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Nikolaus Gussone

Nikolaus Gussone

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4813
World Ranking
8861
National Ranking
641

Overview

Nikolaus Gussone is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Gussone has published several papers in notable scientific journals. Key recent publications include:

  • Sheared Peridotite and Megacryst Formation Beneath the Kaapvaal Craton: a Snapshot of Tectonomagmatic Processes across the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Transition, 2021, Journal of Petrology
  • Calcium isotopes in deep time: Potential and limitations, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Constraints on Archean crust recycling and the origin of mantle redox variability from the δ44/40Ca - δ18O - fO2 signatures of cratonic eclogites, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Origin of Rodingite Forming Fluids Constrained by Calcium and Strontium Isotope Ratios in the Leka Ophiolite Complex, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Investigating crystal orientation patterns of foraminiferal tests by electron backscatter diffraction analysis, 2020, European Journal of Mineralogy

Frequent collaborators in Gussone's research include Thomas Westerhold, Junichiro Kuroda, Heiko Pälike, Hiroshi Nishi, and Adam Klaus. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Chemical Geology, Geo-Marine Letters, Journal of Petrology, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Zenodo and Chemical Geology are among the more frequent platforms for their publications.

Best Publications

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Calcium isotope fractionation in calcite and aragonite

    Nikolaus Gussone;Florian Böhm;Anton Eisenhauer;Martin Dietzel

  • Volcanic arcs fed by rapid pulsed fluid flow through subducting slabs

    Timm John;Nikolaus Gussone;Yuri Y. Podladchikov;Gray E. Bebout

  • Measurement of calcium isotopes () using a multicollector TIMS technique

    A. Heuser;A. Eisenhauer;N. Gussone;B. Bock

  • Model for kinetic effects on calcium isotope fractionation (δ44Ca) in inorganic aragonite and cultured planktonic foraminifera

    Nikolaus Gussone;Anton Eisenhauer;Alexander Heuser;Martin Dietzel

  • Calcium isotopic composition of various reference materials and seawater

    Dorothee Hippler;Anne-Désirée Schmitt;Nikolaus Gussone;Alexander Heuser

  • Magnesium stable isotope fractionation in marine biogenic calcite and aragonite

    Frank Wombacher;Frank Wombacher;Frank Wombacher;Anton Eisenhauer;Florian Böhm;Nikolaus Gussone;Nikolaus Gussone

  • Co-precipitation of Sr2+ and Ba2+ with aragonite by membrane diffusion of CO2 between 10 and 50 °C ☆

    M. Dietzel;Nikolaus Gussone;Anton Eisenhauer

  • Calcium isotope fractionation in modern scleractinian corals

    Florian Böhm;Nikolaus Gussone;Nikolaus Gussone;Anton Eisenhauer;Wolf Christian Dullo

  • Calcium isotope (δ44/40Ca) variations of Neogene planktonic foraminifera

    Alexander Heuser;Anton Eisenhauer;Florian Böhm;Klaus Wallmann

  • Genesis of phosphorite crusts off Peru

    Esther T Arning;Andreas Lückge;C Breuer;Nikolaus Gussone

  • Cellular calcium pathways and isotope fractionation in Emiliania huxleyi

    Nikolaus Gussone;Gerald Langer;Silke Thoms;Gernot Nehrke

  • Proposal for International Agreement on Ca Notation Resulting from Discussions at Workshops on Stable Isotope Measurements Held in Davos (Goldschmidt 2002) and Nice (EGS‐AGU‐EUG 2003)

    Anton Eisenhauer;Thomas F. Nägler;Peter Stille;Jan Kramers

  • Clathrites: Archives of near-seafloor pore-fluid evolution (δ44/40Ca, δ13C, δ18O) in gas hydrate environments

    Barbara M.A. Teichert;Nikolaus Gussone;Anton Eisenhauer;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Coccolith strontium to calcium ratios in Emiliania huxleyi: The dependence on seawater strontium and calcium concentrations

    Gerald Langer;Nikolaus Gussone;Gernot Nehrke;Ulf Riebesell

  • Proposal for an International Agreement on Ca Notation as Result of theDiscussions from the workshops on Stable Isotope Measurements in Davos(Goldschmidt 2002) and Nice (EGS-AGU-EUG 2003).

    A. Eisenhauer;T.F. Nägler;P. Stille;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Reconstruction of Caribbean Sea surface temperature and salinity fluctuations in response to the Pliocene closure of the Central American Gateway and radiative forcing, using δ44/40Ca, δ18O and Mg/Ca ratios

    Nikolaus Gussone;Anton Eisenhauer;Ralf Tiedemann;Gerald H Haug

  • Controls on calcium isotope fractionation in sedimentary porewaters

    Barbara M.A. Teichert;Barbara M.A. Teichert;Nikolaus Gussone;Nikolaus Gussone;Marta E. Torres

  • Polycrystalline apatite synthesized by hydrothermal replacement of calcium carbonates

    Argyrios Kasioptas;Thorsten Geisler;Thorsten Geisler;Christina Perdikouri;Claudia Trepmann

  • Calcium isotope fractionation during coccolith formation in Emiliania huxleyi: Independence of growth and calcification rate

    Gerald Langer;Nikolaus Gussone;Gernot Nehrke;Ulf Riebesell

  • Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry

    Nikolaus Gussone;Anne-Desiree Schmitt;Alexander Heuser;Frank Wombacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Daniel Birgel
Daniel Birgel Universität Hamburg
Klaus Mezger
Klaus Mezger University of Bern
Thomas F. Nägler
Thomas F. Nägler University of Bern
Gernot Nehrke
Gernot Nehrke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Yuri Y. Podladchikov
Yuri Y. Podladchikov University of Lausanne
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Martin Dietzel
Martin Dietzel Graz University of Technology

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