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List of works by Klaus Mezger

(142)Nd evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in cratonic roots

scientific article

182Hf-182W isotope systematics of chondrites, eucrites, and martian meteorites: Chronology of core formation and early mantle differentiation in Vesta and Mars

scholarly article by Thorsten Kleine et al published July 2004 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

A mechanism of mineral replacement: isotope tracing in the model system KCl-KBr-H2O

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A new type of article for Terra Nova

scientific article published in 2015

A possible high Nb/Ta reservoir in the continental lithospheric mantle and consequences on the global Nb budget – Evidence from continental basalts from Central Germany

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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

scholarly article by R. Bast et al published 2015 in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Accretion of the Earth—Missing Components?

scientific article

Age and P–T evolution of the Neoproterozoic Turkel Anorthosite Complex, Eastern Ghats Province, India

Age of emplacement of massif-type anorthosites in the Eastern Ghats Belt, India: constraints from U–Pb zircon dating and structural studies

article by Olaf Krause et al published June 2001 in Precambrian Research

Altered mafic lower continental crust as a source for low δ18O-granodiorites (Damara orogen, Namibia)?

Archaean crustal accretion at the northern border of the Congo Craton (South Cameroon). The charnockite-TTG link

scholarly article by A. Pouclet et al published 1 September 2007 in Bulletin de la Société géologique de France

Archaean to Neoproterozoic magmatic events in the Kaoko belt of NW Namibia and their geodynamic significance

Barium isotope abundances in meteorites and their implications for early Solar System evolution

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Biogeochemical cycling of cadmium isotopes in the Southern Ocean along the Zero Meridian

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Boron isotopes in tourmaline as a tracer of metasomatic processes in the Bamble sector of Southern Norway

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Cadmium stable isotope cosmochemistry

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Calibration of the Lutetium-Hafnium Clock

scientific article published in Science

Carbonaceous Chondrites and the Condensation of Elements from the Solar Nebula

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Chronological constraints on the thermal evolution of ordinary chondrite parent bodies from the 53Mn-53Cr system

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Closure temperatures of the Sm—Nd system in metamorphic garnets

Constraints on the U–Pb systematics of metamorphic rutile from in situ LA-ICP-MS analysis

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Constraints on the duration of tectonic processes: Protracted extension and deep-crustal rotation in the Grenville orogen

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Core Formation and Mantle Differentiation on Mars

scholarly article by Klaus Mezger et al published 16 October 2012 in Space Science Reviews

Corrigendum to “Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications for dating petrological processes” [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 381 (2013) 222–233]

scholarly article by Matthijs A. Smit et al published April 2014 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Corrigendum to “Magmatic and metamorphic history of Paleoarchean tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) suite from the Singhbhum craton, eastern India” [Precambrian Res. 252 (2014) 180–190]

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Crustal Evolution along the Early Ordovician Proto‐Andean Margin of Gondwana: Trace Element and Isotope Evidence from the Complejo Igneo Pocitos (Northwest Argentina)

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Cryptic excess argon in metamorphic biotite: Anomalously old 40Ar/39Ar plateau dates tested with Rb/Sr thermochronology and Ar diffusion modelling

scientific article

Debate articles: have changes in Quaternary climate affected erosion?

scientific article published in 2016

Determination of the mass-dependence of cadmium isotope fractionation during evaporation

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Determination of ultra-low Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf concentrations and the chondritic Zr/Hf and Nb/Ta ratios by isotope dilution analyses with multiple collector ICP-MS

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Development of high precision Rb–Sr phlogopite and biotite geochronology; an alternative to 40Ar/39Ar tri-octahedral mica dating

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Discovery of eclogite facies carbonate rocks from the Lindas Nappe, Caledonides, Western Norway

article by T. M. Boundy et al published September 2002 in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Early History of the Carthage‐Colton Shear Zone, Grenville Province, Northwest Adirondacks, New York (U.S.A.)

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Early core formation in asteroids and late accretion of chondrite parent bodies: Evidence from 182Hf-182W in CAIs, metal-rich chondrites, and iron meteorites

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Elemental ratios in stars vs planets

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Emplacement and deformation of the Vinukonda meta-granite (Eastern Ghats, India)—Implications for the geological evolution of peninsular India and for Rodinia reconstructions

article by C. Dobmeier et al published May 2006 in Precambrian Research

Enrichment from plume interaction in the generation of Neoproterozoic arc rocks in northern Eritrea: implications for crustal accretion in the southern Arabian–Nubian Shield

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Episodic and long-lasting Paleozoic felsic magmatism in the pre-Alpine basement of the Suretta nappe (eastern Swiss Alps)

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Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U–Pb system

Evidence for a 2 Ga subduction zone: Eclogites in the Usagaran belt of Tanzania

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Evidence for extinct 135Cs from Ba isotopes in Allende CAIs?

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Evolution of planetary cores and the Earth-Moon system from Nb/Ta systematics

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Evolution of the Continental Crust in the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India and new constraints for Rodinia reconstruction: implications from Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr and Pb–Pb isotopes

article by Karen Rickers et al published December 2001 in Precambrian Research

Experimental Insights Into Space Weathering of Phobos: Laboratory Investigation of Sputtering by Atomic and Molecular Planetary Ions

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Fe-isotope fractionation during partial melting on Earth and the current view on the Fe-isotope budgets of the planets (reply to the comment of F. Poitrasson and to the comment of B.L. Beard and C.M. Johnson on “Iron isotope fractionation during pl

Fluid release from the subducted Cocos plate and partial melting of the crust deduced from magnetotelluric studies in southern Mexico: Implications for the generation of volcanism and subduction dynamics

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Fluids and melts in planetary interiors: From crust to core–mantle boundaries

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Formation and exposure history of non-magmatic iron meteorites and winonaites: Clues from Sm and W isotopes

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Formation of Paleoarchean-Mesoarchean Na-rich (TTG) and K-rich granitoid crust of the Singhbhum craton, eastern India: Constraints from major and trace element geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope composition

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Fractionation and mixing of Nd isotopes during thermal ionization mass spectrometry: implications for high precision 142Nd/144Nd analyses

From stellar nebula to planets: The refractory components

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Garnet pyroxenite from the Shackleton Range, Antarctica: Intrusion of plume-derived picritic melts in the continental lithosphere during Rodinia breakup?

Gas composition of the main volatile elements in protoplanetary discs and its implication for planet formation

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Genesis of acid/basic rock associations: a case study The Kallithea intrusive complex, Samos, Greece

scholarly article by Klaus Mezger et al published August 1985 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the Bodélé Depression dust source and implications for transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon Basin

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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

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Geochemical perspectives on mantle dynamics and plate interactions in Asia — A special issue in honor/memory of Dr. Shen-su Sun

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Geochemistry and Rb–Sr geochronology of a ductile shear zone in the Orlica-Śnieżnik dome (West Sudetes, Poland)

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Geochemistry of bedded barite of the Mesoproterozoic Aggeneys-Gamsberg Broken Hill-type district, South Africa

scholarly article by Craig R. McClung et al published 16 February 2007 in Mineralium Deposita

Geochemistry, PbPb single zircon ages and NdSr isotope composition of Precambrian rocks from southern and eastern Ethiopia: implications for crustal evolution in East Africa

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Geochemistry, geochronology and isotope geology of Nakfa intrusive rocks, northern Eritrea: products of a tectonically thickened Neoproterozoic arc crust

scholarly article by M. Teklay published in August 2001

Geochemistry, petrology and ages of the lunar meteorites Kalahari 008 and 009: New constraints on early lunar evolution

scholarly article by A.K. Sokol et al published October 2008 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geochronology and petrology of migmatites from the Proterozoic Damara Belt — importance of episodic fluid-present disequilibrium melting and consequences for granite petrology

scholarly article by S Jung et al published March 2000 in Lithos

Geochronology in migmatites - a Sm-Nd, U-Pb and Rb-Sr study from the Proterozoic Damara belt (Namibia): implications for polyphase development of migmatites in high-grade terranes

scholarly article by S. Jung & Klaus Mezger published January 2001 in Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Hf-W Chronometry of Lunar Metals and the Age and Early Differentiation of the Moon

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Hf–Nd–Pb isotope evidence from Permian arc rocks for the long-term presence of the Indian–Pacific mantle boundary in the SW Pacific

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Hf–W chronology of the accretion and early evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets

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Hf–W chronometry of primitive achondrites

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Hf–W chronometry of the IAB iron meteorite parent body

Hf–W thermochronometry: Closure temperature and constraints on the accretion and cooling history of the H chondrite parent body

High field strength element systematics in iron meteorites

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High precision determination of the terrestrial 40K abundance

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High precision determinations of 87Rb/85Rb in geologic materials by MC-ICP-MS

High-precision UPb ages of metamorphic rutile: application to the cooling history of high-grade terranes

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Highly accurate isotope composition measurements by a miniature laser ablation mass spectrometer designed for in situ investigations on planetary surfaces

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Highly depleted Hadean mantle reservoirs in the sources of early Archean arc-like rocks, Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland

scholarly article by J. Elis Hoffmann et al published December 2010 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Initial Hf isotope compositions in magmatic zircon from early Proterozoic rocks from the Gawler Craton, Australia: A test for zircon model ages

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Investigation of matrix effects for Pb isotope ratio measurements by multiple collector ICP-MS: verification and application of optimized analytical protocols

Komatiites constrain molybdenum isotope composition of the Earth's mantle

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Lead isotope analyses of leached feldspars: Constraints on the early crustal history of the Grenville Orogen

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Lithium in tektites and impact glasses: Implications for sources, histories and large impacts

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Lithium isotope constraints on crust–mantle interactions and surface processes on Mars

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Lithologic Controls on Silicate Weathering Regimes of Temperate Planets

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Lithologic Controls on Silicate Weathering Regimes of Temperate Planets

Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications for dating petrological processes

scholarly article by Matthijs A. Smit et al published November 2013 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Magma Genesis and Mantle Dynamics at the Harrat Ash Shamah Volcanic Field (Southern Syria)

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Magma genesis and crustal contamination of continental intraplate lavas in northwestern Syria

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Magmatic and metamorphic history of Paleoarchean tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) suite from the Singhbhum craton, eastern India

article by Dewashish Upadhyay et al published October 2014 in Precambrian Research

Mesoproterozoic rift-related alkaline magmatism at Elchuru, Prakasam Alkaline Province, SE India

Mesoproterozoic rifting and Pan-African continental collision in SE India: evidence from the Khariar alkaline complex

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Metamorphism of the variegated sequence at Kallithea, Samos, Greece

Metamorphism, denudation and sea level in the Archean and cooling of the Earth

Metamorphism, isotopic ages and composition of lower crustal granulite xenoliths from the Cretaceous Salta Rift, Argentina

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Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf in ocean island basalts — Implications for crust–mantle differentiation and the fate of Niobium

scholarly article by Jörg A. Pfänder et al published February 2007 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf and REE in the depleted mantle: implications for the differentiation history of the crust–mantle system

scientific article (publication date: 2003)

Neoarchean crustal growth by accretionary processes: Evidence from combined zircon–titanite U–Pb isotope studies on granitoid rocks around the Hutti greenstone belt, eastern Dharwar Craton, India

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Neoarchæan crustal evolution in the Congo Craton: evidence from K rich granitoids of the Ntem Complex, southern Cameroon

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Neodymium isotopes in benthic foraminifera: Core-top systematics and a down-core record from the Neogene south Atlantic

scientific article published in January 2008

New Sm–Nd ages for the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, Sesia and Sessera valleys (Northern-Italy)

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Non-nucleosynthetic heterogeneity in non-radiogenic stable Hf isotopes: Implications for early solar system chronology

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Numerical calibration of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary: Two new U-Pb isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry single-zircon ages from Hasselbachtal (Sauerland, Germany)

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Oceanic plateau model for continental crustal growth in the Archaean: A case study from the Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield

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Origin and age of ultramafic rocks and gabbros in the southern Puna of Argentina: an alleged Ordovician suture revisited

scholarly article by Udo Zimmermann et al published 10 April 2014 in International Journal of Earth Sciences

Origin of Granulite Terranes and the Formation of the Lowermost Continental Crust

scientific article published in Science

Origin of Meso-Proterozoic post-collisional leucogranite suites (Kaokoveld, Namibia): constraints from geochronology and Nd, Sr, Hf, and Pb isotopes

scholarly article by S. Jung et al published 21 June 2011 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Petrogenesis of Tertiary Alkaline Magmas in the Siebengebirge, Germany

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Petrogenesis of rift-related tephrites, phonolites and trachytes (Central European Volcanic Province, Rhön, FRG): Constraints from Sr, Nd, Pb and O isotopes

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Petrology and geochemistry of syn- to post-collisional metaluminous A-type granites—a major and trace element and Nd–Sr–Pb–O-isotope study from the Proterozoic Damara Belt, Namibia

scholarly article by S Jung et al published December 1998 in Lithos

Petrology of a 2.41 Ga remarkably fresh komatiitic basalt lava lake in Lion Hills, central Vetreny Belt, Baltic Shield

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Petrology of basement-dominated terranes

scholarly article by S. Jung & Klaus Mezger published August 2003 in Chemical Geology

Petrology of basement-dominated terranes

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Posttectonic Cooling of the Nagssugtoqidian Orogen and a Comparison of Contrasting Cooling Histories in Precambrian and Phanerozoic Orogens

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Potassium isotope composition of Mars reveals a mechanism of planetary volatile retention

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Precambrian sources of Early Paleozoic SE Gondwana sediments as deduced from combined Lu–Hf and U–Pb systematics of detrital zircons, Takaka and Buller terrane, South Island, New Zealand

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Precambrian to Paleozoic zircon record in the Siviez-Mischabel basement (western Swiss Alps)

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Precise ages and isotopic constraints for the Lewis Hills (Bay of Islands Ophiolite): Preservation of an arc–spreading ridge intersection

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Precise and accurate determination of boron isotope ratios by multiple collector ICP-MS: origin of boron in the Ngawha geothermal system, New Zealand

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Probing the Allende meteorite with a miniature laser-ablation mass analyser for space application

Proto-India was a part of Rodinia: Evidence from Grenville-age suturing of the Eastern Ghats Province with the Paleoarchean Singhbhum Craton

Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie–Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu–Hf garnet geochronology

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Reassessment of the NBS SRM-607 K-feldspar as a high precision Rb/Sr and Sr isotope reference

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Recent developments in dating ancient crustal fluid flow

Reply to the comment by A. P. Dickin on “lead isotope analyses of leached feldspars: Constraints on the early crustal history of the Grenville Orogen”

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Response of the U–Pb chronometer and trace elements in zircon to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism: The Kadavur anorthosite complex, southern India

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Revisiting the 142 Nd deficits in the 1.48 Ga Khariar alkaline rocks, India

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Reworking of Earth's first crust: Constraints from Hf isotopes in Archean zircons from Mt. Narryer, Australia

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Rubidium isotopes in primitive chondrites: Constraints on Earth's volatile element depletion and lead isotope evolution

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Sedimentary Provenance of the Neoarchean Ventersdorp Supergroup, Southern Africa: Shedding Light on the Evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton during the Neoarchean

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Separation of U, Pb, Lu, and Hf from single zircons for combined U–Pb dating and Hf isotope measurements by TIMS and MC-ICPMS

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Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC-ICPMS measurements

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Shear zone-related syenites in the Damara belt (Namibia): the role of crustal contamination and source composition

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Significance of the Nova Brasilândia metasedimentary belt in western Brazil: Redefining the Mesoproterozoic boundary of the Amazon craton

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Solar wind Helium ion interaction with Mg and Fe rich pyroxene as Mercury surface analogue

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Stable isotope compositions of cadmium in geological materials and meteorites determined by multiple-collector ICPMS

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Suturing and extensional reactivation in the Grenville orogen, Canada

scholarly article by Jay P. Busch et al published 1997 in Geology

Synorogenic Collapse: A Perspective from the Middle Crust, the Proterozoic Grenville Orogen

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Synorogenic melting of mafic lower crust: constraints from geochronology, petrology and Sr, Nd, Pb and O isotope geochemistry of quartz diorites (Damara orogen, Namibia)

scholarly article by S. Jung et al published August 2002 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

TIMS measurements of full range of natural Ca isotopes with internally consistent fractionation correction

Tectonic events, continental intraplate volcanism, and mantle plume activity in northern Arabia: Constraints from geochemistry and Ar-Ar dating of Syrian lavas

scholarly article by M.-S. Krienitz et al published April 2009 in G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Terrane transfer during the Grenville orogeny: tracing the Amazonian ancestry of southern Appalachian basement through Pb and Nd isotopes

The Basement of the Deccan Traps and Its Madagascar Connection: Constraints from Xenoliths

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The Chicxulub ejecta deposit at Demerara Rise (western Atlantic): Dissecting the geochemical anomaly using laser ablation-mass spectrometry

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The Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield: remnant of a late Archaean oceanic plateau?

scientific article published in 1997

The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Eight Geological MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In-Situ Microanalysis

The W isotope composition of eucrite metals: constraints on the timing and cause of the thermal metamorphism of basaltic eucrites

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The W isotope evolution of the bulk silicate Earth: constraints on the timing and mechanisms of core formation and accretion

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The calcium isotope systematics of Mars

scholarly article by Tomáš Magna et al published November 2015 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

The effect of instrumental mass bias on measurements: a comparison between thermal ionisation mass spectrometry and multiple-collector ICP-MS

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The orthogneisses of the Orlica-Snieznik complex (West Sudetes, Poland): geochemical characteristics, the importance of pre-Variscan migmatization and constraints on the cooling history

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The petrogenesis of metamorphosed carbonatites in the Grenville Province, Ontario

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The role of inclusions in U-Pb and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology: Stepwise dissolution experiments and trace uranium mapping by fission track analysis

scholarly article by C.P. Dewolf et al published January 1996 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The thermal history of the Eastern Ghats Belt (India) as revealed by U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar dating of metamorphic and magmatic minerals: implications for the SWEAT correlation

The time of eclogite formation in the ultrahigh pressure rocks of the Sulu terrane

article by Alexander Schmidt et al published July 2011 in Lithos

Thermochronology of the Cornubian batholith in southwest England: Implications for pluton emplacement and protracted hydrothermal mineralization

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Timing and PT Evolution of Whiteschist Metamorphism in the Lufilian Arc–Zambezi Belt Orogen (Zambia): Implications for the Assembly of Gondwana

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Timing of Proterozoic magmatism in the Gardar Province, southern Greenland

scholarly article by CASSI R. PASLICK et al published February 1993 in Geological Society of America Bulletin

Timing of thermal stabilization of the Zimbabwe Craton deduced from high-precision Rb–Sr chronology, Great Dyke

scholarly article by Oliver Nebel & Klaus Mezger published 30 July 2008 in Precambrian Research

Tracing Roman lead sources using lead isotope analyses in conjunction with archaeological and epigraphic evidence—a case study from Augustan/Tiberian Germania

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Two new Emsian (Early Devonian) U-Pb zircon ages from volcanic rocks of the Rhenish Massif (Germany): implications for the Devonian time scale

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Two stage tectonic history of the SW Amazon craton in the late Mesoproterozoic: identifying a cryptic suture zone

U-Pb dating of zircon by laser ablation ICP-MS: recent improvements and new insights

U-Pb garnet chronometry in high-grade rocks?case studies from the central Damara orogen (Namibia) and implications for the interpretation of Sm-Nd garnet ages and the role of high U-Th inclusions

article by S. Jung & Klaus Mezger published 1 December 2003 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

U-Pb geochronology of the Grenville Orogen of Ontario and New York: constraints on ancient crustal tectonics

scholarly article by Klaus Mezger et al published May 1993 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

U-Pb systematics of garnet: dating the growth of garnet in the late Archean Pikwitonei granulite domain at Cauchon and Natawahunan Lakes, Manitoba, Canada

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U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematics of lower crust from central-southern Mexico – Geodynamic significance of Oaxaquia in a Rodinia Realm

U–Pb dating of metamorphic minerals: Pan-African metamorphism and prolonged slow cooling of high pressure granulites in Tanzania, East Africa

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U–Pb zircon and monazite age constraints on granulite-facies metamorphism and deformation in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (central Australia)

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Where did the lower Paleozoic rocks of Yucatan come from? A U–Pb, Lu–Hf, and Sm–Nd isotope study

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