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Overview

Edwin Gnos is affiliated with the Natural History Museum of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Atmospheric Science. The scientist's work incorporates interdisciplinary approaches involving Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as Astro and Planetary Science.

Their publication record includes contributions to several peer-reviewed journals, such as:

  • Swiss Journal of Geosciences
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Edwin Gnos has authored and co-authored multiple scientific papers. Representative publications include:

  • "Dating tectonic activity in the Lepontine Dome and Rhone-Simplon Fault regions through hydrothermal monazite-(Ce)," 2020, Solid Earth
  • "Episodes of fissure formation in the Alps: connecting quartz fluid inclusion, fissure monazite age, and fissure orientation data," 2021, Swiss Journal of Geosciences
  • "Cenozoic deformation in the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps) constrained by in situ Th-Pb dating of fissure monazite," 2020, Solid Earth
  • "Terrestrial ages of seven meteorite strewn fields and two single unpaired meteorites from the Sultanate of Oman determined using 14C and 10Be," 2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • "Ion microprobe dating of fissure monazite in the Western Alps: insights from the Argentera Massif and the Piemontais and Briançonnais Zones," 2020, Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Throughout their career, Edwin Gnos has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Beda A. Hofmann
  • Emmanuelle Ricchi
  • Christian A. Bergemann
  • Alfons Berger
  • Martin J. Whitehouse

The main topics addressed in Gnos's body of work span multiple aspects of Earth sciences and planetary research, covering:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

This profile reflects Edwin Gnos's ongoing contributions to scientific understanding in their fields of expertise, based on their published research and active collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Hot and dry deep crustal xenoliths from tibet

    Bradley R. Hacker;Edwin Gnos;Lothar Ratschbacher;Marty Grove

  • Rapid emplacement of the Oman ophiolite: Thermal and geochronologic constraints

    B. R. Hacker;J. L. Mosenfelder;E. Gnos;E. Gnos

  • LATE CRETACEOUS/EARLY TERTIARY CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE INDIAN AND ARABIAN PLATES RECORDED IN OPHIOLITES AND RELATED SEDIMENTS

    E. Gnos;A. Immenhauser;Tj. Peters

  • Very low strengths of interplanetary meteoroids and small asteroids

    Olga Popova;Jiří Borovička;William K. Hartmann;Pavel Spurný

  • Compositional changes of a dicalcium phosphate dihydrate cement after implantation in sheep

    M. Bohner;F. Theiss;D. Apelt;W. Hirsiger

  • Monazite analysis; from sample preparation to microprobe age dating and REE quantification.

    N.C. Scherrer;M. Engi;E. Gnos;V. Jakob

  • Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the south Tethyan suture zone, Pakistan : Implications for the Reunion hotspot and Deccan traps

    J.J. Mahoney;R.A. Duncan;W. Khan;E. Gnos

  • Pinpointing the Source of a Lunar Meteorite: Implications for the Evolution of the Moon

    Edwin Gnos;Beda A. Hofmann;Ali Al-Kathiri;Silvio Lorenzetti

  • Rare earth element mineralogy and geochemistry in a laterite profile from Madagascar

    Alfons Berger;Emilie Janots;Edwin Gnos;Robert Frei

  • Compositional changes of a brushite hydraulic cement after implantation in sheep

    M Bohner;Felix Theiss;D Apelt;W Hirsiger

  • Weathering of meteorites from Oman: Correlation of chemical and mineralogical weathering proxies with 14C terrestrial ages and the influence of soil chemistry

    A. Al-Kathiri;B. A. Hofmann;A. J. T. Jull;E. Gnos

  • Formation and composition of rhabdophane, bastnäsite and hydrated thorium minerals during alteration: Implications for geochronology and low-temperature processes

    Alfons Berger;Edwin Gnos;Emilie Janots;Alain Fernandez

  • Constraints on fluid evolution during metamorphism from U-Th-Pb systematics in Alpine hydrothermal monazite

    Emilie Janots;Alfons Berger;Alfons Berger;Edwin Gnos;Martin Whitehouse

  • THE CONUNDRUM OF SAMAIL : EXPLAINING THE METAMORPHIC HISTORY

    Bradley R. Hacker;Edwin Gnos

  • Peak Metamorphic Conditions of Garnet Amphibolites Beneath the Semail Ophiolite: Implications for an Inverted Pressure Gradient

    Edwin Gnos

  • Bela oceanic lithosphere assemblage and its relation to the Reunion hotspot

    Edwin Gnos;Mehrab Khan;Khalid Mahmood;Abdul S. Khan

  • K-Ar ages of the metamorphic sole of the Semail Ophiolite: implications for ophiolite cooling history

    Edwin Gnos;Tjerk Peters

  • Rock-forming moissanite (natural α-silicon carbide)

    Simonpietro Di Pierro;Edwin Gnos;Bernard H. Grobety;Thomas Armbruster

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of the emplacement of the Muslim Bagh ophiolite, Pakistan

    Khalid Mahmood;Françoise Boudier;Edwin Gnos;Patrick Monié

  • Late Palaeozoic to Neogene geodynamic evolution of the northeastern Oman margin

    Adrian Immenhauser;Adrian Immenhauser;Guido Schreurs;Edwin Gnos;Heiko W. Oterdoom

  • Sayh al Uhaymir 094: A new martian meteorite from the Oman desert

    E. Gnos;B. Hofmann;I. A. Franchi;A. Al-Kathiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfons Berger
Alfons Berger University of Bern
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Thomas Armbruster
Thomas Armbruster University of Bern
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Guido Schreurs
Guido Schreurs University of Bern
Ian A. Franchi
Ian A. Franchi The Open University
Marco Herwegh
Marco Herwegh University of Bern
Richard C. Greenwood
Richard C. Greenwood The Open University
Thomas Pettke
Thomas Pettke University of Bern
Karl Ramseyer
Karl Ramseyer University of Bern

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