Manuel Scharrer's interest is in using petrography, geochemistry, synthesis, thermodynamic data aquisition and extensive thermodynamic modeling to develop/refine formation models of ore deposits while considering both, physical and temporal aspects.
Currently he is working on,
(1) Arsenide and Co-sulfide mineral synthesis,
(2) calorimetric methods of thermodynamic data aquisition,
His previous research focused on,
(3) the formation of various unconformity related polymetallic veins,
(4) a general formation model for native element-arsenide occurrences,
(5) understanding the evolution of Sn-rich skarns and
(6) the halogen distribution in hydrothermal and magmatic settings.
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany:
BSc in Petrology and mineral resources, University of Tuebingen. Thesis: "Halogen distribution between hydrosilicates and apatites"
MSc in Petrology and mineral resources, University of Tuebingen. Thesis: "Structural, mineralogical and geochemical regional zoning of the hydrothermal deposits around Wittichen, Schwarzwald ore district, SW Germany"
Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude), University of Tuebingen. Thesis: "From ambient to metamorphic conditions: Deciphering fuid evolution and ore-forming processes through mineralogy, geochemistry, and thermodynamic modelling"
Teiber, H., Scharrer, M., Marks, M.A.W., Arzamatsev, A.A., Wenzel, T., and Markl, G.
Equilibrium partitioning and subsequent re-distribution of halogens among apatite-biotite-amphibole assemblages from mantle-derived plutonic rocks: Complexitites revealed.
Lithos, 220-223, 221-237
Marks, M.A.W., Scharrer, M., Ladenburger, S. and Markl, G.
Comment on "Apatite: a new redox proxy for silicic magmas?"
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 183, 267-270
Walter, B. F., Kortenbruck, P., Scharrer, M., Zeitvogel, C., Wälle, M., Mertz-Kraus, R., & Markl, G.
Chemical evolution of ore-forming brines – Basement leaching, metal provenance, and the redox link between barren and ore-bearing hydrothermal veins. A case study from the Black Forest mining district in SW-Germany.
Chemical Geology, 506, 126-148
Scharrer, M., Kreissl, S., & Markl, G.
The mineralogical variability of hydrothermal native element-arsenide ( ve-element) associations and the role of physicochemical and kinetic factors concerning sulfur and arsenic.
Ore Geology Reviews, 113, 103025
Walter, B. F., Scharrer, M., Burisch, M., Apukthina, O., & Markl, G.
Limited availability of sulfur promotes copper-rich mineralization in hydrothermal Pb-Zn veins: A case study from the Black Forest, SW Germany.
Chemical Geology, 532, 119358
Epp, T., Walter, B. F., Scharrer, M., Lehmann, G., Henze, K., Heimgärtner, C., & Markl, G.
Quartz veins with associated Sb-Pb-Ag±Au mineralization in the Black Forest, SW Germany: a record of metamorphic cooling, tectonic rifting, and element remobilization processes in the Variscan belt.
Mineralium Deposita, 54(2), 281-306
Scharrer, M., Sandritter, K., Walter, B. F., Neumann, U., & Markl, G.
Formation of native arsenic in hydrothermal base metal deposits and related supergene U6+ enrichment: The Michael vein near Lahr, SW Germany.
American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, 105(5), 727-744
Braunger, S., Scharrer, M., Marks, M. A. W., Wenzel, T., & Markl, G.
Interaction between ma c dyke rocks and salt deposits in the Rhine graben (SW Germany)
The Canadian Mineralogist, 59(3), 511-531
Scharrer, M., Reich, R., Fusswinkel, T., Walter, B. F., & Markl, G.
Basement aquifer evolution and the formation of unconformity-related hydrothermal vein deposits: LA-ICP-MS analyses of single uid inclusions in uorite from SW Germany.
Chemical Geology, 575, 120260
Scharrer, M., Epp, T., Walter, B. F., Pfa , K., Vennemann, T., & Markl, G.
The formation of (Ni-Co-Sb)-Ag-As ore shoots in hydrothermal galena-sphalerite- uorite veins
Mineralium Deposita, 2021, 1-33