Michael Bau

18.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
134 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Bau is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bau has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 55 papers in Geophysics and 46 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Bau's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (116 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (55 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (46 papers). Michael Bau is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (116 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (55 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (46 papers). Michael Bau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Brazil. Michael Bau's co-authors include Peter Dulski, Andrea Koschinsky, Peter Möller, James R. Hein, Katja Schmidt, Peter M�ller, Nathalie Tepe, Brian W. Alexander, Gila Merschel and Nicolas J. Beukes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bau

132 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Controls on the fractionation of isovalent trace elements in magmatic and aqueous systems: evidence from Y/Ho, Zr/Hf, and lanthanide tetrad effect

1996 1.4k citations Michael Bau profile →
Distribution of yttrium and rare-earth elements in the Penge and Kuruman iron-formations, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

1996 1.3k citations Michael Bau et al. profile →
Rare-earth element mobility during hydrothermal and metamorphic fluid-rock interaction and the significance of the oxidation state of europium

1991 1.1k citations Michael Bau Chemical Geology profile →
Scavenging of dissolved yttrium and rare earths by precipitating iron oxyhydroxide: experimental evidence for Ce oxidation, Y-Ho fractionation, and lanthanide tetrad effect

1999 674 citations Michael Bau Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Comparing yttrium and rare earths in hydrothermal fluids from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: implications for Y and REE behaviour during near-vent mixing and for the Y/Ho ratio of Proterozoic seawater

1999 611 citations Michael Bau et al. Chemical Geology profile →
Comparison of the partitioning behaviours of yttrium, rare earth elements, and titanium between hydrogenetic marine ferromanganese crusts and seawater

1996 536 citations Michael Bau, Andrea Koschinsky et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Anthropogenic origin of positive gadolinium anomalies in river waters

1996 512 citations Michael Bau et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago

2013 489 citations Michael Bau et al. profile →
Discriminating between different genetic types of marine ferro-manganese crusts and nodules based on rare earth elements and yttrium

2014 424 citations Michael Bau, Andrea Koschinsky et al. Chemical Geology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tracing emerging contaminants from the Baltic Sea and North Sea in fjord waters in southern Norway with rare earth elements as far-field tracers 2025 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski, Stefania Piarulli, Julia Farkas, Michael Bau	5
2	Rare earth elements and yttrium in Polish rivers and the input of anthropogenic gadolinium into the Baltic Sea 2025 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bau	2
3	Critical metal inventory of alkaline lakes of Northern Tanzania: Geochemical controls on rare earth element and Sc, W, and U distribution 2025 ·Chemical Geology ·Timmu Kreitsmann, (unknown), Dennis Kraemer, (unknown), Simona Regenspurg, Franziska Wilke, Michael Bau	0
4	Impacts of COVID-19 and climate change on wastewater-derived substances in urban drinking water: Evidence from gadolinium-based contrast agents in tap water from Berlin, Germany 2024 ·Water Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bau	8
5	Levels of rare earth elements on three abandoned mining sites of bauxite in southern Italy: A comparison between TXRF and ICP-MS 2024 ·Talanta ·(unknown), Susanne Heise, (unknown), (unknown), Antonella Giarra, Michael Bau, Franca Tommasi, Marco Guida, Giovanni Libralato, Marco Trifuoggi	5
6	Vital effects and the fractionation of rare earth elements and yttrium during uptake by and transfer within freshwater bivalves and their shells 2024 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Bau	8
7	Rare earth element and yttrium behaviour during metabolic transfer and biomineralisation in the marine bivalve Mytilus edulis: Evidence for a (partially) biological origin of REY anomalies in mussel shells 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Bau	5
8	A first look at the gallium-aluminium systematics of Early Earth’s seawater: Evidence from Neoarchean banded iron formation 2023 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·(unknown), Dieter Garbe‐Schönberg, Dennis Kraemer, Michael Bau	1
9	Rare earth elements in alkaline Lake Neusiedl, Austria, and the use of gadolinium microcontamination as water source tracer 2023 ·Applied Geochemistry ·Timmu Kreitsmann, Michael Bau	13
10	Earth’s geodynamic evolution constrained by 182W in Archean seawater 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Andrea Mundl‐Petermeier, Sebastian Viehmann, Jonas Tusch, Michael Bau, Florian Kurzweil, Carsten Münker	9
11	Gallium-aluminum systematics of marine hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts: Inter-oceanic differences and fractionation during scavenging 2021 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dieter Garbe‐Schönberg, Thomas Kuhn, James R. Hein, Michael Bau	13
12	Potential of garnet sand as an unconventional resource of the critical high-technology metals scandium and rare earth elements 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Michael Bau, Torsten Graupner	31
13	Highly Siderophile Elements and Coupled Fe-Os Isotope Signatures in the Temagami Iron Formation, Canada: Possible Signatures of Neoarchean Seawater Chemistry and Earth's Oxygenation History 2021 ·Astrobiology ·Toni Schulz, Sebastian Viehmann, Dominik C. Hezel, Christian Koeberl, Michael Bau	7
14	Rare earth elements in the Rhine River, Germany: First case of anthropogenic lanthanum as a dissolved microcontaminant in the hydrosphere 2011 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Michael Bau	266
15	Remobilization of REE in F-rich, low-temperature environments 2009 ·GeCAS ·Anselm Loges, Susanne Göb, Matthias Barth, Michael Bau, Thomas Wagner, Gregor Markl	1
16	Organic coatings and sorption of REE and Y on marine Fe-Mn crusts 2003 ·GeCAS ·Andrea Koschinsky, Michael Bau	1
17	Scavenging of dissolved yttrium and rare earths by precipitating iron oxyhydroxide: experimental evidence for Ce oxidation, Y-Ho fractionation, and lanthanide tetrad effect breakdown → 1999 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Michael Bau	674
18	2.4 Ga secondary-lead age for the mooidraai dolomite: Implications for the early evolution of the atmosphere 1998 ·Chinese Science Bulletin ·Rolf L. Romer, Michael Bau	2
19	Enrichment processes in the sub-arc mantle: A Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic and REE study of primitive arc basalts from the Philippines 1997 ·The Canadian Mineralogist ·Ulrich Knittel, E. Hegner, Michael Bau, Muharrem Satır	15
20	Rare-earth patterns with positive cerium anomaly in alkaline waters from Lake Van, Turkey 1993 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Peter Möller, Michael Bau	161

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