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Gerhard Franz is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics Gerhard Franz has contributed to include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Gerhard Franz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors such as Vladimir Khomenko, Peter Lyckberg, Ulrich Gernert, Ferry Schiperski, and Vsevolod Chournousenko.

The scientist's work appears regularly in a number of recognized publication venues, including:

  • European Journal of Mineralogy
  • Biogeosciences
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • American Mineralogist

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerhard Franz include:

  • "Geochronology of granites of the western Korosten AMCG complex (Ukrainian Shield): implications for the emplacement history and origin of miarolitic pegmatites," 2021, European Journal of Mineralogy
  • "Siliceous sponge expansion and phosphogenesis in a shallow water environment in the Malyi Karatau Range (Kazakhstan) during the Precambrian-Cambrian transition," 2020, Precambrian Research
  • "Contemporaneous opening of the Alpine Tethys in the Eastern and Western Alps: constraints from a Late Jurassic gabbro intrusion age in the Glockner Nappe, Tauern Window, Austria," 2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "40Ar/39Ar dating of a hydrothermal pegmatitic buddingtonite-muscovite assemblage from Volyn, Ukraine," 2022, European Journal of Mineralogy
  • "Re-examination of the heterotype solid solution between calcite and strontianite and Ca-Sr fluid-carbonate distribution: An experimental study of the CaCO3-SrCO3-H2O system at 0.5-5 kbar and 600 °C," 2021, American Mineralogist

Best Publications

  • High-Pressure Metamorphism in the SW Tauern Window, Austria: P-T Paths from Hornblende-Kyanite-Staurolite Schists

    Jane Selverstone;Frank S. Spear;Gerhard Franz;Giulio Morteani

  • Monazite–xenotime miscibility gap thermometry. I. An empirical calibration

    W. Heinrich;G. Rehs;G. Franz

  • Physical and chemical properties of the epidote minerals: An introduction

    Gerhard Franz;Axel Liebscher

  • Composition and density model of the continental crust at an active continental margin—the Central Andes between 21° and 27°S

    Friedrich Lucassen;Raul Becchio;Russell Harmon;Simone Kasemann

  • Crystal chemistry of monazite and xenotime from Saxothuringian-Moldanubian metapelites, NE Bavaria, Germany

    Gerhard Franz;Gerhard Andrehs;D. Rhede

  • Proterozoic–Paleozoic development of the basement of the Central Andes (18–26°S) — a mobile belt of the South American craton

    F. Lucassen;R. Becchio;R. Becchio;H.G. Wilke;G. Franz

  • Fluid variability in 2 GPa eclogites as an indicator of fluid behavior during subduction

    Jane Selverstone;Gerhard Franz;Sabine Thomas;Stephen Getty

  • Aluminous titanite (sphene) from the Eclogite Zone, south-central Tauern Window, Austria

    Gerhard Franz;Frank S. Spear

  • Distinguishing crustal recycling and juvenile additions at active continental margins: the Paleozoic to recent compositional evolution of the Chilean Pacific margin (36–41°S) ☆

    Friedrich Lucassen;Robert Trumbull;Gerhard Franz;Christian Creixell

  • Trace Element Geochemistry of Epidote Minerals

    Dirk Frei;Axel Liebscher;Gerhard Franz;Peter Dulski

  • Slab-derived boron isotope signatures in arc volcanic rocks from the Central Andes and evidence for boron isotope fractionation during progressive slab dehydration

    Martin Rosner;Joerg Erzinger;Gerhard Franz;Robert B. Trumbull

  • High-pressure phengite decomposition in the Weissenstein eclogite, Münchberger Gneiss Massif, Germany

    G. Franz;S. Thomas;S. Thomas;D. C. Smith

  • Ordovician metamorphism and plutonism in the Sierra de Quilmes metamorphic complex: Implications for the tectonic setting of the northern Sierras Pampeanas (NW Argentina)

    S.H Büttner;S.H Büttner;J Glodny;F Lucassen;K Wemmer

  • P-T evolution of metasediments from the Eclogite Zone, south-central Tauern Window, Austria

    F.S. Spear;G. Franz

  • Boron recycling in the continental crust of the central Andes from the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic, NW Argentina

    Simone Kasemann;Jörg Erzinger;Gerhard Franz

  • Eocene high pressure metamorphism in the Penninic units of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps): evidence from40Ar−39Ar dating and petrological investigations

    Rolf Zimmermann;Konrad Hammerschmidt;Gerhard Franz

  • Crystallization and very rapid exhumation of the youngest Alpine eclogites (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps) from Rb/Sr mineral assemblage analysis

    Johannes Glodny;Uwe Ring;Alexander Kühn;Philipp Gleissner

  • Trace element partitioning between orthopyroxene and anhydrous silicate melt on the lherzolite solidus from 1.1 to 3.2 GPa and 1,230 to 1,535°C in the model system Na2O–CaO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2

    Dirk Frei;Dirk Frei;Axel Liebscher;Gerhard Franz;Bernd Wunder

  • Metamorphism, isotopic ages and composition of lower crustal granulite xenoliths from the Cretaceous Salta Rift, Argentina

    Friedrich Lucassen;Sven Lewerenz;Gerhard Franz;José Viramonte

  • Crustal Recycling of Metamorphic Basement: Late Palaeozoic Granitoids of Northern Chile (~22∞S). Implications for the Composition of the Andean Crust

    F. Lucassen;G. Franz;M. F. Thirlwall;Klaus Mezger

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf L. Romer
Rolf L. Romer University of Potsdam
Peter Dulski
Peter Dulski University of Potsdam
Dieter Rhede
Dieter Rhede Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Bernd Wunder
Bernd Wunder Ruhr University Bochum
José Viramonte
José Viramonte National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Johannes Glodny
Johannes Glodny University of Potsdam
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Dirk Frei
Dirk Frei University of the Western Cape
Klaus Wemmer
Klaus Wemmer University of Göttingen
Robert B. Trumbull
Robert B. Trumbull University of Potsdam

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