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Ingrid Stengel 
Title: Dr
Position: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: Dipl.-Geogr. (Wuerzburg) Dr. rer. nat. (Geogr/Geol) (Wuerzburg)
Tel: +27-(0)12-420 3710
E-Mail: istengel@postino.up.ac.za
Office: Room 2-4
GGY 361 Environmental Geomorphology
GGY 363 Applied Geomorphology
GMA 220 Remote Sensing
GMA 320 Remote Sensing
GGY 795 Arid Environments

Landform development in arid areas (Sahara, southern Africa: mainly Namibia); Aeolian morphodynamics;
Palaeoweathering; Fossil Landslides; River Terraces; Climatic and Structural Geomorphology;
RS-Based Consulting.

Busche, D., Kempf, J. & Stengel, I. 2005: Landschaftsformen der Erde. Bildatlas der Geomorphologie. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt, 360 pp. ISBN 3-534-17220-5.

Stengel, I. 1997: Fossil landslides in southern Namibia - first results. - In. Sponholz, B.; Baumhauer, R. & H. Hagedorn [eds]: Geowissenschaftliche Studien in Afrika III. Wuerzburger Geographische Arbeiten: 269-284.

Stengel, I. 1998: Geomorphology. Endorheic and exorheic processes. - In: Douglas, R.; Oherein, D.; Van Rensburgh, C.; Stengel, I.; Morrison, K.; Baas, A. (ed.): Geography in Context 10. , Longman, Windhoek: 85-118.

Stengel, I. 1998: A Landsat Thematic Mapper based approach to manganese ore exploration at Otjisondo Mine / central Namibia - geomorphological aspects and constraints.  Zentralblad fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie, H.3/4, 103-121.

Stengel, I. 1999: Landscape evolution of the Gross Brukkaros inselberg area (southern Namibia) - geomorphological, sedimentological and morphotectonic aspects of Landsat Thematic Mapper data analysis. Petermanns Geogrgraphische Mitteilungen, 143 (5+6), 1-13.

Stengel, I. 2000: TM-Satellitenbildinterpretation von Diamond Area No 1 / Wannen-Namib (Suednamibia) - klimatische und prozessmorphologische Differenzierung eines ariden Kuestenabschnitts. {Landsat TM satellite image interpretation: Diamond Area N° 1 / "Wannen Namib" (southern Namibia) - climatological and geomorphological zones of an arid coastal area}.  Geooeko, XXI, 137-140 and cover.

Stengel, I. 2000: Der Einfluss spaetproterozoischer Verwitterung auf die post-Gondwana-zeitliche Reliefgenese im Rooirand-Bereich zwischen Helmeringhausen und Bethanien (Suednamibia). {Remnants of Late Proterozoic weathering profiles and their effect on post-Gondwana landform evolution in the Rooirand area between Helmeringhausen and Bethanien (southern Namibia)}.  Zentralblad fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie , H. 5/6, 623-640.

Stengel, I. 2000: Visuelle Interpretation als Ziel der Landsat-TM-Datenaufbereitung fuer geomorphologische und geologische Untersuchungen in Suednamibia. {Visual image interpretation as an objective of Landsat TM image processing - examples from geomorphological and geological investigations in southern Namibia}. Petermanns Geogrgraphische Mitteilungen, 144 (3), 6-13.

Stengel, I. 2000: Brousse Tigree - Muster aus Materialverspuelung und Pflanznewuchs in Suednamibia. {'Tiger bush' in southern Namibia - patterns originating from surface run-off and vegetation growth}. Petermanns Geogrgraphische Mitteilungen, 144 (2), 4-5.

Stengel, I. 2001: Aeolische Erosionsprozesse und entstehender Formenschatz {Aeolian erosion processes and landforms, aeolian microforms}. - In: Spektrum Verlag [ed.]: Encyclopedia of Geography, 3 volumes.

Stengel, I. 2001: Fossil landslides in the Schwarzrand, Huib and Huns escarpment areas - a contribution to the Quaternary morphostratigraphy of southern Namibia. Palaeoecology of Africa, 27, 121-138.

Stengel, I. 2002: Der Oranje bei Augrabies: Flussoase und morphologische Leitlinie im Northern Cape. {The Orange River near Augrabies: agricultural and morphological lifeline in the Northern Cape}.  Petermanns Geogrgraphische Mitteilungen, 146, 6-7.

Stengel, I. 2002: Alte Verwitterung - junge Folgen: Reliefgenese in Suednamibia. {Ancient weathering - late results: landform evolution in southern Namibia}. Petermanns Geogrgraphische Mitteilungen, 146, 16-23.

Stengel, I. & D. Busche 2002: Namibia's oldest inselbergs - exhumed landforms of a Late Proterozoic etchplain. - In: Yang, X. (ed.): Advances in geomorphological and palaeoclimatological research on desert and alpine environments in Asia and Africa, China Ocean Press, Beijing,121-143 (Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hövermann on the occasion of his eightieth birthday).

Stengel, I.U. & Busche, D. 2003: Structurally induced sand ridge and vegetation patterns in the Beriseba/Tses area, southern Namibia, Geoöko,  XXIV, 163-176.

Stengel, I & Leser, H. 2004: Late Quaternary valley-fill terraces and palaeoenvironments of the Huns River, southern Namibia. Die Erde, 135, 129-149.

Stengel, I. & Busche, D. (in print): Geomorphic evolution of the Brukkaros inselberg (Gibeon Volcanic Province, Namibia) - endogenic and exogenic aspects. - In: Kurszlaukis, S. & V. Lorenz [eds.]: Field Guide to Gross Brukkaros, Namibia. - South African Journal of Geology.

Viola, G., Andreoli, M., Ben-Avraham, Z., Stengel, I. & Reshef, M. 2005: Offshore mud volcanoes and onland faulting in southwestern Africa: neotectonic implications and constraints on the regional stress field. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 231, 147-160.

Stengel, I. 1997: Das Duenenfeld auf der Kidan-Ebene (SE Saudiarabien). {Dune field in the Kidan Plain, southeastern Saudi-Arabia. SPOT Satellite image analysis}. - IFG Calendar "Flying Camera" 1997.

Stengel, I. 1999: Namib Sand Sea and Sossusvlei from Space. - Annotated satellite image poster A2. - Wuerzburg, Staudenraus.

Stengel, I.U. 1997: Fossil landslides in the Huib High Plateau and Huns Mountains, southern Namibia. - 11/1997, 1st Workshop of the German Namibia Research Group (IUNFG), Univ. of Bayreuth.

Stengel, I.U. 1997: Aeolian and non-aeolian landform evolution in the Diamond Area No 1 (S. Namibia). - 11/1997 Dept of Geogr., Univ. Goettingen. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 1997: Fossil landslides in the Huns Mountains/Huib High Plateau area (southern Namibia). - 06/1997 Africa Group of German Geoscientists, Annual Conf., Univ. of Bremen.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: Remote sensing applications in arid ecosystems - possibilities and constraints. 10/1998 Bavarian Acad. Sci., Comm. on Ecology.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: Evolution of escarpments and intramontane basins in southern Namibia - the tectonics vs. climate competition. - 10/1998 Ann. Nat. Conference on Geomorphology, Univ. of Jena.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: A geographer in Namibia. Regional geography and geoscientific research activities. - 07/1998 Frankenforum Wuerzburg. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: Exploration and mining of manganese ore at Otjisondo/Namibia - background and present problems. 06/1998 Africa Group of German Geoscientists, Annual Conf., Mainz.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: The Sahara - not always a desert, and yet sometimes the desert of all deserts. - 01/1998 Scientific Society, Univ. of Wuerzburg. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 1998: The Sahara desert - an archive of palaeoclimatology. - 01/1998 Geographical Society, Univ. of Darmstadt. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Fossil landslides in Namibia - a contribution to Early Quaternary palaeoclimate and morphostratigraphy. (talk and poster). - Workshop 10: Quatern. sedim. records & their palaeoenvironm. interpret. in Central Africa. Poster session 34: Landslides and endangered zone maps. 08/1999, XV. INQUA Conf., Durban.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Namibia's oldest inselbergs - sedimentology, palaeogeomorphology and implications on landform history. - 07/1999, 2nd Workshop, German Namibia Research Group (IUNFG), Univ. of Regensburg.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Late Proterozoic saprolitization and post-Gondwana landform development in southern Namibia. - 06/1999, Africa Group of German Geoscientists, Ann. Conf., Univ. of Wuerzburg.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Sediments and glacier basis of the Carboniferous Dwyka glaciation in southern Namibia]. (Poster). 06/1999, Northwest German Geologists' Annual Conf., Salzwedel.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Water in the desert - challenge, opportunity and symbol. Examples from arid areas in Africa. - 02/1999, Frankenforum Wuerzburg.

Stengel, I.U. 1999: Landform development in s. Namibia - a three dimensional archive of structural geology and ancient weathering processes. - 01/1999 Dept of Geography, University of Karlsruhe. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U.1999: Flying over Namibia - the bird's perspective and the farmer's point of view. - 01/1999, Geographical Society, University of Karlsruhe. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2000: Morphodynamic and climato-ecological zones of the Wannen Namib (southern Namibia). - 06/2000 Africa Group of German Geoscientists, Ann. Conf., Univ. of Paderborn.

Stengel, I.U. 2000: Journey into Namibia's past - a geographical detective story. - 05/2000, German -South African Society, Wuerzburg. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2000: Southern Namibia - how to interprete landscapes. - 11/2000, German-South African Society, Duesseldorf. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2001:Southern Namibia - how to explore and read landscapes. - Invited Lecture, German-South African Soc.,Bonn/Germany. Oct 2001.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: Drainage pattern and neotectonic activity in the Brukkaros area (Nama Plain, southern Namibia). - Internat. Conf. on Dryland Change; IGCP 413 'Understanding future dryland development from past dynamics' and IGU Land Degradation Commission (COMLAND). - Upington/RSA. 30 Aug - 02 Sept 2001. Co-authored by D. Busche.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: Quaternary morphodynamics in the Huns River catchment (southern Namibia) - evidence for high magnitude single events as well as for periods of long-term stability. - Internat. Conf. on Dryland Change; IGCP 413 'Understanding future dryland development from past dynamics' and IGU Land Degradation Commission (COMLAND). - Upington/RSA, 30 Aug - 02 Sept 2001. Co-authored by H. Leser.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: The latest (and the not-so-latest) news from the Huns area - Late Quaternary fluvial morphodynamics and sedimentation between Huib High Plateau and Huns Mountains. - 3rd Workshop of the German Namibia Research Group (IUNFG), Univ. of Passau. July 2001. Co-authored by H. Leser.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: How to teach your car to swim in the desert - on the exceptional rain season 1999/2000 in Namibia. - 3rd Workshop of the German Namibia Research Group (IUNFG), Univ. of Passau. July 2001. Co-authored by S. Bertram.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: Satellite images and their geographical information content: image processing methods and analyis. [3 days' seminar]. - July 2001. Invited lecturer at the Dept of Geography, Univ. of Eichstaett/Germany Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: Remote sensing and geoscientific research in arid areas - a critical methodological analysis. - June 2001, Dept of Geography, University of Basel/Switzerland. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2001: Satellite image maps from southern Namibia - a tool for geomorphological and geoecological studies as well as for touristic purposes. [poster in German/English]. - Symposium on Arid Lands. - Dept. of Geography, Free University of Berlin. January 2001.

Stengel, I.U. 2002: Honouring Prof Dr Detlef Busche: his desert research and his personality. On the occasion of his 60th Birthday. - May 2002, Ochsenfurt/ Wuerzburg. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2002: Past and present aeolian morphodynamics in the Diamond Area of Southern Namibia.- April 2002, Dept of Geography, University of Heidelberg/ Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2002: Geomorphological aspects of the Atacama Desert in Southern Peru and Northern Chile.- April 2002, Dept of Geography, University of Heidelberg/ Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2002: Aeolian Morphodynamics: Principles, accumulation and erosion landforms, and their interpretation. - May 2002, Guest lecturer at Dept of Geography, University of Wuerzburg/ Germany.

Stengel, I. 2002: Geomorphological evidence for neotectonic activity in southern Namibia. Geodynamic South Africa (German-RSA workshop, UCT, November 17-20 (Poster).

Stengel, I.2002: Implications of Late Proterozoic weathering and landform evolution on the post-Gondwana geomorphic history of southern Namibia. Geodynamic South Africa (German-RSA workshop, UCT, November 17-20 (Poster).

Stengel, I. 2003 Fossil landslides in the Huib High Plateau and Schwarzrand areas (southern Namibia) - morphostratigraphic and palaeoclimatic implications. XV SASQUA Conference, Wits University, 30 March - 2 April (Poster).

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Remote Sensing for geobotanical applications - an introduction. 05/2003 University of Pretoria, Dept of Botany and Plant Ecology. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Bachelor- und Masters-Studiengaenge in Geographie an der Universitaet Pretoria - Angebot, Nachfrage und Versuch einer Bewertung. 05/2003 Dept of Geography, Free University of Berlin/ Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Kulturwandel im Post-Apartheid-Suedafrika - Eindruecke und Pressestimmen. 05/2003, Dept of Geographical Education, University of Wuerzburg/ Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Satellitenbildkarten: Beispiele aus Suednamibia (Poster). 05/2003, 4. Workshop of the Inter-University Namibia Research Group, University of Stuttgart/ Germany.

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Wind, Sand und St-eine - der Wind als einer der Landschaftsarchitekten in Suednamibia. - 05/2003. German-South African Society, Duesseldorf/ Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2003: Talgeschichte in Suednamibia - Facetten und Faktoren. 05/2003, Dept of Geography, University of Wuerzburg. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I. & Busche, D. 2003: Artifact assemblages in southern Namibia and their relation to Quaternary landform generations - a geomorphological approach, 23 Degrees South: Deserts of the Southern Hemisphere, Canberra, Australia Jan 14-18 (Poster).

Stengel, I. & Leser, H. 2003: Late Quaternary valley-fill terraces and catchment / climate relationships - examples from southern and central Namibia, 23 Degrees South: Deserts of the Southern Hemisphere, Canberra, Australia Jan 14-18.

Stengel, I. & Leser, H. 2003: Late Quaternary valley-fill terraces and catchment / climate relationships - examples from southern and central Namibia. XV SASQUA Conference, Wits University, 30 March - 2 April.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Diamond Area No 1 (southern Namibia) - climate and structural geology as key role players in landscape evolution. 03/2004. Pretoria Gem & Mineral Club. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Remote sensing for ecological and botanical applications: methods and constraints. - 05/2004. Univ. of Pretoria, Dept of Botany and Plant Ecology. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Der Beginn der Regenzeit 2004 in Windhoek - eine geomorphologische Evaluierung. - 06/2004. 5th Workshop of the Inter-University Namibia Research Group, Munich/Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Die jungproterozoische Verwitterung in Suednamibia und ihre Spaetfolgen. - 06/2004. 5th Workshop of the Inter-University Namibia Research Group, Munich/Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Beispiele für Landdegradation in Namibia und Suedafrika – Satellitenbild- und Bodenerfassung. - 06/2004. Dept of Geography, Univ. of Basel/Switzerland. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Januar 2004 in Namibia: ein Jahrhundert-Auftakt zur Durchschnittsregenzeit. - 06/2004. Dept of Geography, Univ. of Wuerzburg/Germany. Invited lecture.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Der Beginn der diesjaehrigen Regenzeit in Windhoek/ Namibia und seine katastrophalen Folgen (Poster). - 07/2004. German Geoscientists' Africa Research Group, Ann. Conf., TFH Berlin/ Germany.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Klimatische und nicht-klimatische Faktoren der quartaeren Talentwicklung in Suednamibia. - 07/2004. German Geoscientists' Africa Research Group, Ann. Conf., TFH Berlin/ Germany.

Stengel, I.U. 2004: Study programmes and paradigms at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics & Meteorology, Pretoria/RSA. - 07/2004. German Geoscientists' Africa Research Group, Ann. Conf., TFH Berlin/ Germany.

Stengel, I.U. 2005: The southern Kalahari environment - landforms, aeolian processes, and civil engineering aspects. - 02/2005. Dept of Architecture, Univ. of Pretoria. Invited lecture for Hons students.

Stengel, I.U. & Leser, H. 2005: Palaeoenvironmental scenarios of southern Namibian Late Quaternary valley-fill sediments (Poster). - 06/2005. 6th Workshop of the Inter-University Namibia Research Group, Univ. of Basel/Switzerland.

Stengel, I.U. & Leser, H. 2005: 'Terrazzo': Palaeoenvironmental and geomorphological characteristics of the oldest valley-fill unit, southern Namibia(Poster). - 06/2005. 6th Workshop of the Inter-University Namibia Research Group, Univ. of Basel/Switzerland.

Stengel, I.U. 2005: Geomorphic evolution of southern Namibia - long-term landscape history along a passive continental margin.  - 06/2005. German Geoscientists' Africa Research Group, Ann. Conf., Univ. of Hamburg/ Germany.

Stengel, I.U. & Leser, H. 2005: Palaeoenvironmental aspects of Quaternary valley-fill sediments in southern Namibia - the Huns River example.(Poster). - 06/2005. German Geoscientists' Africa Research Group, Ann. Conf., Univ. of Hamburg/Germany.

  • Geographical Society of Wuerzburg (full member) since 1983

  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Nord(west)deutsche Geologen (full member) since 1987)

  • DEUQUA German Quaternary Association (full member) since 1988

  • German Geomorphology Association (full member) since 1988

  • German Association for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (full member) since 1988

  • Africa Research Group of German Geoscientists (full member) since 1991

  • IGCP 413 Desert Margins Project (full member; project ended in 2003) 1999-2003

  • SASQUA (full member, council member) since 2003

  • Pretoria Gem & Mineral Club (full member) since 2004

  • SSAG (since 2005)

  • External examiner (Physical Geography) of the University of Namibia, Dept of Geography & Environmental Studies, Windhoek (Since 2003) .

  • External examiner Dept of Geography, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (since 2005).

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