Fiene Matthies

Research Devision 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Marine Geodynamics

Office: 8C-202
Phone: +49 431 600-2328
E-Mail: fmatthies@geomar.de
Address Wischhofstraße 1-3, D-24148 Kiel
Website: www.pre-collapse.eu

Scientific Interest

  • Numerical Modeling
  • Geohazards
  • Rock Mechanics
  • State and Evolution of the Lithospheric Stress Field
  • Tectonics

Education and Career

Since 12/2022
Doctoral Researcher at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel

10/2020 - 11/2022
M.Sc. in Geoscience, Leibniz Universität Hannover

09/2019 - 12/2019
Semester abroad through ISEP (International Student Exchange Program) , Brock University (St. Catherines, ON, Canada)

10/2017 - 09/2020
B.Sc. in Geoscience, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Research Cruises

08/2023
RV SONNE SO299/2: REET – Reconstructing volcanic eruptions and tsunamis of Krakatau volcano

Workshops

03/2023
2nd Edition of the International Field Course on Physical Volcanology, Tenerife (Canary Islands), IAVCEI Commission on Volcano Geology

Academic Services

Since 01/2022
Member of the jDGGV (Young German Geological Society)

Awards

09/2022
Young Scientist Book Award within the Young Scientist Session at GeoMin Köln 2022
2nd Place for talk „Impact of Glaciation and Glacial Erosion on the Stress Field in Forearcs“

Publications

Matthies, F., Urlaub, M., Ikari, M., Hampel, A., 2024. Insights into the deformation pattern and the edifice stability of oceanic volcanoes from direct shear experiments and finite-element models: A case-study of Anak Krakatau (Sunda Strait, Indonesia) [Talk], Symposium on Tectonics – Structural Geology – Crystalline Geology TSK-20.

Matthies, F., Dielforder, A., Hampel, A., 2024. Force-balance modeling of the impact of glacial erosion, trench sedimentation, megathrust weakening and glacial loading on the stress state of the crust at active continental margins. Tectonophysics 871, 230180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230180.

Matthies, F., Urlaub, M., Ikari, M., 2023. The Influence of the Volcano Geometry and the Rock Mechanical Properties on the Edifice Stability of Oceanic Volcanoes: A Case-Study of Anak Krakatau (Sunda Strait, Indonesia) [Talk], Oceanic Volcanism Workshop.

Matthies, F., Urlaub, M., Ikari, M., 2023. Insights Into the Edifice Stability of Anak-Krakatau (Sunda Strait, Indonesia) Before the Lateral Collapse in December 2018 from Direct Shear Experiments and Finite-Element Models [Talk], GeoBerlin 2023. https://doi.org/10.48380/rhg9-j718

Matthies, F., Dielforder, A., Hampel, A., Impact of Glaciation and Glacial Erosion on the Stress Field in Forearcs [Talk], GeoMin Köln, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48380/4990-3k04.