E-Mail: regina.mertz@uni-mainz.de
Tel.: +49 6131 39 24759
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Speläothemforschung
Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21
55128 Mainz
NatFak Hauptgebäude (1341)
Raum 04 273
Beruflicher Werdegang
| Seit Aug 2012 | Leitung ICP-MS-Labor Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany Quadrupole ICP-MS Agilent 7700x und NWR 193 Excimer Laser Ablation System, ESI/New Wave Spurenelementkonzentrations- und Isotopenverhältnisbestimmungen an geologischen, biogenen, archäologischen und synthetischen Materialien |
| März 2011 – Juli 2012 | Post-doctoral research fellow am Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, USA Entwicklung analytischer Methoden für U-Th-Pb und U-Th-Ungleichgewichtsdatierung mittels MC-ICP-MS and Laserablation (Thermo Neptune Plus und PhotonMachines 193 nm Excimer-Lasersystem), Anwendung auf Fragestellungen aus den Bereichen Paläoumwelt, Neotektonik und Archäologie, Reinraumanalytik |
| Mai 2009 – Feb 2011 | Postdoc-Stipendiat am Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz Entwicklung neuer instrumenteller Methoden zur in-situ Bestimmung von Th-U Isotopenverhältnissen mittels LA-ICP-MS, Multielementanalysen von Karbonaten, Charakterisierung der Element- und Isotopenzusammensetzung von Referenzmaterialien mittels Laserablationstechnik und TIMS |
| Jan 2008 – Apr 2009 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig |
| Nov – Dez 2007 / März – Apr 2009 | Gastwissenschaftlerin am Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, USA |
| Jan 2006 – Dez 2007 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz DFG-Projekt: Seasonality and interannual climate variability during the Late Miocene: Testing and tuning climate models using oxygen isotope stratigraphy, growth increment analysis and new ground data |
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| Jan 2006 – März 2009 | Doktorarbeit am Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz „Mediterranean-type climate in the South Aegean (Eastern Mediterranean) during the Late Miocene: Evidence from isotope and element proxies“ Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Brachert |
| Juni 1996 | Diplom, Studiengang Geologie und Paläontologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz |
| Sept 1992 | Vordiplom, Studiengang Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Stuttgart |
Abgeschlossene Projekte
- Riffkorallen-Kalzifikation und Klimadynamik im eozänen Greenhouse (EOCENE), PI’s Prof. Dr. Thomas Brachert, Dr. Michael Henehan und Dr. Regina Mertz (DFG, SPP 2299 „Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs“, 2021 – 2026)
- Kalzifikationsmuster und Erhaltungspotential von Riffkorallen in einer Auftriebszone (Oman), PI’s Prof. Dr. Thomas Brachert und Dr. Regina Mertz (DFG, 2017 – 2022)
- Rekonstruktion der Klimavariabilität der letzten 250 ka basierend auf Multi-Proxy-Zeitreihen präzise datierter Speläotheme aus Südostspanien, PI Dr. Regina Mertz (DFG, 2016 – 2020)
2026
Druppel, K., Stober, I., Schuller, L., et al. (2026). Granitic/rhyolitic and sedimentary reservoir rocks of the Upper Rhine Graben – trace element mobility during fluid-rock interaction. GEOTHERMICS, 138. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Riehm, A., Drueppel, K., Lenhart, L., et al. (2026). Burbankite-bearing ferrocarbonatite and its alteration to LREE ore at Swartbooisdrift, NW Namibia. MINERALIUM DEPOSITA. Published. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mercier, L., Migeon, S., Rubino, J.-L., et al. (2026). A mud-filled submarine canyon cutting through a sand-prone turbidite succession: A Lower Oligocene field analogue of stratigraphic-structural trap in the Western Alpine Foreland Basin, France. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 183. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2025
Reuter, M., D'Olivo, J. P., Brachert, T. C., et al. (2025). Mid-Miocene warmth pushed fossil coral calcification to physiological limits in high-latitude reefs. COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT, 6(1). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Passchier, C. W., Wassenaar, T. M., Groschopf, N., et al. (2025). Subfossil Fracture-Related Euendolithic Micro-burrows in Marble and Limestone. GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL, 42(5), 390-405. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Meisel, T. C., Jacob, D., Weis, U., et al. (2025). Obituary Dr. Klaus Peter Jochum. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 49(1), 5-6. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Rosel, D., Schulze, M. C., Wilmsen, M., et al. (2025). LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating and trace element analyses of detrital rutile from the Elbtal Group (Saxony, Germany): provenance constraints of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, 114(1), 1-21. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Warken, S. F., Schmitt, A. K., Scholz, D., et al. (2025). Discovery of Laacher See eruption in speleothem record synchronizes Greenland and central European Late Glacial climate change. SCIENCE ADVANCES, 11(3). DOI Author/Publisher URL
2024
Kibaroglu, M., Schuhmacher, T. X., Mederos, A., et al. (2024). Investigating the Late Chalcolithic pottery production and consumption at Valencina de la Concepci<acute accent>on (Seville, SW-Spain): An archaeometric analysis using petrographic and LA-ICP-MS techniques. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 53. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2024). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 39(1), 11-65. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2023
Erdogan, B., Akay, E., Hasozbek, A., et al. (2023). Geological characteristics and tectonic setting of the Kiruna-type magnetite-apatite ores in the Bitlis Massif (SE Anatolia, Türkiye). NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR MINERALOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN, 198(3), 235-256. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Brosset, C., Hoche, N., Witbaard, R., et al. (2023). Sr/Ca in shells of laboratory-grown bivalves (<i>Arctica islandica</i>) serves as a proxy for water temperature – implications for (paleo)environmental research?. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 10. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Yucel-Ozturk, Y., Akal, C., Ersoy, E. Y., et al. (2023). Geochronology and geochemistry of the Miocene Kadıkalesi monzonite (Bodrum Peninsula, western Anatolia): Implications for its relation with the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. GEOCHEMISTRY, 83(3). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Huang, X., Zhao, L., Zettler, M. L., et al. (2023). High-resolution history of oxygen depletion in the SW Baltic Sea since the mid-19th century as revealed by bivalve shells. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 888. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Wierzbicki, A., Wolfgring, E., Wagreich, M., et al. (2023). Astronomically controlled deep-sea life in the Late Cretaceous reconstructed from ultra-high-resolution inoceramid shell archives. GEOBIOLOGY, 21(4), 474-490. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Ersoy, E. Y., Akal, C., Palmer, M. R., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2023). U-Pb dating of arc to post-collisional magmatic events in northwestern Anatolia: The Eocene Granitoids in NW Anatolia revisited. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES-X, 9. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Guenther, J., Prelevic, D., Mertz, D. F., et al. (2023). Subduction-Legacy and Olivine Monitoring for Mantle-Heterogeneities of the Sources of Ultrapotassic Magmas: The Italian Case Study. GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS, 24(3). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Wassenaar, T. M., Passchier, C. W., Groschopf, N., et al. (2023). What is eating my rocks? A possible novel biological niche in limestone. In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Wassenaar, T. M., Passchier, C. W., Groschopf, N., et al. (2023). Supplementary material to „What is eating my rocks? A possible novel biological niche in limestone“. In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Schoene, B. R., Marali, S., Jantschke, A., et al. (2023). Can element chemical impurities in aragonitic shells of marine bivalves serve as proxies for environmental variability?. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 616. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2023). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 38(1), 10-56. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2022
Reuter, M., Spreter, P. M., Brachert, T. C., et al. (2022). Giant clam (<i>Tridacna</i>) distribution in the Gulf of Oman in relation to past and future climate. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Boer, W., Nordstad, S., Weber, M., et al. (2022). New Calcium Carbonate Nano-particulate Pressed Powder Pellet (NFHS-2-NP) for LA-ICP-OES, LA-(MC)-ICP-MS and μXRF. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 46(3), 411-432. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Spreter, P. M., Reuter, M., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2022). Calcification response of reef corals to seasonal upwelling in the northern Arabian Sea (Masirah Island, Oman). BIOGEOSCIENCES, 19(15), 3559-3573. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Lazar, G., Nekvapil, F., Matic-Skoko, S., et al. (2022). Comparative screening the life-time composition and crystallinity variation in gilthead seabream otoliths <i>Sparus aurata</i> from different marine environments. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Schoene, B. R., Marali, S., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2022). Importance of Weighting High-Resolution Proxy Data From Bivalve Shells to Avoid Bias Caused by Sample Spot Geometry and Variability in Seasonal Growth Rate. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE, 10. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Brosset, C., Hoche, N., Shirai, K., et al. (2022). Strong Coupling between Biomineral Morphology and Sr/Ca of <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Bivalvia)-Implications for Shell Sr/Ca-Based Temperature Estimates. MINERALS, 12(5). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Schoene, B. R., Huang, X., Jantschke, A., et al. (2022). High-Resolution Reconstruction of Dissolved Oxygen Levels in the Baltic Sea With Bivalves – a Multi-Species Comparison (<i>Arctica islandica</i>, <i>Astarte borealis</i>, <i>Astarte elliptica</i>). FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 9. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Muller, T., Tomasovych, A., Correa, M. L., et al. (2022). Mapping intrashell variation in Mg/Ca of brachiopods to external growth lines: Mg enrichment corresponds to seasonal growth slowdown. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 593. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2022). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 37(1), 9-49. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2021
Forster, M. W., Bussweiler, Y., Prelevic, D., et al. (2021). Sediment-Peridotite Reaction Controls Fore-Arc Metasomatism and Arc Magma Geochemical Signatures. GEOSCIENCES, 11(9). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Spreter, P. M., Reuter, M., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2021). Nutrients attenuate the negative effect of ocean acidification on reef coral calcification in the Arabian Sea upwelling zone (Masirah Island, Oman). In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Spreter, P. M., Reuter, M., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2021). Supplementary material to „Nutrients attenuate the negative effect of ocean acidification on reef coral calcification in the Arabian Sea upwelling zone (Masirah Island, Oman)“. In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Suermelihindi, G., Passchier, C., Crow, J., et al. (2021). Carbonates from the ancient world’s longest aqueduct: A testament of Byzantine water management. GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 36(4), 643-659. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Weber, K., Weber, M., Menneken, M., et al. (2021). Diagenetic stability of non-traditional stable isotope systems (Ca, Sr, Mg, Zn) in teeth ? An in-vitro alteration experiment of biogenic apatite in isotopically enriched tracer solution. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 572. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Page, F. Z., Lozier, E., et al. (2021). Trace element and isotopic zoning of garnetite veins in amphibolitized eclogite, Franciscan Complex, California, USA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY, 176(5). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Vrdoljak, D., Matic-Skoko, S., Peharda, M., et al. (2021). Otolith Fingerprints and Tissue Stable Isotope Information Enable Allocation of Juvenile Fishes to Different Nursery Areas. WATER, 13(9). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Schoene, B. R., Huang, X., Zettler, M. L., et al. (2021). Mn/Ca in shells of <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Baltic Sea) – A potential proxy for ocean hypoxia?. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 251. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Biltekin, D., Burjachs, F., Vallverdú, J., et al. (2021). Paleoclimate and vegetation reconstruction of Abric Romani (Capellades, Spain) during MIS-3, 4, and MIS-5 (a-d). In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Passchier, C., Suermelihindi, G., Boyer, D., et al. (2021). The aqueduct of Gerasa – Intra-annual palaeoenvironmental data from Roman Jordan using carbonate deposits. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 562. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2021). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 36(1), 10-55. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2020
Weber, M., Tacail, T., Lugli, F., et al. (2020). Strontium Uptake and Intra-Population <SUP>87</SUP>Sr/<SUP>86</SUP>Sr Variability of Bones and Teeth-Controlled Feeding Experiments With Rodents (<i>Rattus norvegicus, Cavia porcellus</i>). FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 8. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Drueppel, K., Stober, I., Grimmer, J. C., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2020). Experimental alteration of granitic rocks: Implications for the evolution of geothermal brines in the Upper Rhine Graben, Germany. GEOTHERMICS, 88. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Vrdoljak, D., Matic-Skoko, S., Peharda, M., et al. (2020). Otolith fingerprints reveals potential pollution exposure of newly settled juvenile <i>Sparus</i> <i>aurata</i>. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 160. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Markulin, K., Uvanovic, H., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2020). Spatial variations in Ba/Ca<sub>shell</sub> fingerprints of <i>Glycymeris pilosa</i> along the eastern Adriatic Sea. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 243. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Chawchai, S., Liu, G., Bissen, R., et al. (2020). Hydroclimate variability of western Thailand during the last 1400 years. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 241. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Kluge, T., Münster, T. S., Frank, N., et al. (2020). A 4000-year long Late Holocene climate record from Hermes Cave (Peloponnese, Greece). In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Kluge, T., Münster, T. S., Frank, N., et al. (2020). Supplementary material to &quot;A 4000-year long Late Holocene climate record from Hermes Cave (Peloponnese, Greece)&quot;. In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
chawchai, sakonvan, Liu, G., Bissen, R., et al. (2020). Hydroclimate variability of western Thailand during the last 1400 years. In Copernicus GmbH. DOI
Weber, M., Lugli, F., Hattendorf, B., et al. (2020). NanoSr – A New Carbonate Microanalytical Reference Material for <i>In Situ</i> Strontium Isotope Analysis. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 44(1), 69-83. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2020). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 35(1), 9-53. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Forster, M. W., Buhre, S., Xu, B., et al. (2020). Two-Stage Origin of K-Enrichment in Ultrapotassic Magmatism Simulated by Melting of Experimentally Metasomatized Mantle. MINERALS, 10(1). DOI Author/Publisher URL
2019
Biltekin, D., Burjachs, F., Vallverdu, J., et al. (2019). Vegetation and climate record from Abric Romani (Capellades, northeast Iberia) during the Upper Pleistocene (MIS 5d-3). QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 220, 154-164. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mertz-Kraus, R., Creech, J. B. (2019). Guest Editorial: Special Issue Based on the 2018 IAG Geoanalysis Conference. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 43(3), 337-338. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Richter, M., Nebel-Jacobsen, Y., Nebel, O., et al. (2019). Assessment of Five Monazite Reference Materials for U-Th/Pb Dating Using Laser-Ablation ICP-MS. GEOSCIENCES, 9(9). DOI Author/Publisher URL
Budsky, A., Wassenburg, J. A., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2019). Western Mediterranean Climate Response to Dansgaard/Oeschger Events: New Insights From Speleothem Records. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 46(15), 9042-9053. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Budsky, A., Scholz, D., Wassenburg, J. A., et al. (2019). Speleothem δ<SUP>13</SUP>C record suggests enhanced spring/summer drought in south-eastern Spain between 9.7 and 7.8 ka – A circum-Western Mediterranean anomaly?. HOLOCENE, 29(7), 1113-1133. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Maurer, M., Prelevic, D., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2019). Genesis and metallogenetic setting of the polymetallic barite-sulphide deposit, Bobija, Western Serbia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, 108(5), 1725-1740. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Forster, M. W., Prelevic, D., Buhre, S., et al. (2019). An experimental study of the role of partial melts of sediments <i>versus</i> mantle melts in the sources of potassic magmatism. JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES, 177, 76-88. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Gungor, T., Akal, C., Ozer, S., et al. (2019). Kinematics and U-Pb zircon ages of the sole metamorphics of the Marmaris Ophiolite, Lycian Nappes, Southwest Turkey. INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW, 61(9), 1124-1142. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Altherr, R., Mertz-Kraus, R., Volker, F., et al. (2019). Geodynamic setting of Upper Miocene to Quaternary alkaline basalts from Harrat al ’Uwayrid (NW Saudi Arabia): Constraints from K-Ar dating, chemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope compositions, and petrological modeling. LITHOS, 330, 120-138. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Markulin, K., Peharda, M., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2019). Trace and minor element records in aragonitic bivalve shells as environmental proxies. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 507, 120-133. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Suhr, N., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Chew, D. M., et al. (2019). Detrital-zircon geochronology and provenance of the El Oro Metamorphic Complex, Ecuador: Geodynamic implications for the evolution of the western Gondwana margin. JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES, 90, 520-539. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Walter, B. F., Kortenbruck, P., Scharrer, M., et al. (2019). Chemical evolution of ore-forming brines – Basement leaching, metal provenance, and the redox link between barren and ore-bearing hydrothermal veins. A case study from the Schwarzwald mining district in SW-Germany. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 506, 126-148. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Rockwell, T. K., Masana, E., Sharp, W. D., et al. (2019). Late Quaternary slip rates for the southern Elsinore fault in the Coyote Mountains, southern California from analysis of alluvial fan landforms and clast provenance, soils, and U-series ages of pedogenic carbonate. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 326, 68-89. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Magnavita, S., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2019). XRF and LA-ICP-MS studies of gold and silver artefacts from a 12-13th century CE tumulus in Senegal: Implications for the medieval African gold trade. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 23, 416-425. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Bacon, J. R., Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., et al. (2019). Atomic Spectrometry Update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 34(1), 9-58. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2018
Ballesta-Artero, I., Zhao, L., Milano, S., et al. (2018). Environmental and biological factors influencing trace elemental and microstructural properties of <i>Arctica islandica</i> shells. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 645, 913-923. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Weber, M., Scholz, D., Schroeder-Ritzrau, A., et al. (2018). Evidence of warm and humid interstadials in central Europe during early MIS 3 revealed by a multi-proxy speleothem record. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 200, 276-286. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Palin, R. M., Sayed, A. B., White, R. W., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2018). Origin, age, and significance of deep-seated granulite-facies migmatites in the Barrow zones of Scotland, Cairn Leuchan, Glen Muick area. JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY, 36(8), 1071-1096. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Walliser, E. O., Mertz-Kraus, R., Schoene, B. R. (2018). The giant inoceramid <i>Platyceramus platinus</i> as a high-resolution paleoclimate archive for the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, 86, 73-90. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Foerster, M. W., Prelevic, D., Schmueck, H. R., et al. (2018). Melting phlogopite-rich MARID: Lamproites and the role of alkalis in olivine-liquid Ni-partitioning. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 476, 429-440. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Butler, O. T., Cairns, W. R. L., Cook, J. M., et al. (2018). Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 33(1), 8-56. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Fritschle, T., Daly, J. S., McConnell, B., et al. (2018). Peri-Gondwanan Ordovician arc magmatism in southeastern Ireland and the Isle of Man: Constraints on the timing of Caledonian deformation in Ganderia. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, 130(11-12), 1918-1939. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Palin, R. M., Treloar, P. J., Searle, M. P., et al. (2018). U-Pb monazite ages from the Pakistan Himalaya record pre-Himalayan Ordovician orogeny and Permian continental breakup. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, 130(11-12), 2047-2061. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zwaan, J. C. H., Mertz-Kraus, R., Renfro, N. D., et al. (2018). Rhodochrosite Gems: Properties and Provenance. JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY, 36(4), 332-345. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2017
Veter, M., Foley, S. F., Mertz-Kraus, R., Groschopf, N. (2017). Trace elements in olivine of ultramafic lamprophyres controlled by phlogopite-rich mineral assemblages in the mantle source. LITHOS, 292, 81-95. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Ersoy, E. Y., Akal, C., Genc, S. C., et al. (2017). U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Paleogene – Neogene volcanism in the NW Anatolia: Its implications for the Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean. TECTONOPHYSICS, 717, 284-301. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Marali, S., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2017). Reproducibility of trace element time-series (Na/Ca, Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca) within and between specimens of the bivalve <i>Arctica islandica</i> – A LA-ICP-MS line scan study. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 484, 109-128. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhao, L., Walliser, E. O., Mertz-Kraus, R., Schoene, B. R. (2017). Unionid shells (<i>Hyriopsis cumingii</i>) record manganese cycling at the sediment-water interface in a shallow eutrophic lake in China (Lake Taihu). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 484, 97-108. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Rojas-Agramonte, Y., Williams, I. S., Arculus, R., et al. (2017). Ancient xenocrystic zircon in young volcanic rocks of the southern Lesser Antilles island arc. LITHOS, 290, 228-252. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mischel, S. A., Mertz-Kraus, R., Jochum, K. P., Scholz, D. (2017). TERMITE: An R script for fast reduction of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry data and its application to trace element measurements. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, 31(13), 1079-1087. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Onuk, P., Melcher, F., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2017). Development of a Matrix-Matched Sphalerite Reference Material (MUL-ZnS-1) for Calibration of <i>In Situ</i> Trace Element Measurements by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 41(2), 263-272. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Sorokina, E. S., Roesel, D., Haeger, T., et al. (2017). LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of rutile inclusions within corundum (ruby and sapphire): new constraints on the formation of corundum deposits along the Mozambique belt. MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, 52(5), 641-649. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Foerster, M. W., Prelevic, D., Schmueck, H. R., et al. (2017). Melting and dynamic metasomatism of mixed harzburgite plus glimmerite mantle source: Implications for the genesis of orogenic potassic magmas. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 455, 182-191. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhao, L., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2017). Delineating the role of calcium in shell formation and elemental composition of <i>Corbicula fluminea</i> (Bivalvia). HYDROBIOLOGIA, 790(1), 259-272. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Cruz-Uribe, A. M., Mertz-Kraus, R., Zack, T., et al. (2017). A New LA-ICP-MS Method for Ti in Quartz: Implications and Application to High Pressure Rutile-Quartz Veins from the Czech Erzgebirge. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 41(1), 29-40. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhao, L., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R., Yang, F. (2017). Sodium provides unique insights into transgenerational effects of ocean acidification on bivalve shell formation. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 577, 360-366. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Marali, S., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2017). Ba/Ca ratios in shells of <i>Arctica islandica</i> – Potential environmental proxy and crossdating tool. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 465, 347-361. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhao, L., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R. (2017). Controls on strontium and barium incorporation into freshwater bivalve shells (<i>Corbicula fluminea</i>). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 465, 386-394. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhao, L., Schoene, B. R., Mertz-Kraus, R., Yang, F. (2017). Insights from sodium into the impacts of elevated <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub> and temperature on bivalve shell formation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 486, 148-154. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2016
Sorokina, E. S., Hofmeister, W., Haeger, T., et al. (2016). Morphological and chemical evolution of corundum (ruby and sapphire): Crystal ontogeny reconstructed by EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, and Cr<SUP>3+</SUP> Raman mapping. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 101(12), 2716-2722. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Passchier, C., Suermelihindi, G., Spoetl, C., et al. (2016). Carbonate deposits from the ancient aqueduct of Beziers, France – A high-resolution palaeoenvironmental archive for the Roman Empire. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 461, 328-340. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zhang, L.-Y., Prelevic, D., Li, N., et al. (2016). Variation of olivine composition in the volcanic rocks in the Songliao basin, NE China: lithosphere control on the origin of the K-rich intraplate mafic lavas. LITHOS, 262, 153-168. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Jochum, K. P., Wilson, S. A., Becker, H., et al. (2016). FeMnOx-1: A new microanalytical reference material for the investigation of Mn-Fe rich geological samples. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 432, 34-40. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Candan, O., Akal, C., Koralay, O. E., et al. (2016). Carboniferous granites on the northern margin of Gondwana, Anatolide-Tauride Block, Turkey – Evidence for southward subduction of Paleotethys. TECTONOPHYSICS, 683, 349-366. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Robinson, A. C., Owen, L. A., Chen, J., et al. (2016). Response to comment on „No late Quaternary strike-slip motion along the northern Karakoram fault“. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 443, 220-223. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Sharp, W. D., Mertz-Kraus, R., Vallverdu, J., et al. (2016). Archeological deposits at Abric Romaní extend to 110 ka: U-series dating of a newly cored, 30 meter-thick section. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 5, 400-406. DOI
2015
Fuellenbach, C. S., Schoene, B. R., und Mertz-Kraus, R. (2015). Strontium/lithium ratio in aragonitic shells of <i>Cerastoderma edule</i> (Bivalvia) – A new potential temperature proxy for brackish environments. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 417, 341-355. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Soares, C. J., Mertz-Kraus, R., Guedes, S., et al. (2015). Characterisation of Apatites as Potential Uranium Reference Materials for Fission-track Dating by LA-ICP-MS. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 39(3), 305-313. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Prelevic, D., Akal, C., Romer, R. L., et al. (2015). Magmatic Response to Slab Tearing: Constraints from the Afyon Alkaline Volcanic Complex, Western Turkey. JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY, 56(3), 527-562. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Robinson, A. C., Owen, L. A., Chen, J., et al. (2015). No late Quaternary strike-slip motion along the northern Karakoram fault. EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 409, 290-298. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Kirch, P. V., Mertz-Kraus, R., Sharp, W. D. (2015). Precise chronology of Polynesian temple construction and use for southeastern Maui, Hawaiian Islands determined by <SUP>230</SUP>Th dating of corals. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 53, 166-177. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Zwaan, J. C. H., Buter, E., Mertz-Kraus, R., Kane, R. E. (2015). ALLUVIAL SAPPHIRES FROM MONTANA: INCLUSIONS, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND INDICATIONS OF A METASOMATIC ORIGIN. GEMS & GEMOLOGY, 51(4), 370-391. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2014
Rossi, C., Mertz-Kraus, R., und Osete, M.-L. (2014). Paleoclimate variability during the Blake geomagnetic excursion (MIS 5d) deduced from a speleothem record. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 102, 166-180. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Jochum, K. P., Stoll, B., Weis, U., et al. (2014). Non-Matrix-Matched Calibration for the Multi-Element Analysis of Geological and Environmental Samples Using 200 nm Femtosecond LA-ICP-MS: A Comparison with Nanosecond Lasers. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 38(3), 265-292. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Oster, J. L., Montanez, I. P., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2014). Millennial-scale variations in western Sierra Nevada precipitation during the last glacial cycle MIS 4/3 transition. QUATERNARY RESEARCH, 82(1), 236-248. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Hettmann, K., Kreissig, K., Rehkaemper, M., et al. (2014). Thallium geochemistry in the metamorphic Lengenbach sulfide deposit, Switzerland: Thallium-isotope fractionation in a sulfide melt. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 99(4), 793-803. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Soares, C. J., Guedes, S., Hadler, J. C., et al. (2014). Novel calibration for LA-ICP-MS-based fission-track thermochronology. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS, 41(1), 65-73. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2013
Brachert, T. C., Reuter, M., Krueger, S., et al. (2013). Density banding in corals: barcodes of past and current climate change. CORAL REEFS, 32(4), 1013-1023. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2012
Maina, J., de Moel, H., Vermaat, J. E., et al. (2012). Linking coral river runoff proxies with climate variability, hydrology and land-use in Madagascar catchments. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, 64(10), 2047-2059. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2011
Jochum, K. P., Wilson, S. A., Abouchami, W., et al. (2011). GSD-1G and MPI-DING reference glasses for in Situ and Bulk isotopic determination. Geostandards and geoanalytical research, 35(2), Seiten: 193-226. Author/Publisher URL
2010
Hergt, J. M., Arevalo, R. J., Bedard, L. P., et al. (2010). GGR Critical Review of Analytical Developments in 2008-2009: An Introduction. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 34(4), 325-326. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Jochum, K. P., Enzweiler, J., Mertz-Kraus, R., Wang, X. (2010). GGR Biennial Review: Reference Materials in Geoanalytical and Environmental Research – Review for 2008 and 2009. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 34(4), 353-385. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Jochum, K. P., Wang, X., Mertz-Kraus, R., et al. (2010). Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Bibliographic Review 2009. GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH, 34(4), 407-410. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mertz-Kraus, R., Jochum, K. P., Sharp, W. D., et al. (2010). Combined Th-U isotope and multi-element analyses by LA-ICP-MS. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 74(12), A701-A701. Author/Publisher URL
Mertz-Kraus, R., Jochum, K. P., Sharp, W. D., et al. (2010). <i>In situ</i> <SUP>230</SUP>Th-<SUP>232</SUP>Th-<SUP>234</SUP>U-<SUP>238</SUP>U analysis of silicate glasses and carbonates using laser ablation single-collector sector-field ICP-MS. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, 25(12), 1895-1904. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2009
Mertz-Kraus, R., Brachert, T. C., Reuter, M., et al. (2009). Late Miocene sea surface salinity variability and paleoclimate conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean inferred from coral aragonite δ<SUP>18</SUP>O. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 262(3-4), 202-216. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mertz-Kraus, R., Brachert, T. C., Jochum, K. P., et al. (2009). LA-ICP-MS analyses on coral growth increments reveal heavy winter rain in the Eastern Mediterranean at 9 Ma. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 273(1-2), 25-40. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Mertz, R. (2009). Mediterranean-type climate in the South Aegean (Eastern Mediterranean) during the Late Miocene: Evidence from isotope and element proxies [PhD Thesis]. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2008
Mertz-Kraus, R., Brachert, T. C., und Reuter, M. (2008). <i>Tarbellastraea</i> (Scleractinia):: A new stable isotope archive for Late Miocene paleoenvironments in the Mediterranean. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 257(3), 294-307. DOI Author/Publisher URL
2007
Mertz-Kraus, R., Brachert, T. C., Galer, S. J. G., et al. (2007). Seasonal element and Sr isotope ratio variations in Late Miocene corals from Crete, Eastern Mediterranean. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 71(15), A656-A656. Author/Publisher URL
1998
Kraus, R. (1998). The cranium ofPiscogavialis jugaliperforatus n.gen., n.sp. (Gavialidae, Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Peru. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 72(3-4), 389-405. DOI
