Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

• MSM19/3-AGULHAS: Ursprung der Dupal-Anomalie in ozeanischen Basalten der südlichen Hemisphäre und Ursachen von Intraplattenvulkanismus
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: DFG (2011 - 2012)
  additional information: AGULHAS 

• Jeddah-Transect: Volcanism and hydrothermalism in and around the Atlantis II Deep
  Contact: Prof. C. Devey, Dr. N. Augustin
  funding through: King Abdullah-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia (2010-2013)

  additional information: Jeddah-Transect

• CLIP: Origin of the Caribbean Large Igneous Provinz (CLIP) in relation to the geodynamic evolution of the Central Caribbean
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: DFG (2010)
  

  additional information: CLIP

• Flux and spreading of Galápagos plume material in the equatorial East Pacific
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: BMBF (2010 - 2012)
  additional information: Plumeflux

• WALVIS I: Ar/Ar Geochronology and Geochemistry of existing samples from the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: DFG (2009 - 2012)
  additional information: Walvis 

• Woodlark: Magma genesis, tectonics and hydrothermalism along
  the propagating spreading axis in the Woodlark Basin
  Contact: Prof. C. Devey
  funding through: BMBF (2009 - 2011)
  additional information: Woodlark

•  IODP: High-precision Pb (double spike) and Sr-Nd-Hf-isotopic record of upper oceanic crust at Leg 206 (Site 1256, Eastern Central Pacific)
  Contact: Prof. Dr. K. Hoernle
  funding through: DFG (2008-2011)
  

  additional information: IODP

• KALMAR TP3: Volcanic and magmatic evolution of the Kamchatka-Aleutian-Triple-Junction in space and time
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle, Dr. M. Portnyagin, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: BMBF (2006 - 2011)
  additional information: KALMAR TP3

The Research Unit is also involved in 3 subprojects of the Sonderforschungsbereich "Volatiles and Fluids in Subduction Zones" (SFB 574). These are:

• Subproject C2: Transfer of volatiles and fluid-mobile elements through the mantle wedge (more informationen)

• Subproject C3: Fluid fluxes from permanently degassing active volcanoes (more informationen)

• Subproject C4: Volatile output from evolving magma systems in explosive eruptions (more informationen)

The research group "Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems" was coordinating the DFG-Priority Program (SPP) 1144 “From Mantle to Ocean: Energy-, Material- and Life-cycles at Spreading Axes" from 2003 to 2009.

Contact: Prof. C. Devey, Dr. K. Lackschewitz

additional information: SPP1144

recently finished projects

• The third dimension of the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field: sulfide formation, evolution, and fluid flow in the subseafloor (LOGDRILL)
  Contact: Dr. S. Petersen
  

  additional information: LOGDRILL

• Christmas Island Seamount Province and the Investigator Ridge: Age and Causes of Intraplate Volcanism and Evolution of the Seafloor in the Wharton Basin (Eastern Central Indian Ocean)
  Contact: Prof. K. Hoernle
  funding through: BMBF (2008 - 2010)
  additional information: CHRISP

• Shallow drilling of hydrothermal fields in the Tyrrhenian Sea
  Contact: Dr. S. Petersen
  funding through: DFG (2007 - 2008)
  additional Information: PALINDRILL

• Temporal, spatial and tectonic evolution of oceanic plateaus (MANIHIKI)
  Contact: Prof. Dr. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff, Dr. R. Werner
  funding through: BMBF (2007 - 2009)
  additional Information: MANIHIKI

• Causes and effects of magmatism at the Marie Byrd Seamounts (Amundsen Sea)
  Contact: Prof. Dr. K. Hoernle, Dr. F. Hauff
  funding through: DFG   (2005-2007)