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Research interests – applying geochronology and radiogenic isotope tracing, field geology and geochemistry to resolve processes and time constrains in Earth history; deciphering cause-effect relationship in major geological events in Earth evolution; measuring geologic time precisely and accurately using U-Pb isotope system on accessory minerals (zircons, monazite, titanite, rutile, apatite); quantitative probabilistic modeling of stratigraphic age; resolving magmatic processes – how magma differentiates in the Earth crust, duration of magmatism and cooling history; resolving processes in ore deposits – duration and mechanism of ore formation.

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Employment (4)

University of Geneva: Geneva, CH

2017 to present | Collaborateur/collaboratrice scientifique II (Department of Earth Sciences)
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University of Geneva: Geneva, CH

2009 to 2017 | Maître-Assistante (Department of Earth Sciences)
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University of Geneva : Geneva, CH

2004 to 2009 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Department of Mineralogy)
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Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”: Sofia, BG

2003 to 2004 | Research assistant (Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski": Sofia, BG

1999-04-01 to 2005-11-14 | PhD (Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology)
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ETH Zurich: Zurich, CH

2000 to 2003 (Institute of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources)
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Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski": Sofia, BG

1989 to 1993 | M.Sc.
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Works (28)

Zircon petrochronology reveals the timescale and mechanism of anatectic magma formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Federico Farina; Andrea Dini; Joshua H.F.L. Davies; Maria Ovtcharova; Nicolas D. Greber; Anne-Sophie Bouvier; Lukas Baumgartner; Alexey Ulianov; Urs Schaltegger
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High temperature (>350 °C) thermal histories of the long lived (>500 Ma) active margin of Ecuador and Colombia: Apatite, titanite and rutile U-Pb thermochronology

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
2018-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-7037
Contributors: Andre N. Paul; Richard A. Spikings; Alexey Ulianov; Maria Ovtcharova
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Pluton construction and deformation in the Sveconorwegian crust of SW Norway: Magnetic fabric and U-Pb geochronology of the Kleivan and Sjelset granitic complexes

Precambrian Research
2018-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-9268
Contributors: Olivier Bolle; Hervé Diot; Jacqueline Vander Auwera; Aliou Dembele; Jasmine Schittekat; Simo Spassov; Maria Ovtcharova; Urs Schaltegger
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Timing of K-alkaline magmatism in the Balkan segment of southeast European Variscan edifice: ID-TIMS and LA-ICP-MS study

International Journal of Earth Sciences
2017-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1437-3254
Contributors: Momchil Dyulgerov; Maria Ovtcharova-Schaltegger; Alexey Ulianov; Urs Schaltegger
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Dating the Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth glaciations using contemporaneous subglacial hydrothermal systems

Geology
2017-05-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
Contributors: D.O. Zakharov; I.N. Bindeman; A.I. Slabunov; M. Ovtcharova; M.A. Coble; N.S. Serebryakov; U. Schaltegger
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Source and age of upper Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa: Age-Hf isotope record of zircons in Magaliesberg quartzite and Dullstroom lava, and implications for Paleoproterozoic (2.5–2.0 Ga) continent reconstruction

Precambrian Research
2016-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-9268
Contributors: Armin Zeh; Allan H. Wilson; Maria Ovtcharova
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Primary Magmas in Continental Arcs and their Differentiated Products: Petrology of a Post-plutonic Dyke Suite in the Tertiary Adamello Batholith (Alps)

Journal of Petrology
2016-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3530
Contributors: Niklaus Hürlimann; Othmar Müntener; Peter Ulmer; Rohit Nandedkar; Massimo Chiaradia; Maria Ovtcharova
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Zircon record of the plutonic-volcanic connection and protracted rhyolite melt evolution

Geology
2016-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
Contributors: Chad D. Deering; Brenhin Keller; Blair Schoene; Olivier Bachmann; Rachel Beane; Maria Ovtcharova
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Response to comment on “Evaluating the temporal link between the Karoo LIP and climatic–biologic events of the Toarcian Stage with high-precision U–Pb geochronology”

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2016-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Bryan Sell; Maria Ovtcharova; Jean Guex; Annachiara Bartolini; Fred Jourdan; Jorge E. Spangenberg; Jean-Claude Vicente; Urs Schaltegger
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The Bushveld Complex was emplaced and cooled in less than one million years – results of zirconology, and geotectonic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2015-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Armin Zeh; Maria Ovtcharova; Allan H. Wilson; Urs Schaltegger
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Evaluating the temporal link between the Karoo LIP and climatic–biologic events of the Toarcian Stage with high-precision U–Pb geochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Bryan Sell; Maria Ovtcharova; Jean Guex; Annachiara Bartolini; Fred Jourdan; Jorge E. Spangenberg; Jean-Claude Vicente; Urs Schaltegger
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Mass Spectrometry in Earth Sciences: The Precise and Accurate Measurement of Time

CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
2014-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0009-4293
Contributors: Urs Schaltegger; Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw; Maria Ovtcharova; Massimo Chiaradia; Richard Spikings
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Adakitic magmatism in post-collisional setting: An example from the Early–Middle Eocene Magmatic Belt in Southern Bulgaria and Northern Greece

Lithos
2013-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0024-4937
Contributors: Peter Marchev; Stoyan Georgiev; Raya Raicheva; Irena Peytcheva; Albrecht von Quadt; Maria Ovtcharova; Nikolay Bonev
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How Accurately Can We Date the Duration of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Events in Porphyry Systems?--An Invited Paper

Economic Geology
2013-05-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0361-0128
Contributors: M. Chiaradia; U. Schaltegger; R. Spikings; J.-F. Wotzlaw; M. Ovtcharova
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Post-Orogenic Extension and Hydrothermal Ore Formation: High-Precision Geochronology of the Central Rhodopian Metamorphic Core Complex (Bulgaria-Greece)

Economic Geology
2013-05-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0361-0128
Contributors: M. K. Rohrmeier; A. von Quadt; T. Driesner; C. A. Heinrich; R. Handler; M. Ovtcharova; Z. Ivanov; P. Petrov; S. Sarov; I. Peytcheva
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High precision U/Pb zircon dating of the Chaltén Plutonic Complex (Cerro Fitz Roy, Patagonia) and its relationship to arc migration in the southernmost Andes

Tectonics
2012-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0278-7407
Contributors: Cristobal Ramírez de Arellano; Benita Putlitz; Othmar Müntener; Maria Ovtcharova
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Dating emplacement and evolution of the orogenic magmatism in the internal Western Alps: 1. The Miagliano Pluton

Swiss Journal of Geosciences
2012-05-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1661-8726
Contributors: Alfons Berger; Tonny B. Thomsen; Maria Ovtcharova; Notburga Kapferer; Ivan Mercolli
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Dating emplacement and evolution of the orogenic magmatism in the internal Western Alps: 2. The Biella Volcanic Suite

Swiss Journal of Geosciences
2012-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1661-8726
Contributors: Notburga Kapferer; Ivan Mercolli; Alfons Berger; Maria Ovtcharova; Bernhard Fügenschuh
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Time resolved construction of a bimodal laccolith (Torres del Paine, Patagonia)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2012-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Julien Leuthold; Othmar Müntener; Lukas P. Baumgartner; Benita Putlitz; Maria Ovtcharova; Urs Schaltegger
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Cenozoic granitoids in the Dinarides of southern Serbia: age of intrusion, isotope geochemistry, exhumation history and significance for the geodynamic evolution of the Balkan Peninsula

International Journal of Earth Sciences
2010-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1437-3254
Contributors: Senecio Schefer; Vladica Cvetković; Bernhard Fügenschuh; Alexandre Kounov; Maria Ovtcharova; Urs Schaltegger; Stefan M. Schmid
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Bracketing the Age of Magmatic-Hydrothermal Activity at the Cerro de Pasco Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit, Central Peru: A U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar Study

Economic Geology
2009-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0361-0128
Contributors: R. Baumgartner; L. Fontbote; R. Spikings; M. Ovtcharova; U. Schaltegger; J. Schneider; L. Page; M. Gutjahr
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Incremental growth of the Patagonian Torres del Paine laccolith over 90 k.y

Geology
2008 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
Contributors: Jürgen Michel; Lukas Baumgartner; Benita Putlitz; Urs Schaltegger; Maria Ovtcharova
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Precise U–Pb age constraints for end-Triassic mass extinction, its correlation to volcanism and Hettangian post-extinction recovery

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2008-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Urs Schaltegger; Jean Guex; Annachiara Bartolini; Blair Schoene; Maria Ovtcharova
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Timing of the Early Triassic carbon cycle perturbations inferred from new U–Pb ages and ammonoid biochronozones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2007-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Thomas Galfetti; Hugo Bucher; Maria Ovtcharova; Urs Schaltegger; Arnaud Brayard; Thomas Brühwiler; Nicolas Goudemand; Helmut Weissert; Peter A. Hochuli; Fabrice Cordey et al.
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Timing of recovery from the end-Permian extinction: Geochronologic and biostratigraphic constraints from south China: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT

Geology
2007-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0091-7613
Contributors: H. Bucher; P. A. Hochuli; U. Schaltegger; M. Ovtcharova; T. Galfetti; A. Brayard; N. Goudemand; J. Guex
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New Early to Middle Triassic U–Pb ages from South China: Calibration with ammonoid biochronozones and implications for the timing of the Triassic biotic recovery

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
2006-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0012-821X
Contributors: Maria Ovtcharova; Hugo Bucher; Urs Schaltegger; Thomas Galfetti; Arnaud Brayard; Jean Guex
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2: Hydrothermal ore deposits related to post-orogenic extensional magmatism and core complex formation: The Rhodope Massif of Bulgaria and Greece

Ore Geology Reviews
2005-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0169-1368
Contributors: Peter Marchev; Majka Kaiser-Rohrmeier; Christoph Heinrich; Maria Ovtcharova; Albrecht von Quadt; Raya Raicheva
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Metagranitoids from the eastern part of the Central Rhodopean Dome (Bulgaria): U?Pb, Rb?Sr and 40Ar/39Ar timing of emplacement and exhumation and isotope-geochemical features

Mineralogy and Petrology
2004-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0930-0708
Contributors: I. Peytcheva; A. von Quadt; M. Ovtcharova; R. Handler; F. Neubauer; E. Salnikova; Y. Kostitsyn; S. Sarov; K. Kolcheva
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