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Schrank, C.E.; Jones, M.W.M.; Howard, D.L.; Berger, A.; Herwegh, M. (2024). Micro-scale structural and chemical characterisation of deformed rocks with simultaneous in-situ synchrotron X-ray fluorescence and backscatter diffraction mapping. Chemical geology, 645, p. 121886. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121886

Zhan, Weijia; Niemeijer, Andre R.; Berger, Alfons; Nevskaya, Natalia; Spiers, Christopher J.; Herwegh, Marco (January 2024). The Frictional-Viscous Transition in Experimentally Deformed Granitoid Fault Gouge (Submitted).

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Bellahsen, Nicolas; Rolland, Yann; Kissling, Edi (2024). Evolution of the external crystalline massifs of the European Alps: From massif to lithosphere scale. In: Rosenberg, Claudio L.; Bellahsen, Nicolas (eds.) Geodynamics of the Alps 3: Collisional Processes (pp. 53-124). Wiley 10.1002/9781394299560.ch2

Akker, Ismay Vénice; Schrank, Christoph; Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Jones, Michael; Kewish, Cameron M. (2023). The Geometry, Spatial Distribution and Texture of Slate‐Hosted Calcite Veins in the Helvetic Flysch Units—Insights in Structural and Fluid Processes Within a Paleo‐Accretionary Complex. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems, 24(10) American Geophysical Union AGU 10.1029/2023GC010873

Waldvogel, M.; Zurbriggen, R.; Toropovs, N.; Berger, A.; Herwegh, M. (2023). Distribution and evolution of (micro)strain and stresses in flexible, waterproofing membranes using digital image correlation and finite element modelling. Cement & concrete composites, 138, p. 104982. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.104982

Peverelli, Veronica; Berger, Alfons; Wille, Martin; Mulch, Andreas; Lanari, Pierre; Pettke, Thomas; Putlitz, Benita; Herwegh, Marco (2023). Unravelling the hydration history of an inverted passive continental margin using epidote U Pb geochronology and Pb–Sr–O–H isotope geochemistry. Lithos, 460-461, p. 107391. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107391

Peverelli, Veronica; Berger, Alfons; Wille, Martin; Pettke, Thomas; Lanari, Pierre; Villa, Igor Maria; Herwegh, Marco (2022). Epidote dissolution–precipitation during viscous granular flow: a micro-chemical and isotope study. Solid Earth, 13(11), pp. 1803-1821. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-13-1803-2022

Musso Piantelli, Ferdinando; Mair, David; Berger, Alfons; Schlunegger, Fritz; Wiederkehr, Michael; Kurmann, Eva; Baumberger, Roland; Möri, Andreas; Herwegh, Marco (2022). 4D reconstruction of the Doldenhorn nappe-basement system in the Aar massif: Insights into late-stage continent-continent collision in the Swiss Alps. Tectonophysics, 843, p. 229586. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229586

Bühler, M.; Zurbriggen, R.; Berger, A.; Herwegh, M.; Rubatto, Daniela (2022). Late Carboniferous Schlingen in the Gotthard nappe (Central Alps) and their relation to the Variscan evolution. International journal of earth sciences, 112(2), pp. 417-442. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00531-022-02247-5

Musy, S; Casolaro, P; Dellepiane, G; Berger, A; Braccini, S; Purtschert, R (2022). Quantification of 37Ar emanation fractions from irradiated natural rock samples and field applications. Journal of environmental radioactivity, 251-252, p. 106966. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106966

Dielforder, Armin; Villa, Igor M.; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2022). Tracing wedge-internal deformation by means of strontium isotope systematics of vein carbonates. Geological Magazine, 159(11-12), pp. 2191-2205. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0016756821001357

Berger, Alfons; Egli, Daniel; Glotzbach, Christoph; Valla, Pierre G.; Pettke, Thomas; Herwegh, Marco (2022). Apatite low-temperature chronometry and microstructures across a hydrothermally active fault zone. Chemical geology, 588, p. 120633. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120633

Peverelli, Veronica; Berger, Alfons; Mulch, Andreas; Pettke, Thomas; Piccoli, Francesca; Herwegh, Marco (2022). Epidote U-Pb geochronology and H isotope geochemistry trace pre-orogenic hydration of midcrustal granitoids. Geology, 50(9), pp. 1073-1077. Geological Society of America 10.1130/G50028.1

Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2022). Grain-size-reducing- and mass-gaining processes in different hydrothermal fault rocks. Geological Magazine, 159(11-12), pp. 2219-2237. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0016756822000218

Nibourel, L.; Rahn, M.; Dunkl, I.; Berger, A.; Herman, F.; Diehl, T.; Heuberger, S.; Herwegh, M. (2021). Orogen‐Parallel Migration of Exhumation in the Eastern Aar Massif Revealed by Low‐T Thermochronometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10) American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2020JB020799

Akker, Ismay Vénice; Berger, Alfons; Schrank, Christoph E.; Jones, Michael W. M.; Kewish, Cameron M.; Klaver, Jop; Herwegh, Marco (2021). The evolution of slate microfabrics during progressive accretion of foreland basin sediments. Journal of structural geology, 150, p. 104404. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104404

Nibourel, Lukas; Berger, Alfons; Egli, Daniel; Heuberger, Stefan; Herwegh, Marco (2021). Structural and thermal evolution of the eastern Aar Massif: insights from structural field work and Raman thermometry. Swiss journal of geosciences, 114(1) Springer 10.1186/s00015-020-00381-3

Gilgannon, James; Waldvogel, Marius; Poulet, Thomas; Fusseis, Florian; Berger, Alfons; Barnhoorn, Auke; Herwegh, Marco (2021). Experimental evidence that viscous shear zones generate periodic pore sheets. Solid Earth, 12(2), pp. 405-420. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-12-405-2021

Akker, Ismay Vénice; Berger, Alfons; Zwingmann, Horst; Todd, Andrew; Schrank, Christoph E.; Jones, Michael W.M.; Kewish, Cameron M.; Schmid, Timothy C.; Herwegh, Marco (2021). Structural and chemical resetting processes in white mica and their effect on K-Ar data during low temperature metamorphism. Tectonophysics, 800, p. 228708. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228708

Peverelli, Veronica; Ewing, Tanya; Rubatto, Daniela; Wille, Martin; Berger, Alfons; Villa, Igor Maria; Lanari, Pierre; Pettke, Thomas; Herwegh, Marco (2021). U − Pb geochronology of epidote by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) as a tool for dating hydrothermal-vein formation. Geochronology, 3(1), pp. 123-147. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gchron-3-123-2021

Gnos, Edwin; Mullis, Josef; Ricchi, Emmanuelle; Bergemann, Christian A.; Janots, Emilie; Berger, Alfons (2021). Episodes of fissure formation in the Alps: connecting quartz fluid inclusion, fissure monazite age, and fissure orientation data. Swiss journal of geosciences, 114(1) Springer 10.1186/s00015-021-00391-9

Akker, Ismay Vénice (2020). The evolution of slate microstructures during the accretion of foreland basin sediments and implications for mechanical strength, fluid flow and seismicity in accretionary wedges (Unpublished). (Dissertation, Institute of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science)

Gilgannon, James (2020). On the formation and rheology of polymineralic ultramylonites (Unpublished). (Dissertation, Bern University, Institute for Geological Sciences)

Ricchi, Emmanuelle; Bergemann, Christian; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons; Rubatto, Daniela; Whitehouse, Martin; Walter, Franz (2020). Cenozoic deformation in the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps) constrained by in situ Th-Pb dating of fissure monazite. Solid Earth, 11(2), pp. 437-467. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-11-437-2020

Phyo, Myint Myat; Wang, Hao A.O.; Guillong, Marcel; Berger, Alfons; Franz, Leander; Balmer, Walter A.; Krzemnicki, Michael S. (2020). U–Pb Dating of Zircon and Zirconolite Inclusions in Marble-Hosted Gem-Quality Ruby and Spinel from Mogok, Myanmar. Minerals, 10(2), p. 195. MDPI 10.3390/min10020195

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Glotzbach, C.; Wangenheim, C.; Mock, Samuel; Wehrens, Philip; Baumberger, Roland; Egli, Daniel; Kissling, E. (2020). Late stages of continent-continent collision: Timing, kinematic evolution, and exhumation of the Northern rim (Aar Massif) of the Alps. Earth-science reviews, 200, p. 102959. Elsevier 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102959

Waldvogel, Marius; Zurbriggen, Roger; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2020). The microstructural evolution of cementitious, flexible waterproofing membranes during deformation with special focus on the role of crazing. Cement & concrete composites, 107, p. 103494. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2019.103494

Bergemann, Christian A.; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons; Janots, Emilie; Whitehouse, Martin J. (2020). Dating tectonic activity in the Lepontine Dome and Rhone-Simplon Fault regions through hydrothermal monazite-(Ce). Solid Earth, 11(1), pp. 199-222. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-11-199-2020

Gilgannon, James; Poulet, Thomas; Berger, Alfons; Barnhoorn, Auke; Herwegh, Marco (2020). Dynamic recrystallisation can produce porosity in shear zones. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(7) American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2019GL086172

Berger, Alfons; Engi, Martin; Erne-Schmid, Silja; Glotzbach, Christoph; Spiegel, Cornelia; de Goede, Rick; Herwegh, Marco (2020). The relation between peak metamorphic temperatures and subsequent cooling during continent–continent collision (western Central Alps, Switzerland). Swiss journal of geosciences, 113(1) Springer 10.1186/s00015-020-00356-4

Waldvogel, Marius; Zurbriggen, Roger; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2020). Influences of temperature and opening rate of substrate cracks on the mechanical behaviour, crack–bridging ability and deformation mechanisms of one–component, cementitious, flexible waterproofing membranes. Cement and concrete research, 136, p. 106140. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106140

Tannock, Lisa; Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Liu, Jie; Lanari, Pierre; Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus (2019). Microstructural analyses of a giant quartz reef in south China reveal episodic brittle-ductile fluid transfer. Journal of structural geology, 130, p. 103911. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsg.2019.103911

Ricchi, Emmanuelle; Bergemann, Christian; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons; Rubatto, Daniela; Whitehouse, Martin (2019). Constraining deformation phases in the Aar Massif and the Gotthard Nappe (Switzerland) using Th Pb crystallization ages of fissure monazite-(Ce). Lithos, 342-343, pp. 223-238. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.04.014

Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2019). Cockade structures as a paleo-earthquake proxy in upper crustal hydrothermal systems. Scientific Reports, 9(1) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-019-45488-2

Egli, Daniel; Baumann, Rahel; Küng, Sulamith; Berger, Alfons; Baron, Ludovic; Herwegh, Marco (2018). Structural characteristics, bulk porosity and evolution of an exhumed long-lived hydrothermal system. Tectonophysics, 747-748, pp. 239-258. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.008

Akker, Ismay Vénice; Kaufmann, Josef; Desbois, Guillaume; Klaver, Jop; Urai, L. Janos; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2018). Multiscale porosity changes along the pro- and retrograde deformation path: an example from Alpine slates. Solid Earth, 9(5), pp. 1141-1156. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-9-1141-2018

Waldvogel, Marius Alexander; Zurbriggen, Roger; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2018). Combined Methods to Investigate the Crack-Bridging Ability of Waterproofing Membranes. In: International Congress on Polymers in Concrete (ICPIC 2018). 10.1007/978-3-319-78175-4_30

Waldvogel, Marius Alexander; Zurbriggen, Roger; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2018). Evidences for Strain Localisation on Surfaces of Waterproofing Membranes - A link between Structures and Mechanics. In: 20. Internationale Baustofftagung ibausil (pp. 2-17). F.A. Finger-Institut für Baustoffkunde

Bergemann, Christian A.; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Mullis, Josef; Walter, Franz; Bojar, Hans-Peter (2018). Constraining long-term fault activity in the brittle domain through in situ dating of hydrothermal monazite. Terra nova, 30(6), pp. 440-446. Wiley 10.1111/ter.12360

Nibourel, Lukas; Berger, Alfons; Egli, Daniel; Luensdorf, Nils K.; Herwegh, Marco (2018). Large vertical displacements of a crystalline massif recorded by Raman thermometry. Geology, 46(10), pp. 879-882. Geological Society of America 10.1130/G45121.1

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Baumberger, Roland; Wehrens, Philip; Kissling, Edi (2017). Large-Scale Crustal-Block-Extrusion During Late Alpine Collision. Scientific Reports, 7(1), p. 413. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-017-00440-0

Wehrens, Philip Chaim; Baumberger, R.; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2017). How is strain localized in a meta-granitoid, mid-crustal basement section? Spatial distribution of deformation in the central Aar massif (Switzerland). Journal of structural geology, 94, pp. 47-67. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.11.004

Stutenbecker, Laura; Berger, Alfons; Schlunegger, Fritz (2017). The potential of detrital garnet as a provenance proxy in the Central Swiss Alps. Sedimentary geology, 351, pp. 11-20. Elsevier 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.02.002

Bergemann, Christian; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons; Whitehouse, Martin; Wehrens, Philip Chaim; Pettke, Thomas; Janots, Emilie (2017). Th-Pb ion probe dating of zoned hydrothermal monazite and its implications for repeated shear zone activity: An example from the Central Alps, Switzerland. Tectonics, 36(4), pp. 671-689. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1002/2016TC004407

Berger, Alfons; Mercolli, Ivan Pietro; Herwegh, Marco; Gnos, Edwin (2017). Geological map of the Aar massif and Tavetsch and Gotthard nappe, Geol Spec. Map 129 Explanatory Notes 129. In: Geologische Spezialkarten, 129. Wabern: Federal Office of Topography Swisstopo

Berger, Alfons; Wehrens, Philip; Lanari, Pierre; Zwingmann, Horst; Herwegh, Marco (2017). Microstructures, mineral chemistry and geochronology of white micas along a retrograde evolution: An example from the Aar massif (Central Alps, Switzerland). Tectonophysics, 721, pp. 179-195. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.09.019

Schneeberger, Raphael; de La Varga, M.; Egli, D.; Berger, Alfons; Kober, F.; Wellmann, F.; Herwegh, Marco (2017). Methods and uncertainty estimations of 3-D structural modelling in crystalline rocks: a case study. Solid Earth, 8(5), pp. 987-1002. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/se-8-987-2017

Zwingmann, Horst; Berger, Alfons; Eggenberger, Urs; Todd, Andrew; Herwegh, Marco (2017). Testing high-voltage electrical discharges in disintegrating claystone for isotopic and mineralogical studies: an example using Opalinus claystone. Clays and clay minerals, 65(5), pp. 342-354. Clay Minerals Society 10.1346/CCMN.2017.064072

Klausen, Martin B.; Szilas, Kristoffer; Kokfelt, Thomas F.; Keulen, Nynke; Schumacher, John C.; Berger, Alfons (2017). Tholeiitic to calc-alkaline metavolcanic transition in the Archean Nigerlikasik Supracrustal Belt, SW Greenland. Precambrian research, 302, pp. 50-73. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.014

Peters, Max (2016). On the initiation of boudinage and folding instabilities in layered elasto-visco-plastic solids - Insights from natural microstructures and numerical simulations (Unpublished). (Dissertation, Institut für Geologie, Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät)

Dielforder, Armin Raimund; Berger, Alfons (2016). The accretion of underfilled foreland basin sediments and its implication for the prograde evolution of collisional orogens: An integrative structural, mechanical and geochemical perspective. (Dissertation, Institut für Geologie, Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Bern)

Belgrano, Thomas M.; Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons (2016). Inherited structural controls on fault geometry, architecture and hydrothermal activity: an example from Grimsel Pass, Switzerland. Swiss journal of geosciences, 109(3), pp. 345-364. Birkhäuser 10.1007/s00015-016-0212-9

Berger, Alfons; Ebert, Andreas; Ramseyer, Karl; Gnos, Edwin; Decrouez, Danielle (2016). Dolomite microstructures between 390° and 700 °C: Indications for deformation mechanisms and grain size evolution. Journal of structural geology, 89, pp. 144-152. Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.06.001

Cenki-Tok, Bénédicte; Berger, Alfons; Gueydan, Frédéric (2016). Formation and preservation of biotite-rich microdomains in high-temperature rocks from the Antananarivo Block, Madagascar. International journal of earth sciences, 105(5), pp. 1471-1483. Springer 10.1007/s00531-015-1265-0

Giese, Jörg; Schreurs, Guido; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2016). Kinematics and significance of a poly-deformed crustal-scale shear zone in central to south-eastern Madagascar: the Itremo-Ikalamavony thrust. International journal of earth sciences, 106(6), pp. 2091-2108. Springer 10.1007/s00531-016-1415-z

Peters, Max; Herwegh, Marco; Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus; Berger, Alfons (2016). Strain localization in ductile rocks: A comparison of natural and simulated pinch and-swell structures. Tectonophysics, 680, pp. 140-154. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.04.049

Dielforder, Armin Raimund; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2016). The accretion of foreland basin sediments during early stages of continental collision in the European Alps and similarities to accretionary wedge tectonics. Tectonics, 35(10), pp. 2216-2238. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1002/tect.20338

Wehrens, Philip Chaim; Berger, Alfons; Peters, Max; Spillmann, Thomas; Herwegh, Marco (2016). Deformation at the frictional-viscous transition: Evidence for cycles of fluid-assisted embrittlement and ductile deformation in the granitoid crust. Tectonophysics, 693, pp. 66-84. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.10.022

Rosenberg, C. L.; Berger, Alfons; Bellahsen, N.; Bousquet, R. (2015). Relating orogen width to shortening, erosion, and exhumation during Alpine collision. Tectonics, 34(6), pp. 1306-1328. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1002/2014TC003736

Dielforder, Armin; Vollstaedt, Hauke; Vennemann, Torsten; Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2015). Linking megathrust earthquakes to brittle deformation in a fossil accretionary complex. Nature communications, 6(1), p. 7504. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ncomms8504

Gnos, Edwin; Janots, Emilie; Berger, Alfons; Whitehouse, M.; Walter, F.; Pettke, Thomas; Bergemann, C. (2015). Age of cleft monazites in the eastern Tauern Window: constraints on crystallization conditions of hydrothermal monazite. Swiss journal of geosciences, 108(1), pp. 55-74. Springer 10.1007/s00015-015-0178-z

Janots, Emilie; Bernier, Felix; Brunet, Fabrice; Muñoz, Manuel; Trcera, Nicolas; Berger, Alfons; Lanson, Martine (2015). Ce(III) and Ce(IV) (re)distribution and fractionation in a laterite profile from Madagascar: Insights from in situ XANES spectroscopy at the Ce LIII-edge. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 153, pp. 134-148. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.009

Negrini, Marianne; Stunitz, Holger; Berger, Alfons; Morales, Luiz F. G. (2014). The effect of deformation on the TitaniQ geothermobarometer: an experimental study. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 167(3) Springer 10.1007/s00410-014-0982-x

Berger, Alfons; Janots, Emilie; Gnos, Edwin; Frei, Robert; Bernier, Felix (2014). Rare earth element mineralogy and geochemistry in a laterite profile from Madagascar. Applied geochemistry, 41, pp. 218-228. Pergamon 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.12.013

Berger, Alfons; Frei, Robert (2014). The fate of chromium during tropical weathering: A laterite profile from Central Madagascar. Geoderma, 213, pp. 521-532. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.09.004

Rufer, Daniel; Preusser, Frank; Schreurs, Guido; Gnos, Edwin; Berger, Alfons (2014). Late Quaternary history of the Vakinankaratra volcanic field (central Madagascar): insights from luminescence dating of phreatomagmatic eruption deposits. Bulletin of volcanology, 76(5), p. 817. Springer 10.1007/s00445-014-0817-7

Katerinopoulou, Anna; Balic-Zunic, Toni; Berger, Alfons; Kolb, Jochen; Secher, Karsten (2014). Manganiferous minerals of the epidote group from the Archaean basement of West Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 62, pp. 27-37. Geological Society of Denmark

Berger, Alfons; Kokfelt, Thomas Find; Kolb, Jochen (2014). Exhumation rates in the Archean from pressure-ime paths: Examplefrom the Skjoldungen Orogen (SE Greenland). Precambrian research, 255(3), pp. 774-790. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.04.011

Schlatter, D.M.; Berger, A.; Christiansen, O. (2014). Geological, petrographical and geochemical characteristics of the granitoid hosted Amphibolite Ridge gold occurrence in south Greenland. In: Jonsson, E. (ed.) 12th Biennial SGA Meeting - Proceedings: Mineral Deposit Research for a High-Tech World 3. Society for geology applied to mineral deposits

Berger, Alfons; Gnos, Edwin; Janots, Emilie; Whitehouse, Martin; Soom, M.; Frei, Robert; Waight, Todd E. (2013). Dating brittle tectonic movements with cleft monazite: Fluid-rock interaction and formation of REE minerals. Tectonics, 32(5), pp. 1176-1189. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1002/tect.20071

Berger, A.; Mercolli, I.; Kapferer, N.; Fügenschuh, B. (2012). Single and double exhumation of fault blocks in the internal Sesia-Lanzo Zone and the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Biella, Italy). International journal of earth sciences, 101(7), pp. 1877-1894. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s00531-012-0755-6

Berger, A.; Thomsen, T.; Ovtcharova, M.; Kapferer, N.; Mercolli, I. (2012). Dating emplacement and evolution of the orogenic magmatism in the internal Western Alps: 2. The Biella Volcanic Suite. Swiss journal of geosciences, 105(1), pp. 67-84. Basel: Birkhäuser 10.1007/s00015-012-0092-6

Berger, A.; Thomsen, T.; Ovtcharova, M.; Kapferer, N.; Mercolli, I. (2012). Dating emplacement and evolution of the orogenic magmatism in the internal Western Alps: 1. The Miagliano Pluton. Swiss journal of geosciences, 105(1), pp. 49-65. Basel: Birkhäuser 10.1007/s00015-012-0091-7

Gregory, C.; Rubatto, Daniela; Hermann, Jörg; Berger, A.; Engi, M. (2012). Allanite behaviour during incipient melting in the southern Central Alps. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 84, pp. 433-458. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.020

Janots, E.; Berger, A.; Gnos, E.; Whitehouse, M.; Lewin, E.; Pettke, Thomas (2012). Constraints on fluid evolution during metamorphism from U–Th–Pb systematics in Alpine hydrothermal monazite. Chemical geology, 326-327, pp. 61-71. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.07.014

Brodhag, S.; Herwegh, M.; Berger, A. (2011). Grain coarsening in polymineralic contact-metamorphic carbonate rocks: The role of different physical interactions during coarsening. Journal of structural geology, 33(4), pp. 698-712. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.12.003

Giese, J.; Berger, A.; Schreurs, G.; Gnos, E. (2011). The timing of the tectono-metamorphic evolution at the Neoproterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary in central southern Madagascar. Precambrian research, 185(3-4), pp. 131-148. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.01.002

Allaz, J.; Engi, M.; Berger, A.; Villa, I.M. (2011). The effects of retrograde reactions and of diffusion on 39Ar-40Ar ages of micas. Journal of petrology, 52(4), pp. 691-716. Oxford: Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/egq100

Berger, A.; Schmid, S.M.; Engi, M.; Bousquet, R.; Wiederkehr, M. (2011). Mechanisms of mass and heat transport during Barrovian metamorphism: A discussion based on field evidence from the Central Alps (Switzerland/N-Italy). Tectonics, 30(1), n/a-n/a. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/2009TC002622

Janots, E.; Berger, A.; Engi, M (2011). Physico-chemical control on the REE-mineralogy in chloritoid-grade metasediments from a single outcrop (Central Alps, Switzerland). Lithos, 121(1-4), pp. 1-11. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.023

Schwarz, J.; Engi, M.; Berger, A. (2011). Porphyroblast crystallization kinetics: The role of the nutrient production rate. Journal of metamorphic geology, 29(5), pp. 497-512. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00927.x

Berger, A.; Herwegh, M.; Schwarz, J.; Putlitz, B. (2011). Quantitative analysis of crystal/grain sizes and their distributions in 2D and 3D. Journal of structural geology, 33(12), pp. 1751-1763. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.07.002

Herwegh, M.; Linckens, J.; Ebert, A.; Berger, A.; Brodhag, S. (2011). The role of second phases for controlling microstructural evolution in polymineralic rocks: A review. Journal of structural geology, 33(12), pp. 1728-1750. Oxford: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.08.011

Cenki-Tok, B.; Oliot, E.; Rubatto, D.; Engi, M.; Berger, A.; Goncalves, P.; Thomsen, T.; Manzotti, P.; Regis, D.; Robyr, M.; Janots, E.; Spandler, C. (2011). Preservation of Permian allanite within an Alpine eclogite facies shear zone at Mt Mucrone, Italy: Mechanical and chemical behaviour of allanite during mylonitization. Lithos, 125(1-2), pp. 40-50. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.01.005

Wiederkehr, M.; Bousquet, R.; Ziemann, M.A.; Berger, Alfons; Schmid, S.M. (2011). 3-D assessment of peak-metamorphic conditions by Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material: an example from the margin of the Lepontine dome (Swiss Central Alps). International journal of earth sciences, 100(5), pp. 1029-1063. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00531-010-0622-2

Rufer, Daniel (2009). Characterization and age determination of Quaternary volcanism in the southern Ankaratra region (central Madagascar) through novel approaches in luminescence dating. (Dissertation, University of Bern, Faculty of Science)

Lehmann, Katja; Berger, Alfons; Götte, Thomas; Ramseyer, Karl; Wiedenbeck, M. (2009). Growth related zonations in authigenic and hydrothermal quartz characterized by SIMS-,EPMA-,SEM-CL- and SEM-CC imaging. Mineralogical magazine, 73(4), pp. 633-643. London: Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.4.633

Janots, Emilie; Engi, Martin; Rubatto, Daniela; Berger, Alfons; Gregory, Courtney; Rahn, Meinert (2009). Metamorphic rates in collisional orogeny from in situ allanite and monazite dating. Geology, 37(1), pp. 11-14. Boulder, Colo.: Geological Society of America 10.1130/G25192A.1

Wiederkehr, Michael; Sudo, Masafumi; Bousquet, Romain; Berger, Alfons; Schmid, Stefan M. (2009). Alpine orogenic evolution from subduction to collisional thermal overprint: The 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age constraints from the Valaisan Ocean, central Alps. Tectonics, 28(6), n/a-n/a. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/2009TC002496

Zumbuehl, S.; Scherrer, N.C.; Berger, Alfons; Eggenberger, Urs (2009). Early Viridian Pigment Composition characterization of a (hydrated) chromium oxide borate pigment. Studies in Conservation, 54, pp. 149-159. Routledge

Rubatto, Daniela; Hermann, Jörg; Berger, Alfons; Engi, Martin (2009). Protracted fluid-induced melting during Barrovian metamorphism in the Central Alps. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 158(6), pp. 703-722. Springer 10.1007/s00410-009-0406-5

Schmitz, Sylvia; Möller, Andreas; Wilke, Max; Malzer, Wolfgang; Kanngiesser, Birgit; Bousquet, Romain; Berger, Alfons; Schefer, Senecio (2009). Chemical U-Th-Pb dating of monazite by 3D-Micro X-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation. European journal of mineralogy, 21(5), pp. 927-945. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller) 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1964

Rosenberg, Claudio L.; Berger, Alfons (2009). On the causes and modes of exhumation and lateral growth of the Alps. Tectonics, 28(6), pp. 1-16. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/2008TC002442

Berger, Alfons; Rosenberg, Claudio; Schaltegger, Urs (2009). Stability and isotopic dating of monazite and allanite in partially molten rocks: examples from the Central Alps. Swiss journal of geosciences, 102(1), pp. 15-29. Birkhäuser-Verlag; www.birkhäuser.ch 10.1007/s00015-009-1310-8

Ebert, Andreas; Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Pfiffner, Othmar Adrian (2008). Grain coarsening maps for polymineralic carbonate mylonites: a calibration based on data from different Helvetic nappes (Switzerland). Tectonophysics, 457(3-4), pp. 128-142. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.007

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Ebert, Andrea; Brodhag, Sabine (2008). Discrimination of annealed and dynamic fabrics: Consequence for strain localization and deformation episodes of large-scale shear zones. Earth and planetary science letters, 276(1-2), pp. 52-61. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.007

Balassone, Giuseppina; Mormone, Angela; Rossi, Manuela; Bernardi, Alessandro; Fisch, Martin; Armbruster, Thomas; Malsy, Anna; Berger, Alfons (2008). Crystal chemical and structural characterization of an Mg-rich osumilite from Vesuvius volcano (Italy). European journal of mineralogy, 20(5), pp. 713-720. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller) 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1839

Berger, Alfons; Burri, Thomas; Alt-Epping, Peter; Engi, Martin (2008). Tectonically controlled fluid flow and water-assisted melting in the middle crust: An example from the Central Alps. Lithos, 102(3-4), pp. 598-615. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.07.027

Berger, Alfons; Bousquet, Romain (2008). Subduction-related metamorphism in the Alps: review of isotopic ages based on petrology and their geodynamic consequences. Journal of the Geological Society, 298(1), pp. 117-144. London: Geological Society of London 10.1144/SP298.7

Janots, E.; Engi, M.; Berger, A.; Allaz, J.; Schwarz, J.O.; Spandler, C. (2008). Prograde metamorphic sequence of REE minerals in pelitic rocks of the Central Alps: implications for allanite–monazite–xenotime phase relations from 250 to 610 °C. Journal of metamorphic geology, 26(5), pp. 509-526. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00774.x

Wiederkehr, Michael; Bousquet, Romain; Schmid, Stefan M.; Berger, Alfons (2008). From subduction to collision: Thermal overprint of HP/LT meta-sediments in the north-eastern Lepontine Dome (Swiss Alps) and consequences regarding the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Alpine orogenic wedge. Swiss journal of geosciences, 101(1 Supplement), pp. 127-155. Basel: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 10.1007/s00015-008-1289-6

Berger, Alfons; Gnos, Edwin; Janots, Emilie; Fernandez, Alain; Giese, Jörg (2008). Formation and composition of rhabdophane, bastnäsite and hydrated thorium minerals during alteration: Implications for geochronology and low-temperature processes. Chemical geology, 254(3-4), pp. 238-248. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.03.006

Berger, Alfons; Gnos, Edwin; Schreurs, Guido; Fernández, Alain; Rakotondrazafy, Michel (2006). Late Neoproterozoic Ordovician and Carboniferous events recorded in monazites from southern-central Madagascar. Precambrian research, 144(3-4), pp. 278-296. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.010

Rufer, Daniel; Schreurs, Guido; Berger, Alfons; Villa, Igor Maria; Gnos, Edwin (2006). Cenozoic alkaline volcanism in central Madagascar in the context of intracontinental rifting (Unpublished). In: 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. Bern, Switzerland. 24-25.11.2006.

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons; Ebert, Andreas (2005). Grain coarsening maps: A new tool to predict microfabric evolution of polymineralic rocks. Geology, 33(10), pp. 801-804. Geological Society of America 10.1130/G21789.1

Brouwer, F.M.; Burri, Thomas; Engi, Martin; Berger, Alfons (2005). Eclogite relics in the Central Alps: PT-evolution, Lu-Hf ages and implications for formation of tectonic mélange zones. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 85, pp. 147-174. Stäubli

Berger, Alfons; SCHERRER, N. C.; BUSSY, F. (2005). Equilibration and disequilibration between monazite and garnet: indication from phase-composition and quantitative texture analysis. Journal of metamorphic geology, 23(9), pp. 865-880. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00614.x

Berger, Alfons; Herwegh, Marco (2004). Grain coarsening in contact metamorphic carbonates: effects of second-phase particles, fluid flow and thermal perturbations. Journal of metamorphic geology, 22(5), pp. 459-474. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00526.x

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons (2004). Deformation mechanisms in second-phase affected microstructures and their energy balance. Journal of structural geology, 26(8), pp. 1483-1498. Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2003.10.006

Engi, Martin; Bousquet, R.; Berger, Alfons (2004). Explanatory notes the map: Metamorphic Structure of the Alps. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 149, pp. 53-69. Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft

Berger, Alfons (2004). An improved equation for crystal size distribution in second-phase influenced aggregates. American mineralogist, 89, pp. 126-131. Mineralogical Society of America

Bousquet, R.; Engi, Martin; Gosso, G.; Oberhänsli, R.; Berger, Alfons; Spalla, M.; Zucali, M.; Goffé, B. (2004). Explanatory notes to the map: metamorphic structure of the Alps transition from the western Central Alps. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 149, pp. 41-51. Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft

Engi, Martin; Berger, Alfons (2004). The Southern Steep Belt of the Central Alps, in Gosso, G., editor, Thermo-mechanical evolution of the Alpine belt, from the Engadine window to the Matterhorn. In: 32nd International Geological Congress.

Oberli, Felix; Meier, Martin; Berger, Alfons; Rosenberg, Claudio L.; GierÉ, Reto (2004). U-Th-Pb and 230Th/238U disequilibrium isotope systematics: Precise accessory mineral chronology and melt evolution tracing in the Alpine Bergell intrusion. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 68(11), pp. 2543-2560. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2003.10.017

Herwegh, Marco; Berger, Alfons (2003). Differences in grain growth of calcite: a field-based modeling approach. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 145(5), pp. 600-611. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00410-003-0473-y

Berger, Alfons; Rosenberg, Claudio L. (2003). Preservation of chemical residue-melt equilibria in natural anatexite: the effects of deformation and rapid cooling. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 144(4), pp. 416-427. Springer 10.1007/s00410-002-0405-2

Scherrer, Nadim C; Engi, Martin; Berger, Alfons; Parrish, Randall R; Cheburkin, Andriy (2002). Nondestructive chemical dating of young monazite using XRF: 2. Context sensitive microanalysis and comparison with Th–Pb laser-ablation mass spectrometric data. Chemical geology, 191(1-3), pp. 243-255. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00159-6

Berger, Alfons; Roselle, Gregory (2001). Crystallization processes in migmatites. American mineralogist, 86(3), pp. 215-224. Mineralogical Society of America 10.2138/am-2001-2-302

Engi, Martin; Berger, Alfons; Roselle, Gregory T. (2001). Role of the tectonic accretion channel in collisional orogeny. Geology, 29(12), p. 1143. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1143:ROTTAC>2.0.CO;2

Rosenberg, C.L.; Berger, A. (2001). Syntectonic melt pathways in granitic gneisses, and melt-induced transitions in deformation mechanisms. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy, 26(4-5), pp. 287-293. Elsevier 10.1016/S1464-1895(01)00058-8

Berger, A.; Kalt, A. (1999). Structures and Melt Fractions as Indicators of Rheology in Cordierite-Bearing Migmatites of the Bayerische Wald(Variscan Belt, Germany). Journal of petrology, 40(11), pp. 1699-1719. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petroj/40.11.1699

Kalt, A.; Berger, Alfons; Blümel, P. (1999). Metamorphic Evolution of Cordierite-Bearing Migmatites from the Bayerische Wald (Variscan Belt, Germany). Journal of petrology, 40(4), pp. 601-627. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petroj/40.4.601

Schmid, S.M.; Berger, Alfons; Davidson, C.; Gieré, Reto; Hermann, Jörg; Nievergelt, P.; Puschnig, A.; Rosenberg, C.L. (1996). The Bergell pluton (Southern Switzerland, Northern Italy): Overview accompanying a geological-tectonic map of the intrusion and surrounding country rocks. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 76(3), pp. 329-355. Stäubli 10.5169/seals-57705

Berger, Alfons; Rosenberg, C.L.; Schmid, S.M. (1996). Ascent, emplacement and exhumation of the Bergell Pluton within the Southern Steep Belt of the Central Alps. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 76, pp. 357-382. Stäubli

Berger, Alfons; Stünitz, Holger (1996). Deformation mechanisms and reaction of hornblende: examples from the Bergell tonalite (Central Alps). Tectonophysics, 257(2-4), pp. 149-174. Elsevier 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00125-5

Berger, Alfons; Gieré, Reto (1995). Structural observations at the eastern contact of the Bergell pluton. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 75(2), pp. 241-258. Stäubli 10.5169/seals-57154

Rosenberg, Claudio L.; Berger, Alfons; Schmid, Stefan M. (1995). Observations from the floor of a granitoid pluton: Inferences on the driving force of final emplacement. Geology, 23(5), pp. 443-446. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0443:OFTFOA>2.3.CO;2