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Overview

Torsten Vennemann is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their work spans a broad range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, reflecting substantial interdisciplinary expertise.

Vennemann's primary fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, their work addresses several subfields:

  • Paleontology
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The main research topics covered by Vennemann's publications include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Vennemann's recent research outputs include several papers published in reputable scientific journals:

  • "InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards," 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Dynamics of the Largest Carbon Isotope Excursion During the Early Triassic Biotic Recovery," 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Greenland Ice Core Record of Last Glacial Dust Sources and Atmospheric Circulation," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Cold-Water Coral Mound Archive Provides Unique Insights Into Intermediate Water Mass Dynamics in the Alboran Sea During the Last Deglaciation," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Mixing of Rhône River water in Lake Geneva: Seasonal tracing using stable isotope composition of water," 2020, Journal of Great Lakes Research

Frequent publication venues for Vennemann include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Collaborative efforts mark Vennemann's research approach, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Hugo Bucher
  • Marc Leu
  • Zoneibe Luz
  • Lukas P. Baumgartner
  • Thierry Adatte

Best Publications

  • Further characterisation of the 91500 zircon crystal

    Michael Wiedenbeck;John M. Hanchar;William H. Peck;Paul Sylvester

  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll;Kirstin Herwig;Matthias Willbold

  • Continuous‐flow isotope ratio mass spectrometric analysis of carbonate minerals

    Christoph Spötl;Torsten W. Vennemann

  • An empirical model for the solubility of H2O in magmas to 3 kilobars

    Gordon Moore;Torsten Vennemann;I. S. E. Carmichael

  • Oxygen isotope analysis of phosphates: a comparison of techniques for analysis of Ag3PO4

    Torsten W. Vennemann;Henry C. Fricke;Ruth E. Blake;James R. O'Neil

  • A simple and inexpensive method of hydrogen isotope and water analyses of minerals and rocks based on zinc reagent

    Torsten W. Vennemann;James R. O'Neil

  • InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards.

    S. M. Bernasconi;M. Daëron;K. D. Bergmann;M. Bonifacie

  • Climatic and biotic upheavals following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Carlo Romano;Nicolas Goudemand;Torsten W. Vennemann;David Ware

  • Oxygen and sulfur isotope fractionation during anaerobic bacterial disproportionation of elemental sulfur

    Michael E. Böttcher;Bo Thamdrup;T.W. Vennemann

  • Crustal contamination and fluid/rock interaction in the carbonatites of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain): A C, O, H isotope study

    A. Demény;A. Ahijado;R. Casillas;T.W. Vennemann

  • Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene lake in the Steinheim basin, SW Germany: A reconstruction from C, O, and Sr isotopes of fossil remains

    T. Tütken;T. Tütken;T.W. Vennemann;H. Janz;E.P.J. Heizmann

  • Isotopic composition of recent shark teeth as a proxy for environmental conditions

    T.W Vennemann;E Hegner;G Cliff;G.W Benz

  • Boron and Oxygen Isotope Composition of Certified Reference Materials NIST SRM 610/612 and Reference Materials JB-2 and JR-2

    Simone Kasemann;Anette Meixner;Alexander Rocholl;Torsten Vennemann

  • Understanding snow hydrological processes through the lens of stable water isotopes

    Harsh Beria;Joshua R. Larsen;Natalie Claire Ceperley;Anthony Michelon

  • The Grønnedal-Ika Carbonatite-Syenite Complex, South Greenland: Carbonatite Formation by Liquid Immiscibility

    Ralf Halama;Torsten Vennemann;Wolfgang Siebel;Gregor Markl

  • Early diagenesis of bone and tooth apatite in fluvial and marine settings: Constraints from combined oxygen isotope, nitrogen and REE analysis

    T. Tütken;T. Tütken;T.W. Vennemann;H.-U. Pfretzschner

  • Effects of speciation on equilibrium fractionations and rates of oxygen isotope exchange between (PO4)aq and H2O

    James R O’Neil;Torsten W Vennemann;William F McKenzie

  • Quantification of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Processes in a Peralkaline Syenite–Alkali Granite Complex Based on Textures, Phase Equilibria, and Stable and Radiogenic Isotopes

    Michael Marks;Torsten Vennemann;Wolfgang Siebel;Gregor Markl

  • Mineral Zoning and Geochemistry of Epithermal Polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi Mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru

    Regina Baumgartner;Lluís Fontboté;Torsten Vennemann

  • The carbon isotope composition of natural SiC (moissanite) from the Earth’s mantle: New discoveries from ophiolites

    Robert B. Trumbull;Jing-Sui Yang;Paul T. Robinson;Simonpietro Di Pierro

Frequent Co-Authors

Attila Demény
Attila Demény Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Lukas P. Baumgartner
Lukas P. Baumgartner University of Lausanne
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Thomas Tütken
Thomas Tütken Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ernst Hegner
Ernst Hegner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thierry Adatte
Thierry Adatte University of Lausanne
Andreas Mulch
Andreas Mulch Goethe University Frankfurt
Jorge E. Spangenberg
Jorge E. Spangenberg University of Lausanne
Christian Teyssier
Christian Teyssier University of Minnesota
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen

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