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Martin Okrusch is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research activity spans multiple disciplines with a strong emphasis on Earth and Planetary Sciences, alongside contributions to Materials Science and Computer Science.

Their work includes research on various subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomaterials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Okrusch's primary research topics cover geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, crystal structures and properties, radioactive element chemistry and processing, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as clay minerals and soil interactions.

They have authored papers published in venues like the Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry. A recent example includes:

  • Isolated alkaline basalt occurrences in the northern Spessart, Germany: Outposts of the Early Miocene Vogelsberg shield volcano? (2020, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry)

Their collaboration network involves frequent co-authors such as:

  • Hartwig E. Frimmel
  • Ulrich Schüssler
  • Paul van den Bogaard
  • Nikola Koglin
  • Helene Brätz

Okrusch has also contributed to academic book publications, including a volume entitled Mineralogy published by Springer International Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Geochronology of high-pressure rocks on Sifnos (Cyclades, Greece)

    Rainer Altherr;Manfred Schliestedt;Martin Okrusch;Eberhard Seidel

  • 40Ar/39Ar and oxygen isotope studies of polymetamorphism from Tinos Island, Cycladic blueschist belt, Greece

    M. Bröcker;H. Kreuzer;A. Matthews;M. Okrusch

  • Eclogites associated with high-grade blueschists in the Cyclades archipelago, Greece; a review

    M. Okrusch;M. Broecker

  • Archaean to Neoproterozoic magmatic events in the Kaoko belt of NW Namibia and their geodynamic significance

    B. Seth;B. Seth;A. Kröner;Klaus Mezger;A.A. Nemchin

  • Variscan Sm-Nd and Ar-Ar ages of eclogite facies rocks from the Erzgebirge, Bohemian Massif

    E. Schmädicke;K. Mezger;M. A. Cosca;M. Okrusch

  • Early exhumation of high‐pressure rocks in extrusion wedges: Cycladic blueschist unit in the eastern Aegean, Greece, and Turkey

    Uwe Ring;Thomas Will;Johannes Glodny;Christine Kumerics

  • Eclogite-facies rocks in the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: high pressure metamorphism under contrasting P-T conditions

    Esther Schmädicke;Martin Okrusch;Wolfgang Schmidt

  • K-Ar geochronology of different tectonic units at the northwestern margin of the Bohemian Massif

    Hans Kreuzer;Eberhard Seidel;Ulrich Schüssler;Martin Okrusch

  • Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Aravalli mountain range, NW India, and its hinterland: The U–Pb and Hf isotope record of detrital zircon

    Parampreet Kaur;Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri;Axel Gerdes

  • Two-Stage, Extreme Albitization of A-type Granites from Rajasthan, NW India

    Parampreet Kaur;Naveen Chaudhri;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Ingrid Raczek

  • Nature of magmatism and sedimentation at a Columbia active margin: Insights from combined U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope data of detrital zircons from NW India

    Parampreet Kaur;Parampreet Kaur;Armin Zeh;Naveen Chaudhri;Axel Gerdes

  • Phase relations in the greenschist-blueschist-amphibolite-eclogite facies in the system Na 2 O-CaO-FeO-MgO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -H 2 O (NCFMASH), with application to metamorphic rocks from Samos, Greece

    Thomas Will;Martin Okrusch;Esther Schmädicke;Guoli Chen

  • Petrology and isotope geochemistry of the Mesoproterozoic anorthosite and related rocks of the Kunene Intrusive Complex, NW Namibia

    K. Druppel;Sten Littmann;R.L. Romer;M. Okrusch

  • Eo-alpine metamorphism in the uppermost unit of the Cretan nappe system — Petrology and geochronology

    Eberhard Seidel;Martin Okrusch;Hans Kreuzer;Helmut Raschka

  • Zircon ages of late Palaeoproterozoic (ca. 1.72-1.70 Ga) extension-related granitoids in NE Rajasthan, India: Regional and tectonic significance

    Parampreet Kaur;Naveen Chaudhri;I. Raczek;A. Kröner

  • Ultrahigh-Temperature Metamorphism and Multistage Evolution of Garnet–Orthopyroxene Granulites from the Proterozoic Epupa Complex, NW Namibia

    Sönke Brandt;Reiner Klemd;Martin Okrusch

  • Fenitizing Processes Induced by Ferrocarbonatite Magmatism at Swartbooisdrif, NW Namibia

    Kirsten Drüppel;Jochen Hoefs;Martin Okrusch

  • The Akrotiri Unit on the island of Tinos, Cyclades, Greece : Witness to a lost terrane of Late Cretaceous age

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  • Granulite-facies metabasite ejecta in the Laacher See area, Eifel, West Germany

    Martin Okrusch;Bernd Schröder;Achim Schnutgen

  • Eclogite facies relics and a multistage breakdown in metabasites of the KTB pilot hole, NE Bavaria: implications for the Variscan tectonometamorphic evolution of the NW Bohemian Massif

    Patrick J. O'Brien;Christian Röhr;Martin Okrusch;Margarete Patzak

  • Eo-Alpine Metamorphism in the Uppermost Unit of the Cretan Nappe System — Petrology and Geochronology: Part 1. The Léndas Area (Asteroúsia Mountains)

    Eberhard Seidel;Martin Okrusch;Hans Kreuzer;Helmut Raschka

  • Introduction to Geochemistry

    Martin Okrusch;Hartwig E. Frimmel

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartwig E. Frimmel
Hartwig E. Frimmel University of Würzburg
Leander Franz
Leander Franz University of Basel
Albrecht W. Hofmann
Albrecht W. Hofmann Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Klaus Mezger
Klaus Mezger University of Bern
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gerhard P. Brey
Gerhard P. Brey Goethe University Frankfurt
Rainer Altherr
Rainer Altherr Heidelberg University
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Nigel J. Cook
Nigel J. Cook University of Adelaide
Armin Zeh
Armin Zeh Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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