Dr. Peter Kühn

Address:
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Soil Science and Geomorphology
Rümelinstraße 19 23
D-72070 Tübingen
Office: Room W308, Westbau

Contact:
+49(0)7071-29-74-896
peter.kuehnspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Consulting hours:
Monday, 14:00 15:00 Uhr

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Research Topics

Archaeopedology, Pedogenesis, Palaeopedology, Micromorphology, Periglacial Processes

CV

03/2006 to present
Head of the Laboratory of Soil Science and Geoecology and Senior Researcher

Institute of Geography, Physical Geography, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen

12/2002 – 03/2006
Assistant (Post-Doc Researcher)

Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus-Liebig University Giessen

2003
Ph.D. in Geoecology (Dr. rer. nat.)

University of Greifswald, Germany

03/1998 – 12/2002
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research fellow)

Geoecology Group, Institute of Geography, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

1991 – 1998
Innkeeper

Schwach und Sinn Gaststätten GmbH, Trier

11/1997 – 03/1998
Researcher

Division des Services spéciaux, Service géologique, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

1996
Diploma (equiv. to M.Sc.) in Applied Physical Geography (Geography and Geosciences)

University of Trier, Germany

1988 – 1996
Study of Applied Physical Geography

Soil Science and Geology at Trier University

1984 – 1988
Study of Geography, Botany, History and Political Science

University of Regensburg

1974 – 1984
Abitur (Gymnasium, graduated)

State Grammar School in Kaufbeuren

1970 – 1974
Primary School

in Regensburg, Wallersdorf and Kaufbeuren

Research Activities

My areas of expertise and research activities are in the fields of archaeopedology, soil genesis, paleopedology and soil micromorphology with a regional focus on former and recent periglacial regions. One research focus is the study of soil formation and landscape evolution in combination with the reconstruction of pedosedimentary systems in relation to past land use and land use techniques. A second research focus is the application of pedogenic and geochemical data as proxies for palaeoclimate combined with microenvironmental analyses of soils. A third research focus is the change in pedogenesis in the context of Holocene climate change in periglacial environments. So far, I have done project-related fieldwork in Europe, China, Chile, Yemen, Oman and in periglacial environments such as Antarctica and Greenland. In general, I have enjoyed many years of successful and integrative collaboration with archaeologists and social scientists in transdisciplinary research, which I look forward to continuing in the future.​​​​​​

Committees and consultancies

2018 2021 Chair of Commission V (Soil Genetics, Soil Systematics, Soil Infomation) of the German Soil Science Society (DBG)
2016 2017 Co-chair of Commission V (Soil Genetics, Soil Systematics, Soil Infomation) of the German Soil Science Society (DBG)
2007 2011 Chairman of the German Working Group on Palaeopedology of the German Soil Science Society (DBG).
since 2004 European Geosciences Union (EGU), Soil System Sciences
since 2004 German Working Group on Geoarchaeology (AKG)
since 2004 German Working Group on Desert Margins
since 2002 German Working Group on Geomorphology (DAG)
since 1997 International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
since 1988 German Soil Science Society (DBG)
since 1987 German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)

 

Publications 2024

Höpfer, B., Deckers, K., Scherer, S., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Knopf, T. (2024): Mittelbronzezeitliche Siedlungsfunde aus Engen-Anselfingen (Lkr. Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg): Erste Einblicke in Struktur und Organisation der Siedlung. In: Willeroth, K.-H. [Hrsg.]: Elemente bronzezeitlicher Siedlungslandschaften. Studien zur nordeuropäischen Bronzezeit, Band 5. Wachtholtz Verlag, Kiel, Hamburg: 77-102.

Guan, Z.-H., Cao, Z., Li, X. G., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Wang, L., Yu, R.-P., He, J.-S. (2024): Soil phosphorus availability mediates the effects of nitrogen addition on community- and species-level phosphorus-acquisition strategies in alpine grasslands. In: Science of The Total Environment, S. 167630. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167630

Publications 2019 - 2023

2023

Scherer, S., Höpfer, B., Deckers, K., Fuchs, M., Kandeler, E., Lehndorff, E., Lomax, J., Marhan, S., Poll, C., Kristen, W., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2023): Archaeopedological reconstruction of Middle Bronze Age subsistence farming in SW-Germany from sedimentary archives in the Western Allgäu. In: Geoderma Regional, Jg. 35, S. e00715. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00715

Guan, Z.-H., Cao, Z., Li, X. G., Kühn, P., Hu, G., Scholten, T., Zhu, J., He, J.-S. (2023): Effects of winter grazing and N addition on soil phosphorus fractions in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Jg. 357, 108700. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108700

Suchodoletz, H. von, van Meer, M., Kühn, P., Wiedner, K., Schunke, T., Reimann, T. (2023): Deciphering timing and rates of Central German Chernozem/Phaeozem formation through high resolution single-grain luminescence dating. In: Scientific reports, Jg. 13, H. 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32005-9

Schmidt, J., Usmar, N., Westphal, L., Werner, M., Roller, S., Rademacher, R., Kühn, P., Werther, L., Kottmann, A. (2023): Erosion Modelling Indicates a Decrease in Erosion Susceptibility of Historic Ridge and Furrow Fields Near Albershausen, Southern Germany. In: Land, Jg. 12, H. 3, S. 544. doi: 10.3390/land12030544

Schwarzkopf, K., Seitz, S., Fritz, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2023): Ice wedge polygon stability on steep slopes in West Greenland related to temperature and moisture dynamics of the active layer. In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2181

2022

Miera, J., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (Hrsg.) (2022): Gunst/Ungunst. Nutzung und Wahrnehmung von (Marginal-)Räumen. RessourcenKulturen 20. Tübingen University Press. ISBN Online: 978-3-947251-69-8. ISBN Print: 978-3-947251-68-1

Teuber, S., Bartelheim, M., Hardenberg, R., Knopf, M., Knopf, T., Kühn, P., Schade, T., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T. (2022): Why do we need interdisciplinary cooperation with anthropologists and archaeologists in soil science? In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 185, H. 6, S. 752–765. doi: 10.1002/jpln.202200120

Riveras-Muñoz, N., Seitz, S., Witzgall, K., Rodríguez, V., Kühn, P., Mueller, C. W., Oses, R., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Scholten, T. (2022): Biocrust-linked changes in soil aggregate stability along a climatic gradient in the Chilean Coastal Range. In: SOIL, Jg. 8, H. 2, S. 717–731. doi: 10.5194/soil-8-717-2022

Höpfer, B., Scherer, S., Greulich, D., Scholten, T., Knopf, T., Kühn, P. (2022): Archäopedologische untersuchungen in einer bronzezeitlichen Kulturlandschaft bei Anselfingen. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2021, 21-22.

Rodriguez, V., Moskwa, L. M., Oses, R., Kühn, P., Riveras-Muñoz, N., Seguel, O., Scholten, T., Wagner, D. (2022): Impact of Climate and Slope Aspects on the Composition of Soil Bacterial Communities Involved in Pedogenetic Processes along the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Microorganisms, 10(5), 847. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10050847

Fritzsch, D., Kühn, P., Pietsch, D., Röpke, A., Scholten, T., Thiemeyer, H. (2022): Böden und Bodenbildung. In C. Stolz & C. E. Miller (Hrsg.), Geoarchäologie (S. 217–238). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-62774-7_12

Cao, Z., Kühn, P., He, J.-S., Bauhus, J., Guan, Z.-H., Scholten, T. (2022): Calibration of Near-Infrared Spectra for Phosphorus Fractions in Grassland Soils on the Tibetan Plateau. In: Agronomy, Jg. 12, H. 4, S. 783. doi: 10.3390/agronomy12040783

2021

Kottmann, A., Harding, S., Kühn, P., Marinova-Wolff, E., Miller, C., Nelle, O., Rademacher, R., Schreg, R., Vogt, R., Werther, L. (2021): Untersuchungen der Wölbäcker im Gewann „Höfelbett“ in Albershausen. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2020, 322-326.

Höpfer, B., Lutz, J., Krutter, S., Scherer, S., Kühn, P., Scholten, T.; Knopf, T. (2021): Mitterbergkupfer am Bodensee? Ein Gusskuchenfragment aus der mittelbronzezeitlichen Siedling von Engen-Anselfingen (Lkr. Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg). Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 51 (4). [direct download]

Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2021): Der RessourcenKomplex Boden als dynamisches Element in Gunst- und Ungunsträumen. In: Schade, T. et al. (eds): Exploring Resources. On Cultural, Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of ResourceCultures. 365-380. doi: 10.15496/publikation-55790

Scherer, S., Höpfer, B., Deckers, K., Fischer, E., Fuchs, M., Kandeler, E., Lechterbeck, J., Lehndorff, E., Lomax, J., Marhan, S., Marinova, E., Meister, J., Poll, C., Rahimova, H., Rösch, M., Wroth, K., Zastrow, J., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2021): Middle Bronze Age land use practices in the northwestern Alpine foreland – a multi-proxy study of colluvial deposits, archaeological features and peat bogs. Soil 7, 269-304. doi: 10.5194/soil-7-269-2021

Krauze. P, Wagner, D., Noses Spinola, D., Kühn, P. (2021): Influence of prokariotic microorganisms on initial soil formation along a glacier forefield on King George Island, maritime Antarctica. Scientific Reports 11, 13135. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92205-z

James, B. R., Teuber, S., Miera, J. J., Downey, S., Henkner, J., Knopf, T., Correa, F. A., Höpfer, B., Scherer, S., Michaelis, A., Wessel, B. M., Gibbons, K. S., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2021): Soils, landscapes, and cultural concepts of favor and disfavor within complex adaptive systems and ResourceCultures: human-land interactions during the Holocene. In: E&S, Jg. 26, H. 1. doi: 10.5751/ES-12155-260106

Scherer, S., Deckers, K., Dietel, J., Fuchs, M., Henkner, J., Höpfer, B., Junge, A., Kandeler, E., Lehndorff, E., Leinweber, P., Lomax, J., Miera, J., Poll, C., Toffolo, M.B., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2021): What's in a colluvial deposit? Perspectives from archaeopedology. Catena 198, Article 105040. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.105040.

2020

Höpfer, B., Werner, S., Scherer, S., Schmid, S., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2020): Talsiedlung – Höhensiedlung – Bestattungsplatz? Weitere Forschungen zur bronzezeitlichen Besiedlung des Westallgäus bei Leutkirch, Kreis Ravensburg. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2019, 24-27.

Gries, P., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2020): Regional and local scale variations in soil organic carbon stocks in West Greenland. In: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., Jg. 183, H. 3, S. 292–305. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201900390

2019

Höpfer, B., Scherer, S., Schmid, D., Hermann, J., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2019): Archäologische und bodenkundliche Untersuchungen zur bronzezeitlichen Besiedlung des westlichen Allgäus bei Leutkirch. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2018 (Darmstadt), 31-35.

Rentschler, T., Gries, P., Behrens, T., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Shi, X., Trogisch, S., Scholten, T., Schmidt, K. (2019): Comparison of catchment scale 3D and 2.5D modelling of soil organic carbon stocks in Jiangxi Province, PR China. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0220881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220881

Teuber, S., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2019): Engaging with urban green spaces – A comparison of urban and rural allotment gardens in Southwestern Germany. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 43. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126381

Miera, J.J., Henkner, J., Schmidt, K., Fuchs, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2019): Neolithic settlement dynamics derived from archaeological data and colluvial deposits between the Baar and adjacent low mountain ranges, Southwest Germany. E&G Quaternary Sci. J. 68, 75-93. doi: 10.5194/egqsj-68-75-2019

Meier, L.A., Krauze, P., Prater, I., Horn, F., Schaefer, C.E.G.R., Scholten, T., Wagner, D., Mueller, C.W., Kühn, P. (2019): Pedogenic and microbial interrelation in initial soils under semiarid climate on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula region. Biogeosciences 16, 2481–2499. doi: 10.5194/bg-16-2481-2019

Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Seitz, S., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2019): The strength of soil-plant interactions under forest is related to a Critical Soil Depth. Scientific Reports 9: 8635. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45156-5

von Suchodoletz, H., Tinapp, C., Lauer, T., Glaser, B., Stäuble, H., Kühn, P., Zielhofer, C. (2019): Distribution of Chernozems and Phaeozems in Central Germany during the Neolithic period. Quaternary International 511, 166 184. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.041

Kühn, P., Henkner, J. (2019): Permafrost-affected Soils, Climate, and Feedbacks in West Greenland. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Soil and Climate. Advances in Soil Science, 92 97. CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1498783651

Jungkunst, H. F., Horvath, T., Erasmi, S., Krüger, J. P., Meurer, K. H. M., Schützenmeister, K., Guillaume, T., Scholten, T., Baumann, F., Schleuss, P.-M., He, J.-S., Kühn, P., Henkner, J., Boy, J., Kätterer, T., Schneider, J. (2019): Regionally Diverse Land-Use Driven Feedbacks from Soils to the Climate System. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Soil and Climate.  Advances in Soil Science, 61 129. CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1498783651 

Song, Z., Seitz, S., Li, J., Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2019): Tree diversity reduced soil erosion by affecting tree canopy and biologicalsoil crust development in a subtropical forest experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 444, 69 77. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.015

Acksel, A., Giani, L., Stasch, C., Kühn, P., Potthoff, K., Eiter, S., Regier, T., Leinweber, P., (2019): Humus-rich topsoils in SW Norway - Molecular and isotopic signatures of soil organic matter as indicators for anthropo-pedogensis. Catena 172, 831 845. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.09.005

Publications 2000 – 2018

2018

Huang Y., Chen Y., Castro-Izaguirre N., Baruffol M., Brezzi M., Lang A., Li Y., Härdtle W., Oheimb G. von, Yang X., Liu X., Pei K., Both S., Yang B., Eichenberg D., Assmann T., Bauhus J., Behrens T., Buscot F., Chen X.-Y., Chesters D., Ding B.-Y., Durka W., Erfmeier A., Fang J., Fischer M., Guo L.-D., Guo D., Gutknecht J.L.M., He J.-S., He C.-L., Hector A., Hönig L., Hu R.-Y., Klein A.-M., Kühn P., Liang Y., Li S., Michalski S., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Schmidt K., Scholten T., Schuldt A., Shi X., Tan M.-Z., Tang Z., Trogisch S., Wang Z., Welk E., Wirth C., Wubet T., Xiang W., Yu M., Yu X.-D., Zhang J., Zhang S., Zhang N., Zhou H.-Z., Zhu C.-D., Zhu L., Bruelheide H., Ma K., Niklaus P.A., Schmid B., (2018): Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. Science 362(6410), 80 83. doi: 10.1126/science.aat6405

Kühn, P., Aguilar, J., Miedema, R., Bronnikova, M. (2018): Textural features and related horizons. In: Stoops, G., Marcelino, V., Mees, F. (eds.). Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Their relevance for pedogenic studies and classifications. Elsevier, 377 423. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63522-8.00014-0

Weißbecker, C., Wubet, T., Lentendu, G., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F. (2018): Experimental evidence of functional group-dependent effects of tree diversity on soil fungi in subtropical forests. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 2312. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02312

Liu, X., Trogisch, S., He, J.-S., Niklaus, P.A., Bruelheide, H., Tang, Z., Erfmeier, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Pietsch, K.A., Yang, B., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Huang, Y., Wang, C., Staab, M., Leppert, K.N., Wirth, C., Schmid, B., Ma, K. (2018): Tree diversity richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181240. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1240

Bliedtner, M., Zech, R., Kühn, P., Schneider, B., Zielhofer, C., von Suchodoletz, H. (2018). The potential of leaf wax biomarkers from fluvial soil-sediment sequences for paleovegetation reconstructions - Upper Alazani River, central southern Greater Caucasus (Georgia). Quaternary Science Reviews 196, 62 79. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.029

Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J-S., Klein, A.M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K.P., Niklaus, P.A, Pietsch, K.A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z.Y., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C-D., Bruelheide, H. (2018): Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communications 9, Article number: 2989. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05421-z

Bernhard, N., Moskwa, L.-M., Schmidt, K., Oeser, R.A., Aburto, F., Bader, M.Y., Baumann, K., Blanckenburg, F. von, Boy, J., van den Brink, L., Brucker, E., Büdel, B., Canessa, R., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Jung, P., Karsten, U., Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, C.W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., Samolov, E., Schaller, M., Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Stock, S., Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Kühn, P. (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 170, 335 355. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.018

Oeser, R.A., Stroncik, N., Moskwa, L.M., Bernhard, N., Schaller, M., Canessa, R., van den Brink, L., Köster, M., Brucker, E., Stock, S., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Matus, F.J., Pedraza, R.O., McIntyre, P.O., Paulino, L., Seguel, O., Bader, M.Y., Boy, J., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Kühn, P., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Scholten, T., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Übernickel, K., Tielbörger, K., Wagner, D., von Blanckenburg, F. (2018): Chemistry and Microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Catena 170, 183 203. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.06.002

De Castro Portes, R., Dahms D., Brandová D., Raab G., Christl M., Kühn P., Ketterer M., Egli M., (2018): Evolution of soil erosion rates in alpine soils of the Central Rocky Mountains using fallout Pu and δ13C. Earth and Planetary Sciene Letters 496, 257 269. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.002

Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J.J., Downey, S., Fuchs, M., James, B.R., Junge, A., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2018): Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: Reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171624. doi: 10.1098/rsos.171624

Spinola D.N., de Castro Portes, R., Srivastava P., Torrent J., Barrón V., Kühn, P. (2018): Diagenetic reddening of Early Eocene paleosols on King George Island, Antarctica. Geoderma 315, 149 159. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.11.010

Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J., Fischer, E., Fuchs, M., Knopf, T., Rösch, M., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2018): Land use dynamics derived from colluvial deposits and bogs in the Black Forest, Germany. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 181(2), 240 260. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201700249

2017

Korkka, М.А., Sedov, S.N., Sinitsyn, А.А., Otcherednoy, А.К., Kühn, P. (2017): Paleosols in the thin sections of Kostenki 14 and Khotylevo I: Chronicle of the natural conditions and archaeological complexes OIS 3. In: V.N. Kovalevsky, VN (Ed.): Multidisciplinary methods in the study and preservation of sites in the Kostenki-Borshchevo archaeological area : Proceedings of International Theoretical and Practical Conference (Voronezh, September 15–17, 2016); Department of Culture of Voronezh Region; Voronezh State University. – Voronezh: VSU Publishing House, 27-46. ISBN 978-5-9273-2549-8 [in Russian]

Pietsch D., Kühn P. (2017): Buried soils in the context of geoarchaeological research - two examples from Germany and Ethiopia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 9(8), 1571–1583. doi: 10.1007/s12520-014-0180-9

Teuber, S., Ahlrichs, J., Henkner, J., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2017): SoilCultures - the adaptive cycles of agrarian soil use in Central Europe: an interdisciplinary study using soil scientific and archaeological research. Ecology and Society 22(4). doi: 10.5751/ES-09729-220413

Trogisch, S., Schuldt, A., Bauhus, J., Blum, J.A., Both, S., Buscot, F., Castro Izaguirre, N., Chesters, D., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Germany, M.S., Goebes, P., Gutknecht, J., Hahn, C.Z., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Hönig, L., Huang, Y., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Kunz, M., Leppert, K.N., Li, Y., Liu, X., Niklaus, P.A., Pei, Z., Pietsch, K.A., Prinz, R., Proß, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Song, Z., Staab M., von Oheimb, G., Weißbecker, C., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Yang, B., Yang, X., Zhu, C.-D., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H. (2017): Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality. Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 10652–10674. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3488

Spinola, D.N., Pi-Puig, T., Solleiro-Rebolledo, E., Sedov, S., Egli, M., Plötze, M., Sudo, M., Kühn, P. (2017): Origin of clay minerals in Early Eocene volcanic paleosols on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica. Scientific Reports 7, 6368. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06617-x

Acksel A., Kappenberg A., Kühn P., Leinweber P., (2017): Human activity formed deep, dark topsoils around the Baltic Sea. Geoderma Regional 10, 93-101. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2017.05.005

Geng, Y., Baumann, F., Song, C., Zhang, M., Shi, Y., Kühn, P., Scholten T., He, J.-S (2017): Increasing temperature reduces the coupling between available nitrogen and phosphorus in soils of Chinese grasslands. Nature Sci. Rep. 7:43524. doi: 10.1038/srep43524​​​​​​​

Yang, S., Liebner, S., Winkel, M., Alawi, M., Horn, F., Dörfer, C., Ollivier, J., He, J.-S., Jin, H., Kühn, P., Schloter, M., Scholten, T., Wagner, D. (2017): In-depth analysis of core methanogenic communities from high elevation permafrost-affected wetlands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 111, 66-77. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.03.007

Kühn, P., Lehndorff, E., Fuchs, M., (2017): Late Pleniglacial to Holocene Pedogenesis and Formation of Colluvial Deposits in Central Europe (Gambach, Germany). Catena 154, 118-135. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.02.015

Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J.J., Downey, S., Fuchs, M., James, B.R., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Teuber, S., Kühn, P. (2017): Archaeopedological analyses of colluvial deposits: A proxy for regional land use history in southwest Germany. Catena 155, 93-113. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.03.005

Scholten, T., Goebes, P., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Assmann, T., Bauhaus, J., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Ma, K., Niklaus, P.A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Shi, X., Song, Z., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T. & Schmidt, K. (2017): On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems-a study from SE China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 10, 111-127. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw065

Spinola, D. N., de Castro Portes, R., Schaefer, C. E. G. R., Solleiro-Rebolledo, E., Pi-Puig, T., Kühn, P. (2017): Eocene paleosols on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica: Macromorphology, micromorphology and mineralogy. Catena 152, 69-81. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.004

Chen, L., Jing, X., Flynn, D. F. B., Shi, Y., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2017): Changes of carbon stocks in alpine grassland soils from 2002 to 2011 on the Tibetan Plateau and their climatic causes. Geoderma 288, 166-174. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.11.016

2016

Tolksdorf J.F., Eckmeier E., Ismail-Weber M., Kühn P., Bauriegel A. (2016): „Rötel“ im Mesolithikum. Archäologische Berichte des Landkreises Rotenburg (Wümme) 20, 263-276.

Sauer, D., Kadereit, A., Kühn, P., Kösel, M., Miller, C. E., Shinonaga, T., Kreutzer, S., Herrmann, L., Fleck, W., Starkovich, B. M., Stahr, K. (2016): The loess-palaeosol sequence of Datthausen, SW Germany: Characteristics, chronology, and implications for the use of the Lohne Soil as a marker soil. Catena 146, 10-29. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.024

de Castro Portes, R., Spinola, D. N., Reis, J. S., Ker, J. C., da Costa, L. M., Fernandes Filho, E. I., Kühn, P., Schaefer, C. E. G. R. (2016): Pedogenesis across a climatic gradient in tropical high mountains, Cordillera Blanca - Peruvian Andes. Catena 147, 441–452. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.07.027

Ahlrichs, J. J., Henkner, J., Teuber, S., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2016): Archaeological and Archaeopedological Approaches to Analyze the Development of Marginal Areas in Prehistory - A Case Study from the Western Baar, SW Germany. Cracow Landscape Monographs (2), 39-48.

Müller, M., Thiel, C., Kühn, P. (2016): Holocene palaeosols and aeolian activities in the Umimmalissuaq valley, West Greenland. The Holocene 26(7), 1149–1161. doi: 10.1177/0959683616632885

Henkner, J., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2016): Soil organic carbon stocks in permafrost-affected soils in West Greenland. Geoderma 282, 147-159. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.06.021

Acksel A., Amelung W., Kühn P., Gehrt E., Regier T., Leinweber P. (2016): Soil organic matter characteristics as indicator of Chernozem genesis in the Baltic Sea region. Geoderma Regional 7, 187–200. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2016.04.001

Pei, Z., Eichenberg, D., Bruelheide, H., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y., von Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Scholten, T., Buscot, F., Gutknecht, J.L.M. (2016): Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 96, 180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.02.004

Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Song, Z., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y., Scholten, T. (2016): Tree species and functional traits but not species richness affect interrill erosion processes in young subtropical forests. SOIL 2, 49-61. doi: 10.5194/soil-2-49-2016

2015

Goebes, P., Seitz, S., Kühn, P., Li, Y., Niklaus, P., von Oheimb, G., Scholten, T. (2015): Throughfall kinetic energy in young subtropical forests: Investigation on tree species richness effects and spatial variability. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213, 148-159. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.06.019

Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Zumstein, P., Assmann, T., Kühn, P., Niklaus, P. A., Schuldt, A., Scholten, T. (2015): The influence of leaf litter diversity and soil fauna on initial soil erosion in subtropical forests. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 40, 1439–1447. doi: 10.1002/esp.3726

Goebes, P., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y., Seitz, S., von Oheimb, G., Scholten, T. (2015): Species-specific effects on throughfall kinetic energy in subtropical forest plantations are related to leaf traits and tree architecture. PLoS ONE 10, 6, e0128084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128084

Niederberger, J., Todt, B., Boča, A., Nitschke, R., Kohler, M., Kühn, P., Bauhus, J. (2015): Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to assess phosphorus fractions of different plant availability in forest soils. Biogeosciences 12, 3415–3428. doi: 10.5194/bg-12-3415-2015

Chen, L., Flynn, D.F.B., Jing, X., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2015): A comparison of two methods for soil organic carbon (SOC) of alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 10, 5, e0126372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126372

Knopf, T., Ahlrichs, J., Henkner, J., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2015): Archäologische und bodenkundliche Untersuchungen zur Besiedlungs- und Landnutzungsgeschichte der Baar. Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte und Naturgeschichte der Baar 58, 9-24. [pdf]

Suchodoletz, H. von, Menz, M., Kühn, P., Sukhishvili, L., Faust, D. (2015): Fluvial sediments of the Algeti river in eastern Georgia – An archive of Late Quaternary landscape activity and stability in the Transcaucasian region. Catena 130, 95-107. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.019

Schatz, A.-K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2015): Paleoclimate and weathering of the Tokaj (Hungary) loess-paleosol sequence. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 426, 170-182. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.016

Gao, C., Zhang, Y., Shi, N.-N., Zheng, Y., Chen, L., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Both, S., Buscot, F., Ding, Q., Erfmeier, A., Kühn, P., Nadrowski, P., Scholten, T., Guo, L.-D. (2015): Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession. New Phytologist 205, 2, 771-785. doi: 10.1111/nph.13068

Terhorst, B., Sedov, S., Sprafke, T., Peticzka, R., Meyer-Heintze, S., Kühn, P., Solleiro Rebolledo, E. (2015): Austrian MIS 3/2 loess-palaeosol records - Key sites along a west-east transect. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 418, 43-56. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.020

2014

Terhorst, B., Kühn, P., Damm, B., Hambach, U., Meyer-Heintze, S., Sedov, S. (2014): Paleoenvironmental fluctuations as recorded by paleopedological and magnetic analyses in the loess-paleosol sequence at Krems-Wachtberg. Quaternary International 351, 67-82. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.045

Baumann, F., Schmidt, K., Dörfer, C., He, J.-S., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2014): Pedogenesis, permafrost, substrate and topography: Plot and landscape scale interrelations of weathering processes on the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma 226-227, 300-316. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.02.019

Schatz, A.-K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2014): Paleoclimate and weathering of the Tokaj (NE Hungary) loess-paleosol sequence: a comparison of geochemical weathering indices and paleoclimate parameters. Clim. Past Discuss. 10, 469-507. doi: 10.5194/cpd-10-469-2014

Ollivier, J., Yang, S., Dörfer, C., Welzl, G., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Wagner, D., Schloter, M. (2014): Bacterial community structure in soils of the Tibetan Plateau affected by discontinuous permafrost or seasonal freezing. Biol Fertil Soils 50 (3), 555-559. doi: 10.1007/s00374-013-0869-4

Bruelheide, H., Nadrowski, K., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Gutknecht, J.L.M., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liang, Y., Liu, X., Michalski, S., Niklaus, P.A., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Seidler, G., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Yang, X., Yu, M., Zhang, S., Zhou, H., Fischer, M., Ma, K., Schmid, B. (2014): Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 74-89. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12126

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P., Lisitsyn, S., Markova, A., Sinitsyn, A. (2014): Krotovinas, pedogenic processes and stratigraphic ambiguities of the Upper Palaeolithic sites Kostenki and Borshchevo (Russia). Special Issue "Human dimensions of Quaternary palaeoenvironments". Quaternary International 324, 172-197. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.036

2013

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P., Morris, M. (2013): Mubaraks's Garden. Land improvement in a dry tropical coastal environment in the Arabian Sea. Journal of Landscape Ecology 6, 109-123. doi: 10.2478/jlecol-2014-0006

Dotterweich, M., Kühn, P., Tolksdorf, J.F., Müller, S., Nelle, O. (2013): Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene natural and human influenced sediment dynamics and soil formation in SW-Germany (Palatinate forest). Quaternary International 306. 42-59. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.04.001

Kühn, P., Pietsch, D. (2013): Soil micromorphogenesis and Early Holocene palaeoclimate at the desert margin of Southern Arabia. Spanish Journal of Soil Science 3(2), 59-77. doi: 10.3232/SJSS.2013.V3.N2.04

Kühn, P., Techmer, A., Weidenfeller, M. (2013): Lower to middle Weichselian pedogenesis and palaeoclimate in Central Europe using combined micromorphology and geochemistry: the loess-paleosol sequence of Alsheim (Mainz Basin, Germany). Quaternary Science Reviews 75, 43-58. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.019

Dörfer, C., Kühn, P., Baumann, F., He, J.-S., Scholten, T. (2013): Soil Organic Carbon Pools and Stocks in Permafrost-Affected Soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Plos One 8(2), e57024. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057024
Geißler, C., Nadrowski, K., Kühn, P., Baruffol, M., Bruelheide, H., Schmid, B., Scholten, T. (2013): Kinetic energy of throughfall in subtropical forests of SE China — Effects of tree canopy structure, functional traits, and biodiversity. Plos One 8(2), e49618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049618

2012

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P. (2012): Early Holocene paleosols at the southwestern Ramlat As-Sab’atayn desert margin: new climate proxies for Southern Arabia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 365-366, 154–165. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.023

Shi Y, Baumann F, Ma Y, Song C, Kühn P, Scholten T, He J-S (2012): Organic and inorganic carbon in the topsoil of the Mongolian and Tibetan grasslands: pattern, control and implications. Biogeosciences 9, 2287-2299. doi:10.5194/bg-9-2287-2012

Knopf, T., Baum, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2012): Landnutzung im frühen Mittelalter? Eine archäopedologische Prospektion im Mittleren Schwarzwald. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 42, 123-133.

Wu, Y. T., Gutknecht, J., Nadrowski, K., Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T., Buscot, F. (2012): Relationships between soil microorganisms, plant communities and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests. Ecosystems 15, 624–636. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9533-3

Geng, Y., Wang, Y. Yang, K., Wang, S., Zeng, H., Baumann; F., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2012): Soil Respiration in Tibetan Alpine Grasslands: Belowground Biomass and Soil Moisture, but Not Soil Temperature, Best Explain the Large-Scale Patterns. PLoS ONE 7(4), e34968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034968

Geng, Y., Wang, Z., Liang, C., Fang, J., Baumann, F., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2012): Effect of geographical range size on plant functional traits and the relationships between plant, soil and climate in Chinese grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21, 416-427. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00692.x

Gocke, M., Pustovoytov, K., Kühn, P., Wiesenberg, G.L.B., Löscher, M., Kuzyakov, Y. (2012): Erratum to "Carbonate rhizoliths in loess and their implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction – revealed by isotopic composition: δ13C, 14C. Chemical Geology 283: 251-260. Chemical Geology 291, 294-295. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.012

Geißler, C., Kühn, P. , Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H,, Shi, X, Scholten, T. (2012): Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China. Catena 91, 85-93. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.009

2011

Both, S., Fang, T., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Trogisch, S., Erfmeier, A. (2011): Tree layer control and herb layer feedback in subtropical forests, China – a lack of evidence. Journal of Vegetation Science 22, 1120-1131. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01324.x

Albrecht, C., Kühn, P. (2011): Properties and formation of Black Soils on the Island Poel (NE Germany). Quaternary International 243, 305-312. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.022
Scholten, T., Geißler, C., Goc, J., Kühn, P., Wiegand, C. (2011): A new splash cup to measure the kinetic energy of rainfall. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 174, 596-601. doi:10.1002/jpln.201000349

Bruelheide H, Böhnke M, Both S, Fang T, Assmann T, Baruffol M, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Chen X-Y, Ding B-Y, Durka W, Erfmeier A, Fischer M, Geißler C, Guo D, Guo L-D, Härdtle W, He J-S, Hector A, Kröber W, Kühn P, Lang AC, Nadrowski K, Pei KQ, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Shi XZ, Scholten T, Schuldt A, Trogisch S, von Oheimb G, Welk E, Wirth C, Wu Y-T, Yang XF, Zeng XQ, Zhang SR, Zhou HZ, Ma KP, Schmid B (2011): Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs 81, 25–41. doi:10.1890/09-2172.1
Gocke, M., Pustovoytov, K., Kühn, P., Wiesenberg, G.L.B., Löscher, M., Kuzyakov, Y. (2011): Carbonate rhizoliths in loess and their implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction – revealed by isotopic composition: δ13C, 14C. Chemical Geology 283, 251-260. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.022

2010

Geißler, C., Kühn, P., Shi, X., Scholten, T. (2010): Estimation of throughfall erosivity in a highly diverse forest ecosystem using sand-filled splash cups. Journal of Earth Science 21, 897-900. doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0132-y
Velescu, A., Meßmer, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2010): Removal of short-range order mineral complexes prior to grain size analysis of volcanic ash soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 173, 799–804. doi:10.1002/jpln.201000111

Kühn, P., Pietsch, D., Gerlach, I. (2010): Archaeopedological analyses around a Neolithic hearth and the beginning of the Sabaean irrigation in the oasis of Ma’rib (Ramlat as-Sab’atayn, Yemen). Journal of Archaeological Science 37, 1305-1310. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.12.033

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P., Brunner, U., Scholten, T., Hitgen, H., Gerlach, I. (2010): Holocene soils and sediments around Ma’rib Oasis, Yemen. Further Sabaean treasures? The Holocene 20, 785-799. doi:10.1177/0959683610362814

Kadereit, A., Kühn, P., Wagner, G. (2010): Holocene relief and soil changes in loess-covered areas of south-western Germany -- the pedosedimentary archives of Bretten-Bauerbach (Kraichgau). Quaternary International 222, 96-119. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.025

2009

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P. (2009): Soil development stages of layered Cambisols and Calcisols on Socotra Island, Yemen. Soil Science 174, 292-302 doi:10.1097/SS.0b013e3181a396ba

Baumann, F., He J.-S., Schmidt, K., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2009): Pedogenesis, permafrost, and soil moisture as controlling factors for soil nitrogen and carbon contents across the Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology, 15, 3001-3017. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01953.x

Suchodoletz, H. von, Kühn, P., Hambach, U., Dietze, M., Zöller, L., Faust, D. (2009): Loess-like sediments and palaeosol sediments from Lanzarote (Canary Islands/Spain) -- indicators of palaeoenvironmental change during the Late Quaternary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 278, 71-87 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.019

Hülle, D., Hilgers, A., Kühn, P., Radtke, U. (2009): Potential of optical dating of periglacial slope deposits -- a case study from the Taunus area, Germany. Geomorphology 109, 66-78 doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.021

Kaiser, K., Hilgers, A., Schlaak, N., Jankowski, M., Kühn, P., Bussemer, S., Przegitka, K. (2009): Palaeopedological marker horizons in northern Central Europe: characteristics of Lateglacial Usselo and Finow soils. Boreas 38, 591-609 doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00076.x

2008

De Klerk, P., Janke, W., Kühn, P., Theuerkauf, M. (2008): Environmental impact of the Laacher See eruption at large distance to the volcano: interdisciplinary studies from Vorpommern (NE Germany). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 270, 196-214. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.09.013

2006

Kaiser, K., Barthelmes, A., Czakó Pap, S., Hilgers, A., Janke, W., Kühn, P., Theuerkauf, M. (2006): A Lateglacial palaeosoil cover in the Altdarss area, southern Baltic Sea coast (northeast Germany): investigations on pedology, geochronology, and botany. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 85: 199-222. [Link]

Kühn, P., Billwitz, K., Bauriegel, A., Kühn, D., Eckelmann, W. (2006): Distribution and Genesis of Fahlerden (Albeluvisols) in Germany. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 169, 420-433. doi:10.1002/jpln.200521963

Kühn, P., Terhorst, B., Ottner, F. (2006): Micromorphology of Middle Pleistocene Palaeosols in northern Italy. Quaternary International 156/157, 156-166. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.05.026

Schallmayer, E., Kühn, P. (2006): Limes und Landwehr – Neue Forschungen zum Verständnis eines Bodendenkmals. Hessenarchäologie 2005, 88-91.

2005

Dultz, S., Kühn, P. (2005): Occurrence, formation, and micromorphology of gypsum in soils from the Central-German Chernozem region. Geoderma 129, 230-250. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.01.022

Kühn, P., Billwitz, K. (2005): Ein Bodenlehrpfad als praktische Vermittlungsgrundlage des Boden- und Geotopschutzes. Schriftenreihe Deut. Ges. Geowissenschaften 36, 148-153.

before 2005

Terberger, T., De Klerk, P., Helbig, H., Kaiser, K., Kühn, P. (2004): Late Weichselian landscape development and human settlement in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northeast Germany. Eiszeitalter Gegenw. 54, 138-175. pdf; 6,0mb

Kühn, P. (2003): Micromorphology and Late Glacial/Holocene Genesis of Luvisols in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (NE-Germany). Catena 54, 537-555. doi:10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00129-2

Bogen, C., Hilgers, A., Kaiser, K., Kühn, P., Lidke, G. (2003): Archäologie, Pedologie und Geochronologie spätpaläolithischer Fundplätze in der Ueckermünder Heide (Kr. Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Archäol. Korr. 33, 1-20. pdf; 3,8mb

Kühn, P., Bauriegel, A. (2003): Mikromorphologische Befunde zur Lessivégenese im mittleren Brandenburg. Brandenburgische Geowiss. Beiträge 10, 91-100.

Kühn, P. (2003): Besonderheiten pedogenetischer Prozesse in fluvialen und kolluvialen Sedimenten im Mamertal bei Mersch (Luxemburg). B. Soc. Préhist. Luxemb. 23-24, 21-30.

Albrecht, C., Kühn, P. (2003): Verbreitung und Eigenschaften schwarzerdeartiger Böden auf der Insel Poel (Nordwest-Mecklenburg). Greifswalder Geogr. Arb., 29, 215-247.

Kühn, P., Janetzko, P., Schröder, D. (2002): Zur Mikromorphologie und Genese lessivierter Böden im Jungmoränengebiet Schleswig-Holsteins und Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns. Eiszeitalter Gegenw. 51, 74-92. pdf; 7,9mb

Helbig, H., De Klerk, P., Kühn, P., Kwasniowski, J. (2002): Colluvial sequences on till plains in Vorpommern (NE Germany). Z. Geomorph., Suppl. Bd. 128: 81-100. pdf; 833kb

Weidenfeller, M., Schneidermeier, T., Kühn, P. (2002): Löß-Paläoböden-Abfolgen bei Alsheim am östlichen Rand des Mainzer Beckens. Mainzer geowiss. Mitt. 31, 191-222.

Kaiser, K., Endtmann, E., Bogen, C., Czakó-Pap, S., Kühn, P. (2001): Geoarchäologie spätpaläolithischer und mesolithischer Fundplätze in der Ueckermünder Heide, Vorpommern. Z. Geol. Wiss. 29, 233-244. pdf; 3,24mb

De Klerk, P., Helbig, H., Helms, S., Janke, W., Krügel, K., Kühn, P., Michaelis, D., Stolze, S. (2001): The Reinberg Researches: Palaeoecological and Geomorphological Studies of a Kettle Hole in Vorpommern (NE Germany), with Special Emphasis on a Pioneer Vegetation During the Weichselian Pleniglacial/Lateglacial Transition. Greifswalder Geogr. Arb. 23, 43-131.

Kühn, P. (2001): Grundlegende Voraussetzungen bodengenetischer Vergleichsuntersuchungen: Theorie und Anwendung. Greifswalder Geogr. Arb. 23, 133-153.

Kühn, P. (2001): Lößhaltige Sedimente und Paläoböden in der Region Mersch, Großherzogtum Luxemburg. B. Soc. Préhist. Luxemb., 20/21 (1998-1999), 33-76.

Kühn, P., Billwitz, K., [Hrsg.] (2001): Bericht über die bodenkundlich-ökologische Exkursion nach Westrussland. Greifswalder Geogr. Studienmaterialien 8, 182.

Billwitz, K., Helbig, H., Kaiser, K., De Klerk, P., Kühn, P., Terberger, T. (2000): Untersuchungen zur spätpleistozänen bis frühholozänen Landschafts- und Besiedlungsgeschichte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Neubrandenburger Geol. Beiträge 1, 24-38.

Kühn, P., Kösel, M. (2000): Spätglaziale Boden- und Substratgenese: Mikromorphologisch-stratigraphische Befunde aus dem südwestdeutschen Alpenvorland. Trierer Bodenk. Schr. 1, 51-57.

Schneider, R., Kühn, P. (2000): Böden des Karlshofes in Groß Methling, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Trierer Bodenk. Schr. 1, 66-71.

Books and book chapters

Kühn, P., Henkner, J. (2019): Permafrost-affected Soils, Climate, and Feedbacks in West Greenland. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Soil and Climate. Advances in Soil Science, 92 97. CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1498783651

Jungkunst, H. F., Horvath, T., Erasmi, S., Krüger, J. P., Meurer, K. H. M., Schützenmeister, K., Guillaume, T., Scholten, T., Baumann, F., Schleuss, P.-M., He, J.-S., Kühn, P., Henkner, J., Boy, J., Kätterer, T., Schneider, J. (2019): Regionally Diverse Land-Use Driven Feedbacks from Soils to the Climate System. In: Lal, R., Stewart, B.A. (eds.). Soil and Climate.  Advances in Soil Science, 61 129. CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1498783651

Kühn, P., Aguilar, J., Miedema, R., Bronnikova, M. (2018): Textural features and related horizons. In: Stoops, G., Marcelino, V., Mees, F. (eds.). Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Their relevance for pedogenic studies and classifications. Elsevier, 377 423. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63522-8.00014-0

Ahlrichs, J., Henkner J., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Kühn, P., Knopf, T. (2018): Bronzezeitliche Siedlungsdynamiken zwischen der Baar und angrenzenden Naturräumen. In: Bianka, N., Daniel N., Martin, B. (Hrsg.) Bronzezeitlicher Transport - Akteure, Mittel und Wege. RessourcenKulturen 8, 269-304. doi: 10.15496/publikation-26722

Teuber, S., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. (2015): BodenKulturen - die Bodennutzung in Mitteleuropa im Wandel der Zeit. In: Wessolek, G. (Ed.): Von ganz unten - Warum wir unsere Böden besser schützen müssen. Oekom, pp. 259-272. [Link]

Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Geißler, C., Schmidt, K., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, P. (2013): Soils and Geomorphology of the Main Experiment - with additional Information on Climate, Topography and Plot Design. Sino-Swiss-German Research Unit BEF China. University of Tübingen, Germany.

Pietsch, D., Kühn, P. (2012): Archäopedologie am Rande der Ramlat as-Sab’atayn - Die Oase Mārib. In: Klimscha, F., Eichmann, R., Schuler, C., Fahlbusch, H. (Hrsg.): "Wasserwirtschaftliche Innovationen im archäologischen Kontext. Von den prähistorischen Anfängen bis zu den Metropolen der Antike. (Menschen – Kulturen – Traditionen ; ForschungsCluster 2 ; Bd. 5), Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 199-202.

Zickgraf, B., Kühn, P., Buthmann, N. (2012): Vergleich geomagnetischer und bodenkundlicher Befunde. In: Brather, S., Jagodziński, M.: Der wikingerzeitliche Seehandelsplatz von Janów (Truso). Geophysikalische, archäopedologische und archäologische Untersuchungen 2004–2008. Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters, Beiheft 24, 69-75.

Kühn, P. (2012): Archäopedologie. In: Brather, S., Jagodziński, M.: Der wikingerzeitliche Seehandelsplatz von Janów (Truso). Geophysikalische, archäopedologische und archäologische Untersuchungen 2004–2008. Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters, Beiheft 24, 48-68.

Zöller, L., Hambach, U., Kolb, T., Moine, O., Kühn, P. (2012): Landscape development in the Trebgast Valley north of Bayreuth and its surroundings (Upper Franconia) - ongoing research. In: Zöller, L. & Peterek, A. (eds.): From Paleozoic to Quaternary - A field trip from the Franconian Alb to Bohemia. Geozon, p. 6-24. pdf, 18,6mb

Kühn, P., Aguilar, J., Miedema, R. (2010): Textural features and their related horizons. In: Stoops, G., Marcelino, V., Mees, F. (eds.): Micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Their relevance for pedogenic studies and classifications. Elsevier, p. 217-250. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53156-8.00011-8

Felix-Henningsen, P., Kühn, P., Opp, C. [Hrsg.] (2005): Boden@Landschaft. Die dünne Haut der Erde. Exkursionsführer zur DBG Tagung 2005 in Marburg. Mitt. Deut. Bodenk. Ges. 105, 212.

Kühn, P. (2003): Spätglaziale und holozäne Lessivégenese auf jungweichselzeitlichen Sedimenten Deutschlands. Greifswalder Geogr. Arb. 28; p. 167. pdf; 13,3mb

Kühn, P., Billwitz, K., [Hrsg.] (2001): Bericht über die bodenkundlich-ökologische Exkursion nach Westrussland. Greifswalder Geogr. Studienmaterialien 8, 182.

Billwitz, K., Kühn, P. (2002): Der Bodenlehrpfad Jägerhof in Vorpommern. (Unter Mitarbeit von Baumgart, A., Helms, S., Hofmeister, F., Kaiser, K., Luckert, J., Rother, H., Wirner, M.). Greifswalder Geogr. Arb. 25, 57. pdf; 15,2mb

Kühn, P., Schneider, R., Schröder, D. (2001): Demmin - Groß Methling. In: Umweltbundesamt [Hrsg.]: Reiseführer - Zu den Böden Deutschlands. Böden sehen - Böden begreifen, 74-75.

Data publications

Scherer, S., Höpfer, B., Deckers, D., Fischer, E., Fuchs, M., Kandeler, E., Lechterbeck, J., Lehndorff, E., Lomax, J., Marhan, S., Marinova, M., Meister, J., Poll, C., Rahimova, H., Rösch, M., Wroth, K., Zastrow, J., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2020): Data from: Middle Bronze Age land use practices in the northwestern Alpine foreland – A multi-proxy study of colluvial deposits, archaeological features and peat bogs [Dataset], Dryad, doi: 10.5061/dryad.sj3tx963f.

Scherer, S., Deckers, K., Dietel, J., Fuchs, M., Henkner, J., Höpfer, B., Junge, A., Kandeler, E., Lehndorff, E., Leinweber, P., Lomax, J., Miera, J., Poll, C., Toffolo, M., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2020): Data from: What’s in a colluvial deposit? New perspectives from archaeopedology, Dryad Digital Repository. doi: 10.5061/dryad.f7m0cfxsz.

Bernhard, N., Moskwa, L.-M., Schmidt, K., Oeser, R.A., Aburto, F., Bader, M.Y., Baumann, K., Blanckenburg, F. von, Boy, J., van den Brink, L., Brucker, E., Büdel, B., Canessa, R., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Jung, P., Karsten, U., Köster, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Neidhardt, H., Matus, F., Mueller, C.W., Oelmann, Y., Oses, R., Osses, P., Paulino, L., Samolov, E., Schaller, M., Schmid, M., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Stock, S., Stroncik, N., Tielbörger, K., Übernickel, K., Scholten, T., Seguel, O., Wagner, D., Kühn, P. (2018): Data supplement to "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". GFZ Data Services. doi: 10.5880/GFZ.5.3.2018.001

Henkner, J., Ahlrichs, J., Downey, S., Fuchs, M., James, B., Junge, A., Knopf, T., Scholten, T., Kühn, P. (2018): Data from: Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/DRYAD.RH67H

Oeser, R.A., Stroncik, N., Moskwa, L.-M., Bernhard, N., Schaller, M., Canessa, R., van den Brink, L., Köster, M., Brucker, E., Stock, S., Fuentes, J.P., Godoy, R., Matus, F.J., Oses Pedraza, R., Osses McIntyre, P., Paulino, L., Seguel, O., Bader, M.Y., Boy, J., Dippold, M.A., Ehlers, T.A., Kühn, P., Kuzyakov, Y., Leinweber, P., Scholten, T., Spielvogel, S., Spohn, M., Übernickel, K., Tielbörger, K., Wagner, D., Blanckenburg, F. von (2018): Data supplement to: Chemistry and Microbiology of the Critical Zone along a steep climate and vegetation gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. GFZ Data Services. doi:10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2018.001

Geng, Y., Ma, W., Wang, L., Baumann, F., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., He, J.-S. (2017): Linking above- and belowground traits to soil and climate variables: an integrated database on China´s grassland species. Ecology 98, 1471-1471. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1780