Research Foci
Experimental petrology - HT/HP experiments via gas mixing furnace, piston cylinder and multi anvil apparatus
Mantle petrology
Effects of water and halogens on phase stability in upper mantle and transition zone
Experimental Cosmochemistry
Element partitioning and stable isotope fractionation during core formation and late veneer.
CV
Academic Education
- Doctoral student (PhD): High pressure/high temperature experiments on halogens in nominally halogen-free mantle minerals.
- Diploma (MSc equivalent) geology/palaeontology at the University of Mainz (Germany). Diploma thesis: Geochemistry and origin of ultramafic enclaves and their basanitic host rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey.
Positions
- Research associate (PostDoc), Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
- Research associate, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
Honors
- Preis der Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung (Promotionen) – Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung
Publications
- Grützner, T., Prelevic, D., Berndt, J., & Klemme, S. (). The origin of Na-alkaline lavas revisited: new constraints from experimental melting of amphibole-rich metasomes + lherzolite at uppermost mantle pressure. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178, 73. doi: 10.1007/s00410-023-02052-6.
- Grützner, T., Klemme, S., Rohrbach, A., Gervasoni, F., & Berndt, J. (). The effect of fluorine on the stability of wadsleyite: Implications for the nature and depths of the transition zone in the Earth’s mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482, 236–244. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.011.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Grützner, T., Kohn, SC., Bromiley, DW., Rohrbach, A., Berndt, J., & Klemme, S. (). The storage capacity of fluorine in olivine and pyroxene under upper mantle conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 208, 160–170. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.043.
- Gervasoni, F., Klemme, S., Rohrbach, A., Grützner, T., & Berndt, J. (). Experimental constraints on mantle metasomatism caused by silicate and carbonate melts. Lithos, 282-283, 173–186. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.03.004.
- Grützner, T., Klemme, S., Rohrbach, A., Gervasoni, F., & Berndt, J. (). The role of F-clinohumite in volatile recycling processes in subduction zones. Geology, 45 (5), 443–446. doi: 10.1130/G38788.1.
Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)
- Grützner, T., Klemme, S., & Rohrbach, A. (). Experimental determination of stable, Pd, Ru and S isotope fractionation between liquid metal and liquid silicate. Goldschmidt Conference, Paris.
Research Article (Journal)
- Beyer, C., Klemme, S., Grützner, T., Ireland, T., Magee, CW., & Frost, DJ. (). Fluorine partitioning between eclogitic garnet, clinopyroxene, and melt at upper mantle conditions. Chemical Geology, 437, 88–97. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.05.032.
Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)
- Grützner, T., Rohrbach, A., Berndt, J., Gervasoni, F., & Klemme, S. (). Fluorine storage in wadsleyite: Implications for the transition zone. EMPG XV, Zürich.
- Grützner, T., Klemme, S., & Rohrbach, A. (). The Effect of Fluorine on the Stability of Humite-Type Minerals in the Upper Mantle and Transition Zone. V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague.
- Grützner, T., Prelević, D., Akal, C., & Klemme, S. (). The Origin of Ultramafic Enclaves and their Basanitic Host Rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey. Goldschmidt 2014, Sacramento.
- Grützner, T., Prelević, D., & Akal, C. (). Geochemistry and origin of ultramafic enclaves and their basanitic host rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey. Lithos, 180-181, 58–73. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.001.
Tobias Grützner
Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)
