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Ernst Hegner is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany and primarily works within the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research covers various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Archeology.

The scientist's recent publication record demonstrates a focus on geological and geochemical analysis, with significant contributions to understanding sedimentary origins, magmatism, and isotope geochemistry. Their notable papers include:

  • Sediment-derived origin of the putative Munnar carbonatite, South India (2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences)
  • Cambrian-Ordovician mid-ocean ridge magmatism in the Kyrgyz Middle Tianshan and origin of the Karaterek ophiolite (2021, Lithos)

Other recent papers co-authored by Hegner or collaborators in the same research network include works on intracontinental volcanism and isotope constraints on petrogenesis, published in Gondwana Research and Precambrian Research, respectively.

The frequent co-authors in Hegner's work include:

  • Pamela D. Kempton
  • Ann Spence
  • Hilary Downes
  • Janne Blichert-Toft
  • Pieter Z. Vroon

Hegner's research output is published in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Lithos
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Gondwana Research
  • Precambrian Research

The scientist's work engages a range of topics centering on geological processes and materials at high pressure, tectonics, and geochemical mapping. Specific research themes include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

The intersections of geophysics with artificial intelligence and paleontology indicate a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Earth system processes. Hegner's publication and collaboration records depict active involvement in several areas of Earth sciences, particularly through analytical and geochemical methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    A. Kröner;V. Kovach;E. Belousova;E. Hegner

  • High-potassium, calc-alkaline I-type plutonism in the European Variscides: northern Vosges (France) and northern Schwarzwald (Germany)

    Rainer Altherr;Albert Holl;Ernst Hegner;Carola Langer

  • Accretionary growth and crust formation in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and comparison with the Arabian-Nubian shield

    A. Kröner;B.F. Windley;G. Badarch;O. Tomurtogoo

  • Zircon ages and Nd isotopic and chemical compositions of orthogneisses from the Black Forest, Germany: evidence for a Cambrian magmatic arc

    F. Chen;E. Hegner;W. Todt

  • Chronological constraints on the pre-orogenic history, burial and exhumation of deep-seated rocks along the eastern margin of the Variscan Orogen, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic

    Karel Schulmann;Alfred Kröner;Ernst Hegner;Immo Wendt

  • Mineral ages and P-T conditions of Late Paleozoic high-pressure eclogite and provenance of mélange sediments from Atbashi in the south Tianshan orogen of Kyrgyzstan

    E. Hegner;R. Klemd;A. Kröner;M. Corsini

  • Palaeozoic arc magmatism in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt of Kazakhstan: SHRIMP zircon ages and whole-rock Nd isotopic systematics

    A. Kröner;E. Hegner;B. Lehmann;J. Heinhorst

  • The oldest part of the Barberton granitoid-greenstone terrain, South Africa: evidence for crust formation between 3.5 and 3.7 Ga

    A. Kröner;A. Kröner;E. Hegner;E. Hegner;J.I. Wendt;J.I. Wendt;J.I. Wendt;G.R. Byerly;G.R. Byerly

  • Mesoproterozoic (Grenville-age) terranes in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: Zircon ages and Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on the origin and evolution of basement blocks in the southern Central Asian Orogen

    A. Kröner;D.V. Alexeiev;Y. Rojas-Agramonte;E. Hegner

  • Isotopic composition of recent shark teeth as a proxy for environmental conditions

    T.W Vennemann;E Hegner;G Cliff;G.W Benz

  • Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic compositions and trace element geochemistry of megacrysts and melilitites from the Tertiary Urach volcanic field: source composition of small volume melts under SW Germany

    E. Hegner;H. J. Walter;M. Satir

  • Geochemical signature of Paleozoic accretionary complexes of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in South Mongolia: Constraints on arc environments and crustal growth

    Christoph Helo;Ernst Hegner;Alfred Kröner;Gombosuren Badarch

  • Geochemistry, single zircon ages and Sm–Nd systematics of granitoid rocks from theGóry Sowie (Owl Mts), Polish West Sudetes: evidence for earlyarc-related plutonism

    Alfred Kröner;Ernst Hegner

  • Age and isotope geochemistry of the Archaean Pongola and Usushwana suites in Swaziland, southern Africa: a case for crustal contamination of mantle-derived magma

    E. Hegner;E. Hegner;A. Kröner;A.W. Hofmann

  • Single zircon ages and whole-rock Nd isotopic systematics of early Palaeozoic granitoid gneisses from the Czech and Polish Sudetes (Jizerské hory, Krkonoše Mountains and Orlice-Sněžník Complex)

    A. Kröner;P. Jaeckel;E. Hegner;M. Opletal

  • GSD-1G and MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In Situ and Bulk Isotopic Determination

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Steven A. Wilson;Wafa Abouchami;Marghaleray Amini;Marghaleray Amini

  • The Shishkhid ophiolite, northern Mongolia: A key to the reconstruction of a Neoproterozoic island-arc system in central Asia

    A. Kuzmichev;A. Kröner;E. Hegner;Liu Dunyi

  • Age and evolution of late Mesozoic metamorphic core complexes in southern Siberia and northern Mongolia

    Tanlen V. Donskaya;B. F. Windley;A. M. Mazukabzov;A. Kröner

  • Fast tectonometamorphism and exhumation in the type area of the Barrovian and Buchan zones

    G.J.H. Oliver;F. Chen;R. Buchwaldt;E. Hegner

  • Recurrent Cenozoic volcanic activity in the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic)

    Jaromír Ulrych;Jaroslav Dostal;Jiří Adamovič;Emil Jelínek

  • Zircon and muscovite ages, geochemistry, and Nd–Hf isotopes for the Aktyuz metamorphic terrane: Evidence for an Early Ordovician collisional belt in the northern Tianshan of Kyrgyzstan

    A. Kröner;D.V. Alexeiev;E. Hegner;Y. Rojas-Agramonte

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Dunyi Liu
Dunyi Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Torsten Vennemann
Torsten Vennemann University of Lausanne
Axel Hofmann
Axel Hofmann University of Johannesburg
Attila Demény
Attila Demény Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Muharrem Satir
Muharrem Satir University of Tübingen
Fukun Chen
Fukun Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
Arne P. Willner
Arne P. Willner Ruhr University Bochum

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