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Austria
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
18194
World Ranking
2789
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Lutz Nasdala is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Archeology, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their work covers a variety of scientific topics, notably:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Nasdala has published multiple papers and contributed extensively to several scientific journals. Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by this scientist include:

  • The absence of metamictisation in natural monazite, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2020, Elements
  • The parisite-(Ce) enigma: challenges in the identification of fluorcarbonate minerals, 2020, Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Determination of Yield Surfaces in Accordance With ISO 16842 Using an Optimized Cruciform Test Specimen, 2020, Experimental Mechanics
  • Dry annealing of radiation-damaged zircon: Single-crystal X-ray and Raman spectroscopy study, 2021, Lithos

The venues where Nasdala frequently publishes reflect their research interests. These include:

  • Journal of gemmology/"The "journal of gemmology (6 publications)
  • Mineralogy and Petrology (6 publications)
  • Elements (3 publications)
  • Lithos (2 publications)
  • Gems & Gemology (2 publications)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Manfred Wildner (10 joint publications)
  • Radek Škoda (8 joint publications)
  • Gerald Giester (7 joint publications)
  • Christoph Hauzenberger (6 joint publications)
  • Chutimun Chanmuang N. (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Plesovice zircon : A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis

    Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jan Kosler;Daniel J. Condon;James L. Crowley

  • Further characterisation of the 91500 zircon crystal

    Michael Wiedenbeck;John M. Hanchar;William H. Peck;Paul Sylvester

  • Zircon M257 ‐ a Homogeneous Natural Reference Material for the Ion Microprobe U‐Pb Analysis of Zircon

    Lutz Nasdala;Wolfgang Hofmeister;Nicholas Norberg;James M. Martinson

  • Hydrous mantle transition zone indicated by ringwoodite included within diamond

    DG Pearson;FE Brenker;F Nestola;J McNeill

  • Helium diffusion in natural zircon: radiation damage, anisotropy, and the interpretation of zircon (U-TH)/He thermochronology

    William R. Guenthner;Peter W. Reiners;Richard A. Ketcham;Lutz Nasdala

  • Erratum to: Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage

    Lutz Nasdala;Marita Wenzel;Gerhard Vavra;Gert Irmer

  • Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage

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  • The degree of metamictization in zircon: a Raman spectroscopic study

    Lutz Nasdala;Gert Irmer;Dieter Wolf

  • Carbonates from the lower part of transition zone or even the lower mantle

    Frank E. Brenker;Christian Vollmer;Laszlo Vincze;Bart Vekemans

  • Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon

    Lutz Nasdala;Ming Zhang;Ulf Kempe;Gérard Panczer

  • Incomplete retention of radiation damage in zircon from Sri Lanka

    Lutz Nasdala;Peter W. Reiners;John I. Garver;Allen K. Kennedy

  • From Cadomian subduction to Early Palaeozoic rifting: the evolution of Saxo-Thuringia at the margin of Gondwana in the light of single zircon geochronology and basin development (Central European Variscides, Germany)

    U. Linnemann;M. Gehmlich;M. Tichomirowa;B. Buschmann

  • Annealing radiation damage and the recovery of cathodoluminescence

    Lutz Nasdala;Christian L Lengauer;John M Hanchar;Andreas Kronz

  • Occurrence and distribution of “moganite” in agate/chalcedony: a combined micro-Raman, Rietveld, and cathodoluminescence study

    Jens Götze;Lutz Nasdala;Reinhard Kleeberg;Marita Wenzel

  • Radiation damage in zircon

    Christopher S. Palenik;Lutz Nasdala;Rodney C. Ewing

  • Raman spectroscopy: Analytical perspectives in mineralogical research

    Lutz Nasdala;David C. Smith;Reinhard Kaindl;Martin A. Ziemann

  • Metamictization and U-PB isotopic discordance in single zircons: a combined Raman microprobe and SHRIMP ion probe study

    L. Nasdala;R. T. Pidgeon;D. Wolf;G. Irmer

  • Microdiamonds from the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: in situ micro-Raman characterisation

    Lutz Nasdala;Hans-Joachim Massonne

  • An XRD, TEM and Raman study of experimentally annealed natural monazite

    Anne-Magali Seydoux-Guillaume;Richard Wirth;Lutz Nasdala;Matthias Gottschalk

  • GRENVILLE SKARN TITANITE: POTENTIAL REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR SIMS U–Th–Pb ANALYSIS

    Allen K. Kennedy;Sandra L. Kamo;Lutz Nasdala;Nicolas E. Timms

  • Microdiamonds from the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: in situ micro-Raman characterisation;Microdiamonds from the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: in situ micro-Raman characterisation

    Lutz Nasdala;Hans-Joachim Massonne

  • Zircon ages of high-grade gneisses in the Eastern Erzgebirge (Central European Variscides)—constraints on origin of the rocks and Precambrian to Ordovician magmatic events in the Variscan foldbelt

    M. Tichomirowa;H.-J. Berger;E.A. Koch;B.V. Belyatski

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Allen K. Kennedy
Allen K. Kennedy Curtin University
John M. Hanchar
John M. Hanchar Memorial University of Newfoundland
Andreas Kronz
Andreas Kronz University of Göttingen
Jens Götze
Jens Götze TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Peter W. Reiners
Peter W. Reiners University of Arizona
Frank E. Brenker
Frank E. Brenker Goethe University Frankfurt
Jeff W. Harris
Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History

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