My research is focused on the paleoenvironmental changes (e.g., weathering, redox conditions) during the Great Oxidation Episode, using major and trace elements and stable isotope systematics. I am further interested in Cretaceous stratigraphy and green clay authigenesis.
Short CV
since 10/2024
PhD candidate at the Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Germany
2022 - 2024
Research Associate at Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany
2022
MSc in Geoscience (Paleontology/Stratigraphy), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
2020
BSc in Geology/Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Publications (-10/2024)
Metzner N, Wilmsen M & Böning P (2024): Greensand formation, siliceous earth deposition and coastal metal drawdown in the Danubian Cretaceous Basin (Bavaria, Germany). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 170: 107067; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107067
Wilmsen M, Bansal U, Metzner N & Böning P (2024): Geochemical and depositional environment of an Upper Cretaceous greensand giant (Münsterland Cretaceous Basin, Germany). Chemical Geology, 661: 122168; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122168
Metzner N, Niebuhr B, Pürner T & Wilmsen M (2023): Chemostratigraphy of the lower Danubian Cretaceous Group (Cenomanian–lower Turonian, Bavaria, SE Germany)—A new carbon isotope reference curve and inter-basinal correlation. Cretaceous Research, 149: 105568; doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105568.
