Dr Mirjam Schaller

  • Senior Research Scientist – Earth Surface Geochemistry (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

Biography

2024-               Senior Research Scientist, University of Glasgow, UK

2009-2024       Research Scientist, Universität Tübingen, Germany

2006-2009       Research Scientist, University of Michigan, USA

2003-2006       Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan, USA

2002-2003       Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge, UK

1997-2001       PhD., Geochemistry (Surface processes), Universität Bern, Switzerland

1992-1997       MSc. (Diploma), Mineralogy/Petrology, Universität Bern, Switzerland

Research interests

Studying and quantifying Earth surface processes and landforms:

  • Quantification of denudation and soil production rates with in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides
  • Age determination of rock surfaces and sedimentary deposits with in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides
  • Quantification of weathering rates with major and trace elements
  • Influence of climate and biota on Earth surface processes

Publications

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2025

Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873, Peifer, Daniel, Neely, Alexander B., Bernard, Thomas, Glotzbach, Christoph, Beer, Alexander R. and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2025) Spatiotemporal denudation rates of the Swabian Alb escarpment (Southwest Germany) dominated by anthropogenic impact, lithology, and base-level lowering. Earth Surface Dynamics, (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Bernard, Thomas, Glotzbach, Christoph, Peifer, Daniel, Neely, Alexander, Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873, Beer, Alexander, Shi, Yanqing and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2024) Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), (doi: 10.1029/2024jf007636)

2022

Konidaris, G. E. et al. (2022) Correction: Konidaris et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. Quaternary, 5(2), 21. (doi: 10.3390/quat5020021)

Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873 and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2022) Comparison of soil production, chemical weathering, and physical erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient (Chile) to global observations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(1), pp. 131-150. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-131-2022)

2021

Konidaris, G. et al. (2021) Dating of the Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): biochronology, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic radionuclides. Quaternary, 4(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/quat4010001)

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Articles

Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873, Peifer, Daniel, Neely, Alexander B., Bernard, Thomas, Glotzbach, Christoph, Beer, Alexander R. and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2025) Spatiotemporal denudation rates of the Swabian Alb escarpment (Southwest Germany) dominated by anthropogenic impact, lithology, and base-level lowering. Earth Surface Dynamics, (Accepted for Publication)

Bernard, Thomas, Glotzbach, Christoph, Peifer, Daniel, Neely, Alexander, Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873, Beer, Alexander, Shi, Yanqing and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2024) Estimation of denudation parameters and river capture events from neural network inverse modeling of river profiles and thermo‐ and geochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), (doi: 10.1029/2024jf007636)

Konidaris, G. E. et al. (2022) Correction: Konidaris et al. Dating of the Lower Pleistocene Vertebrate Site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): Biochronology, Magnetostratigraphy, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides. Quaternary 2021, 4, 1. Quaternary, 5(2), 21. (doi: 10.3390/quat5020021)

Schaller, Mirjam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-0873 and Ehlers, Todd A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9436-0303 (2022) Comparison of soil production, chemical weathering, and physical erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient (Chile) to global observations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10(1), pp. 131-150. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-131-2022)

Konidaris, G. et al. (2021) Dating of the Lower Pleistocene vertebrate site of Tsiotra Vryssi (Mygdonia Basin, Greece): biochronology, magnetostratigraphy, and cosmogenic radionuclides. Quaternary, 4(1), 1. (doi: 10.3390/quat4010001)

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Prior publications

Article

(2020) Calibrating a long-term meteoric <sup>10</sup>Be delivery rate into eroding western US glacial deposits by comparing meteoric and in situ produced <sup>10</sup>Be depth profiles Geochronology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 2628-3719 (doi: 10.5194/gchron-2-411-2020)

(2020) Comparison of regolith physical and chemical characteristics with geophysical data along a climate and ecological gradient, Chilean Coastal Cordillera (26 to 38° S) SOIL Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 2199-398X (doi: 10.5194/soil-6-629-2020)

J. Starke, T. A. Ehlers, M. Schaller (2020) Latitudinal effect of vegetation on erosion rates identified along western South America Science Crossref. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaz0840)

(2019) Geophysical imaging of regolith in landscapes along a climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean coastal cordillera CATENA Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0341-8162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.04.023)

(2019) Quaternary evolution of the Ploučnice River system (Bohemian Massif) based on fluvial deposits dated with optically stimulated luminescence and in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.12.019)

(2018) Chemistry and microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera CATENA Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0341-8162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.002)

(2018) Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile CATENA Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0341-8162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.018)

(2018) Spatial distribution of cosmogenic 10Be derived denudation rates between the Western Tian Shan and Northern Pamir, Tajikistan Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.08.007)

(2017) Tectonic and Climatic Controls on the Spatial Distribution of Denudation Rates in Northern Chile (18°S to 23°S) Determined From Cosmogenic Nuclides Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 2169-9003 (doi: 10.1002/2016jf004153)

(2017) Middle and Late Pleistocene glaciations in the southwestern Pamir and their effects on topography Earth and Planetary Science Letters Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.012)

(2016) Spatial and temporal variations in denudation rates derived from cosmogenic nuclides in four European fluvial terrace sequences Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.08.018)

(2016) Timing of European fluvial terrace formation and incision rates constrained by cosmogenic nuclide dating Earth and Planetary Science Letters Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.022)

(2016) 10Be surface-exposure age dating of the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern Pamir (Tajikistan) Quaternary Geochronology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1871-1014 (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2016.03.007)

(2016) The erosion response to Quaternary climate change quantified using uranium isotopes and in situ - produced cosmogenic nuclides Earth-Science Reviews Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-8252 (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.01.015)

(2015) Authigenic Be as a tool to date river terrace sediments? – An example from a Late Miocene hominid locality in Bulgaria Quaternary Geochronology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1871-1014 (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.05.012)

(2015) The effect of permafrost on time-split soil erosion using radionuclides (137Cs, 239 + 240Pu, meteoric 10Be) and stable isotopes (δ 13C) in the eastern Swiss Alps Journal of Soils and Sediments Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1614-7480 (doi: 10.1007/s11368-014-0881-9)

(2014) Cosmogenic Nuclides and Erosion at the Watershed Scale Elements Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1811-5217 (doi: 10.2113/gselements.10.5.369)

(2010) Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.014)

(2010) Spatial variability of long-term chemical weathering rates in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA Geoderma Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0016-7061 (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.10.017)

(2009) Combining cosmogenic nuclides and major elements from moraine soil profiles to improve weathering rate estimates Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.014)

(2009) Spatial and temporal variations in denudation of the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Lithosphere Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1941-8264 (doi: 10.1130/l15.1)

(2006) Limits to quantifying climate driven changes in denudation rates with cosmogenic radionuclides Earth and Planetary Science Letters Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-821X (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.027)

(2005) Fluvial bedrock incision in the active mountain belt of Taiwan fromin situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1096-9837 (doi: 10.1002/esp.1256)

(2004) Initial results from isotope dilution for Cl and 36Cl measurements at the PSI/ETH Zurich AMS facility Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0168-583X (doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.115)

(2004) Paleoerosion Rates from Cosmogenic 10Be in a 1.3 Ma Terrace Sequence: Response of the River Meuse to Changes in Climate and Rock Uplift The Journal of Geology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1537-5269 (doi: 10.1086/381654)

(2003) Lithology, landscape dissection and glaciation controls on catchment erosion as determined by cosmogenic nuclides in river sediment (the Wutach Gorge, Black Forest) Terra Nova Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 1365-3121 (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00519.x)

(2003) Influence of periglacial cover beds on in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be in soil sections Geomorphology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0169-555X (doi: 10.1016/s0169-555x(02)00189-7)

(2003) Increase of human over natural erosion rates in tropical highlands constrained by cosmogenic nuclides Geology Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0091-7613 (doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0597:iohone>2.0.co;2)

(2002) A 30 000 yr record of erosion rates from cosmogenic 10Be in Middle European river terraces Earth and Planetary Science Letters Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-821X (doi: 10.1016/s0012-821x(02)00951-2)

(2001) Large-scale erosion rates from in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides in European river sediments Earth and Planetary Science Letters Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0012-821X (doi: 10.1016/s0012-821x(01)00320-x)

(2000) Electron-microscope and Ar isotope characterization of chemically heterogeneous amphiboles from the Palala Shear Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa European Journal of Mineralogy Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0935-1221 (doi: 10.1127/ejm/12/1/0045)

(1999) Exhumation of Limpopo Central Zone granulites and dextral continent-scale transcurrent movement at 2.0 Ga along the Palala Shear Zone, Northern Province, South Africa Precambrian Research Mirjam Schaller. ISSN 0301-9268 (doi: 10.1016/s0301-9268(99)00015-7)

(1997) Pb stepwise leaching (PbSL) dating of garnet – addressing the inclusion proble Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt. Mirjam Schaller.

Grants

2022-2024      Euro 1,120,000, Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (German Nuclear Waste Disposal Agency, BGE), “Erosion rates across Germany with emphasis on the South German Scarplands – integrating surface analysis, thermochronology, cosmogenic nuclides and landscape evolution modelling”, Co-PIs (equal contributions) Glotzbach, Beer, Schaller and Ehlers

2016-2019      Euro 242,950, German Science Foundation, “Imaging the weathering front with geophysical and geochemical techniques”, PI Schaller, Co-PI van der Kruk

2011-2014      Euro 210,000, German Science Foundation, “Quantifying Paleo-denudation rates with cosmogenic nuclides from European river terraces”, PI Schaller, Co-PI Ehlers

2004-2008      $93,000, Swiss National Science Foundation, “Quantifying weathering rates and soil ages in a glacial chronosequence: Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, USA”, PI Schaller

2003                $6,350, measurements of 14 pilot samples, seed fund of PRIME lab “Soil weathering, mixing, and erosion: Wind River Mountains, Wyoming”, PI Schaller

2002                $30,000, Swiss National Science Foundation, “A 50 ka record of fluvial bedrock incision in the active mountain belt of Taiwan from in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides”, PI Schaller