Dr. Habil. Frank Mattern

Curriculum Vitae DR. HABIL. FRANK MATTERN

Habilitation (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1998) PhD (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1988) Diploma (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1984)

SEDIMENTOLOGIST • BASIN ANALYST STRUCTURAL GEOLOGIST/TECTONICIST

• International research experience (Oman, Europe, Mexico, China) • International teaching experience (Oman, Germany, USA, Mexico)

ACHIEVEMENTS

• International research cooperations (Germany, Italy, USA, Mexico, Iran, China, South Africa) • Instructed in four countries and in three languages • Awarded a sum equivalent to US$ 85,000.00 for funded research (China and Alpine studies; one-year stipend in Berlin) before joining SQU in 2013, afterwards OMR 13,810.00 and Chinese RMB 600,000 (equivalent to OMR 33,000) • Published two monographs (in addition: one book manuscript in final stage) • First author in most international, peer-reviewed articles • Published invited articles; invited speaker at GSA and AAPG Annual Meetings and other meetings (as moderator, speaker, workshop presenter, session co- chair, co-convener and field guide) • Invited co-instructor of the one-week International “Flügel” Carbonate Course (workshop/training), conducted at GUtech in Halban, Oman (pril 2017) • Head of SQU Earth Science Department Accreditation: International accreditation established within one year

EDUCATION

1998 Habilitation in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany Habilitation thesis on The depositional system of the Reiselsberger Sandstein Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; western Rhenodanubian Flysch; eastern Alps): tectonically controlled progradation of sand-rich, submarine fans

1988 Ph.D. in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany, grade A Dissertation thesis on Internal thrust tectonics of the flysch belt (Cretaceous) in the western Bavarian Alps

1984 M.S. in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany, grade A Master’s thesis on Flysch and Calcareous Alps in the area of the Hengstbach Valley, Updated December 2020

Ammer Range (Bavarian Alps) - a revision

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

10/2020 – present Full Professor 1/2013 – 10/2020 Associate Professor Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Teaching courses Sedimentary Petrology & Petrography; Microfacies; Geology of Oman; Field-Mapping Techniques; Sedimentary Environments and Facies (Carbonates, Lab); Structural Geology I; Structural Geology II, Geowriting and Presentation Skills

11/2011 – 1/2013 Lecturer, Free University Berlin, Germany Teaching courses Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins; Field Mapping of Sedimentary Rocks; Cabonate Sedimentology; Maps and Cross Sections II; Physical Geology; Introductory Geology; Laboratory Methods

6/1998 – 10/2011 Instructor and Researcher (Privatdozent), Free University Berlin, Germany Teaching courses Structural Styles of Hydrocarbon Habitats, Geological Basins,Tectonics of North America, and Geo-English, Introductory Field Trip “Earth”; Research

1/2001 – 5/2001 Visiting Lecturer, Bridgewater State College, Mass., USA Teaching courses Environmental Geology, General Petrology

7/1999 – 12/1999 Professor Investigador Interino Titular B 1/1999 – 6/1999 Profesor-Investigador Interino Asociado D Autonomous University of Southern Baja California, La Paz, Mexico Teaching courses Metamorphic Petrology

6/1995 – 6/1998 Habilitation Candidate, Free University Berlin, Germany Research for habilitation thesis, including field and laboratory work; evaluated teaching

9/1996 – 8/1997 Research Fellow, Free University Berlin, Germany Work on habilitation thesis: sedimentology of ancient submarine fans in the Alps and basin analysis

4/1996 – 3/1997 Instructor (Lehrbeauftragter), Free University Berlin, Germany

4/1989 – 3/1995 Instructor and Researcher (Akademischer Rat), University of Hannover, Germany Courses taught: e.g. Structural Styles of Hydrocarbon Habitats, Geological Basins, Clastic Sedimentology, Geo-English, Introduction to Geology, supervision of master’s theses in the Alps; research; head of library

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RESEARCH ITERESTS & OTHER INTERESTS / SKILLS

Sedimentology: Field and microfacies facies analysis of carbonate and clastic rocks; sedimentary textures of carbonate and clastic rocks; depositional systems; lithostratigraphy of carbonate and clastic rocks; regional correlation of measured sections; shallow marine carbonate sequences; deep-sea clastic systems; ancient submarine fans

Basin Analysis / Tectonics & Sedimentation: Natural resources in sedimentary basins; tectonosedimentary evolution of basins; causes of basin subsidence; paleocurrent dispersal patterns; rift flank sequences; tectonic environments of evaporation

Tectonics / Structural Geology: Thrust tectonics; strike-slip tectonics; structural styles; evolution of orogens; plate tectonic reconstructions; rifting; kinematic analysis of mylonites; pluton emplacement; salt structures; tectonics of basins, especially grabens and strike-slip basins; lateral escape tectonics; shear sense indicators

Coastal Geology and Processes: Sedimentology and formation of the Miankaleh barrier beach (Caspian Sea; Iran)

Petroleum Geology: Studies of carbonate and volcanic reservoirs; teaching natural resources of geological basins; teaching structural styles and traps of hydrocarbon habitats; teaching natural resources of North America

Technical Skills: Isolation of microfossils; interpretation of vitrinite reflectivity data; petrological and structural polarization microscopy; quantitative analyses of structural and sedimentological data; zircon separation; microfossil separation; preparation of oriented thin sections

Field-oriented

Languages: German (native tongue), English, Spanish, French

FIELD INTERESTS

Oman

Research:

Depositional system and facies of the Amdeh Fm. (Wadi Amdeh); compaction of the Al-Khod shale (Sununb Basin); depositional system and microfacies of the Jafnayn Fm. (Sunub area); microfacies and correlation of the Rusayl Fm. (Batinah Coast);

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microfacies of the Seeb Fm. (Al-Khod area); microfacies and marine terraces (Quriyat area); sedimentology and petrography of the Matabat and Guwayza fms. (eastern Oman Mts); sedimentology and petrography of recent Dunes (Boshar/Gubrah area); recent alluvial fans of Oman; coastal processes; environments, (micro)facies, diagenesis and lithostratigraphy of the Oligocene to Pliocene(?) Barzaman Fm. (Muscat area); microfacies and ferruginous deposits of the mid-Cretacous Natih Formation

Structure of the Sunub Basin; postobductional deformation of the northern Oman Mountains; uplift of marine terraces (Quiriat area); Angudan unconformity; extensional faulting and gravitational collapse adjacent to the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes; deformation along the Semail Gap; tectonics near the Precambrian/Cambrian boundary: deformation of the Amdeh members 1 and 2; Ediacaran extension at the Hajir/Muaydin transition (Jabal Akhdar); Quaternary thrusting (Central Oman Mountains); Kinematic evolution of the Semail Gap Fault Zone (eastern Oman Mountains); Proof of the Cadomian Orogeny /eastern Oman Mountains); Tectonics of the Strait of Hormuz Syntax (northern Oman Mountains); Late Lutetian mafic intrusion into the Jafnayn Fm. (eastern Oman Mountains)

Teaching: Oman Mountains & Batinah Coast; Coastal geology

Middle East Research: microfacies, diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characteristics of the Upper Jurassic Surmeh Fm. (Salman Oil Field, Iran);

Microfacies, depositional environment, diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characteristics of the Upper Permian Dalan Formation (South Pars Field, Iran;

Sedimentology and development of the Miankaleh sandspit and a lacustrine Gorgan Bay Lagoon (Caspian Sea, Iran)

China

Research: Himalaya, Tibet Plateau, Kunlun Range, Songliao Basin (Manchuria), Tarim Basin, Turfan Basin (all Xinjiang); Lower Yangtze reaches (Anhui)

Siberia

Research: Fandeltas of Lake Baikal

Alps

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Research: Flysch belt of the Eastern Alps (Bavaria, Austria, Liechtenstein); Calcareous Alps of Bavaria Teaching: Field trips to Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Bavaria, Liechtenstein

Northern Germany

Research: Rehburg salt structure; Carbonates north of the Harz Mts. Teaching: various field activities in Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, North Rhine Westphalia

Coastal Geology: Denmark, Germany and Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA)

Bohemian Massif

Research: Shear zones of Saxony and Bavaria

North America

Research: Southern Baja California (Mexico)

Teaching: Basement rocks of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; Southern Baja California (Mexico)

GSA/AAPG Mtgs. Field trips to the San Andreas Fault System, including the Brea-Olinda Oil Field and oil seeps; Grenville Province of Ontario; Antler Foreland and Basin & Range Province of Nevada; Front Range and Dinosaur Ridge of Colorado

National Parks Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Denali, Kenai Fjords, Acadia, Rocky Mountain, Cape Cod National Seashore

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATIONS

2019 – present, Italy Paleomagnetism of Meso-Cenozoic rocks of the Oman Muntains to understand the (oroclinal?) bending of the Oman Mountains between central Oman and Musandam.

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Cooperation partners: Geophysicist Profs. Francesca Cifelli and Massimo Mattei (Università degli studi Roma Tre) and structural geologist Prof. Eugenio Carminati and mineralogist Prof. Luca Aldega (both Sapienza Università di Roma).

2019 – present, Italy SQU Microfacies analysis and ferruginous oolites and ferruginous hardgrounds: implications for forebulge development (Cenomanian Natih Formation, Aruma foreland basin, Oman Mountains) Cooperation partners: Profs. Andreas Scharf and Bernhard Pracejus (both SQU), Prof. Gianluca Frijia, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy

2018 – present, South Africa Dating of fault- and fold-related mineralized key veins of the Oman Mountains ranging in age from the Ediacaran to the Neogene Cooperation partners: Prof. Robert Bolhar, University of Widwatersrand, Braamfontain, South Africa

2018 – present, China Paleoseamounts recorded within the Yarlung Zangbo suture zone (Tibet, China) Cooperation partners: Geoscientists from Nanjiang University, Nanjing, China

2017 – present, Italy Thermal maturity/peak temperatures (in clays) of parautocdhthonous and Hawasina sediments of Oman (Musandam Peninsula, Hawasina Window and Saih Hatat) Cooperation partners: Structural geologists and clay mineralogists of Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

2017 – present, Italy Dating of fault- and fold-related mineralized veins of the Oman Mountains Cooperation partners: Structural geologists and clay mineralogists of Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

2017 – present, USA Postophiolite emplacement extensional faults at the ophiolite/Hawasina contact and the relationship to listwaenite formation Cooperation partners: Structural geologists of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

2016 – present, Iran Sedimentary facies, paleoenvironments of the Lower Cretaceous Tirgan Carbonates, Kopet Dagh Basin, NE Iran Cooperation partners: sedimentologists of the Islamic Azad University, Mashad Branch, Mashad, Iran

2016 – present, Iran

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Microfacies and reservoir quality of the productive Permian Dalan Carbonates, Giant South Pars Gas Field, offshore, Persian Gulf Cooperation partners: sedimentologsists of the Islamic Azad University Mashad Branch, Mashad, Iran

2016 – present, Iran Sedimentology and formation of a modern sandspit (Miankaleh Peninsula) and a lacustrine lagoon (Gorgan Bay), Caspian Sea, Iran Cooperation partners: sedimentologsists of the Islamic Azad University Mashad Branch, Mashad, Iran

2015 – present, China, Italy Uplift of the marine terraces of the Fins/Tiwi area, Oman Cooperation partners: Structural geologists of the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China and sedimentologist of University of Ferrara, Italy

2014 – present, China The Angudan Uncoformity, Oman Mts. Cooperation partners: sedimentologist/volcanic petrologist of the Changchun University of Science and Technology (Changchun, Jilin)

1999 – present, China Sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and basin analytical aspects of the Tarim and Songliao basins of China Cooperation partners: sedimentologists und structural geologists of the Changchun University of Science and Technology (Changchun, Jilin)

2016 – 2017, Iran Microfacies and reservoir quality of the productive Upper Jurassic Surmeh Carbonates, Giant Salman Oil Field, offshore, Persian Gulf Cooperation partners: sedimentologsists of the Islamic Azad University Mashad Branch, Mashad, Iran

2015 – 2017, Italy Peak temperatures (in clays) and deformation in Permo-Mesozoic rocks of the Oman Mts. Cooperation partners: Structural geologists and clay mineralogists of Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

2014 – 2016, China Facies, depositional system, provenance, paleogeography and basin of the Upper Triassic flysch of the eastern Himalaya, Tibet Cooperation Partners: sedimentologists of the Nanjing University (Nanjing China)

2014 – 2015, Germany Morphometric Characterization of alluvial fans in northern Oman

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Cooperation partners: sedimentologists & remote sensing specialists of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Universität Berlin, Germany

1999 – 2002 Mexico Petrology, and structure of HT/P metamorphic rocks of the forearc of southern Baja California Cooperation partners: petrologists of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (La Paz)

1995 – 1996 China Sedimentary and tectonic development of the Bangong/Nujiang-Zone (ETibet) Cooperation partners: sedimentologists and remote sensing specialists of the Changchun University of Science and Technology (Changchun, Jilin) and sedimentologists of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

1993 China Structure and accretionary history of the Kunlun Shan and Kara Kunlun (western part of the Tibet Plateau; expedition) Cooperation partners: geophysicists and structural geologists of the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (Urumqi, Xinjiang) and sedimentologists of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

1989 – 1990 China Evaporite exploration in mid-Triassic carbonates (Lower Yangtze Basins, Anhui, SE-China) Cooperation partners: sedimentologists and structural geologists of the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (Hefei, Anhui) and sedimentologists of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

THESIS ADVISING (ONGOING)

3 Final Year Projects (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)

ADVISED THESES AT SQU

Supervised Master Thesis

Supervised Master Thesis (as Supervisor)

Al-Amri, S.H.K. (2018): Lithostratigraphy and Facies of Siliciclastics and Carbonates and Their Correlation: the Barzaman Formation (Miocene) at SQU Campus (Al Khoud, Oman).- SQU MSc Thesis, 95 pp.

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Supervised Master Thesis (as Co-Supervisor & Supervisor)

Al Belushi, A.H.A. (2018): Outcrop-based Gamma Ray (G-Ray) of Natih Formation in Jabal Akhdar Area in Oman – a Powerful Tool to Improve Surface to Subsurface Correlation”.- SQU MSc Thesis, ca. 90 pp., supervised first by Dr. G. Frijia (formerly SQU) until he left for Italy.

Supervised Final Year Project Theses – Sultan Qaboos University

2019-2020 (5 & 2 co-supervision)

Al-Basami, A.S.M. (2020): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the of the calcareous Guwayza Formation (Jurassic), 45 km SE of Fanja, SW of the Saih Hatat Dome, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 53 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Hatmi, M.S.K. (2020): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the middle part of the calcareous Guwayza Formation (Bathonian to Kimmeridgian), Wadi Muaydin, near Birkat Al Mouz, Jabal Akhdar, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 53 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Naabi, A.K.N. (2020): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the middle and uppermost parts of the calcareous Guwayza Formation (Jurassic), Wadi Muaydin, near Birkat Al Mouz, Jabal Akhdar Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 82 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Mamari, A.A.S, (2020): Microfacies log of the lowest section of the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Jafnayn Formation (roadcut north of Al-Khod Village, Seeb area, Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 41 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Gassani, A.M.A. (2020): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the calcareous Guwayza Formation (Jurassic), Hamrat Duru Mts., type locality area near Wadi Guwayza, SE of the Jabal Akhdar Dome.- Final Year Project Thesis, 58 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Final Year Project Thesis, 41 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Co-supervisions

Al-Suqri, S.A.M. (2020): Quartz Vein Analysis in the Northern Saih Hatat Dome (Al- Amerat): Determining strain direction during formation of different quartz vein Updated December 2020

generations/sets.- Final Year Project Thesis, 33 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Hadhrami, M.M.K. (2020): Folded Quartz Veins in the Northern Saih Hatat Culmination and their tectonic significance (Muscat Governorate, Al-Amerat).- Final Year Project Thesis, 47 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2018-2019 (4)

Al-Rashdi, A.K.S. (2019): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the uppermost part of the calcareous Triassic and Jurassic Matabat Formation, Wadi Muaydin, near Birkat Al Mouz, Jabal Akhdar, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 58 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Julandani, A.-J.K.M. (2019): Lithostratigraphic logging, turbidite facies, petrography and depositional system of the lowermost part of the calcareous Guwayza Formation (Jurassic), Wadi Muaydin, near Birkat Al Mouz, Jabal Akhdar, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 54 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al Salmani, M.K.K. (2019): Lithostratigraphic logging, limestone microfacies and petrography of ferruginous crusts and oolites of the Natih A Formation (Albian- Turonian) near Wadi Muaydin, Jabal Akhdar, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 65 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Omairi, J.S.S. (2019): Lithostratigraphic logging, correlation and mircofacies of limestones of the Barzaman Formation (Middle? Miocene-Pliocene), Campus of Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 83 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2017-2018 (5)

Al-Wahaibi, N.N.S. (2018): Microfacies and lithostratgraphic correlation within the basal Member 1 of the Eocene Seeb Fomation, Al Khoud Village, Sultanate of Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 34 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al Shibli, I.S.A.S. (2018): Petrography and mineralogy of shales and limestone clasts in mud flow deposit(s) of the late Cretaceous Al Khawd Formation (Al-Koud Village).- Final Year Project Thesis, 46 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al Kalbani, B.M.S. (2018): Clay minerals, sandstone and conglomerate composition of the Cretaceous Al Khoud Formation (type locality Al Khoud Village, Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 64 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

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Al Qasmi, W.Y.A. (2018): Shales of the Cretaceous Muti Formation and Al Khoud Formation: clay minerals and foraminifer contents.- Final Year Project Thesis, 48 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Al-Wahaibi, S.S.K. (2018): Folds and Fold Axes of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation (Wadi Amdeh and Wadi Qahza, Saih Hatat, Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 70 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2016-2017 (4 &1 co-supervision)

Al Balushi, L.Q.A. (2017): Heavy mineral placers of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation (Amdeh Member 3), and their depositional environment south of Al Amerat (Wadi Qarza, Saih Hatat, Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 58 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Salmani, M.K.K. (2017): Mineralogical changes of the upper part of the Precambrian Hijam Formation with special consideration of differently mineralized veins, their orientation and cross-cutting relationships south of Al Amerat (Wadi Amdeh, Saih Hatat, Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 50 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Maktoumi, M.S.M. (2017): Lithostratigraphy and microfacies of the limestone member of the Eocene Rusayl Formation near Jafnayn, northern Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 32 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Omairi, N.N.M. (2017): Lithostratigraphy and facies of the limestone member of the Eocene Rusayl Formation near Qantab (Oman Mountains).- Final Year Project Thesis, 34 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Co-supervision

Al-Mufargi, Y.S.M. (2017): Kinematics of the Frontal Range Fault at the northern Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes.- Final Year Project Thesis, 28 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2015-2016 (2 & 4 co-supervisions)

Al Darai, Y.A.S. (2016): Structural and sedimentary investigation at the western margin of the Sunub Basin, Muscat, Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 37 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Aamari, M.Y.S. (2016): Structural and sedimentary investigation at the eastern margin of the Sunub Basin, Muscat, Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 41 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Co-supervision

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Al Rawahi, M.M. (2016): Structural and sedimentary investigations at the southern margin of the Sunub Basin.- Final Year Project Thesis, 65 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Hinaai, Al-S., H. (2016): Investigations of shale dikes near Al-Ansab (Muscat area, Oman).- Final Year Project Thesis, 26 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Siyabi, I. (2016): The shear sense indicators in the Dharouma Formation.- Final Year Project Thesis, 30 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Mamari, A. (2016): Investigations of shale dikes near Al-Ansab (Muscat area, Oman).- Final Year Project Thesis, 37 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2014-2015 (4 & 4 co-supervisions)

Al-Farsi, M.H.A. (2015): Lithostratigraphy of the second member of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation south of Al-Amerat, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 52 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Khalili, A.N.S. (2015): Lithostratigraphy of the second member of the Amdeh Formation in Saih Hatat.- Final Year Project Thesis, 48 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Dihani, M.H.M. (2015): Basal Microfacies of the Lower part of the Jifnayn Formation at Sunub, Muscat, Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 38 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Mamari, Y.Y.A. (2015): Compositional Diagnosis of the Hijam Dolomite in the Amerat Region (Oman Mountains), Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 53 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

Co-supervision

Al-Haddabi, N.H. (2015): Beach rocks investigation in Tiwi area.- Final Year Project Thesis, 32 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Mawali, H.M. (2015): Metasomatism veins in ultramafic rocks.- Final Year Project Thesis, 58 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Sadi, S. (2015): Post-obductional deformation of the Tertiary Ridge in the Al Khoud village (Muscat, Oman).- Final Year Project Thesis, 40 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Shukaili, B.S.H. (2015): Study of recent-subrecent fringing reefs of the Fins area in Oman.- Final Year Project Thesis, 46 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2013-2014 (8)

Al-Khabouri, A.H. (2014): Bowsher Dunes.- Final Year Project Thesis, 50 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Bulushi, A.A (2014): Geological map and survey of marine terraces between Tiwi and Fins [Area 1].- Final Year Project Thesis, 37 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

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Al-Kalbani, B.S. (2014): Geological map and survey of marine terraces between Tiwi and Fins [Area 2].- Final Year Project Thesis, 46 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Harrasi, M.A.S. (2014): Geological map and survey of marine terraces between Tiwi and Fins [Area 3].- Final Year Project Thesis, 53 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Jadeedi, M.S.H. (2014): Geological map and survey of marine terraces between Tiwi and Fins [Area 4].- Final Year Project Thesis, 27 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al Sinawi, S.S.H. (2014): Lithostratigraphy of the First Member of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation in Amerat Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 63 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Salti, B.G. (2014): Lithostratigraphy of the Lowest Member of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation South of Al Amerat, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 47 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University). Al-Mamari, H.A.S. (2014): Lithostratigraphy of the lowest member of the Ordovician Amdeh Fm. south of Al Amerat, Oman Mountains.- Final Year Project Thesis, 64 pp., Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

RESEARCH GRANTS

2018 NSFC (National Science Foundation of China) Grant – 41872104 for studying the paleoseamounts recorded within the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone (Tibet, China), as Co- Investigator, 600000 RMB

2017 Internal Grant for studying the diagenetic evolution if the Hijam Formation, Oman Mts., as Principal Investigator, 2330 Oman Riyal

2017 SQU Internal Grant IG/SCI/ETHS/17/01 for studying the “Chemostratigraphy (C and Sr Isotopes), facies analysis and biostratigraphy of Natih A and B members in the Jabel Akhdar area (northern Oman)” as Co-Investigator, 3025 Oman Riyal

2016 SQU Internal Grant for studying the tectonics of the Semail Gap, Oman Mts., first as Co-Investigator then as Co-Investigator, 4000 Oman Riyal

2014 SQU Internal Grant for studying the depositional environment of the Amdeh Fm. as Co- PI, 3300 Riyal

1996 German Research Association Fellowship for writing habilitation thesis, US $ 23,400 Updated December 2020

1995 German Research Association Grant for basin study of the Bangong/Nujiang zone, Tibet US $ 21,300

1993 VW Foundation Research Grant for expedition to the Kunlun and western Tibetan plateau US $ 43,000

TEACHING PORTFOLIO

Semester Courses (lectures)

Geowriting and Presentation Skills ERSC6002 – SQU Sedimentary Petrology & Petrography ERSC3901 – SQU Carbonate Microfacies ERSC 6111 and 5111 – SQU Structural Geology 1 ERSC3021 – SQU Structural Geology 2 ERSC4321 – SQU Petrology (incl. sedimentary rocks) Geological Basins Structural Styles of Petroleum Habitats Introduction to Geology Regional Geology of North America Tectonics of North America Environmental Geology Metamorphic Petrology

Semester Courses (laboratory)

Geowriting and Presentation Skills ERSC6002 – SQU Sedimentary Petrology & Petrography ERSC3901 – SQU Sedimentary Environments & Facies (Carbonates) ERSC431 – SQU Carbonate Microfacies Analysis ERSC 6111– SQU Structural Geology 1 ERSC3021 – SQU Structural geology 2 ERSC4321 – SQU Sedimentology - Clastic Deposits Petrology (incl. sedimentary rocks) Geological Basins Structural Styles of Petroleum Habitats Introduction to Geology Computer Processing of Structural Data Metamorphic Petrology Petrology Maps and Cross Sections II Laboratory Methods Updated December 2020

Short (Compact) Courses (lecture, laboratory, field)

Kinematic Analysis of Brittle and Ductile Structures Dynamic Metamorphism, Mylonites, and Kinematic Indicators

Semester Courses (seminars)

Sedimentary Geology Carbonate Sedimentology Geo-English Regional Geology of North America Geological Seminar I Geological Seminar II Geological Seminar III

Regional Geology Field Courses

Geology of Oman ERSC3901 – SQU Eastern/Western Alps Transition Eastern Alps Saxony and Thuringia

Mapping Courses

Field-Mapping Techniques ERSC 4001 – SQU Paleozoic Deposits Mesozoic Deposits Quaternary Deposits Metamorphic Rocks

Other Field Courses

Recording a Graywacke Section The Ilfeld Basin of the Harz Mts. The Hils Syncline - a Salt Structure Introductory Field Trip “Earth” Geological Hike at the Margin of the Harz Mts. The Harz Mts. and Adjacent Areas Igneous Rocks of the Harz Mts. Permian Rocks of the Harz Mts. Metamorphic Petrology Tectonics (Variscides)

BIBLIOGRAPGY Updated December 2020

MONOGRAPHS

1998 MATTERN, F.: Lithostratigraphie und Fazies des Reiselsberger Sandsteins: sandreiche, submarine Fächer (Cenomanium-Turonium, westlicher Rhenodanubischer Flysch, Ostalpen). Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, v. 198, p. 1-139, Berlin (Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, FU Berlin).

translation: Lithostratigraphy and facies of the Reiselsberger Sandstein Formation: sand-rich, submarine fans (Cenomanian-Turonian, western Rhenodanubian Flysch, eastern Alps).

1988 MATTERN, F.: Die interne Überschiebungstektonik im Flysch (Kreide) der westlichen Bayerischen Alpen. Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, v. 101, p. 1-94, Ph.D. thesis, Free University Berlin (D. Reimer).

translation: Internal thrust tectonics of the flysch belt (Cretaceous) in the western Bavarian Alps.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

* invited + monografic article (  25 pages)

2020 SCHARF, A., SUDO, M., PRACEJUS, B., MATTERN, F., CALLEGARI, I., BAUER, W., SCHARF, K.: Late Lutetian (Eocene) mafic intrusion into shallow marine platform deposits north of the Oman mountains (Rusayl Embayment) and its tectonic significance.- Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. XXX???, Article #103941, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2020 MORAETIS, D., SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., PAVLOPOULUS, K., FORMAN, S.: Quaternary thrusting in the Central Oman Mountains – novel observations and causes: insights from OSL dating and kinematic fault analyses.- Geosciences, v. 10, p. 1-14, Basel (MDPI)

2020 CARMINATI, E., ALDEGA L.1, SMERAGLIA, L., SCHARF, A., MATTERN F., ALBERT, R., GERDES, A.: Tectonic Evolution of the Northern Oman Mountains, Part of the Strait of Hormuz Syntaxis: New Structural and Paleothermal Analyses and U-Pb Dating of Synkinematic Calcite.- Tectonics, v. 39, p. 1-25, Washington, D.C. (American Geophysical Union) . 10.1029/2019TC005936

2020 MATTERN, F, SCHARF, A., WANG, P.-J., CALLEGARI, I., ABBASI, I., AL- WAHAIBI, S., PRACEJUS, B., SCHARF, K.: Deformation of the Cambro- Ordovician Amdeh Formation (Members 1 and 2): Characteristics, Origins, and

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Stratigraphic Significance (Wadi Amdeh, Saih Hatat Dome, Oman Mountains).- Geosciences, v. 10, p. 1-23, Basel (MDPI). doi:10.3390/geosciences10020048

2020 MORAETIS, D., AL KINDI, S.S., AL SAADI, S.K., AL SHAIBANI, A.A.R., PAVLOPOULOS, K., SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., HARROWER, M.J., PRACEJUS, B.: Terrace agriculture in a mountainous arid environment – A study of soil quality and regolith provenance: Jabal Akhdar (Oman).- Geoderma, v. 363, Art. #114152, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2019 CALLEGARI, I., SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., BAUER, W., PINTO, A.J., RARIVOARISON, H., SCHARF, K., AL KINDI, M.: Gondwana accretion tectonics and implications for the geodynamic evolution of eastern Arabia: First structural evidence of the existence of the Cadomian Orogen in Oman (Jabal Akhdar Dome, Central Oman Mountains).- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 107, Article #104070, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D., CALLEGARI, I. & WEIDLE, C.: Postobductional Kinematic Evolution and Geomorphology of a Major Regional Structure —The Semail Gap Fault Zone (Oman Mountains).- Tectonics, v. 38, p. 2756-2778, American Geophysical Union (Washington, D.C.).

2019 REZAEI, R., JAFARIAN, A., MATTERN, F., SHUKLA, U.K., VENKATRAMANAN, S. & BERNECKER, M.: The sedimentology and development of a modern sandspit (Miankaleh Peninsula) and a lacustrine lagoon (Gorgan Bay), Caspian Sea, Iran.- Marine Geology, v. 415, Article #105974 , p. 1- 14, Berlin (Springer).

2019 MATTERN, F. & BERNECKER, M.: A shallow marine clinoform system in limestones (Paleocene/Eocene Jafnayn Formation, Oman): geometry, microfacies, environment and processes.- Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 34, p. 101-113, Berlin (Springer). DOI 10.1007/s13146-018-0444-z

2019 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., Transition from the Hajir Formation to the Muaydin Formation: A facies change coinciding with extensional, syndepositional faulting (Ediacaran, Jabal Akhdar Dome, Central Oman Mountains).- Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 152, p. 237-244, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F. & PRACEJUS, B.: Two new microscopic ductile kinematic indicators from the Oman Mountains.- Journal of Structural Geology, v. 119, p. 107-117, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2018 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., AL-SARMI, M., PRACEJUS, B., AL-HINAAI, A.- S. & AL-MAMARI, A.: Compaction history of Upper Cretaceous shale and related tectonic framework, Arabian Plate, Eastern Oman Mountains.- Arabian Journal of Geosciences, v. 11, Article #444, p. 1-12, Berlin (Springer).

2018 MORAETIS, D., MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., FRIJIA, G., KUSKY, T.M., YUAN, Y., & EL-HUSSAIN, I. Neogene to Quaternary uplift history along the passive margin of the northeastern Arabian Peninsula eastern Al Hajar Mountains, Updated December 2020

Oman.- Quaternary Research, v. 90, p. 418-434. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).

2018 MATTERN, F., PRACEJUS, B. & AL BALUSHI, L.: Heavy mineral beach placers of the Ordovician Amdeh Formation (Member 4, Wadi Qazah, Saih Hatat, eastern Oman Mountains): Where is the main source area?.- Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 147, p. 633-646, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2018 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., Postobductional extension along and within the Frontal Range of the Eastern Oman Mountains.- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 154, p. 369-385, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2018 MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D., ABBASI, I., AL SHUKAILI, B., SCHARF, A., CLAEREBOUDT, M., LOOKER, E., AL HADDABI, N., PRACEJUS, B.: Coastal dynamics of uplifted and emerged Late Pleistocene near-shore coral patch reefs at Fins (eastern coastal Oman, Gulf of Oman).- Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 138, p. 192-200, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2017 JAFARIAN, A., FALLAH-BAGTASH, R., MATTERN, F., HEUBECK, C.: Reservoir quality along a homoclinal carbonate ramp deposit: The Permian Upper Dalan Formation, South Pars Field, Persian Gulf Basin.- Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 88, p. 587-604, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2017 ALDEGA, L., CARMINATI, E., SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F., AL-WARDI, M.: Estimating original thickness and extent of the Semail Ophiolite in the eastern Oman Mountains by paleothermal indicators.- Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 84, p. 18-33, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2017 BEIGI, M., JAFARIAN, A., JAVANBAKHT, M., WANAS, H., MATTERN, F. & TABATABAEI, A.: Facies analysis, diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy of the carbonate-evaporite succession of the Upper Jurassic Surmeh Formation: Impacts on reservoir quality (Salman Oil Field, Persian Gulf, Iran).- Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 129, p. 179-194, Amsterdam (Elsevier). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.01.005

2017 LI, X., ZHANG, C., MATTERN, F., ZENG, Q. & MAO, G.: Composition and sediment dispersal pattern of the Upper Triassic flysch in the eastern Himalayas, China: significance to provenance and basin analysis.- International Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 106, p. 1257-1276, Berlin (Springer). DOI: 10.1007/s00531-016-1333-0

2016 WANG, P.J., MATTERN, F., DIDENKO, N.A., ZHU, D.F., SINGER，B. & SUN, X.M.: Tectonics and cycle systems of the Cretaceous Songliao Basin: an inverted active continental margin basin.- Earth-Science Reviews, v. 159, p. 82-102, Amsterdam (Elsevier). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825216300848

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2016 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F. & AL SADI, S.: Kinematics of Post-obductional Deformation of the Tertiary Ridge at Al-Khod Village (Muscat Area, Oman). SQU Journal for Science, v. 21 (1), p. 26-40, Muscat (Sultan Qaboos University).

2016 LI, X., MATTERN, F., ZHANG, C., ZENG, Q., & MAO, G.: Multiple sources of the Upper Triassic flysch in eastern Himalaya Orogen, Tibet, China: Implications to paleogeography and paleotectonic evolution.- Tectonophysics, v. 666, p. 12-22, Amsterdam (Elsevier). doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.10.005.

2015 ZHANG, C., LI, X., MATTERN, F., MAO, G., ZHENG, X. & XU, W.: Deposystem architectures and lithofacies of a submarine fan-dominated deepsea succession in an orogen: A case study from the Upper Triassic Langjiexue Group of southern Tibet.- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 111, 232-243, Amsterdam (Elsevier). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.07.013

2015 RAEF, A., MATTERN, F., PHILIP, C., & TOTTEN, M.: 3D seismic attributes and well-log facies analysis for prospect identification and evaluation: interpreted palaeoshoreline implications, Weirman Field, Kansas, USA.- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 133, p. 40- 51, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2010 MATTERN, F., PEREZ VENZOR, J.A., PEREZ ESPINOZA, J.E. & HIRALES ROCHIN, J.: Cretaceous to Cenozoic sequential kinematics of the forearc-arc transition: effects of changing oblique plate convergence and the San Andreas system (southern Baja California, Mexico).- International Journal of Earth Sciences. Geologische Rundschau, v. 99, p. 83-99 Berlin (Springer).

2008 MATTERN, F. & WANG, P.J. Out-of-sequence thrusts and paleogeography of the Rhenodanubian Flysch Belt (Eastern Alps) revisted.- International Journal of Earth Sciences. Geologische Rundschau, v. 97 (4), p. 821-833, Berlin (Springer).

2007 WANG, P., XIE, X., MATTERN, F., REN, Y., ZHU, D. & SUN, Y.: The Cretaceous Songliao Basin: Volcanogenic Succession, Sedimentary Sequence and Tectonic Evolution, NE China.- Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 81 (6), p. 1002-1011, Beijing (Geological Society of China).

+ 2005 MATTERN, F.: Ancient sand-rich submarine fans: depositional systems, models, identification, and analysis.- Earth-Science Reviews, v. 70 (3/4), p. 167-202, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2004 MATTERN, F.: The main internal flysch thrust, thrust tectonic subdivision and structure of the western Rhenodanubian Flysch Belt (eastern Alps).-

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Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 151 (1), p. 11-34, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

+ 2003 SCHNEIDER, W., MATTERN, F. & WANG, P.: Tectonic and sedimentary basin evolution of the eastern Bangong-Nujiang zone (Tibet): a Reading cycle.- International Journal of Earth Sciences. Geologische Rundschau, v. 92, p. 228-254, Berlin (Springer).

+ 2002 MATTERN, F.: Amalgamation surfaces, bed thicknesses, and dish structures in sand-rich submarine fans: numeric differences in channelized and unchannelized deposits and their diagnostic value.- Sedimentary Geology, v. 150 (3-4), p. 203-228, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

2001 MATTERN, F.: Permo-Silesian movements between Baltica and western Europe: tectonics and “basin families”.- Terra Nova, v. 13 (5), p. 368-375, Oxford (Blackwell).

* 2000 MATTERN, F. & SCHNEIDER, W.: Suturing of the Proto- and Paleo- Tethys oceans in the western Kunlun (Xinjiang, China).- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 18, p. 637-650, Amsterdam (Elsevier).

+ 1999 MATTERN, F.: Mid-Cretaceous basin development, paleogeography, and paleogeodynamics of the western Rhenodanubian Flysch (Alps).- Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 145 (1), p. 89-132, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

1998 MATTERN, F., SCHNEIDER, W., WANG, P. & LI, C.: Continental strike- slip rifts and their stratigraphic signature: application to the Bangong/Nujiang zone (Tibet) and the South Penninic zone (Alps).- Geologische Rundschau, v. 87 (2), p. 206-224, Berlin (Springer).

1998 MATTERN, F.: The Turfan Depression of the Western Turfan Basin, Northwest China: Aspects of Subsidence and Relation to Lateral Escape Tectonics.- International Geology Review, v. 40 (4), p. 325-334, Columbia (Bellwether).

1996 MATTERN, F., SCHNEIDER, W., LI, Y. & LI, X.: A traverse through the western Kunlun (Xinjiang, China): tentative geodynamic implications for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. Geologische Rundschau, v. 85 (4), p. 705-722, Berlin (Springer).

1996 MATTERN, F.: The Elbe zone at Dresden - a Late Paleozoic pull-apart intruded shear zone.- Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 147 (1), p. 57-80, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

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1995 MATTERN, F.: The fault(s) of the “Fränkische Linie” (NE Bavaria), interpreted as a Rotliegend sinistral extensional strike-slip duplex.- Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil I, v. 1993 (9/10), p. 1491- 1504, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

1995 MATTERN, F.: Late Carboniferous to early Triassic shear sense reversals at strike-slip faults in eastern Bavaria.- Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie Teil I, v. 1993 (9/10), p. 1471-1490, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

1994 MATTERN, F.: Meso-Cenozoic tectonic development and basin evolution of the lower Yangtze reaches (Anhui Province, China).- Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, v. 194 (2/3), p. 413-432, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

1994 BREITKREUZ, H., MATTERN, F. & SCHNEIDER, W.: Mid-Triassic shallow marine evaporites and a genetic model for evaporation during regional compression (Lower Yangtze Basin, Anhui, China).- Carbonates and Evaporites, v. 9 (2), p. 211-222, Troy.

OTHER ARTICLES • EXTENDED ABSTRACTS • PROCEEDINGS • SHORT BOOK CHAPTERS

* invited

2020 CALLEGARI, I., SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F. & BAUER, W. (2020): Deformation styles in the western Jabal Akhdar Dome: Evidence of two Early Paleozoic folding events and key outcrops. Al-Hajar, v. 28, p. 16-29, Muscat (Geological Society of Oman).

2020 PRACEJUS, B., MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., & ZIEMAN, M.: Mylonitised and Contact Metamorphic Granite Veins in Ultramafics of Wadi Fizh, N-Oman.- International Conference on Ophiolites and the Oceanic Lithosphere: Results of the Oman Drilling Project and Related Research, 12-14th January, 2020, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Proceeding and Abstract Book, p. 195, Talk.

2020 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., BOLHAR, R., BAILEY, C.M. & RING, U.: U-Pb dating of postobductional carbonate veins in listwaenite of the Oman Mountains near Fanja.- International Conference on Ophiolites and the Oceanic Lithosphere: Results of the Oman Drilling Project and Related Research, 12-14th January, 2020, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Proceeding and Abstract Book, p. 219, Talk.

2019 CARMINATI, E., ALDEGA, L., SMERAGLIA, L., SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F.: Obduction and Collision Tectonics in Oman: Constraints from Structural and Thermal Analyses.- In: ROSSETTI, F., BLANC, A.C., RIGUZZI, F., LEROUX,

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E., PAVLOPOULOS, K., BELLIER, O. & KAPSIMALIS, V. (Eds.), The Structural Geology Contribution to the Africa-Eurasia Geology: Basement and Reservoir Structure, Ore Mineralisation and Tectonic Modelling, Proceedings of the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia, November 12th-14th, 2018, p. 319-321, Berlin (Springer). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01455-1_70.

2004 SUN, X., WANG, P., MATTERN, F., HAO, F. & GUO, Z.: On Several Key Problems about the Tectonic Evolution of the Tarim Basin.- In: SUN, G., MOSBRUGGER, V., ASHRAF, A.R. & SUN, Y.W. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sino-German Symposium on Paleontology, Geological Evolution and Environmental Changes of Xinjiang, China (Urumqi, April 25-30, April 2004), p. 79-84, Changchun (Jilin University Press).

2003 WANG, P., FENG, Z., MATTERN, F., SHAN, X., LIU, W., CHENG, R., QIU, C., TANG, H., ZHANG, Y., LI, Q. & WEN, N.: Reservoir Volcanic Rocks: Geology and Geochemistry, the Mesozoic Non-marine Songliao Basin, NE China.- Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, v. 6 (2), p. 129-137, Changchun (International Centre for Geoscientific Research and Education in Northeast Asia, Jilin University).

2003 WANG, P., MATTERN, F., SCHNEIDER, W., LIU, W., LI, S. & Li, C.: The Cretaceous of the eastern Bangong-Nujiang suture zone (Tibet): Tectono-sedimentation.- Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, v. 6 (1), p. 38-44, Changchun (International Centre for Geoscientific Research and Education in Northeast Asia, Jilin University).

2003 WANG, P.J., MATTERN, F., CHEN, S.M., LIU, W.Z., CHENG, R.H. & SHAN, X.L.: Influence of Okhotsk Suturing on the Songliao Basin: Evidenced from Volcanic Rocks.- In: WANG, Q., ZHANG, Y. & SUN, W. (Eds.), Proceedings for the 5th International Symposium of Geological and Mineragenic Correlation in Contiguous Regions of China, Russia and Mongolia, Changchun, p. 9-17, Changchun (International Centre for Geoscientific Research and Education in Northeast Asia, Jilin University).

2003 WANG, P., MATTERN F., SCHNEIDER, W, LIU, W., TIAN, W. & Li, C.: The Cretaceous of the Eastern Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone (Tibet): Tectono-Sedimentation. Global Geology, v. 22 (2), p. 105-111, Changchun (International Center for Geoscience Research and Education in Northeast China, Jilin University). [in Chinese with English abstract].

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2002 WANG P., SCHNEIDER, W., MATTERN, F. & BIAN, W.: Characteristics of transgressive sequences of terrigenous basins: correlation between the Triassic of the Central European Basin and the Cretaceous of the Songliao Basin of China.- Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 22 (2), p. 47-53, Chengdu (Chinese Society of Mineralogy and Petrology) [in Chinese with English abstract].

2002 WANG, P., SCHNEIDER, W., MATTERN, F., LIU, W. & YIN, X.: Marine Ingressive Events Recorded in Epicontinental Sequences: Example from the Cretaceous Songliao Basin of NE China in Comparison with the Triassic Central Europe Basin of SW Germany. Journal of Geoscientific Research in Northeast Asia, v. 5 (1), p. 35-42, Changchun (International Centre for Geoscientific Research and Education in Northeast Asia, Jilin University).

(Sequence of authors according to erratum note)

* 1998 MONECKE, K. & MATTERN, F.: Das Kluftsystem im Bereich des Naturdenkmals “Saurierfährten Münchehagen”.- In: R. FISCHER (Ed.), Das Naturdenkmal “Saurierfährten Münchehagen”, Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Institut der Universität Hannover, v. 37, p. 103-112, Hannover.

translation: The joint system at the nature monument “Dinosaur Tracks Münchehagen”. (location: Lower Saxony).

1997 WANG, P., SCHNEIDER, W., MATTERN, F., LIU, W. & LI, C.: Sedimentation of Bangong/Nujiang Suture Zone (BNSZ), northern Tibet, SW China.- Journal of Changchun University of Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 21- 26 and 32, Changchun (Changchun University of Earth Sciences) [in Chinese with English abstract].

1994 MATTERN, F., MAYER, M. & MONECKE, K.: Die Klüfte im Sandstein der Bückeberg-Formation (Unterkreide) des Naturdenkmals “Saurierfährten Münchehagen”, Salzstruktur “Rehburg”.- Bericht der naturhistorischen Gesellschaft Hannover, v. 136, p. 67-74, Hannover.

translation: The joints in the sandstone of the Bückeberg Formation (Lower Cretaceous) at the site of the “Münchehagen Dinosaur Tracks” nature monument, salt structure “Rehburg”. (location: Lower Saxony).

1994 DONG, S., FANG, J., LI, Y., ZHU, H., SCHNEIDER, W., BREITKREUZ, H. & MATTERN, F.: Middle Triassic-Middle Jurassic sedimentary facies and Indosinian movement in the lower Yangtze region.- Geological Review, v. 40 (2), p. 111-119, Beijing (Geological Society of China, Geological Publishing House) [in Chinese with English abstract].

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FIELD GUIDES * invited

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., CALLEGARI, I., BAUER, W.: Structural Styles of Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Deformation: A Transect Through the Jabal Akhdar Some.- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2019 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, Post-Workshop Field Trip, December 12th, 2019, 22 p., Muscat, Oman.

2019 MATTERN, F., AL-AMRI, S., SCHARF, A., & CALLEGARI, I.: The Neogene Barzaman Formation: sedimentology and coeval tectonics (Rusayl Embayment; Campus of Sultan Qaboos University and Al Khoud Village). Geological Society of Oman Field Trip, March 9th, 2019, 19 p., Muscat, Oman.

2019 CALLEGARI, I., BAUER, W., SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F.: Tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic rocks in the western Jabal Akhdar Dome, northern Central Oman Mountains. Geological Society of Oman Field Trip, March 9th, 2019, 13 p., Muscat, Oman.

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D. & CALLEGARI, I.: The Semail Gap Gault Zone in the Oman Mountains – a major regional structure. Geological Society of Oman Field Trip, Febuary 18th, 2019, 28 p., Muscat, Oman.

* 2018 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., CALLEGARI, I.: Ductile shear zones along the northern flank of the Jabal Akhdar Dome and their kinematic analysis. Geological Society of Oman Field Trip, January 13th, 2018, 15 p., Muscat, Oman.

* 2017 BERNECKER, M., MATTERN, F., MUNNECKE, A., HAJRI, A. & REUß, L.: Platform and Reefal Limestones of the Saiq Plateau. Field Workshop, April 1st, 2017, 14 p., Muscat Oman.

* 2015 PRACEJUS, B., MOREATIS, D., MATTERN, F. & SCHARF, A.: Field Guide.- The seventh Environmental Symposium of German-Arabic Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies. Environmental Protection and Water Resources in the Middle East and Northern Africa – Water Resources, Air and Soils. Guide-book, October 7Th – 8th, 2015, 33 p., Muscat, Oman.

* 2015 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., BERNECKER, M., MOREATIS, D., & PRACEJUS, B.: Geological fieldtrip in the Al Khoud area.- 12th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Pre-conference FT3 Guide-book, February 12th, 2015, 29 p., Muscat, Oman.

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ABSTRACTS

* invited

2020 MATTERN, F., SUDO, M., CALLEGARI, I., PRACEJUS, B., BAUER, W. & SCHARF, A.: Late Lutetian 40Ar/39Ar age dating of a mafic intrusion into the Jafnayn Formation and its tectonic implications (Muscat, Oman).- AAPG Search and Discovery Article #51663. http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2020/51663mattern/ndx_m attern.pdf.html

2020 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D., CALLEGARI, I. & WEIDLE, C.: The Semail Gap Fault Zone (Oman Mountains) – influences of an inherited basement structure on Cenozoic deformation?.- AAPG Search and Discovery Article #51662. http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2020/51662scharf/ndx_scha rf.pdf.html

2020 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., BOLHAR, R., BAILEY, C.M. & RING, U.: Early Cenozoic listwaenite formation at a major extensional fault zone of the Oman Mountains (Fanja area) – insights from structural analysis and U-Pb carbonate dating.- AAPG Search and Discovery Article #51661. http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2020/51661scharf/ndx_scha rf.pdf.html

2020 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A.: Optimizing the Framework Conditions on Geological Final Year Projects – Impact on Teaching/Learning, Students, Supervisors, Research and the Institution.- Reimagine Teaching to Maximize Student Learning, First International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Convened by Sultan Qaboos University Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL), Muscat, February 10th - February10th, 2020, Program Booklet, p. 36, Talk.

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D., CALLEGARI, I. & WEIDLE, C.: The Semail Gap Fault Zone (Oman Mountains) – influences of an inherited basement structure on Cenozoic deformation?.- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2019 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, December 9th - December 11th, 2017, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 8-9, Poster.

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., BOLHAR, R., BAILEY, C.M. & RING, U.: Early Cenozoic listwaenite formation at a major extensional fault zone of the Oman Mountains (Fanja area) – insights from structural analysis and U-Pb carbonate dating.- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2019 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, 2nd. Edition, Muscat, Oman, December 9th - December 11th, 2017, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 5-7, Poster.

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2019 MATTERN, F., SUDO, M., CALLEGARI, I., PRACEJUS, B., BAUER, W. & SCHARF, A.: Late Lutetian 40Ar/39Ar age dating of a mafic intrusion into the Jafnayn Formation and its tectonic implications (Muscat, Oman).- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2019 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, 2nd. Edition, Muscat, Oman, December 9th - December 11th, 2019, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 3-4, Poster.

*2019 CALLEGARI, I., MATTERN, F., PINTO, A.J., RARIVOARISON, H., SCHARF, A., SCHARF, K., & BAUER, W.: Deformation patterns of Neoproterozoic and earliest Cambrian rocks at the western sector of the Jabal Akhdar Dome, Central Oman Mountains. AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2017 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, 2nd. Edition, Muscat, Oman, December 9th - December, 11th, 2019, Workshop Oral Abstracts, p. 7, Talk.

2019 PAVLOPOULOS, K., MORAETIS, D., FOUMELIS, M., SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., ROMDHANE, H.B.: Deformation and uplift of a relict coastal landscape, combining geological, geomorphological and geodetic SAR Interferometry (InSAR) measurements: Evidence along the carbonate platform of Dagmar-Dibab, NE Oman.- Regional Conference on Geomorphology (RCG), Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas, organized by IAG (International Association of Geomorphologists), Athens, September 19th- 21st, 2019, Book of Abstracts p. 265, Talk. 2019 BAUER, W., & MATTERN, F.: Current Situation and Future Direction of the Mineral Resources Education in Oman.- Oman Mining Expo, Muscat, April 15th- April 17th, 2019, Talk. http://www.omanminingexpo.com/day_two_program.php

2019 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., MORAETIS, D., CALLEGARI. I. & WEIDLE, C.: The Semail Gap Fault Zone of the Oman Mountains and its postobductional evolution.- EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly, Vienna, April 7th-April 12th, 2019, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2019 #4026.

2019 BAILEY, C. M., HURTADO, C., SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F.: Structural controls on listwaenite genesis in the Semail Ophiolite, Northern Oman.- EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly, Vienna, April 7th-April 12th, 2019, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2019 #5794.

2018 PRACEJUS, B., MATTERN, F. & Al-Balushi, L.: Littoral placers of the Amdeh Formation, Eastern Hajar Mountains (Sulanate of Oman).- EGU (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2018 #3943.

2018 CALLEGARI, I., BAUER, W., AL KINDI, M., MATTERN, F., PRACEJUS, B., SCHARF, A., SCHARF, K., AL HABSI, W.H. & AL ZUBAIDI, A.: Two Paleozoic compressive events – evidence from the Fara Formation (Wadi Bani Awf, Jabal Akhdar, Oman Mountains).- EGU

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(European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2018 #3804.

2018 CALLEGARI, I., BAUER, W., AL KINDI, M., MATTERN, F., PRACEJUS, B., SCHARF, A., SCHARF, K., AL HABSI, W.H. & AL ZUBAIDI, A.: Tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic in the western Jabal Akhdar Dome, northern Central Oman Mountains.- EGU (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2018 #3799.

2018 MATTERN, F. & SCHARF, A.: Tectonically controlled facies change at the transition from the Hajir Formation to the Muaydin Formation: extensional, syndepositional faulting (Ediacaran, Jabal Akhdar Dome, Eastern Oman Mountains).- EGU (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2017 #1940.

2018 SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F.: Postobductional extension at the Frontal Range Fault (Eastern Oman Mountains).- EGU (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2017 #1439.

2018 MORAETIS, D., MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., FRIJIA, G., KUSKY, T.M., YUAN, Y. & EL-HUSSAIN, I..: Quaternary uplift history along the passive margin of the eastern Al Hajar Mountains, Oman.- EGU, (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 8th-April 13th, 2018, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 20, EGU 2017 #1459.

2018 MORAETIS, D., MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., FRIJIA, G., KUSKY, T.M., YUAN, Y. & HUSSAIN, I.L.: Geomorphological observations and uplift rates in a passive margin in Tiwi Oman. A window to the mechanisms of uplift.- 10th Gulf Seismic Forum Gulf Seismic Forum, 19-22 March 2018, Book of Abstracts, p. 115.

2018 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., & Al-AMRI, S.H.K.: East-west directed Cenozoic compression in the Muscat area (NE Oman): timing and causes.- 10th Gulf Seismic Forum Gulf Seismic Forum, 19-22 March 2018, Book of Abstracts, p. 116.

2018 SCHARF, A. & MATTERN, F.: Post-obductional extension along the Frontal Range Fault of the Eastern Oman Mountains (northern flanks of the Saih Hatat and Jabal Akhdar domes).- 10th Gulf Seismic Forum, EPOS (European Plate Observing System), 19-22 March 2018, Book of Abstracts, p. 45.

2017 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., Al-SARMI, M., PRACEJUS, B., Al-HINAI, A.-S. & Al-MAMARI, A.: Compaction history of Upper Cretaceous shale Updated December 2020

and its causes (Northeastern Oman).- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2017 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, May 9th - May, 11th, 2017, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 4.

2017 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., AL-SARMI, M., PRACEJUS, B., AL- HINAI, A.-S. & AL-MAMARI, A.: Compaction history of Upper Cretaceous shale and its causes (Northeastern Oman).- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2017 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, May 9th - May, 11th, 2017, AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90297, http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/pdf/2017/90297mer/abstracts/ ndx_scharf02.pdf

2017 MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., & PRACEJUS, B.: New ductile microscopic shear-sense indicators (Oman Mountains).- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2017 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, May 9th - May, 11th, 2017, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 4.

2017 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F., AL-WARDI, M., ALDEGA, L. & CARMINATI, E.: Postobduction ooid deformation in Mesozoic limestone and paleotemperature (Jabal Akhdar Dome, Oman Mountains).- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) 2017 Structural Styles in the Middle East, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Muscat, Oman, May 9th - May, 11th, 2017, Workshop Poster Abstracts, p. 5.

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2017 Al-SARMI, M., MATTERN, F., SCHARF, A., PRACEJUS, B., Al-Mamari, A. & Al-Hinaii, A.-S.: Compaction history of Upper Cretaceous shale (Al- Khod Formation) and ots relationship to plate margin tectonics, Arabian plate, Sultanate of Oman.- EGU, (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 23rd-April 28th, 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 19, EGU 2017 #11757.

2017 SCHARF, A., MATTERN, F. & PRACEJUS; B.: Two new ductile, microscopic shear sense indicators freom the Oman Mountains.- EGU, (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 23rd-April 28th, 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 19, EGU 2017 #3158.

2016 ALDEGA L., CARMINATI E., SCHARF A. & MATTERN F. (2016): Thermal and structural imprint of the Cretaceous ophiolite obduction in Oman. 88° Congresso della Società Geologica Italiana, Naples, September 7th to 9th, 2016, Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana, Suppl. n. 1 al v. 40, p. 512.

* 2016 MATTERN, F. (2015): Identification, Analysis and Depositional System of Ancient Sand-Rich Submarine Fans (SRSFs). 2nd International Conference on Geology 2016 – Exploring Research Methodologies of Geology and Geosciences, Dubai, April 21st-22nd, 2016, Journal of Earth Science & Climate Change, v. 7, p. 43 (Workshop). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1082.6640.

2016 MATTERN, F. & BERNECKER, M. (2016): Sedimentology of a Progradational Limestone Unit with Topset-Foreset Transitions in an Intra-Platform Setting from the Paleogene of Oman. 2nd International Conference on Geology 2016 – Exploring Research Methodologies of Geology and Geosciences, Dubai, April 21st-22nd, 2016, Journal of Earth Science & Climate Change, v. 7, p. 50.

2016 SCHARF, A., AMROUCH, K., MATTERN, F.: Palaeostress/strain study and its implications for the geodynamic history of the Jebel Akhdar Dome (Oman). EGU, (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 17th-April 22nd, 2016, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 18, EGU 2016 #7867.

2015 LEUSCHNER, A., MATTERN, F. & VAN GASSELT, S.: Alluvial Fans of the Oman Mountains: Morphometric and Hydrodynamic Characteristics.- GeoBerlin 2015 – DYNAMIC EARTH – from Alfred Wegener to today and beyond, Berlin, Germany, October 4th-7th, 2015, Conference Abstract Book, p. 234-235.

2015 LEUSCHNER, A.C., MATTERN, F. & VAN GASSELT, S.: Morphometric Characterization and Classification of Alluvial Fans in Eastern Oman.- EGU, (European Geosciences Union General Assembly), Vienna, April 27th-May 2nd, 2014, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 17, #7555.

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2015 LEUSCHNER, A.C., MATTERN, F. & VAN GASSELT, S.: GIS-based Morphometric Characterisation of Alluvial Fans in Northern Oman.- 6th International Geoscience Student Conference (IGSC), Prague, July 13th-16th, 2015, IGSC Abstract Book v. 6, p. 35-37. 2014 LEUSCHNER, A.C., MATTERN, F. & VAN GASSELT, S.: Morphometric Analysis of Lake Baikal Fan Deltas. Aspects of Sediment-Transport and Deposition.- GeoFrankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), September 21st- 24th, 2014, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, v. 85, p. 99. 2014 BERNECKER, M. & MATTERN, F.: Sedimentation on the Eocene Arabian Carbonate Platform: Outcrop studies from Central Oman.- 19th International Sedimentological Congress, Geneva (IAS), August 18th-22th, 2014, Conference Abstracts Book, p. 467.

2014 LEUSCHNER, A.C., MATTERN, F. & VAN GASSELT, S.: Typology of Fan Delta Morphologies at Lake Baikal, Siberia.- EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly 2014, Vienna, April 27t-May 2nd, 2014, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 16, # 09154.

2004 WANG, P., ZHANG, Y., CHEN, R., SUN, X., MATTERN, F. & DU, X.: Sedimentary Facies and Evolution of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, NW China.- In: SUN, G., MOSBRUGGER, V., ASHRAF, A.R. & SUN, Y.W. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sino-German Symposium on Paleontology, Geological Evolution and Environmental Changes of Xinjiang, China, Urumqi, April 25th-30th, 2004, p. 61-64, Changchun (Jilin University Press).

2001 MATTERN, F.: The paleogeographic origin of the eastern Alps’ Rhenodanubian Flysch and related Alpine geodynamics: A basin analysis approach.- Geological Society of America 2001 Annual Meeting Boston, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33 (6), p. 200, Boulder.

2000 MATTERN, F.: Different sedimentary fabrics in channelized and unchannelized sand-rich submarine fan deposits of the Reiselsberger Sandstein Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian, Alps).- Geological Society of America 2000 Annual Meeting Reno, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32 (7), p. 80, Boulder.

2000 WANG, P.-J., SUN, X.-M. & MATTERN, F.: Relationship between Yanshanian orogeny and the evolution of Songliao basin (SB), North/Northeast China.- 78th Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Heidelberg, September 24th-29th, 2000, European Journal of Mineralogy (Beihefte), v. 12, p. 229, Stuttgart (Schweizerbart).

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* 1997 MATTERN, F., SCHNEIDER, W., LI, Y. & LI, X.: Paleozoic accretionary history of the western Kunlun (Xinjiang; western China).- Geological Society of America 1997 Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Abstracts with Programs, v. 29 (6), p. 469, Boulder.

* 1996 MATTERN, F.: Intracontinental strike-slip faults as indicators for changing stress fields (Late Paleozoic of the Bohemian Massif, Germany).- American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1996 Annual Convention San Diego, Official Program, v. 5, p. A93, Tulsa.

1993 MATTERN, F.: Schersinnwechsel vom Oberkarbon bis zur Untertrias in der ostbayerischen Seitenverschiebungszone.- In: M. SCHWAB (Ed.), 9th Rundgespräch: “Geodynamik des Europäischen Varistikums” (Karl- August-Lossen-Tage), Wernigerode/Harz, October 15th-16th, 1993, p. 19, Halle.

translation: Late Carboniferous to early Triassic shear sense reversals at the east Bavarian strike-slip zone.

1989 MATTERN, F.: Die interne Überschiebungstektonik im Flysch (Kreide) der westlichen Bayerischen Alpen.- Nachrichten der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 40, p. 90, Hannover.

translation: Internal thrust tectonics of the flysch belt (Cretaceous) in the western Bavarian Alps.

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1997 MATTERN, F.: Das Sedimentationssystem des Reiselsberger Sandsteins (Cenomanium-Turonium; westlicher Rhenodanubischer Flysch; Ostalpen): tektonisch gesteuerte Progradation sandreicher, submariner Fächer.- 239 pp., Berlin (habilitation thesis, Free University Berlin).

translation: The depositional system of the Reiselsberger Sandstein Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; western Rhenodanubian Flysch; eastern Alps): tectonically controlled progradation of sand-rich, submarine fans.

1984 MATTERN, F.: Flysch und Kalkalpin im Bereich des Hengstbachs im Ammergebirge - eine Neuaufnahme.- 148 pp., Berlin (master’s thesis, Free University Berlin).

translation: Flysch and Calcareous Alps in the area of the Hengstbach Valley, Ammer Range - a revision. (location: eastern Alps, Bavaria).

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