Chair of Geology and Economic Geology (610)

Research output

Research output per year 1988 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 3620 Citations
• 34 h-index
• 289 Article
• 239 Conference contribution
• 71 Poster
• 61 Commissioned report
• 175 More
  • 46 Master's Thesis
  • 35 Chapter
  • 26 Abstract
  • 16 Presentation
  • 12 Doctoral Thesis
  • 8 Meeting Abstract
  • 7 Diploma Thesis
  • 6 Paper
  • 5 Habilitation thesis
  • 4 Patent
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 2 Review article
  • 2 Web publication/site
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Scholarly edition

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Beyond Hot Air.

  Saxinger, G., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Jensen, E. M., Kowasch, M., Melcher, F. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• PTEs in river ecosystems: exploring their natural and anthropogenic sources in the Ombrone Grossetano River Basin (OGRB, Italy)

  Gianetti, F., Gozzi, C., Venturi, S., Natali, C., Rimondi, V., Morelli, G., Vaselli, O., Tassi, F., Maccelli, C., Capecchiacci, F., Meloni, F., Cabassi, J., Rantitsch, G., Scholger, R., Redi, N., Ferrari, M., Buccianti, A. & Avanzinelli, R., 2024, Abstract Volume, 2nd Italian Geochemical Society Congress, Perugia, Italy. (Miscellanea INGV; vol. 81).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Student perspectives on the Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria

  Kowasch, M., Baumann, C., Batterbury, S. P., Melcher, F., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Time for green extractivism in the EU?

  Kowasch, M., Melcher, F., Auer, M., Batterbury, S. P., Eyselein, G., Lesser, P., Saxinger, G. & Wilson, E., 21 May 2024, Mining the connections, Marrakech, 21-23 May 2024.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2023

  Carbonate-hosted “Alpine-type“ lead-zinc deposits in the Eastern and Southern Alps – trace element geochemistry and isotopic data of sulphides

  Melcher, F., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Gartner, V., Henjes-Kunst, E., Raith, J., Rantitsch, G., Onuk, P., Henjes-Kunst, F., Potocnic Krajnc, B. & Soster, A., 7 Sept 2023, Irish-type Deposits around the world. Andrew, C., Stanley, G. & Hitzman, M. (eds.). Dublin: Irish Association for Economic Geology, p. 443-478 36 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Critical cobalt and where to find it: distribution of cobalt in the Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Ellmies, R., Gopon, P., Waldl, H., Misch, D. & Melcher, F., 30 Aug 2023, SGA Zurich 2023.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Resolving deformation across ductile to brittle regimes from structural and geochronological data: Evidence of Oligocene exhumation in the Eastern Tauern Window

  Spalding, J., Schneider, D., Huet, B., Rantitsch, G. & Grasemann, B., Dec 2023, AGU Fall Meeting 2023 Abstracts. T31G-0275

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• SEDEX deposits in the Graz Paleozoic, Eastern Alps, Austria

  Geringer, A., Rohrhofer, S., Melcher, F., Benold, C., Reitner, H. & Schuster, R., 31 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 17th SGA Biennial Meeting, 28 August – 1st September 2023, Zürich, Switzerland. p. 22-25

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Unearthing genetic insights through a multi-method geochemical approach of the sediment-hosted Cu-Co Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 19 Sept 2023, MinWien 2023.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Unravelling polymetamorphism in greenschist- and amphibolite-facies rocks using thermodynamic modeling and in situ U-Pb dating of REE-minerals (Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps, Austria)

  Hollinetz, M. S., Huet, B., Schneider, D., McFarlane, C. R. M., Rantitsch, G. & Grasemann, B., 2023, EGU General Assembly 2023. EGU23-11972

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2022

  An adapted tectonic model for the “Central and Eastern Greywacke Zone” – new geochronological and RSCM-data (Styria/Austria)

  Iglseder, C., Rantitsch, G., Stumpf, S., Skrzypek, E. & Huet, B., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. Vol. 143. p. 83 1 p. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• A thermometric database for the Eastern Alps based on Raman spectroscopy on carbonaceous material (2002–2022)

  Rantitsch, G., Iglseder, C., Schuster, R., Huet, B., Linner, M., Bryda, G., Reiser, M., Hollinetz, M. S. & Werdenich, M., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Vol. 143. p. 144 1 p. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Correlation of illite Kübler indices and results of Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material from metasedimentary rocks from NW Croatia

  Topalović, E., Rantitsch, G., Balen, D. & Tibljaš, D., 2022, 10th Jubilee Mid-European Clay Conference: Book of Abstracts. p. 91

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Coupling in situ U-Th-Pb REE-epidote geochronology and thermodynamic forward modelling of main and REE-bearing phases: An example from the Tauern Window

  Huet, B., Schneider, D., Rantitsch, G. & Frank, W., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. Vol. 143. p. 79 1 p. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Investigation of occurrences of high-quality quartz mineral resources in south-eastern Austria: First results from the Rittis quartzite

  Werdenich, M., Reitner, H., Schuster, R., Melcher, F., Rantitsch, G. & Mali, H., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. p. 202 1 p. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of the Dolostone Ore Formation, Kunene Region, Namibia

  Ringhofer, D., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Raith, J., Rantitsch, G., Melcher, F. & Ellmies, R., 10 Sept 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. p. 195 (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Mineral raw material supply chain transparency and traceability: Does provenance matter in the supply chain?

  Dietrich, V. E. & Melcher, F., 10 May 2022, Book of Abstracts: International Conference Mineral deposits safeguarding as a basis of mineral raw materials safety . Publishing House MEERI PAS Kraków

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• More than meets the eye: investigating critical elements in sulfides from different ore deposit types

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Gopon, P., Foltyn, K., Soster, A., Ellmies, R. & Melcher, F., 12 Sept 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. p. 29 (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Thermodynamic modeling and in situ U-Th-Pb geochronology constrain polymetamorphism and a large Eo-Alpine metamorphic gap between the Koralpe-Wölz and Drauzug-Gurktal nappe systems (Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps, Austria)

  Hollinetz, M. S., Huet, B., Schneider, D., McFarlane, C. R. M., Rantitsch, G. & Grasemann, B., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. Vol. 143. p. 73 1 p. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• The Weinebene pegmatite deposit

  Mali, H., Schuster, R., Knoll, T. & Huet, B., 2022, PANGEO Austria 2022 Abstracts and Field guides. (Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Berichte der GBA)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2021

  Applications of sulfide geochemistry for constraining ore-forming processes of the sediment-hosted Cu-Co Dolostone Ore Formation, Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 29 Aug 2021, 3rd European Mineralogical Conference Cracow Poland: EMC2020. p. 62

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Sulfide trace element geochemistry and its implications for metamorphism and ore formation: an example from a sediment-hosted Cu-Co mineralization in northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 8 Jul 2021, Goldschmidt Vitrual 2021: July 4-9, 2021.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Towards an analytical proof of origin for natural graphite deposits

  Dietrich, V. E., Melcher, F. & Rantitsch, G., 19 Sept 2021, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft. Wien, Vol. 167. p. 82

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Using sulfide trace element geochemistry for constraining mineralization paragenesis by LA-ICP-MS: an example from a sediment-hosted Cu-Co deposit in northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 8 Mar 2021, 2021 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium: March 8-11, 2021. Online (Canada)

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2020

  A large-scale detachment system in the central Eastern Alps (Upper Austroalpine Unit, Austria)

  Werdenich, M., Iglseder, C., Grasemann, B., Rantitsch, G. & Huet, B., 2020, EGU2020. EGU2020-19144

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Charakterisierung von Nebenprodukten der metallurgischen Industrie – der erste Schritt zur Zertifizierung

  Hanke, G., Antrekowitsch, J. & Wiessler, T., 2020, Mineralische Nebenprodukte und Abfälle. TK Verlag Karl Thomé-Kozmiensky, Vol. 7.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Eignung ungefährlicher Mineralwolleabfälle als aufbereiteter hydraulisch wirksamer Zusatzstoff in der Zementindustrie

  Sattler, T. M., Vollprecht, D., Dietrich, V. & Schimek, J., 2020, Recy&DepoTech. Vol. 15. p. 605-610

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Evaluation and Certification Strategies for Lead–Zinc-Bearing Residues

  Antrekowitsch, J. & Hanke, G., 2020, PbZn 2020: 9th International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing. Siegmund, A., Alam, S., Grogan, J., Kerney, U. & Shibata, E. (eds.). Springer, p. 309-318 10 p. (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Preliminary results of in situ trace elements analyses of base metal sulfides from the sediment-hosted Dolostone Ore Formation (DOF) copper-cobalt deposit, northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F., Wallner, D. & Raith, J., 26 Aug 2020, GeoUtrecht 2020 : 24-26 Aug. 2020.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Trace element variations in sulfides between mineralization styles of the sediment-hosted Dolostone Ore Formation copper-cobalt deposit, northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 30 Nov 2020, Book of Abstracts DMG Virtual Poster Session 2020: 30. November - 03 Dezember 2020. digital, p. 8

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Water-sediment interaction in the Arno- and Tiber river catchments (central Italy)

  Diendorfer, P., Gozzi, C., Bauer, A., Buccianti, A., Rantitsch, G., Scholger, R., Nisi, B. & Vaselli, O., 2020, EGU2020. 1 p. EGU2020-21502

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• “2sDR” An innovative mini mill concept for EAF-dust recycling

  Auer, M., Antrekowitsch, J. & Hanke, G., 2020, WASTES - solutions, treatments. opportunities: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III - Selected papers from the 5th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019. Vilarinho, C., Castro, F., Gonçalves, M. & Fernando, A. L. (eds.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 500-505 6 p. (Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III - Selected papers from the 5th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2019

  A new sediment-hosted Cu-Co deposit in the Kunene Region, northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 4 Sept 2019, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft (2019): MinPet 2019 Graz. 165 ed. p. 30

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Aplite-hosted Reichenspitz-type molybdenite mineralization in the central Tauern Window, Salzburg/Tyrol

  Steiner, T. & Melcher, F., 4 Sept 2019, Mitteilunen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft. Wien, Vol. 165. p. 88

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Bundschuh or not Bundschuh? Discussing criteria defining the Bundschuh Nappe in the light of new P-T-t data from two localities in the Gurktal Alps (Upper Austroalpine Unit, Eastern Alps)

  Hollinetz, M. S., Werdenich, M., Iglseder, C., Huet, B., Reiser, M., Schuster, R., Tropper, P., Rantitsch, G. & Grasemann, B., 2019, Arbeitstagung 2019 der Geologischen Bundesanstalt: Geologie des Kartenblattes GK25 Radenthein-Ost. Wien: Geologische Bundesanstalt, p. 87-95

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Characterization of coke surface using topographic and specific surface area measurement techniques

  Bhattacharyya, A., Rantitsch, G., Schenk, J., Guenbati, A., Janhsen, U. & Schulten, M., Jun 2019, METEC-ESTAD 2019 Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Die eoalpidische Metamorphose am Nordwest-Rand des Drauzug-Gurktal Deckensystems

  Rantitsch, G. & Iglseder, C., 2019, Arbeitstagung 2019 der Geologischen Bundesanstalt: Geologie des Kartenblattes GK25 Radenthein-Ost. Geologische Bundesanstalt, p. 84-86

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Fluid- and deformation-induced Pan-African overprint in the Western Domain of the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Central Africa)

  Van Daele, J., Spikings, R., Onuk, P., Melcher, F., Hulsbosch, N., Dewaele, S. & Muchez, P., 15 Aug 2019, Goldschmidt Conference Barcelona 2019 Abstracts.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Ge-enriched chalcopyrite from the Cu-Ag Kupferschiefer deposit

  Foltyn, K., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Zygo, W., Melcher, F. & Onuk, P., 25 Aug 2019, Goldschmidt Conference 2019 Abstract.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Indium in the Stara Kamienica Schist Belt, Poland - Insight from LA-ICP-MS

  Foltyn, K. & Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., 8 Nov 2019, 1st International Student Conference on Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits, 8-9 November 2019, Prague, Czech Republic. p. 17-18

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Investigating the origins of the sediment-hosted Cu-Co Dolostone Ore Formation mineralization, Kunene Region, Northwestern Namibia

  Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Wallner, D., Ellmies, R., Melcher, F. & Raith, J., 20 Oct 2019, Abstracts of the 11th Annual Meeting of the SGA Baltic Student Chapter, Kraków, Poland, October 20-25, 2019. p. 14

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• LA-ICP-MS study of trace elements in sphalerite and chalcopyrite from the Gierczyn mine

  Foltyn, K., Piestrzynski, A., Mochnacka, K., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Melcher, F. & Onuk, P., 10 Oct 2019, CAGG-AGH-2019, Abstracts.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• LA-ICP-MS trace elements study of sphalerite from the MVT Cracow-Silesia district, Poland

  Foltyn, K., Bertrandsson Erlandsson, V., Melcher, F., Onuk, P. & Piestrzynski, A., 27 Aug 2019, Proceedings of the 15th SGA Biennial Meeting, 27-30 August 2019, Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow, Vol. 1. p. 447-450

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Linking Raman Spectroscopy, electron microscopy and ore textural patterns – the case of the epithermal deposit in North Maluku, Halmahera, Indonesia

  Hakim, A. Y. A., Melcher, F. & Syafrizal, 24 Sept 2019, Proceedings MGEI Unlocking concealed and complex deposits 2019, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, 24-26 September 2019. Bogor, Indonesia

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Molybdenum metallogeny in the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps, Austria

  Steiner, T. & Melcher, F., 26 Aug 2019, Proceedings of the 15th Biennial SGA Meeting. Glasgow: Society fo Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), Vol. 1. p. 123-126

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Recumbent folding in a Late Cretaceous low-angle shear zone between Austroalpine nappes west of the Tauern Window (Brenner Pass area, Austria/Italy)

  Reiser, M., Rantitsch, G., Scheiber, T., Frank, W. & Rockenschaub, M., 2019, Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies 2019, Abstract Volume. p. 72-72 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Rhenium sulphides and platinum-group Minerals at Haidbach/Pinzgau - recent results

  Melcher, F., Onuk, P., Schwabl, S., Zimmermann, M. & Aiglsperger, T., 4 Sept 2019, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft. Wien, Vol. 165. p. 64

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Römische Goldmanufaktur am Magdalenberg (Kärnten): Mineralogische Untersuchung zur Herkunft des Goldes

  Melcher, F., Doppelmayer, D. & Dolenz, H., 4 Sept 2019, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft. Wien, Vol. 165. p. 65

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Structural Change of Coke During the Burden Descent in an Experimental Blast Furnace

  Bhattacharyya, A., Rantitsch, G., Wiener, J., Schenk, J., Pethke, J. & Fredriksson, U., May 2019, AISTECH 2019 Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Structural change of coke structure during the burden descend in an experimental blast furnace

  Bhattacharyya, A., Rantitsch, G., Wiener, J., Schenk, J., Pethke, J. & Fredriksson, U., 1 Jan 2019, Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2019-May. p. 263-268 6 p. (AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution