Prof. Erik Scherer, Ph.D.

Professur für Isotopengeochemie (Prof. Scherer)
Prof. Erik Scherer, Ph.D.

Corrensstr. 24, room 207
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-33504
F: +49 251 83-38397

Academic Profile

  • Teaching

    • Geochemische Arbeitsmethoden (BSc)
    • Geochronologie (BSc)
    • Vulkanologisch-Petrologische Geländeübungen in der Eifel (BSc)
    • Isotopengeochemie (MSc)
    • Geochronologische Arbeitsmethoden (MSc)
    • Große Exkursionen (MSc): Alpen, Kykladen, Zypern
    • Petrologische Geländeübungen (MSc): Zermatt, Naxos-Santorini
 

  • Research Areas

    • 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

  • CV

    Education

    Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Geochemistry), University of California – Santa Cruz
    Visiting Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison
    B.A. in Geology (with honors), Colgate University

    Positions

    Professor, Institut for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Junior Professor, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Research Associate, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

    Honors

    Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing – American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Teaching Award of the Department of Geosciences – University of Münster
    Fellowship for first year of doctoral studies – University of California - Santa Cruz
    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – Earth Sciences, U. of California - Santa Cruz
    Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement, Geology Department – Colgate University

    External Functions

    Reviewer for the Agence Nationale de la Recherche
    Proposal Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Origins Network - a European Commission funded planetary science research center
    AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Proposal Reviewer for NSF
    GS - The Geochemical Society
    GSA - Geological Society of America
    AGU - American Geophysical Union

  • Projects

    • CRC TRR 170 - A01: Chronometric investigationns of ancient lunar impact rocks ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 170/2
    • CRC TRR 170 - A01: Chronometric investigations of ancient lunar impact rocks ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 170/1
    • SPP 1385 - Subproject: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-3
    • Lu-Hf systematics and the early silicate differentiation history of the Moon ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: SP 1385/1-1
    • SPP 1385 - WP: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes (2nd funding period) ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHE 1579/2-2
    • SPP 1385 - WP: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials (2nd funding period) ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-2
    • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programme | Project Number: ME 1717/18-1
    • Planetary evolution and life ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: German Aerospace Center | Project Number: HA-203
    • SPP 1385 - WP: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes (1st funding period) ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHE 1579/2-1
    • SPP 1385 - WP: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials (1st funding period) ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: SCHE 1579/1-1
    • Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of the eclogite-orthogneiss rock suite from Garborg, Norway ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: BR 1068/14-1
    • Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of the eclogite-orthogneiss rock suite from Garborg, Norway ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: 565193
    • ORIGINS – Elucidating the ORIGINS of Solar System(s): Anatomy of primitive meteorites ( – )
      EU-Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: EC FP 6 - Marie Curie Actions - Research Training Networks | Project Number: 35519

  • Publications

    • Smit, Matthijs A.; Vrijmoed, Johannes C.; Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, K.; Kooijman, Ellen; Schmitt-Kielman, Melanie; Tual, Lorraine; Guilmette, Carl; Ratschbacher, Lothar. (). 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.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Bröcker, M.; Schenk, V.; Scherer, E.E.; Soesilo, J., & Berndt, J. (). 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, Marián; Scherer, Erik E; Nemec, Ondrej; Ackerman, Lukáš, Ružička, Peter. (). 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100150.
    Entries in Encyclopediae (Book Contributions)
    • Stracke, A.; Scherer, E.E., & Klaver, M. (). Application of isotope dilution and double spiking in geochemistry. In n/a (Ed.), Treatise of Geochemistry (3rd Ed. , pp. 1–23). n/a: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00005-X.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Haber, T; Iqbal, W; Liu, T; van der Bogert, C; Hiesinger, H; Černok, A; Becker, H; Scherer, E. E. (). A tale of two impact basins – Are the formation ages of Serenitatis and Crisium preserved in anorthositic norites in Apollo samples 77017 and 67955? In European Lunar Symposium, Padua.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Bröcker M, Scherer EE, Xypolias P, & Höhn M. (). 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 Rad GR, Berndt J, Scherer EE, Kurzawa T, & Moslempour ME. (). 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.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Iqbal, Wajiha; Liu, Tiantian; Haber, Thomas; van der Bogert, Carloyn; Scherer, Erik; Hiesinger, Harald. (). What is the Source of Apollo 17 Sample 77017? In 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc, Houston.

    • Taetz S, Scherer EE, Bröcker M, Spandler C, & John T. (). 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, Alessandro; Mezger, Klaus; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Berndt, Jasper; Scherer, & Erik E. (). On the petrogenesis of Paleoarchean continental crust: U-Pb-Hf isotope and major-trace element constraints from the Bastar Craton, India. Chemical Geology, 579, Article 120337. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120337.
    • Tian, Zhen; Magna, Tomáš; Day, James M.D.; Mezger, Klaus; Scherer, Erik E.; Lodders, Katharina; Hin, Remco C.; Koefoed, Piers; Bloom, Hannah; Wang, Kun. (). 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 (PNAS), 118(39), Article e2101155118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101155118.

    • Van Daele J, Scherer E.E. (). 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.

    • 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. (). 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. Scherer E., Krebs M., Berndt J., Sergeev S.S., Rodinov N., Pfänder J., Hames W.E. (). 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. (). 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.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Emo R.B., Smit M.A., Schmitt M., Kooijman E., Scherer E.E., Sprung P., Bleeker W., & Mezger, K. (). 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. (). 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.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • Borisov D, Hiesinger H, Iqbal W, Scherer EE, Haber T, van der, & Bogert CH. (). 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. In 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA , p. 1933.

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

    • Bermingham K R, Mezger K, Scherer E E, Horan M F, Carlson R W, Upadhyay D, Magna T, & Pack A. (). 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 Orman J., & Bischoff A. (). 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.

    • Todd E., Stracke A., Scherer E.E. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Roth Antoine S.G., Scherer Erik E., Maden Colin, Mezger Klaus, Bourdon Bernard. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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 Xuan DT, Bast R, Bleeker W, & Mezger K. (). A depleted mantle origin for Hadean protoliths of the Acasta Gneisses. In 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
    • Bast R, Scherer EE, Sprung P, Fischer-Gödde M, Vollmer, C, Bischoff, A, & Mezger K. (). Disturbed Lu-Hf isotope systematics of achondrites: Testing a new hypothesis. In 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
    • Scherer EE, Bast R, Sprung P, & Mezger K. (). Was there really 176Lu burnout in early Solar System materials? In Goldschmidt, Sacramento, Kalifornien.
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    • Stracke, A., Scherer, E.E., Reynolds, B.C. (). 15.4 - Application of Isotope Dilution in Geochemistry. In Holland, H.D., Turekian, K.K. (Eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition) (pp. 71–86). Oxford: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01404-2.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Baxter, Ethan F., Scherer, & Erik E. (). Garnet geochronology: Timekeeper of tectonometamorphic processes. Elements, 9(6), 433–438. doi: 10.2113/gselements.9.6.433.
    • Smit, Matthijs A., Scherer, Erik E., Mezger, Klaus. (). 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. (). 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, & Mezger K. (). 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. (). Excess 176Hf in differentiated meteorites not caused by irradiation. In Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
    • Bast R, Scherer EE, Mezger K, Fischer-Gödde M, & Sprung P. (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the quenched angrite D’Orbigny and two plutonic angrites. In Goldschmidt, Florenz, Italien.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Weber B, Scherer EE, Martens UK, & Mezger K. (). 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 Urs, Berndt Jasper, Scherer Erik E., Kooijman Ellen, Deutsch Alexander, & Klostermann J. (). 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. (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the plutonic angrites NWA 4801 and NWA 4590. In Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
    • Bast R, Scherer EE, Taetz S, Sprung P, Mezger K, & Srinivasan G. (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the eucrites Millbillillie and Piplia Kalan. In 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Smit MA, Scherer EE, John T, & Janssen A. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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. (). Lu-Hf isotope systematics of eucrites. In 2. Treffen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms 1385, Mainz, Deutschland.
    • Bast R, Scherer EE, & Mezger K. (). Evolution of the early Solar System: Synchronizing the clocks. In Interdisziplinäres Doktoranden-Symposium „Evolution across fields“ der „Münster Graduate School of Evolution“ Initiative, Münster, Deutschland.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Sprung P, Scherer EE, Upadhyay D, Leya I, & Mezger K. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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, & Roermund HLM. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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 Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
    • Bast R, Scherer EE, Mezger K, Ludwig T, Marschall H, & Austrheim H. (). Tourmaline as a tracer for metasomatic alteration processes in the Bamble area, southern Norway. In 88. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Münster, Deutschland.

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

    • Herwartz D, Münker C, Scherer EE, Nagel TJ, Pleuger J, & Froitzheim, N. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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.

    • Lagos M, Scherer EE, Tomaschek F, Munker C, Keiter M, Berndt J, & Ballhaus C. (). 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. (). Zircon as a monitor of crustal growth. Elements, 3(1), 19–24. doi: 10.2113/gselements.3.1.19.

    • Albarede F, Scherer EE, Blichert-Toft J, Rosing M, Simionovici A, & Bizzarro M. (). 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.

    • Kleine T, Mezger K, Palme H, Scherer E, & Munker C. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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. (). 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.

    • John T, Scherer EE, Haase K, & Schenk V. (). 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.

    • John T, Schenk V, Haase K, Scherer E, & Tembo F. (). 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.

    • Munker C, Weyer S, Scherer E, & Mezger K. (). 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. (). Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock. Science, 293(5530), 683–687. doi: 10.1126/science.1061372.

    • Scherer EE, Cameron KL, & Blichert-Toft J. (). 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.

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

    • Beard BL, Taylor LA, Scherer EE, Johnson CM, & Snyder GA. (). 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.

    • Scherer EE, Cameron KL, Johnson CM, Beard BL, Barovich KM, & Collerson KD. (). 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.

    • Seaman SJ, Scherer EE, & Standish JJ. (). 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.

  • Supervised Doctoral Studies

    Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials: Solving the 176Lu decay constant discrepancy
    Patzelt, MadeleinChondrule formation in the early Solar System: A combined ICP-MS, ICP-OES and petrological study
    Insights on early Earth crustal evolution from zircon and quartz from Jack Hills, Western Australia
    Stable Ba and Ca isotope composition of meteorites and their components: Insights into the early Solar System
    Smit, Matthijs ArjenTiming, rates and processes of crustal recycling in subduction zones: a case study from the Scandinavian Caledonides
    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