GEOMAR  Krätschell, Anna

Dr. phil. nat. Anna-Maria Krätschell

Postdoc at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Topic 8

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Research Unit 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

FE Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Marine Mineral Resources (MMR)

Office:
Room: 8/A-112
Telefon: +49 431 600-1424
E-Mail: akraetschell(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

 

 

Research Interest

  • Geological mapping of the seafloor
  • Geospatial data handling in the marine realm
  • Spatial distribution and patterns of marine mineral resources
  • Geographic Information System (GIS) application for marine geological data

 

Projects

KIMERA – Artificial intelligence applied to mapping of the seafloor and marine spatial planning (Sept. 2023 - Aug. 2026).

iMAGE-CREATE–GEOMAR Seafloor Mapping School (2021 - 2025).

INDEX Geological mapping in the German license area for sulfides in the Indian Ocean (2017 - 2023) - funded through BGR, Hannover.

Blue Mining (2014 - 2018) - funded through EU FP7.

 

Education and Career

•    since April 2014    Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
Data management and GIS administration for Marine Mineral Resources Workgroup

•    2013    Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University (Sedimentology, Coastal and Continental Shelf Research Group)
Data preparation, analysis and GIS-integration within the SGDBALTIC project

•    2012    Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University (Sedimentology, Coastal and Continental Shelf Research Group)
Data preparation in the frame of the joint research project AufMod (hydroacoustic and sedimentological data of the German Bight) for GIS-applications

•    2009 - 2012    Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
Data management of the PREUSSAG Archive
Planning and compilation of GIS–projects (Atlantis II Deep/ West Nile Delta)  
                    
•    2004 - 2007    DFG-PhD Scholarship within the Research Training Group „Archaeological Analysis“, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main

•    1997 - 2003    Geography at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin


Expeditions

  • 2012: AL396 (AufMod) Hydroacoustic measurements and sampling of sediment cores in the coastal foreland of Sylt, North Sea, FS Alkor.
  • 2011: 64PE349 Gulf of Sirte, sampling of sediment cores and bathymetric mapping, RV Pelagia.
  • 2004/ 2005/ 2006: Field work in N-Syria to investigate the Holocene landscape development near Bronze Age settlement mound Tell Chuera.
  • 2001/ 2002:    Field work in the frame of DFG-project “Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene hydrography in the northern Badain Jaran Shamo NW-China”.

 

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

Brandl, P. A. , Hannington, M. D., Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. , Baxter, A. T., Stewart, M. S., Galley, C., Emberley, J. and Sander, S. G. (2024) A New Geological Map of the Marginal Basins of Eastern Papua New Guinea: Implications for Crustal Accretion and Mineral Endowment at Arc-Continent Collisions. Open Access Lithosphere, 2024 (4). p. 145. DOI 10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2024_145.

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Stewart, M. S., Hannington, M. D., Emberley, J., Baxter, A. T., Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. , Brandl, P. A. , Anderson, M. O., Mercier-Langevin, P., Mensing, R. A. D. C., Breker, K. and Fassbender, M. L. (2022) A new geological map of the Lau Basin (southwestern Pacific Ocean) reveals crustal growth processes in arc-backarc systems. Open Access Geosphere, 18 (2). pp. 910-943. DOI 10.1130/GES02340.1.

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Baxter, A. T., Hannington, M. D., Stewart, M. S., Emberley, J. M., Breker, K., Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. , Brandl, P. A. , Klischies, M. , Mensing, R. and Anderson, M. O. (2020) Shallow seismicity and the classification of structures in the Lau back-arc basin. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21 (7). e2020GC008924. DOI 10.1029/2020GC008924.

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Hannington, M. D., Petersen, S. and Krätschell, A. (2017) Subsea mining moves closer to shore. Nature Geoscience, 10 (3). pp. 158-159. DOI 10.1038/ngeo2897.

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Petersen, S. , Krätschell, A., Augustin, N. , Jamieson, J., Hein, J. R. and Hannington, M. D. (2016) News from the seabed – Geological characteristics and resource potential of deep-sea mineral resources. Marine Policy, 70 . pp. 175-187. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.03.012.

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Bertram, C., Krätschell, A. , O’Brien, K., Brückmann, W. , Proelss, A. and Rehdanz, K. (2011) Metalliferous sediments in the Atlantis II Deep—Assessing the geological and economic resource potential and legal constraints. Resources Policy, 36 (4). pp. 315-329. DOI 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.09.001.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - without review

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Petersen, S. , Hannington, M. D. and Krätschell, A. (2017) Technology developments in the exploration and evaluation of deep-sea mineral resources. Annales des Mines - Responsabilite et Environnement, 85 (1). pp. 14-18.

Book chapters

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Brandl, P. A. , Krätschell, A. and Augustin, N. (2020) Geologie der Tiefsee. In: Tiefsee - Vielfalt in der Dunkelheit. , ed. by Müller, T. and Hoffmann-Wieck, G.. Senckenberg-Buch, 83 . Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 46-50. ISBN 978-3-510-61415-8

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Petersen, S. and Krätschell, A. (2018) Mineralische Rohstoffe aus der Tiefsee - wirtschaftliche Chancen, technologische Herausforderungen und ökologische Risiken. In: U-Boote: Krieg und Forschung in der Tiefe - Ausstellungskatalog. , ed. by Siebeneicker, A. and Berg, P.. Klartext-Verlag, Essen, pp. 82-97. ISBN 978-3-8375-2068-2

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Hartmann, K., Wünnemann, B., Hölz, S. , Krätschell, A. and Zhang, H. (2011) Neotectonic constraints on the Gaxun Nur inland basin in north–central China, derived from remote sensing, geomorphology and geophysical analyses. In: Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau. ; 353 , ed. by Gloaguen, R. and Ratschbacher, L.. GSL Special Publications . Geological Society Publ. House, Bath, UK, pp. 221-233. ISBN 978-1-86239-326-4


Krätschell, A. , Thiemeyer, H. and Wunderlich, J. (2008) Landschaftsentwicklung im Bereich des Tell Chuera - Geomorphologisch-sedimentologische Untersuchungen in Nord-Syrien. In: Das Graduiertenkolleg Archäologische Analytik der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft . . Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 77-86.

Presentations


Schie, M., Brandl, P. A. , Petersen, S. , Krätschell, A. and Sander, S. (2025) KIMERA - Artificial intelligence for seabed mapping and marine spatial planning - A case study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. [Talk] In: 6. Symposium on Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies. , 15.-16.05.2025, Hannover, Germany .


Petersen, S. and Krätschell, A. (2021) Geological settings, distribution, and resource potential of SMS occurrences at slow-spreading ridges. [Invited talk] In: NCS Exploration Deep-sea Minerals Conference. , 20.-21.10.2021, Bergen, Norway .


Petersen, S. , Hannington, M. D., Hölz, S. , Krätschell, A., Klischies, M. , Graber, S., Anderson, M. O., Jamieson, J., Grant, H. and Murton, B. J. (2019) Same, same, but different: recent advances in our understanding of modern seafloor hydrothermal systems. [Talk] In: 15. Biennal SGA Meeting 2019. , 27.-30.08.2019, Glasgow, UK .

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Brueckmann, W., Kraetschell, A. and Augustin, N. (2017) Data Mining the Red Sea Atlantis II Deep. [Talk] In: Offshore Technology Conference 2017. , 01.-04.05.2017, Houston, Texas, USA . DOI 10.4043/27764-MS.

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Petersen, S. , Krätschell, A. and Hannington, M. D. (2016) The Current State of Global Activities Related to Deep-sea Mineral Exploration and Mining. Open Access [Talk] In: EAGE/DGG Workshop on Deep Mineral Exploration. , 18.03.2016, Münster, Germany . DOI 10.3997/2214-4609.201600033.

Conference posters

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Besaw, M., Hannington, M. D., Baxter, A., Stewart, M., Petersen, S. and Krätschell, A. (2021) Geology of the North Fiji Basin Triple Junction: A possible modern analog of late Archean mafic magmatism and VMS formation. Open Access [Poster] In: PDAC Convention 2021. , 08.03.-11.03.21, Toronto, Canada . 12 Annual PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloqium Abstracts. ; p. 39 .

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Mensing, R., Stewart, M., Baxter, A., Hannington, M. D., Krätschell, A. and Petersen, S. (2021) Microplate interactions and hydrothermal activity at the Mangatolu Triple Junction, Northern Lau Basin. Open Access [Poster] In: PDAC Convention 2021. , 08.03.-11.03.21, Toronto, Canada . 12 Annual PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloqium Abstracts. ; p. 42 .


Ovchinnikova, A., Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. and Cherkashov, G. (2021) Comparison of GIS methods for semi-automated landform mapping in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the E-Pacific. [Poster] In: VNII Okeangeologia Young Researchers Conference. , 09.-11.06.2021, St. Petersburg, Russia .


Besaw, M., Hannington, M. D., Stewart, M. S., Baxter, A. T., Petersen, S. , Krätschell, A. and Emberley, J. (2020) Geology of the Central North Fiji Basin Triple Junction: A Possible Modern Analogue for Voluminous Late Archean Mafic Volcanism.. [Poster] In: PDAC Convention 2020. , 01.4.-04.4.2020, Toronto, Canada .

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Brandl, P. A. , Krätschell, A., Emberley, J., Hannington, M. D., Stewart, M., Petersen, S. and Baxter, A. (2020) Remote predictive geological mapping as a tool for the reconstruction of the complex geodynamic evolution of Melanesia. [Poster] In: EGU General Assembly 2020. , 03.05.-08.05.2020, Vienna, Austria . DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3557.


Mensing, R., Stewart, M., Hannington, M. D., Emberly, J., Baxter, A. T., Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. , Brandl, P. , Anderson, M. O., Mercier-Langevin, P. and Breker, K. (2020) Investigating growth of present-day oceanic back-arc crust as an analogue for ancient greenstone belts.. [Poster] In: PDAC Convention 2020. , 01.4.-04.4.2020, Toronto, Canada .


Krätschell, A., Petersen, S. and Hannington, M. D. (2015) Marine minerals database and information system at GEOMAR. [Poster] In: GeoBerlin 2015. , 04.-07.10.2015, Berlin, Germany .


Laurila, T. E., Hannington, M. D., Petersen, S. and Krätschell, A. (2010) The Atlantis II Deep - Geochemical insights to the metal precipitation in the Red Sea. [Poster] In: Society of Economic Geologists 2010 Conference. , 03.-05.10.2010, Keystone, Colorado, USA .

Theses - not published by a publisher

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Krätschell, A. (2010) Untersuchungen zur holozänen Landschaftsentwicklung im Umfeld der bronzezeitlichen Siedlung Tell Chuera, Nord-Syrien. (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, 220 pp.

Reports - Cruise Reports

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Kampmeier, M., Krätschell, A. and Schwarzer, K. (2012) RV Alkor AL 396 Cruise Report AufMod-F North Sea (west of the island of Sylt). Open Access . Alkor-Berichte, AL396 . Institute of Geosciences Sedimentology, Coastal- and Continental Shelf Research Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 34 pp. DOI 10.3289/CR_AL396.

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