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Jörg A. Pfänder

Jörg A. Pfänder

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Jörg A. Pfänder is a researcher affiliated with TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany, specializing primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research prominently addresses topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration.

Among the frequent publication venues for this scientist's work are:

  • Lithos
  • Precambrian Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Recent papers by Jörg A. Pfänder include:

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Li-Co-Ni-Mn-(REE) veins of the Western Erzgebirge, Germany-a potential source of battery raw materials, 2021, Mineralium Deposita
  • Microtectonic control of 40Ar/39Ar white mica age distributions in metamorphic rocks (Erzgebirge, N-Bohemian Massif): Constraints from combined step heating and multiple single grain total fusion experiments, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Quaternary ring plain- and valley-confined pyroclastic deposits of Aragats stratovolcano (Lesser Caucasus): Lithofacies, geochronology and eruption history, 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Crust-mantle interaction during syn-collisional magmatism - Evidence from the Oamikaub diorite and Neikhoes metagabbro (Damara orogen, Namibia), 2020, Precambrian Research

The researcher collaborates regularly with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • S. Jung
  • Blanka Sperner
  • Folkmar Hauff
  • Jasper Berndt
  • Rolf L. Romer

Best Publications

  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll;Kirstin Herwig;Matthias Willbold

  • Evolution of planetary cores and the Earth-Moon system from Nb/Ta systematics.

    Carsten Münker;Jörg A. Pfänder;Stefan Weyer;Anette Büchl

  • Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf in ocean island basalts — Implications for crust–mantle differentiation and the fate of Niobium

    Jörg A. Pfänder;Carsten Münker;Carsten Münker;Andreas Stracke;Klaus Mezger

  • Source composition and melting temperatures of orogenic granitoids: constraints from CaO/Na2O, Al2O3/TiO2 and accessory mineral saturation thermometry

    Stefan Jung;Jörg Albert Pfänder

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Timing of accretion and collisional deformation in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Implications of granite geochronology in the Bayankhongor Ophiolite Zone

    Craig Buchan;Jörg Pfänder;Alfred Kröner;Timothy S Brewer

  • MPI-DING glasses: New geological reference materials for in situ Pb isotope analysis

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Jörg Pfänder;Jon D. Woodhead;Matthias Willbold

  • Coupled evolution of back-arc and island arc-like mafic crust in the late-Neoproterozoic Agardagh Tes-Chem ophiolite, Central Asia: evidence from trace element and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope data

    Jörg Pfänder;Klaus Peter Jochum;Ivan Kozakov;Alfred Kröner

  • The Earth’s tungsten budget during mantle melting and crust formation

    S. König;S. König;C. Münker;S. Hohl;H. Paulick

  • Nb–Ta fractionation by partial melting at the titanite–rutile transition

    Timm John;Reiner Klemd;Stephan Klemme;Jörg A. Pfänder

  • The giant Shakhdara migmatitic gneiss dome, Pamir, India-Asia collision zone: 2. Timing of dome formation

    Konstanze Stübner;Konstanze Stübner;Lothar Ratschbacher;Carsten Weise;Judy Chow

  • A possible high Nb/Ta reservoir in the continental lithospheric mantle and consequences on the global Nb budget – Evidence from continental basalts from Central Germany

    Jörg A. Pfänder;Jörg A. Pfänder;Stefan Jung;Carsten Münker;Carsten Münker;Andreas Stracke

  • The Heart of China revisited: II Early Paleozoic (ultra)high‐pressure and (ultra)high‐temperature metamorphic Qinling orogenic collage

    Thomas Bader;Thomas Bader;Leander Franz;Lothar Ratschbacher;Christian de Capitani

  • Building the Pamir-Tibetan Plateau—Crustal stacking, extensional collapse, and lateral extrusion in the Central Pamir: 2. Timing and rates

    Daniel Rutte;Daniel Rutte;Lothar Ratschbacher;Jahanzeb Khan;Jahanzeb Khan;Konstanze Stübner;Konstanze Stübner

  • Shear zone evolution and timing of deformation in the Neoproterozoic transpressional Dom Feliciano Belt, Uruguay

    Sebastián Oriolo;Pedro Oyhantçabal;Klaus Wemmer;Florian Heidelbach

  • Timing of deformation in the Sarandí del Yí Shear Zone, Uruguay: implications for the amalgamation of western Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic Brasiliano-Pan-African Orogeny

    Sebastián Oriolo;Pedro Oyhantçabal;Klaus Wemmer;Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei

  • Sources of primitive alkaline volcanic rocks from the central European volcanic province (Rhon, Germany) inferred from Hf, Os and Pb isotopes

    S. Jung;J. A. Pfänder;G. Brügmann;A. Stracke

  • Proterozoic–Mesozoic history of the Central Asian orogenic belt in the Tajik and southwestern Kyrgyz Tian Shan: U-Pb, 40Ar/39Ar, and fission-track geochronology and geochemistry of granitoids

    Alexandra Käßner;Lothar Ratschbacher;Jörg A. Pfänder;Bradley R. Hacker

  • Dating multiply overprinted granites: The effect of protracted magmatism and fluid flow on dating systems (zircon U-Pb: SHRIMP/SIMS, LA-ICP-MS, CA-ID-TIMS; and Rb-Sr, Ar-Ar) - Granites from the Western Erzgebirge (Bohemian Massif, Germany)

    M. Tichomirowa;A. Käßner;B. Sperner;M. Lapp

  • Multi-system geochronological and isotopic constraints on age and evolution of the Gaoligongshan metamorphic belt and shear zone system in western Yunnan, China

    Sümeyya Eroğlu;Wolfgang Siebel;Martin Danišík;Jörg A. Pfänder

  • Amphibole in alkaline basalts from intraplate settings: implications for the petrogenesis of alkaline lavas from the metasomatised lithospheric mantle

    B. Mayer;B. Mayer;S. Jung;R. L. Romer;J. A. Pfänder

  • Petrogenesis and origin of modern Ethiopian rift basalts: Constraints from isotope and trace element geochemistry

    D. Ayalew;S. Jung;R. L. Romer;F. Kersten

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar Ratschbacher
Lothar Ratschbacher TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Carsten Münker
Carsten Münker University of Cologne
Andreas Stracke
Andreas Stracke University of Münster
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
Klaus Mezger
Klaus Mezger University of Bern
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary
Rolf L. Romer
Rolf L. Romer University of Potsdam
Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara

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