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Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Hermanns, Reginald L.; Davies, Tim R.; Clague, John J. (2021). Editorial: Rock Avalanches. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9 Frontiers Media 10.3389/feart.2021.651642
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2017). Thick-Skinned and Thin-Skinned Tectonics: A Global Perspective. Geosciences, 7(3), pp. 1-89. MDPI 10.3390/geosciences7030071
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2016). Basement-involved thin-skinned and thick-skinned tectonics in the Alps. Geological Magazine, 153(5-6), pp. 1085-1109. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0016756815001090
Scheiber, Thomas; Berndt, Jasper; Mezger, Klaus; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2014). Precambrian to Paleozoic zircon record in the Siviez-Mischabel basement (western Swiss Alps). Swiss journal of geosciences, 107(1), pp. 49-64. Springer 10.1007/s00015-013-0156-2
Scheiber, Thomas; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Schreurs, Guido (2013). Upper crustal deformation in continent-continent collision: A case study from the Bernard nappe complex (Valais, Switzerland). Tectonics, 32(5), pp. 1320-1342. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1002/tect.20080
Scheiber, Thomas; Berndt, J; Heredia, Benjamin Dominguez; Mezger, Klaus; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2013). Episodic and long-lasting Paleozoic felsic magmatism in the pre-Alpine basement of the Suretta nappe (eastern Swiss Alps). International journal of earth sciences, 102(8), pp. 2097-2115. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/s00531-013-0926-0
Buiter, Susanne J.H.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Beaumont, Christopher (2009). Inversion of extensional sedimentary basins: A numerical evaluation of the localisation of shortening. Earth and planetary science letters, 288(3-4), pp. 492-504. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.011
Ebert, Andreas; Herwegh, Marco; Evans, Brian; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Austin, Nick; Vennemann, Torsten (2007). Microfabrics in carbonate mylonites along a large-scale shear zone (Helvetic Alps). Tectonophysics, 444(1-4), pp. 1-26. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.07.004
Ebert, Andreas; Herwegh, Marco; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2007). Cooling induced strain localization in carbonate mylonites within a large-scale shear zone (Glarus thrust Switzerland). Journal of structural geology, 29(7), pp. 1164-1184. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.03.007
Ustaszewski, Michaela; Herwegh, Marco; McClymont, Alastair; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Pickering, Robyn; Preusser, Frank (2007). Unravelling the evolution of an Alpine to post-glacially active fault in the Swiss Alps. Journal of structural geology, 29(12), pp. 1943-1959. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.09.006
Selzer, Cornelia; Buiter, Susanne J.H.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2007). Sensitivity of shear zones in orogenic wedges to surface processes and strain softening. Tectonophysics, 437(1-4), pp. 51-70. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.020
Panien, Marion; Buiter, Susanne; Schreurs, Guido; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2006). Inversion of a symmetric basin: insights from a comparison between analogue and numerical experiments. Geological Society Special Publications, 253(1), pp. 253-270. London: Geological Society 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.13
Panien, Marion; Schreurs, Guido; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2006). Mechanical behaviour of granular materials used in analogue modelling: insights from grain characterisation ring-shear tests and analogue experiments. Journal of structural geology, 28(9), pp. 1710-1724. Oxford: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.05.004
Hampel, A.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2006). Relative importance of trenchward upper plate motion and friction along the plate interface for the topographic evolution of subduction-related mountain belts. Geological Society Special Publications, 253(1), pp. 105-115. Geological Society 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.05
Herwegh, Marco; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2005). Tectono-metamorphic evolution of a nappe stack: A case study of the Swiss Alps. Tectonophysics, 404(1-2), pp. 55-76. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.002
Panien, M.; Buiter, S.; Schreurs, Guido; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2004). Comparison between analogue and numerical models of basin inversion processes. Bollettino di geofisica teorica ed applicata, 45, pp. 251-254. Osservatorio geofisico sperimentale
Selzer, Cornelia; Buiter, S.; Hampel, A.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2004). Growth of an orogenic wedge by frontal accretion: first results of a numerical model study. Bollettino di geofisica teorica ed applicata, 45(suppl. 1), pp. 144-148. Osservatorio geofisico sperimentale
Kempf, Oliver; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2004). Early Tertiary evolution of the North Alpine Foreland Basin of the Swiss Alps and adjoining areas. Basin research, 16(4), pp. 549-567. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00246.x
Persaud, M; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2004). Active deformation in the eastern Swiss Alps: post-glacial faults, seismicity and surface uplift. Tectonophysics, 385(1-4), pp. 59-84. Elsevier 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.020
Buiter, Susanne J. H.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2003). Numerical models of the inversion of half-graben basins. Tectonics, 22(5), pp. 1-16. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/2002TC001417
Wissing, S.B; Ellis, S; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2003). Numerical models of Alpine-type cover nappes. Tectonophysics, 367(3-4), pp. 145-172. Elsevier 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00097-0
Wissing, S.B; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2003). Numerical models for the control of inherited basin geometries on structures and emplacement of the Klippen nappe (Swiss Prealps). Journal of structural geology, 25(8), pp. 1213-1227. Pergamon 10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00159-1
Panien, M.; Schreurs, Guido; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2002). Analogue modelling of basin inversion analysed by X-ray computed tomography. Bollettino di geofisica teorica ed applicata, 42 Suppl., pp. 82-85. Osservatorio geofisico sperimentale
Hänni, Reto; Möri, Andreas; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1997). Die Helvetischen Decken zwischen Melchtal und Brünig. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Luzern, 35, pp. 197-207. Naturforschende Gesellschaft Luzern 10.5169/seals-523760
Schmid, S. M.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Froitzheim, N.; Schönborn, G.; Kissling, Eduard (1996). Geophysical-geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss-Italian Alps. Tectonics, 15(5), pp. 1036-1064. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/96TC00433
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1995). Restrukturierung der Erdwissenschaften. Bulletin der schweizerischen Vereinigung von Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieuren, 62(141), pp. 13-15. Schweizerische Vereinigung von Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieuren 10.5169/seals-218428
Hitz, L.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1994). A 3D crustal model of the Eastern External Aar Massif interpreted from a network of deep seismic profiles. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 74, pp. 405-420. Stäubli 10.5169/seals-56356
Litak, R. K.; Marchant, R. H.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Brown, L. D.; Sellami, Souad; Levato, L.; Wagner, J.-J.; Olivier, R. (1993). Crustal structure and reflectivity of the Swiss Alps from three-dimensional seismic modeling: 2. Penninic Nappes. Tectonics, 12(4), pp. 925-935. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/93TC00363
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1993). The structure of the Helvetic nappes and its relation to the mechanical stratigraphy. Journal of structural geology, 15(3-5), pp. 511-521. Pergamon 10.1016/0191-8141(93)90145-Z
Stäuble, M.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Smithson, S. B. (1993). Crustal structure and reflectivity of the Swiss Alps from three-dimensional seismic modeling: 1. Helvetic Nappes. Tectonics, 12(4), pp. 911-924. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/93TC00378
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1992). Zur Tektonik des Helvetikums im Querschnitt der Ostschweiz. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 85(1), pp. 235-244. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-167004
Stäuble, M.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1991). Evaluation of the seismic response of basement fold-and-thrust geometry in the Central Alps based on 2-D tracing. Annales Tectonicae, 1, pp. 3-17. Editrice Il Sedicesimo
Stäuble, M.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1991). Processing, interpretation and modeling of seismic reflection data in the Molasse Basin of eastern Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 84(1), pp. 151-175. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-166767
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1990). Kinematics and intrabed-strain in mesoscopically folded limestone layers: examples from the Jura and the Helvetic Zone of the Alps. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 83(3), pp. 585-602. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-166603
Sellami, Souad; Barblan, F.; Mayerat, A.M.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Risnes, K.; Wagner, J.J. (1990). Compressional wave velocities of samples from NFP 20-EAST profile. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, 156, pp. 77-84. Société Géologique de France
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Klaper, E.M.; Mayerat, A.M.; Heitzmann, P. (1990). Structure of the basement-cover contact in the Swiss Alps. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, 156, pp. 247-262. Société Géologique de France
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Frei, W.; Valasek, P.; Stäuble, M.; Levato, L.; DuBois, L.; Schmid, S. M.; Smithson, S. B. (1990). Grustal shortening in the Alpine Orogen: Results from deep seismic reflection profiling in the eastern Swiss Alps, Line NFP 20-east. Tectonics, 9(6), pp. 1327-1355. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/TC009i006p01327
Frei, W.; Hertzmann, P.; Lehner, P.; Müller, Stefanie; Olivier, R.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Steck, A.; Valasek, P. (1989). Geotraverses across the Swiss Alps. Nature, 340(6234), pp. 544-548. Macmillan Journals Ltd. 10.1038/340544a0
Ansorge, J.; Finckh, P.; Freeman, R.; Frei, W.; Heitzmann, P.; Holliger, K.; Lehner, P.; Levato, L; Mueller, St.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Smithson, S.B.; Stäuble, M.; Valasek, P.; Ye, S. (1988). Erste Ergebnisse der Alpentraversen von NFP20 "Geologische Tiefenstruktur der Schweiz". Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 133(2), pp. 61-98. Koprint AG
Ansorge, J.; Finckh, P.; Freeman, R.; Frei, W.; Heitzmann, P.; Holliger, K.; Lehner, P.; Levato, L.; Mueller, St.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Smithson, S.B.; Stäuble, M.; Valasek, P.; Ye, S. (1988). Vorläufige Ergebnisse der Alpentraversen des NFP20 "Geologische Tiefenstruktur der Schweiz". Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieure, 54, pp. 1-30. Schweizerische Vereinigung von Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieuren
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Frei, W.; Finckh, P.; Valasek, P. (1988). Deep seismic reflection profiling in the Swiss Alps: Explosion seismology results for line NFP 20-East. Geology, 16(11), p. 987. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0987:DSRPIT>2.3.CO;2
Funk, H.P.; Oberhänsli, R.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Schmid, S.; Wildi, W. (1987). The Evolution of the Northern Margin of Tethys in Eastern Switzerland. Episodes, 10, pp. 102-106. Geological Society of India
Finckh, P.; Frei, W.; Freeman, R.; Heitzmann, P.; Lehner, P.; Müller, S.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Valasek, P. (1987). Nationales Forschungsprogramm 20 "Geologische Tiefenstruktur der Schweiz". Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieure, 54, pp. 59-74. Schweizerische Vereinigung von Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieuren 10.5169/seals-210913
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Burkhard, M. (1987). Determination of paleostress axis orientations from fault, twin and earthquake data. Annales Tectonicae, 1, pp. 48-57. Editrice Il Sedicesimo
Hirt, A. M.; Lowrie, W.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1986). A paleomagnetic study of tectonically deformed red beds of the Lower Glarus Nappe Complex, eastern Switzerland. Tectonics, 5(5), pp. 723-731. American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society 10.1029/TC005i005p00723
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1984). Der Werdegang der Gesteine. Terra Grischuna, 5, pp. 12-15. Terra Grischuna-AG
Groshong, Richard H.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Pringle, Laurel R. (1984). Strain partitioning in the Helvetic thrust belt of eastern Switzerland from the leading edge to the internal zone. Journal of structural geology, 6(1-2), pp. 5-18. Pergamon 10.1016/0191-8141(84)90079-8
Funk, H.; Labhart, T.; Milnes, A.G.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Schaltegger, W.; Schindler, C.; Schmid, S.M.; Trümpy, R. (1983). Bericht über die Jubiläumsexkursion "Mechanismus der Gebirgsbildung" der Schweizerischen Geologischen Gesellschaft in das ost- und zentralschweizerische Helvetikum und in das nördliche Aarmassiv vom 12. bis 17. September 1982. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 76(1), pp. 91-123. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-165354
Kligfield, R.; Lowrie, W.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1982). Magnetic properties of deformed oolitic limestones from the Swiss Alps: the correlation of magnetic anisotropy and strain. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 75(1), pp. 127-157. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-165221
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1982). Deformation mechanisms and flow regimes in limestones from the Helvetic zone of the Swiss Alps. Journal of structural geology, 4(4), pp. 429-442. Pergamon 10.1016/0191-8141(82)90034-7
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Ramsay, J. G. (1982). Constraints on geological strain rates: Arguments from finite strain states of naturally deformed rocks. Journal of geophysical research, 87(B1), pp. 311-321. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/JB087iB01p00311
Milnes, A.G.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1980). Tectonic evolution of the Central Alps in the cross section St. Gallen - Como. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 73(2), pp. 619-633. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-164980
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1980). Strain analysis in folds (Infrahelvetic complex, Central Alps). Tectonophysics, 61(4), pp. 337-362. Elsevier 10.1016/0040-1951(80)90239-5
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1978). Der Falten- und Kleindeckenbau im Infrahelvetikum der Ostschweiz. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 71(1), pp. 61-84. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-164718
Milnes, A.G.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1977). Structural development of the Infrahelvetic complex, eastern Switzerland. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 70, pp. 83-95. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-164615
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1972). Neue Kenntnisse zur Geologie östlich und westlich des Kunkelspasses (GR). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 65(3), pp. 555-562. Birkhäuser 10.5169/seals-164105
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1989). Geologische Tiefenstruktur: Echo aus der Tiefe. UniPress - Forschung und Wissenschaft an der Universität Bern, 62, pp. 46-48. Abteilung Kommunikation, Universität Bern
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2005). EUROPE - The Alps. In: Encyclopedia of Geology (pp. 125-135). Elsevier 10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00442-1
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2000). Tektonik. In: Geologischer Atlas der Schweiz. Geologischer Atlas der Schweiz. Erläuterungen: Vol. 78 (pp. 39-49). Bundesamt für Wasser und Geologie
Herwegh, Marco; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Löw, Simon; Wyss, Roland (1999). Die Gesteine der Piora-Zone (Gotthard-Basistunnel). In: Vorerkundung und Prognose der Basistunnels am Gotthard und am Lötschberg (pp. 77-88). Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1986). Evolution of the north Alpine foreland basin in the Central Alps. In: Homewood, P.; Allen, P. A. (eds.) Foreland Basins. International Association of Sedimentology Sepcial Publications: Vol. 8 (pp. 219-228). Wiley
Schaad, W.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1992). Genese des "zuckerkörnigen Dolomits" (Schlussbericht) Bundesamt für Verkehr BAV
Frei, W.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1991). AlpTransit Schlussbericht Seismik 1990/Text + Tafeln Bundesamt für Verkehr BAV
Bürgisser, H.; Buser, M.; Kelts, K.; Milnes, A.G.; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian; Schärer, U.; Weissert, H.; Wildi, W. (1979). Geologische Aspekte der Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle in der Schweiz (SES-Report 6). Schweizerische Energiestiftung
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2006). Thick-skinned and thin-skinned styles of continental contraction. In: Mazzoli, Stefano; Butler, Robert W.H. (eds.) Styles of Continental Contraction. Special papers / Geological Society of America: Vol. 414 (pp. 153-177). Boulder: Geological Society of America 10.1130/2006.2414(09)
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1982). Eastern Helvetic Nappes (Field guide). In: International Conference on Planar and Linear Fabrics of Deformed Rocks.
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1977). Tektonische Untersuchungen im Infrahelvetikum der Ostschweiz. (Dissertation, Geologisches Institut ETH und Universität Zürich)
Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (1983). Die Entstehung der Tumas von Domat/Ems. Art sin tumas.
