Tobias Grützner

Professur für Petrologie (Prof. Klemme)
Tobias Grützner

Corrensstr. 24, room 124
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-36112

Academic Profile

  • Research Foci

    Experimental petrology - HT/HP experiments via gas mixing furnace, piston cylinder and multi anvil apparatus

    Mantle petrology

    Effects of water and halogens on phase stability in upper mantle and transition zone

    Experimental Cosmochemistry

    Element partitioning and stable isotope fractionation during core formation and late veneer.

  • CV

    Academic Education

    Doctoral student (PhD): High pressure/high temperature experiments on halogens in nominally halogen-free mantle minerals.
    Diploma (MSc equivalent) geology/palaeontology at the University of Mainz (Germany). Diploma thesis: Geochemistry and origin of ultramafic enclaves and their basanitic host rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey.

    Positions

    Research associate (PostDoc), Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Research associate, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster

    Honors

    Preis der Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung (Promotionen) – Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung

  • Publications

    • Grützner T, Prelevic D, Berndt J, Klemme S. (). The origin of Na-alkaline lavas revisited: new constraints from experimental melting of amphibole-rich metasomes + lherzolite at uppermost mantle pressure. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178, 73. doi: 10.1007/s00410-023-02052-6.

    • Grützner T, Klemme S, Rohrbach A, Gervasoni F, Berndt J. (). The effect of fluorine on the stability of wadsleyite: Implications for the nature and depths of the transition zone in the Earth’s mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482, 236–244. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.011.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Grützner T, Kohn SC, Bromiley DW, Rohrbach A, Berndt J, Klemme S. (). The storage capacity of fluorine in olivine and pyroxene under upper mantle conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 208, 160–170. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.043.
    • Gervasoni F, Klemme S, Rohrbach A, Grützner T, Berndt J. (). Experimental constraints on mantle metasomatism caused by silicate and carbonate melts. Lithos, 282-283, 173–186. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.03.004.
    • Grützner T, Klemme, S, Rohrbach, A, Gervasoni, F, Berndt J. (). The role of F-clinohumite in volatile recycling processes in subduction zones. Geology, 45(5), 443–446. doi: 10.1130/G38788.1.
    Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
    • Grützner T, Klemme S, Rohrbach A. (). Experimental determination of stable, Pd, Ru and S isotope fractionation between liquid metal and liquid silicate. In Goldschmidt Conference, Paris. 0th Ed. , p. 3194.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • Beyer C, Klemme S, Grützner T, Ireland T, Magee CW, Frost DJ. (). Fluorine partitioning between eclogitic garnet, clinopyroxene, and melt at upper mantle conditions. Chemical Geology, 437, 88–97. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.05.032.
    Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
    • Grützner T, Rohrbach A, Berndt J, Gervasoni F, Klemme S. (). Fluorine storage in wadsleyite: Implications for the transition zone. In EMPG XV, Zürich. 0th Ed. , p. 56.

    • Grützner T, Klemme S, Rohrbach A. (). The Effect of Fluorine on the Stability of Humite-Type Minerals in the Upper Mantle and Transition Zone. In V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague. 0th Ed. , p. 1111.

    • Grützner T, Prelević D, Akal C, Klemme S. (). The Origin of Ultramafic Enclaves and their Basanitic Host Rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey. In Goldschmidt 2014, Sacramento. 0th Ed..

    • Grützner, T., Prelević, D., Akal, C. (). Geochemistry and origin of ultramafic enclaves and their basanitic host rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey. Lithos, 180-181, 58–73. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.08.001.