Curriculum

1984: Diplom Universität Würzburg
1989: PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook
1989-1991:  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
1991-1997: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz
1997-2009: Universität Münster
2009-Present Professor of Geochemistry, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • High precision geochronology (U-Pb)
  • Early planetary and solar system evolution; Earth differentiation
  • Dynamics of orogenic cycles: combining geochronology, metamorphic petrology and structural geology
  • Timing and duration of geological processes at different scales
  • Heavy stable isotopes and trace element ratios to study fractionation processes
  • Archeometry (Isotope Archeology)
  • Development of new geochemical approaches and laboratory techniques

 

Research group Isotope Geology

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2024

Kadlag, Yogita; Anand, Aryavart; Fischer-Gödde, Mario; Mezger, Klaus; Szilas, Kristoffer; Goderis, Steven; Leya, Ingo (2024). Identification of Earth's late accretion by large impactors through mass independent Cr isotopes. Icarus, 418 Elsevier 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116143

Palme, Herbert; Mezger, Klaus (2024). Nucleosynthetic isotope variations in chondritic meteorites and their relationship to bulk chemistry. Meteoritics & planetary science, 59(2), pp. 382-394. Wiley 10.1111/maps.14127

Smit, Matthijs A.; Vrijmoed, Johannes C.; Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, Klaus; Kooijman, Ellen; Schmitt‐Kielman, Melanie; Tual, Lorraine; Guilmette, Carl; Ratschbacher, Lothar (2024). Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu‐Hf chronology. Journal of metamorphic geology Wiley 10.1111/jmg.12769

Khan, H.; Leya, I.; Hoffmann, J.; Mezger, K. (2024). Extracting very small amounts of potassium from iron meteorites for the analysis of potassium isotope ratios. Advances in Space Research, 74(3), pp. 1497-1517. Elsevier 10.1016/j.asr.2024.05.006

Pathak, Dipankar; Mezger, Klaus (2024). An Analytical Method for Quantification of Sn Isotope Variations in Geological Materials Using MC ‐ ICP ‐ MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Wiley 10.1111/ggr.12575

Anand, Aryavart; Mezger, Klaus; Hofmann, Beda (2024). Impactor identification with spallogenic Cr isotopes: The Wabar impact craters (Saudi Arabia). Meteoritics & planetary science Wiley 10.1111/maps.14242

Anand, Aryavart; Spitzer, Fridolin; Hopp, Timo; Windmill, Richard; Kruttasch, Pascal; Burkhardt, Christoph; Dauphas, Nicolas; Greenwood, Richard; Hofmann, Beda; Mezger, Klaus; Kleine, Thorsten (2024). Isotopic evidence for a common parent body of IIG and IIAB iron meteorites. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 382, pp. 118-127. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2024.07.025

2023

Ahmad, Qasid; Wille, Martin; Labidi, Jabrane; König, Stephan; Devey, Colin; Mezger, Klaus (2023). Heavy Mo isotope enrichment in the Pitcairn plume: Implications for the subduction cycle of anoxic sediments. Earth and planetary science letters, 624, p. 118466. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118466

Teklay, Mengist; Thole, Jeffrey T.; Ndumbu, Ngatuuanevi; Vries, Julian; Mezger, Klaus (2023). Mineralogical and chemical characterization of ochres used by the Himba and Nama people of Namibia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 47, p. 103690. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103690

Ravindran, Arathy; Mezger, Klaus; Balakrishnan, S.; Berndt, Jasper; Ranjan, Sameer; Upadhyay, Dewashish (2023). Formation of Paleo- to Meso-Archean continental crust in the western Dharwar Craton, India: Constraints from U Pb zircon ages and Hf-Pb-Sr isotopes of granitoids and sedimentary rocks. Chemical geology, 615, p. 121196. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121196

Kadlag, Yogita; Haberthür, David; Leya, Ingo; Hlushchuk, Ruslan; Mezger, Klaus (2023). Physical properties and average atomic numbers of chondrules using computed tomography. Planetary and space science, 238 Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105799

Chatterjee, Sukalpa; Mezger, Klaus; Pandey, Om Prakash; Kielman-Schmitt, Melanie; Hofer, Alina; Kooijman, Ellen (2023). The Singhbhum Craton (India) records a billion year of continental crust formation and modification. Chemical geology, 641 Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121772

Anand, Aryavart; Mezger, Klaus (2023). Early solar system chronology from short-lived chronometers. Geochemistry, 83(3) Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemer.2023.126004

Anand, Aryavart; Singh, Anuj Kumar; Mezger, Klaus; Pati, Jayanta Kumar (2023). Chromium isotopes identify the extraterrestrial component in impactites from Dhala impact structure, India. Meteoritics & planetary science, 58(5), pp. 722-736. Wiley 10.1111/maps.13982

2022

Caton, Summer A.; Smit, Matthijs A.; Emo, Robert B.; Musiyachenko, Kira A.; Kielman-Schmitt, Melanie; Kooijman, Ellen; Scherstén, Anders; Halla, Jaana; Bleeker, Wouter; Hoffmann, J. Elis; Pandey, Om Prakash; Ravindran, Arathy; Maltese, Alessandro; Mezger, Klaus (2022). Evolution of the sources of TTG and associated rocks during the Archean from in-situ 87Sr/86Sr isotope analysis of apatite by LA-MC-ICPMS. Lithos, 428-429, p. 106830. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106830

Ahmad, Q; Wille, M; Rosca, C; Labidi, J; Schmid, T; Mezger, K; König, S (2022). Molybdenum isotopes in plume-influenced MORBs reveal recycling of ancient anoxic sediments. Geochemical perspectives letters, 23, pp. 43-48. European Association of Geochemistry 10.7185/geochemlet.2236

Jung, S.; Pfänder, J.A.; Mezger, K.; Hellebrand, E.; Brandt, S. (2022). Polyphase growth history of peritectic garnet from a granite: Trace-element zonation, Lu-Hf ages and their significance for the duration of granite-forming processes. Lithos, 418-419, p. 106675. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106675

Anand, Aryavart; Kruttasch, Pascal M.; Mezger, Klaus (2022). 53 Mn‐ 53 Cr chronology and ε 54 Cr‐Δ 17 O genealogy of Erg Chech 002: The oldest andesite in the solar system. Meteoritics & planetary science, 57(11), pp. 2003-2016. Wiley 10.1111/maps.13916

Maltese, Alessandro; Caro, Guillaume; Pandey, Om Prakash; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Mezger, Klaus (2022). Direct evidence for crust-mantle differentiation in the late Hadean. Communications earth & environment, 3(1) Springer Nature 10.1038/s43247-022-00341-9

Biber, H.; Brötzner, J.; Jäggi, N.; Szabo, P. S.; Pichler, J.; Cupak, C.; Voith, C.; Cserveny, B.; Nenning, A.; Mutzke, A.; Moro, M. V.; Primetzhofer, D.; Mezger, K.; Galli, A.; Wurz, P.; Aumayr, F. (2022). Sputtering Behavior of Rough, Polycrystalline Mercury Analogs. The planetary science journal, 3(12), p. 271. IOP Publishing 10.3847/PSJ/aca402

Shah, Oliver; Helled, Ravit; Alibert, Yann; Mezger, Klaus (2022). Possible Chemical Composition And Interior Structure Models Of Venus Inferred From Numerical Modelling. Astrophysical journal, 926(2), p. 217. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.3847/1538-4357/ac410d

2021

Anand, A.; Pape, J.; Wille, M.; Mezger, K.; Hofmann, B. (2021). Early differentiation of magmatic iron meteorite parent bodies from Mn–Cr chronometry. Geochemical perspectives letters, 20, pp. 6-10. European Association of Geochemistry 10.7185/geochemlet.2136

Anand, Aryavart; Pape, Jonas; Wille, Martin; Mezger, Klaus (2021). Chronological constraints on the thermal evolution of ordinary chondrite parent bodies from the 53Mn-53Cr system. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 307, pp. 281-301. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.029

Singh, Ajay K.; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Pruseth, Kamal Lochan; Mezger, Klaus; Nanda, Jayanta K. (2021). Age, provenance and tectonic setting of metasedimentary rocks of the Simlipal Complex, Singhbhum Craton, eastern India. Precambrian research, 355, p. 106113. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106113

Hakim, Kaustubh; Bower, Daniel J.; Tian, Meng; Deitrick, Russell; Auclair-Desrotour, Pierre; Kitzmann, Daniel; Dorn, Caroline; Mezger, Klaus; Heng, Kevin (2021). Lithologic Controls on Silicate Weathering Regimes of Temperate Planets. The planetary science journal, 2(2), p. 49. IOP Publishing 10.3847/PSJ/abe1b8

Pape, J.; Rosén, Å. V.; Mezger, K.; Guillong, Marcel (2021). Primary crystallization and partial remelting of chondrules in the protoplanetary disk: Petrographic, mineralogical and chemical constraints recorded in zoned type-I chondrules. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 292, pp. 499-517. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.019

Singh, Ajay K.; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Pruseth, Kamal Lochan; Mezger, Klaus; Nanda, Jayanta K.; Maiti, Sabyasachi; Saha, Dilip (2021). Shock Metamorphic Features in the Archean Simlipal Complex, Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India: Possible Remnant of a Large Impact Structure. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 97(1), pp. 35-47. Springer 10.1007/s12594-021-1623-4

Neuland, M.B.; Mezger, K.; Riedo, A.; Tulej, M.; Wurz, P. (2021). The chemical composition and homogeneity of the Allende matrix. Planetary and space science, 204, p. 105251. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105251

Scibiorski, E.; Jourdan, F.; Mezger, K.; Tohver, E.; Vollstaedt, H. (2021). Cryptic excess argon in metamorphic biotite: Anomalously old 40Ar/39Ar plateau dates tested with Rb/Sr thermochronology and Ar diffusion modelling. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 315, pp. 1-23. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2021.09.017

Tian, Zhen; Magna, Tomáš; Day, James M. D.; Mezger, Klaus; Scherer, Erik E.; Lodders, Katharina; Hin, Remco C.; Koefoed, Piers; Bloom, Hannah; Wang, Kun (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 - PNAS, 118(39) National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.2101155118

Kadlag, Y.; Hirtz, J.; Becker, H.; Leya, I.; Mezger, K. (2021). Early Solar Irradiation as a Source of the Inner Solar System Isotopic Heterogeneity. In: 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2021. The Woodlands TX / virtuell. 15.-19.03.2021.

2020

Pandey, Om Prakash; Mezger, Klaus; Söderlund, Ulf; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Srivastava, Rajesh K.; Gautam, Gulab C.; Ernst, Richard E. (2020). Geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes of the Bhanupratappur mafic dyke swarm: Evidence for a common Paleoproterozoic LIP event at 2.37–2.36 Ga in the Bastar and Dharwar cratons. Precambrian research, 347, p. 105853. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105853

Szabo, Paul S.; Biber, Herbert; Jäggi, Noah; Brenner, Matthias; Weichselbaum, David; Niggas, Anna; Stadlmayr, Reinhard; Primetzhofer, Daniel; Nenning, Andreas; Mutzke, Andreas; Sauer, Markus; Fleig, Jürgen; Foelske-Schmitz, Annette; Mezger, Klaus; Lammer, Helmut; Galli, André; Wurz, Peter; Aumayr, Friedrich (2020). Dynamic Potential Sputtering of Lunar Analog Material by Solar Wind Ions. Astrophysical journal, 891(1), p. 100. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7008

Teklay, M.; Wirth, K.; Mezger, K.; Thole, J. (2020). Picrites of the Jungfrau and Sargdeckel, central Namibia: Relative roles of mantle and crust in the Southern Etendeka large igneous province. Lithos, 354-355, p. 105283. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105283

Ravindran, Arathy; Mezger, Klaus; Balakrishnan, S.; Kooijman, Ellen; Schmitt, Melanie; Berndt, Jasper (2020). Initial 87Sr/86Sr as a sensitive tracer of Archaean crust-mantle evolution: Constraints from igneous and sedimentary rocks in the western Dharwar Craton, India. Precambrian research, 337, p. 105523. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105523

Frey, Samira; Wiesendanger, Reto; Tulej, Marek; Neuland, Maike; Riedo, Andreas; Riedo, Valentine; Moreno-García, Pavel; López, Alena Cedeño; Mohos, Miklós; Hofmann, Beda; Mezger, Klaus; Broekmann, Peter; Wurz, Peter (2020). Chemical analysis of a lunar meteorite by laser ablation mass spectrometry. Planetary and space science, 182, p. 104816. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2019.104816

Biber, Herbert; Szabo, Paul S.; Jäggi, Noah; Wallner, Martin; Stadlmayr, Reinhard; Moro, Marcos V.; Nenning, Andreas; Mutzke, Andreas; Mezger, Klaus; Lammer, Helmut; Primetzhofer, Daniel; Fleig, Jürgen; Galli, André; Wurz, Peter; Aumayr, Friedrich (2020). Solar wind Helium ion interaction with Mg and Fe rich pyroxene as Mercury surface analogue. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 480, pp. 10-15. Elsevier 10.1016/j.nimb.2020.07.021

Vollstaedt, Hauke; Mezger, Klaus; Alibert, Yann (2020). Carbonaceous Chondrites and the Condensation of Elements from the Solar Nebula. Astrophysical journal, 897(1), p. 82. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.3847/1538-4357/ab97b4

Mezger, K.; Schönbächler, M.; Bouvier, A. (2020). Accretion of the Earth—Missing Components? Space science reviews, 216(2) Springer 10.1007/s11214-020-00649-y

Vollstaedt, Hauke; Mezger, Klaus; Leya, Ingo (2020). The selenium isotope composition of lunar rocks: Implications for the formation of the Moon and its volatile loss. Earth and planetary science letters, 542, p. 116289. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116289

Szabo, P. S.; Biber, H.; Jäggi, N.; Wappl, M.; Stadlmayr, R.; Primetzhofer, D.; Nenning, A.; Mutzke, A.; Fleig, J.; Mezger, K.; Lammer, H.; Galli, A.; Wurz, P.; Aumayr, F. (2020). Experimental Insights Into Space Weathering of Phobos: Laboratory Investigation of Sputtering by Atomic and Molecular Planetary Ions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(12) Wiley 10.1029/2020je006583

Nielsen, S.G.; Bekaert, D.V.; Magna, T.; Mezger, K.; Auro, M. (2020). The vanadium isotope composition of Mars: implications for planetary differentiation in the early solar system. Geochemical perspectives letters, 15, pp. 35-39. European Association of Geochemistry 10.7185/geochemlet.2032

Axelsson, Emelie; Mezger, Klaus; Ewing, Tanya (2020). The Kuunga Orogeny in the Eastern Ghats Belt: Evidence from geochronology of biotite, amphibole and rutile, and implications for the assembly of Gondwana. Precambrian research, 347, p. 105805. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105805

Gussone, Nikolaus; Austrheim, Håkon; Westhues, Anne; Mezger, Klaus (2020). Origin of Rodingite Forming Fluids Constrained by Calcium and Strontium Isotope Ratios in the Leka Ophiolite Complex. Chemical geology, 542, p. 119598. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119598

Maltese, Alessandro; Mezger, Klaus (2020). The Pb isotope evolution of Bulk Silicate Earth: Constraints from its accretion and early differentiation history. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 271, pp. 179-193. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.021

2019

Pape, Jonas; Mezger, Klaus; Bouvier, Anne-Sophie; Baumgartner, Lukas P. (2019). Time and duration of chondrule formation: Constraints from 26Al-26Mg ages of individual chondrules. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 244, pp. 416-436. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2018.10.017

Pandey, Om Prakash; Mezger, Klaus; Ranjan, Sameer; Upadhyay, Dewashish; Villa, Igor M.; Nägler, Thomas F.; Vollstaedt, Hauke (2019). Genesis of the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India; implications for Archean crust-mantle evolution of the Earth. Chemical geology, 512, pp. 85-106. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.02.040

Upadhyay, Dewashish; Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi; Mezger, Klaus (2019). 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. Precambrian research, 327, pp. 255-272. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2019.04.009

2018

Ni, Huaiwei; Kiseeva, Kate; Lord, Oliver; Thomson, Andrew; Mezger, Klaus (2018). The speciation, distribution, transport, and impact of volatile elements in the Earth's interior. Chemical geology, 478, p. 1. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.01.007

Naumenko-Dèzes, Maria O.; Nägler, Thomas F.; Mezger, Klaus; Villa, Igor Maria (2018). Constraining the 40 K decay constant with 87 Rb- 87 Sr – 40 K- 40 Ca chronometer intercomparison. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 220, pp. 235-247. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.041

Axelsson, Emelie Sofia; Pape, Jonas; Berndt, Jasper; Corfu, Fernando; Mezger, Klaus; Raith, Michael M. (2018). Rutile R632 – A New Natural Reference Material for U-Pb and Zr Determination. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 42(3), pp. 319-338. Wiley 10.1111/ggr.12213

Szabo, Paul S.; Chiba, Rimpei; Biber, Herbert; Stadlmayr, Reinhard; Berger, Bernhard M.; Mayer, Daniel; Mutzke, Andreas; Doppler, Michael; Sauer, Markus; Appenroth, Julia; Fleig, Jürgen; Foelske-Schmitz, Annette; Hutter, Herbert; Mezger, Klaus; Lammer, Helmut; Galli, André; Wurz, Peter; Aumayr, Friedrich (2018). Solar wind sputtering of wollastonite as a lunar analogue material – Comparisons between experiments and simulations. Icarus, 314, pp. 98-105. Elsevier 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.028

2017

Rubin, Martin; Altwegg, Kathrin; Balsiger, Hans; Berthelier, J.-J.; Bieler, André; Calmonte, Ursina Maria; Combi, M.; De Keyser, J.; Engrand, C.; Fiethe, B.; Fuselier, S. A.; Gasc, Sébastien; Gombosi, T. I.; Hansen, K. C.; Hässig, M.; Le Roy, Léna; Mezger, Klaus; Tzou, Chia-Yu; Wampfler, S. F. and Wurz, Peter (2017). Evidence for depletion of heavy silicon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Astronomy and astrophysics, 601(A123), A123. EDP Sciences 10.1051/0004-6361/201730584

Smit, Matthijs A.; Mezger, Klaus (2017). Earth’s early O2 cycle suppressed by primitive continents. Nature geoscience, 10(10), pp. 788-792. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/NGEO3030

Magna, Tomáš; Hu, Yan; Teng, Fang-Zhen; Mezger, Klaus (2017). Magnesium isotope systematics in Martian meteorites. Earth and planetary science letters, 474, pp. 419-426. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.012

Bast, Rebecca; Scherer, Erik E.; Sprung, Peter; Mezger, Klaus; Fischer-Gödde, Mario; Taetz, Stephan; Böhnke, Mischa; Schmid-Beurmann, Hinrich; Münker, Carsten; Kleine, Thorsten; Srinivasan, Gopalan (2017). Reconciliation of the excess 176 Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 212, pp. 303-323. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.043

Giuliani, Andrea; Tappe, Sebastian; Rooney, Tyrone O.; McCoy-West, Alex J.; Yaxley, Gregory M.; Mezger, Klaus (2017). Editorial: The role of intraplate magmas and their inclusions in Earth’s mantle evolution. Chemical geology, 455, pp. 1-5. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.019

2016

Vollstaedt, Hauke; Mezger, Klaus; Leya, Ingo (2016). The isotope composition of selenium in chondrites constrains the depletion mechanism of volatile elements in solar system materials. Earth and planetary science letters, 450, pp. 372-380. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.052

Vollstaedt, Hauke; Mezger, Klaus; Leya, Ingo; Nägler, Thomas; Trinquier, Anne (2016). Selenium isotope analysis by N-TIMS: Potential and challenges. International journal of mass spectrometry, 401, pp. 55-63. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijms.2016.02.016

Pape, Jonas; Mezger, Klaus; Robyr, Martin (2016). A systematic evaluation of the Zr-in-rutile thermometer in ultra-high temperature (UHT) rocks. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 171(5), pp. 1-20. Springer 10.1007/s00410-016-1254-8

Bermingham, K.R.; Mezger, Klaus; 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, pp. 282-298. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.006

Neuland, Maike Brigitte; Grimaudo, V; Mezger, Klaus; Moreno-García, P; Riedo, Andreas; Tulej, Marek; Wurz, Peter (2016). Quantitative measurement of the chemical composition of geological standards with a miniature laser ablation/ionization mass spectrometer designed for in situ application in space research. Measurement science & technology, 27(3), 035904. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/0957-0233/27/3/035904

Roszjar, J; Whitehouse, M; Srinivasan, G; Mezger, Klaus; Scherer, EE; van Orman, JA; Bischoff, A (2016). Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon. Earth and planetary science letters, 452, pp. 216-226. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.025

Braun, Jean; Coleman, Max; Calas, Georges; Doglioni, Carlo; Mezger, Klaus; Morgan, Jason Phipps (2016). Debate articles: have changes in Quaternary climate affected erosion? Terra nova, 28(1), p. 1. Wiley 10.1111/ter.12199

2015

Greber, Nicolas; Puchtel, Igor S.; Nägler, Thomas; Mezger, Klaus (2015). Komatiites constrain molybdenum isotope composition of the Earth's mantle. Earth and planetary science letters, 421, pp. 129-138. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.051

Upadhyay, Dewashish; Kooijman, Ellen; Singh, Ajay K.; Mezger, Klaus; Berndt, Jasper (2015). The Basement of the Deccan Traps and Its Madagascar Connection: Constraints from Xenoliths. Journal of geology, 123(3), pp. 295-307. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/682009

Magna, Tomáš; Day, James M.D.; Mezger, Klaus; Fehr, Manuela A.; Dohmen, Ralf; Aoudjehane, Hasnaa Chennaoui; Agee, Carl B. (2015). Lithium isotope constraints on crust–mantle interactions and surface processes on Mars. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 162, pp. 46-65. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.029

Upadhyay, Dewashish; Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi; Kooijman, Ellen; Mezger, Klaus; Berndt, Jasper (2015). 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]. Precambrian research, 260, pp. 161-162. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.09.002

Bast, R.; Scherer, E. E.; Sprung, P.; Fischer-Gödde, M.; Stracke, A.; Mezger, Klaus (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), pp. 2323-2333. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/C5JA00283D

Dèzes, Mariia Oleksiivna; Bouman, Claudia; Nägler, Thomas; Mezger, Klaus; Villa, Igor Maria (2015). TIMS measurements of full range of natural Ca isotopes with internally consistent fractionation correction. International journal of mass spectrometry, 387, pp. 60-68. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijms.2015.07.012

Schmaedicke, E.; Will, T.; Mezger, Klaus (2015). Garnet pyroxenite from the Shackleton Range, Antarctica: Intrusion of plume-derived picritic melts in the continental lithosphere during Rodinia breakup? Lithos, 238, pp. 185-206. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.09.016

Magna, T; Gussone, N; Mezger, Klaus (2015). The calcium isotope systematics of Mars. Earth and planetary science letters, 430, pp. 86-94. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.016

Chattopadhyay, S.; Upadhyay, D; Nanda, J.K.; Mezger, Klaus; Pruseth, KL; Berndt, J (2015). Proto-India was a part of Rodinia: Evidence from Grenville-age suturing of the Eastern Ghats Province with the Paleoarchean Singhbhum Craton. Precambrian research, 266, pp. 506-529. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.05.030

Sanchez-Valle, Carmen; Gaillard, Fabrice; Ghosh, Sujoy; Mezger, Klaus (2015). Fluids and melts in planetary interiors: From crust to core–mantle boundaries. Chemical geology, 418, pp. 1-5. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.012

Coleman, Max; Braun, Jean; Calas, Georges; Doglioni, Carlo; Mezger, Klaus; Phipps Morgan, Jason (2015). A new type of article for Terra Nova. Terra nova, 27(6), p. 399. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/ter.12189

Thiabaud, Amaury; Marboeuf, Ulysse; Alibert, Yann; Leya, Ingo; Mezger, Klaus (2015). Gas composition of the main volatile elements in protoplanetary discs and its implication for planet formation. Astronomy and astrophysics, 574, A138. EDP Sciences 10.1051/0004-6361/201424868

Thiabaud, Amaury; Marboeuf, Ulysse; Alibert, Yann; Leya, Ingo; Mezger, Klaus (2015). Elemental ratios in stars vs planets. Astronomy and astrophysics, 580(A30), A30. EDP Sciences 10.1051/0004-6361/201525963

2014

Neuland, Maike Brigitte; Meyer, Stefan; Mezger, Klaus; Riedo, Andreas; Tulej, Marek; Wurz, Peter (2014). Probing the Allende meteorite with a miniature laser-ablation mass analyser for space application. Planetary and space science, 101, pp. 196-209. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2014.03.009

Roth, Antoine; Scherer, Erik. E.; Maden, Colin; Mezger, Klaus; Bourdon, Bernard (2014). Revisiting the Nd-142 deficits in the 1.48 Ga Khariar alkaline rocks, India. Chemical geology, 386, pp. 238-248. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.06.022

Scheiber, Thomas; Berndt, Jasper; Mezger, Klaus; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2014). Precambrian to Paleozoic zircon record in the Siviez-Mischabel basement (western Swiss Alps). Swiss journal of geosciences, 107(1), pp. 49-64. Springer 10.1007/s00015-013-0156-2

Bermingham, K.; Mezger, Klaus; Desch, S. J.; Scherer, E. E.; Horstmann, M. (2014). Evidence for extinct Cs-135 from Ba isotopes in Allende CAIs? Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 133, pp. 463-478. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.016

Thiabaud, Amaury; Marboeuf, Ulysse; Alibert, Yann; Cabral, Nahuel; Leya, Ingo; Mezger, Klaus (2014). From stellar nebula to planets: The refractory components. Astronomy and astrophysics, 562(A27), A27. EDP Sciences 10.1051/0004-6361/201322208

Anand, R; Balakrishnan, S; Kooijman, E; Mezger, Klaus (2014). 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. Journal of Asian earth sciences, 79, pp. 72-85. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.09.017

Abouchami, W.; Galer, S. J. G.; deBaar, H. J. W.; Middag, R.; Vance, D.; Zhao, Y.; Klunder, M.; Mezger, Klaus; Feldmann, H.; Andreae, M. O. (2014). Biogeochemical cycling of cadmium isotopes in the Southern Ocean along the Zero Meridian. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 127, pp. 348-367. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.022

Raith, MM; Mahapatro, SN; Upadhyay, D; Berndt, J; Mezger, Klaus; Nanda, JK (2014). Age and P-T evolution of the Neoproterozoic Turkel Anorthosite Complex, Eastern Ghats Province, India. Precambrian research, 254, pp. 87-113. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.08.003

Bast, Rebecca; Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, Klaus; Austrheim, Haakon; Ludwig, Thomas; Marschall, Horst; Putnis, Andrew; 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(4) Springer 10.1007/s00410-014-1069-4

Upadhyay, Dewashish; Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi; Kooijman, Ellen; Mezger, Klaus; Bernd, Jasper (2014). Magmatic and metamorphic history of Paleoarchean tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suite from the Singhbhum craton, eastern India. Precambrian research, 252, pp. 180-190. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.07.011

Zimmermann, Udo; Bahlburg, Heinrich; Mezger, Klaus; Berndt, Jasper; Mahlburg Kay, Suzanne (2014). Origin and age of ultramafic rocks and gabbros in the southern Puna of Argentina: an alleged Ordovician suture revisited. International journal of earth sciences, 103(4), pp. 1023-1036. Springer 10.1007/s00531-014-1020-y

2013

Abouchami, Wafa; Näthe, Kerstin; Kumar, Ashwini; Galer, Stephen J. G; Jochum, Klaus Peter; Williams, Earle; Horbe, Adriana M. C.; Rosa, João W. C.; Balsam, William; Adams, David; Mezger, Klaus; Andreae, Meinrat O. (2013). Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the Bodélé Depression dust source and implications for transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon Basin. Earth and planetary science letters, 380, pp. 112-123. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.028

Riedo, Andreas; Meyer, Stefan; Heredia, Benjamin; Neuland, Maike B.; Bieler, André; Tulej, Marek; Leya, Ingo; Iakovleva, M.; Mezger, Klaus; Wurz, Peter (2013). Highly accurate isotope composition measurements by a miniature laser ablation mass spectrometer designed for in situ investigations on planetary surface. Planetary and space science, 87, pp. 1-13. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2013.09.007

Smit, M. A.; Scherer, E. E.; Mezger, Klaus (2013). Reconstruction of peak metamorphic temperatures from cation diffusion profiles in garnet. Journal of metamorphic geology, 31(3), pp. 339-358. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/jmg.12024

Mezger, Klaus; Debaille, Vinciane; Kleine, Thorsten (2013). Core formation and mantle differentiation on Mars. Space science reviews, 174(1-4), pp. 27-48. Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s11214-012-9935-8

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus; Hauff, F.; Pack, A.; Hoernes, S. (2013). Petrogenesis of rift-related tephrites, phonolites and trachytes (Central European Volcanic Province, Rhon, FRG): Constraints from Sr, Nd, Pb and O isotopes. Chemical geology, 354, pp. 203-215. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.06.026

Scheiber, Thomas; Berndt, J; Heredia, Benjamin Dominguez; Mezger, Klaus; Pfiffner, Othmar-Adrian (2013). Episodic and long-lasting Paleozoic felsic magmatism in the pre-Alpine basement of the Suretta nappe (eastern Swiss Alps). International journal of earth sciences, 102(8), pp. 2097-2115. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/s00531-013-0926-0

Smith, Matthijs A.; Scherer, E. E.; Mezger, Klaus (2013). Lu–Hf and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications fordating petrological processes. Earth and planetary science letters, 381, pp. 222-233. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.046

Naumenko, Mariia Oleksiivna; Mezger, Klaus; Nägler, Thomas; Villa, Igor Maria (2013). High precision determination of the terrestrial 40K abundance. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 122, pp. 353-362. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.019

2012

Pfiffner, O. Adrian; Engi, Martin; Schlunegger, Fritz; Mezger, Klaus; Diamond, Larryn W. (2012). Erdwissenschaften. UTB basics: Vol. 3632. Bern: Haupt

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.; Nebel, O.; Kooijman, E.; Berndt, J.; Hauff, F.; Münker, C. (2012). Origin of Meso-Proterozoic post-collisional leucogranite suites (Kaokoveld, Namibia): constraints from geochronology and Nd, Sr, Hf, and Pb isotopes. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 163(1), pp. 1-17. Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/s00410-011-0655-y

Kooijman, E.; Berndt, J.; Mezger, K. (2012). U-Pb dating of zircon by laser ablation ICP-MS: recent improvements and new insights. European journal of mineralogy, 24(1), pp. 5-24. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller) 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2170

Pfänder, J.; Jung, S.; Münker, C.; Stracke, A.; Mezger, K. (2012). 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. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 77, pp. 232-251. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.017

Kooijman, E.; Smit, M.A.; Mezger, K.; Berndt, J. (2012). Trace element systematics in granulite facies rutile: implications for Zr geothermometry and provenance studies. Journal of metamorphic geology, 30(4), pp. 397-412. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00972.x

Weber, B.; Scherer, E.E.; Martens, U.K.; 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, pp. 1-17. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.010

Schulz, T.; Upadhyay, D.; Münker, C.; Mezger, K. (2012). Formation and exposure history of non-magmatic iron meteorites and winonaites: Clues from Sm and W isotopes. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 85, pp. 200-212. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.012

Jung, S.; Vieten, K.; Romer, R. L.; Mezger, K.; Hoernes, S.; Satir, M. (2012). Petrogenesis of Tertiary Alkaline Magmas in the Siebengebirge, Germany. Journal of petrology, 53(11), pp. 2381-2409. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/egs047

2011

Nebel, O.; Scherer, E.E.; Mezger, K. (2011). Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U-Pb system. Earth and planetary science letters, 301(1-2), pp. 1-8. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.004

Nebel, O.; Mezger, K.; van Westrenen, W. (2011). Rubidium isotopes in primitive chondrites: eonstraints on Earth's volatile element depletion and lead isotope evolution. Earth and planetary science letters, 305(3-4), pp. 309-316. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.009

Engvik, A.; Mezger, K.; Wortelkamp, S.; Bast, R.; Corfu, F.; Korneliussen, P.; Ihlen, B.; Bingen, B.; Austrheim, H. (2011). Metasomatism of gabbro: mineral replacement and element mobilization during the Sveconorwegian metamorphic event. Journal of metamorphic geology, 29(4), pp. 399-423. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00922.x

Berndt, J.; Deutsch, A.; Schulte, P.; Mezger, K. (2011). The Chicxulub ejecta deposit at Demerara Rise (western Atlantic): Dissecting the geochemical anomaly using laser ablation-mass spectrometry. Geology, 39(3), pp. 279-282. Boulder, Colo.: Geological Society of America 10.1130/G31599.1

Magna, T.; Deutsch, A.; Mezger, K.; Skála, R.; Seitz, H.M.; Wasson, J.T.; Mizera, J.; Řanda, Z.; Adolph, L. (2011). Lithium in tektites and impact glasses: Implications for sources, histories and large impacts. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 75(8), pp. 2137-2158. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.032

Schmidt, A.; Mezger, K.; O'Brien, P.J. (2011). The time of eclogite formation in the ultrahigh pressure rocks of the Sulu terrane. Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology. Lithos, 125(1-2), pp. 743-756. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.04.004

Nebel-Jacobsen, Y.; Münker, C.; Nebel, O.; Mezger, K. (2011). 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. Gondwana research, 20(2-3), pp. 427-442. Osaka (Jap.): International Association for Gondwana Research 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.014

Kooijman, E.; Upadhyay, D.; Mezger, K.; Raith, M.M.; Berndt, J.; Srikantappa, C. (2011). Response of the U-Pb chronometer and trace elements in zircon to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism: the Kadavur anorthosite complex, southern India. Chemical geology, 290(3-4), pp. 177-188. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.013

Schneiderhan, E.; Zimmermann, U.; Gutzmer, J.; Mezger, K.; Armstrong, R. (2011). Sedimentary provenance of the Neoarchean Ventersdorp Supergroup, South Africa - Shedding light on the evolution of the Kaapvaal Craton during the Neoarchean. Journal of geology, 119(6), pp. 575-596. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/661988

2010

Sprung, P.; Scherer, E.E.; Upadhyay, D.; Leya, Ingo; 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), pp. 1-11. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.050

Teklay, Mengist; Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, Klaus; Danyushevsky, Leonid (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), pp. 731-751. Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/s00410-009-0451-0

Schulz, T.; Münker, C.; Mezger, K.; Palme, H. (2010). Hf-W chronometry of primitive achondrites. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 74(5), pp. 1706-1718. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2009.12.016

Kooijman, Ellen; Mezger, Klaus; Berndt, Jasper (2010). Constraints on the U-Pb systematics of metamorphic rutile from in situ LA-ICP-MS analysis. Earth and planetary science letters, 293(3-4), pp. 321-330. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.047

Hoffmann, J.Elis; Münker, Carsten; Polat, Ali; König, Stephan; Mezger, Klaus; Rosing, Minik T. (2010). Highly depleted Hadean mantle reservoirs in the sources of early Archean arc-like rocks, Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 74(24), pp. 7236-7260. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.027

Weber, Bodo; Scherer, Erik E.; Schulze, Carlos; Valencia, Victor A.; Montecinos, Patricio; Mezger, Klaus; Ruiz, Joaquin (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), pp. 149-162. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.07.007

Nebel-Jacobsen, Y.; Münker, C.; Nebel, O.; Gerdes, A.; Mezger, K.; Nelson, D.R. (2010). Reworking of Earth's first crust: Constraints from Hf isotopes in Archean zircons from Mt. Narryer, Australia. Precambrian research, 182(3), pp. 175-186. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.07.002

2009

Schulz, T.; Münker, C.; Palme, H.; Mezger, Klaus (2009). Hf-W chronometry of the IAB iron meteorite parent body. Earth and planetary science letters, 280(1-4), pp. 185-193. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.033

Kleine, Thorsten; Touboul, Mathieu; Bourdon, Bernard; Nimmo, Francis; Mezger, Klaus; Palme, Herbert; B.Jacobsen, Stein; Yin, Qing-Zhu; N.Halliday, Alexander (2009). Hf–W chronology of the accretion and early evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 73(17), pp. 5150-5188. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.047

Upadhyay, Dewashish; Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, Klaus (2009). 142Nd evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in cratonic roots. Nature, 459(7250), pp. 1118-1121. London: Macmillan Journals Ltd. 10.1038/nature08089

Romer, T.; Mezger, Klaus; Schmädicke, E. (2009). Pan-African eclogite facies metamorphism of ultramafic rocks in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. Journal of metamorphic geology, 27(5), pp. 335-347. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00820.x

Bode, Michael; Hauptmann, Andreas; Mezger, Klaus (2009). Tracing Roman lead sources using lead isotope analyses in conjunction with archaeological and epigraphic evidence - a case study from Augustan/Tiberian Germania. Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 1(3), pp. 177-194. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s12520-009-0017-0

Krienitz, M.-S.; Haase, K. M.; Mezger, Klaus; van den Bogaard, P.; Thiemann, V.; Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2009). Tectonic events, continental intraplate volcanism, and mantle plume activity in northern Arabia: Constraints from geochemistry and Ar-Ar dating of Syrian lavas. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems, 10(4), pp. 1-26. American Geophysical Union AGU 10.1029/2008GC002254

2008

Wombacher, Frank; Rehkämper, Mark; Mezger, Klaus; Bischoff, Addi; Münker, Carsten (2008). Cadmium stable isotope cosmochemistry. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 72(2), pp. 646-667. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.024

Upadhyay, D.; Scherer, E. E.; Mezger, K. (2008). Fractionation and mixing of Nd isotopes during thermal ionization mass spectrometry: implications for high precision 142Nd/144Nd analyses. Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry, 23(4), p. 561. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/B715585A

Schmidt, Alexander; Weyer, Stefan; Mezger, Klaus; Scherer, Erik E.; Xiao, Yilin; Hoefs, Jochen; Brey, Gerhard P. (2008). Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie–Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu–Hf garnet geochronology. Earth and planetary science letters, 273(1-2), pp. 203-213. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.036

Sokol, A.K.; Fernandes, V.A.; Schulz, T.; Bischoff, A.; Burgess, R.; Clayton, R.N.; Münker, C.; Nishiizumi, K.; Palme, H.; Schultz, L.; Weckwerth, G.; Mezger, K.; Horstmann, M. (2008). Geochemistry, petrology and ages of the lunar meteorites Kalahari 008 and 009: New constraints on early lunar evolution. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 72(19), pp. 4845-4873. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2008.07.012

Nebel, O.; Mezger, K. (2008). Timing of thermal stabilization of the Zimbabwe Craton deduced from high-precision Rb–Sr chronology, Great Dyke. Precambrian research, 164(3-4), pp. 227-232. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.05.003

Klevenz, V.; Vance, D.; Schmidt, D.N.; Mezger, K. (2008). Neodymium isotopes in benthic foraminifera: Core-top systematics and a down-core record from the Neogene south Atlantic. Earth and planetary science letters, 265(3-4), pp. 571-587. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.053

Kleine, Thorsten; Touboul, Mathieu; Van Orman, James A.; Bourdon, Bernard; Maden, Colin; Mezger, Klaus; Halliday, Alex N. (2008). Hf–W thermochronometry: Closure temperature and constraints on the accretion and cooling history of the H chondrite parent body. Earth and planetary science letters, 270(1-2), pp. 106-118. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.013

2007

Sokol, A.K.; Bischoff, A.; Marhas, K.K.; Mezger, Klaus; Zinner, E. (2007). Late accretion and lithification of chondritic parent bodies: Mg isotope studies on fragments from primitive chondrites and chondritic breccias. Meteoritics & planetary science, 42, pp. 1291-1308. Meteoritical Society at the University of Arkansas, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bode, M.; Hauptmann, A.; Mezger, Klaus (2007). Rekonstruktion frühkaiserzeitlicher Bleiproduktion in Germanien: Synergie von Archäologie und Materialwissenschaft. In: Bleibergbau und Bleiverarbeitung während der römischen Kaiserzeit im rechtsrheinischen Barbaricum 8 (pp. 105-124). Verein fuer Geschichte und Heimatpflege Soest e.V.

Weyer, S.; Anbar, A.D.; Brey, G.P.; Münker, C.; Mezger, Klaus; Woodland, A.B. (2007). 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 planetary differentiation” by S. Weyer, A.D. Anbar, G.P. Brey, C. Münker, K. Mezger and A.B. Woodland). Earth and planetary science letters, 256(3-4), pp. 638-646. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.038

Pouclet, A.; Tchameni, R.; Mezger, Klaus; Vidal, M.; Nsifa, E.; Shang, C.; Penaye, J. (2007). Archaean crustal accretion at the northern border of the Congo Craton (South Cameroon). The charnockite-TTG link. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 178(5), pp. 331-342. Societe Geologique de France 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.5.331

McClung, Craig R.; Gutzmer, Jens; Beukes, Nicolas J.; Mezger, Klaus; Strauss, Harald; Gertloff, Ellen (2007). Geochemistry of bedded barite of the Mesoproterozoic Aggeneys-Gamsberg Broken Hill-type district, South Africa. Mineralium deposita, 42(5), pp. 537-549. Springer 10.1007/s00126-007-0128-4

Pfänder, Jörg A.; Münker, Carsten; Stracke, Andreas; Mezger, Klaus (2007). Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf in ocean island basalts — Implications for crust–mantle differentiation and the fate of Niobium. Earth and planetary science letters, 254(1-2), pp. 158-172. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.027

Nebel, O.; Münker, C.; Nebel-Jacobsen, Y.J.; Kleine, T.; Mezger, Klaus; Mortimer, N. (2007). Hf–Nd–Pb isotope evidence from Permian arc rocks for the long-term presence of the Indian–Pacific mantle boundary in the SW Pacific. Earth and planetary science letters, 254(3-4), pp. 377-392. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.046

Nebel, O.; Nebel-Jacobsen, Y.; Mezger, Klaus; Berndt, J. (2007). Initial Hf isotope compositions in magmatic zircon from early Proterozoic rocks from the Gawler Craton, Australia: A test for zircon model ages. Chemical geology, 241(1-2), pp. 23-37. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.02.008

Krienitz, M.-S.; Haase, K. M.; Mezger, Klaus; Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2007). Magma Genesis and Mantle Dynamics at the Harrat Ash Shamah Volcanic Field (Southern Syria). Journal of petrology, 48(8), pp. 1513-1542. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/egm028

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus; Hoernes, S.; Hoffbauer, R. (2007). Altered mafic lower continental crust as a source for low δ18O-granodiorites (Damara orogen, Namibia)? Mineralogy and petrology, 91(1-2), pp. 1-10. Springer 10.1007/s00710-007-0181-9

Jochum, Klaus Peter; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rocholl, Alexander; Stoll, Brigitte; Hofmann, Albrecht W.; Becker, S.; Besmehn, A.; Bessette, D.; Dietze, H.-J.; Dulski, P.; Erzinger, J.; Hellebrand, E.; Hoppe, P.; Horn, I.; Janssens, K.; Jenner, G.A.; Klein, M.; McDonough, W.F.; Maetz, M.; Mezger, K.; ... (2007). The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Eight Geological MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In-Situ Microanalysis. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 24(1), pp. 87-133. Wiley 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2000.tb00590.x

2006

Jödicke, H.; Jording, A.; Ferrari, L.; Arzate, J.; Mezger, Klaus; Rüpke, L. (2006). 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. Journal of geophysical research, 111(B8) American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2005JB003739

Dobmeier, C.; Lütke, S.; Hammerschmidt, K.; Mezger, Klaus (2006). Emplacement and deformation of the Vinukonda meta-granite (Eastern Ghats, India)—Implications for the geological evolution of peninsular India and for Rodinia reconstructions. Precambrian research, 146(3-4), pp. 165-178. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.011

Krienitz, M.-S.; Haase, K. M.; Mezger, Klaus; Eckardt, V.; Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2006). Magma genesis and crustal contamination of continental intraplate lavas in northwestern Syria. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 151(6), pp. 698-716. Springer 10.1007/s00410-006-0088-1

Nebel, O.; Mezger, Klaus (2006). Reassessment of the NBS SRM-607 K-feldspar as a high precision Rb/Sr and Sr isotope reference. Chemical geology, 233(3-4), pp. 337-345. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.03.003

Schneiderhan, E. A.; Gutzmer, J.; Strauss, H.; Mezger, Klaus; Beukes, N. (2006). The chemostratigraphy of a Paleoproterozoic MnF- BIF succession -the Voelwater Subgroup of the Transvaal Supergroup in Griqualand West, South Africa. South African journal of geology, 109(1-2), pp. 63-80. Geological Society of South Africa 10.2113/gssajg.109.1-2.63

SEITZ, H; BREY, G; WEYER, S; DURALI, S; OTT, U; MUNKER, C; Mezger, Klaus (2006). Lithium isotope compositions of Martian and lunar reservoirs. Earth and planetary science letters, 245(1-2), pp. 6-18. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.007

Upadhyay, D.; Raith, M. M.; Mezger, Klaus; Bhattacharya, A.; Kinny, P. D. (2006). Mesoproterozoic rifting and Pan-African continental collision in SE India: evidence from the Khariar alkaline complex. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 151(4), pp. 434-456. Springer 10.1007/s00410-006-0069-4

Upadhyay, D.; Raith, M.M.; Mezger, Klaus; Hammerschmidt, K. (2006). Mesoproterozoic rift-related alkaline magmatism at Elchuru, Prakasam Alkaline Province, SE India. Lithos, 89(3-4), pp. 447-477. Elsevier 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.12.015

2005

Tohver, E.; Pluijm, B.A. van der; Mezger, Klaus; Scandolara, J.E.; Essene, E.J. (2005). Two stage tectonic history of the SW Amazon craton in the late Mesoproterozoic: identifying a cryptic suture zone. Precambrian research, 137(1-2), pp. 35-59. Elsevier 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.01.002

2004

John, T.; Schenk, V.; Mezger, Klaus; Tembo, F. (2004). Timing and PT evolution of Whiteschist Metamorphism in the Lufilian Arc-Zambesi Belt orogen (Zambia): Implications to the Assembly of Gondwana. Journal of geology, 112(1), pp. 71-90. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/379693

Aggarwal, J.K.; Mezger, Klaus; Pernicka, E.; Meixner, A. (2004). The effect of instrumental mass bias on measurements: a comparison between thermal ionisation mass spectrometry and multiple-collector ICP-MS. International journal of mass spectrometry, 232(3), pp. 259-263. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijms.2004.01.016

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus; Hoernes, S. (2004). Shear zone-related syenites in the Damara belt (Namibia): the role of crustal contamination and source composition. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 148(1), pp. 104-121. Springer 10.1007/s00410-004-0589-8

Kaufmann, Bernd; Trapp, Endres; Mezger, Klaus (2004). The Numerical Age of the Upper Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Kellwasser Horizons: A New U‐Pb Zircon Date from Steinbruch Schmidt (Kellerwald, Germany). Journal of geology, 112(4), pp. 495-501. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/421077

Kleine, T.; Mezger, Klaus; Münker, C.; Palme, H.; Bischoff, A. (2004). 182Hf-182W isotope systematics of chondrites, eucrites, and martian meteorites: Chronology of core formation and early mantle differentiation in Vesta and Mars. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 68(13), pp. 2935-2946. Pergamon 10.1016/j.gca.2004.01.009

Kleine, T.; Mezger, Klaus; Palme, H.; Münker, C. (2004). The W isotope evolution of the bulk silicate Earth: constraints on the timing and mechanisms of core formation and accretion. Earth and planetary science letters, 228(1-2), pp. 109-123. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.023

Kleine, Thorsten; Mezger, Klaus; Zimmermann, Udo; Münker, Carsten; Bahlburg, Heinrich (2004). Crustal Evolution along the Early Ordovician Proto‐Andean Margin of Gondwana: Trace Element and Isotope Evidence from the Complejo Igneo Pocitos (Northwest Argentina). Journal of geology, 112(5), pp. 503-520. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/422663

Putnis, Christine V; Mezger, Klaus (2004). A mechanism of mineral replacement: isotope tracing in the model system KCl-KBr-H2O. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 68(13), pp. 2839-2848. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2003.12.009

Tohver, E.; Bettencourt, J.S.; Tosdal, R.; Mezger, Klaus; Leite, W.B.; Payolla, B.L. (2004). Terrane transfer during the Grenville orogeny: tracing the Amazonian ancestry of southern Appalachian basement through Pb and Nd isotopes. Earth and planetary science letters, 228(1-2), pp. 161-176. Elsevier 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.029

Tohver, Eric; van der Pluijm, Ben; Mezger, Klaus; Essene, Eric; Scandolara, Jaime; Rizzotto, Gilmar (2004). Significance of the Nova Brasilândia metasedimentary belt in western Brazil: Redefining the Mesoproterozoic boundary of the Amazon craton. Tectonics, 23(6), pp. 1-20. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2003TC001563

Trapp, Endres; Kaufmann, Bernd; Mezger, Klaus; Korn, Dieter; Weyer, Dieter (2004). Numerical calibration of the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary: Two new U-Pb isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry single-zircon ages from Hasselbachtal (Sauerland, Germany). Geology, 32(10), pp. 857-860. Geological Society of America 10.1130/G20644.1

Willigers, B.J.A.; Mezger, Klaus; Baker, J.A. (2004). Development of high precision Rb–Sr phlogopite and biotite geochronology; an alternative to 40Ar/39Ar tri-octahedral mica dating. Chemical geology, 213(4), pp. 339-358. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.07.006

Wombacher, Frank; Rehkämper, Mark; Mezger, Klaus (2004). Determination of the mass-dependence of cadmium isotope fractionation during evaporation. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 68(10), pp. 2349-2357. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.gca.2003.12.013

2003

Aggarwal, J.K.; Sheppard, D.; Mezger, Klaus; Pernicka, E. (2003). Precise and accurate determination of boron isotope ratios by multiple collector ICP-MS: origin of boron in the Ngawha geothermal system, New Zealand. Chemical geology, 199(3-4), pp. 331-342. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00127-X

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus (2003). 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. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 146(3), pp. 382-396. Springer 10.1007/s00410-003-0506-6

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus (2003). Petrology of basement-dominated terranes: I. Regional metamorphic T–t path from U–Pb monazite and Sm–Nd garnet geochronology (Central Damara orogen, Namibia). Chemical geology, 198(3-4), pp. 223-247. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00037-8

Jung, S.; Mezger, Klaus; Hoernes, S. (2003). Petrology of basement-dominated terranes: II. Contrasting isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb and O) signatures of basement-derived granites and constraints on the source region of granite (Damara orogen, Namibia). Chemical geology, 199(1-2), pp. 1-28. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00038-X

Möller, Andreas; Hensen, Bas J.; Armstrong, Richard A.; Mezger, Klaus; Ballèvre, Michel (2003). U–Pb zircon and monazite age constraints on granulite-facies metamorphism and deformation in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (central Australia). Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 145(4), pp. 406-423. Springer 10.1007/s00410-003-0460-3

Münker, C.; Pfänder, Jörg; Weyer, Stefan; Büchl, Anette; Kleine, Thorsten; Mezger, Klaus (2003). Evolution of Planetary Cores and the Earth-Moon System from Nb/Ta Systematics. Science, 301(5629), pp. 84-87. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.1084662

Weyer, Stefan; Münker, Carsten; Mezger, Klaus (2003). Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf and REE in the depleted mantle: implications for the differentiation history of the crust–mantle system. Earth and planetary science letters, 205(3-4), pp. 309-324. Elsevier 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01059-2

WITT-EICKSCHEN, G.; Seck, H. A.; Mezger, Klaus; Eggins, S. M.; Altherr, R. (2003). Lithospheric Mantle Evolution beneath the Eifel (Germany): Constraints from Sr-Nd-Pb Isotopes and Trace Element Abundances in Spinel Peridotite and Pyroxenite Xenoliths. Journal of petrology, 44(6), pp. 1077-1095. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/44.6.1077

Wombacher, Frank; Rehkämper, Mark; Mezger, Klaus; Münker, Carsten (2003). Stable isotope compositions of cadmium in geological materials and meteorites determined by multiple-collector ICPMS. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 67(23), pp. 4639-4654. Pergamon 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00389-2

2002

Willigers, B.J.A.; van Gool, J.A.M.; Wijbrans, J.R.; Krogstad, E.J.; Mezger, K. (2002). Posttectonic cooling of the Nagssugtoqidian Orogen and a comparison of contrasting cooling histories in Precambrian and Phanerozoic orogens. Journal of geology, 110(5), pp. 503-517. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division

Boundy, T. M.; Donohue, C. L.; Essene, E. J.; Mezger, K.; Austrheim, H. (2002). Discovery of eclogite facies carbonate rocks from the Lindas Nappe, Caledonides, Western Norway. Journal of metamorphic geology, 20(7), pp. 649-667. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2002.00396.x

Jung, S.; Hoernes, S.; Mezger, K. (2002). Synorogenic melting of mafic lower crust: constraints from geochronology, petrology and Sr, Nd, Pb and O isotope geochemistry of quartz diorites (Damara orogen, Namibia). Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 143(5), pp. 551-566. Springer 10.1007/s00410-002-0366-5

Kleine, T.; Münker, C.; Mezger, K.; Palme, H. (2002). Rapid accretion and early core formation on asteroids and the terrestrial planets from Hf–W chronometry. Nature, 418(6901), pp. 952-955. Macmillan Journals Ltd. 10.1038/nature00982

Lange, Ulrich; Bröcker, Michael; Mezger, Klaus; Don, Jerzy (2002). Geochemistry and Rb-Sr geochronology of a ductile shear zone in the Orlica-Śnieżnik dome (West Sudetes, Poland). International journal of earth sciences, 91(6), pp. 1005-1016. Springer 10.1007/s00531-002-0281-z

Teklay, Mengist; Kröner, Alfred; Mezger, Klaus (2002). Enrichment from plume interaction in the generation of Neoproterozoic arc rocks in northern Eritrea: implications for crustal accretion in the southern Arabian–Nubian Shield. Chemical geology, 184(1-2), pp. 167-184. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(01)00359-X

Weyer, Stefan; Münker, Carsten; Rehkämper, Mark; Mezger, Klaus (2002). 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. Chemical geology, 187(3-4), pp. 295-313. Elsevier 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00129-8

Graessner, T.; Schenk, V.; Bröcker, M.; Mezger, K. (2002). Geochronological constraints on the timing of granitoid magmatism, metamorphism and post-metamorphic cooling in the Hercynian crustal cross-section of Calabria. Journal of metamorphic geology, 18(4), pp. 409-421. Wiley 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00267.x

2001

Jung, S.; Mezger, K. (2001). 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. Journal of metamorphic geology, 19(1), pp. 77-97. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 10.1046/j.0263-4929.2000.00297.x

Krause, Olaf; Dobmeier, Christoph; Raith, Michael M; Mezger, Klaus (2001). Age of emplacement of massif-type anorthosites in the Eastern Ghats Belt, India: constraints from U–Pb zircon dating and structural studies. Precambrian research, 109(1-2), pp. 25-38. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00140-1

Münker, Carsten; Weyer, Stefan; Scherer, Erik; Mezger, Klaus (2001). Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC-ICPMS measurements. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems, 2(12), n/a-n/a. American Geophysical Union AGU 10.1029/2001GC000183

Rickers, Karen; Mezger, Klaus; Raith, Michael M (2001). 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. Precambrian research, 112(3-4), pp. 183-210. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00146-2

Scherer, Erik; Münker, Carsten; Mezger, Klaus (2001). Calibration of the Lutetium-Hafnium Clock. Science, 293(5530), pp. 683-687. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.1061372

Streepey, M. M.; Johnson, E. L.; Mezger, K.; van der Pluijm, B. A. (2001). Early History of the Carthage‐Colton Shear Zone, Grenville Province, Northwest Adirondacks, New York (U.S.A.). Journal of geology, 109(4), pp. 479-492. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/320792

Tchameni, R.; Mezger, K.; Nsifa, N.E.; Pouclet, A. (2001). Crustal origin of Early Proterozoic syenites in the Congo Craton (Ntem Complex), South Cameroon. Lithos, 57(1), pp. 23-42. Elsevier 10.1016/S0024-4937(00)00072-4

Teklay, M.; Kröner, A.; Mezger, K. (2001). Geochemistry, geochronology and isotope geology of Nakfa intrusive rocks, northern Eritrea: products of a tectonically thickened Neoproterozoic arc crust. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 33(2), pp. 283-301. Elsevier Science 10.1016/S0899-5362(01)80064-6

Jung, S; Mezger, Klaus; Hoernes, Stephan (2001). Trace element and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, O) arguments for a mid-crustal origin of Pan-African garnet-bearing S-type granites from the Damara orogen (Namibia). Precambrian research, 110(1-4), pp. 325-355. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00175-9

2000

Wenzel, T.; Oberhänsli, R.; Mezger, K. (2000). K-rich plutonic rocks and lamprophyres from the Meissen Massif (northern Bohemian Massif): Geochemical evidence for variably enriched lithospheric mantle sources. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 175(3), pp. 249-293. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

Jung, S; Hoernes, S; Mezger, K (2000). Geochronology and petrogenesis of Pan-African, syn-tectonic, S-type and post-tectonic A-type granite (Namibia): products of melting of crustal sources, fractional crystallization and wall rock entrainment. Lithos, 50(4), pp. 259-287. Elsevier 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00059-6

Jung, S; Hoernes, S; Mezger, K (2000). Geochronology and petrology of migmatites from the Proterozoic Damara Belt — importance of episodic fluid-present disequilibrium melting and consequences for granite petrology. Lithos, 51(3), pp. 153-179. Elsevier 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00062-6

Mayer, Adriano; Mezger, Klaus; Sinigoi, Silvano (2000). New Sm–Nd ages for the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, Sesia and Sessera valleys (Northern-Italy). Journal of geodynamics, 30(1-2), pp. 147-166. Pergamon 10.1016/S0264-3707(99)00031-9

Möller, Andreas; Mezger, Klaus; Schenk, Volker (2000). U–Pb dating of metamorphic minerals: Pan-African metamorphism and prolonged slow cooling of high pressure granulites in Tanzania, East Africa. Precambrian research, 104(3-4), pp. 123-146. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00086-3

Münker, C.; Weyer, S.; Mezger, K.; Rehkämper, M.; Wombacher, F.; Bischoff, A. (2000). 92Nb-92Zr and the Early Differentiation History of Planetary Bodies. Science, 289(5484), pp. 1538-1542. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.289.5484.1538

Rehkämper, Mark; Mezger, Klaus (2000). Investigation of matrix effects for Pb isotope ratio measurements by multiple collector ICP-MS: verification and application of optimized analytical protocols. Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry, 15(11), pp. 1451-1460. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/B005262K

Tchameni, R.; Mezger, K.; Nsifa, N.E.; Pouclet, A. (2000). Neoarchæan crustal evolution in the Congo Craton: evidence from K rich granitoids of the Ntem Complex, southern Cameroon. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 30(1), pp. 133-147. Elsevier Science 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00012-9

1999

Lucassen, F.; Franz, G.; Thirlwall, M. F.; Mezger, Klaus (1999). Crustal Recycling of Metamorphic Basement: Late Palaeozoic Granitoids of Northern Chile ( 22 S). Implications for the Composition of the Andean Crust. Journal of petrology, 40(10), pp. 1527-1551. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petroj/40.10.1527

Lucassen, Friedrich; Lewerenz, Sven; Franz, Gerhard; Viramonte, José; Mezger, Klaus (1999). Metamorphism, isotopic ages and composition of lower crustal granulite xenoliths from the Cretaceous Salta Rift, Argentina. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 134(4), pp. 325-341. Springer 10.1007/s004100050488

Mezger, Klaus; Cosca, Michael A (1999). 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. Precambrian research, 94(3-4), pp. 251-271. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00118-1

Weyer, Stefan; Jarick, J.; Mezger, Klaus (1999). Quantitative temperature-time information from retrograde diffusion zoning in garnet: constraints for the P-T-t history of the Central Black Forest, Germany. Journal of metamorphic geology, 17(4), pp. 449-461. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00207.x

1998

Cosca, Michael A.; Mezger, Klaus; Essene, Eric J. (1998). The Baltica‐Laurentia Connection: Sveconorwegian (Grenvillian) Metamorphism, Cooling, and Unroofing in the Bamble Sector, Norway. Journal of geology, 106(5), pp. 539-552. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/516040

Galer, Stephen J.G.; Mezger, Klaus (1998). Metamorphism, denudation and sea level in the Archean and cooling of the Earth. Precambrian research, 92(4), pp. 389-412. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00083-7

JUNG, S.; Mezger, Klaus; MASBERG, P.; HOFFER, E.; HOERNES, S. (1998). Petrology of an intrusion-related high-grade migmatite: implications for partial melting of metasedimentary rocks and leucosome-forming processes. Journal of metamorphic geology, 16(3), pp. 425-445. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00146.x

Jung, S; Mezger, Klaus; Hoernes, S (1998). 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. Lithos, 45(1-4), pp. 147-175. Elsevier 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00030-9

Kurth, Michaela; Sassen, Andreas; Suhr, Günter; Mezger, Klaus (1998). Precise ages and isotopic constraints for the Lewis Hills (Bay of Islands Ophiolite): Preservation of an arc–spreading ridge intersection. Geology, 26(12), p. 1127. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1127:PAAICF>2.3.CO;2

Moller, A.; Mezger, Klaus; Schenk, V. (1998). Crustal Age Domains and the Evolution of the Continental Crust in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania: Combined Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, and Pb-Pb Isotopic Evidence. Journal of petrology, 39(4), pp. 749-783. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petroj/39.4.749

Puchtel, I.S.; Hofmann, A.W.; Mezger, Klaus; Jochum, K.P.; Shchipansky, A.A.; Samsonov, A.V. (1998). Oceanic plateau model for continental crustal growth in the Archaean: A case study from the Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield. Earth and planetary science letters, 155(1-2), pp. 57-74. Elsevier 10.1016/S0012-821X(97)00202-1

Seth, B.; Kröner, A.; Mezger, Klaus; Nemchin, A.A.; Pidgeon, R.T.; Okrusch, M. (1998). Archaean to Neoproterozoic magmatic events in the Kaoko belt of NW Namibia and their geodynamic significance. Precambrian research, 92(4), pp. 341-363. Elsevier 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00086-2

Teklay, M.; Kröner, A.; Mezger, Klaus; Oberhänsli, R. (1998). 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. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 26(2), pp. 207-227. Elsevier Science 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00006-2

1997

Boundy, T. M.; Mezger, Klaus; Essene, E. J. (1997). Temporal and tectonic evolution of the granulite-eclogite association from the Bergen Arcs, western Norway. Lithos, 39(3-4), pp. 159-178. Elsevier 10.1016/S0024-4937(96)00026-6

Busch, Jay P.; Mezger, Klaus; van der Pluijm, Ben A. (1997). Suturing and extensional reactivation in the Grenville orogen, Canada. Geology, 25(6), pp. 507-510. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0507:SAERIT>2.3.CO;2

Mezger, Klaus; KROGSTAD, E. J. (1997). Interpretation of discordant U-Pb zircon ages: An evaluation. Journal of metamorphic geology, 15(1), pp. 127-140. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00008.x

Moecher, David P.; Anderson, Eric D.; Cook, Claudia A.; Mezger, Klaus (1997). The petrogenesis of metamorphosed carbonatites in the Grenville Province, Ontario. Canadian journal of earth sciences, 34(9), pp. 1185-1201. Canadian Science Publishing 10.1139/e17-095

Puchtel, I. S.; Hofmann, A. W.; Jochum, K. P.; Mezger, Klaus; Shchipansky, A. A.; Samsonov, A. V. (1997). The Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield: remnant of a late Archaean oceanic plateau? Terra nova, 9(2), pp. 87-90. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00009.x

1996

Puchtel, I. S.; Hofmann, A. W.; Mezger, Klaus; Shchipansky, A. A.; Kulikov, V. S.; Kulikova, V. V. (1996). Petrology of a 2.41 Ga remarkably fresh komatiitic basalt lava lake in Lion Hills, central Vetreny Belt, Baltic Shield. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 124(3-4), pp. 273-290. Springer 10.1007/s004100050191

Dewolf, C.P.; Zeissler, C.J.; Halliday, A.N.; Mezger, Klaus; Essene, E.J. (1996). The role of inclusions in U-Pb and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology: Stepwise dissolution experiments and trace uranium mapping by fission track analysis. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 60(1), pp. 121-134. Elsevier Science 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00367-3

1995

Cosca, Michael A.; Essene, Eric J.; Mezger, Klaus; van der Pluijm, Ben A. (1995). Constraints on the duration of tectonic processes: Protracted extension and deep-crustal rotation in the Grenville orogen. Geology, 23(4), pp. 361-364. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0361:COTDOT>2.3.CO;2

Möller, Andreas; Appel, Peter; Mezger, Klaus; Schenk, Volker (1995). Evidence for a 2 Ga subduction zone: Eclogites in the Usagaran belt of Tanzania. Geology, 23(12), pp. 1067-1070. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1067:EFAGSZ>2.3.CO;2

Schmädicke, E.; Mezger, Klaus; Cosca, M.A.; Okrusch, M. (1995). Variscan Sm-Nd and Ar-Ar ages of eclogite facies rocks from the Erzgebirge, Bohemian Massif. Journal of metamorphic geology, 13(5), pp. 537-552. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1995.tb00241.x

Dewolf, Charles P.; Mezger, Klaus (1995). 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”. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 59(24), pp. 5235-5237. Elsevier Science 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00347-9

1994

DeWolf, Charles P.; Mezger, Klaus (1994). Lead isotope analyses of leached feldspars: Constraints on the early crustal history of the Grenville Orogen. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 58(24), pp. 5537-5550. Elsevier Science 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90248-8

Pluijm, Ben A. van der; Mezger, Klaus; Cosca, Michael A.; Essene, Eric J. (1994). Determining the significance of high-grade shear zones by using temperature-time paths, with examples from the Grenville orogen. Geology, 22(8), pp. 743-746. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0743:DTSOHG>2.3.CO;2

1993

Chesley, J.T.; Halliday, A.N.; Snee, L.W.; Mezger, Klaus; Shepherd, T.J.; Scrivener, R.C. (1993). Thermochronology of the Cornubian batholith in southwest England: Implications for pluton emplacement and protracted hydrothermal mineralization. Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 57(8), pp. 1817-1835. Elsevier Science 10.1016/0016-7037(93)90115-D

Mezger, Klaus; Essene, E. J.; van der Pluijm, B. A.; Halliday, A. N. (1993). U-Pb geochronology of the Grenville Orogen of Ontario and New York: constraints on ancient crustal tectonics. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 114(1), pp. 13-26. Springer 10.1007/BF00307862

Paslik, Cassi R.; Halliday, Alex N.; Davies, Gareth R.; Mezger, Klaus; Upton, B.G.J. (1993). Timing of Proterozoic magmatism in the Gardar Province, southern Greenland. Geological Society of America bulletin, 105(2), pp. 272-278. Geological Society of America 10.1130/0016-7606(1993)105<0272:TOPMIT>2.3.CO;2

1992

Mezger, Klaus; Essene, E.J.; Halliday, A.N. (1992). Closure temperatures of the Sm—Nd system in metamorphic garnets. Earth and planetary science letters, 113(3), pp. 397-409. Elsevier 10.1016/0012-821X(92)90141-H

Mezger, Klaus; van der Pluijm, B. A.; Essene, E. J.; Halliday, A. N. (1992). The Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone (Adirondack Mountains, New York): The Site of a Cryptic Suture in the Grenville Orogen? Journal of geology, 100(5), pp. 630-638. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/629613

Tuccillo, M.E.; Mezger, Klaus; Essene, E.J.; Van Der Pluijm, B.A. (1992). Thermobarometry, Geochronology and the Interpretation of P-T-t Data in the Britt Domain, Ontario Grenville Orogen, Canada. Journal of petrology, 33(6), pp. 1225-1259. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/33.6.1225

1991

Halliday, Alex N.; Ohr, Matthias; Mezger, Klaus; Chesley, John T.; Nakai, Shun'ichi; DeWolf, Charles P. (1991). Recent developments in dating ancient crustal fluid flow. Reviews of geophysics, 29(4), pp. 577-584. American Geophysical Union 10.1029/91RG01813

Mezger, Klaus; Rawnsley, C. M.; Bohlen, S. R.; Hanson, G. N. (1991). U-Pb Garnet, Sphene, Monazite, and Rutile Ages: Implications for the Duration of High-Grade Metamorphism and Cooling Histories, Adirondack Mts., New York. Journal of geology, 99(3), pp. 415-428. University of Chicago Press, Journals Division 10.1086/629503

Mezger, Klaus; VAN DER PLUIJM, B. A.; ESSENE, E. J.; HALLIDAY, A. N. (1991). Synorogenic Collapse: A Perspective from the Middle Crust, the Proterozoic Grenville Orogen. Science, 254(5032), pp. 695-698. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.254.5032.695

1990

Weber, W.; Mezger, K. (1990). An oblique cross section of Archean continental crust at the northwestern margin of Superior Province, Manitoba, Canada. In: Exposed Cross-Sections of the Continental Crust. NATO Advanced Study Institute Series: Vol. 317 (pp. 327-341). Kluwer Academic Publishers

Mezger, Klaus; BOHLEN, S. R.; HANSON, G. N. (1990). Metamorphic History of the Archean Pikwitonei Granulite Domain and the Cross Lake Subprovince, Superior Province, Manitoba, Canada. Journal of petrology, 31(2), pp. 483-517. Oxford University Press 10.1093/petrology/31.2.483

1989

BOHLEN, S. R.; Mezger, Klaus (1989). Origin of Granulite Terranes and the Formation of the Lowermost Continental Crust. Science, 244(4902), pp. 326-329. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.244.4902.326

Mezger, Klaus; Hanson, G. N.; Bohlen, S. R. (1989). U-Pb systematics of garnet: dating the growth of garnet in the late Archean Pikwitonei granulite domain at Cauchon and Natawahunan Lakes, Manitoba, Canada. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 101(2), pp. 136-148. Springer 10.1007/BF00375301

Mezger, Klaus; Hanson, G.N.; Bohlen, S.R. (1989). High-precision UPb ages of metamorphic rutile: application to the cooling history of high-grade terranes. Earth and planetary science letters, 96(1-2), pp. 106-118. Elsevier 10.1016/0012-821X(89)90126-X

1986

Mezger, Klaus; Bohlen, S.R.; Hanson, G.N. (1986). Investigation of metamorphism in the Pikwitonei domain. In: Report of Field Activities (pp. 204-205). Department of Energy and Mines, Manitoba, Canada

1985

Mezger, Klaus; Altherr, Rainer; Okrusch, Martin; Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm; Kreuzer, Hans (1985). Genesis of acid/basic rock associations: a case study The Kallithea intrusive complex, Samos, Greece. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 90(4), pp. 353-366. Springer 10.1007/BF00384714

Mezger, Klaus; Okrusch, M. (1985). Metamorphism of the variegated sequence at Kallithea, Samos, Greece. TMPM Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 34(1), pp. 67-82. Springer 10.1007/BF01082458

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