Prof. Erik Scherer, Ph.D.

• Early differentiation processes in Earth and other planetary bodies
• Formation, composition, and evolution of Earth's crust
• Improved determination of decay constants for use in geochronology
• Subduction-related eclogites and blueschists: their formation, exhumation, and role in geochemical fractionation processes
• Microgeochronology and the development of robust methods for dating metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

Academic Education

1999

Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Geochemistry), University of California – Santa Cruz

1994 – 1995

Visiting Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison

1987 – 1991

B.A. in Geology (with honors), Colgate University

Positions

since 2012

Professor, Institut for Mineralogy, University of Münster

2006 – 2011

Junior Professor, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

2003 – 2006

Research Associate, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

1999 – 2003

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

Honors

2016

Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing in the category Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems – American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2010

Teaching Award of the Department of Geosciences – Department of Geosciences, University of Münster

1991

Fellowship for first year of doctoral studies – University of California - Santa Cruz

1998

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Earth Sciences, U. of California - Santa Cruz

1991

Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement, Geology Department – Colgate University

External Functions

since 2012

Reviewer for the Agence Nationale de la Recherche

since 2010

Proposal Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)

since 2008

Origins Network - a European Commission funded planetary science research center

since 2006

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science

since 2005

Proposal Reviewer for NSF

since 2000

GS - The Geochemical Society

since 1999

GSA - Geological Society of America

since 1992

AGU - American Geophysical Union

• CRC TRR 170 - A01: Chronometric investigationns of ancient lunar impact rocks (2020 – 2024)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 170/2
• CRC TRR 170 - A01: Chronometric investigations of ancient lunar impact rocks (2016 – 2019)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 170/1
• SPP 1385 - Subproject: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials (2014 – 2016)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-3
• Lu-Hf systematics and the early silicate differentiation history of the Moon (2012 – 2015)
  Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: SP 1385/1-1
• SPP 1385 - WP: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes (2nd funding period) (2012 – 2014)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHE 1579/2-2
• SPP 1385 - WP: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials (2nd funding period) (2012 – 2014)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-2
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm (2006 – 2013)
  Individual Granted Project: DFG - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm | Project Number: ME 1717/18-1
• Planetary evolution and life (2008 – 2013)
  Individual Granted Project: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. | Project Number: HA-203
• SPP 1385 - WP: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes (1st funding period) (2009 – 2011)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHE 1579/2-1
• SPP 1385 - WP: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials (1st funding period) (2009 – 2011)
  Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-1
• Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of the eclogite-orthogneiss rock suite from Garborg, Norway (2006 – 2011)
  Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: BR 1068/14-1
• Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of the eclogite-orthogneiss rock suite from Garborg, Norway (2009 – 2011)
  Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: 565193
• Elucidating the ORIGINS of Solar System(s): Anatomy of primitive meteorites – ORIGINS (2007 – 2011)
  EU-Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: EU FP 6 - Marie Curie Actions - Research Training Networks | Project Number: 35519

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1995

2025

• Stracke, A., Scherer, E.E., & Klaver, M. (2025). Application of isotope dilution and double spiking in geochemistry. in Anbar, A., & Weis, D. (ed.), Treatise of Geochemistry. (3. edt.) (pp. 293–315). Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00005-X.

2024

• Smit, M. A., Vrijmoed, J. C., Scherer, E. E., Mezger, K., Kooijman, E., Schmitt-Kielman, M., Tual, L., Guilmette, C., & Ratschbacher, L. (2024). Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu-Hf chronology. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 42 (5), Article 12769. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12769.
• Jamaliashtiani, R., Scherer, E. E., Schmitt, A. K., Hassanzadeh, J., & Hertwig, A. T. (2024). Lu-Hf and U-Pb dating of the Zayanderud eclogites: Implications for Jurassic subduction initiation along the Neotethys margin in Iran. Lithos, 482-483, Article 107742. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107742.

2023

Research Articles (Journals)

• Bröcker, M., Schenk, V., Scherer, E.E., Soesilo, J., & Berndt, J. (2023). Refining the understanding of Cretaceous subduction zone processes in the central Indonesian region: the Bantimala Complex (SW Sulawesi) revisited. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 255. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105761.
• Putiš, M., Scherer, E. E., Nemec, O., & Ackerman, L. R. (2023). Geochemistry, Lu–Hf garnet ages, and P–T conditions of blueschists from the Meliatic and Fatric nappes, Western Carpathians: Indicators of Neotethyan subduction. Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2, Article 100150. doi: 10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100150.

Abstract in a Digital Collection (Conferences)

• Haber, T., Iqbal, W., Liu, T., van der Bogert, C., Hiesinger, H., Černok, A., Becker, H., & Scherer, E. E. (2023). A tale of two impact basins – Are the formation ages of Serenitatis and Crisium preserved in anorthositic norites in Apollo samples 77017 and 67955? European Lunar Symposium, Padua.

2022

Research Articles (Journals)

• Bröcker, M., Scherer, EE., Xypolias, P., & Höhn, M. (2022). The timing of blueschist-facies metamorphism in the Makrotantalon Unit on Andros Island, Greece: Cretaceous and Eocene high-pressure/low-temperature events? Geological Magazine, 159, 1437–1453. doi: 10.1017/S0016756822000280.
• Bröcker, M., Hövelkröger, Y., Fotoohi, R. GR., Berndt, J., Scherer, EE., Kurzawa, T., & Moslempour, ME. (2022). The magmatic and tectono-metamorphic history of the Sistan suture zone, Iran: New insights into a key region for the convergence between the Lut and Afghan blocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105313.

Abstract in a Digital Collection (Conferences)

• Iqbal, W., Liu, T., Haber, T., van der Bogert, C., Scherer, E., & Hiesinger, H. (2022). What is the Source of Apollo 17 Sample 77017? 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc, Houston.

2021

• Taetz, S., Scherer, EE., Bröcker, M., Spandler, C., & John, T. (2021). Petrological and Lu-Hf age constraints for eclogitic rocks from the Pam Peninsula, New Caledonia. Lithos, 388-389. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106073.
• Maltese, A., Mezger, K., Upadhyay, D., Berndt, J., & Scherer, E. E. (2021). On the petrogenesis of Paleoarchean continental crust: U-Pb-Hf isotope and major-trace element constraints from the Bastar Craton, India. Chemical Geology, 579, 120337. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120337.
• Tian, Z., Magna, T., Day, J. M.D., Mezger, K., Scherer, E. E., Lodders, K., Hin, R. C., Koefoed, P., Bloom, H., & Wang, K. (2021). Potassium isotope composition of Mars reveals a mechanism of planetary volatile retention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (39), Article e2101155118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101155118.

2020

• Van, D. J., & Scherer, E.E. (2020). Neoproterozoic pre- and post-deformational metamorphism in the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt reconstructed by Lu-Hf garnet geochronology in the Kibuye-Gatumba area, Rwanda. Precambrian Research, 344. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105744.

2019

• Smit, M.A., Scherstén, A., Næraa, T., Emo, R.B., Scherer, E.E., Sprung, P., Bleeker, W., Mezger, K., Maltese, A., Cali, Y., Rasbury, E.T., & Whitehouse, M.J. (2019). Formation of Archean continental crust constrained by boron isotopes. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 12, 23–26. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1930.
• Stanek, K.P., Maresch, W.V. S., Krebs, M., Berndt, J., Sergeev, S.S., Rodinov, N., Pfänder, J., & Hames, W.E. (2019). Born in the Pacific and raised in the Caribbean: construction of the Escambray nappe stack, central Cuba. A review. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 5–34. doi: 10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2795.
• Pourteau, A., Scherer, E.E., Schorn, S., Bast, R., & Schmidt, A. (2019). Thermal evolution of an ancient subduction interface revealed by Lu-Hf garnet geochronology, Halilbagi Complex (Anatolia). Geoscience Frontiers, 10, 127–148. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.03.004.

2018

Research Articles (Journals)

• Emo, R.B., Smit, M.A., Schmitt, M., Kooijman, E., Scherer, E.E., Sprung, P., Bleeker, W., & Mezger, K. (2018). Evidence for evolved Hadean crust from Sr isotopes in apatite within Eoarchean zircon from the Acasta Gneiss Complex. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 235, 450–462. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.028.
• Jung, S., Brandt, S., Bast, R., Scherer, E.E., & Berndt, J. (2018). Metamorphic petrology of a high-T/low-P granulite terrane (Damara belt, Namibia) - Constraints from pseudosection modelling and high-precision Lu-Hf garnet-whole rock dating. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 37, 41–69. doi: 10.1111/jmg.12448.

Abstract in a Digital Collection (Conferences)

• Borisov, D., Hiesinger, H., Iqbal, W., Scherer, EE., Haber, T., & van, d. B. (2018). An interdisciplinary re-investigation of the Apollo 14 landing site - Pb-Pb chronology of the impact melt rock 14310 and new crater size-frequency distribution measurements. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.

2017

Research Articles (Journals)

• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Sprung, P., Mezger, K., Fischer-Gödde, M., Taetz, S., Böhnke, M., Schmid-Beurmann, H., Münker, C., Kleine, T., & Srinivasan, G. (2017). Reconciliation of the excess 176Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 212, 303–323. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.043.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., & Bischoff, A. (2017). The 176Lu-176Hf systematics of ALM-A: A sample of the recent Almahata Sitta meteorite fall. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 3, 45–54. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1705.

Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)

• Haber, T., Scherer, EE., Bast, R., & Sprung, P. (2017). 176Lu-176Hf isochron dating of strongly cosmic ray exposed samples – A case study on Apollo 14 Impact Melt Rock 14310. 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A..

2016

• Bermingham, K. R., Mezger, K., Scherer, E. E., Horan, M. F., Carlson, R. W., Upadhyay, D., Magna, T., & Pack, A. (2016). Barium isotope abundances in meteorites and their implications for early Solar System evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 175 (null), 282–298. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.006.
• Roszjar, J., Whitehouse, M., Srinivasan, G., Mezger, K., Scherer, E., Van, O. J., & Bischoff, A. (2016). Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452 (null), 216–226. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.025.

2015

• Todd, E., Stracke, A., & Scherer, E.E. (2015). Effects of simple acid leaching of crushed and powdered geological materials on high-precision Pb isotope analyses. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16 (7), 27. doi: 10.1002/2015GC005804.
• Estrada-Carmona, J., Weber, B., Scherer, E. E., Martens, U., & Elias-Herrera, M. (2015). Lu-Hf geochronology of Mississippian high-pressure metamorphism in the Acatlán Complex, southern México. Gondwana Research, 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2015.02.016.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Sprung, P., Fischer-Gödde, M., Stracke, A., & Mezger, K. (2015). A rapid and efficient ion-exchange chromatography for Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd, and Rb-Sr geochronology and the routine isotope analysis of sub-ng amounts of Hf by MC-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 30 (11), 2323–2333. doi: 10.1039/C5JA00283D.

2014

Research Articles (Journals)

• Roth, A. S.G., Scherer, E. E., Maden, C., Mezger, K., & Bourdon, B. (2014). Revisiting the 142Nd deficits in the 1.48 Ga Khariar alkaline rocks, India. Chemical Geology, 386, 238–248. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.06.022.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Mezger, K., Austrheim, H., Ludwig, T., Marschall, HR., Putnis, A., & Löwen, K. (2014). Boron isotopes in tourmaline as a tracer of metasomatic processes in the Bamble sector of Southern Norway. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168. doi: 10.1007/s00410-014-1069-4.
• Bermingham, K.R., Mezger, K., Desch, S.J., Scherer, E.E., & Horstmann, M. (2014). Evidence for extinct 135Cs from Ba isotopes in Allende CAIs? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 133, 463–478. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.016.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Sprung, P., Scherer, EE., Nguyen, X. DT., Bast, R., Bleeker, W., & Mezger, K. (2014). A depleted mantle origin for Hadean protoliths of the Acasta Gneisses. 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Sprung, P., Fischer-Gödde, M., Vollmer, C., Bischoff, A., & Mezger, K. (2014). Disturbed Lu-Hf isotope systematics of achondrites: Testing a new hypothesis. 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
• Scherer, EE., Bast, R., Sprung, P., & Mezger, K. (2014). Was there really 176Lu burnout in early Solar System materials? Goldschmidt, Sacramento, Kalifornien.

Research Article (Book Contribution)

• Stracke, A., Scherer, E.E., & Reynolds, B.C. (2014). 15.4 - Application of Isotope Dilution in Geochemistry. in Holland, H., & Turekian, K. (ed.), Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition) (pp. 71–86). Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01404-2.

2013

Research Articles (Journals)

• Baxter, E. F., & Scherer, E. E. (2013). Garnet geochronology: Timekeeper of tectonometamorphic processes. Elements, 9 (6), 433–438. doi: 10.2113/gselements.9.6.433.
• Smit, M. A., Scherer, E. E., & Mezger, K. (2013). Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications for dating petrological processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 381, 222–233. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.046.
• Sprung, P., Kleine, T., & Scherer, E.E. (2013). Isotopic evidence for chondritic Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 380, 77–87.
• Smit, M.A., Scherer, E.E., & and, M. K. (2013). Peak metamorphic temperatures from cation diffusion zoning in garnet. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31, 339–358. doi: 10.111/jmg.12024.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Sprung, P., Fischer-Gödde, M., & Mezger, K. (2013). Excess 176Hf in differentiated meteorites not caused by irradiation. Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Mezger, K., Fischer-Gödde, M., & Sprung, P. (2013). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the quenched angrite D’Orbigny and two plutonic angrites. Goldschmidt, Florenz, Italien.

2012

Research Articles (Journals)

• Weber, B., Scherer, EE., Martens, UK., & Mezger, K. (2012). Where did the lower Paleozoic rocks of Yucatan come from? A U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and Sm-Nd isotope study. Chemical Geology, 312-313, 1–17. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.010.
• Schärer, U., Berndt, J., Scherer, E. E., Kooijman, E., Deutsch, A., & Klostermann, J. (2012). Major geological cycles substantiated by U-Pb ages and εHfi of detrital zircon grains from the Lower Rhine Basin. Chemical Geology, 294-295, 63–74. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.007.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Fischer-Gödde, M., Mezger, K., & Sprung, P. (2012). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the plutonic angrites NWA 4801 and NWA 4590. Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Taetz, S., Sprung, P., Mezger, K., & Srinivasan, G. (2012). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the eucrites Millbillillie and Piplia Kalan. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.

2011

Research Articles (Journals)

• Smit, MA., Scherer, EE., John, T., & Janssen, A. (2011). Creep of garnet in eclogite: Mechanisms and implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311 (3-4), 411–419. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.024.
• Klemd, R., John, T., Scherer, EE., Rondenay, S., & Gao, J. (2011). Changes in dip of subducted slabs at depth: Petrological and geochronological evidence from HP-UHP rocks (Tianshan, NW-China). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310 (1-2), 9–20. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.022.
• Smit, MA., Bröcker, M., Kooijman, E., & Scherer, EE. (2011). Provenance and exhumation of an exotic eclogite-bearing nappe in the Caledonides: a U-Pb and Rb-Sr study of the Jæren nappe, SW Norway. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 168, 1–17.
• Nebel, O., Scherer, EE., & Mezger, K. (2011). Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U–Pb system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301, 1–8.
• Herwartz, D., Nagel, TJ., Münker, C., Scherer, EE., & Froitzheim, N. (2011). Tracing two orogenic cycles in one eclogite sample by Lu-Hf geochronometry. Nature Geoscience, 4, 178–183. doi: 10.1038/NGEO1060.

Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)

• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Taetz, S., & Mezger, K. (2011). Lu-Hf isotope systematics of eucrites. 2. Treffen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms 1385, Mainz, Deutschland.
• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., & Mezger, K. (2011). Evolution of the early Solar System: Synchronizing the clocks. Interdisziplinäres Doktoranden-Symposium „Evolution across fields“ der „Münster Graduate School of Evolution“ Initiative, Münster, Deutschland.

2010

Research Articles (Journals)

• Sprung, P., Scherer, EE., Upadhyay, D., Leya, I., & Mezger, K. (2010). Non-nucleosynthetic heterogeneity in non-radiogenic stable Hf isotopes: Implications for early solar system chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (1-2), 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.050.
• Teklay, M., Scherer, EE., Mezger, K., & Danyushevsky, L. (2010). Geochemical characteristics and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope compositions of mantle xenoliths and host basalts from Assab, Eritrea: implications for the composition and thermal structure of the lithosphere beneath the Afar Depression. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 159 (5), 731–751. doi: 10.1007/s00410-009-0451-0.
• Lenting, C., Geisler, T., Gerdes, A., Kooijman, E., Scherer, EE., & Zeh, A. (2010). The behavior of the Hf isotope system in radiation-damaged zircon during experimental hydrothermal alteration. American Mineralogist, 95, 1343–1348.
• Smit, MA., Scherer, EE., Bröcker, M., & van, R. HLM. (2010). Timing of eclogite facies metamorphism in the southernmost Scandinavian Caledonides by Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 159 (4), 521–539.
• Weber, B., Scherer, EE., Schulze, C., Valencia, VA., Montecinos, P., Mezger, K., & Ruiz, J. (2010). U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematics of lower crust from central-southern Mexico – Geodynamic significance of Oaxaquia in a Rodinia Realm. Precambrian Research, 182 (1-2), 149–162.
• John, T., Scherer, EE., Schenk, V., Herms, P., Halama, R., & Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2010). Subducted seamounts in an eclogite-facies ophiolite sequence: The Andean Raspas Compley, SW Ecuador. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 159, 265–284. doi: 10.1007/s00410-009-0427-0.

Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)

• Bast, R., Scherer, EE., Mezger, K., Ludwig, T., Marschall, H., & Austrheim, H. (2010). Tourmaline as a tracer for metasomatic alteration processes in the Bamble area, southern Norway. 88. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Münster, Deutschland.

2009

• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, EE., & Mezger, K. (2009). Nd-142 evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in cratonic roots. Nature, 459 (7250), 1118–1121. doi: 10.1038/nature08089.

2008

• Herwartz, D., Münker, C., Scherer, EE., Nagel, TJ., Pleuger, J., & Froitzheim, N. (2008). Lu-Hf garnet geochronology of eclogites from the Balma Unit (Pennine Alps): implications for Alpine paleotectonic reconstructions. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101 (Supplement 1), S173–S179.
• Schmidt, A., Weyer, S., Mezger, K., Scherer, EE., Xiao, YL., Hoefs, J., & Brey, GP. (2008). Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 273 (1-2), 203–213.
• Smit, MA., Bröcker, M., & Scherer, EE. (2008). Aragonite and magnesite in eclogites from the Jaeren nappe, SW Norway: disequilibrium in the system CaCO3-MgCO3 and petrological implications. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 26 (9), 959–979.
• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, EE., & Mezger, K. (2008). Fractionation and mixing of Nd isotopes during thermal ionization mass spectrometry: implications for high precision Nd-142/Nd-144 analyses. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 23 (4), 561–568.

2007

• Lagos, M., Scherer, EE., Tomaschek, F., Munker, C., Keiter, M., Berndt, J., & Ballhaus, C. (2007). High precision Lu-Hf geochronology of eocene eclogite-facies rocks from syros, cyclades, Greece. Chemical Geology, 243 (1-2), 16–35. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.04.008.
• Scherer, EE., Whitehouse, MJ., & Munker, C. (2007). Zircon as a monitor of crustal growth. Elements, 3 (1), 19–24. doi: 10.2113/gselements.3.1.19.

2006

• Albarede, F., Scherer, EE., Blichert-Toft, J., Rosing, M., Simionovici, A., & Bizzarro, M. (2006). gamma-ray irradiation in the early Solar System and the conundrum of the Lu-176 decay constant. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (5), 1261–1270. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.027.

2005

• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., & Munker, C. (2005). Early core formation in asteroids and late accretion of chondrite parent bodies: Evidence from Hf-182-W-182 in CAIs, metal-rich chondrites, and iron meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (24), 5805–5818. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.07.012.
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., & Munker, C. (2005). The W isotope composition of eucrite metals: constraints on the timing and cause of the thermal metamorphism of basaltic eucrites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 231 (1-2), 41–52. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.016.
• Nebel, O., Mezger, K., Scherer, EE., & Munker, C. (2005). High precision determinations of 87Rb/85Rb in geologic materials by MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 246 (1-3), 10–18.
• Nebel-Jacobsen, Y., Scherer, EE., Munker, C., & Mezger, K. (2005). Separation of U, Pb, Lu, and Hf from single zircons for combined U-Pb dating and Hf isotope measurements by TIMS and MC-ICPMS. Chemical Geology, 220 (1-2), 105–120.

2004

• John, T., Scherer, EE., Haase, K., & Schenk, V. (2004). Trace element fractionation during fluid-induced eclogitization in a subducting slab: trace element and Lu-Hf-Sm-Nd isotope systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 227 (3-4), 441–456. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.009.

2003

• John, T., Schenk, V., Haase, K., Scherer, E., & Tembo, F. (2003). Evidence for a Neoproterozoic ocean in south-central Africa from mid-oceanic-ridge-type geochemical signatures and pressure-temperature estimates of Zambian eclogites. Geology, 31 (3), 243–246.

2001

• Munker, C., Weyer, S., Scherer, E., & Mezger, K. (2001). Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC-ICPMS measurements. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2, art. no.2001GC000183.
• Scherer, E., Munker, C., & Mezger, K. (2001). Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock. Science, 293 (5530), 683–687. doi: 10.1126/science.1061372.

2000

• Scherer, EE., Cameron, KL., & Blichert-Toft, J. (2000). Lu-Hf garnet geochronology: Closure temperature relative to the Sm-Nd system and the effects of trace mineral inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64 (19), 3413–3432. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00440-3.

1999

• Seaman, SJ., Scherer, EE., Wobus, RA., Zimmer, JH., & Sales, JG. (1999). Late silurian volcanism in coastal Maine: The Cranberry Island series. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111 (5), 686–708.

1998

• Beard, BL., Taylor, LA., Scherer, EE., Johnson, CM., & Snyder, GA. (1998). The source region and melting mineralogy of high-titanium and low-titanium lunar basalts deduced from Lu-Hf isotope data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62 (3), 525–544. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00373-6.

1997

• Scherer, EE., Cameron, KL., Johnson, CM., Beard, BL., Barovich, KM., & Collerson, KD. (1997). Lu-Hf geochronology applied to dating Cenozoic events affecting lower crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico. Chemical Geology, 142 (1-2), 63–78. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00076-4.

1995

• Seaman, SJ., Scherer, EE., & Standish, JJ. (1995). Mulitstage magma mingling and the origin of flow banding in the Aliso lava dome, Tumacacori Mountains, southern Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 100 (B5), 8381–8398.

• Bast, Rebecca (2016): Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials: Solving the 176Lu decay constant discrepancy

  Supervisors

  Mezger, Klaus

• Patzelt, Madelein (2013): Chondrule formation in the early Solar System: A combined ICP-MS, ICP-OES and petrological study

  Supervisors

  Mezger, Klaus

  Scherer, Erik E.

• Menneken, Martina (2012): Insights on early Earth crustal evolution from zircon and quartz from Jack Hills, Western Australia

  Supervisors

  Geisler-Wierwille, Thorsten

• Bermingham, Katherine (2011): Stable Ba and Ca isotope composition of meteorites and their components: Insights into the early Solar System

  Supervisors

  Mezger, Klaus

  Scherer, Erik E.

• Smit, Matthijs Arjen (2010): Timing, rates and processes of crustal recycling in subduction zones: a case study from the Scandinavian Caledonides

  Further Supervisor

  Bröcker, Michael

• Sprung, Peter (2010): A perspective on the 176Lu-176Hf system, its integrity in extra-terrestrial and terrestrial matter, and its application to Hadean to early Archean samples from the Acasta Gneiss Complex, Canada

  Supervisors

  Mezger, Klaus

  Scherer, Erik E.