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Overview

Uwe Wiechert is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and conducts research primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scientific contributions span a variety of subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, and Geochemistry and Petrology. The research topics addressed by Wiechert include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine and Environmental Studies, and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Wiechert's publication record shows involvement in several peer-reviewed journals, reflecting a focus on geochemical and geophysical research. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • CATENA
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Quaternary International

Selected recent publications by Uwe Wiechert include:

  • Lithium isotope signatures of weathering in the hyper-arid climate of the western Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geochemical proxies for water-soil interactions in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile, 2021, CATENA
  • Sulfide Dissolution and Awaruite Formation in Continental Serpentinization Environments and Its Implications to Supporting Life, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Intra-seasonal hydrological processes on the western Tibetan Plateau: Monsoonal and convective rainfall events at ~7.5 ka, 2020, Quaternary International
  • Siliceous sponge expansion and phosphogenesis in a shallow water environment in the Malyi Karatau Range (Kazakhstan) during the Precambrian-Cambrian transition, 2020, Precambrian Research

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Wiechert's work, with frequent co-authors including Esther M. Schwarzenbach, Johannes C. Vrijmoed, Jasper Engelmann, Moritz Liesegang, and Roxana Rohne. These collaborations span multiple projects reflecting interdisciplinary approaches within their research fields.

Best Publications

  • Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

    Charles K. Shearer;Paul C. Hess;Mark A. Wieczorek;Matt E. Pritchard

  • Oxygen Isotopes and the Moon-Forming Giant Impact

    U. Wiechert;A. N. Halliday;D.-C. Lee;G. A. Snyder

  • Isotopic evidence for Mesoarchaean anoxia and changing atmospheric sulphur chemistry

    James Farquhar;Marc Peters;David T. Johnston;Harald Strauss

  • New constraints on the lithium isotope compositions of the Moon and terrestrial planets

    Tomáš Magna;Uwe Wiechert;Alex N. Halliday

  • Hydrated sub-arc mantle: a source for the Kluchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka/Russia

    Frank Dorendorf;Uwe Wiechert;Uwe Wiechert;Gerhard Wörner

  • Oxygen isotope evidence for rapid mixing of the HED meteorite parent body

    U.H. Wiechert;A.N. Halliday;H. Palme;D. Rumble

  • Low-blank isotope ratio measurement of small samples of lithium using multiple-collector ICPMS

    Tomáš Magna;Uwe H. Wiechert;Alex N. Halliday

  • Non-chondritic magnesium and the origins of the inner terrestrial planets

    Uwe Wiechert;Alex N. Halliday

  • Spinel peridotite xenoliths from the Atsagin-Dush volcano, Dariganga lava plateau, Mongolia: a record of partial melting and cryptic metasomatism in the upper mantle

    Uwe Wiechert;Dmitri A. Ionov;Karl Hans Wedepohl

  • Titanium isotopes and the radial heterogeneity of the solar system

    Ingo Leya;Maria Schönbächler;Uwe Wiechert;Urs Krähenbühl

  • Archean emplacement of eclogitic components into the lithospheric mantle during formation of the Kaapvaal Craton

    Steven B. Shirey;Richard W. Carlson;Stephen H. Richardson;Andrew Menzies

  • Content and isotopic composition of sulphur in ultramafic xenoliths from central Asia

    Dmitri A. Ionov;Dmitri A. Ionov;Jochen Hoefs;K. Hans Wedepohl;Uwe Wiechert

  • Spatial variability of 14C reservoir effects in Tibetan Plateau lakes

    Steffen Mischke;Steffen Mischke;Marc Weynell;Chengjun Zhang;Uwe Wiechert

  • Lithium isotope fractionation in the southern Cascadia subduction zone

    Tomáš Magna;Uwe Wiechert;Timothy L. Grove;Alex N. Halliday

  • Cosmogenic tungsten and the origin and earliest differentiation of the Moon

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N Halliday;Ingo Leya;Rainer Wieler

  • Fingerprinting sources of orogenic plutonic rocks from Variscan belt with lithium isotopes and possible link to subduction-related origin of some A-type granites

    T. Magna;T. Magna;V. Janoušek;M. Kohút;F. Oberli

  • Links between mantle metasomatism and lithium isotopes: Evidence from glass-bearing and cryptically metasomatized xenoliths from Mongolia

    Tomáš Magna;Tomáš Magna;Dmitri A. Ionov;Felix Oberli;Uwe Wiechert

  • Uranium-series dating of corals in situ using laser-ablation MC-ICPMS

    Emma-Kate Potter;Claudine H. Stirling;Uwe H. Wiechert;Alex N. Halliday

  • Oxygen isotope fluctuations in a modern North Sea oyster (Crassostrea gigas) compared with annual variations in seawater temperature: Implications for palaeoclimate studies

    Clemens V. Ullmann;Uwe Wiechert;Christoph Korte;Christoph Korte

  • Immiscible separation of metalliferous Fe/ Ti-oxide melts from fractionating alkali basalt: P - T - f O2 conditions and two-liquid elemental partitioning

    Vratislav Hurai;Klaus Simon;Uwe Wiechert;Jochen Hoefs

  • Lithium isotopes and implications on chemical weathering in the catchment of Lake Donggi Cona, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Marc Weynell;Uwe Wiechert;Jan A. Schuessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Mischke
Steffen Mischke University of Iceland
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Birgit Plessen
Birgit Plessen University of Potsdam
Clemens V. Ullmann
Clemens V. Ullmann University of Exeter
Felix Oberli
Felix Oberli ETH Zurich
Christoph Korte
Christoph Korte University of Copenhagen
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster
Harry Becker
Harry Becker Freie Universität Berlin
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dirk Schulze-Makuch Technical University of Berlin

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