Work
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University. 2021 – present
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Harvard University, 2020 – 2021
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Stanford University, 2018 – 2020
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Harvard University, 2020 – 2021
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Stanford University, 2018 – 2020
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2012 – 2018
Thesis: Crustal setting, provenance and sedimentation in the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa; Advisor: Prof. Donald R. Lowe
Advisor: Prof. Donald R. Lowe
B.S., Free University of Berlin, Germany, 2008 – 2011
Thesis: Raman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Material as a Geothermometer for the Archean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa; Advisor: Prof. Christoph E. Heubeck
Thesis: Crustal setting, provenance and sedimentation in the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa; Advisor: Prof. Donald R. Lowe
Advisor: Prof. Donald R. Lowe
B.S., Free University of Berlin, Germany, 2008 – 2011
Thesis: Raman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Material as a Geothermometer for the Archean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa; Advisor: Prof. Christoph E. Heubeck
Research Experience
Field Research, South Africa, June 2011 – present
Sampling, mapping, and measurement of stratigraphic sections during seven month-long field trips to the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa; core logging
Research Assistant in Sedimentology, Stanford University, California, Sept. 2013 – 2020
Microscale δ13C analysis of carbonaceous matter in carbonaceous cherts (Cameca 1280-HR and nanoSIMS); δ18O and δD in Archean cherts (Thermo Finnigan MAT 252 and Thermo Finnigan TC/EA)
Industry Internship, Nexen CNOOC Ltd., Houston, Texas, May 2016 – Aug. 2016
Reservoir quality prediction of the aeolian Norphlet Formation in the Golf of Mexico (depositional environments, stratigraphic architecture, provenance, 3D seismic reflection data)
Research Assistant in Paleoceanography, GEOMAR Kiel, Germany, Dec. 2011 – May 2012
Sample preparation for Sr-Nd analysis in the Paleoceanography laboratory
University Internship, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 2011 – April 2011
Paleoenvironmental and petrographic analyses of deep-water sediments in five drill cores.
Research Assistant in Sedimentology, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Jan. 2011 – Oct. 2011
Analysis of 3.2 Ga microbial mats including nanoSIMS, Raman Spectroscopy, and Cathodoluminescence
Research Assistant in Geochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany, April 2010 – Oct. 2011
Field work in the Lanzo (Northern Italy) and the Lherz (Southern France) ultramafic massifs and sample preparation
Sampling, mapping, and measurement of stratigraphic sections during seven month-long field trips to the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa; core logging
Research Assistant in Sedimentology, Stanford University, California, Sept. 2013 – 2020
Microscale δ13C analysis of carbonaceous matter in carbonaceous cherts (Cameca 1280-HR and nanoSIMS); δ18O and δD in Archean cherts (Thermo Finnigan MAT 252 and Thermo Finnigan TC/EA)
Industry Internship, Nexen CNOOC Ltd., Houston, Texas, May 2016 – Aug. 2016
Reservoir quality prediction of the aeolian Norphlet Formation in the Golf of Mexico (depositional environments, stratigraphic architecture, provenance, 3D seismic reflection data)
Research Assistant in Paleoceanography, GEOMAR Kiel, Germany, Dec. 2011 – May 2012
Sample preparation for Sr-Nd analysis in the Paleoceanography laboratory
University Internship, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 2011 – April 2011
Paleoenvironmental and petrographic analyses of deep-water sediments in five drill cores.
Research Assistant in Sedimentology, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Jan. 2011 – Oct. 2011
Analysis of 3.2 Ga microbial mats including nanoSIMS, Raman Spectroscopy, and Cathodoluminescence
Research Assistant in Geochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany, April 2010 – Oct. 2011
Field work in the Lanzo (Northern Italy) and the Lherz (Southern France) ultramafic massifs and sample preparation
Teaching Experience and Service
Committee member, Daly Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, Harvard University, January 2021 - present
Committee member, Colloquium Committee, Harvard University, January 2021 - present
Committee member, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, Harvard University, January 2021 - present
Associate Editor, American Journal of Sciences, Feb. 2020 - present
Seminar Leader, Topics in Sedimentary Geology, Stanford University, Sept. 2018 - May 2020
Student Mentor, MS and co-term students, Stanford University, Nov. 2016 - May 2020
Student Mentor, Undergraduate RA, Stanford University, Aug. 2016 - Feb. 2020
Teaching Assistant
Sedimentation Mechanics, Stanford University, Sept. 2016 – Dec. 2016
Sedimentary Petrography, Stanford University, Sept.– Dec. 2015
Mineral Deposits, Free University of Berlin, April 2010
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Field Camp, Free University of Berlin, April 2010
Graduate Student Advisory Committee Member, Stanford University, July 2013 – July 2014
Brownbag Seminar Organizer, Stanford University, Sept. 2012 – June 2013
Student Mentorship Program Organizer, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2011
Flute Teacher, Ataraxia Art and Music School, Germany, 2004-2008
Committee member, Colloquium Committee, Harvard University, January 2021 - present
Committee member, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, Harvard University, January 2021 - present
Associate Editor, American Journal of Sciences, Feb. 2020 - present
Seminar Leader, Topics in Sedimentary Geology, Stanford University, Sept. 2018 - May 2020
Student Mentor, MS and co-term students, Stanford University, Nov. 2016 - May 2020
Student Mentor, Undergraduate RA, Stanford University, Aug. 2016 - Feb. 2020
Teaching Assistant
Sedimentation Mechanics, Stanford University, Sept. 2016 – Dec. 2016
Sedimentary Petrography, Stanford University, Sept.– Dec. 2015
Mineral Deposits, Free University of Berlin, April 2010
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Field Camp, Free University of Berlin, April 2010
Graduate Student Advisory Committee Member, Stanford University, July 2013 – July 2014
Brownbag Seminar Organizer, Stanford University, Sept. 2012 – June 2013
Student Mentorship Program Organizer, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2011
Flute Teacher, Ataraxia Art and Music School, Germany, 2004-2008
Grants and Fellowships
Star-Friedman Challenge Award, 2022
Origins of Life Initiative Grant, 2021
Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship, 2021
NASA Astrobiology Travel Grant, 2018
Friends of Music Fellowship, 2013-2018
Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship, 2016-2017
Shell Fund, 2015, 2017
Graduate Incidental Fund, 2013, 2016, 2017
McGee and Levorsen Research Grant, 2014
German National Academic Foundation Fellowship, 2012–2014
Sudbury Impact Cratering Short Course Grant, 2013
Center for African Studies Summer Research Fellowship, 2013
Alumni e.V. Kiel Grant, 2012
German Academic Exchange Service Grants, 2011
Gordon Research Conference Grant, 2011
Affirmative Action Program Grants, 2011
Origins of Life Initiative Grant, 2021
Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship, 2021
NASA Astrobiology Travel Grant, 2018
Friends of Music Fellowship, 2013-2018
Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship, 2016-2017
Shell Fund, 2015, 2017
Graduate Incidental Fund, 2013, 2016, 2017
McGee and Levorsen Research Grant, 2014
German National Academic Foundation Fellowship, 2012–2014
Sudbury Impact Cratering Short Course Grant, 2013
Center for African Studies Summer Research Fellowship, 2013
Alumni e.V. Kiel Grant, 2012
German Academic Exchange Service Grants, 2011
Gordon Research Conference Grant, 2011
Affirmative Action Program Grants, 2011
Invited Talks
Dartmouth College, Jan 2023 (upcoming)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 2022
University of Copenhagen, March 2022
University of Hong Kong, March 2022
Brown University, USA, October 2021
Ohio State University, USA, September 2021
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, May 2021
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 2021
Heidelberg University, Germany, Nov. 2020
Harvard University, Massachusetts, March 2019
Stanford University, California, Feb. 2019
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Feb. 2019
University of Cambridge - CASP, United Kingdom, Feb. 2019
University of California, Berkeley, California, Jan. 2019
Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Jan. 2019
San Jose State University, California, Oct. 2018
The Barberton Geological Society, Barberton, South Africa, Aug. 2018
Harvard University, Massachusetts, April 2018
Temple University, Pennsylvania, April 2018
Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Dec. 2013
German Aerospace Center, Berlin, Germany, June 2012
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 2022
University of Copenhagen, March 2022
University of Hong Kong, March 2022
Brown University, USA, October 2021
Ohio State University, USA, September 2021
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, May 2021
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, April 2021
Heidelberg University, Germany, Nov. 2020
Harvard University, Massachusetts, March 2019
Stanford University, California, Feb. 2019
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Feb. 2019
University of Cambridge - CASP, United Kingdom, Feb. 2019
University of California, Berkeley, California, Jan. 2019
Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Jan. 2019
San Jose State University, California, Oct. 2018
The Barberton Geological Society, Barberton, South Africa, Aug. 2018
Harvard University, Massachusetts, April 2018
Temple University, Pennsylvania, April 2018
Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Dec. 2013
German Aerospace Center, Berlin, Germany, June 2012
Select Field Trips and Workshops
Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa (PhD and postdoctoral research), 2012-present
Geology of Oman, Oman, 2018
Grand Tour of the Pilbara Craton, Australia, 2018
Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, 2018
Moodies Scientific Drilling Workshop, South Africa, 2017
Modern Carbonate Systems, The Bahamas, 2017
Mesozoic Foreland Basin System, Utah and Colorado, 2015
Death Valley, California, 2015
Geology of the El Paso Area, Southern Rocky Mountains, Texas and New Mexico, 2014
Eocene Tyee Deep-Water Depositional System, Oregon, 2014
Convergent Margins: Form Sierra to Sea, California, 2014
Impact Cratering Short Course and Field Training, Sudbury Crater, Canada 2013
Deep-Water Deposits of the Ventura Region, California, 2012
Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa (field assistant), 2011
Peridotite massif at Lherz, France (field assistant), 2010
Peridotite massif at Lanzo, Italy (field assistant), 2010
Geology of Oman, Oman, 2018
Grand Tour of the Pilbara Craton, Australia, 2018
Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, 2018
Moodies Scientific Drilling Workshop, South Africa, 2017
Modern Carbonate Systems, The Bahamas, 2017
Mesozoic Foreland Basin System, Utah and Colorado, 2015
Death Valley, California, 2015
Geology of the El Paso Area, Southern Rocky Mountains, Texas and New Mexico, 2014
Eocene Tyee Deep-Water Depositional System, Oregon, 2014
Convergent Margins: Form Sierra to Sea, California, 2014
Impact Cratering Short Course and Field Training, Sudbury Crater, Canada 2013
Deep-Water Deposits of the Ventura Region, California, 2012
Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa (field assistant), 2011
Peridotite massif at Lherz, France (field assistant), 2010
Peridotite massif at Lanzo, Italy (field assistant), 2010
Publications
Drabon, N., Byerly, B.L., Byerly, G.R., Wooden, J., Wiedenbeck, W., Valley, J., Kitajima. K., Bauer, A., and Lowe, D.R. (2022). Destabilization of long-lived Hadean protocrust and the onset of pervasive hydrous melting at 3.8 Ga. AGU Advances. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000520
Heubeck, C., Bläsing, S., Drabon, N., Eulenfeld, T., Grund, M., Homann, M., van Rensburg, D.J., Koehler, I., Nabhan, S. Rabethge, C., Voigt, T., and Zentner-Joerges, D. (2022). Reassessing evidence of Moon-Earth dynamics: No evidence of shorter lunar months from tidal bundles at 3.2 Ga. Sedimentology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12988
Marchi, S., Drabon, N., Schultz, T., Schaerfer, L., Nesvorny, D., Bottke, W.F., Koeberl, C., (2022): Declining rate of collisions on Earth 3.5-2.5 Ga leading to atmospheric oxidation. Nature Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00835-9
Heubeck, C.E., Drabon, N., Byerly, G., Leisgang, I., Linnemann, U., Lowe D.R., Mertz-Kraus R., Gonzales-Pinzon, A., Thomsen, T.B., Zeh, A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., and Kroener, A. (2022): Detrital Zircon Provenance of the Archean Moodies Group,Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa and Eswatini. American Journal of Science, https://doi.org/10.2475/02.2022.01
Drabon, N. and Lowe, D.R. (2022). “Progressive accretion recorded in sedimentary rocks of the 3.28-3.23 Ga Fig Tree Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.” GSA Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35973.1
Farrell, U.C., .., Drabon, N., ..., Planavski, N.J., Lau, K.V., Johnston, D.J., and Sperling E.A. (2021). The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project. Geobiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12462
Fu, R.R., Drabon, N., Wiedenbeck, M., Brenner, A., Lowe, D.R., and Borlina, C. (2021): Paleomagnetism of 3.5-4.0 Ga zircons from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. EPSL, v. 567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116999
Drabon, N., Byerly, B.L., Byerly, G.R., Wooden, J.L., Keller, C.B., and Lowe, D.R. (2021): Heterogeneous Hadean crust with mantle affinity recorded in detrital zircons of the Green Sandstone Bed,South Africa. PNAS, v.1, p. 118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004370118
Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., and Byerly, B.L. (2021): Windblown Hadean zircons derived by erosion of impact-generated 3.3 Ga uplifts, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Precambrian Research, v. 356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106111
Stoll, E.J., Drabon, N., and Lowe, D.R., (2021): Provenance and Depositional Setting of Archean Fig Tree Siliciclastic Rocks in the East-Central Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.106041
Lowe, D.R., Ibarra, D.E., Drabon, N., and Chamberlain, P. (2020): Constraints on surface temperature 3.4 billion years ago based on triple oxygen isotopes of cherts from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, and the problem of sample selection. American Journal of Science, v. 320, p. 790–814. https://doi.org/10.2475/11.2020.02
Marin-Carbonne, J., Busigny, V., Miot, J., Rollion-Bard, C., Müller, E., Drabon, N., Jacob, D., Pont, S., François, C., Reynaud, S., Van Zuilen, M., and Philippot, P. (2020): Isotopic evidence for microbial iron reduction in the early Archean. Geobiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12385
Drabon, N., Heubeck, C.E., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Evolution of an Archean fan delta and its implications for the initiation of uplift and deformation in the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.89, p. 849-874. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.46
Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., and Byerly, G.L. (2019): Crustal fracturing, unconformities, and barite deposition, 3.26-3.23 Ga, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 327, p. 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.024
Drabon, N., Galić, A., Mason, P.R.D., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Provenance and tectonic implications of the 3.28-3.23 Ga Fig Tree Group, central Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 325, p. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.010
Byerly, B.L., Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., Coble, M.A., Burns, D.H., and Byerly, G.R. (2018): Hadean zircon from a 3.3 Ga sandstone, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Geology, v. 46, no. 11, p. 967-970. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45276.1
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2017): Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Sedimentary Rocks of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: No evidence for continental crust. Geology, v. 45, no. 9, p. 803-806. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39255.1
Heubeck, C.E., Blaesing, S., Drabon, N., Grund, M., Homann, M., and Nabhan, S. (2016): Geological constraints on Archean (3.22 Ga) coastal-zone processes from the Dycedale Syncline, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South African Journal of Geology, v. 119, no. 3, p. 495-518. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.3.495
Other publications:
Drabon, N. (2014). Spherules. In: M. Gargaud, R. Amils, J.C. Quintanilla, H.J. Cleaves, W.M. Irvine, D. Pinti and M. Viso (Editors), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5
Drabon N. (2011). Technical report Core CT3. University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 13 p.
Heubeck, C., Bläsing, S., Drabon, N., Eulenfeld, T., Grund, M., Homann, M., van Rensburg, D.J., Koehler, I., Nabhan, S. Rabethge, C., Voigt, T., and Zentner-Joerges, D. (2022). Reassessing evidence of Moon-Earth dynamics: No evidence of shorter lunar months from tidal bundles at 3.2 Ga. Sedimentology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12988
Marchi, S., Drabon, N., Schultz, T., Schaerfer, L., Nesvorny, D., Bottke, W.F., Koeberl, C., (2022): Declining rate of collisions on Earth 3.5-2.5 Ga leading to atmospheric oxidation. Nature Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00835-9
Heubeck, C.E., Drabon, N., Byerly, G., Leisgang, I., Linnemann, U., Lowe D.R., Mertz-Kraus R., Gonzales-Pinzon, A., Thomsen, T.B., Zeh, A., Rojas-Agramonte, Y., and Kroener, A. (2022): Detrital Zircon Provenance of the Archean Moodies Group,Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa and Eswatini. American Journal of Science, https://doi.org/10.2475/02.2022.01
Drabon, N. and Lowe, D.R. (2022). “Progressive accretion recorded in sedimentary rocks of the 3.28-3.23 Ga Fig Tree Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.” GSA Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35973.1
Farrell, U.C., .., Drabon, N., ..., Planavski, N.J., Lau, K.V., Johnston, D.J., and Sperling E.A. (2021). The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project. Geobiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12462
Fu, R.R., Drabon, N., Wiedenbeck, M., Brenner, A., Lowe, D.R., and Borlina, C. (2021): Paleomagnetism of 3.5-4.0 Ga zircons from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. EPSL, v. 567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116999
Drabon, N., Byerly, B.L., Byerly, G.R., Wooden, J.L., Keller, C.B., and Lowe, D.R. (2021): Heterogeneous Hadean crust with mantle affinity recorded in detrital zircons of the Green Sandstone Bed,South Africa. PNAS, v.1, p. 118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004370118
Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., and Byerly, B.L. (2021): Windblown Hadean zircons derived by erosion of impact-generated 3.3 Ga uplifts, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Precambrian Research, v. 356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106111
Stoll, E.J., Drabon, N., and Lowe, D.R., (2021): Provenance and Depositional Setting of Archean Fig Tree Siliciclastic Rocks in the East-Central Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.106041
Lowe, D.R., Ibarra, D.E., Drabon, N., and Chamberlain, P. (2020): Constraints on surface temperature 3.4 billion years ago based on triple oxygen isotopes of cherts from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, and the problem of sample selection. American Journal of Science, v. 320, p. 790–814. https://doi.org/10.2475/11.2020.02
Marin-Carbonne, J., Busigny, V., Miot, J., Rollion-Bard, C., Müller, E., Drabon, N., Jacob, D., Pont, S., François, C., Reynaud, S., Van Zuilen, M., and Philippot, P. (2020): Isotopic evidence for microbial iron reduction in the early Archean. Geobiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12385
Drabon, N., Heubeck, C.E., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Evolution of an Archean fan delta and its implications for the initiation of uplift and deformation in the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v.89, p. 849-874. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.46
Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., and Byerly, G.L. (2019): Crustal fracturing, unconformities, and barite deposition, 3.26-3.23 Ga, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 327, p. 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.024
Drabon, N., Galić, A., Mason, P.R.D., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Provenance and tectonic implications of the 3.28-3.23 Ga Fig Tree Group, central Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 325, p. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.02.010
Byerly, B.L., Lowe, D.R., Drabon, N., Coble, M.A., Burns, D.H., and Byerly, G.R. (2018): Hadean zircon from a 3.3 Ga sandstone, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Geology, v. 46, no. 11, p. 967-970. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45276.1
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2017): Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Sedimentary Rocks of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: No evidence for continental crust. Geology, v. 45, no. 9, p. 803-806. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39255.1
Heubeck, C.E., Blaesing, S., Drabon, N., Grund, M., Homann, M., and Nabhan, S. (2016): Geological constraints on Archean (3.22 Ga) coastal-zone processes from the Dycedale Syncline, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South African Journal of Geology, v. 119, no. 3, p. 495-518. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.3.495
Other publications:
Drabon, N. (2014). Spherules. In: M. Gargaud, R. Amils, J.C. Quintanilla, H.J. Cleaves, W.M. Irvine, D. Pinti and M. Viso (Editors), Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5
Drabon N. (2011). Technical report Core CT3. University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 13 p.
Abstracts of Presentations at Professional Meetings (*denotes invited talks)
Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Wooden, J.L. (2022): Elucidating the nature of obliterated ancient crust by studying the geochemistry of detrital zircons. AGU Fall Meeting 2022 , San Francisco
*Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., Mucciarone, D. (2022): Effect of the 3.26 Ga meteorite impact on the surface environment and carbon cycle. Gordon Research Seminar on Geobiology, Ventura, California, Nov. 5-6 "Keynote speaker*
*Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., Wooden, J.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Hadean detrital zircons record crustal diversity but no evidence for fully-formed Phanerozoic-style continental crust. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco
Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Hadean detrital zircons record crustal diversity but no evidence for fully-formed Phanerozoic-style continental crust. Goldschmidt, Barcelona, August 19-23
*Drabon, N., (2019): The Evolution of Earth’s Early Crust and Life: One Billion years of Earth history recorded in the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt. Gordon Research Conference on Geochronology, Waterville Valley, New Hempshire, August 5 - 9
Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2018): 4.1 Ga zircon grains from the Barberton greenstone belt: New constraints on the Hadean crust. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., December 10-14.
Drabon, N., Mucciarone, D.A., and Lowe, D.R. (2018): Carbon isotope stratigraphy of carbonaceous cherts across the 3.26 Ga S2 meteorite impact layer of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, Astrobiology Australasia Meeting, Rotorua, New Zealand, June 25 - 26
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2017): Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Sedimentary Rocks of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt: No evidence for continental crust, South Africa, Goldschmidt, Paris, August 13 - 18
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Heubeck, C.E. (2016): Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the 3.2 Ga Mapepe Formation in the BARB5 drill core, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 27 - Sept. 4
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2015): Detrital zircon geochronology and petrology of sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Reconstructions. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 12 - 16
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R. and Byerly, G.R. (2015): Detrital zircon geochronology and petrology of sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Reconstructions. GSA Meeting, Baltimore, Nov. 1 - 4
Heubeck, C.E., Köhler, I., Homann, M., and Drabon, N. (2015): Raman Spectroscopy of biomats from the Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 3.22 Ga), Habitability in the Universe: From the Early Earth to Exoplanets, Porto, Portugal, March 22 – 27
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R. and Heubeck, C.E. (2014): Petrography of sandstones from drill cores BARB4 and BARB5, Paleoarchean Mapepe Formation, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: Implications for provenance and tectonic reconstructions. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 15-19
Mason, P., Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Drabon, N., and Heubeck, C.E. (2014): Geochemistry of BARB5 - insights into early Archaean environment that potentially contains traces of early biosphere. NAC12 Conference, Konigshof, The Netherlands, April 8-9
Homann, M., Heubeck, C., Engelhardt, J., and Drabon, N. (2012): Photosynthetic Microbial mats of the middle Archean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa), Geol. Assoc. Canada Annual Meeting, St. Johns, Canada, May 27–29
*Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., Mucciarone, D. (2022): Effect of the 3.26 Ga meteorite impact on the surface environment and carbon cycle. Gordon Research Seminar on Geobiology, Ventura, California, Nov. 5-6 "Keynote speaker*
*Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., Wooden, J.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Hadean detrital zircons record crustal diversity but no evidence for fully-formed Phanerozoic-style continental crust. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco
Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2019): Hadean detrital zircons record crustal diversity but no evidence for fully-formed Phanerozoic-style continental crust. Goldschmidt, Barcelona, August 19-23
*Drabon, N., (2019): The Evolution of Earth’s Early Crust and Life: One Billion years of Earth history recorded in the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt. Gordon Research Conference on Geochronology, Waterville Valley, New Hempshire, August 5 - 9
Drabon, N., Byerly, G.R., Byerly, B.L., and Lowe, D.R. (2018): 4.1 Ga zircon grains from the Barberton greenstone belt: New constraints on the Hadean crust. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., December 10-14.
Drabon, N., Mucciarone, D.A., and Lowe, D.R. (2018): Carbon isotope stratigraphy of carbonaceous cherts across the 3.26 Ga S2 meteorite impact layer of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa, Astrobiology Australasia Meeting, Rotorua, New Zealand, June 25 - 26
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2017): Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Sedimentary Rocks of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt: No evidence for continental crust, South Africa, Goldschmidt, Paris, August 13 - 18
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Heubeck, C.E. (2016): Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the 3.2 Ga Mapepe Formation in the BARB5 drill core, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 27 - Sept. 4
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. (2015): Detrital zircon geochronology and petrology of sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Reconstructions. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 12 - 16
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R. and Byerly, G.R. (2015): Detrital zircon geochronology and petrology of sediments from the Barberton greenstone belt: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Reconstructions. GSA Meeting, Baltimore, Nov. 1 - 4
Heubeck, C.E., Köhler, I., Homann, M., and Drabon, N. (2015): Raman Spectroscopy of biomats from the Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, 3.22 Ga), Habitability in the Universe: From the Early Earth to Exoplanets, Porto, Portugal, March 22 – 27
Drabon, N., Lowe, D.R. and Heubeck, C.E. (2014): Petrography of sandstones from drill cores BARB4 and BARB5, Paleoarchean Mapepe Formation, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: Implications for provenance and tectonic reconstructions. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 15-19
Mason, P., Montinaro, A., Strauss, H., Drabon, N., and Heubeck, C.E. (2014): Geochemistry of BARB5 - insights into early Archaean environment that potentially contains traces of early biosphere. NAC12 Conference, Konigshof, The Netherlands, April 8-9
Homann, M., Heubeck, C., Engelhardt, J., and Drabon, N. (2012): Photosynthetic Microbial mats of the middle Archean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa), Geol. Assoc. Canada Annual Meeting, St. Johns, Canada, May 27–29
