Dr. Mariana Andrade

Current Research Involvement

CAVA Tephras - Rhythms, Magnitude, and Impacts of Volcanic Ash from Explosive Central American Arc Eruptions  | 01.01.2026 - 31.06.2027

VolClimA – Volcano-Climate Interaction: A testcase from the Azores Archipelago | DFG | 15.10. 2022-14.10.2025

VoRAMS – Volcanic Records And Marine Stratigraphy: Combining tephra, foraminifera and marine sediment studies to explore the long-term link between climate and volcanism | GEOMAR Call for Postdoctoral Activities | 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2025​​​​​​​

ExTRAP – Exploratory study of Tephra Records in Azores Peatlands | FCT Portugal Exploratory Project Grant | 01.01.2025 - 30.06.2026 - https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.12382.PEX​​​​​​​ 

Education and Career

Since 2023: Postdoc at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2023: PhD in Geology, University of Lisbon
2018: MSc in Geophysical Sciences, University of Lisbon
2015: BSc in Geology, University of Lisbon

Research Visits Abroad

2020: GEOMAR, Germany
2019: IVAR, University of the Azores, Portugal 
2019/20: GEO3BCN, Spain

Publications

Schindlbeck‐Belo, J. C., Andrade, M., Kling, J., Kutterolf, S., Pimentel, A., Lebas, E., ... & Hansteen, T. H. (2025). Facies characterization and volcanic source assignment of marine tephra deposits around São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26(12), e2025GC012619. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012619

Andrade, M., Hernández, A., Pimentel, A., Cruz, J. V., Ramos, A. M., Ludwig, P., ... & Ramalho, R. S. (2025). Controls on water‐magma interactions at hydraulically‐charged volcanic islands. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(18), e2025GL115727. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115727

Sáez, A., Hernández, A., Pimentel, A., Andrade, M., Bao, R., Raposeiro, P. M., ... & Giralt, S. (2025). Westerlies migrations and volcanic records over the past 4000 years from the Azores lacustrine sequences. Exploring correlations and impacts on Western Europe. Global and Planetary Change, 104698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104698

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R., Pimentel, A., Kutterolf, S., & Hernández, A. (2023). The recent volcanism of Flores Island (Azores), Part II: Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Comprida Volcanic System. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 438, 107806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107806

Andrade, M., Pimentel, A., Ramalho, R., Kutterolf, S., & Hernández, A. (2022). The recent volcanism of Flores Island (Azores): Stratigraphy and eruptive history of Funda Volcanic System. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 432, 107706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107706

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R. S., Pimentel, A., Hernandez, A., Kutterolf, S., Saez, A., Benavente, M., Raposeiro, P. M. & Giralt, S. (2021). Unraveling the Holocene eruptive history of Flores Island (Azores) through the analysis of lacustrine sedimentary records. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9:738178. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.738178

Font, E., Adatte, T., Andrade, M., Keller, G., Bitchong, A. M., Carvallo, C., Ferreira, J., Diogo, Z. & Mirão, J. (2018). Deccan volcanism induced high-stress environment during the Cretaceous– Paleogene transition at Zumaia, Spain: Evidence from magnetic, mineralogical and biostratigraphic records. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.055

Andrade, M., Duarte, J., Martins, I., Reis, J., Mirão, J. & Gonçalves, M. A. (2015). Cation substitution in uranyl phosphates of the autunite group: equilibrium relations and crystallization between metatobernite and metauranocircite. Comunicações Geológicas (2015) 102, Especial I, 27-30. https://www.lneg.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-Andrade-et-al_Cationic-substitution-in-uranyl-phosphates-v2_rede_SM.pdf

Book Chapters

Font, E., Adatte, T., Abrajevitch, A., Mirão, J., Sharma, N., Sordet, V., & Andrade, M. (2020). Integrated mineralogical and rock magnetic study of Deccan red boles. Mass Extinctions, Volcanism, and Impacts: New Developments, 544, 199. https://doi.org/10.1130/2019.2544(08)

Conferences (last 5)

Andrade, M., Hernández, A., Ramalho, R. S., Pimentel, A., Virgílio Cruz, J., Ramos, A., Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C. (2025). The role of hydroclimate on magma-water interactions at hydraulically-charged ocean island volcanoes. IAVCEI General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland, June 29-July 4 2025. 

Andrade, M., Belo, J. C., Kutterolf, S., Hansteen, T. H., Schmidt, C., Pimentel, A., Lee, H. Y., Wang, K. L. (2024). Investigating the marine tephrostratigraphy of the Azores Archipelago to test possible volcanism-climate interactions in a non-glaciated ocean island setting. Cities of Volcanoes 12 meeting, Antígua, Guatemala, 11-17 February 2024.

Andrade, M., Belo, J. C., Kutterolf, S., Hansteen, T. H., Schmidt, C., Pimentel, A., Lee, H. Y., Wang, K. L. (2023). A long-term marine tephrostratigraphic study for the Azores region. AGU General Assembly 2023, San Francisco, USA, 11-15 December 2023,  V13D-0155.

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R., Pimentel, A., Hernández, A. & Kutterolf. (2022). Transitions from strombolian to phreatomagmatic eruptive styles in monogenetic volcanic systems – The case of Flores Island (Azores). Cities of Volcanoes 11 Meeting.

Andrade, M., Ramalho, R. S., Pimentel, A., Hernandez, A., Kutterolf, S., Saez, A., Benavente, M., Raposeiro, P. M. & Giralt, S. (2022). The Lomba Lake sedimentary record over the last 23.5 ky: implications for the Holocene volcanic history of Flores Island (Azores). EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-8838. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8838

Expeditions

Sea Expeditions

2025: RV SONNE SO316, Central America

2025: RV METEOR M213, Reykjanes Ridge

2024: RV SONNE SO307, Madagascar Ridge 

2019: RV METEOR M155, Fogo Island (Cape Verde)


Field Expeditions

2025: Pico Island (Azores, Portugal)

2024: Azores Central Group (Terceira, Graciosa, Faial, Pico and São Jorge Islands) 

2022: São Jorge Island (Azores, Portugal)

2020: Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)

2020: Santa Maria, Pico and São Jorge Islands (Azores, Portugal)

2019: Flores Island (Azores, Portugal)

2019: São Vicente and Santo Antão Islands (Cape Verde)

2019: Lake Montcortès, Catalan pre-Pyrenees (Spain)