Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Jan Schüssler
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 3.4, Earth Surface Geochemistry
Telegrafenberg, E 224
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 28602
Fax: +49 331 288 2852
Mail: jan.schuessler@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Geochemistry of “non-traditional” stable isotopes
- Mass spectrometry and micro-analytical techniques
- Geochemistry of rock weathering and erosion processes
- Igneous processes in the Earth’s mantle and crust
- Experimental petrology
Projects:
- Li and Mg isotope fractionation in the Earth's mantle
- Fe isotope fractionation between sulfide minerals from ore deposits
- Iron and lithium isotope systematics of the Hekla volcano, Iceland
- Oxidation state of iron in hydrous silicate melts
- Experimental investigation of iron isotope fractionation between sulfide and oxide minerals and silicate melts
- Fractionation of "non-traditional" stable isotopes during weathering
Career:
- since 2009, Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Potsdam, Section 3.4 "Earth Suface Geochemistry"
- 2008 - 2009, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bristol, U.K.
- 2008, Teaching Assistant, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Experience:
- 2008 PhD, Geochemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2004 MSc, Geosciences, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
- 2003 BSc, Geosciences, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Selected publications:
- Schüssler, J. A., Schönberg, R., and Sigmarsson, O. (2009): Iron and lithium isotope systematics of the Hekla volcano, Iceland - Evidence for Fe isotope fractionation during magma differentiation. Chemical Geology 258, 78–91. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.021
- Schönberg, R., Marks, M. A. W., Schüssler, J. A., von Blanckenburg, F., and Markl, G. (2009): Fe isotope systematics of coexisting amphibole and pyroxene in the alkaline igneous rock suite of the Ilímaussaq Complex, South Greenland. Chemical Geology 258, 65-77. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.023
- Schüssler, J. A., Botcharnikov, R. E., Behrens, H., Misiti, V., and Freda, C. (2008): Oxidation state of iron in hydrous phono-tephritic melts. American Mineralogist 93, 1493–1504. doi:10.2138/am.2008.2795
- Vetere, F., Behrens, H., Schüssler, J. A., Holtz, F., Misiti, V., and Borchers, L. (2008): Viscosity of andesite melts and its implication for magma mixing prior to Unzen 1991-1995 eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 175(1-2), 208-217. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.03.028
- Schüssler, J. A., Schönberg, R., Behrens, H., and von Blanckenburg, F. (2007): The experimental calibration of the iron isotope fractionation factor between pyrrhotite and peralkaline rhyolitic melt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(2), 417-433. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.09.012