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Dr. Andreas Möller
Assistant Professor
Tectonics and Geochronology |
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LA-HRICP-MS Geochronology Laboratory •
Andreas Möller, Assistant Professor
Director of KU LA-ICP-MS Geochronology Laboratory
Department of Geology
University of Kansas
1475 Jayhawk Boulevard
120 Lindley Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-7613
amoller@ku.edu
(785) 864-2727 Lindley Office
(785) 864-7713 IGL Office
(785) 864-5276 Fax
Education
Vordiplom in Geology, 1986,
Universität Hamburg
Diplom in Geology, 1990,
Universität Kiel
Dr. rer. nat. in Mineralogy,
Universität Kiel
Research Interests - Geochronology, Petrology and Crustal Evolution
My main research interests are timescales and temperature/depth evolution of geological processes, secular changes in crustal evolution, and the systematics of accessory mineral growth and modification. I am combining age information from isotopic dating and petrologic pressure/temperature estimates to reconstruct the evolution of orogenic belts, mostly by studying high grade metamorphic terrains. In-situ analyses with electron-beam-, ion-beam- or laser-techniques have a high priority in my research approach, which allows to maintain control on the textures that provide relative time information. The 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.
LA-HRICP-MS Geochronology Laboratory
Current Research Opportunities
M.S. and Ph.D. projects and funding available. Please contact
Andreas Möller for more information on projects and funding
Current Research Projects
I am currently involved in several international collaborative projects as well as my own.
The influence of crystal chemistry on the concordance of U-Th-Pb ion microprobe data (with D.R. Nelson, Perth, Australia; D. Rhede, GFZ Potsdam, Germany; K. Mezger, Münster, Germany).
PI: Funding by DFG MO 905/4-1 (German Science foundation)
Microgeochronology in ultra-high temperature (UHT) granulites. Dating of metamorphic processes in high grade rocks, and Pb diffusion / transport in zircon under ultra high temperature (UHT) conditions. Using metamorphic textures and trace element characteristics to interpret radiometric ages in:
- Rogaland, Norway; - Labwor Hills, Uganda; - Brasilia Belt, Brazil
(with P.J. O’Brien, Potsdam, Germany; A. Kröner, Mainz; A. Kennedy, Perth, Australia; R. Moraes, Sao Paulo, Brazil; E. Hellebrand, Hawaii).
Evolution of strongly fractionated magmatic rocks at mid-oceanic ridges. In-situ dating, trace element and oxygen isotope analyses and geological implications (with Dr. Hellebrand, University of Hawaii; Dr. Mocek, University Potsdam and Dr. Whitehouse, Royal Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden).
Masters student project (S. Schmitz): in-situ analysis of trace elements in accessory minerals (U-Th-Pb in monazite) by confocal Synchrotron-XRF analysis (collaboration: M. Wilke, Potsdam, Germany, W. Melzer, B. Kanngiesser, Technical Univ. and BESSY synchrotron facility, Berlin).
PI: Funded by Potsdam department budget and BESSY grant to M. Wilke and A. Möller.
Magmatic evolution of S- and H- type granitoids from Central Anatolia. Using zircon to identify source components and petrogenetic or process indicators (PI: S. Köksal, Ankara, Turkey; with D. Frei, Danish Geological Survey, Copenhagen, Denmark, A. Gerdes, Frankfurt, Germany)
Funded by grant from Turkish Science foundation to PI Dr. Köksal.
Teaching
At KU:
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (Geol 512)
Previously:
Field courses: mapping and excursions (co-taught)
Optical mineralogy: rock-forming minerals
Optical mineralogy: magmatic rocks
Regional and historic geology of Australia and Africa
Thermobarometry
Appointments
Associate Editor for Mineralogy and Petrology
Guest Editor for Chemical Geology special volume, Jung & Möller (eds.)
Crustal dynamics: links between geochronology and petrology (2007), Vol. 241, Issue 1-2, 148 pp.
Recent Publications
16) Bousquet, R., El Mamoun, R., Saddiqi, O., Goffé, B., Möller, A. & Madi, A. (in press) Mélanges and ophiolites during the Pan-African orogeny: the case of the Bou-Azzer ophiolite suite (Morocco) – In: Liégois, J.-P. & Ennih, N. (eds) Boundaries of the Western African Craton – Geological Society, London, Special Publications.
15) Köksal, S., Göncüoglu, M.C., Toksoy-Köksal, F., Möller, A. & Kemnitz, H. (in press) Zircon typologies and internal structures as petrogenetic indicators in contrasting granitoid types from Central Anatolia – Mineralogy and Petrology.
14) Jung, S. & Möller, A. (2007) Editorial for Special Issue of Chemical Geology – Crustal dynamics: links between geochronology and petrology, 7 contributions, 241, 1-3.
13) Harley, S.L., Kelly, N., & Möller, A. (2007) Zircon behaviour and the thermal histories of mountain chains – Elements 3, 25-30.
12) Nasdala, L., Wildner, A., Wirth, R., Groschopf, N., Pal, D.C. & Möller, A. (2006) Alpha particle haloes in chlorite and cordierite – Mineralogy and Petrology, 86, 1-27.
11) Möller, A., O'Brien, P.J., Kennedy, A. & Kröner, A. (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.
10) Möller, A., Hensen, B.J., Armstrong, R.A., Mezger, K. & Ballévre, M. (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.
9) Möller, A., Post, N.J. & Hensen, B.J. (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.
8) Möller, A., O'Brien, P.J., Kennedy, A. & Kröner, A. (2002a) Polyphase zircon in ultrahigh-temperature granulites (Rogaland, SW Norway): constraints for Pb diffusion in zircon - Journal of metamorphic Geology 20, 727-740.
7) Ballèvre, M., Möller, A. & Hensen, B.J. (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.
6) Möller, A., Mezger, K. & Schenk, V. (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.
5) Bruhn, F., Möller, A., Sie, S.H. & Hensen, B.J. (1999) U-Th-Pb chemical dating of monazites using the proton microprobe – Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Series B 158, 616-620.
4) Möller, A., Mezger, K. & Schenk, V. (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.
3) Appel, P., Möller, A. & Schenk, V. (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.
2) Möller, A., Mezger, K., Appel, P. & Schenk, V. (1995) Evidence for a 2 Ga old subduction zone: eclogites in the Usagaran Belt of Tanzania – Geology 23, 1067-1070.
1) Isenbeck-Schröter, M., Döring, U., Möller, A., Schröter, J. & Mattheß, G. (1993) Experimental approach and simulation of the retention processes limiting orthoposphate transport in groundwater – Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 14, 143-161.
Articles in books and reports
5) Rammlmair, D. Wilke, M., Rickers, K., Schwarzer, R.A., Möller, A. & Wittenberg, A. (2006) Chapter 5.6 Geology, Mining, Metallurgy – In: Beckhoff, B., Kanngießer, B., Langhoff, N., Wedell, R. & Wolff, H. (eds.) Handbook of Practical X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis. Springer, Berlin.
4) Appel, P., Möller, A., Schenk, V. & Muhongo, S. (1993) Granulite facies metamorphism and P-T evolution in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania – In: Thorweihe, U. & Schandelmeier, H. (eds.): Geoscientific Research in NE Africa, 171-175.
3) Möller, A., Post, N.J. & Hensen, B.J. (2000) Sm-Nd isotopic evidence for the Early Proterozoic / Late Archaean crustal evolution of the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica – Centre for Isotope Studies Research Report (1995-2000), 1-7.
2) Post, N.J., Möller, A. & Hensen, B. J. (2000) Garnet Sm-Nd age constraints in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica: the problem of monazite inclusions in dating high grade metamorphism – Centre for Isotope Studies Research Report (1995-2000), 7-10.
1) Ballèvre, M., Hensen, B.J. & Möller, A. (1999) Granulite-facies rocks from the Strangways Metamorphic Complex and crosscutting, amphibolite-facies, shear zones – In: Hand, M., Mawby, J., Miller, J.A., Ballèvre, M., Hensen, B.J., Möller, A. & Buick, I.S., Tectonothermal evolution of the Harts range and Strangways Range Region, eastern Arunta Inlier, central Australia. Specialist Group in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Petrology, Field Guide No. 4, Geological Society of Australia, 5-10.
Monographs
Diplom Thesis (1990)
Part I: Weichselzeitliche Ablagerungen einer Eisrandlage südlich von Wankendorf (Weichselian ice-rim deposits south of Wankendorf)
Part II: Transport- und Sorptions-Verhalten von Phosphat in kalkfreien Sanden (Transport- and sorption behaviour of phosphate in non-calcareous sands)
Dr. rer. nat. dissertation (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
