sciences, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Das Schicksaal des ostalpinen-penninischen Suturs in den Alpen, 8. April, 1997, Institutskolloquium, Universität Potsdam, Germany

How general should geologists be? December 11, 1996, International Colloquium on General and Historical Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Mehrfache Bildung, Stapelung und Exhumation des südalpinen Kristallins. September 18, 1996, Kolloquium, GeoForschungs-Zentrum, Potsdam, Germany

Evolution of the southern Alpine crust; An overview and some unanswered questions, July 4, 1996, Kolloquium, Max-Planck Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany

Heterogeneous Flow in Rocks: Phenomenological Modelling and Implications for Lithospheric Rheology, June 24-25, 1996, Kolloquium, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany

Lithospheric Rheology Part A: Inferences from Microstructures and Deformation Mechanisms and Part B: The Structure and Rheology of Heterogeneous Materials, July 8-14, 1995, Tempus European Union Summer Graduate School in Earth Sciences, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

Gesteinsstrukturen und Rheologie in Mehrphasensystemen in der Tiefe, June 1, 1995, Gemeinschaftliches Geologisch/Geophysikalisches Kolloquium, Johann Wolfgang Geothe-Universität Frankurt, Germany

Von Rifting über Kollision zum postorogenen Kollaps: Das Schicksaal eines Kontinentalrandes im Unterostalpin, November 15, 1994, Geologisches Kolloquium, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Rheologie der Lithosphäre: Probleme und ein phänomenologischer Ansatz, June 2, 1994, Geologisches Kolloquium, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Die Tektonik als Werkzeug zur Lösung von geologischen Problemen: Beispiele aus der Natur, Theorie, und Experiment, November 18, 1992, Geologisches Kolloquium, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland

Heterogeneous Flow in Mylonite: Phenomenological Modelling, and Implications for Lithosphere Rheology, November 17, 1992, Strukturgeologisches Seminar, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland

Strukturgeologie: Wie wird sie eingesetzt und wo geht sie hin? November 12, 1992, Institut für Geowissenschaften und Lithosphärenforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

Erdbeben: Manifestation einer dynamischen Erde, Habilitationsvortrag, June 18, 1992, Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Bern, Switzerland

The agents of change in Earth's lithosphere: inferences from nature, theory, and experiment, April 22, 1992, Colloquium, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Tectonophysics - Quid nondum scimus: The mechanical evolution of mylonitic shear zones, Kolloquium "Tectonophysics - Quo Vadis?" June 13-14, 1991, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

What we still don't know about crustal rheology: The mechanics of mylonitic fault rocks, April 24, 1991, Research Seminar, Department for Geological & Geophysical Sciences, Guyot Hall, Princeton University, U.S.A.

The Ivrea crustal cross section (Southern Alps, Italy and Switzerland): A freak of nature or a typical slice of the continental crust?, April 22, 1991, Lecture, Department for Geological & Geophysical Sciences, Guyot Hall, Princeton University, U.S.A.

Exhumierte kontinentale Kruste: Kinematik und Rheologie bei der Hebung, June 13, 1990, Geologisches Kolloquium, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland

The evolution of ancient fault zones during the exhumation of cross sections of the continental crust, February 22, 1990, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Die strukturelle und rheologische Deutung von P-T-t Pfaden, February 1, 1990, Geologisches und Mineralogisches Kolloquium, Universität Basel, Switzerland

“Exhibitionist” tectonics or How complete sections of the continental crust are exposed at the surface, May 8, 1989, Geologisches und Mineralogisches Kolloquium, Universität Bern, Switzerland

Deformation regimes and grainsize-composition effects on the rheology of the lithosphere, November 15, 1987, Geology Department Seminar, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, Great Britain

 

 

VIII.  INVITED TALKS NOT GIVEN

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Session on “The Base of the Crustal Seismogenic Zone” (T10), December 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, USA. Invited to deliver keynote by Rick Sibson (Otago), unable to attend due to preparation of department evaluation.

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Session on “Strain localization in rocks”, April 15-20, 2007, Vienna, Austria. Invited to deliver keynote by Rob Holdsworth (Durham), unable to attend due to mapping course.

Gordon Research Conference on “Real Time Rheology”, August 3-8, 2008, Tilton School, New Hampshire, USA. Invited to deliver keynote by Greg Hirth (Brown), unable to attend due to mapping course.

3rd international TOPO-EUROPE Workshop, session on “Alpine and Himalyan natural laboratories”, May 2-5, 2007, Rome, Italy. Invited by Seird Cloetingh (Amsterdam) to present project proposal, unable to attend due to illness.

Structure and rheology of fault rocks during the earthquake cycle. International Conference in Structural Geology and Tectonics in Honour of Martin Burkhard, May 11-13, 2007, Institut de Géologie et d’Hydrogéologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Invited by Stefan Schmid (Basel) to deliver keynote, unable to attend due to illness.

 

 

IX.    INTERVIEWS for Newspapers, Radio, Television

Handy, M.R., Erdbeben in Mexiko (Mexiko City, M 7.1) Fernsehinterviews auf Deutsch und English am 21.09.2017, Deutsche Welle, Ausstrahlungen live um 21:17 und 22:03

Handy, M.R., Erdbeben im Himalaya (Nepal, M 7,8) - Hat sich der Everest bewegt? Radio Interview am 19.06.2015, Radio Paradiso GmbH, Ausstrahlung am gleichen Tag um 16:20 und 18:10.

Handy, M.R., Erdbeben in Italien (Camposanto, M 6,0, 9 km, Medolla M 5.8, 9.6 km) – Warum kommen Erdbeben in Italien gehäuft vor? N24, Fernsehinterview am 29. Mai, 2012 um 14:40, Ausstrahlung am gleichen Nachmittag

Handy, M.R., Erdbeben in Italien (Bologna, M 6,0) und Bulgarien (Sofia, M 5,6) – Sind sie miteinander verwandt und ist Südeuropa als Touristenziel unsicher? Berliner Rundfunk, Interview am 22. Mai, 2012 um 13:15, Ausstrahlung am gleichen Nachmittag

Handy, M.R., Das 9,0 Erdbeben in Honshu, Japan – war es vorhersehbar? Inforadio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), Interview mit Herrn Prinzler für “Wissenschaft & Forschung im Gespräch”, 18. März, 2011, Ausstrahlung am 20. März, 2011 um 9:25, 13:25, 19:25

Handy, M.R., Rohstoffe in Afghanistan? Kulturradio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), 16. Juni, 2010, 9:10-9:15

Handy, M.R.. Was ist Zeit? broadcast 14:10-14:20 on 25. März, 2010; as part of a five-part Hörstückserie “Wie die Zeit vergeht” von Leif Singmann (Kulturfeature-Staffel), 22.-26. März, 2010, Kulturradio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), recorded in Sept. 2008.

Handy, M.R., Erdbeben – lassen sie sich vorhersagen? Kulturradio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), 8. April, 2009, 9:10-9:15

Handy, M.R. Wohin der Wind uns weht. Radio interview with Peter Kaiser, Deutschland Radio Kultur, 15. Nov., 2007, 19:30

Handy, M.R. Die Steineversteher, Newspaper interview with Carsten Wette, B5 in the Berliner Tagespiegel, 10. February, 2007

Handy, M.R. Warum stürzt der Eigerostwand ab? Kulturadio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), 14:05-14:10, 15. January 2006

Handy, M.R. Tektonik und Erdbeben, Fernsehaufnahme im Rahmen eines Gesprächs mit dem Literat und Publizist Alexander Kluge. Aufgenommen während der Berlinale Filmfestival im Hyatt International Hotel, Potsdamer Mitte am 16. Februar, 2006

Handy, M.R. Erdbeben nach Stundenplan- Erdbebensicherheit im Gespräch: Lassen sich tektonische Schwankungen vorhersehen? FUndiert, Das Wissenschaftsmagazin der Freien Universität, 01/2005, 38-47.  Interview by Bernd Wannenmacher and Oliver Trenkamp

Handy, M.R. Wo die Erde bebt: Störungszonen beeinflussen ihre Umwelt - aber auch umgekehrt. Interview by Kerstin Koch, Naturmagazin, 2, 48-49.
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Handy, M.R. Radio interview on January 3, 2005 with Radio Freies Berlin regarding the earthquake and tsunami off of the coast of Sumatra on 26. December 2004

Handy, M.R. Radio interview with Inforadio Berlin-Brandenburg regarding the earthquake in Afghanistan,

Handy, M.R., Radio interview with Hessisches Rundfunk regarding the earthquake of Kobe, Japan, 1995