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Gerhard Wörner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their main area of work encompasses geophysics, with a significant focus on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry, and petrology.

Their research spans several subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications within geosciences, geochemistry and petrology, atmospheric science, and pollution studies. This multidisciplinary approach highlights engagement with both theoretical and applied scientific challenges within Earth sciences.

Wörner's publication record includes several papers in prominent scientific venues such as the Journal of Petrology, Nature Communications, and Goldschmidt conferences. The frequent appearance in these venues indicates active participation in peer-reviewed scientific discourse on topics related to petrology, geochemical mapping, and tectonic processes.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "An andesitic source for Jack Hills zircon supports onset of plate tectonics in the Hadean," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Isotopic Compositions (Li-B-Si-O-Mg-Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb) and Fe2+/ΣFe Ratios of Three Synthetic Andesite Glass Reference Materials (ARM-1, ARM-2, ARM-3)," 2021, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • "Fo and Ni Relations in Olivine Differentiate between Crystallization and Diffusion Trends," 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • "Trace Elements and Li Isotope Compositions Across the Kamchatka Arc: Constraints on Slab-Derived Fluid Sources," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "New U Pb, Hf and O isotope constraints on the provenance of sediments from the Adelaide Rift Complex - Documenting the key Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian succession," 2020, Gondwana Research

Co-authorship collaborations have been formed with several researchers, including:

  • Andreas Kronz
  • Björn Klaes
  • Sören Thiele-Bruhn
  • Helge W. Arz
  • Rolf Kilian

Wörner's frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Petrology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Nature Communications
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

The main research topics addressed by Wörner encompass geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and elemental analysis, and studies on thallium and germanium.

Best Publications

  • Geochemical variations in igneous rocks of the Central Andean orocline (13°S to 18°S): Tracing crustal thickening and magma generation through time and space

    Mirian Mamani;Gerhard Wörner;Thierry Sempere

  • Behaviour of high field strength elements in subduction zones: constraints from Kamchatka-Aleutian arc lavas

    Carsten Münker;Gerhard Wörner;Gene Yogodzinski;Tatiana Churikova

  • Sources and Fluids in the Mantle Wedge below Kamchatka, Evidence from Across-arc Geochemical Variation

    T. Churikova;F. Dorendorf;G. Wörner

  • Ridge collision, slab-window formation, and the flux of Pacific asthenosphere into the Caribbean realm

    Michael Abratis;Gerhard Wörner

  • Minor- and trace-element zoning in plagioclase: implications for magma chamber processes at Parinacota volcano, northern Chile

    Catherine Ginibre;Gerhard Wörner;Andreas Kronz

  • Post‐collisional granite generation and HT–LP metamorphism by radiogenic heating: the Variscan South Bohemian Batholith

    A. Gerdes;G. Wörner;A. Henk

  • Crystal Zoning as an Archive for Magma Evolution

    Catherine Ginibre;Gerhard Wörner;Andreas Kronz

  • High-resolution quantitative imaging of plagioclase composition using accumulated backscattered electron images: new constraints on oscillatory zoning

    Catherine Ginibre;Andreas Kronz;Gerhard Wörner

  • Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes

    Gerhard Wörner;Konrad Hammerschmidt;Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst;Judith Lezaun

  • The Nevados de Payachata volcanic region (18°S/69°W, N. Chile) II. Evidence for widespread crustal involvement in Andean magmatism

    Jon P. Davidson;Nancy J. McMillan;Stephen Moorbath;Gerhard Wörner

  • Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope geochemistry of Tertiary and Quaternary alkaline volcanics from West Germany

    G. Wörner;G. Wörner;A. Zindler;H. Staudigel;H. Staudigel;H.-U. Schmincke

  • Hydrated sub-arc mantle: a source for the Kluchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka/Russia

    Frank Dorendorf;Uwe Wiechert;Uwe Wiechert;Gerhard Wörner

  • Geochronologic and stratigraphic constraints on canyon incision and Miocene uplift of the Central Andes in Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;G. Wörner;Yanni Gunnell;Brad Singer

  • Variable regimes in magma systems documented in plagioclase zoning patterns : El Misti stratovolcano and Andahua monogenetic cones

    Philipp Ruprecht;Gerhard Wörner

  • Copper isotopic composition of the silicate Earth

    Sheng Ao Liu;Jian Huang;Jingao Liu;Gerhard Wörner

  • Magmatic history and evolution of the Central American Land Bridge in Panama since Cretaceous times

    Wencke Wegner;Gerhard Wörner;Russell S. Harmon;Brian R. Jicha

  • Mineralogical and Chemical Zonation of the Laacher See Tephra Sequence (East Eifel, W. Germany)

    G. Wörner;H.-U. Schmincke

  • The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Three Synthetic Andesite Reference Glass Materials (ARM-1, ARM-2, ARM-3) for In Situ Microanalysis

    Shitou Wu;Shitou Wu;Gerhard Wörner;Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll

  • Petrogenesis of Basanitic to Tholeiitic Volcanic Rocks from the Miocene Vogelsberg, Central Germany

    P. J. F. Bogaard;G. Wörner

  • Os, Sr, Nd, Pb, O isotope and trace element data from the Ferrar flood basalts, antarctica: evidence for an enriched subcontinental lithospheric source

    M. Molzahn;L. Reisberg;G. Wörner

  • Evolution of the West Andean Escarpment at 18°S (N. Chile) during the last 25 Ma: uplift, erosion and collapse through time

    Gerhard Wörner;Dieter Uhlig;Ingrid Kohler;Hartmut Seyfried

  • Andean Cenozoic volcanic centers reflect basement isotopic domains

    Gerhard Wörner;Stephen Moorbath;Russell S. Harmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kronz
Andreas Kronz University of Göttingen
Russell S. Harmon
Russell S. Harmon North Carolina State University
Lucia Civetta
Lucia Civetta University of Naples Federico II
Giovanni Orsi
Giovanni Orsi University of Naples Federico II
Massimo D'Antonio
Massimo D'Antonio University of Naples Federico II
Jean-Claude Thouret
Jean-Claude Thouret University of Clermont Auvergne
Stephen Moorbath
Stephen Moorbath University of Oxford
Yilin Xiao
Yilin Xiao University of Science and Technology of China
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University

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