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Thomas F. Nägler

Thomas F. Nägler

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Earth Science

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57
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10253
World Ranking
2300
National Ranking
66

Overview

Thomas F. Nägler is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, and Geophysics. The primary focus of their research lies in geochemical processes and elemental analysis within geological and paleoclimatological contexts.

The scientist's contributions are reflected in multiple peer-reviewed publications across respected venues. They have published frequently in Aquatic Geochemistry and Chemical Geology, with additional work appearing in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Precambrian Research, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Notable recent research papers by Thomas F. Nägler include:

  • Ultra-trace Element Characterization of the Central Ottawa River Basin using a Rapid, Flexible, and Low-volume ICP-MS Method (2020, Aquatic Geochemistry)
  • Unusually heavy stable Mo isotope signatures of the Ottawa River: Causes and implications for global riverine Mo fluxes (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • Barium isotope (re-)equilibration in the barite-fluid system and its implications for marine barite archives (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • Mo isotope composition of the 0.85 Ga ocean from coupled carbonate and shale archives: Some implications for pre-Cryogenian oxygenation (2022, Precambrian Research)
  • Small Catchment Scale Molybdenum Isotope Balance and its Implications for Global Molybdenum Isotope Cycling (2020, Geophysical monograph)

Their research addresses topics including Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, as well as Heavy Metals in the Environment.

Thomas F. Nägler has collaborated with several frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work. These co-authors include:

  • Edel O'Sullivan
  • Michael G. Babechuk
  • Balz S. Kamber
  • Carolina Rosca
  • Cora A. McKenna

Best Publications

  • Molybdenum isotope records as a potential new proxy for paleoceanography

    Christopher Siebert;Thomas Nägler;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Determination of molybdenum isotope fractionation by double‐spike multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Christopher Siebert;Thomas F. Nägler;Jan D. Kramers

  • Tracing the Indian Ocean Mantle Domain Through Time: Isotopic Results from Old West Indian, East Tethyan, and South Pacific Seafloor

    J. J. Mahoney;R. Frei;M. L. G. Tejada;X. X. Mo

  • Sulfidity controls molybdenum isotope fractionation into euxinic sediments: Evidence from the modern Black Sea

    Nadja Neubert;Thomas F. Nägler;Michael E. Böttcher

  • Evidence for a gradual rise of oxygen between 2.6 and 2.5 Ga from Mo isotopes and Re-PGE signatures in shales

    Martin Wille;Jan Kramers;Thomas Nägler;N.J. Beukes

  • Highly metalliferous carbonaceous shale and Early Cambrian seawater

    Bernd Lehmann;Thomas F. Nägler;Heinrich D. Holland;Martin Wille

  • Hydrogen sulphide release to surface waters at the Precambrian/Cambrian boundary

    Martin Wille;Thomas F. Nägler;Bernd Lehmann;Stefan Schröder

  • 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

  • Evidence of hydration of the mantle wedge and its role in the exhumation of eclogites

    Stéphane Guillot;Kéiko H. Hattori;Julia de Sigoyer;Thomas Nägler

  • Proposal for an International Molybdenum Isotope Measurement Standard and Data Representation

    Thomas F. Nägler;Ariel D. Anbar;Corey Archer;Tatiana Goldberg

  • Calcium isotopic composition of various reference materials and seawater

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

  • Molybdenum isotope fractionation in pelagic euxinia: Evidence from the modern Black and Baltic Seas

    T.F. Nägler;N. Neubert;M.E. Böttcher;O. Dellwig

  • Oceanic molybdenum isotope fractionation: Diagenesis and hydrothermal ridge-flank alteration

    James McManus;James McManus;Thomas F. Nägler;Christopher Siebert;C. Geoffrey Wheat

  • Nd isotopic evolution of the upper mantle during the Precambrian: models, data and the uncertainty of both

    Thomas Nägler;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Mo isotope and trace element patterns of Lower Cambrian black shales in South China: Multi-proxy constraints on the paleoenvironment

    Lingang Xu;Bernd Lehmann;Jingwen Mao;Thomas F. Nägler

  • PGE, Re-Os, and Mo isotope systematics in Archean and early Proterozoic sedimentary systems as proxies for redox conditions of the early Earth

    C. Siebert;J.D. Kramers;Th. Meisel;Ph. Morel

  • Evidence for free oxygen in the Neoarchean ocean based on coupled iron-molybdenum isotope fractionation

    Andrew D. Czaja;Clark M. Johnson;Eric E. Roden;Brian L. Beard

  • Magma differentiation fractionates Mo isotope ratios: Evidence from the Kos Plateau Tuff (Aegean Arc)

    Andrea R. Voegelin;Andrea R. Voegelin;Thomas Pettke;Nicolas D. Greber;Brigitte von Niederhäusern

  • Barium isotope fractionation in the global barium cycle: First evidence from barium minerals and precipitation experiments

    Katja von Allmen;Michael E. Böttcher;Elias Samankassou;Thomas F. Nägler

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

    Alexander Heuser;Anton Eisenhauer;Florian Böhm;Klaus Wallmann

  • Single mineral dating by the PbPb step-leaching method: Assessing the mechanisms

    R. Frei;Igor Maria Villa;Thomas Nägler;Jan Dirk Kramers

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Jan Kramers
Jan Kramers University of Johannesburg
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Balz S. Kamber
Balz S. Kamber Queensland University of Technology
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Thomas Pettke
Thomas Pettke University of Bern
Thomas Meisel
Thomas Meisel University of Leoben
Ronny Schoenberg
Ronny Schoenberg University of Tübingen
Bernd Lehmann
Bernd Lehmann Clausthal University of Technology

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