Dennis Vanderliek, M.Sc.
Geochemistry group
Doctoral Student - TRR170 Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets
Room B204, Building B
12249 Berlin
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Isotopic age data from early studies of ancient lunar breccia were often lacking sufficient petrological background information. In-situ U-Pb dating of accessory phases in lunar rocks not only provides precise ages but also preserves their petrological context. This information is crucial to reconstruct geologic events in the early lunar timeline, notably the history of basin-forming impacts. To overcome this issue we combine state of the art analytical techniques to further constrain the impact history of the moon:
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Education |
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June 2016 – now |
PhD Student in the TRR 170 – Late Accretion Onto Terrestrial Planets Subproject A1 |
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2013 - 2016 |
Master level program Applied Geosciences in the specialization Energy and Mineral Resources at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen. Master’s thesis: Petrogenesis and Zircon Typology of Shear Zone Rocks from the Trans-Uralian-Zone, Miasskoye, Russia. |
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August 2014 |
Erasmus+ Semester at the Lund University, Sweden in the field |
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February 2015 |
Magmatic Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology and Sedimentary Basin Analysis. |
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2010- 2013 |
Bachelor's degree of Science in the study of Applied Geosciences in the specialization Energy and Mineral Resources at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen. Bachelor’s Thesis: Geochemical and Petrological Characterization of the Borehole SH67/08 of the VMS Mine Shinas, Oman. |
Laboratory Visits |
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Regular |
SEM and Microscopy Laboratories Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam |
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Regular |
SEM Laboratory, University of Potsdam |
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July 2016 |
Institute for Mineralogy and Economic Geology, RWTH Aachen |
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May 2017 |
SIMS Laboratory Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam |
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October 2017 |
Institute for Mineralogy and Economic Geology, RWTH Aachen |
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December 2017 |
SIMS Laboratory Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam |
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May 2018 |
SIMS Laboratory Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam |
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June 2018 |
NordSIMS Laboratory, Swedish Natural History Museum |
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October 2018 |
NordSIMS Laboratory, Swedish Natural History Museum |
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November 2018 |
SIMS Laboratory Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam |
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January |
Heidelberg Ion Probe Laboratory, Heidelberg University |
Conferences |
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March 2017 |
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference |
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August 2017 |
Goldschmidt 2017 |
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October 2017 |
Paneth Collogquium 2017 |
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March 2018 |
49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference |
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April 2018 |
2nd International Mars Sample Return |
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November 2018 |
AGU Fall Meeting 2018 |
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March2019 |
50th Lunar and Planetary Science |
Talks |
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October 2016 |
PhD Seminar Geocampus Lankwitz FU Berlin |
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November 2016 |
Annual TRR 170 Scientific Meeting |
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November 2016 |
TRR 170 Seminar |
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May 2017 |
Advances in Geochemistry Seminar, Geochemistry Group, FU Berlin |
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January 2018 |
TRR 170 Seminar |
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March 2018 |
49th Lunar and Planetary Science |
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June 2018 |
TRR 170 Seminar at the Institute for Mineralogy, University of Münster |
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November 2018 |
TRR 170 Seminar |
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January 2019 |
PhD Seminar Geocampus Lankwitz FU |
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March 2019 |
50th Lunar and Planetary Science |
Poster |
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November 2016 |
Annual TRR 170 Scientific Meeting Hodenhagen |
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March 2017 |
48th Lunar and Planetary Science |
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June 2017 |
DMG-Section Meeting Petrology/Petrophysics and Geochemistry, Berlin |
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August 2017 |
Goldschmidt 2017 |
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October 2017 |
Paneth Colloquium 2017 |
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November 2018 |
AGU Fall Meeting 2018 |
Scientific Meetings |
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November 2016 |
Annual TRR 170 Scientific Meeting |
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June 2017 |
Annual TRR 170 Scientific Meeting |
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June 2017 |
DMG-Section Meeting Petrology/Petrophysics and Geochemistry, Berlin |
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November 2018 |
Annual TRR 170 Scientific Meeting |
Vanderliek identifying impact generated zircon in Apollo sample 67955 #LPSC2017
Abstracts and Publications
Vanderliek, D. M., & Becker, H. (2017, March). Petrologic Context of Zr Phases in Lunar Impactites. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 48).
Vanderliek, D. M., Becker, H., & Rocholl, A. (2017, May). Petrologic Context and Dating of 4.2 Ga Old Zircon in Lunar Impactites---67955 Revisited. In New Views of the Moon 2-Europe (Vol. 1988).
Vanderliek, D.M., Becker, H. (2017) Impact-Generated Zircon and the History of Lunar Breccia 67955. Goldschmidt 2017, (abstract #2017002503)
Vanderliek, D.M., Becker, H. (2017) Influence of the Imbrium impact event on textures and chronometry of impact melt breccia 15455. Paneth Kolloquium, Nördlingen (Germany), abstract URL: (abstract #0017).
Vanderliek, D. M., Becker, H., & Rocholl, A. (2018, March). In Situ U-Pb Dating of Lunar Breccia 15455: Impact Resetting and Growth of Zircons at 4.2 Ga. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 49).
Vanderliek, D. M., Becker, H., & Rocholl, A. (2018). Impact-induced Resetting and Growth of Zircons in Lunar Breccias at 4.2 Ga: Evidence from the Apollo 15 and 16 Landing Sites. AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Vanderliek, D. M., Becker, H., & Rocholl, A. (2019, March). Large-Scale Redistribution of Heterogeneous PKT Material by the Imbrium Impact – Evidence from Petrology and U-Pb Zircon Dating of a Complex Apollo 16 Breccia. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 49).