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<updated>2016-06-22T21:32:49Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Geodynamic control of atmospheric oxygen over the Phanerozoic Eon</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Muehlenbachs, K., Wolfe, A.P., McKellar, R.C., Schoell, M. (submitted)  &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid81</id>
<updated>2016-06-22T21:27:50Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Kimberlites in South Australia provide insights into the compositional evolution and the emplacement controls of kimberlites at a craton margin</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Foden, J., Tappert, M.C., Zurevinski, S.E., Heaman, L., Wills, K. (submitted)  &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid82</id>
<updated>2016-06-22T21:31:03Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Deuterium exchangeability in modern and fossil plant resins</title>
<summary type='html'>González-Arismendi, G., Tappert, R., McKellar, R.C., Wolfe, A.P., Muehlenbachs, K. (submitted)  &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid80</id>
<updated>2016-06-22T21:21:29Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Bitterfeld amber is not Baltic amber: Three geochemical tests and further constraints on the botanical affinities of succinite</title>
<summary type='html'>Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are important deposits of polymerized conifer resin that are widely recognized for their exquisite fossil inclusions, especially insects. Because of over-arching similarities with respect to visual appearance, organic geochemistry, arthropod assemblages, and proximity to forests of the Paleogene North Sea margin, these two ambers have not yet been differentiated defini...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Wolfe, A.P., McKellar, R.C., Tappert, R., Sodhi, R.N.S., Muehlenbachs, K. (2016)  &lt;i&gt;Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology&lt;/i&gt; 225:  21-32&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid78</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:28:10Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Water-gas shift and methane reactivity on reducible perovskite-type oxides</title>
<summary type='html'>R Thalinger, A K Opitz, S Kogler, M Heggen, D Stroppa, D Schmidmair, R Tappert, J Fleig, B Klötzer, S Penner (2015)  &lt;i&gt;The Journal of Physical Chemistry C&lt;/i&gt; 119:  11739-11753&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid76</id>
<updated>2015-07-19T04:38:40Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Characterizing kimberlite dilution by crustal rocks at the Snap Lake diamond mine (NT, Canada) using SWIR (1.90-2.36 µm) and LWIR (8.1-11.1 µm) hyperspectral imagery collected from drill core</title>
<summary type='html'>Short-wave infrared (SWIR, 1.90–2.36 μm) and long-wave infrared (LWIR, 8.1–11.1 μm) hyperspectral images collected using the SisuROCK system were used to develop an automated methodology for generating kimberlite dilution maps. Smoothed and denoised images from two Snap Lake (Northwest Territories, Canada) kimberlite drill cores were processed, and SWIR and LWIR spectral endmembers were extr...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B., Rogge, D., Fulop, A., Feng, J., Tappert, R., Stalder, R. (2015)  &lt;i&gt;Economic Geology&lt;/i&gt; 110: 6 1375–1387&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid79</id>
<updated>2016-06-22T21:10:40Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Application of mid-infrared (MIR) microscopic imaging for the discrimination between follicular hyperplasia and follicular lymphoma in transgenic mice</title>
<summary type='html'>Mid-infrared (MIR) microscopy imaging is a vibrational spectroscopic technique that uses infrared radiation to image molecules of interest in thin tissue sections. A major advantage of this technology is the acquisition of local molecular expression profiles, while maintaining the topographic integrity of the tissue. Therefore, this technology has become an essential tool for the detection and cha...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;C Wöss, M Drach, A Villunger, R Tappert, R Stalder, JD Pallua    (2015)  &lt;i&gt;Analyst&lt;/i&gt; 140: 18 6363-6372&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid72</id>
<updated>2014-11-09T01:19:35Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The future of automated drill core logging: Characterizing kimberlite dilution by crustal material at the Snap Lake diamond mine (NT, Canada) using SWIR (1.90-2.36 µm) and LWIR (8.1-11.1 µm) hyperspectral imagery</title>
<summary type='html'>To develop an automated method for generating predictive crustal dilution maps for kimberlites, short-wave infrared (SWIR, 1.90-2.36 µm) and long-wave infrared (LWIR, 8.1-11.1 µm) hyperspectral images were collected from two drill cores from the Snap Lake diamond mine (NT, Canada) using the SisuROCK system. The images were processed using continuous wavelets analysis to isolate mineral spectral ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B., Rogge, D., Fulop, A., Feng, J., Tappert, R., Stalder, R. (2014)  &lt;i&gt;GSA 2014 Abstracts&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid71</id>
<updated>2014-11-09T01:14:07Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Amber associated with Late Cretaceous bonebeds in Western Canada</title>
<summary type='html'>The first report of inclusion-bearing amber in direct association with a dinosaur bonebed was made in 2004. Subsequently, a range of fossil deposits within the Late Cretaceous strata of Alberta and Saskatchewan have been found to contain at least trace amounts of amber. Improvements in processing techniques have allowed us to examine many of these ambers for inclusions, in addition to conducting b...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;McKellar, R.C., Engel, M.S., Tappert, R., Wolfe, A.P., Tappert, M.C., Muehlenbachs, K. (2014)  &lt;i&gt;GSA 2014 Abstracts&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid77</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:28:44Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Corrigendum to ‘Stable carbon isotopes of C3 plant resins and ambers record  changes in atmospheric oxygen since the Triassic’  [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 121 (2013) 240–262]</title>
<summary type='html'>R Tappert, R C McKellar, A P Wolfe, M C Tappert, J Ortega-Blanco, K Muehlenbachs  (2014)  &lt;i&gt;Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta&lt;/i&gt; 128:  278–279&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid73</id>
<updated>2014-11-09T01:22:42Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Using modern insects and resins to reveal ecological details in ancient amber deposits</title>
<summary type='html'>Many of the groups of insects that characterize modern ecosystems began their rise to dominance in the Cretaceous, around the same time that amber deposits start to become more abundant within the rock record. At the family level, analogies can be drawn between amber-entombed insects and their modern descendants, permitting some ecological inferences in deep time. Instances where groups of insects...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;McKellar, R.C., Engel, M.S., Tappert, R., Wolfe, A.P., Tappert, M.C., Muehlenbachs, K. (2014)  &lt;i&gt;GAS 2014 Abstracts&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid74</id>
<updated>2014-11-09T22:04:58Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>δ13C of terrestrial organic matter as a proxy for atmospheric oxygen in the Phanerozoic</title>
<summary type='html'>The carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of terrestrial organic carbon varied considerably throughout the Phanerozoic. These variations primarily reflect changes in 13C-fractionation during photosynthesis by C3 plants—the main contributors to terrestrial organic matter—and this is in part linked to changes in atmospheric composition. We reconstructed the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen (p...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Muehlenbachs, K., Tappert, R.McKellar, R.C., Wolfe, A.P., Tappert, M.C., Schoell, M. (2014)  &lt;i&gt;GSA 2014 Abstracts&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid75</id>
<updated>2014-11-09T22:15:55Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Anomalous thermal expansion behavior of quartz and calcite</title>
<summary type='html'>Mirwald, P.W., Tappert, R., Stalder, R. (2014)  &lt;i&gt;21st General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) - Abstracts&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-09-09T09:14:48Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The mineral chemistry, near-infrared, and mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of phengite from the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, South Australia


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<summary type='html'>Phengite is the main potassic dioctahedral mica identified at the Olympic Dam iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) deposit, South Australia, where its mineral chemistry is quite variable. These differences can be explained by contrasting degrees of hydrothermal alteration. In the heavily-sericitized, ore-bearing rocks, the phengites display a lower-Si content, a higher-Al content, and a lower Mg-numb...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B., Giles, D., Tappert, R., Mauger, A. (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Ore Geology Reviews&lt;/i&gt; 53:  26-38&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid65</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:14:36Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Stable carbon isotopes of C3 plant resins and ambers record changes in atmospheric oxygen since the Triassic




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<summary type='html'>Estimating the partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen (pO2) in the geological past has been challenging because of the lack of reliable proxies. Here we develop a technique to estimate paleo-pO2 using the stable carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of plant resins—including amber, copal, and resinite—from a wide range of localities and ages (Triassic to modern). Plant resins are particularly sui...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, R., McKellar, R.C., Wolfe, A.P., Tappert, M.C., Ortega-Blanco, J., Muehlenbachs, K.
 (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta&lt;/i&gt; 121:  240-262&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid64</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:14:09Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Occurrence of nephrolithiasis in a population of longsnout seahorse, Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, and analysis of a nephrolith


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<summary type='html'>Lewisch, E., Kucera, M., Tappert, R., Tappert, M., Tessadri, R., Kanz, F. (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of Fish Diseases&lt;/i&gt; 36: 2 163-167&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid69</id>
<updated>2014-11-08T23:19:35Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia</title>
<summary type='html'>Today, the continental ecosystems of Southeast Asia represent a global biodiversity hotspot. From a deep-time perspective, however, very little is known about the formation of this hotspot. In particular, the evolutionary and biogeographic roots of numerous terrestrial biota are unknown, and ecosystemic information, especially for the Paleogene, is unavailable. The Na Duong Basin in northern Vietn...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Böhme, M., Aiglstorfer, M., Antoine, P.-O., Appel, E., Havlik, P., Métais, G., The Phuc, L., Schneider, S., Setzer, F., Tappert, R., Ngoc Tran, D., Uhl, D., and Prieto, J. (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Zitteliana&lt;/i&gt; A53:  121-167&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid67</id>
<updated>2013-09-04T18:48:05Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The use of the δ13C of fossil resins as proxy for changes in atmospheric pO2</title>
<summary type='html'>R. Tappert, R. C.McKellar, A. P. Wolfe, M. C. Tappert, K. Muehlenbachs (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Conference on Isotopes of Carbon, Water, and Geotracers in Paleoclimate Research&lt;/i&gt; , Page 71.&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid70</id>
<updated>2014-11-08T23:24:05Z</updated>
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<title type='html'> Using reflectance spectroscopy to estimate the orientation of quartz crystals in rocks</title>
<summary type='html'>Quartz is an anisotropic mineral, and each mid-infrared (7–15 μm) reflectance spectrum collected from an individual quartz crystal is strongly influenced by its orientation. As a result, quartz reflectance spectra contain features that systematically change with orientation. In this study, the trough at 8.63 μm was used to derive crystal orientation information from quartz reflectance spectra ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B., Tappert, R., and Feng, J. (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Canadian Mineralogist&lt;/i&gt; 51:  405-413&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid61</id>
<updated>2012-05-04T12:31:08Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Deuterium isotopic exchangeability of resins and amber under hydrous conditions at 55 and 90°C</title>
<summary type='html'>Gonzales, G., Tappert, R., Wolfe, A.P., Muehlenbachs, K. (2012)  &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid62</id>
<updated>2012-09-29T17:15:35Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Pristine Early Eocene wood buried deeply in kimberlite from Northern Canada</title>
<summary type='html'>We report exceptional preservation of fossil wood buried deeply in a kimberlite pipe that intruded northwestern Canada’s Slave Province 53.3±0.6 million years ago (Ma), revealed during excavation of diamond source rock. The wood originated from forest surrounding the eruption zone and collapsed into the diatreme before resettling in volcaniclastic kimberlite to depths &gt;300 m, where it was mummi...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Wolfe, A.P., Csank, A.Z., Reyes, A.V., McKellar, R.C., Tappert, R., Muehlenbachs, K. (2012)  &lt;i&gt;PLoS One&lt;/i&gt; 7: 9  e45537&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid41</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:09:54Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Garnet peridotite xenoliths and xenocrysts from the Monk Hill kimberlite, South Australia: Insights into the lithospheric mantle beneath the Adelaide Fold Belt
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<summary type='html'>A total of 73 peridotitic mantle xenoliths and a set of garnet and clinopyroxene xenocrysts from the recently discovered Jurassic Monk Hill kimberlite (UCO-H77A) in South Australia were used to constrain the thermal and compositional structure of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Adelaide Fold Belt, which is located at the southeastern margin of the Australian craton. The xenoliths contain mostl...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, R., Foden, J., Muehlenbachs, K. and Wills, K.  (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of Petrology&lt;/i&gt; 52: 10 1987-2008&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2016-06-22T21:12:00Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Diamonds in Nature - A Guide to Rough Diamonds</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert R, Tappert M C (2011)  :&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid38</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:06:09Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Characterizing modern and fossil exudates of gymnosperms using micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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<summary type='html'>Infrared absorption spectra of exudates from 65 species of gymnosperms were measured using micro–
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. On the basis of the infrared spectra, three compositionally
distinct groups of exudates can be distinguished: resins, volatile-rich resins, and gums. Resins and volatile-rich
resins are mainly composed of terpenoids, whereas gums are polysaccharides...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tappert, R., Wolfe, A. P., McKellar, R.C., Tappert, M., Muehlenbachs, K. (2011)  &lt;i&gt;International Journal of Plant Sciences&lt;/i&gt; 172: 1 120–138&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid60</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:12:48Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Insect outbreaks produce distinctive carbon isotope signatures in defensive resins and fossiliferous ambers
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<summary type='html'>Despite centuries of research addressing amber and its various inclusions, relatively little is known about the specific events having stimulated the production of geologically relevant volumes of plant resin, ultimately yielding amber deposits. Although numerous hypotheses have invoked the role of insects, to date these have proven difficult to test. Here, we use the current mountain pine beetle ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;McKellar, R.C., Wolfe, A.P., Muehlenbachs, K., Tappert, R., Engel, M.S., Cheng, T.,  Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. A. (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences&lt;/i&gt; 278: 1722 3219-3224&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid40</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:06:34Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Automated drill core logging using visible and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy: a case study from the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, South Australia


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<summary type='html'>Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B., Giles, D., Tappert, R. and Mauger, A. (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Economic Geology&lt;/i&gt; 106:  289-296&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid59</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:15:49Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes from cupressaceous resins reveal arctic climate instability during the Middle Eocene. 
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<summary type='html'>Wolfe, A.P., Tappert, R., McKellar, R.C. and Muehlenbachs, K.  (2010)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, 8th European Palaeobotany - Palynology Conference, Budapest, Hungary&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid58</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:30:10Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Oxygen fugacities determined from iron oxidation state in natural (Mg,Fe)O ferropericlase: new insights into lower mantle diamond formation. </title>
<summary type='html'>Longo, M., McCammon, C., Bulanova, G., Kaminsky, F. and Tappert, R.  (2010)  &lt;i&gt;Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-13549&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid36</id>
<updated>2011-01-16T22:08:23Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>A new proposal concerning the botanical origin of Baltic amber</title>
<summary type='html'>Baltic amber constitutes the largest known deposit of fossil plant resin and the richest repository of fossil insects of any age. Despite a remarkable legacy of archaeological, geochemical and palaeobiological investigation, the botanical origin of this exceptional resource remains controversial. Here, we use taxonomically explicit applications of solid-state Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) micr...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A P Wolfe, R Tappert, K Muehlenbachs, M Boudreau, R C McKellar, J F Basinger, A Garrett (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000269241300003&lt;/i&gt; 276: 1672 3403-3412&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid27</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:05:25Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Deep mantle diamonds from South Australia : A record of Pacific subduction at the Gondwanan margin</title>
<summary type='html'>Diamonds from Jurassic kimberlites at Eurelia, South Australia, contain coexisting inclusions of ferropericlase and MgSi-perovskite that provide evidence for their deep (&gt; 670 km) lower mantle origin. Eurelia diamonds formed from mixed carbon sources, likely including subducted carbonate, as indicated by a trend toward isotopically heavy carbon compositions (delta C-13 = 0 parts per thousand) and ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, J Foden, T Stachel, K Muehlenbachs, M Tappert, K Wills (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Geology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000262428200011&lt;/i&gt; 37: 1 43-46&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid56</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:28:48Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The petrology of kimberlites in South Australia. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Foden, J. and Wills, K.  (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73(13), A1315&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid26</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:04:48Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The diamonds of South Australia</title>
<summary type='html'>Diamonds in South Australia occur in kimberlites at Eurelia (Orroroo), and in placer deposits, which include the Springfield Basin and the historic Echunga goldfield. To identify the kimberlitic and mantle sources of the placer diamonds, and to determine any possible connections between the placer diamonds and the diamonds from the Eurelia kimberlites, we examined the physical and compositional ch...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, J Foden, T Stachel, K Muehlenbachs, M Tappert, K Wills (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Lithos&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000273256800020&lt;/i&gt; 112:  806-821&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid25</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:04:08Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The mineralogy of the Yaringie Hill meteorite-A new H5 chondrite from South Australia</title>
<summary type='html'>The Yaringie Hill meteorite is a new H5 ordinary chondrite found in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia. The meteorite, which shows only minor signs of terrestrial weathering, is predominantly composed of olivine (Fa(17.2)), orthopyroxene (Fs(15.1)Wo(1.1)), and three distinct phases of nickeliferous iron metal (kamacite, taenite, tetrataenite). Other minerals include troilite, plagioclase (Ab(81)An...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, J Foden, A Pring (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Meteoritics &amp; Planetary Science&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000273601100001&lt;/i&gt; 44: 11 1687-1693&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid57</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:14:01Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The future of core logging: The reflectance spectroscopy of hematite and micas from the IOCG deposit at Olympic Dam, South Australia. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, M., Rivard, B., Tappert, R. and Giles, D.  (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, Geoscience Forum, Yellowknife, Canada&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid39</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:08:20Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Characterizing and correlating Cretaceous ‘Canadian amber’.</title>
<summary type='html'>R C McKellar, A P Wolfe, R Tappert, K Muehlenbachs (2008)  &lt;i&gt;18th Canadian Palaeontology Conference Proceedings 6, 43&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid22</id>
<updated>2011-01-16T22:08:46Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Correlation of Grassy Lake and Cedar Lake ambers using infrared spectroscopy, stable isotopes, and palaeoentomology</title>
<summary type='html'>The Late Cretaceous Grassy Lake and Cedar Lake amber deposits of western Canada are among North America's most famous amber-producing localities. Although it has been suggested for over a century that Cedar Lake amber from western Manitoba may be a secondary deposit having originated from strata in Alberta, this hypothesis has not been tested explicitly using geochemical fingerprinting coupled to ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R C McKellar, A P Wolfe, R Tappert, K Muehlenbachs (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000261908300006&lt;/i&gt; 45: 9 1061-1082&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid54</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:33:53Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The source and origin of the Mesozoic kimberlites in South Australia.</title>
<summary type='html'>Foden, J., Tappert, R. and Wills, K.  (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Extended Abstract Volume, 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt, Germany. &lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid55</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:33:10Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The diamonds of South Australia. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Foden, J., Muehlenbachs, K., Stachel, T., Goryniuk, M. and Wills, K.  (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Extended Abstract Volume, 9th International Kimberlite Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid53</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:37:30Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Variations of the Eocene climate reflected in the isotopic composition of fossil resins from the Northwest Territories, Canada. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Wolfe, A.P. and Muehlenbachs, K. (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15), A1004&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid52</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:37:17Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Geochemical variability within the lithospheric mantle beneath the Adelaide Fold Belt, South Australia. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Foden, J., Wills, K. and Goryniuk, M.C.  (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15), A1004&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid30</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:03:00Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Placer diamonds from Brazil : Indicators of the composition of the Earth's mantle and the distance to their kimberlitic sources</title>
<summary type='html'>Sixty-eight alluvial diamonds from three placer deposits in Brazil (Arenapolis in the State of Mato Grosso, Boa Vista in the State of Roraima, and Canastra in the State of Minas Gerais) are characterized by similar crystal shapes, body colors, and surface textures, which are related to growth or resorption processes. The concentrations and the aggregation states of nitrogen impurities in the diamo...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, T Stachel, J W Harris, K Muehlenbachs, G F Brey (2006)  &lt;i&gt;Economic Geology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000239067700009&lt;/i&gt; 101: 2 453-470&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid31</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T03:59:56Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Diamonds from Jagersfontein (South Africa) : messengers from the sublithospheric mantle</title>
<summary type='html'>The diamond population from the Jagersfontein kimberlite is characterized by a high abundance of eclogitic, besides peridotitic and a small group of web-steritic diamonds. The majority of inclusions indicate that the diamonds are formed in the subcratonic lithospheric mantle. Inclusions of the eclogitic paragenesis, which generally have a. wide compositional range, include two groups of eclogitic ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, T Stachel, J W Harris, K Muehlenbachs, T Ludwig, G P Brey (2005)  &lt;i&gt;Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000233875500003&lt;/i&gt; 150: 5 505-522&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid51</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:06:21Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Diamonds from the asthenosphere and transition zone: Remnants of subducted crustal material in the deep Earth's mantle. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W., Muehlenbachs, K., Ludwig, T. and Brey, G.P.  (2005)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid32</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:00:37Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Subducting oceanic crust : The source of deep diamonds</title>
<summary type='html'>Inclusions of majoritic garnet in diamonds from the Jagersfontein kimberlite formed at unusually great depths of similar to 250 to &gt; 500 km in the asthenosphere and transition zone. The original host rocks were derived from a much shallower, basaltic (eclogitic) source. The presence of negative Eu anomalies in all majoritic garnets requires a crustal origin, thereby linking these very deep diamond...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, T Stachel, J W Harris, K Muehlenbachs, T Ludwig, G P Brey (2005)  &lt;i&gt;Geology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000229990600010&lt;/i&gt; 33: 7 565-568&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid33</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T04:02:32Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Panda kimberlite, Slave Province, Canada</title>
<summary type='html'>Ninety diamonds from the Eocene Panda kimberlite (Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada) were analyzed for the major and trace element compositions of their mineral inclusions using electron microprobe techniques (EPMA) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Additionally, nitrogen aggregation characteristics of the host diamonds were measured using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;R Tappert, T Stachel, J W Harris, N Shimizu, G P Brey (2005)  &lt;i&gt;European Journal of Mineralogy&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000229926500004&lt;/i&gt; 17: 3 423-440&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid43</id>
<updated>2010-09-28T20:31:05Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The nature of diamonds and their mineral inclusions: A study on diamonds from the Panda (Canada) and Jagersfontein (South Africa) kimberlites, and from placer deposits in Brazil.
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<summary type='html'>Tappert, R. (2005) &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid23</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T03:59:10Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The trace element composition of silicate inclusions in diamonds : a review</title>
<summary type='html'>On a global scale, peridotitic garnet inclusions in diamonds from the subcratonic lithosphere indicate an evolution from strongly sinusoidal REEN, typical for harzburgitic garnets, to mildly sinusoidal or &quot;normal&quot; patterns (positive slope from LREEN to MREEN, fairly flat MREEN-HREEN), typical for lherzolitic garnets. Using the Cr-number of garnet as a proxy for the bulk rock major element composit...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;T Stachel, S Aulbach, G P Brey, J W Harris, I Leost, R Tappert, K S Viljoen (2004)  &lt;i&gt;Lithos&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000224023000003&lt;/i&gt; 77: 1-4 1-19&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid48</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T00:59:41Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Messengers from the sublithospheric mantle: Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the Jagersfontein kimberlite (South Africa). </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W., Brey, G.P. and Ludwig, T. (2004)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, GAC-MAC Conference, St. Catherines, Canada.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid49</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:05:34Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The origin of the diamonds from the Panda kimberlite pipe, NWT. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W. and Brey, G.P.  (2004)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, CIM Meeting, Edmonton, Canada&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid50</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:05:45Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Diamond formation from organic carbon in a subducting slab at depths between 250 and 450 km.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W., Muehlenbachs, K., Ludwig, T. and Brey, G.P.  (2004)  &lt;i&gt; Abstract Volume, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid24</id>
<updated>2015-07-11T03:58:34Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Peridotitic diamonds from the Slave and the Kaapvaal cratons - similarities and differences based on a preliminary data set</title>
<summary type='html'>A comparison of the diamond productions from Panda (Ekati Mine) and Snap Lake with those from southern Africa shows significant differences: diamonds from the Slave typically are un-resorbed octahedrals or macles, often with opaque coats, and yellow colours are very rare. Diamonds from the Kaapvaal are dominated by resorbed, dodecahedral shapes, coats are absent and yellow colours are common. The ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;T Stachel, J W Harris, R Tappert, G P Brey (2003)  &lt;i&gt;Lithos&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000187962300020&lt;/i&gt; 71: 2-4 489-503&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid47</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:05:56Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Panda kimberlite, Slave Province, Canada. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W. and Brey, G.P. (2003)  &lt;i&gt;Extended Abstract Volume, 8th International Kimberlite Conference, Victoria, Canada&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid46</id>
<updated>2010-09-29T01:06:07Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Composition of mineral inclusions from Brazilian diamonds. </title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W. and Brey, G.P.  (2002)  &lt;i&gt;Abstract Volume, GAC-MAC Conference, Saskatoon, Canada&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid44</id>
<updated>2010-09-28T20:30:35Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Rekonstruktion des P-T-t Pfades von Eklogiten der Cima-Lunga Einheit, Zentralaplen, Schweiz.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R.  (1999) &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/ralf.tappert/refid45</id>
<updated>2010-09-28T20:38:17Z</updated>
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<title type='html'> Rekonstruktion des P-T-t Pfades von Eklogiten der Cima-Lunga Einheit.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tappert, R., Brey, G.P. and Brenker, F.E. (1999)  &lt;i&gt;Bericht der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, Beihefte zum European Journal of Mineralogy 11(1), 226&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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