Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth - Selected Publications#

>160 peer-reviewd publications (01.2026: WoS: 3997 Mcitations; h-Index 34; Scopus: >165 papers, h-Index 39) We selected a number of papers from the last years showing the recent research directions and the scientific and socio-economic and political impact :

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Bott, J., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Kumar, A. et al. Density and strength variations in the mantle lithosphere affect the distribution of intraplate earthquakes. Commun Earth Environ 5, 243 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01417-4

Fernandez, N., Scheck‐Wenderoth, M., Cacace, M., Gholamrezaie, E. (2024): The Inherited Crustal Structure and Lithospheric Thermal Field Beneath the Sea of Marmara (NW Türkiye):Observations From 3D Gravity Modeling and Seismic Tomography Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030336

Tsypin, M., Cacace, M., Guse, B., Güntner, A., Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2024): Modeling the influence of climate on groundwater flow and heat regime in Brandenburg (Germany). - Frontiers in Water, 6, 1353394.https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1353394
Kumar, A., Cacace, M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., 2023. Thermodynamics of continental deformation. Scientific Reports, 13, 19920; doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47054-3
Frick, M., Cacace, M., Klemann, V., Tarasov, L., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., 2022. Hydrogeologic and Thermal Effects of Glaciations on the Intracontinental Basins in Central and Northern Europe. Frontiers in Water, 4, 818469; doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.818469

Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2020): Sedimentary Basins. - In: Gupta, H. K. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series), Cham : Springer International Publishing, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10475-7_216-1
Sippel, J., Meeßen, C., Cacace, M., Mechie, J., Fishwick, S., Heine, C., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Strecker, M. R. (2016): The Kenya Rift revisited: insights into lithospheric strength through data-driven 3D gravity and thermal modelling. - Solid Earth, DOI:10.5194/se-2016-139.

Przybycin, A. M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Schneider, M. (2017): The origin of deep geothermal anomalies in the German Molasse Basin: results from 3D numerical models of coupled fluid flow and heat transport. - Geothermal Energy, 5, 1. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-016-0059-3. Important paper demonstrating the potential of thermal energy in the Alpine foreland allowing a much better choice of targets for geothermal engineering.

Kühn, M., Kempka, T., De Lucia, M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2017): Dissolved CO2 Storage in Geological Formations with low Pressure, low Risk and large Capacities. - Energy Procedia, 114, pp. 4722-4727. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1607. Model study showing limits of CO2 sequestration in the underground.

Cacace, M., and Scheck-Wenderoth, M., (2016): Why intracontinental basins subside longer: 3-D feedback effects of lithospheric cooling and sedimentation on the flexural strength of the lithosphere: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 5, p. 3742-3761, http://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012682.

Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Cacace, M., Maystrenko, Y., Cherubini, Y., Noack, V., Kaiser, B., Sippel, J., Lewerenz, B. (2014): Models of heat transport in in the Central European Basin System: effective mechanisms at different scales. - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 55, pp. 315-331. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.03.009.

Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2011): Sedimentary Basins. - In: Gupta, H. K.(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, vol. 2, Springer, pp. 1059-1069. Important invited review paper in the core of research.

Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Lamarche, J. (2005): Crustal memory and basin evolution in the Central European Basin System - new insights from a 3D structural model. - Tectonophysics, 397, 1, pp. 143-165. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2004.10.007. (Web of Science: 91 citations)

Mazur, S., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Krzywiec, P. (2005): Different modes of the Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary inversion in the North German and Polish basins.. - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 94, 5, pp. 782-798. DOI: http://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00531 -005-0016-z. (Web of Science: 54 citations). Influential paper demonstrating inversion tectonics of the North German basin.

Maystrenko, Y., Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2009): Density contrasts in the upper mantle and lower crust across the continent–ocean transition: constraints from 3-D gravity modelling at the Norwegian margin. - Geophysical Journal International, 179, 1, pp. 536-548. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04273.x (Web of Science: 91 citations)

Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Faleide, J. I., Raum, T., Mjelde, R., Horsfield, B. (2007): The transition from the continent to the ocean – a deeper view the Norwegian margin. - Journal of the Geological Society London, 164, 4, pp. 855-868. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492006-131. (Web of Science: 35 citations)

Dressel, I., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Cacace, M., Lewerenz, B., Götze, H., Reichert, C. (2015): Reconstruction of the southwestern African continental margin by backward modeling. - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 67, pp. 544-555.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.06.006.