Edwin Gnos

Prof. Edwin Gnos
Curator
Département de sciences de la Terre
Muséum d’histoire naturelle
Route de Malagnou 1
CH-1211 Genève 6
Switzerland

Mailing Address:
Département de sciences de la Terre
Muséum d’histoire naturelle
Case postale 6434
-1211 Genève 6



Phone: +41 (0) 22 418 63 59
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 418 64 00
Fax: +41 (0) 22 418 63 01
E-mail: edwin.gnos(at)ville-ge.ch
URL Institution: www.museum-geneve.ch

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Key Publications of Edwin Gnos (up to ten) :
Gnos, E., Mullis, J., Ricchi, E., Bergemann, C., Janots, E. and Berger, A. (2021). Episodes of fissure formation in the Alps: connecting quartz fluid inclusion, fissure monazite age, and fissure orientation data. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 114, 14. doi.org/10.1186/s00015-021-00391-9.

Gnos, E., Janots, E., Berger, A., Whitehouse, M., Walter, F., Pettke, T. and Bergemann, C. 2015. Age of cleft monazites in the eastern Tauern Window: constraints on crystallization conditions of hydrothermal monazite. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 108, 55-74

Gnos, E., Hofmann, B., Schmieder, M., Al-Wagdani, K., Majoub, A., Al-Solami, A.A., Habibullah, S. N., Matter, A. and Alwmark, C. 2014. Ash Shutbah: A possible impact structure in Saudi Arabia. Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences, 49, 1902-1914.

Gnos, E., Loorenzetti, S., Eugster, O., Jull, A.J.T., Hofmann, B.A., Al-Kathiri, A., and Eggimann, M. (2009) The Jiddat al Harasis 073 strewn field, Sultanate of Oman. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 44,375-387.

Gnos, E. and Armbruster, T. (2006). Relationship between metamorphic grade, vesuvianite “rod polytypism”, and vesuvianite composition. American Mineralogist, 91, 862-870.

Gnos, E., Hofmann, B.A., Al-Kathiri, A., Lorenzetti, S., Eugster, O., Whitehouse, .J., Villa, I.M., Jull, A.J.T., Eikenberg, J., Spettel, B., Krähenbühl, U., Franchi, I.A. and Greenwood, R.C., 2004. Pinpointing the source of a lunar meteorite: Implication for the evolution of the Moon, Science, 305, 657-659.

Gnos, E., Khan, M., Mahmood, K., Khan, A.S., Shafique, N., and Villa, I., 1998. Bela oceanic lithosphere assemblage and its relation to the Réunion hotspot. Terra Nova, 10, 90-95.

Gnos, E., Immenhauser, A., and Peters, Tj., 1997. Late Cretaceous/Early Tertiary convergence between the Indian andArabian plates recorded in ophiolites and related sediments. Tectonophysics, 271, 1-20.





Expertise of Edwin Gnos:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
	Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic Lithosphere	Geochemical Processes
	Tectonics
	Sediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism
	Magmatic Rocks: Formation, Metamorphism
Topic Technology	Recycling
	Efficiency
Spatial Scale	Global / Hemispheric
	National / Cultural
Time Scale	Billenial (Mio yrs)
Methods	Data Collection
	Data Collection - Measurement
	Literature Study
	Applied Research / Technology
GeoForum Geo-Technology	Cartography
GeoForum Environmental-Technology	Efficiency

Specialties of Edwin Gnos:
meteorites, alpine clefts

Last update: 11/28/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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