Patrick Meister

Patrick MEISTER, Dr. habil. (Lecturer)

patrick.meister@univie.ac.at

Room Number: 2B385
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53470

Patrick Meister

Research Interests:

My research is focused on the most fundamental aspects of how life and Earth interacted throughout possibly the last 4.4 billion years. The essential mechanisms are, on the one hand, that organisms catalyse biogeochemical processes otherwise inhibited under Earth surface conditions and therefore alter global geochemical cycles. On the other hand, biotic effects on mineral formation have fundamentally impacted Earth’s geological record.

Understanding these interactions requires an interdisciplinary approach, using insights from geobiology, sedimentology, (micro)biology, (bio)geochemistry, palaeontology, mineralogy, and environmental sciences. My studies include ongoing processes in modern systems, signatures in the geological record, and process-oriented computer models, with the overarching goal to gain fundamental knowledge about the role that life has played in Earth’s exogenic cycle.

News:

New Publication (April 2023): Dolomit: Nanostrukturen im Schlamm des Neusiedler Sees nachgewiesen

New modelling paper in Frontiers in Earth Science

Projects:

Publications (taken from u:cris)

2017

Isotope and elemental geochemistry of black shale-hosted fossiliferous concretions from the Cretaceous Santana Formation fossil Lagerstatte (Brazil). / Heimhofer, Ulrich (Corresponding author); Meister, Patrick; Bernasconi, Stefano M. et al.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 64, No. 1, 01.2017, p. 150-167.

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2016

Bacterial communities potentially involved in iron-cycling in Baltic Sea and North Sea sediments revealed by pyrosequencing. / Reyes, Carolina (Corresponding author); Dellwig, Olaf; Dähnke, Kirstin et al.
In: FEMS microbiology ecology, Vol. 92, No. 4, 054, 04.2016.

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Repeated occurrences of methanogenic zones, diagenetic dolomite formation and linked silicate alteration in southern Bering Sea sediments (Bowers Ridge, IODP Exp. 323 Site U1341). / Wehrmann, L.M.; Ockert, C.; Mix, A.C. et al.
In: Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 125-126, 03.2016, p. 117–132.

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Reproducing authigenic carbonate precipitation in the hypersaline Lake Acıgöl (Turkey) with microbial cultures. / Balci, Nurgul (Corresponding author); Menekşe, Meryem ; Gül Karagüler, Nevin et al.
In: Geomicrobiology Journal: an international journal of geomicrobiology and microbial biogeochemistry, Vol. 33, No. 9, 2016, p. 758-773.

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2015

Methanogenesis produces strong ¹³C enrichment in stromatolites of Lagoa Salgada, Brazil: a modern analogue for Palaeo-/Neoproterozoic stromatolites? / Birgel, D.; Meister, P.; Lundberg, R. et al.
In: Geobiology, Vol. 13, No. 3, 05.2015, p. 245-266.

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For the deep biosphere, the present is not always the key to the past: what we can learn from the geological record. / Meister, Patrick.
In: Terra Nova: the European journal of geosciences, Vol. 27, No. 6, 2015, p. 400-408.

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2014

Using stable Mg isotopes to distinguish dolomite formation mechanisms: A case study from the Peru Margin. / Mavromatis, Vasileios; Meister, Patrick; Oelkers, Eric H.
In: Chemical Geology, Vol. 385, 14.10.2014, p. 84-91.

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Early diagenetic quartz formation at a deep iron oxidation front in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific – A modern analogue for banded iron/chert formations? / Meister, Patrick (Corresponding author); Chapligin, Bernhard; Picard, Aude et al.
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 137, 15.07.2014, p. 188-207.

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Two opposing effects of sulfate reduction on carbonate precipitation in normal marine, hypersaline, and alkaline environments: REPLY. / Meister, Patrick.
In: Geology, Vol. 42, No. 1, e315, 01.2014.

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2013

Control of sulphate and methane distributions in marine sediments by organic matter reactivity. / Meister, P.; Liu, Bo; Ferdelman, T.G. et al.
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 104, 2013, p. 183-193.

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Cyclic 100-ka (glacial-interglacial) migration of subseafloor redox zonation on the Peruvian shelf. / Contreras, S.; Meister, P.; Liu, Bo et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 110, No. 45, 2013, p. 18098-18103.

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Dolomite formation in the shallow seas of the Alpine Triassic. / Meister, Patrick; McKenzie, J. A.; Bernasconi, Stefano M. et al.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 60, 2013.

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Two opposing effects of sulfate reduction on calcite and dolomite precipitation in marine, hypersaline and alkaline environments. / Meister, Patrick.
In: Geology, 2013.

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2012

Sulfur, iron-, and calcium cycling associated with natural electric currents running through marine sediment. / Risgaard-Petersen, N. (Corresponding author); Revil, A.; Meister, P. et al.
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 92, 2012, p. 1-13.

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2011

Calcium and magnesium-limited dolomite precipitation at Deep Springs Lake, California. / Meister, P.; Reyes, C.; Beaumont, W. et al.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 58, No. 7, 2011, p. 1810-1830.

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Dolomite formation within the methanogenic zone induced by tectonically driven fluids in the Peru accretionary prism. / Meister, P.; Gutjahr, M.; Frank, M. et al.
In: Geology, Vol. 39, No. 6, 2011, p. 563-566.

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2009

Tubular compression fossils from the ediacaran nama group, namibia. / Cohen, P.A.; Bradley, A.; Knoll, A.H. et al.
In: Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 83, No. 1, 01.2009, p. 110-122.

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Depth and controls of Ca-rhodochrosite precipitation in bioturbated sediments of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, ODP Leg 201, Site 1226 and DSDP Leg 68, Site 503. / Meister, P.; Bernasconi, S.M.; Aiello, I.W. et al.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2009, p. 1552-1568.

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2008

Sealevel changes control diagenetic dolomite formation in hemipelagic sediments of the Peru Margin. / Meister, P.; Bernasconi, S.M.; Vasconcelos, C. et al.
In: Marine Geology, Vol. 252, No. 3-4, 2008, p. 166-173.

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U-Pb zircon age of volcaniclastic layers in Middle Triassic platform carbonates of the Austroalpine Silvretta nappe (Switzerland). / Furrer, H.; Schaltegger, U.; Ovtcharova, M. et al.
In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 101, No. 3, 2008, p. 595–603.

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2007

Dolomite formation in the dynamic deep biosphere: Results from the Peru Margin. / Meister, P.; McKenzie, J.A.; Vasconcelos, C. et al.
In: Sedimentology, Vol. 54, No. 5, 2007, p. 1007-1032.

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2006

Data report: Compilation of total organic and inorganic carbon data from Peru margin and eastern equatorial Pacific drill sites (ODP Legs 112, 138, and 201). / Meister, P.; Prokopenko, M.G.; Skilbeck, C.G. et al.
In: ODP Proceedings: Scientific Results, Vol. 201, 2006.

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Mineralogy and petrography of diagenetic dolomite, Peru margin, ODP Leg 201. / Meister, P.; McKenzie, J.A.; Warthmann, R. et al.
In: ODP Proceedings: Scientific Results, Vol. 201, 2006.

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2005

Linking the formation of dolomite and other early diagenetic minerals with microbial activity in deep-sea sediments: results from ODP Leg 201, Peru Margin and Eastern Equatorial Pacific. / Meister, Patrick.
Dissertation ETH Zürich, 2005.

Publications: Book

2004

Direct in situ detection of cells in deep‐sea sediment cores from the Peru Margin (ODP Leg 201, Site 1229). / Mauclaire, Laurie (Corresponding author); Zepp, Kornelia; Meister, Patrick et al.
In: Geobiology, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2004, p. 217-223.

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