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Erik E. Scherer is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable publication activity in this broad field. Within this domain, their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Paleontology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Astro and Planetary Science.

A number of papers authored by or involving Scherer cover diverse geological phenomena and methodologies. Selected recent papers include:

  • On the petrogenesis of Paleoarchean continental crust: U-Pb-Hf isotope and major-trace element constraints from the Bastar Craton, India (2021, Chemical Geology)
  • Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu-Hf chronology (2024, Journal of Metamorphic Geology)
  • Neoproterozoic pre- and post-deformational metamorphism in the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt reconstructed by Lu-Hf garnet geochronology in the Kibuye-Gatumba area, Rwanda (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • The magmatic and tectono-metamorphic history of the Sistan suture zone, Iran: New insights into a key region for the convergence between the Lut and Afghan blocks (2022, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences)
  • The timing of blueschist-facies metamorphism in the Makrotantalon Unit on Andros Island, Greece: Cretaceous and Eocene high-pressure/low-temperature events? (2022, Geological Magazine)

Throughout their career, Scherer has frequently collaborated with multiple researchers. Regular co-authors include Klaus Mezger, Michael Bröcker, Alessandro Maltese, Jasper Berndt, and Matthijs A. Smit.

Erik E. Scherer's work has appeared in several publication venues, reflecting the breadth of their research activities. These venues include:

  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Lithos
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Chemical Geology

Best Publications

  • Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock.

    Erik Scherer;Carsten Münker;Klaus Mezger

  • Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC‐ICPMS measurements

    Carsten Münker;Stefan Weyer;Erik Scherer;Klaus Mezger

  • Lu–hf garnet geochronology: closure temperature relative to the Sm–Nd system and the effects of trace mineral inclusions

    Erik E Scherer;Kenneth L Cameron;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Early core formation in asteroids and late accretion of chondrite parent bodies: Evidence from 182Hf-182W in CAIs, metal-rich chondrites, and iron meteorites

    Thorsten Kleine;Klaus Mezger;Herbert Palme;Erik Scherer

  • Trace element fractionation during fluid-induced eclogitization in a subducting slab: trace element and Lu-Hf-Sm-Nd isotope systematics

    Timm John;Timm John;Erik E. Scherer;Karsten Haase;Volker Schenk

  • Zircon as a Monitor of Crustal Growth

    Erik E. Scherer;Martin J. Whitehouse;Carsten Münker

  • High precision Lu–Hf geochronology of Eocene eclogite-facies rocks from Syros, Cyclades, Greece

    Markus Lagos;Markus Lagos;Erik E. Scherer;Frank Tomaschek;Carsten Münker;Carsten Münker

  • Changes in dip of subducted slabs at depth: Petrological and geochronological evidence from HP-UHP rocks (Tianshan, NW-China)

    R. Klemd;T. John;E.E. Scherer;S. Rondenay;S. Rondenay

  • Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd garnet geochronology: Chronometric closure and implications for dating petrological processes

    Matthijs A. Smit;Matthijs A. Smit;Matthijs A. Smit;Erik E. Scherer;Klaus Mezger

  • Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U-Pb system

    Oliver Nebel;Oliver Nebel;Erik E. Scherer;Klaus Mezger;Klaus Mezger

  • Garnet Geochronology: Timekeeper of Tectonometamorphic Processes

    Ethan F. Baxter;Erik E. Scherer

  • Evidence for a Neoproterozoic ocean in south-central Africa from mid-oceanic-ridge type geochemical signatures and pressure-temperature estimates of Zambian eclogites

    Timm John;Volker Schenk;Karsten Haase;Erik Scherer

  • γ-ray irradiation in the early Solar System and the conundrum of the 176Lu decay constant

    Francis Albarède;Erik E. Scherer;Janne Blichert-Toft;Minik Rosing

  • Tracing two orogenic cycles in one eclogite sample by Lu–Hf garnet chronometry

    Daniel Herwartz;Thorsten J. Nagel;Carsten Münker;Erik E. Scherer

  • The Source Region and Melting Mineralogy of High-Titanium and Low-Titanium Lunar Basalts Deduced from Lu-Hf Isotope Data

    Brian L. Beard;Brian L. Beard;Lawrence A. Taylor;Erik E. Scherer;Clark M. Johnson

  • Subducted seamounts in an eclogite-facies ophiolite sequence: the Andean Raspas Complex, SW Ecuador

    Timm John;Timm John;Timm John;Erik E. Scherer;Volker Schenk;Petra Herms

  • U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of lower crust from central-southern Mexico - Geodynamic significance of Oaxaquia in a Rodinia Realm

    Bodo Weber;Erik E. Scherer;Carlos Schulze;Victor A. Valencia

  • Non-nucleosynthetic heterogeneity in non-radiogenic stable Hf isotopes: Implications for early solar system chronology

    Peter Sprung;Erik E. Scherer;Dewashish Upadhyay;Ingo Leya

  • Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology

    Alexander Schmidt;Stefan Weyer;Klaus Mezger;Erik E. Scherer

  • Isotopic evidence for chondritic Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd of the Moon

    Peter Sprung;Peter Sprung;Thorsten Kleine;Erik E. Scherer

  • The behavior of the Hf isotope system in radiation-damaged zircon during experimental hydrothermal alteration

    Christoph Lenting;Thorsten Geisler;Thorsten Geisler;Axel Gerdes;Ellen Kooijman

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Mezger
Klaus Mezger University of Bern
Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin
Carsten Münker
Carsten Münker University of Cologne
Volker Schenk
Volker Schenk Heidelberg University
Karsten M. Haase
Karsten M. Haase University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wouter Bleeker
Wouter Bleeker Geological Survey of Canada
Michael Bröcker
Michael Bröcker University of Münster
Addi Bischoff
Addi Bischoff University of Münster
Thorsten Kleine
Thorsten Kleine Max Planck Society
Jasper Berndt
Jasper Berndt University of Münster

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