PD Dr. Nikolaus Gussone

Professur für Geochemie (Prof. Stracke)
PD Dr. Nikolaus Gussone

Corrensstr. 24, room 211
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83 33401
F: +49 251 83-38397

  • Expeditions

    • 06.-08.2013    Ant XXIX/6 (R/V Polarstern) “Antarctic Winter Ecosystem Climate Study“
    • 03.-05.2009    IODP Exp. 320 (Joides Resolution) “Pacific Equatorial Age Transect “
    • 06.-07.2005    M 65/1 (R/V METEOR) Equatorial East-Atlantic
    • 05.-06.2002    SO 164 (R/V SONNE) “RASTA” Caribbean
    • 07.-08.2001    SO 158 (R/V SONNE) “MEGAPRINT” Equatorial East-Pacific
    • 07.-09.1999    Ark XV/2 (R/V Polarstern)

  • Teaching

    • Übungen zur Vorlesung "Die Erde"
    • Field Camp
    • Biomineralisation
    • Interdisziplinäres Seminar
    • Übungen zu Baumaterial der Erde (Berndt-Gerdes, J.,Gussone, N., Mezger, K.)
    • Chemische Mineral- und Gesteinsanalyse I (Scherer, E., Bröcker, M., Gussone, N.)
    • Geochemisches Praktikum (Scherer, E., Bröcker, M., Gussone, N.)
 
  • Research Foci

    • Systematics of heavy stable isotope fractionation
    • Fluid-rock-interaction
    • Paleoceanography / proxy-development
    • Biomineralisation
    • Radiometric dating / Geochronology
    • Development of geochemical methods
  • CV

    Academic Education

    Habilitation (University of Münster)
    PhD student (GEOMAR, Kiel)
    Studies in geology-paleontology, Georg-August-University Göttingen
    Studies in geology-paleontology, RWTH-Aachen

    Positions

    Akademischer Rat (a.Z.), Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Scientist, Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster
    Postdoctoral-fellow, DFG-Research Centre Ocean Margins, University of Bremen
    Post-doc, GEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences, Kiel
    PhD student, GEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences, Kiel

    Honors

    IsotopenpreisGerman Association for Stable Isotope Research (GASIR)
    Annette Barthelt-Preis für MeereswissenschaftenAnnette Barthelt-Stiftung
  • Projects

    • Calciumisotopenfraktionierung zwischen Silikatmineralen zwischen Silikatschmelzen und Schmelzen ()
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/10-1
    • SPP 527 Subproject: Calcium isotope fractionation during transport and recrystallisation processes in marine deep sea sediments ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: TE 642/4-1; GU 1035/5-1
    • SPP 527 - Subproject: Dinoflagelates - recorder of Palaeogene oceanic Ca budget and climate variabilities ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/2-1
    • SPP 527 - Subproject: Controls on stable isotope fractionation of alkaline earth metals in cultured corals ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/4-1
    • SPP 527 - Teilprojekt: Fluctuations of the oceanic Ca isotopic budget and environmental changes during highly dynamic transitions of the Cenozoic ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/3-3
    • SPP 527 - Subproject: Fluctuations of the oceanic Ca isotopic budget and environmental changes during highly dynamic transitions of the Cenozoic ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/3-2
    • SPP 527 - Subproject: Fractionation processes of Ca isotopes during synsedimentary and early diagenetic reactions in marine sediments ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: GU 1035/1-1
  • Publications

    • , , , , & (). Origin of strontium and calcium in pedogenic needle fibre calcite (NFC). Chemical Geology, 524, 328344.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Combined mass-dependent and nucleosynthetic isotope variations in refractory inclusions and their mineral separates to determine their original Fe isotope compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 524, 215234.
    • , , & (). Incorporation of Ca isotopes in carapaxes of marine ostracods. Chemical Geology, 510, 130139.

    • , , & (). Cretaceous calcareous dinoflagellate cysts as recorder of δ44/40Caseawater and paleo-temperature using Sr/Ca thermometry. Chemical Geology, 488, 138148.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). A simple role of coral-algal symbiosis in coral calcification. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 235, 7688.
    • , , , & (). Origins of mass-dependent and mass-independent Ca isotope variations in meteoritic components and meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 226, 206223.

    Articles
    Research Articles (Journals)
    • , , & (). Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ca isotope ratios in benthonic foraminifers related to test structure, mineralogy and environmental controls. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 173 (null), 142159. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.018.
    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Repeated occurrences of methanogenic zones, diagenetic dolomite formation and linked silicate alteration in southern Bering Sea sediments (Bowers Ridge, IODP Exp. 323 Site U1341. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 125-126, 117132.
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    • , , , & (). Analytical Methods. in Hoefs, J. (ed.), Advances in Isotope GeochemistryCalcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry (pp.2374).
    Books (Monographs)
    • , , , , , , & (). Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Lateglacial and Holocene climatic changes in south-eastern Patagonia inferred from carbonate isotope records of Laguna Potrok Aike (Argentina). Quaternary Science Reviews, 114 (null), 189202. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.006.
    • , , & (). The calcium isotope systematics of Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430 (null), 8694. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.016.
    • , , , , , , & (). Controlling factors of Ca isotope fractionation in scleractinian corals evaluated by temperature, pH and light controlled culture experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 167 (null), 8092. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.009.

    • , , , , , & (). Calcium-ammonium exchange experiments on clay minerals using a (45)Ca tracer technique in marine pore water. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 50 (1), 117. doi: 10.1080/10256016.2013.806505.

    • , , , , , & (). Factors influencing methane-derived authigenic carbonate formation at cold seep from southwestern Dongsha area in the northern South China Sea. Environmental Earth Sciences, null (null), 18. doi: 10.1007/s12665-013-2611-9.
    • , , , , , & (). Repeated occurrences of methanogenic zones, diagenetic dolomite formation and linked silicate alteration in southern Bering Sea sediments (Bowers Ridge, IODP Exp. 323 Site U1341). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, null (null). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.008.
    • , , , & (). Isotope fractionation during Ca exchange on clay minerals in a marine environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 112 (null), 374388. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.041.

    • , , , , , , , , & (). Volcanic arcs fed by rapid pulsed fluid flow through subducting slabs. Nature Geoscience, 5 (7), 489492. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1482.
    • , , , , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation and its controlling factors over authigenic carbonates in the cold seeps of the northern South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57 (11), 13251332. doi: 10.1007/s11434-012-4990-9.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth. Nature, 488 (7413), 60914. doi: 10.1038/nature11360.

    • , , , , , & (). Polycrystalline apatite synthesized by hydrothermal replacement of calcium carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.027.
    • , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation in ikaite and vaterite. Chemical Geology, 285, 194202. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.04.002.
    • , , , & (). Calcium isotopes in fossil bones and teeth - Diagenetic versus biogenic origin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (12), 34193433. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.032.
    • , , , , , , & (). Magnesium stable isotope fractionation in marine biogenic calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (19), 57975818. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.017.

    • , , , , , & (). The Pacific equatorial age transect, IODP expeditions 320 and 321: Building a 50-million-year-long environmental record of the equatorial Pacific ocean. Scientific Drilling (9), 415.
    • , & (). Calcium isotope ratios in calcitic tests of benthic foraminifers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 290 (1-2), 108117. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.010.
    • , , & (). Minor element and Ca isotope composition of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts of cultured Thoracosphaera heimii. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289 (1-2), 180188. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.006.

    • , , , , , & (). A critical evaluation of calcium isotope ratios in tests of planktonic foraminifers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (24), 72417255. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.035.
    • , , , , , & (). Genesis of phosphorite crusts off Peru. Marine Geology, 262 (1-4), 6881. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.006.
    • , , & (). Controls on calcium isotope fractionation in sedimentary porewaters. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 279 (3-4), 373382. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.011.

    • , , , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation in coccoliths of cultured Calcidiscus leptoporus, Helicosphaera carteri, Syracosphaera pulchra and Umbilicosphaera foliosa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260 (3-4), 505515. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.001.
    • , , , , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation during coccolith formation in Emiliania huxleyi: Independence of growth and calcification rate. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8.

    • , , , , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation in modern scleractinian corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (17), 44524462. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1546.
    • , , , , , , & (). Cellular calcium pathways and isotope fractionation in Emiliania huxleyi. Geology, 34 (8), 625628. doi: 10.1130/G22733.1.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Coccolith strontium to calcium ratios in Emiliania huxleyi: The dependence on seawater strontium and calcium concentrations. Limnology and Oceanography, 51 (1), 310320. doi: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0310.

    • , , , , , , , & (). Calcium isotope (δ44/40Ca) variations of Neogene planktonic foraminifera. Paleoceanography, 20 (2), 113.
    • , , , & (). Clathrites: Archives of near-seafloor pore-fluid evolution (δ44/40Ca, δ13C, δ18O) in gas hydrate environments. Geology, 33 (3), 213216. doi: 10.1130/G21317.1.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Calcium isotope fractionation in calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (18), 44854494. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.06.003.

    • , , & (). Co-precipitation of Sr2+ and Ba2+ with aragonite by membrane diffusion of CO2 between 10 and 50 °C. Chemical Geology, 203 (1-2), 139151. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.09.008.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Direct measurement of 44Ca/40Ca ratios by MC-ICP-MS using the cool plasma technique. Chemical Geology, 206 (1-2), 1120. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.01.014.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Proposal for international agreement on Ca notation resulting from discussions at workshops on stable isotope measurements held in davos (goldschmidt 2002) and nice (EGS-AGU-EUG 2003). Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 28 (1), 149151. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2004.tb01051.x.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Reconstruction of Caribbean sea surface temperature and salinity fluctuations in response to the pliocene closure of the Central American Gateway and radiative forcing, using delta Ca-44/40, delta O-18 and Mg/Ca ratios. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 227 (3-4), 201214. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.004.

    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Model for kinetic effects on calcium isotope fractionation (δ44Ca) in inorganic aragonite and cultured planktonic foraminifera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67 (7), 13751382. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01296-6.
    • , , , , , , & (). Calcium isotopic composition of various reference materials and seawater. Geostandards Newsletter, 27 (1), 1319. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2003.tb00709.x.

    • , , , , , & (). Measurement of calcium isotopes (δ44Ca) using a multicollector TIMS technique. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 220 (3), 385397. doi: 10.1016/S1387-3806(02)00838-2.
    • , , , , , & (). Ra-226(excess)/Ba growth rates and U-Th-Ra-Ba systematic of Baltic Mn/Fe crusts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (1), 7383. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00766-9.