PD Dr. Nikolaus Gussone

• Systematics of heavy stable isotope fractionation
• Fluid-rock-interaction
• Paleoceanography / proxy-development
• Biomineralisation
• Radiometric dating / Geochronology
• Development of geochemical methods

Academic Education

since 05.2012

Habilitation (University of Münster)

01.2000 – 05.2003

PhD student (GEOMAR, Kiel)

04.1996 – 10.1999

Studies in geology-paleontology, Georg-August-University Göttingen

10.1993 – 04.1996

Studies in geology-paleontology, RWTH-Aachen

Positions

since 06.2008

Akademischer Rat (a.Z.), Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

11.2006 – 05.2008

Scientist, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

05.2004 – 10.2006

Postdoctoral-fellow, DFG-Research Centre Ocean Margins, University of Bremen

06. – 10.2003

Post-doc, GEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences, Kiel

01.2000 – 05.2003

PhD student, GEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences, Kiel

Honors

2008

Isotopenpreis – German Association for Stable Isotope Research (GASIR)

2004

Annette Barthelt-Preis für Meereswissenschaften – Annette Barthelt-Stiftung

• Calciumisotopenfraktionierung zwischen Silikatmineralen zwischen Silikatschmelzen und Schmelzen (2017 – 2019)
  Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: GU 1035/10-1
• SPP 527 Subproject: Calcium isotope fractionation during transport and recrystallisation processes in marine deep sea sediments (2015 – 2016)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: TE 642/4-1; GU 1035/5-1
• SPP 527 - Subproject: Dinoflagelates - recorder of Palaeogene oceanic Ca budget and climate variabilities (2009 – 2015)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: GU 1035/2-1
• SPP 527 - Subproject: Controls on stable isotope fractionation of alkaline earth metals in cultured corals (2013 – 2015)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: GU 1035/4-1
• SPP 527 - Teilprojekt: Fluctuations of the oceanic Ca isotopic budget and environmental changes during highly dynamic transitions of the Cenozoic (2013 – 2014)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: GU 1035/3-3
• SPP 527 - Subproject: Fluctuations of the oceanic Ca isotopic budget and environmental changes during highly dynamic transitions of the Cenozoic (2010 – 2013)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: GU 1035/3-2
• SPP 527 - Subproject: Fractionation processes of Ca isotopes during synsedimentary and early diagenetic reactions in marine sediments (2007 – 2011)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: GU 1035/1-1

• 2019
• 2018
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002

2019

• Millière, L., Gussone, N., Moritz, T., Bindschedler, S., & Verrecchia, E.P. (2019). Origin of strontium and calcium in pedogenic needle fibre calcite (NFC). Chemical Geology, 524, 328–344.
• Shollenberger, Q.R., Wittke, A., Render, J., Manec, P., Schuth, S., Weyer, S., Gussone, N., Wadhwac, M., a. B., & G.A. (2019). Combined mass-dependent and nucleosynthetic isotope variations in refractory inclusions and their mineral separates to determine their original Fe isotope compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 524, 215–234.
• Gussone, N., a. G., & T. (2019). Incorporation of Ca isotopes in carapaxes of marine ostracods. Chemical Geology, 510, 130–139.

2018

• Gussone, N., a. F., & O. (2018). Cretaceous calcareous dinoflagellate cysts as recorder of δ44/40Caseawater and paleo-temperature using Sr/Ca thermometry. Chemical Geology, 488, 138–148.
• Inoue, M., Nakamura, T., Tanaka, Y., Shinzato, C., Suzuki, A., Yokoyama, Y., Kawahata, H., Sakai, K., & Gussone, N. (2018). A simple role of coral-algal symbiosis in coral calcification. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 235, 76–88.
• Bermingham, K.R., Gussone, N., Mezger, K., & Krause, J. (2018). Origins of mass-dependent and mass-independent Ca isotope variations in meteoritic components and meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 206–223.

2016

Articles

Research Articles (Journals)

• Gussone, N., Filipsson, H., & Kuhnert, H. (2016). Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ca isotope ratios in benthonic foraminifers related to test structure, mineralogy and environmental controls. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 173 (null), 142–159. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.018.
• Wehrmann, L.M., Ockert, C., Mix, A., Gussone, N., Teichert, B.M.A., a. M., & P. (2016). Repeated occurrences of methanogenic zones, diagenetic dolomite formation and linked silicate alteration in southern Bering Sea sediments (Bowers Ridge, IODP Exp. 323 Site U1341. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 125-126, 117–132.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Heuser, A., Schmitt, A.-D., Gussone, N., & Wombacher, F. (2016). Analytical Methods. in Hoefs, J. (ed.), Advances in Isotope GeochemistryCalcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry (pp. 23–74).

Book (Monograph)

• Gussone, N., Schmitt, A.-D., Heuser, A., Wombacher, F., Dietzel, M., Tipper, E., & Schiller, M. (2016). Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

2015

• Oehlerich, M., Mayr, C., Gussone, N., Hahn, A., Hölzl, S., Lücke, A., Ohlendorf, C., Rummel, S., Teichert, B., & Zolitschka, B. (2015). Lateglacial and Holocene climatic changes in south-eastern Patagonia inferred from carbonate isotope records of Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina). Quaternary Science Reviews, 114 (null), 189–202. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.006.
• Magna, T., Gussone, N., & Mezger, K. (2015). The calcium isotope systematics of Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430 (null), 86–94. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.016.
• Inoue, M., Gussone, N., Koga, Y., Iwase, A., Suzuki, A., Sakai, K., & Kawahata, H. (2015). Controlling factors of Ca isotope fractionation in scleractinian corals evaluated by temperature, pH and light controlled culture experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 167 (null), 80–92. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.009.

2014

• Ockert, C., Wehrmann, LM., Kaufhold, S., Ferdelman, TG., Teichert, BM., & Gussone, N. (2014). Calcium-ammonium exchange experiments on clay minerals using a (45)Ca tracer technique in marine pore water. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 50 (1), 1–17. doi: 10.1080/10256016.2013.806505.

2013

• Wang, S., Yan, W., Magalhaes, V.H., Chen, Z., Pinheiro, L.M., & Gussone, N. (2013). Factors influencing methane-derived authigenic carbonate formation at cold seep from southwestern Dongsha area in the northern South China Sea. Environmental Earth Sciences, null (null), 1–8. doi: 10.1007/s12665-013-2611-9.
• Wehrmann, L.M., Ockert, C., Mix, A.C., Gussone, N., Teichert, B.M.A., & Meister, P. (2013). Repeated occurrences of methanogenic zones, diagenetic dolomite formation and linked silicate alteration in southern Bering Sea sediments (Bowers Ridge, IODP Exp. 323 Site U1341). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, null (null). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.008.
• Ockert, C., Gussone, N., Kaufhold, S., & Teichert, B.M.A. (2013). Isotope fractionation during Ca exchange on clay minerals in a marine environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 112 (null), 374–388. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.041.

2012

• John, T., Gussone, N., Podladchikov, YY., Bebout, GE., Dohmen, R., Halama, R., Klemd, R., Magna, T., & Seitz, H.-M. (2012). Volcanic arcs fed by rapid pulsed fluid flow through subducting slabs. Nature Geoscience, 5 (7), 489–492. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1482.
• Wang, SH., Yan, W., Magalhães, HV., Chen, Z., Pinheiro, ML., & Gussone, N. (2012). Calcium isotope fractionation and its controlling factors over authigenic carbonates in the cold seeps of the northern South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57 (11), 1325–1332. doi: 10.1007/s11434-012-4990-9.
• Pälike, H., Lyle, MW., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Ridgwell, A., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., Acton, G., Anderson, L., Backman, J., Baldauf, J., Beltran, C., Bohaty, SM., Bown, P., Busch, W., Channell, JE., Chun, CO., Delaney, M., Dewangan, P., Dunkley, J. T., Edgar, KM., Evans, H., Fitch, P., Foster, GL., Gussone, N., Hasegawa, H., Hathorne, EC., Hayashi, H., Herrle, JO., Holbourn, A., Hovan, S., Hyeong, K., Iijima, K., Ito, T., Kamikuri, S., Kimoto, K., Kuroda, J., Leon-Rodriguez, L., Malinverno, A., Moore, TC., Murphy, BH., Murphy, DP., Nakamura, H., Ogane, K., Ohneiser, C., Richter, C., Robinson, R., Rohling, EJ., Romero, O., Sawada, K., Scher, H., Schneider, L., Sluijs, A., Takata, H., Tian, J., Tsujimoto, A., Wade, BS., Westerhold, T., Wilkens, R., Williams, T., Wilson, PA., Yamamoto, Y., Yamamoto, S., Yamazaki, T., & Zeebe, RE. (2012). A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth. Nature, 488 (7413), 609–14. doi: 10.1038/nature11360.

2011

• Kasioptas, A., Geisler, T., Perdikouri, C., Trepmann, C., Gussone, N., & Putnis, A. (2011). Polycrystalline apatite synthesized by hydrothermal replacement of calcium carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.027.
• Gussone, N., Nehrke, G., & Teichert, B. MA. (2011). Calcium isotope fractionation in ikaite and vaterite. Chemical Geology, 285, 194–202. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.002.
• Heuser, A., Tütken, T., Gussone, N., & Galer, S. JG. (2011). Calcium isotopes in fossil bones and teeth - Diagenetic versus biogenic origin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (12), 3419–3433. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.032.
• Wombacher, F., Eisenhauer, A., Böhm, F., Gussone, N., Regenberg, M., Dullo, W.-C., & Rüggeberg, A. (2011). Magnesium stable isotope fractionation in marine biogenic calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (19), 5797–5818. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.017.

2010

• Lyle, M., Pälike, H., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., & Klaus, A. (2010). The Pacific equatorial age transect, IODP expeditions 320 and 321: Building a 50-million-year-long environmental record of the equatorial Pacific ocean. Scientific Drilling (9), 4–15.
• Gussone, N., & Filipsson, HL. (2010). Calcium isotope ratios in calcitic tests of benthic foraminifers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 290 (1-2), 108–117. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.010.
• Gussone, N., Zonneveld, K., & Kuhnert, H. (2010). Minor element and Ca isotope composition of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts of cultured Thoracosphaera heimii. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289 (1-2), 180–188. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.006.

2009

• Gussone, N., Honisch, B., Heuser, A., Eisenhauer, A., Spindler, M., & Hemleben, C. (2009). A critical evaluation of calcium isotope ratios in tests of planktonic foraminifers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (24), 7241–7255. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.035.
• Arning, ET., Luckge, A., Breuer, C., Gussone, N., Birgel, D., & Peckmann, J. (2009). Genesis of phosphorite crusts off Peru. Marine Geology, 262 (1-4), 68–81. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.006.
• Teichert, B. MA., Gussone, N., & Torres, ME. (2009). Controls on calcium isotope fractionation in sedimentary porewaters. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 279 (3-4), 373–382. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.011.

2007

• Gussone, N., Langer, G., Geisen, M., Steel, BA., & Riebesell, U. (2007). Calcium isotope fractionation in coccoliths of cultured Calcidiscus leptoporus, Helicosphaera carteri, Syracosphaera pulchra and Umbilicosphaera foliosa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260 (3-4), 505–515. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.001.
• Langer, G., Gussone, N., Nehrke, G., Riebesell, U., Eisenhauer, A., & Thoms, S. (2007). Calcium isotope fractionation during coccolith formation in Emiliania huxleyi: Independence of growth and calcification rate. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8.

2006

• Bohm, F., Gussone, N., Eisenhauer, A., Dullo, WC., Reynaud, S., & Paytan, A. (2006). Calcium isotope fractionation in modern scleractinian corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (17), 4452–4462. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1546.
• Gussone, N., Langer, G., Thoms, S., Nehrke, G., Eisenhauer, A., Riebesell, U., & Wefer, G. (2006). Cellular calcium pathways and isotope fractionation in Emiliania huxleyi. Geology, 34 (8), 625–628. doi: 10.1130/G22733.1.
• Langer, G., Gussone, N., Nehrke, G., Riebesell, U., Eisenhauer, A., Kuhnert, H., Rost, B., Trimborn, S., & Thoms, S. (2006). Coccolith strontium to calcium ratios in Emiliania huxleyi: The dependence on seawater strontium and calcium concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography, 51 (1), 310–320. doi: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0310.

2005

• Heuser, A., Eisenhauer, A., Böhm, F., Wallmann, K., Gussone, N., Pearson, PN., Nägler, TF., & Dullo, W.-C. (2005). Calcium isotope (δ44/40Ca) variations of Neogene planktonic foraminifera. Paleoceanography, 20 (2), 1–13.
• Teichert, B. MA., Gussone, N., Eisenhauer, A., & Bohrmann, G. (2005). Clathrites: Archives of near-seafloor pore-fluid evolution (δ44/40Ca, δ13C, δ18O) in gas hydrate environments. Geology, 33 (3), 213–216. doi: 10.1130/G21317.1.
• Gussone, N., Böhm, F., Eisenhauer, A., Dietzel, M., Heuser, A., Teichert, B. MA., Reitner, J., Wörheide, G., & Dullo, W.-. (2005). Calcium isotope fractionation in calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (18), 4485–4494. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.003.

2004

• Dietzel, M., Gussone, N., & Eisenhauer, A. (2004). Co-precipitation of Sr2+ and Ba2+ with aragonite by membrane diffusion of CO2 between 10 and 50 °C. Chemical Geology, 203 (1-2), 139–151. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.09.008.
• Fietzke, J., Eisenhauer, A., Gussone, N., Bock, B., Liebetrau, V., Nägler, ThF., Spero, HJ., Bijma, J., & Dullo, C. (2004). Direct measurement of 44Ca/40Ca ratios by MC-ICP-MS using the cool plasma technique. Chemical Geology, 206 (1-2), 11–20. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.01.014.
• Eisenhauer, A., Nägler, TF., Stille, P., Kramers, J., Gussone, N., Bock, B., Fietzke, J., Hippler, D., & Schmitt, A.-D. (2004). Proposal for international agreement on Ca notation resulting from discussions at workshops on stable isotope measurements held in davos (goldschmidt 2002) and nice (EGS-AGU-EUG 2003). Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 28 (1), 149–151. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2004.tb01051.x.
• Gussone, N., Eisenhauer, A., Tiedemann, R., Haug, GH., Heuser, A., Bock, B., Nagler, TF., & Muller, A. (2004). Reconstruction of Caribbean sea surface temperature and salinity fluctuations in response to the pliocene closure of the Central American Gateway and radiative forcing, using delta Ca-44/40, delta O-18 and Mg/Ca ratios. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 227 (3-4), 201–214. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.004.

2003

• Gussone, N., Eisenhauer, A., Heuser, A., Dietzel, M., Bock, B., Böhm, F., Spero, HJ., Lea, DW., Bijma, J., & Nägler, TF. (2003). Model for kinetic effects on calcium isotope fractionation (δ44Ca) in inorganic aragonite and cultured planktonic foraminifera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (7), 1375–1382. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01296-6.
• Hippler, D., Schmitt, AD., Gussone, N., Heuser, A., Stille, P., Eisenhauer, A., & Nagler, TF. (2003). Calcium isotopic composition of various reference materials and seawater. Geostandards Newsletter, 27 (1), 13–19. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2003.tb00709.x.

2002

• Heuser, A., Eisenhauer, A., Gussone, N., Bock, B., Hansen, BT., & Nägler, ThF. (2002). Measurement of calcium isotopes (δ44Ca) using a multicollector TIMS technique. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 220 (3), 385–397. doi: 10.1016/S1387-3806(02)00838-2.
• Liebetrau, V., Eisenhauer, A., Gussone, N., Worner, G., Hansen, BT., & Leipe, T. (2002). Ra-226(excess)/Ba growth rates and U-Th-Ra-Ba systematic of Baltic Mn/Fe crusts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (1), 73–83. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00766-9.