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Christian Tegner

Christian Tegner

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
5384
World Ranking
5627
National Ranking
56

Overview

Christian Tegner is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Astro and Planetary Science, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geological Modeling and Analysis, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Christian Tegner has published a selection of papers reflecting their engagements with geochemical and geological processes, volcanic activity, and climate-related studies. Notable recent publications include:

  • Tracing volcanic emissions from the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province in the sedimentary record, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • New constraints on the age, geochemistry, and environmental impact of High Arctic Large Igneous Province magmatism: Tracing the extension of the Alpha Ridge onto Ellesmere Island, Canada, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Shallow-water hydrothermal venting linked to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Tracing North Atlantic volcanism and seaway connectivity across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 2023, Climate of the past
  • Geochemical Systematics of High Arctic Large Igneous Province Continental Tholeiites from Canada-Evidence for Progressive Crustal Contamination in the Plumbing System, 2021, Journal of Petrology

Their work has been disseminated in several reputable publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Christian Tegner has also been involved in book publications, including the "Expedition 396 Preliminary Report: Mid-Norwegian Margin Magmatism and Paleoclimate Implications" published in 2022 by Preliminary report.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christian Tegner include:

  • Sverre Planke
  • Christian Berndt
  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
  • Joost Frieling
  • Morgan T. Jones

Best Publications

  • Timing and duration of volcanism in the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Implications for geodynamics and links to the Iceland hotspot

    Michael Storey;Robert A. Duncan;Christian Tegner

  • Immiscible iron- and silica-rich melts in basalt petrogenesis documented in the Skaergaard intrusion

    J.K. Jakobsen;I.V. Veksler;C. Tegner;C.K. Brooks

  • 40Ar39Ar geochronology of Tertiary mafic intrusions along the East Greenland rifted margin: Relation to flood basalts and the Iceland hotspot track

    C. Tegner;R.A. Duncan;S. Bernstein;C.K. Brooks

  • Cyclicity in the Main and Upper Zones of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Crystallization from a Zoned Magma Sheet

    Christian Tegner;R. Grant Cawthorn;F. Johan Kruger

  • Differentiation and Compaction in the Skaergaard Intrusion

    Christian Tegner;Peter Thy;Marian B. Holness;Jakob K. Jakobsen;Jakob K. Jakobsen

  • Magmatism and Eurekan deformation in the High Arctic Large Igneous Province: 40Ar–39Ar age of Kap Washington Group volcanics, North Greenland

    Christian Tegner;Michael Storey;P Holm;S Thorarinsson

  • Silicate Liquid Immiscibility within the Crystal Mush: Late-stage Magmatic Microstructures in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland

    M. B. Holness;G. Stripp;M. C. S. Humphreys;I. V. Veksler

  • Evidence from the rare-earth-element record of mantle melting for cooling of the Tertiary Iceland plume

    C. Tegner;C. E. Lesher;L. M. Larsen;W. S. Watt

  • Crystallization of the Skaergaard Intrusion from an Emulsion of Immiscible Iron- and Silica-rich Liquids: Evidence from Melt Inclusions in Plagioclase

    Jakob K. Jakobsen;Jakob K. Jakobsen;Ilya V. Veksler;Christian Tegner;C. Kent Brooks

  • Volcanic Mercury and Mutagenesis in Land Plants During the end-Triassic Mass Extinction

    Sofie Lindström;Hamed Sanei;Bas van de Schootbrugge;Gunver K. Pedersen

  • Iron in plagioclase as a monitor of the differentiation of the Skaergaard intrusion

    Christian Tegner

  • The behaviour of platinum-group elements in basalts from the East Greenland rifted margin

    Peter Momme;Christian Tegner;Kent C. Brooks;Reid R. Keays

  • Mercury anomalies across the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Morgan Thomas Jones;Lawrence Percival;Ella Wulfsberg Stokke;Joost Frieling

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  • Pressure conditions for the solidification of the Skaergaard intrusion: Eruption of East Greenland flood basalts in less than 300,000 years

    Rune B. Larsen;Christian Tegner

  • Partitioning of ferric and ferrous iron between plagioclase and silicate melt

    Kasper Leth Lundgaard;Christian Tegner

  • The Skaergaard PGE and Gold Deposit: the Result of in situ Fractionation, Sulphide Saturation, and Magma Chamber-scale Precious Metal Redistribution by Immiscible Fe-rich Melt

    T. F. D. Nielsen;J. C. Ø. Andersen;M. B. Holness;J. K. Keiding

  • Textural Maturity of Cumulates: a Record of Chamber Filling, Liquidus Assemblage, Cooling Rate and Large-scale Convection in Mafic Layered Intrusions

    Marian B. Holness;Troels F. D. Nielsen;Christian Tegner

  • A Textural Record of Solidification and Cooling in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland.

    Marian B. Holness;Christian Tegner;Troels F. D. Nielsen;Gemma Stripp

  • The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in Morocco

    Andrea Marzoli;Hervé Bertrand;Nasrrddine Youbi;Nasrrddine Youbi;Sara Callegaro

  • The Skaergaard liquid line of descent revisited

    Peter Thy;Charles E. Lesher;Christian Tegner

  • Age of Tertiary volcanic rocks on the West Greenland continental margin: volcanic evolution and event correlation to other parts of the North Atlantic Igneous Province

    Lotte M. Larsen;Asger K. Pedersen;Asger K. Pedersen;Christian Tegner;Robert A. Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Sverre Planke
Sverre Planke University of Oslo
Charles E. Lesher
Charles E. Lesher Aarhus University
Marian B. Holness
Marian B. Holness University of Cambridge
Torgeir B. Andersen
Torgeir B. Andersen University of Oslo
Fernando Corfu
Fernando Corfu University of Oslo
Paul Martin Holm
Paul Martin Holm University of Copenhagen
Nasrrddine Youbi
Nasrrddine Youbi Cadi Ayyad University
C. Kent Brooks
C. Kent Brooks Natural History Museum of Denmark
Henrik Svensen
Henrik Svensen University of Oslo
Reid R. Keays
Reid R. Keays Monash University

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