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Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

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Earth Science

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19812
World Ranking
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41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics within geology and environmental science such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Silicon Effects in Agriculture, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Friedhelm von Blanckenburg include:

  • A global rate of denudation from cosmogenic nuclides in the Earth's largest rivers (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • How the rock-inhabiting fungus K. petricola A95 enhances olivine dissolution through attachment (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Mineral Nutrients Sourced in Deep Regolith Sustain Long-Term Nutrition of Mountainous Temperate Forest Ecosystems (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Do degree and rate of silicate weathering depend on plant productivity? (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Vivianite formation in ferruginous sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia (2020, Biogeosciences)

The scientist's collaborations include frequent co-authorship with:

  • Hella Wittmann
  • Daniel A. Frick
  • Patrick Frings
  • David Uhlig
  • Thomas Neumann

Friedhelm von Blanckenburg's publications appear often in venues such as:

  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • American Journal of Science
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Biogeosciences

Recognition in their academic career includes being inducted as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020 and receiving Fellowship status from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Slab breakoff: A model of lithosphere detachment and its test in the magmatism and deformation of collisional orogens

    J. Huw Davies;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Determination of the 10Be half-life by multicollector ICP-MS and liquid scintillation counting

    Jérôme Chmeleff;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Karsten Kossert;Dieter Jakob

  • Slab breakoff: A model for syncollisional magmatism and tectonics in the Alps

    Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;J. Huw Davies

  • The control mechanisms of erosion and weathering at basin scale from cosmogenic nuclides in river sediment

    Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Molybdenum isotope records as a potential new proxy for paleoceanography

    Christopher Siebert;Thomas Nägler;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Long-term stability of global erosion rates and weathering during late-Cenozoic cooling

    Jane K. Willenbring;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • The stable Cr isotope inventory of solid Earth reservoirs determined by double spike MC-ICP-MS

    R. Schoenberg;S. Zink;M. Staubwasser;F. von Blanckenburg

  • Large-scale erosion rates from in situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides in European river sediments

    M. Schaller;F. von Blanckenburg;N. Hovius;P.W. Kubik

  • Time calibration of a PT-path from the Western Tauern Window, Eastern Alps: the problem of closure temperatures

    F. v. Blanckenburg;I. M. Villa;H. Baur;G. Morteani

  • Evolution of Nd and Pb isotopes in Central Pacific seawater from ferromanganese crusts

    H.F. Ling;K.W. Burton;R.K. O'Nions;B.S. Kamber

  • Cosmogenic nuclide evidence for low weathering and denudation in the wet, tropical highlands of Sri Lanka

    Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Tilak Hewawasam;Tilak Hewawasam;Peter W. Kubik

  • Physical and Chemical Controls on the Critical Zone

    Suzanne Prestrud Anderson;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Arthur F. White

  • Relation between rock uplift and denudation from cosmogenic nuclides in river sediment in the Central Alps of Switzerland

    Hella Wittmann;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Tina Kruesmann;Kevin P. Norton

  • An assessment of the accuracy of stable Fe isotope ratio measurements on samples with organic and inorganic matrices by high-resolution multicollector ICP-MS

    Ronny Schoenberg;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Investigation on elemental and isotopic fractionation during 196 nm femtosecond laser ablation multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Ingo Horn;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • A 30 000 yr record of erosion rates from cosmogenic 10Be in Middle European river terraces

    M. Schaller;F. von Blanckenburg;A. Veldkamp;L.A. Tebbens

  • Meteoric cosmogenic Beryllium-10 adsorbed to river sediment and soil: Applications for Earth-surface dynamics

    Jane K. Willenbring;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Natural iron isotope variations in human blood.

    Thomas Walczyk;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Modes of planetary-scale Fe isotope fractionation

    Ronny Schoenberg;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg

  • Restoring dense vegetation can slow mountain erosion to near natural benchmark levels

    Veerle Vanacker;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Gerard Govers;Armando Molina

Frequent Co-Authors

Julien Bouchez
Julien Bouchez Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Hella Wittmann
Hella Wittmann Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Ronny Schoenberg
Ronny Schoenberg University of Tübingen
Eric H. Oelkers
Eric H. Oelkers University of Iceland
Marcus Christl
Marcus Christl ETH Zurich
Todd A. Ehlers
Todd A. Ehlers University of Glasgow
Thomas F. Nägler
Thomas F. Nägler University of Bern
Michael Sommer
Michael Sommer University of Potsdam
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn

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