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Rolf L. Romer is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has conducted extensive research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their work spans across multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research focuses on several main topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, as well as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Romer has published numerous articles in a variety of scientific journals, frequently contributing to these venues:

  • Lithos
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • Temporal Separation of W and Sn Mineralization by Temperature-Controlled Incongruent Melting of a Single Protolith: Evidence from the Wangxianling Area, Nanling Region, South China (2022, Economic Geology)
  • Isotopic Compositions (Li-B-Si-O-Mg-Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb) and Fe2+/ΣFe Ratios of Three Synthetic Andesite Glass Reference Materials (ARM-1, ARM-2, ARM-3) (2021, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research)
  • Accurate and precise in situ U-Pb isotope dating of wolframite series minerals via LA-SF-ICP-MS (2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)
  • U-Pb isotopic dating of cassiterite: Development of reference materials and in situ applications by LA-SF-ICP-MS (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • The role of an oxidized lithospheric mantle in gold mobilization (2024, Science Advances)

Romer has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Johannes Glodny
  • Yue-Heng Yang
  • Ming Yang
  • Shitou Wu
  • Uwe Kroner

Best Publications

  • Two plates — Many subduction zones: The Variscan orogeny reconsidered

    U. Kroner;R.L. Romer

  • West African provenance for Saxo-Thuringia (Bohemian Massif): Did Armorica ever leave pre-Pangean Gondwana? – U/Pb-SHRIMP zircon evidence and the Nd-isotopic record

    Ulf Linnemann;Neal J. McNaughton;Rolf L. Romer;Michael Gehmlich

  • Genesis of Ultramafic Lamprophyres and Carbonatites at Aillik Bay, Labrador: a Consequence of Incipient Lithospheric Thinning beneath the North Atlantic Craton

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;George A. Jenner;Larry M. Heaman

  • Phanerozoic tin and tungsten mineralization—Tectonic controls on the distribution of enriched protoliths and heat sources for crustal melting

    Rolf L. Romer;Uwe Kroner

  • Mediterranean Tertiary lamproites derived from multiple source components in postcollisional geodynamics

    D. Prelević;S.F. Foley;R. Romer;S. Conticelli

  • Ultrapotassic Mafic Rocks as Geochemical Proxies for Post-collisional Dynamics of Orogenic Lithospheric Mantle: the Case of Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey

    D. Prelević;D. Prelević;C. Akal;S. F. Foley;R. L. Romer

  • Craton reactivation on the Labrador Sea margins: 40Ar/39Ar age and Sr–Nd–Hf–Pb isotope constraints from alkaline and carbonatite intrusives

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Andreas Stracke;Rolf L. Romer

  • Between carbonatite and lamproite—Diamondiferous Torngat ultramafic lamprophyres formed by carbonate-fluxed melting of cratonic MARID-type metasomes

    Sebastian Tappe;Stephen F. Foley;Bruce A. Kjarsgaard;Rolf L. Romer

  • Temperature-dependent isotopic fractionation of lithium between clinopyroxene and high-pressure hydrous fluids

    Bernd Wunder;Anette Meixner;Rolf L. Romer;Wilhelm Heinrich

  • Protolith-Related Thermal Controls on the Decoupling of Sn and W in Sn-W Metallogenic Provinces: Insights from the Nanling Region, China

    Shunda Yuan;Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Rolf L. Romer;Panlao Zhao

  • Boron-isotope fractionation between tourmaline and fluid: an experimental re-investigation

    Christian Meyer;Bernd Wunder;Anette Meixner;Rolf L. Romer

  • The geochemical cycle of boron: Constraints from boron isotope partitioning experiments between mica and fluid

    Bernd Wunder;Anette Meixner;Rolf L. Romer;Richard Wirth

  • Pb, O, and C isotopes in silicified Mooidraai dolomite (Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa): implications for the composition of Paleoproterozoic seawater and `dating' the increase of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere

    Michael Bau;Rolf L. Romer;Volker Lüders;Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Lithium isotope fractionation between Li-bearing staurolite, Li-mica and aqueous fluids: An experimental study

    Bernd Wunder;Anette Meixner;Rolf L. Romer;Anne Feenstra

  • Composition and density model of the continental crust at an active continental margin—the Central Andes between 21° and 27°S

    Friedrich Lucassen;Raul Becchio;Russell Harmon;Simone Kasemann

  • The Cadomian Orogeny in Saxo-Thuringia, Germany: geochemical and Nd–Sr–Pb isotopic characterization of marginal basins with constraints to geotectonic setting and provenance

    Ulf Linnemann;Rolf L Romer

  • Tertiary Ultrapotassic Volcanism in Serbia: Constraints on Petrogenesis and Mantle Source Characteristics

    D. Prelević;D. Prelević;S. F. Foley;R. L. Romer;V. Cvetković

  • Eclogite-facies quartz veins within metabasites of the Dabie Shan (eastern China): pressure–temperature–time–deformation path, composition of the fluid phase and fluid flow during exhumation of high-pressure rocks

    Leander Franz;R. Oberhänsli;Thomas Wagner;S. Dong

  • P-T-t evolution of ultrahigh-temperature granulites from the Saxon Granulite Massif, Germany. Part II: Geochronology

    Jochen Rötzler;Rolf L. Romer

  • Sediment and weathering control on the distribution of Paleozoic magmatic tin–tungsten mineralization

    Rolf L. Romer;Uwe Kroner

  • Distinguishing crustal recycling and juvenile additions at active continental margins: the Paleozoic to recent compositional evolution of the Chilean Pacific margin (36–41°S) ☆

    Friedrich Lucassen;Robert Trumbull;Gerhard Franz;Christian Creixell

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Glodny
Johannes Glodny University of Potsdam
Gerhard Franz
Gerhard Franz Technical University of Berlin
Dejan Prelević
Dejan Prelević University of Belgrade
Robert B. Trumbull
Robert B. Trumbull University of Potsdam
Peter Dulski
Peter Dulski University of Potsdam
Andreas Stracke
Andreas Stracke University of Münster
Stephen F. Foley
Stephen F. Foley Macquarie University
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Florian Scholz
Florian Scholz Universität Hamburg
Reimar Seltmann
Reimar Seltmann Natural History Museum

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