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Othmar Müntener is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Earth-Surface Processes. The scope of their research topics includes Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, and Geological formations and processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic journals and conference proceedings. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Journal of Petrology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Goldschmidt2022 abstracts.

Selected recent papers by Othmar Müntener illustrate the breadth and focus of their scientific work:

  • Polybaric fractional crystallisation of arc magmas: an experimental study simulating trans-crustal magmatic systems, 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • A case of Ampferer-type subduction and consequences for the Alps and the Pyrenees, 2020, American Journal of Science
  • New Ti-in-quartz diffusivities reconcile natural Ti zoning with time scales and temperatures of upper crustal magma reservoirs, 2020, Geology
  • High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Measurement of Volume Change and Mass Transfer During Serpentinization: Insights From the Oman Drilling Project, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Othmar Müntener has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Notable co-authors include György Hetényi, Mattia Pistone, Matteo Scarponi, Peter Ulmer, and Lukas P. Baumgartner. Their joint work has contributed to advancing knowledge in the areas of geophysics, petrology, and tectonics.

Best Publications

  • The role of H2O during crystallization of primitive arc magmas under uppermost mantle conditions and genesis of igneous pyroxenites: an experimental study

    Othmar Müntener;Peter B. Kelemen;Timothy L. Grove

  • Fractional crystallization and mantle-melting controls on calc-alkaline differentiation trends

    Timothy L. Grove;Linda T. Elkins-Tanton;Stephen W. Parman;Nilanjan Chatterjee

  • Igneous garnet and amphibole fractionation in the roots of island arcs: experimental constraints on andesitic liquids

    Raquel Alonso-Perez;Othmar Müntener;Peter Ulmer

  • Fractional crystallization of primitive, hydrous arc magmas: an experimental study at 0.7 GPa

    Rohit H. Nandedkar;Peter Ulmer;Othmar Müntener

  • A type sequence across an ancient magma-poor ocean-continent transition: The example of the western alpine tethys ophiolites.

    Gianreto Manatschal;Othmar Müntener

  • The fate of B, Cl and Li in the subducted oceanic mantle and in the antigorite breakdown fluids

    Marco Scambelluri;Othmar Müntener;Luisa Ottolini;Thomas T Pettke

  • Experimentally Derived Intermediate to Silica-rich Arc Magmas by Fractional and Equilibrium Crystallization at 1·0 GPa: an Evaluation of Phase Relationships, Compositions, Liquid Lines of Descent and Oxygen Fugacity

    Peter Ulmer;Ralf Kaegi;Othmar Müntener

  • Melt/peridotite interaction in the Southern Lanzo peridotite: Field, textural and geochemical evidence

    Giovanni Piccardo;Alberto Zanetti;Othmar Müntener

  • The importance of serpentinite mylonites for subduction and exhumation of oceanic crust

    Joerg Hermann;Othmar Muntener;Marco Scambelluri

  • Monte Carlo Simulations of Metasomatic Enrichment in the Lithosphere and Implications for the Source of Alkaline Basalts

    Sébastien Pilet;Sébastien Pilet;Michael B. Baker;Othmar Müntener;Edward M. Stolper

  • The roles of flux- and decompression melting and their respective fractionation lines for continental crust formation: Evidence from the Kohistan arc

    Oliver Jagoutz;Othmar Müntener;Max W. Schmidt;Jean-Pierre Burg

  • Cooling History and Exhumation of Lower-Crustal Granulite and Upper Mantle (Malenco, Eastern Central Alps)

    Othmar Müntener;Jörg Hermann;Volkmar Trommsdorff

  • Serpentinite Subduction: Implications for Fluid Processes and Trace-Element Recycling

    Marco Scambelluri;Jens Fiebig;Nadia Malaspina;Othmar Müntener

  • Amphibole–melt trace element partitioning of fractionating calc-alkaline magmas in the lower crust: an experimental study

    Rohit H. Nandedkar;Niklaus Hürlimann;Peter Ulmer;Othmar Müntener

  • Subduction of water into the mantle: History of an Alpine peridotite

    Marco Scambelluri;Othmar Müntener;Jörg Hermann;Giovanni B. Piccardo

  • High pressure breakdown of antigorite to spinifex-textured olivine and orthopyroxene, SE Spain

    V. Trommsdorff;V. López Sánchez-Vizcaíno;M. T. Gómez-Pugnaire;Othmar Müntener

  • The Liquid Line of Descent of Anhydrous, Mantle-Derived, Tholeiitic Liquids by Fractional and Equilibrium Crystallization--an Experimental Study at 1{middle dot}0 GPa

    Samuel Villiger;Peter Ulmer;Othmar Müntener;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Refertilization of mantle peridotite in embryonic ocean basins: trace element and Nd isotopic evidence and implications for crust-mantle relationships

    Othmar Müntener;Thomas Pettke;Laurent Desmurs;Martin Meier

  • Petrology and Mineral Chemistry of Lower Crustal Intrusions: the Chilas Complex, Kohistan (NW Pakistan)

    Oliver Jagoutz;Oliver Jagoutz;Othmar Müntener;Peter Ulmer;Thomas Pettke

  • A case for hornblende dominated fractionation of arc magmas: the Chelan Complex (Washington Cascades)

    Mathias Dessimoz;Othmar Müntener;Peter Ulmer

  • Magnesian andesite and dacite lavas from Mt. Shasta, northern California: products of fractional crystallization of H 2 O-rich mantle melts

    Timothy L. Grove;Michael B. Baker;Richard C. Price;Stephen W. Parman

  • Plagioclase Peridotites in Ocean–Continent Transitions: Refertilized Mantle Domains Generated by Melt Stagnation in the Shallow Mantle Lithosphere

    Othmar Müntener;Gianreto Manatschal;Laurent Desmurs;Thomas Pettke

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Ulmer
Peter Ulmer ETH Zurich
Gianreto Manatschal
Gianreto Manatschal University of Strasbourg
Lukas P. Baumgartner
Lukas P. Baumgartner University of Lausanne
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Thomas Pettke
Thomas Pettke University of Bern
György Hetényi
György Hetényi University of Lausanne
Giovanni B. Piccardo
Giovanni B. Piccardo University of Genoa

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