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
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- 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
Vita
Akademische Ausbildung
- 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
Beruflicher Werdegang
- Professor, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster
- Juniorprofessor, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster
- Research Associate, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
Preise
- Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing in der Kategorie Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems – American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Lehrpreis für besondere Leistungen und Engagement in der Lehre im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften – Universität 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
Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten in Gremien
- Gutachter für Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Gutachter für Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Origins Network - a European Commission funded planetary science research center
- AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Gutachter für NSF
- GS - The Geochemical Society
- GSA - Geological Society of America
- AGU - American Geophysical Union
Projekte
- SFB TRR 170 - A01: Chronometrische Untersuchungen von frühen Impaktgesteinen des Mondes ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert an der Universität Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Förderkennzeichen: TRR 170/2 - SFB TRR 170 - A01: Chronometrische Untersuchungen von frühen Impaktgesteinen des Mondes ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Förderkennzeichen: TRR 170/1 - SPP 1385 - Teilprojekt: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Förderkennzeichen: SCHE 1579/1-3 - Lu-Hf systematics and the early silicate differentiation history of the Moon ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Förderkennzeichen: SP 1385/1-1 - SPP 1385 - Teilprojekt: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Förderkennzeichen: SCHE 1579/2-2 - SPP 1385 - Teilprojekt: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Förderkennzeichen: SCHE 1579/1-2 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm | Förderkennzeichen: ME 1717/18-1 - Planetary evolution and life ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. | Förderkennzeichen: HA-203 - SPP 1385 - Teilprojekt: Hf-W chronology of early solar system processes ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Förderkennzeichen: SCHE 1579/2-1 - SPP 1385 - Teilprojekt: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials ( – )
Teilprojekt in DFG-Verbund koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Förderkennzeichen: SCHE 1579/1-1 - Petrologie, Geochemie und Geochronologie der Eklogit-Orthogneis-Assoziation von Garborg, Norwegen ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Förderkennzeichen: BR 1068/14-1 - Petrologie, Geochemie und Geochronologie der Eklogit-Orthogneis-Assoziation von Garborg, Norwegen ( – )
Gefördertes Einzelprojekt: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Förderkennzeichen: 565193 - ORIGINS – Elucidating the ORIGINS of Solar System(s): Anatomy of primitive meteorites ( – )
EU-Projekt koordiniert außerhalb der Universität Münster: EU FP 6 - Marie Curie Actions - Research Training Networks | Förderkennzeichen: 35519
- SFB TRR 170 - A01: Chronometrische Untersuchungen von frühen Impaktgesteinen des Mondes ( – )
Publikationen
- In (Ed.), Treatise of Geochemistry (3. Aufl. , pp. 293–315). Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99762-1.00005-X. (). Application of isotope dilution and double spiking in geochemistry.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105761. (). 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:
- . (). 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.
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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 Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- . (). What is the Source of Apollo 17 Sample 77017? In 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc, Houston.
- . (). 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.
- 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120337. (). 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:
- . (). 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.
- 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105744. (). 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:
- 10.7185/geochemlet.1930. (). Formation of Archean continental crust constrained by boron isotopes. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 12, 23–26. doi:
- 10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2795. (). 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:
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.1111/jmg.12448. (). 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:
- 10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.028. (). 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:
Abstracts in Online-Sammlungen (Konferenzen)
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). 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..
- 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.025. (). Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452(null), 216–226. doi:
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- 10.1002/2015GC005804. (). Effects of simple acid leaching of crushed and powdered geological materials on high-precision Pb isotope analyses. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(7), 27. doi:
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- 10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.016. (). Evidence for extinct 135Cs from Ba isotopes in Allende CAIs? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 133, 463–478. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). A depleted mantle origin for Hadean protoliths of the Acasta Gneisses. In 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
- . (). Disturbed Lu-Hf isotope systematics of achondrites: Testing a new hypothesis. In 92. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Jena, Deutschland.
- . (). Was there really 176Lu burnout in early Solar System materials? In Goldschmidt, Sacramento, Kalifornien.
Forschungsartikel (Buchbeiträge)
- In (Eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition) (pp. 71–86). Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.01404-2. (). 15.4 - Application of Isotope Dilution in Geochemistry.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- 10.2113/gselements.9.6.433. (). Garnet geochronology: Timekeeper of tectonometamorphic processes. Elements, 9(6), 433–438. doi:
- . (). 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.
- (). Isotopic evidence for chondritic Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd of the Moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 380, 77–87.
- 10.111/jmg.12024. (). Peak metamorphic temperatures from cation diffusion zoning in garnet. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31, 339–358. doi:
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). Excess 176Hf in differentiated meteorites not caused by irradiation. In Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
- . (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the quenched angrite D’Orbigny and two plutonic angrites. In Goldschmidt, Florenz, Italien.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the plutonic angrites NWA 4801 and NWA 4590. In Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen, Deutschland.
- . (). Internal Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the eucrites Millbillillie and Piplia Kalan. In 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U–Pb system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 301, 1–8.
- . (). Tracing two orogenic cycles in one eclogite sample by Lu-Hf geochronometry. Nature Geoscience, 4, 178–183. doi: 10.1038/NGEO1060.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). Lu-Hf isotope systematics of eucrites. In 2. Treffen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms 1385, Mainz, Deutschland.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)
- . (). 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.
- . (). The behavior of the Hf isotope system in radiation-damaged zircon during experimental hydrothermal alteration. American Mineralogist, 95, 1343–1348.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
Forschungsartikel in Sammelbänden (Konferenzen)
- . (). Tourmaline as a tracer for metasomatic alteration processes in the Bamble area, southern Norway. In 88. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Münster, Deutschland.
- . (). Nd-142 evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in cratonic roots. Nature, 459(7250), 1118–1121. doi: 10.1038/nature08089.
- . (). 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.
- . (). Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 273(1-2), 203–213.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). Zircon as a monitor of crustal growth. Elements, 3(1), 19–24. doi: 10.2113/gselements.3.1.19.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). High precision determinations of 87Rb/85Rb in geologic materials by MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 246(1-3), 10–18.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock. Science, 293(5530), 683–687. doi: 10.1126/science.1061372.
- . (). 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.
- . (). Late silurian volcanism in coastal Maine: The Cranberry Island series. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 111(5), 686–708.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
- . (). 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.
Betreute Promotionen
Bast, Rebecca Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials: Solving the 176Lu decay constant discrepancy Patzelt, Madelein Chondrule formation in the early Solar System: A combined ICP-MS, ICP-OES and petrological study Menneken, Martina Insights on early Earth crustal evolution from zircon and quartz from Jack Hills, Western Australia Bermingham, Katherine Stable Ba and Ca isotope composition of meteorites and their components: Insights into the early Solar System Smit, Matthijs Arjen Timing, rates and processes of crustal recycling in subduction zones: a case study from the Scandinavian Caledonides Sprung, Peter 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