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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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