Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

The Research Division Dynamics of the Ocean Floor has two Research Units: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems and Marine Geodynamics.

Contact

Head of the Research Division:

Prof. Dr. Heidrun Kopp
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
East shore campus
Wischhofstr. 1-3 
D-24148 Kiel
Germany

Phone: +49-431-600-2334
Fax: +49-431-600-2922
e-mail: hkopp(at)geomar.de

Personal Assistent/Office Management:
Martina Ikert
Phone: +49-431-600-2271
e-mail: mikert(at)geomar.de

Publications

Overview

RD4 News

he 143 meter long JOIDES RESOLUTION 2011 in the harbor of Puntarenas (Costa Rica). It is – along with the Japanese CHIKYU – the most important research platform of the IODP Image: S. Kutterolf, GEOMAR
15.03.2012

Drilling Deep to Understand the Earth

Over 200 geoscientists planning projects for the future in Kiel

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The German research vessel METEOR. Photo: H.v.Neuhoff, GEOMAR
17.01.2012

How dangerous is the Adriatic Sea?

Geophysicists from Kiel examine plate bounderies between Italy and the Balkans

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