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Rainer Wieler

Rainer Wieler

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Earth Science

D-Index
65
Citations
12930
World Ranking
1432
National Ranking
40

Overview

Rainer Wieler is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland with research concentrated primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans across several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research has contributed to several main topics, notably Astro and Planetary Science, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques.

Rainer Wieler's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Atom probe tomography of space-weathered lunar ilmenite grain surfaces (2020), published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Elemental Abundances of Major Elements in the Solar Wind as Measured in Genesis Targets and Implications on Solar Wind Fractionation (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal
  • Noble gases in cluster chondrite clasts and their host breccias (2021), published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • A journey in Noble Gas Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry (2023), published in Geochemical Perspectives

The frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Wieler include P. R. Heck, Jennika Greer, H. Busemann, C. Maden, and S. S. Rout.

Wieler's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with repeated contributions to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, as well as articles published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Astrophysical Journal, Geochemical Perspectives, and Microscopy and Microanalysis.

Best Publications

  • Late formation and prolonged differentiation of the Moon inferred from W isotopes in lunar metals.

    M. Touboul;T. Kleine;B. Bourdon;H. Palme

  • Primordial noble gases in “phase Q” in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites studied by closed‐system stepped etching

    Henner Busemann;Heinrich Baur;Rainer Wieler

  • Noble Gases: in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

    Chris J. Ballentine;Rainer Wieler;Donald P. Porcelli

  • He, Ne, and Ar from the solar wind and solar energetic particles in lunar ilmenites and pyroxenes

    Jean-Paul Benkert;Heinrich Baur;Peter Signer;Rainer Wieler

  • Molybdenum isotope anomalies in meteorites: Constraints on solar nebula evolution and origin of the Earth

    Christoph Burkhardt;Thorsten Kleine;Thorsten Kleine;Felix Oberli;Andreas Pack

  • The production of cosmogenic nuclides in stony meteoroids by galactic cosmic‐ray particles

    Ingo Leya;Ingo Leya;Hans-Jürgen Lange;Sonja Neumann;Rainer Wieler

  • An Overview of Noble Gas Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

    Donald Porcelli;Chris J. Ballentine;Rainer Wieler

  • Cosmogenic noble gas studies in the oldest landscape on earth: surface exposure ages of the Dry Valleys, Antarctica

    Jörg M. Schäfer;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Rainer Wieler;Ingo Leya

  • Cosmic-Ray-Produced Noble Gases in Meteorites

    Rainer Wieler

  • Noble Gases in the Solar System

    Rainer Wieler

  • A petrologic and isotopic study of lodranites: Evidence for early formation as partial melt residues from heterogeneous precursors

    Timothy J. McCoy;K. Keil;R. N. Clayton;T. K. Mayeda

  • The limited influence of glaciations in Tibet on global climate over the past 170 000 yr

    Jörg M. Schäfer;Silvio Tschudi;Zhizhong Zhao;Xihao Wu

  • Noble gas composition of the solar wind as collected by the Genesis mission

    Veronika S. Heber;Rainer Wieler;Heinrich Baur;Chad Olinger

  • A hit-and-run giant impact scenario

    Andreas Reufer;Matthias M.M. Meier;Willy Benz;Rainer Wieler

  • Denudation rates and a topography-driven rainfall threshold in northern Chile: Multiple cosmogenic nuclide data and sediment yield budgets

    Florian Kober;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Fritz Schlunegger;Heinrich Baur

  • Noble gases from solar energetic particles revealed by closed system stepwise etching of lunar soil minerals

    Rainer Wieler;Heinrich Baur;Peter Signer

  • Solar wind neon from Genesis: implications for the lunar noble gas record.

    Ansgar Grimberg;Heinrich Baur;Peter Bochsler;Fritz Bühler

  • Dating of Sirius Group tillites in the Antarctic Dry Valleys with cosmogenic3He and21Ne

    Laura Agatha Bruno;Heinrich Baur;Thomas Graf;Christian Schlu¨chter

  • A petrologic, chemical, and isotopic study of Monument Draw and comparison with other acapulcoites: Evidence for formation by incipient partial melting

    Timothy J. McCoy;K. Keil;R. N. Clayton;T. K. Mayeda

  • Climate and groundwater recharge during the last glaciation in an ice-covered region

    Urs Beyerle;Roland Purtschert;Werner Aeschbach-Hertig;Dieter M. Imboden

Frequent Co-Authors

Birger Schmitz
Birger Schmitz Lund University
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Bernard Marty
Bernard Marty University of Lorraine
Kunihiko Nishiizumi
Kunihiko Nishiizumi University of California, Berkeley
Christian Schlüchter
Christian Schlüchter University of Bern
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Thorsten Kleine
Thorsten Kleine Max Planck Society
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Susan Ivy-Ochs
Susan Ivy-Ochs ETH Zurich
Klaus Keil
Klaus Keil University of Hawaii at Manoa

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