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Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Silke Merchel
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News: Our most recent paper (press release 15th June 2021):
Batagay Megaslump reveals oldest permafrost in Eurasia survived intense global warming events
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/55581

We are partner of ChETEC-INFRA!
Exploring the origin of the elements
https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pOid=63372&pNid=99

We are partner of RADIATE!
https://www.ionbeamcenters.eu/radiate/

Merchel, S., Braucher, R., Lachner, J., & Rugel, G. (2021). Which is the best 9Be carrier for 10Be/9Be accelerator mass spectrometry? MethodsX, 8, [101486]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101486
Stübner, K., Bookhagen, B., Merchel, S., Lachner, J., & Gadoev, M. (2021). Unravelling the Pleistocene glacial history of the Pamir mountains, Central Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 257, [106857]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106857
Wallner, A., Feige, J., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Golser, R., Hotchkis, M. A. C., Koll, D., Leckenby, G., Martschini, M., Merchel, S., Panjkov, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., & Tims, S. G. (2020). 60Fe deposition during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene echoes past supernova activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 117(36), 21873-21879. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916769117
Gärtner, A., Merchel, S., Niedermann, S., Braucher, R., Aster-Team, Steier, P., Rugel, G., Scharf, A., Le Bras, L., & Linnemann, U. (2020). Nature does the averaging — In-situ produced 10Be, 21Ne, and 26Al in a very young river terrace. Geosciences, 10(6), [237]. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060237
Martschini, M., Lachner, J., Merchel, S., Priller, A., Steier, P., Wallner, A., Wieser, A., & Golser, R. (2020). The quest for AMS of 182Hf – why poor gas gives pure beams. EPJ Web of Conferences, 232, [02003]. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023202003
Riisager, K., Borge, M. J. G., Briz, J. A., Carmona-Gallardo, M., Forstner, O., Fraile, L. M., Fynbo, H. O. U., Camacho, A. G., Johansen, J. G., Jonson, B., Lund, M., Lachner, J., Madurga, M., Merchel, S., Nacher, E., Nilsson, T., Steier, P., Tengblad, O., & Vedia, V. (2020). Search for beta-delayed proton emission from 11Be. European Physical Journal A, 56(3), [100]. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00110-2
Steier, P., Martschini, M., Buchriegler, J., Feige, J., Lachner, J., Merchel, S., Michlmayr, L., Priller, A., Rugel, G., Schmidt, E., Wallner, A., Wild, E. M., & Golser, R. (2019). Comparison of methods for the detection of Be-10 with AMS and a new approach based on a silicon nitride foil stack. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 444, [116175]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2019.116175
Wallner, A., Bichler, M., Coquard, L., Dillmann, I., Forstner, O., Golser, R., Heil, M., Käppeler, F., Kutschera, W., Lederer-Woods, C., Martschini, M., Mengoni, A., Merchel, S., Michlmayr, L., Priller, A., Steier, P., & Wiescher, M. (2019). Stellar and thermal neutron capture cross section of Be-9. Physical Review C, 99(1), [015804]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.015804
Pavetich, S., Wallner, A., Martschini, M., Akhmadaliev, S., Dillmann, I., Fifield, K., Halfon, S., Heftrich, T., Kaeppeler, F., Lederer-Woods, C., Merchel, S., Paul, M., Reifarth, R., Rugel, G., Steier, P., Tessler, M., Tims, S., Weigand, M., & Weissman, L. (2019). Accelerator mass spectrometry measurement of the reaction Cl-35(n, gamma)Cl-36 at keV energies. Physical Review C, 99(1), [015801]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.015801
Feige, J., Wallner, A., Altmeyer, R., Fifield, L. K., Golser, R., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Steier, P., Tims, S. G., & Winkler, S. R. (2018). Limits on Supernova- Associated Fe-60/Al-26 Nucleosynthesis Ratios from Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Deep-Sea Sediments. Physical Review Letters, 121(22), [221103]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.221103
Feige, J., Breitschwerdt, D., Wallner, A., Schulreich, M. M., Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Dettbarn, C., Fifield, L. K., Golser, R., Honda, M., Linnemann, U., Matsuzaki, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Steier, P., Tims, S. G., Winkler, S. R., & Yamagata, T. (2017). The Link Between the Local Bubble and Radioisotopic Signatures on Earth. JPS Conference Proceedings, 14, [010304]. https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.14.010304
Wallner, A., Feige, J., Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Fifield, L. K., Golser, R., Honda, M., Linnemann, U., Matsuzaki, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Tims, S. G., Steier, P., Yamagata, T., & Winkler, S. (2016). Recent near-Earth supernovae probed by global deposition of interstellar radioactive Fe-60. Nature, 532(7597), 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17196
Feige, J., Wallner, A., Fifield, L. K., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Steier, P., Tims, S., Winkler, S., & Golser, R. (2014). Supernova-produced 26AI and 60Fe in deep-sea sediments from the Indian ocean. Poster session presented at XIII Nuclei in the Cosmos, Debrecen, Hungary. http://nic2014.org/img/nicedit/42.pdf
Pavetich, S., Akhmadaliev, S., Arnold, M., Aumaitre, G., Bourles, D., Buchriegler, J., Golser, R., Keddadouche, K., Martschini, M., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., & Steier, P. (2014). Inter laboratory study of the ion source memory effect in Cl-36 accelerator mass spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 329, 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2014.02.130
Eder, F. M., Neelmeijer, C., Pearce, N. J. G., Bichler, M., Sterba, J. H., Ntaflos, T., & Merchel, S. (2013). Volcanic glass under fire - a comparison of three complementary analytical methods. X-Ray Spectrometry, 42(6), 412-422. https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.2493
Yildirim, C., Schildgen, T. F., Echtler, H., Melnick, D., Bookhagen, B., Ciner, A., Niedermann, S., Merchel, S., Martschini, M., Steier, P., & Strecker, M. R. (2013). Tectonic implications of fluvial incision and pediment deformation at the northern margin of the Central Anatolian Plateau based on multiple cosmogenic nuclides. Tectonics, 32(5), 1107-1120. https://doi.org/10.1002/tect.20066
Feige, J., Wallner, A., Fifield, L. K., Korschinek, G., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Steier, P., Winkler, S. R., & Golser, R. (2013). AMS measurements of cosmogenic and supernova-ejected radionuclides in deep-sea sediment cores. In C. Simenel, M. Evers, T. Kibedi, DH. Luong, M. Reed, M. Srncik, & A. Wallner (Eds.), Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium 2013 [03003] E D P Sciences. EPJ Web of Conferences Vol. 63 https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136303003
Wallner, A., Melber, K., Merchel, S., Ott, U., Forstner, O., Golser, R., Kutschera, W., Priller, A., & Steier, P. (2013). Stable platinum isotope measurements in presolar nanodiamonds by TEAMS. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 294(January), 496-502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2012.03.036
Wiedenbeck, M., Bugoi, R., Duke, M. J. M., Dunai, T., Enzweiler, J., Horan, M., Jochum, K. P., Linge, K., Kosler, J., Merchel, S., Morales, L. F. G., Nasdala, L., Stalder, R., Sylvester, P., Weis, U., & Zoubir, A. (2012). GGR biennial critical review: Analytical developments since 2010. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 36(4), 337-398.
Merchel, S., Bremser, W., Akhmadaliev, S., Arnold, M., Aumaitre, G., Bourles, D. L., Braucher, R., Caffee, M. W., Christl, M., Fifield, L. K., Finkel, R. C., Freeman, S. P. H. T., Ruiz-Gómez, A., Kubik, P. W., Martschini, M., Rood, D. H., Tims, S. G., Wallner, A., Wilcken, K. M., & Xu, S. (2012). Quality assurance in accelerator mass spectrometry: Results from an international round-robin exercise for 10Be. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 289, 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2012.07.038

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