Andreas Möller

Dr. rer. nat., Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 1996
Assistant Professor
Nichols Hall 358; Phone: (785) 864-1447, e-mail:
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My main research interests are timescales and temperature/depth evolution of geological processes, evolution of the Earth's crust, and how accessory minerals we use for geochronology grow and how they are modified. 

I combine radiometric ages with petrologic pressure and temperature data to reconstruct the evolution of mountain belts, mostly by studying high grade metamorphic rocks.  In-situ analyses with electron-beam-, ion-beam- or laser-techniques have a high priority in my research approach.  This allows to maintain control on the textures that give us relative time information. Systematic studies on the growth and modification of minerals used for dating and their geochemical fingerprints help to better understand which geological processes are dated by the isotopic techniques.

Representative Publications

Google Scholar publication profile

 

D. Rösel, S.D. Boger, A. Möller, J. Oalmann, B. Gaitzsch, M. Barth, T. Zack (submitted) A Late Ordovician switch to an Indo-Antarctic provenance in North Gondwana: evidence for continental-scale sedimentary transport  – submitted to Terra Nova.

 

R.H. Styron, M.H. Taylor, K.E. Sundell, D.F. Stockli, J.A.G. Oalmann, A.Möller, A.T. McCallister, D. Liu, L. Ding (in revision) Miocene initiation and acceleration of extension in the South Lunggar rift, western Tibet: evolution of an active detachment system from structural mapping and (U-Th)/He thermochronology – in revision with Tectonics

 

S. Köksal, F. Toksoy-Köksal, M.C. Göncüoglu, A. Möller, A. Gerdes, D. Frei (accepted) : Comment on: 3.8 Ga zircons sampled by Neogene ignimbrite eruptions in Central Anatolia by Paquette & LePennec, accepted by Geology

 

J. Nie, W. Peng, K. Pfaff, A. Möller, E. Garzanti, S. Andò, T. Stevens, A. Bird, H. Chang, Y. Song, S. Liu, S. Ji (2013) Climatic control on heavy mineral assemblages in Chinese loess and red clay – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 381-382, 110-118.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018213001946

 

S. Köksal, F. Toksoy-Köksal, M.C. Göncüoglu, A. Möller, A. Gerdes, D. Frei (2013) Crustal source of the Late Cretaceous Satansari monzonite stock (central Anatolia-Turkey) and its significance for the Alpine geodynamic evolution – Journal of Geodynamics,65, 82-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2012.06.003.

 

R. Bousquet, R. Oberhänsli, S.M. Schmid, A. Berger, M. Wiederkehr, C. Robert, A. Möller, C. Rosenberg, G. Zeilinger, G. Molli and F. Koller (2012) Metamorphic framework of the Alps, Scale: 1:1 000 000 – Commission for the Geological Map of the World. http://ccgm.free.fr/Alpes_Metam_GB.html

 

N.M. Kelly, S.L. Harley, A. Möller (2012) Complexity in the behaviour and recrystallization of monazite during high-T metamorphism and fluid infiltration – Chemical Geology 322-323, 192–208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.07.001.

K. Ruschel, L. Nasdala, A. Kronz, J.M. Hanchar, D.M. Többens, R. Škoda, F. Finger, A. Möller (2012) A Raman spectroscopic study on the structural disorder of monazite – Mineralogy and Petrology 105, 41–55, DOI 10.1007/s00710-012-0197-7.

S. Köksal, A. Möller, M.C. Göncüoglu, D. Frei, & A. Gerdes (2012) Crustal homogenization during granitoid generation: evidence from zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotope data from the late Cretaceous granitoids of the Agaçören Intrusive Suite (Central Anatolia/Turkey) – Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 163, 725-743, DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0696-2

A. Riemann, R. Oberhänsli, A. Möller, A. Gerdes & Z. Xu (2009) In situ LA-SF-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of metasomatic zircon growth during retrogression of UHP eclogites, Sulu deep drilling hole, China –
European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 1251-1264. DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-2005.

S. Schmitz, A. Möller, M. Wilke, W. Malzer, B. Kanngiesser, R. Bousquet, A. Berger & S. Schefer (2009) Chemical U-Th-Pb dating of monazite by 3D-Micro x-ray fluorescence analysis with synchrotron radiation – European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 927-946. DOI:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1964

M. Moazzen, R. Oberhänsli, R. Hajialioghli, A. Möller, G.T.R. Droop, A. Jahangiri, & R. Bousquet (2009) Peak and post-peak P-T conditions and fluid composition for scapolite-clinopyroxene-garnet calcsilicates from the Takab area, NW Iran – European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 149-162. DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1887

R. Bousquet, R. El Mamoun, O. Saddiqi, B. Goffé, A. Möller & A. Madi (2008) Mélanges and ophiolites during the Pan-African orogeny: the case of the Bou-Azzer ophiolite suite (Morocco) – In: J.-P. Liégois & N. Ennih (eds) Boundaries of the Western African Craton – Geological Society, London, Special Publications 297, 233-247. DOI: 10.1144/SP297.11.

S. Köksal, M.C. Göncüoglu, F. Toksoy-Köksal, A. Möller & H. Kemnitz (2008) Zircon typologies and internal structures as petrogenetic indicators in contrasting granitoid types from Central Anatolia – Mineralogy and Petrology 93, 185-211. DOI: 10.1007/s00710-007-0228-y.

S. Jung & A. Möller (2007) Editorial for Special Issue of Chemical Geology – Crustal dynamics: links between geochronology and petrology, 7 contributions, Chemical Geology 241, 1-3.

S.L. Harley, N. Kelly & A. Möller (2007) Zircon behaviour and the thermal histories of mountain chains - Elements 3, 25-30. DOI: 10.2113/gselements.3.1.25

L. Nasdala, A. Wildner, R. Wirth, N. Groschopf, D.C. Pal & A. Möller (2006) Alpha particle haloes in chlorite and cordierite - Mineralogy and Petrology 86, 1-27.

A. Möller, P.J. O'Brien, A. Kennedy & A. Kröner (2003b) Linking growth episodes of zircon and metamorphic textures to zircon chemistry: an example from the ultrahigh-temperature granu-lites of Rogaland (SW Norway) In: D. Vance, W. Müller, I.M. Villa (eds) Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic Record with Petrology and Textures - Geological Society, London, Special Publications 220, 65-81. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.220.01.04

A. Möller, B.J. Hensen, R.A. Armstrong, K. Mezger & M. Ballévre (2003a) U-Pb zircon and monazite age constraints on granulite-facies metamorphism and deformation in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (central Australia) - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 145, 406-423. DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0460-3

A. Möller, N.J. Post & B.J. Hensen (2002b) Crustal residence history and Grt Sm-Nd ages of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica – International Journal of Earth Science / Geologische Rundschau 91, 993-1004.

A. Möller, P.J. O'Brien, A. Kennedy & A. Kröner (2002a) Polyphase zircon in ultrahigh-temperature granulites (Rogaland, SW Norway): constraints for Pb diffusion in zircon - Journal of metamorphic Geology 20, 727-740.

M. Ballèvre, A. Möller. & B.J. Hensen (2000) Exhumation of the lower crust during crustal shortening: an Alice Springs (380 Ma) age for a prograde amphibolite facies shear zone in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (central Australia) - Journal of metamorphic Geology 18, 737-748.

A. Möller, K. Mezger & V. Schenk (2000) U-Pb dating of metamorphic minerals: Pan-African metamorphism and prolonged slow cooling of high-pressure granulites in Tanzania, East Africa – Precambrian Research 104, 123-147.

F. Bruhn, A. Möller, S.H. Sie & B.J. Hensen (1999) U-Th-Pb chemical dating of monazites using the proton microprobe – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Series B 158, 616-620.

A  Möller, K. Mezger & V. Schenk (1998) Crustal age domains and the evolution of the continental crust in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania: combined Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, and Pb-Pb isotopic evidence - Journal of Petrology 39, 749-783.

P. Appel, A. Möller & V. Schenk (1998) High-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Pan-African belt of eastern Tanzania: P-T-t evidence against granulite formation by continent collision - Journal of metamorphic Geology 16, 491-509.

A. Möller, K. Mezger, P. Appel & V. Schenk (1995) Evidence for a 2 Ga old subduction zone: eclogites in the Usagaran Belt of Tanzania - Geology 23, 1067-1070.

M. Isenbeck-Schröter, U. Döring, A. Möller, J. Schröter & G. Mattheß (1993) Experimental approach and simulation of the retention processes limiting orthoposphate transport in groundwater - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 14, 143-161.

 

Articles in books

D. Rammlmair, M. Wilke, K. Rickers, R.A. Schwarzer, A. Möller & A. Wittenberg (2006) Chapter 5.6 Geology, Mining, Metallurgy - In: B. Beckhoff, B. Kanngießer, N. Langhoff, R. Wedell & H. Wolff (eds.) Handbook of Practical X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis. Springer, Berlin.

P. Appel, A. Möller, V. Schenk & S. Muhongo, (1993) Granulite facies metamorphism and P-T evolution in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania - In: U. Thorweihe & H. Schandelmeier (eds.): Geoscientific Research in NE Africa, 171-175.

 

Monographs
Dr. rer. nat. Dissertation, Feb. 1996
Pan-African granulites and Early Proterozoic eclogites in the Precambrian basement of Eastern Tanzania: P-T-t history and crustal evolution of the complex Mozambique Belt
 
Diplomarbeit (equiv. M.S. thesis), 1990 (in German, translated titles below)
Part I:  Weichselian ice-rim deposits south of Wankendorf
Part II:  Transport- and sorption behaviour of phosphate in non-calcareous sands


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