| Martina Menneken Dr. rer. nat. M. Sc. Geosciences |
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Fon +49 (0) 251 83-33477 Fax +49 (0) 251 83-38397 email: m_menn03"at"uni-muenster.de Office: Room 230 |
- 2008 – Jan 2013: PhD student at the Institut für Mineralogie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 2005 – 2008: M.Sc. student of Geosciences, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- M.Sc.thesis: Investigation of inclusions in >3Ga zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia. (advisors: Thorsten Geisler, Universität Bonn; Andrew Putnis, Universität Münster)
- 2002 – 2005: B.Sc. student of Geosciences, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- B.Sc. thesis: Hydrothermal alteration mechanism of US-type nuclear waste form pyrochlore. (advisors: Thorsten Geisler, Universität Bonn; Andrew Putnis, Universität Münster)
Research
Identification and characterisation of mineral and fluid inclusions in zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia using Raman spectroscopy.
Publications - Selected Reviewed articles and conference abstracts
- Pöml P., Menneken M., Stephan T., Niedermeier D., Geisler T., and Putnis A. (2007) Mechanism of hydrothermal alteration of natural self-irradiated and synthetic titanate-based pyrochlore. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 71, 3311-3322.)
- Menneken M., Nemchin A.A., Geisler T., Pidgeon R.T., and Wilde S.A. (2007) Hadean diamonds in zircon from Jack Hills, Western Australia. Nature, 448, 917-920.
- Nemchin A.A., Whitehouse M.J., Menneken M., Geisler T., Pidgeon R.T., and Wilde S.A. (2008) Light carbon reservoir in the early Earth revealed by diamond and graphite inclusions in 3050 to 4250 Myr old zircon from Jack Hills, Western Australia. Nature, 454, 92-95.
- Menneken M., Geisler T. (2009) An evaluation of the potential of using Raman spectroscopy to determine the carbon isotope composition of CO2 inclusions. J. Geochem. Exploration, 101, p. 70. (Geofluids conference 2009 in Adelaide, talk)
- Menneken M., Geisler T., Nemchin A.A., Grange M, Gasharova B. (2010) Implications of carbon dioxide inclusions in Jack Hills zircons. In: Tyler, I.M. and Knox-Robinson, C.M. (Eds.), Fifth International Archean Symposium Abstracts. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Record 2010. (5IAS conference 2010, Perth, poster)
