Person
Dr. rer. nat.Martin Knippertz
Studienkoordinator
Lehrstuhl für Physische Geographie und Geoökologie
Address
Building: Seminargebäude Wüllnerstraße
Room: SG406
Templergraben 55
52056 Aachen
Office Hours
- Tuesdays 10 to 11am and Wednesdays 2 to 4pm
Research Interests
Research Fields
- Rehabilitation potentials and -concepts in mining areas
- Soil Science
- Geoecology
Research Regions
- Mongolia
- Eifel
- Zambia
Vita
- Studies: Geography, Geology und Economic Geography, RWTH Aachen.
- Exam: Magister Artium 2001, Magister-Thesis: "Ecological evaluation of rehabilitated areas by selected parameters – the bauxite mine Los Pijiguaos, Venezuela" – in German
- Dissertation: "Analysis of rehabilitation-potentials in copper mining areas of Zambia and Mongolia", 2005 – in German
- 2000-2003: CRC 525 "Resource-orientated analysis of raw material flow"
- since 2003: scientific assistant, Chair of Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen; Study Coordinator.
Research activities
- 08-10/1999: Bauxite-mine Los Pijiguaos, Venezuela.
- 06-11/2002: Nkana Copper-mine, Copperbelt, Zambia.
- 07-08/2003: Copper-mine Erdenet, Mongolei
- since 2013: Mongolia, GMIT – German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology
- since 2014: Mongolia, mining rehabilitation, small-scale coal mine Nalaikh, coal-mine Baganuur
Academic Teaching
- Introduction to cartography
- Methods of visualization
- Thematic and computer mapping – theory and practical application
- Basic seminar “Physical geography” incl. field trips – Aachen, Ardennes, Eifel
- Empirical methods of Physical geography/ Project study – Soils and relief in and around Aachen
- Pedology in the field and the laboratory
- Regional seminars Mongolia / Scotland / Portugal /Italie
- Short field trips in and around Aachen/ Vulkaneifel / Südeifel
- Excursions to Mongolia, Scotland and Italy
Current Projects
- German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology – Projectcoordination
- CRC 525: Resource-orientated analysis of raw material flow. Methods and their application. 1997-2003
- Wood gasification – Sustainable forest management
Concluded Projects
Journal Articles
| Source | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| [Journal Article] Spatial distribution, pollution, and health risk assessment of heavy metal in industrial area soils of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B4-2021, 123-133, 2021 [DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B4-2021-123-2021] | Oyunbat, P. Batkhishig, O. Batsaikhan, B. Lehmkuhl, Frank Knippertz, Martin Nottebaum, Veit Christian |
| [Contribution to a book, Journal Article] Arsenic distribution and pathway scenarios for sediments and water in a peri-urban Mongolian small-scale coal mining area (Nalaikh District, Ulaanbaatar) In: Environmental science and pollution research, 27 (6), 5845-5863, 2019 [DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-07271-8] | Nottebaum, Veit Christian (Corresponding author) Walk, Janek Knippertz, Martin Karthe, Daniel Batbayar, Gunsmaa Pötter, Stephan Lehmkuhl, Frank |
| [Journal Article] Holocene geomorphic processes and landscape evolution in the lower reaches of the Orkhon River (northern Mongolia) In: Catena : an interdisciplinary journal of soil science, hydrology, geomorphology focusing on geoecology and landscape evolution, 98, 17-28, 2012 [DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.06.003] | Lehmkuhl, Frank Hülle, Daniela Knippertz, Martin |
| [Journal Article] Rehabilitationspotenziale in der Nkana Kupfermine/Zambia In: Geo-öko, 27 (1/2), 35-51, 2006 | Knippertz, Martin Lehmkuhl, Frank |
| [Journal Article] Copper industry in Zambia-environmental impacts and rehabilitation In: Erzmetall, 8, 459-464, 2003 | Knippertz, Martin Giese, Marc |
| [Journal Article] Vorsorge und weitsichtige Planung-GIS Einsatz bei der Analyse von Rehabiliationspotenzialen im Sambischen Kupfergürtel In: GeoBIT, 4, 18-20, 2003 | Knippertz, Martin Baier, Klaus |
| [Journal Article] Betrachtungen zur Kupfergewinnung im Zambischen Kupfergürtel unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rehabilitation In: Glückauf : Zeitschrift für Technik und Wirtschaft des Bergbaus, 138 (10), 2002 | Knippertz, Martin Martens, Per Nicolai Mistry, Mark |
Abstracts
| Source | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| [Abstract, Contribution to a book] Rehabilitationspotenziale in der Kupfermine Erdenet, Mongolei In: Festschrift zum 75. Geburtstag von Kurt Schetelig / [Hrsg.: Lehrstuhl für Ingenieurgeologie und Hydrogeologie (LIH) der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen], 2011 | Knippertz, Martin |
Others
| Source | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| [Contribution to a book] Begrifflichkeiten: Renaturierung, Rekultivierung, Rehabilitation In: Renaturierung : Programmatik und Effektivitätsmessung / hrsg. von Gottfried Lennartz, 4-10, 2008 | Knippertz, Martin |
| [Contribution to a book] Copper mining in erdenet : environmental impacts and rehabilitaion In: Geographica - Oekologica. - 16,3, 66-67, 2005 | Knippertz, Martin Lehmkuhl, Frank |