Klaus Mezger

Research interests

Publications

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2013 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.046

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2013 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.046

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2010 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.047

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2010 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.004

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2010 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.004

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2010 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.047

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

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2009 · 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.047

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2007 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.027

• Iron isotope fractionation during planetary differentiation

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2005 · 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.023

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

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2005 · 10.1016/j.gca.2005.07.012

• 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 · 2004 · 10.1016/j.gca.2004.01.009

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

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2003 · 10.1016/s0016-7037(03)00389-2

• Evolution of Planetary Cores and the Earth-Moon System from Nb/Ta Systematics

  Science · 2003 · 10.1126/science.1084662

• 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 · 2002 · 10.1016/s0009-2541(02)00129-8

• Rapid accretion and early core formation on asteroids and the terrestrial planets from Hf–W chronometry

  Nature · 2002 · 10.1038/nature00982

• 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 · 2002 · 10.1016/s0009-2541(02)00129-8

• Crustal origin of Early Proterozoic syenites in the Congo Craton (Ntem Complex), South Cameroon

  Lithos · 2001 · 10.1016/s0024-4937(00)00072-4

• Calibration of the Lutetium-Hafnium Clock

  Science · 2001 · 10.1126/science.1061372

• 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 · 2001 · 10.1016/s0301-9268(01)00146-2

• Crustal origin of Early Proterozoic syenites in the Congo Craton (Ntem Complex), South Cameroon

  Lithos · 2001 · 10.1016/s0024-4937(00)00072-4

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

  Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2001 · 10.1029/2001gc000183

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

  Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-908x.2000.tb00590.x

• 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 · 1999 · 10.1016/s0301-9268(98)00118-1

• 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 · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00202-1

• Interpretation of discordant U‐Pb zircon ages: An evaluation

  Journal of Metamorphic Geology · 1997 · 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00008.x

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

  Geology · 1995 · 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1067:efagsz>2.3.co;2

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

  Geology · 1995 · 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<1067:efagsz>2.3.co;2

• Closure temperatures of the Sm—Nd system in metamorphic garnets

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1992 · 10.1016/0012-821x(92)90141-h

• U-Pb Garnet, Sphene, Monazite, and Rutile Ages: Implications for the Duration of High-Grade Metamorphism and Cooling Histories, Adirondack Mts., New York

  The Journal of Geology · 1991 · 10.1086/629503

• 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 · 1989 · 10.1007/bf00375301

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

  Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1989 · 10.1016/0012-821x(89)90126-x

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