GEOMAR  Pank, Katharina

Dr. Katharina M. Pank

Katharina M. Pank

Scientist, Topic 3
RD 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems

Office:         8A-211
Telephone: +49 431 600-2563
E-mail:        kpank(at)geomar.de
ORCID:       orcid.org/0000-0002-7789-719X

 

Scientific interests

  • Marine tephrochronostratigraphy
  • Volcanic time series of explosive volcanism
  • Geochemical variations over time
  • Volcano - climate interactions

Education

Since 10/2023            Postdoctoral researcher GEOMAR

10/2019 - 10/2023      Doctoral researcher University of Kiel and GEOMAR

10/2016 - 08/2019      MSc Geosciences University of Kiel

10/2012 - 10/2016      BSc in Geosciences University of Kiel

Expeditions

03/2025                     RV Kaimei KM25-02 Leg 2, Izu-Ogasawara arc (Japan)

07/2024                     Field work Azores (Portugal)

08/2023 - 09/2023     RV Sonne SO299/2, Krakatau (Indonesia)

12/2022 - 02/2023     IODP Exp. 398, Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Volcanic Field (Greece)

05/2022                     Field work Santorini and Christiana (Greece)

05/2019 - 06/2019     RV Meteor M155, Cape Verdes

06/2017 - 07/2017     RV Sonne SO258/1, Indian Ocean

Others

TV productions

  • 2023         Checker Tobi - Der Insel-Check (KIKA)
  • 2024         Das Geheimnis von Santorini (ARTE)

Publications

Jump to: Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed | Book chapters | Presentations | Conference posters | Theses - not published by a publisher | Committee
Number of items: 27.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

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McDonald, L. S., Strachan, L. J., Holt, K., McArthur, A. D., Shorrock, A. E., Crundwell, M. P., Pank, K. , Clarke, M., Woodhouse, A., Gamboa, D., Hopkins, J. L., McGlone, M. S. and Bostock, H. C. (2026) Pollen transport to deep-marine environments: Considerations for reconstructing past vegetation from marine sediment cores. Open Access Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 226 . Art.Nr. 113352. DOI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113352.

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Metcalfe, A., Druitt, T., Pank, K. , Kutterolf, S. , Preine, J., Beethe, S., Schmitt, A., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Ronge, T. A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R., Koukousioura, O., Manga, M., McCanta, M., McIntosh, I., Peccia, A., Tominaga, M., Yamamoto, Y., Woodhouse, A., Bernard, A., Perez, T. F., Jones, C. K., Joshi, K. B., Kletetschka, G., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Li, X., Papanikolaou, D., Pyle, D. and Sternai, P. (2025) Tectonic modulation of caldera volcanism on the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. Open Access Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 671 . Art.Nr. 119633. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119633.


Pank, K. , Kling, J. C. F. , Lebas, E. , Pimentel, A., Belo, J., Kutterolf, S. , Andrade, M. , Hansteen, T. H. and Freundt, A. (In Press / Accepted) Facies characterization and volcanic source assignment of marine tephra deposits around São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems . DOI 10.1029/2025GC012619.

Pank, K., Kutterolf, S. , Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C. , Hopkins, J. L., Wang, K. L., Lee, H. Y. and Schmitt, A. K. (2025) A Quaternary marine tephrostratigraphic record of New Zealand's explosive volcanism – Integration of medial and distal to ultra-distal marine tephra inventories. Open Access Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 466 . Art.Nr. 108404. DOI 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108404.

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Metcalfe, A., Druitt, T., Pank, K. , Kutterolf, S. , Preine, J., Kelfoun, K., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Ronge, T. A., Chiyonobu, S., Koukousioura, O., Woodhouse, A., Beethe, S., Manga, M., McIntosh, I., Tominaga, M., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R., Peccia, A., Yamamoto, Y., Bernard, A., Fernandez Perez, T., Jones, C. K., Joshi, K. B., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Li, X., Nedelec, J. M., Lee, H. Y. and Papanikolaou, D. (2025) Submarine ash megabed fed by far-traveled, shoreline-crossing pyroclastic currents from a large explosive volcanic eruption. Open Access Science Advances, 11 (33). Art.Nr.: eads9642. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.ads9642.

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Manga, M., Tominaga, M., Preine, J., Ronge, T. A., Beethe, S., Hübscher, C., McIntosh, I., Nomikou, P., Kutterolf, S. , Druitt, T., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Fernandez‐Perez, T. I., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R. M., Jones, C. K., Joshi, K. B., Kletetschka, G., Koukousioura, O., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Polymenakou, P. N., Woodhouse, A. and Yamamoto, Y. (2025) Low Heat Flow in the Anhydros Basin, Aegean Sea, Recorded by Deep Subsurface Temperatures. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (13). Art.Nr.: e2025GL115919. DOI 10.1029/2025GL115919.

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Preine, J., Karstens, J. , Hübscher, C., Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S. , Nomikou, P., Manga, M., Gertisser, R., Pank, K., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Crutchley, G. , McIntosh, I., Ronge, T., Tominaga, M., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Johnston, R., Mateo, Z., Peccia, A., Jones, C., Kletetschka, G., Metcalfe, A., Bernard, A., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Fernandez-Perez, T., Joshi, K. B., Koukousioura, O., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Woodhouse, A., Yamamoto, Y., Wang, K. L., Lee, H. Y., Li, X. and Papanikolaou, D. (2024) Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Open Access Nature Geoscience, 17 . pp. 323-331. DOI 10.1038/s41561-024-01392-7.

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Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S. , Ronge, T. A., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Preine, J., Gertisser, R., Karstens, J. , Keller, J., Koukousioura, O., Manga, M., Metcalfe, A., McCanta, M., McIntosh, I., Pank, K., Woodhouse, A., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Chiyonobu, S., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Johnston, R., Peccia, A., Yamamoto, Y., Bernard, A., Perez, T. F., Jones, C., Joshi, K. B., Kletetschka, G., Li, X., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P., Tominaga, M., Papanikolaou, D., Wang, K. L. and Lee, H. Y. (2024) Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini. Open Access Communications Earth & Environment, 5 . Art.Nr. 24 (2024). DOI 10.1038/s43247-023-01171-z.

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Woodhouse, A., Barnes, P. M., Shorrock, A., Strachan, L. J., Crundwell, M., Bostock, H. C., Hopkins, J., Kutterolf, S. , Pank, K., Behrens, E., Greve, A., Bell, R., Cook, A., Petronotis, K., LeVay, L., Jamieson, R. A., Aze, T., Wallace, L. , Saffer, D. and Pecher, I. (2024) Trench floor depositional response to glacio-eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 67 (3). pp. 312-335. DOI 10.1080/00288306.2022.2099432.

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Kutterolf, S. , Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C. , Müller, F., Pank, K., Lee, H. Y., Wang, K. L. and Schmitt, A. K. (2023) Revisiting the occurrence and distribution of Indian Ocean Tephra: Quaternary marine Toba ash inventory. Open Access Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 441 . Art.Nr. 107879. DOI 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107879.

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Kutterolf, S. , Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C. , Pank, K., Schmitt, A. K., Lee, H. Y. and Wang, K. L. (2023) The cenozoic marine tephra record in Indian Ocean deep drill sites. Open Access Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 441 . Art.Nr. 107875. DOI 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107875.

Pank, K., Kutterolf, S. , Hopkins, J. L., Wang, K. ‐., Lee, H. ‐. and Schmitt, A. K. (2023) Advances in New Zealand's Tephrochronostratigraphy Using Marine Drill Sites: The Neogene. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24 (8). e2023GC010866. DOI 10.1029/2023GC010866.

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Luo, M., Hong, W. L., Torres, M. E., Kutterolf, S. , Pank, K., Hopkins, J. L., Solomon, E. A., Wang, K. L. and Lee, H. Y. (2023) Volcanogenic aluminosilicate alteration drives formation of authigenic phases at the northern Hikurangi margin: Implications for subseafloor geochemical cycles. Chemical Geology, 619 . Art.Nr.121317. DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121317.

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Pank, K., Hansteen, T. H. , Geldmacher, J. , Hauff, F. , Jicha, B., Nomikou, P., Garbe-Schönberg, D. and Hoernle, K. (2022) Mineralogy and geochemistry of lavas from the submarine lower caldera walls of Santorini Volcano (Greece). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 427 . Art.Nr. 107556. DOI 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107556.

Kutterolf, S. , Freundt, A. , Druitt, T. H., McPhie, J., Nomikou, P., Pank, K., Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C. , Hansteen, T. and Allen, S. (2021) The medial offshore record of explosive volcanism along the central to eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc, part 2: Tephra ages and volumes, eruption magnitudes and marine sedimentation rate variations. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22 (12). e2021GC010011. DOI 10.1029/2021GC010011.

Kutterolf, S. , Freundt, A. , Hansteen, T. H. , Dettbarn, R., Hampel, F., Sievers, C., Wittig, C., Allen, S., Druitt, T. H., McPhie, J., Nomikou, P., Pank, K., Schindlbeck-Belo, J. , Wang, K. ‐., Lee, H. ‐. and Friedrichs, B. (2021) The medial offshore record of explosive volcanism along the central to eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc, part 1: Tephrostratigraphic correlations. Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22 (12). e2021GC010010. DOI 10.1029/2021GC010010.

Book chapters

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Pank, K., Kutterolf, S. O. , Hopkins, J. L., Wang, K. L. and Lee, H. Y. (2023) Data report: marine tephra compositions in proximal and distal drill cores, IODP Expeditions 375, 372, and 329, ODP Leg 181, and DSDP Leg 90, offshore New Zealand, Southwest Pacific. Open Access In: Hikurangi Subduction Margin Coring, Logging, and Observatories. , ed. by Wallace, L. M., Saffer, D. M., Barnes, P. M., Pecher, I. A., Petronotis, K. E. and LeVay, L. J.. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 372B/375 . IODP, College Station, TX, pp. 1-10. DOI 10.14379/iodp.proc.372B375.210.2023.

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Kutterolf, S. , Schindlbeck, J. C. , Pank, K., Wang, K. L. and Lee, H. Y. (2023) Data report: chemical compositions of marine tephra layers in the Indian Ocean, IODP Expeditions 353 and 362. Open Access In: Sumatra Subduction Zone - Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 362. . IODP, College Station, TX, pp. 1-7. DOI 10.14379/iodp.proc.362.207.2023.

Presentations


Karstens, J. , Kühn, M. , Urlaub, M. , Husrin, S., Furst, S. , Berndt, C. , Belo, J., Supardi, S. R., Karima, S., Budi Nugroho, A., Pratama, A., Klein, E. , Pank, K., Berndt, J., Matthies, F., Meredew, K. and Preine, P. (2024) New insights into processes involved in the 1883 Krakatau eruption and tsunami from seismic and hydroacoustic data. [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2024. , 09.-13.12.2024, Washington DC, USA .


Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Woodhouse, A., Koukousioura, O., Chiyonobu, S., Druitt, T. H., Kutterolf, S. , Nomikou, P., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Manga, M., McIntosh, I. M., Tominga, M., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S. M., Fernandez Perez, T. I., Gertisser, R., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Polymenakou, P., Yamamoto, Y., Metcalfe, A., Xiaohui, L., Crutchley, G. J. and Karstens, J. (2024) IODP Expedition 398 reveals a major normal fault along the Kolumbo Volcanic Chain.. [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2024. , 14.–19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria .


Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Woodhouse, A., Koukousioura, O., Chiyonobu, S., Druitt, T. H., Kutterolf, S. , Nomikou, P., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Manga, M., McIntosh, I. M., Tominga, M., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S. M., Fernandez Perez, T. I., Gertisser, R., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., McCanta, M., Morris, A., Pank, K., Peccia, A., Polymenakou, P., Yamamoto, Y., Metcalfe, A., Xiaohui, L., Crutchley, G. J. and Karstens, J. (2024) Discovery of a major normal fault along the Kolumbo Volcanic Chain reveals fundamental volcano-tectonic feedback mechanisms. [Talk] In: Cities on Volcanoes 12. , 11.02.2024-17.02.2024, La Antigua, Guatemala .


Druitt, T. H., Kutterolf, S., Preine, J., Gertisser, R., Karstens, J. , Keller, J., Hübscher, C., Koukousioura, O., Manga, M., McCanta, M., McIntosh, I. M., Metcalfe, A., Nomikou, P., Pank, K., Ronge, T., Woodhouse, A., Crutchley, G. , Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Chiyonobu, S., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S. M., Johnston, R. M., Peccia, A., Yamamoto, Y., Bernard, A., Fernandez Perez, T. I., Jones, C., Batuk Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., Xiaohui, L., Morris, A., Polymenakou, P. and Tominga, M. (2023) Deposits from a spectrum of shallow marine to subaerial explosive eruptions studied by deep drilling at Santorini (IODP Expedition 398). [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2023. , 11.-15.12.2023, San Francisco .


Pank, K., Hansteen, T. , Geldmacher, J. , Garbe-Schönberg, D., Jicha, B. and Hoernle, K. A. (2020) Origin and evolution of the lowermost lava successions at Santorini volcano (Greece): insights from major and trace element composition of rocks from the submarine caldera wall. [Talk] In: Cities on Volcanoes Conference 2020. , 23.05.-27.05.2020, Heraklion, Kreta .

Conference posters

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Metcalfe, A., Druitt, T., Pank, K., Kutterolf, S. , Preine, J., Huebscher, C. and Nomikou, P. and IODP EXP 398 Participants (2024) Role of Lithospheric Rifting in the Initiation and Modulation of Explosive Volcanism at the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo Volcanic Field Session. Open Access [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2024. , 09.-13.12.2024, Washington DC, USA .

Theses - not published by a publisher

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Pank, K. M. (2023) From marine sediments to explosive eruption record: A case study from New Zealand and a revised methodical approach. (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany, XVII, 543 pp.

Committee


Pank, K. (2024) Helmholtz Association Postdoc Network (HAPN) / Representative of GEOMAR Postdocs / Representative of postdoctoral researchers within Helmholtz. 11.2024-11.2025 [Committee]


Pank, K. (2023) Postdoc+ Team / Representative of postdocs at GEOMAR. 11.2023-11.2025 [Committee]

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