Matthias Kuhle

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Matthias Kuhle

Matthias Kuhle (born April 20, 1948 in Berlin ; † April 25, 2015 near Yaruphant , Nepal ) was a German geomorphologist and professor of geography at the University of Göttingen .

Life

Kuhle studied German, geography and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and finished his studies in 1972 with the state examination. In 1975 he was promoted to Dr. rer. nat. PhD at the University of Göttingen with a combination of geography , geology , philosophy and a monograph on the geomorphology of south-east Iranian mountains. In 1980 he completed his habilitation in geography with the monograph The Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalayas - A Contribution to the Geomorphology of Extreme High Mountains . In 1983 he was appointed Professor of Geography at the University of Göttingen, where he was appointed Professor of Geography and High Mountain Geomorphology in 1990.

The research regions of Kuhle were the mountains of high and central Asia, the Andes and the Arctic . Since 1973 he undertook numerous scientific expeditions lasting several months.

The focus was on mountain geomorphology and ecology, in particular periglacial and glacial geomorphology, climatology , Quaternary research (including paleoclimatology and glaciology ) and - technically somewhat distant - the theory of science .

His work focused on the reconstruction of the Ice Age glacial cover in High and Central Asia. The result of a total of more than six years of terrain analyzes, which were carried out in numerous study areas, is the proof of an Ice Age inland ice cover of Tibet and its surrounding mountains. This was caused by a plate tectonically caused uplift of High Asia beyond the snow line. Kuhle derived a more advanced theory of the formation of the Ice Age from these empirical findings as well as his global radiation and albedo measurements on rubble and ice surfaces at great heights. It is based on the approximately 2.4 million square kilometers of subtropical glacier cover that changed today's globally very effective heating surface in High Asia into an equally effective cooling surface during the Ice Age.

On April 25, 2015, Kuhle was in Nepal with a research assistant and a group of 15 students on the Manaslu massif in the valley of the Budhigandaki river on the way between the villages of Jagat and Dobhan when he was killed by a rock fall in a severe earthquake .

Publications (selection)

Kuhle has published over 80 specialist books and articles in scientific journals.

Geography:

  • Kuhle, M. (1976): Contributions to the Quaternary Geomorphology SE-Iranian High Mountains. The Quaternary glaciation of Kuh-i-Jupar. Göttinger Geographische Abhandlungen 67, Vol. I: 1-209; Vol. II: 1-105.
  • (1982): The Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalayas. A contribution to the geomorphology of extreme high mountains. Journal of Geomorphology Supplement 41 (Suppl. Vol.), Vol. I (Text): 1-229; Vol. II (Fig.): 1–183 and Geomorph. Map 1: 85,000.
  • Kuhle, M. (1985): Mountain landscapes: Formations in rock, rubble and ice . Goettingen. ISBN 3-88452-814-9
  • (1991): Glacial Geomorphology . Darmstadt, Scientific Book Society. 1-213. ISBN 3-534-06892-0
  • Kuhle, M., Roesrath, C. (1990): Geography and geology of the high mountains. Alpine curriculum. ISBN 3-405-13604-0
  • (1998): Reconstruction of the 2.4 Million sq km Late Pleistocene Ice Sheet on the Tibetan Plateau and its Impact on the Global Climate. Quaternary International 45/46, 71-108 (Erratum: Vol. 47/48: 173-182 (1998) included)
  • (1999): The Uplift of Tibet above the Snowline and its Complete Glaciation as Trigger of the Quaternary Ice Ages - A Hypothesis for the Ice Age Development. - Geological Society of America (GSA) Publications 31, 141
  • (2004): The High Glacial (Last Ice Age and LGM) ice cover in High and Central Asia. Development in Quaternary Science 2c (Quaternary Glaciation - Extent and Chronology, Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Eds: Ehlers, J .; Gibbard, PL), 175-199, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam
  • Kuhle, M., Kuhle, S. (2010): Review on Dating methods: Numerical Dating in the Quaternary of High Asia. In: Journal of Mountain Science (2010) 7: 105-122.
  • (2011): The High Glacial (Last Ice Age and Last Glacial Maximum) Ice Cover of High and Central Asia, with a Critical Review of Some Recent OSL and TCN Dates. Development in Quaternary Science, Vol. 15 (d, Quaternary Glaciation - Extent and Chronology, A Closer Look, Eds: Ehlers, J .; Gibbard, PL; Hughes, PD), 943-965. (Elsevier BV, Amsterdam).
  • (2013): The uplift of High Asia above the snowline and its Glaciation as an albedo-dependent cause of the Quaternary ice ages. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, 1-240. Additional e-books in this series with color graphics can be found on Novas website under the e-book tab.

Philosophy of Science:

  • Kuhle, M., Kuhle, S. (2003): Kant's doctrine of a priori in its relationship to Darwin's theory of evolution. Kant studies. Philosophical journal of the Kant Society 94 (2, Eds: Funke, G .; Baum, M .; Dörlinger)
  • (2009): Calculus and information - the connection problem in Kant, Chomsky and Fodor. Kant studies. Philosophical journal of the Kant Society 100 (2, Eds: Funke, G .; Baum, M .; Dörflinger, B .; Seebohm, T.), 241–261. (Berlin, New York)
  • (2010): Connecting Information with Scientific Method: Darwin's Significance for Epistemology. In: Journal for the General Philosophy of Science (J Gen Philos Sci) Vol. 41, No. 2, 333-357 doi : 10.1007 / s10838-010-9140-y

Web links

Commons : Matthias Kuhle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Britta Bielefeld earthquake in Nepal: Göttingen Professor Matthias Kuhle dies at the epicenter . goettinger-tageblatt.de , April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jasper Ruppert: Killed professor in Nepal: The last excursion . Spiegel Online , May 2, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Is Tibet a cold swing? . In: Die Zeit , September 6, 1985. Retrieved September 17, 2008. 
  4. ↑ Quaestiones Geographicae . Adam Mickiewicz University , 1984, p. 46 (Retrieved September 17, 2008).
  5. ↑ In search of the great ice age in Tibet in FAZ of May 6, 2015, page N2
  6. ↑ Jessica Berger, Bernd Schlegel: Göttingen professor was killed by falling rocks . In: HNA . April 28, 2015 ( online [accessed May 15, 2015]).
personal data
SURNAME Kuhle, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geomorphologist and professor of geography at the University of Göttingen
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 2015
Place of death near Yaruphant , Nepal