Publications of K. Mezger

Abouchami, W.; Näthe, K.; Kumar, A.; Galer, S. J. G.; Jochum, K. P.; Williams, E.; Horbe, A. M. C.; Rosa, J. W. C.; Balsam, W.; Adams, D. et al.; Mezger, K.; Andreae, M. O.: 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 (2013)

Sokol, A. K.; Fernandes, V. A.; Schulz, T.; Bischoff, A.; Burgess, R.; Clayton, R. N.; Münker, C.; Nishiizumi, K.; Palme, H.; Schultz, L. et al.; Weckwerth, G.; Mezger, K.; Horstmann, M.: 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 (2008)

Pfänder, J. A.; Münker, C.; Stracke, A.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2007)

Seitz, H. M.; Brey, G. P.; Weyer, S.; Durali, S.; Ott, U.; Münker, C.; Mezger, K.: Lithium isotope compositions of Martian and lunar reservoirs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 245 (1-2), pp. 6 - 18 (2006)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.; Hoernes, S.: 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 (2004)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2003)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.; Hoernes, S.: 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 (2003)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2003)

Münker, C.; Pfänder, J. A.; Weyer, S.; Büchl, A.; Kleine, T.; Mezger, K.: Evolution of planetary cores and the earth-moon system from Nb/Ta systematics. Science 301 (5629), pp. 84 - 87 (2003)

Möller, A.; Hensen, B. J.; Armstrong, R. A.; Mezger, K.; Ballèvre, M.: 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 (2003)

Weyer, S.; Münker, C.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2003)

Jung, S.; Hoernes, S.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2002)

Teklay, M.; Kröner, A.; Mezger, K.: 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 (2002)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.: 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, pp. 77 - 97 (2001)

Jung, S.; Mezger, K.; Hoernes, S.: Trace element and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, O) arguments for a mid- to lower crustal origin of Pan-African garnet-bearing S-type granites from the Damara orogen (Namibia). Precambrian Research 110, pp. 325 - 355 (2001)

Tchameni, R.; Mezger, K.; Nsifa, N. E.; Pouclet, A.: Crustal origin of Early Proterozoic syenites in the Congo Craton (Ntem Complex), South Cameroon. Lithos 57, pp. 23 - 42 (2001)

Jochum, K. P.; Dingwell, D. B.; Rocholl, A.; Stoll, B.; Hofmann, A. W.; Becker, S.; Besmehn, A.; Bessette, D.; Dietze, H.-J.; Dulski, P. et al.; Erzinger, J.; Hellebrand, E.; Hoppe, P.; Horn, I.; Janssens, K.; Jenner, G. A.; Klein, M.; McDonough, W. F.; Maetz, M.; Mezger, K.; Münker, C.; Nikogosian, I. K.; Pickhad, C.; Raczek, I.; Rhede, D.; Seufert, H. M.; Simakin, S. G.; Sobolev, A. V.; Spettel, B.; Straub, S.; Vincze, L.; Wallianos, A.; Weckwerth, G.; Weyer, S.; Wolf, D.; Zimmer, M.: The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Eight Geological MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In-Situ Microanalysis. Geostandards Newsletter 24, pp. 87 - 133 (2000)

Jung, S.; Hoernes, S.; Mezger, K.: 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, pp. 259 - 267 (2000)

Jung, S.; Hoernes, S.; Mezger, K.: Geochronology and petrology of migmatites from the Proterozoic Damara Belt - importance of episodic fluid-present disequilibrium melting and consequences for granite petrology. Lithos 51, pp. 153 - 179 (2000)

Mayer, A.; Mezger, K.; Sinigoi, S.: New Sm-Nd ages for the Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Sesia and Sessera valleys (Northern-Italy). Journal of Geodynamics 30, pp. 147 - 166 (2000)