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Overview

Wafa Abouchami is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science, with notable contributions to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work encompasses several main research topics including Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aeolian processes and effects, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Nuclear Physics and Applications.

The scientist has published in leading venues such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Goldschmidt Abstracts, and Quaternary Science Reviews. Frequent coauthors collaborating on their research include Stephen J.G. Galer, Frank Wombacher, Ninja Braukmüller, Carsten Münker, and Damien Guinoiseau.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Wafa Abouchami include:

  • Cadmium isotope fractionation and neutron capture effects in lunar samples, 2024, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Moderately volatile elements in chondrites record chondrule formation, two-component mixing and redistribution on parent bodies, 2025, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Characterization of Saharan and Sahelian dust sources based on geochemical and radiogenic isotope signatures, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Analyses of Extraterrestrial Samples Using Quadrupole ICP-MS, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Cadmium Stable Isotopes in Lunar Regolith Samples, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts

Best Publications

  • 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

  • A major 2.1 Ga event of mafic magmatism in west Africa: An Early stage of crustal accretion

    Wafa Abouchami;Muriel Boher;Annie Michard;Francis Albarede

  • Crustal growth in West Africa at 2.1 Ga

    Muriel Boher;Wafa Abouchami;Annie Michard;Francis Albarede

  • Practical application of lead triple spiking for correction of instrumental mass discrimination

    S. J. G. Galer;W. Abouchami

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Geochemistry of Lavas from the Emperor Seamounts, and the Geochemical Evolution of Hawaiian Magmatism from 85 to 42 Ma

    M. Regelous;A. W. Hofmann;W. Abouchami;S. J. G. Galer

  • Lead isotopes reveal bilateral asymmetry and vertical continuity in the Hawaiian mantle plume

    W. Abouchami;A. W. Hofmann;S. J. G. Galer;F. A. Frey

  • Pb and Nd isotopes in NE Atlantic Fe-Mn crusts: Proxies for trace metal paleosources and paleocean circulation

    W. Abouchami;S. J. G. Galer;A. Koschinsky

  • GSD-1G and MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In Situ and Bulk Isotopic Determination

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Steven A. Wilson;Wafa Abouchami;Marghaleray Amini;Marghaleray Amini

  • Mass-dependent cadmium isotopic variations in nature with emphasis on the marine environment

    Anne-Désirée Schmitt;Stephen J.G. Galer;Wafa Abouchami

  • The 320 kyr Pb isotope evolution of Mauna Kea lavas recorded in the HSDP-2 drill core

    Jürgen Eisele;Wafa Abouchami;Stephen J. G. Galer;Albrecht W. Hofmann

  • High precision lead isotope systematics of lavas from the Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Project

    W. Abouchami;S. J. G. Galer;A. W. Hofmann

  • Biogeochemical cycling of zinc and its isotopes in the Southern Ocean

    Y. Zhao;D. Vance;D. Vance;W. Abouchami;H.J.W. de Baar

  • A Common Reference Material for Cadmium Isotope Studies -- NIST SRM 3108

    Wafa Abouchami;Stephen J. G. Galer;Tristan J. Horner;Mark Rehkämper

  • Modulation of the Southern Ocean cadmium isotope signature by ocean circulation and primary productivity

    W. Abouchami;S.J.G. Galer;de Henricus Baar;A.C. Alderkamp

  • Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the Bodélé Depression dust source and implications for transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon Basin

    Wafa Abouchami;Kerstin Näthe;Ashwini Kumar;Stephen J.G. Galer

  • MPI-DING glasses: New geological reference materials for in situ Pb isotope analysis

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Jörg Pfänder;Jon D. Woodhead;Matthias Willbold

  • A Hf‐Nd isotopic correlation in ferromanganese nodules

    Francis Albarède;Antonio Simonetti;Jeffrey D. Vervoort;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Secular changes of lead and neodymium in central Pacific seawater recorded by a FeMn crust

    W. Abouchami;S.L. Goldstein;S.J.G. Gazer;A. Eisenhauer

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J.G. Galer
Stephen J.G. Galer Max Planck Society
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Rainer Zahn
Rainer Zahn Autonomous University of Barcelona
Steven L. Goldstein
Steven L. Goldstein Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gideon M. Henderson
Gideon M. Henderson University of Oxford
Alexander L. Thomas
Alexander L. Thomas University of Edinburgh
Mark Rehkämper
Mark Rehkämper Imperial College London
Laura F. Robinson
Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol
Derek Vance
Derek Vance ETH Zurich
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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