Dr. Stefanie Tofelde
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Tectonics and Sedimentary Systems
Researcher
Room B 103
12249 Berlin
Employment
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since 2023 |
Researcher (PostDoc) at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Sedimentary Systems (Prof. Anne Bernhardt) |
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2019-2023 |
Researcher (PostDoc) at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Geological Remote Sensing (Prof. Bodo Bookhagen) |
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2018-2019 |
Researcher (PostDoc) at the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Soil Science and Geomorphology (Prof. Helmut Elsenbeer) |
Education
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2014-2018 |
PhD in Geology, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience and Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, supervised by Prof. Taylor Schildgen and Prof. Manfred Strecker Thesis ´Signals stored in sediment: Fluvial sediments as records of landscape evolution` |
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2015 |
Research visit at Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, USA |
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2011-2014 |
MSc of Geoscience, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Germany |
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2010-2011 |
Master studies in Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany & Erasmus exchange, Institute of Biology, University of Tromø, Norway |
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2007-2010 |
BSc of Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany |
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2021, 2022 |
Computer labs (QGis) on Basics on GeoInformationSystems, Master of Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam |
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2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Lectures and computer labs (Matlab) on Analysis of Digital Elevation Models, Master of Remote Sensing, GeoInformation and Visualization, Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam |
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2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Lectures and computer labs (Python)within Earth System Science, Master of Remote Sensing, GeoInformation and Visualization, Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam |
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2019 |
Lectures on Geomorphology within General Physical Geography, Bachelor of Education, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam |
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2018, 2019 |
Field School Geoecological Field Internship in the Harz mountains in Germany, Bachelor of Geoecology, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam |
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2018, 2019 |
Field course and computer labs (QGis)on Digital Elevation Models, Bachelor of Geoecology, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam |
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2016, 2018 |
Seminar on A Systems Approach to Earth Science, Master of Public Management – GeoGovernance, UP Transfer GmbH, University of Potsdam |
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2017 |
Field trip to the Rheingraben and Central Alps, Bachelor of Geoscience, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam |
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2016 |
Paper reading seminar From source to sink, Master of Geoscience, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam |
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2012-2014 |
Cosmogenic nuclide preparation laboratory, teaching the preparation of quartz cleaning to PhD students and PostDocs, University of Potsdam |
Topics
Impact of changing environmental conditions on river dynamics, the topographic adjustment of river valleys, and their sedimentary products
Methods
- Analog modelling of landscape evolution, especially river valleys
- Topographic analysis of (high-resolution) digital surface models
- Cosmogenic radionuclides (10Be, 26Al)
- Biomarker analysis (n-alkanes)
2024
Voigtländer, A., Rheinwalt, A., & Tofelde, S. (2024). Quantifying Earth's topography: Steeper and larger than projected in digital terrain models. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109517. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109517
Turowski, J. M., Bufe, A., Tofelde, S. (2024). A physics-based model for fluvial valley width. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(2), 493-514. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-493-2024
2023
Dosch, S., Hovius, N., Repasch, M., Scheingross, J., Turowski, J. M., Tofelde, S., Rach, O. & Sachse, D. (2023). Sourcing and Long-Range Transport of Particulate Organic Matter in River Bedload: Rio Bermejo, Argentina. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-36. https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-2485/
Roda-Boluda, D., Schildgen, T., Wittmann, H., Tofelde, S., Bufe, A., Prancevic, J., Hovius, N. (2023). Elevation‐Dependent Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes Modulate Tectonically‐Controlled Erosion of the Western Southern Alps, New Zealand. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 128(11), e2023JF007271. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007271
2022
Tofelde, S., Bufe, A., Turowski, J. (2022). Hillslope sediment supply limits alluvial valley width. AGU Advances. 3(6), e2021AV000641. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000641
2021
Tofelde, S., Bernhardt, A., Guerit, L. & Romans, B. (2021). Times associated with source-to-sink propagation of environmental signals during landscape transience. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 227. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.628315
2020
Savi, S., Tofelde, S., Wickert, A. D., Bufe, A., Schildgen, T., & Strecker, M. R. (2020). Interactions between main channels and tributary alluvial fans: channel adjustments and sediment-signal propagation. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 303-322. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-303-2020
2019
Bufe, A., Turowski, J. M., Burbank, D. W., Paola, C., Wickert, A. D., & Tofelde, S., (2019). Controls on the lateral channel‐migration rate of braided channel systems in coarse non‐cohesive sediment. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 44(14), 2823-2836. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4710
Tofelde, S., Savi, S., Wickert, A. D., Bufe, A., & Schildgen, T. F., (2019). Alluvial channel response to environmental perturbations: fill-terrace formation and sediment-signal disruption. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(2), 609-631. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2018-84
DArcy, M., Schildgen, T.F., Strecker, M.R., Wittmann, H., Duesing, W., Mey, J., Tofelde, S., Weissmann, P., Alonso, R.N. (2019). Timing of past glaciation at the Sierra de Aconquija, northwestern Argentina, and throughout the Central Andes. Quat. Sci. Rev. 204, 37–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.022
2018
Tofelde, S., Duesing, W., Schildgen, T. F., Wickert, A. D., Wittmann, H., Alonso, R. N., & Strecker, M. (2018). Effects of deep‐seated versus shallow hillslope processes on cosmogenic 10Be concentrations in fluvial sand and gravel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(15), 3086-3098. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4471
2017
Tofelde, S., Schildgen, T.F., Savi, S., Pingel, H., Wickert, A.D., Bookhagen, B., Wittmann, H., Alonso, R.N., Cottle, J., Strecker, M.R. (2017). 100 kyr fluvial cut-and-fill terrace cycles since the Middle Pleistocene in the southern Central Andes, NW Argentina. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 473, 141–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.001
2016
Savi, S., Schildgen, T.F., Tofelde, S., Wittmann, H., Scherler, D., Mey, J., Alonso, R.N., Strecker, M.R. (2016). Climatic controls on debris-flow activity and sediment aggradation: The Del Medio fan, NW Argentina. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf. 2424–2445. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF003912
Rohrmann, A., Sachse, D., Mulch, A., Pingel, H., Tofelde, S., Alonso, R.N., Strecker, M.R. (2016). Miocene orographic uplift forces rapid hydrological change in the southern central Andes. Sci. Rep. 6, 35678. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35678
Nieto-Moreno, V., Rohrmann, A., van der Meer, M.T.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Sachse, D., Tofelde, S., Niedermeyer, E.M., Strecker, M.R., Mulch, A. (2016). Elevation-dependent changes in n-alkane δ D and soil GDGTs across the South Central Andes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 453, 234–242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.049
Schildgen, T.F., Robinson, R.A.J., Savi, S., Phillips, W.M., Spencer, J.Q.G., Bookhagen, B., Scherler, D., Tofelde, S., Alonso, R.N., Kubik, P.W., Binnie, S.A., Strecker, M.R. (2016). Landscape response to late Pleistocene climate change in NW Argentina: Sediment flux modulated by basin geometry and connectivity. J. Geophys. Res. F Earth Surf. 121, 392–414. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003607
Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B.R., Andermann, C., Tofelde, S., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M. (2016). Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science, 351(6269), 147-150. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac9865
Roda-Boluda, D., Schildgen, T., Wittmann, H., Tofelde, S., Bufe, A., Prancevic, J., Hovius, N. (2023). Elevation‐Dependent Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes Modulate Tectonically‐Controlled Erosion of the Western Southern Alps, New Zealand. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 128(11), e2023JF007271. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007271