
Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)
Corrensstr. 24
48149 Münster
Phone: +49 251 83 33047
stephan.klemme(@)uni-muenster.de
Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)
Corrensstr. 24
48149 Münster
In order to advance our understanding of igneous processes on Earth and the other terrestrial planets, we simulate the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the laboratory. Such experimental simulation presents a particular challenge, as it involves the simultaneous application of pressure and temperature in chemically complex and highly reactive systems. In our laboratories we focus on investigations of the Earth's interior and we mainly work on processes in the Earth's upper mantle and crust.
Experimental facilities located in our laboratory include apparatus designed to take natural and synthetic compositions to pressures and temperatures that are found in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. These facilities include end-loaded piston-cylinder apparatus (up to 4 GPa, 1800°C), a 1000t multi-anvil apparatus (up to 20 GPa, >2000°C), large volume box furnaces, and three vertical one atmosphere gas-mixing furnaces (1600°C). Further equipment in the high-pressure laboratories include several hydrothermal cold seal apparatus (0.4 GPa, 800°C) and numerous externally heated low-temperature autoclaves (200°C, <0.1 GPa). Associated auxiliary equipment includes welding apparatus, balances, polishing and cutting facilities, and several drying furnaces.
Below some of the research topics we are addressing in our work:
Phase relations in the Earth's upper mantle
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Materials
Subduction zone processes and ore genesis
Experimental Planetary Science
Wölfer, Elias | Experimental and isotopic investigations of volatile element loss during magma degassing | |
Hackler, Sebastian | Partitioning of siderophile volatile elements during core formation | |
Loroch, Dominik | Partitioning of siderophile volatile elements during core formation | |
Lanati, Anthony | The origin of ultrapotassic magmas | |
Flemetakis, Stamatis | Halogens in the mantle: An experimental and analytical study | |
Liu, Zairong | Rexox controls on partial melting in the Earth's mantle | |
Boeck, Lena | Experimental investigation of the fractionation of trace elements in magmatic systems at high temperatures, atmospheric pressures and varying redox conditions | |
Colombo Carniel, Larissa | Perovskite stability in kimberlite melt | |
Gervasoni, Fernanda | Experimental studies on the stability of accessory minerals in the Earth’s lithosphere | |
Grützner, Tobias | An experimental study on fluorine in nominally fluorine free minerals and humite group minerals in the Earth's upper mantle and transition zone | |
Floegel (geb. Micior), Joanna | Electrophoretic deposition of dense green bodies for transparent ceramics | |
Wijbrans, Clazina H. (gen. Ineke) | Stability of Majorite garnet in the deep Earth | |
Afghah, Massih | Biozonation and biostratigraphic limits of the Tarbur Formation around Shiraz (SW of Iran) |