Meinert Rahn

Prof. Meinert Rahn
Sektion Geologie (GEOL)
Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat (ENSI)
Industriestrasse 19
CH-5201 Brugg
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 56 460 86 03
Fax: +41 (0) 56 460 84 99
E-mail: meinert.rahn(at)ensi.ch
URL Institution: www.ensi.ch


Additional functions:
Lecturer at University of Freiburg/Germany and University of Basel


Key Publications of Meinert Rahn (up to ten) :
Rahn, M. K., Brandon. M. T., Batt, G. E., Garver, J. I. (2004): A "zero damage” model for fission track annealing in zircon. American Mineralogist 89, 473–484.
Janots, E., Engi, M., Rubatto, D., Berger, A., Gregory, C. Rahn, M. (2009): In-situ determination of heating rates in collisional orogeny. Geology 37, 11-14.
Glotzbach, C., Reinecker, J., Danisík, M., Rahn, M., Frisch, W., Spiegel, C. (2010): Thermal history of the central Gotthard and Aar massifs, European Alps: Evidence for steady state, long-term exhumation. Journal of Geophysical Research 115, doi:10.1029/2009JF001304.
Kuhlemann J., Rahn M. (2013): Plio-Pleistocene landscape evolution in Northern Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106, 451-467.
Wang H., Rahn M., Zhou J., Tao X., (2013): Tectonothermal evolution of the Triassic flysch in the Songpan–Garzê orogen, eastern Tibetan plateau. Tectonophysics 608, 505–516.
Valla, P., Rahn, M., Shuster, D. L., van der Beek, P. A (2016): Multi-Phase late-Neogene exhumation history of the Aar massif, Swiss Central Alps. Terra Nova 28, 383-393.
Wang H., Rahn M., Zhou, J. (2018): Tectonothermal evolution of the Triassic flysch in the Bayan Har Orogen, Tibetan plateau. Tectonophysics 723, 277-287.
Lu G., Fellin M.G., Winkler W., Rahn M., Guilong M., von Quadt A., Willett S. (2020): Revealing exhumation of the central Alps during the Early Oligocene by detrital zircon U–Pb age and fission-track double dating in the Taveyannaz Formation. International Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s00531-020-01910-z



Expertise of Meinert Rahn:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Topic PedospherePedosphere
Geology / Sediments
Topic LithosphereLithosphere
Tectonics
Sediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism
Magmatic Rocks: Formation, Metamorphism
Morphodynamics
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseEconomy / Resource Use
Energy
Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
Mountain / Highland
Time FramePast: Quarternary
Past: Tertiary
Past: Cretaceous
Past: Jurassic
Past: Triassic
Past: Palaeozoic
Time Scale100 kyr
Billenial (Mio yrs)
MethodsData Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
Data Analysis
Literature Study
GeoForum Environmental-TechnologyEnvironmental Technologies
Waste Storage and Management

Specialties of Meinert Rahn:
Metamorphic Petrology, Geochronology, low-temperature thermochronology

Last update: 12/15/23
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