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Rebecca Bast

Current affiliations

  • FB14 - Faculty of Geosciences (FB14)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Long-lived radioactive decay systems (Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr) in natural samples
  • Stable and radiogenic isotopes as tracers of geological processes
  • The early Solar System and the evolution of the Earth

Academic Education

since 02/2011Postgraduate studies in geo-/cosmochemistry at WWU Münster
10/2008 - 12/2010Master of Science (Geoscience), WWU Münster
10/2005 - 09/2008Bachelor of Science (Geoscience), WWU Münster

Publications

Thermal evolution of an ancient subduction interface revealed by Lu-Hf garnet geochronology, Halilbagi Complex (Anatolia)
Pourteau A., Scherer E.E., Schorn S., Bast R., Schmidt A (2019)
In: Geoscience Frontiers, 10
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Metamorphic petrology of a high-T/low-P granulite terrane (Damara belt, Namibia) - Constraints from pseudosection modelling and high-precision Lu-Hf garnet-whole rock dating
Jung S., Brandt S., Bast R., Scherer E.E., Berndt, J. (2018)
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 37
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Reconciliation of the excess 176Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics
Bast R, Scherer EE, Sprung P, Mezger K, Fischer-Gödde M, Taetz S, Böhnke M, Schmid-Beurmann H, Münker C, Kleine T, Srinivasan G (2017)
In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 212
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
The 176Lu-176Hf systematics of ALM-A: A sample of the recent Almahata Sitta meteorite fall
Bast R, Scherer EE, Bischoff A (2017)
In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 3
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
176Lu-176Hf isochron dating of strongly cosmic ray exposed samples – A case study on Apollo 14 Impact Melt Rock 14310
Haber T, Scherer EE, Bast R, Sprung P (2017)
In: (eds.), . (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
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Projects

SPP 1385 - Subproject: Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials
Duration: 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2016 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster

Prizes

Preis der Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung 2017 in der Kategorie: Herausragende Dissertation
Awarded by: Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung
Award given to: Bast, Rebecca; Grützner, Tobias
Announced at: 20/07/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/07/2017
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Preis der Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung 2011 in der Kategorie: Herausragende Abschlussarbeit
Awarded by: Hildegard und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Stiftung
Award given to: Bast, Rebecca; Öser, Martin; Salomon, Eric
Date of awarding: 15/10/2011
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Career Development Award (Travel stipend for the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, USA)
Awarded by: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas
Award given to: Bast, Rebecca
Announced at: 15/03/2012
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Lu-Hf systematics of early solar system materials: Solving the 176Lu decay constant discrepancy
Candidate: Bast, Rebecca | Supervisors: Scherer, Erik E.; Mezger, Klaus
Period of time: 01/02/2011 - 17/06/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster