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Michael Bau is affiliated with Jacobs University in Germany and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Inorganic Chemistry. The scientist's publications highlight a focus on geochemical processes, elemental analysis, and geological studies.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Michael Bau has contributed to scientific knowledge through a variety of recent papers, some of which include:

  • Potential of garnet sand as an unconventional resource of the critical high-technology metals scandium and rare earth elements, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Chemical evolution of seawater in the Transvaal Ocean between 2426 Ma (Ongeluk Large Igneous Province) and 2413 Ma ago (Kalahari Manganese Field), 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Banded iron formation from Antarctica: The 2.5 Ga old Mt. Ruker BIF and the antiquity of lanthanide tetrad effect and super-chondritic Y/Ho ratio in seawater, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Mineralogy and chemical composition of ferromanganese crusts from the Cruzeiro do Sul Lineament - Rio Grande Rise, South Atlantic, 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Insights into the REY inventory of seep carbonates from the Northern Norwegian margin using geochemical screening, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Bau include:

  • Dennis Kraemer
  • Anna-Lena Zocher
  • David Ernst
  • Sebastian Viehmann
  • Franziska Klimpel

The scientist has published multiple papers in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Gondwana Research

Best Publications

  • Controls on the fractionation of isovalent trace elements in magmatic and aqueous systems: evidence from Y/Ho, Zr/Hf, and lanthanide tetrad effect

    Michael Bau

  • Distribution of yttrium and rare-earth elements in the Penge and Kuruman iron-formations, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Michael Bau;Peter Dulski

  • Rare-earth element mobility during hydrothermal and metamorphic fluid-rock interaction and the significance of the oxidation state of europium

    Michael Bau

  • Scavenging of dissolved yttrium and rare earths by precipitating iron oxyhydroxide: experimental evidence for Ce oxidation, Y-Ho fractionation, and lanthanide tetrad effect

    Michael Bau

  • Comparing yttrium and rare earths in hydrothermal fluids from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: implications for Y and REE behaviour during near-vent mixing and for the Y/Ho ratio of Proterozoic seawater

    Michael Bau;Peter Dulski

  • Comparison of the partitioning behaviours of yttrium, rare earth elements, and titanium between hydrogenetic marine ferromanganese crusts and seawater

    Michael Bau;Andrea Koschinsky;Peter Dulski;James R. Hein

  • Anthropogenic origin of positive gadolinium anomalies in river waters

    Michael Bau;Peter Dulski

  • Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago

    Sean Andrew Crowe;Lasse N. Døssing;Lasse N. Døssing;Nicolas J. Beukes;Michael Bau

  • Comparative study of yttrium and rare-earth element behaviours in fluorine-rich hydrothermal fluids

    Michael Bau;Peter Dulski

  • Discriminating between different genetic types of marine ferro-manganese crusts and nodules based on rare earth elements and yttrium

    M. Bau;K. Schmidt;A. Koschinsky;J. Hein

  • Rare earth element fractionation in metamorphogenic hydrothermal calcite, magnesite and siderite

    M. Bau;P. Möller

  • Oxidative scavenging of cerium on hydrous Fe oxide: Evidence from the distribution of rare earth elements and yttrium between Fe oxides and Mn oxides in hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts

    Michael Bau;Andrea Koschinsky

  • Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts in the Pacific

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsk;Michael Bau;Frank T. Manheim

  • Origin of anomalous rare-earth element and yttrium enrichments in subaerially exposed basalts: Evidence from French Polynesia

    J. Cotten;A. Le Dez;M. Bau;M. Caroff

  • Continentally-derived solutes in shallow Archean seawater: Rare earth element and Nd isotope evidence in iron formation from the 2.9 Ga Pongola Supergroup, South Africa

    Brian W. Alexander;Michael Bau;Per Andersson;Peter Dulski

  • Yttrium and lanthanides in eastern Mediterranean seawater and their fractionation during redox-cycling

    Michael Bau;Peter Möller;Peter Dulski

  • Rare earth element systematics of the chemically precipitated component in early precambrian iron formations and the evolution of the terrestrial atmosphere-hydrosphere-lithosphere system

    Michael Bau;Peter Möller

  • Anthropogenic dissolved and colloid/nanoparticle-bound samarium, lanthanum and gadolinium in the Rhine River and the impending destruction of the natural rare earth element distribution in rivers

    Serkan Kulaksız;Michael Bau

  • Iron and manganese oxide mineralization in the Pacific

    James R. Hein;Andrea Koschinsky;Peter Halbach;Frank T. Manheim

  • Rare earth elements in the Rhine River, Germany: first case of anthropogenic lanthanum as a dissolved microcontaminant in the hydrosphere.

    Serkan Kulaksız;Michael Bau

  • Contrasting behaviour of anthropogenic gadolinium and natural rare earth elements in estuaries and the gadolinium input into the North Sea

    Serkan Kulaksız;Michael Bau

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Koschinsky
Andrea Koschinsky Jacobs University
Peter Halbach
Peter Halbach Freie Universität Berlin
Peter Dulski
Peter Dulski University of Potsdam
Elton Luiz Dantas
Elton Luiz Dantas University of Brasília
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
Carsten Münker
Carsten Münker University of Cologne
Nicolas J. Beukes
Nicolas J. Beukes University of Johannesburg
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Akira Usui
Akira Usui Kōchi University

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