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Dr. Josua Pakulla

E-Mail: jpakull1(at)uni-koeln.de

Research Interests

  • Early Earth processes (e.g., core formation, core-mantle interactions, silicate differentiation)
  • Formation and evolution of Earth’s early continental crust and oceans, as well as their interaction
  • Preservation of Hadean components in Ocean Island Basalts
  • Formation and evolution of Large Igneous Provinces and intraplate volcanism
  • Melts from the subcontinental lithospheric mantle, their chemical composition, and their interaction with basaltic melts
  • Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf geochronology of magmatic and tectonic processes; U-Th-Pb geochronology of gypsum, nitrates, halites, and carbonates
  • The influence of fluids on the element composition of melts
  • High-precision isotope analyses of 182W, 142Nd, Lu, Hf, Pb, Nd, Sr, and high-field-strength elements via MC-ICP-MS
  • High-precision trace element analyses via ICP-MS