Staff

Dr. rer. nat. Nico Augustin

Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
FE Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme

Office:
Room: 8/E-209
Phone: +49 431 600-2156
Fax: +49 431 600-132256
Email: naugustin(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Education and career

Professional Carrier

since Jan 2012 Senior researcher (permanent) at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany; head of the Seafloor Imaging and Submarine Geomorphology Group of research Division MuHS-V, multiple projects in Seafloor Hydrothermalism and Volcanology

Aug 2010 – Dec 2011 Research scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel/Germany; „The Jeddah Transect Project“ (co-PI), volcanology and geomorphology of the Red Sea rift in collaboration with the King Abdulaziz University Jeddah

Nov 2009 – Aug 2010 Post-doctoral research associate at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel/Germany; Cold-seep carbonates off-shore Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Jun 2008 – May 2009 Post-doctoral research associate at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel/Germany; Ca and Sr-isotopes in hydrothermal vent fluids

Jan 2004 – May 2008 Doctoral researcher at the University of Bremen and Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel/Germany; Ph.D. thesis in hydrothermal alteration and ultramafic petrology

Academic Education & Degrees

Feb 2008 Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Geology at the University of Kiel/Germany, Thesis:
The Logatchev Hydrothermal Field (MAR, 15°N): High- and Low-Temperature Alteration of Ultramafic Oceanic Crust – Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy

Apr 2003 Diploma examination University of Kiel (Germany), Thesis (translated from German): Alteration of Cretaceous Oceanic Crust of the NW-Pacific (ODP Site 191, Leg 1179D): Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Oct 1996 – Apr 2003 Studies in Geology/Paleontology at the University of Kiel (Germany)

Expeditions

01 - SO142 - Sonne - 1999 - Manila - Midway - NW-Pazifik - Hawaii-Emperor Chain

02 - ARK17/2 - Polarstern - 2001 - Tromso - Bremerhaven - Arktischer Ozean - Gakkel Ridge

03 - M60/3 - Meteor - 2004 - Fort-de-France - Fort-de-France - N-Atlantik - Logatchev Hydrothermal Field, 15°N

04 - M64/2 - Meteor - 2005 - Fortaleza - Dakar - N-Atlantik - Logatchev Hydrothermal Field, 15°N

05 - P340 - Poseidon - 2006 - Messina - Messina - Tyrrhenisches Meer - Palinuro, Marsilli, Panarea

06 - MSM03/2 - Merian - 2006 - Fort-de-France - Fort-de-France - N-Atlantik - Logatchev Hydrothermal Field, 15°N

07 - M73/2 - Meteor - 2007 - Genua - Heraklion (Salerno) - Tyrrhenisches Meer - Palinuro, Panarea

08 - ATA Leg#1 - L´Atalante - 2007/08 - Toulon - Recife - N-Atlantik - Logatchev Hydrothermal Field, 15°N

09 - P403 - Poseidon - 2010 - Ponta Delgada - Ponta Delgada - N-Atlantik - Lucky Strike Volcano

10 - SN48 - Sagar Nidhi - 2010 - Mangalore - Colombo - Indischer Ozean - Southern Indian Ridge

11 - P408-1 - Poseidon - 2011 - Jeddah - Jeddah - Rotes Meer - Red Sea

12 - P408-3 - Poseidon - 2011 - Jeddah - Jeddah - Rotes Meer - Red Sea

13 - KM1129 - Kilo Moana - 2011 - Apia - Apia - S-Pazifik - Tonga

14 - M86-4 - Meteor - 2012 - Dubrovnik - Palma de Mallorca - Tyrrhenisches Meer - Palinuro SM, Panarea

15 - PE350 - Palagia - 2012 - Jeddah - Jeddah - Rotes Meer - Red Sea

16 - PE351 - Pelagia - 2012 - Jeddah - Duba - Rotes Meer - Red Sea

17 - P436 - Poseidon - 2012 - Kiel - Akureyri - Grönland See - N-Kolbeinsey Ridge, Jan Mayen

18 - P442 - Poseidon - 2012 - Messina - Messina - Tyrrhenisches Meer - Palinuro SM

19 - ODEMAR - Pourquoi Pas? - 2013 - Mindelo - Guadeloupe - N-Atlantik - Semenov HF, 13°N OCCs, N-MAR

20 - SO237 - Sonne (New) - 2014/15 - Gran Canaria - Santo Domingo - N-Atlantik - Vema Fracture Zone

21 - M127 - Meteor - 2016 - Bridgetown - Ponta Delgada - N-Atlantik - TAG Hydrothermal Field, 26°N

22 - P502 - Poseidon - 2016 - Reykjavik - Reykjavik - Grönland See - N-Kolbeinsey Ridge, Jan Mayen

23 - P513 - Poseidon - 2017 - Heraklion - Heraklion - Ägäisches Meer - Santorini, Kos

24 - M139 - Meteor - 2017 - Colón - Mindelo - Atlantik - BrightFlows Projekt, Nebennutzung

25 - MSM70 - Merian - 2017/18 - Mindelo - Las Palmas - Atlantik - BathyChem Projekt, Bathymetrists Seamounts

26 - PE-455 - Pelagia - 2018 - Limassol - Safaga - Rotes Meer - SaltAx - Fahrtleitung (Finally!)

27 - SO267 - Sonne - 2018/19 - Suva - Suva - Lau-Basin, Tonga - Archimedes - Bathymetrie

28 - MSM88-1 - Merian - 2019 - Minndelo - Mindelo - Central Atlantic - iAtlantic mapping

29 - Handin Tide - 2022 - Thuwal - Thuwal - Red Sea - Fugro AUV, ROV in cooperation with KAUST RSRC

30 - KRSE 4 - Aegaeo - 2022 - Duba/Thuwal - Thuwal - Red Sea - ROV, invited by KAUST RSRC

31 - TH9/22 - Thuwal - 2022 - Thuwal/Thuwal - Red Sea - ZAFRAN OBS Recovery Leg 2

32 - KRSE 5 - Aegaeo - 2023 - Thuwal/Thuwal - Red Sea - ROV, invited by KAUST RSRC

Scientific Interest

Marine Geology • Seafloor Imaging • Geomorphology • Hydrothermalism • Volcanology • Tectonics

Senior researcher with a strong focus on geodynamic processes of the ocean floor, particularly in the Red Sea and other slow-spreading rifts, intraplate volcanism and hydrothermal processes.

A scientist with a strong background in ocean mapping, structural and tectonic interpretation, geomorphology and cartography, sub-seafloor imaging and experience in mineralogy, petrology and (isotope)geochemistry.

Explorer with experience from >30 seagoing and interdisciplinary expeditions to all major oceans including the Arctic on international research vessels with experience in hydroacoustic seafloor mapping, sub-bottom profiling and seismics, seafloor rock and sediment sampling, deeps sea video and photo observations, habitat mapping as well as the utilization of state-of-the-art large seagoing equipment such as ROV, AUV, and drilling.

Teaching Experience

Guest faculty at KAUST, teaching Marine Geology in spring semester 2021 and 2023, Contemporary Topics in ErSE, course ErSE-294
Annual “Kids University” talk for 10-11 years old children at the Klaus-Groth grammar school in Neumünster, Germany, since 2018
Short course in Ship, Submersible, and Airborne Mapping techniques and Cartography at the University Buea, Cameroon, Mar 2013
Geology afternoon class for the children and teenagers of the “Bönebüttel Scouts”
Short course at King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Marine Geology 2013
Teaching students during the annual GEOMAR International Summer School
Supervision or co-supervision 3 Ph.D., 3 B.Sc., and 4 M.Sc. students since 2008
Supervision of 11 internships (8 university and 3 high school students) since 2008
Supervision of students and technical personnel from KAU, Jeddah

Service and other Academic Activities

Guest Editor for Frontiers in Earth Sciences, Research Topic “Geodynamics and Magmatism in the Afro-Arabian Rift System” 2020 - 2021
Reviewer e.g. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Science, Geomorphology, Journal of Petrology, Geo-Marine Letters, Tectonophysics, AGU Books, Geologica Carpathica, Computers and Geosciences
Reviewer for the German Senate Commission on Oceanography
Co-Convenor of Red Sea research session TS6.1 at the EGU 2020
External reviewer in the Scientific Committee for Technical Reports of the Saudi Geological Survey, SGS, since 2018
Member of the Scientific Board of GEOMAR, 2018-2020
Commercial UAV (drone) pilot training and license, Apr 2018
Field assistance, volcanic rock sampling in the Cameroon Volcanic Line, Mar 2016
Convenor of Red Sea research session OS2.5 at the EGU 2013
Ship safety training at the Seamans School Travemünde, Jun 2011
Attendance and presentations at several international conferences including EGU 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 (and 2023); DFG & DMG Meetings 2005, 2007 and 2015; AGU 2012; Goldschmidt 2012, 2019, 2022; AGU Chapman Conference 2017, Mountain Cartography Workshop 2019 and Seafloor 2022

Invited Talks

University of Salzburg, Austria, Red Sea geology (postponed due to Covid-19)
KAUST Red Sea Seminar, Mar 2020
University of Colone, Atlantic intraplate volcanism, Feb 2020
Red Sea University, Port Sudan, SALTAX Expedition, Sept 2018
Presentation for Diamond Fields International in Monaco, Red Sea Minerals, Feb 2017
KAUST, Red Sea geology, Nov 2017
Workshop of the Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Feb 2017
Red Sea Conference, KAU Jeddah, Nov 2014

Research Techniques & Skills

Geological fieldwork skills, e.g. mapping techniques, structural measurements, rock- and sediment sampling incl. description, subsampling, protocolling and UAV (drone) imaging
Independent design and realization of seagoing expeditions on research vessels of all sizes (30 expeditions (2-10 weeks) since 1999, 6 ship-grant proposals funded, 2 co-chief scientist positions, 3 chief scientist positions)
Experienced with a wide range of seagoing equipment for seafloor observations (OFOS, AUV, ROV), hydroacoustic mapping (Side Scan Sonar, Multibeam), and seafloor sampling (dredging, coring, drilling and TV guided grabs)
Good knowledge of sub-bottom profiling methods with deep-towed and hull-mounted systems as well as basics in sparker and multi-channel seismic and OBS
Water-column sampling (CTD, SVP, MAPR) and handling of equipment from other research disciplines (benthos skids, plankton nets, multi-corers)
Expert in the use of hydroacoustic acquisition software (e.g. Kongsberg SIS, Xylem Hypack, Elac Hydrostar) and hydroacoustic post-processing with the QPS packages Qimera, Fledermaus, FMGT and Midwater as well as in Hypack, MBSystem and ChesapeakeTech SonarWiz (side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiling)
Routine usage of geographic information system and mapping software including statistical evaluation of geospatial data (e.g. QGIS, Global Mapper, Surfer, SAGA, Octave)
Sample preparation and measurements for mineralogical, geochemical and isotope analytics with XRF, XRD, REM, EPMA, LA- and MC-ICP-MS, TIMS

Leadership Experience

Chief scientist of RV Pelagia expedition 64PE446, Red Sea in 2018
Co-chief scientist of cruise MSM70 with RV Maria S. Merian, eastern Atlantic
Co-chief scientist and team leader of expedition M136 with RV Meteor, western Atlantic
PI of project “Bright Flows”, a new style of intraplate volcanism in the NW Atlantic (2017/18)
Team leader of the Bathymetry group during RV Sonne expedition SO237 in 2014/15
Co-PI of the GEOMAR-KAU joint “Jeddah Transect Project” Subproject 2 – Volcanism & Hydrothermalism in the Red Sea 2011-2014
Team leader of the Bathymetry and Volcanology team during RV Pelagia Red Sea expeditions 64PE350/351 in 2011 and 2012
Scientific Abyss 6000 AUV team leader on the US expedition KM1129 with RV Kilo Moana in 2011, Tonga Back-Arc in cooperation with Nautilus Minerals
Scientific Abyss 6000 AUV team leader and lead of the bathymetric mapping team on the Indian expedition SN48 with RV Sagar Nidhi in 2010, Indian Ocean

Grants

2022 RV METEOR Hexplores Expedition (Red Sea); scheduled for 09. Oct – 06. Nov 2023 (cruise M194, chief scientist), German Science Foundation 136,560 €

2022 RV METEOR/MERIAN Vebvolc (Greenland Sea, chief scientist); funded and queued for 31 working days, German Science Foundation 179,077 €

2020 Funded collaborator in KAUST CRG financed project Zafran (co-proponent), 73.400 US$

2018 RV METEOR expedition Sedis (central-eastern Atlantic, co-proponent) 03. Jan – 12. Feb 2019 (cruise M152/2); German Science Foundation 78,600 €

2017 RV MERIAN expedition BathyChem (central-eastern Atlantic, co-proponent) 25. Dec 2017 – 01. Feb 2018 (cruise MSM70, co-chief scientist); German Science Foundation 52,800 €

2017 RV METEOR expedition BrightFlows (western Atlantic) 08. Jul – 08. Aug 2017 (cruise M139, secondary user, co-chief scientist); German Science Foundation 23,700 €

2017 RV POSEIDON expedition SaltAx (Red Sea) carried out on the Dutch RV Pelagia, 27. Aug – 21. Sep 2018 (cruise 64PE445, chief scientist); German Science Foundation 34,000 €

Publications

Number of items: 130.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed

Issachar, R., Haas, P., Augustin, N. and Ebbing, J. (2024) Rift and plume: a discussion on active and passive rifting mechanisms in the Afro-Arabian rift based on synthesis of geophysical data.

Solid Earth, 15 (7). pp. 807-826. DOI 10.5194/se-15-807-2024.

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Parisi, L., Augustin, N. , Trippanera, D., Kirk, H., Dannowski, A. , Matrau, R., Fittipaldi, M., Nobile, A., Zielke, O., Valero Cano, E., Hoogewerf, G., Aspiotis, T., Manzo-Vega, S., Espindola Carmona, A., Barreto, A., Juchem, M., Suhendi, C., Schmidt-Aursch, M., Mai, P. M. and Jónsson, S. (2024) The First Network of Ocean Bottom Seismometers in the Red Sea to Investigate the Zabargad Fracture Zone.

Seismica, 3 (1). pp. 1-21. DOI 10.26443/seismica.v3i1.729.

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Scepanski, D., Augustin, N. , Dünn, M., Scherwaß, A., Xavier, J. R., Werner, J., Waldvogel, A. M. and Arndt, H. (2024) Vertical distribution of epibenthic megafauna of a large seamount west of Cape Verde islands (tropical North Atlantic).

Marine Biodiversity, 54 . Art.Nr. 6 (2024). DOI 10.1007/s12526-023-01400-w.

Macrina, L., Nolan, M. K. B., Terraneo, T. I., Oury, N., Augustin, N. , van der Zwan, F. M. and Benzoni, F. (2024) The deepest record of the octocoral Acanthogorgia from the Red Sea.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 . Art.Nr. 1305420. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2023.1305420.

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van der Zwan, F. M. , Augustin, N. , Petersen, S. , Altalhi, S. M., Schultz, J., Peixoto, R. S., Follmann, J., Anker, A., Benzoni, F., Garcia Paredes, E. R., Al Malallah, M., Shepard, L., Ouhssain, M., Jägerup, S. B., Jones, B. H. and Rosado, A. S. (2023) Widespread diffuse venting and large microbial iron-mounds in the Red Sea.

Communications Earth & Environment, 4 . Art.Nr. 496. DOI 10.1038/s43247-023-01169-7.

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Le Saout, M. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Schiebener, C. K. and Augustin, N. (2023) Magmatism at an ultra-slow spreading rift: high-resolution geomorphological studies of a Red Sea Rift segment in Hadarba Deep.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 . Art.Nr. 1273574. DOI 10.3389/fmars.2023.1273574.

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Mitchell, N. C., Preine, J., Okwokwo, O. I., Izzeldin, A. Y., Augustin, N. and Stewart, I. C. F. (2023) The ocean-continent transition in the Western Central Red Sea. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 208 . Art.Nr. 105093. DOI 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105093.

van der Zwan, F. M. , Augustin, N. , Le Saout, M. , Seidel, E., Wölfl, A. C. , Schade, M., Lampridou, D., Long, X., Follmann, J., Miluch, J., Schönberg, J., Antonio, R. J., Heinath, V., Köse, M. C., Krach, L., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D. and Hübscher, C. (2023) Tectonically assisted emplacement of oceanic intraplate volcanoes: The Bathymetrists Seamounts, central Atlantic. Geomorphology, 441 . Art.Nr. 108891. DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108891.

Raju, K. A. K., Yatheesh, V., Rao, A. S., Prakash, L. S., Ray, D., Mudholkar, A., Samudrala, K., Augustin, N. and Kurian, P. J. (2023) Microbathymetry inferences from two AUV dives over a short segment of the Central Indian Ridge between 10°18′ and 10°57′S, Indian Ocean. Geo-Marine Letters, 43 . Art.Nr. 1 (2023). DOI 10.1007/s00367-022-00742-x.

Mitchell, N. C., Hernandez, K., Preine, J., Ligi, M., Augustin, N. , Izzeldin, A. and Hübscher, C. (2022) Early stage diapirism in the Red Sea deep-water evaporites: Origins and length-scales. Tectonophysics, 831 . Art.Nr. 229331. DOI 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229331.

Follmann, J., van der Zwan, F. M., Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Bousquet, R. and Augustin, N. (2021) Gabbro Discovery in Discovery Deep: First Plutonic Rock Samples From the Red Sea Rift Axis.

Frontiers in Earth Science, 9 . Art.Nr. 742815. DOI 10.3389/feart.2021.742815.

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Devey, C. W. , Greinert, J. , Boetius, A., Augustin, N. and Yeo, I. (2021) How volcanically active is an abyssal plain? Evidence for recent volcanism on 20 Ma Nazca Plate seafloor.

Marine Geology, 440 . Art.Nr. 106548. DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106548.

Augustin, N. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. and Brandsdóttir, B. (2021) 13 million years of seafloor spreading throughout the Red Sea Basin.

Nature Communications, 12 . Art.Nr. 2427. DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-22586-2.

Schmid, F. , Cremanns, M., Augustin, N. , Lange, D. , Petersen, F. and Kopp, H. (2021) Microseismicity and lava flows hint at magmato‐tectonic processes near the southern tip of the Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center in the Lau Basin.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126 (4). e2020JB021340. DOI 10.1029/2020JB021340.

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Graber, S., Petersen, S. , Yeo, I., Szitkar, F., Klischies, M. , Jamieson, J., Hannington, M. D., Rothenbeck, M., Wenzlaff, E., Augustin, N. and Stobbs, I. (2020) Structural Control, Evolution, and Accumulation Rates of Massive Sulfides in the TAG Hydrothermal Field.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21 (9). e2020GC009185. DOI 10.1029/2020GC009185.

Riehl, T., Wölfl, A. C. , Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. and Brandt, A. (2020) Discovery of widely available abyssal rock patches reveals overlooked habitat type and prompts rethinking deep-sea biodiversity.

PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (27). pp. 15450-15459. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1920706117.

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Long, X., van der Zwan, F. M. , Geldmacher, J. , Hoernle, K. , Hauff, F. , Garbe-Schönberg, C. D. and Augustin, N. (2020) Insights into the petrogenesis of an intraplate volcanic province: Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotope geochemistry of the Bathymetrists Seamount Province, eastern equatorial Atlantic.

Chemical Geology, 544 (Article number 119599). DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119599.

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Schmid, F. , Kopp, H. , Schnabel, M., Dannowski, A. , Heyde, I., Riedel, M. , Hannington, M. D., Engels, M., Beniest, A., Klaucke, I. , Augustin, N. , Brandl, P. A. and Devey, C. (2020) Crustal structure of the Niuafo’ou Microplate and Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center in the northeastern Lau Basin, Southwestern Pacific.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 (6). Art.Nr. e2019JB019184. DOI 10.1029/2019JB019184.

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Brandl, P. A. , Schmid, F. , Augustin, N. , Grevemeyer, I. , Arculus, R. J., Devey, C. W. , Petersen, S. , Stewart, M., Kopp, H. and Hannington, M. D. (2020) The 6–8 Aug 2019 eruption of ‘Volcano F’ in the Tofua Arc, Tonga.

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 390 (Article number 106695). DOI 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106695.

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Devey, C. W. , Augustin, N. , Brandt, A., Brenke, N., Köhler, J., Lins, L., Schmidt, C. and Yeo, I. A. (2018) Habitat characterization of the Vema Fracture Zone and Puerto Rico Trench.

Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 148 . pp. 7-20. DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.003.

Mitchell, N. C. and Augustin, N. (2017) Halokinetics and other features of GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar data from the Red Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 88 . pp. 724-738. DOI 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.09.017.

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Hansteen, T. H. , Almeev, R. R., Augustin, N. , Frische, M., Haase, K. M., Basaham, A. and Snow, J. E. (2017) Lower crustal hydrothermal circulation at slow-spreading ridges: evidence from chlorine in Arctic and South Atlantic basalt glasses and melt inclusions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 172 (11-12, Article Nr. 97). DOI 10.1007/s00410-017-1418-1.

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Anderson, M. O., Chadwick, W. W., Hannington, M. D., Merle, S. G., Resing, J. A., Baker, E. T., Butterfield, D. A., Walker, S. L. and Augustin, N. (2017) Geological interpretation of volcanism and segmentation of the Mariana back-arc spreading center between 12.7°N and 18.3°N.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18 (6). pp. 2240-2274. DOI 10.1002/2017GC006813.

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Escartín, J., Mével, C., Petersen, S. , Bonnemains, D., Cannat, M., Andreani, M., Augustin, N. , Bezos, A., Chavagnac, V., Choi, Y., Godard, M., Haaga, K., Hamelin, C., Ildefonse, B., Jamieson, J., John, B., Leleu, T., MacLeod, C. J., Massot-Campos, M., Nomikou, P., Olive, J. A., Paquet, M., Rommevaux, C., Rothenbeck, M., Steinfuhrer, A., Tominaga, M., Triebe, L., Campos, R., Gracias, N. and Garcia, R. (2017) Tectonic structure, evolution, and the nature of oceanic core complexes and their detachment fault zones (13°20′N and 13°30′N, Mid Atlantic Ridge).

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18 (4). pp. 1451-1482. DOI 10.1002/2016GC006775.

Augustin, N. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Ligi, M., Kwasnitschka, T. , Feldens, P., Bantan, R. A. and Basaham, A. S. (2016) Geomorphology of the central Red Sea Rift: Determining spreading processes. Geomorphology, 274 . pp. 162-179. DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.08.028.

Feldens, P., Schmidt, M. , Mücke, I., Augustin, N. , Al-Farawati, R., Orif, M. and Faber, E. (2016) Expelled subsalt fluids form a pockmark field in the eastern Red Sea. Geo-Marine Letters, 36 (5). pp. 339-352. DOI 10.1007/s00367-016-0451-9.

Escartin, J., Leclerc, F., Olive, J. A., Mevel, C., Cannat, M., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Feuillet, N., Deplus, C., Bezos, A., Bonnemains, D., Chavagnac, V., Choi, Y., Godard, M., Haaga, K. A., Hamelin, C., Ildefonse, B., Jamieson, J. W., John, B. E., Leleu, T., MacLeod, C. J., Massot-Campos, M., Nomikou, P., Paquet, M., Rommevaux-Jestin, C., Rothenbeck, M., Steinführer, A., Tominaga, M., Triebe, L., Campos, R., Gracias, N., Garcia, R., Andreani, M. and Vilaseca, G. (2016) First direct observation of coseismic slip and seafloor rupture along a submarine normal fault and implications for fault slip history. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 450 . pp. 96-107. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.024.

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.

Talbot, C. and Augustin, N. (2016) Submarine Salt Karst Terrains.

AIMS Geosciences, 2 (2). pp. 182-200. DOI 10.3934/geosci.2016.2.182.

Anderson, M. O., Hannington, M. D., Haase, K., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Augustin, N. , McConachy, T. F. and Allen, K. (2016) Tectonic focusing of voluminous basaltic eruptions in magma-deficient backarc rifts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 440 . pp. 43-55. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.002.

Yeo, I. A., Devey, C. W. , LeBas, T. B., Augustin, N. and Steinführer, A. (2016) Segment-scale volcanic episodicity: Evidence from the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, Atlantic.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 439 . pp. 81-87. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.029.

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Augustin, N. , Almeev, R. R., Bantan, R. A. and Basaham, A. (2015) Hydrothermal activity at the ultraslow- to slow-spreading Red Sea Rift traced by chlorine in basalt. Chemical Geology, 405 . pp. 63-81. DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.04.001.

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Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Westhues, A., Hannington, M. D., Gemmell, J. B., Sharpe, R., Peters, M., Strauss, H., Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Gibson, H. and Kleeberg, R. (2014) Drilling shallow water massive sulfides at the Palinuro Volcanic Complex, Aeolian Island Arc, Italy. Economic Geology, 109 (8). pp. 2129-2157. DOI 10.2113/econgeo.109.8.2129.

Liebetrau, V., Augustin, N. , Kutterolf, S. , Schmidt, M. , Eisenhauer, A. , Garbe-Schönberg, D. and Weinrebe, W. (2014) Cold-seep-driven carbonate deposits at the Central American forearc: contrasting evolution and timing in escarpment and mound settings. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103 (7). pp. 1845-1872. DOI 10.1007/s00531-014-1045-2.

Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Feldens, P., Tominaga, M., Bantan, R. A. and Kwasnitschka, T. (2014) The rifting to spreading transition in the Red Sea. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 395 . pp. 217-230. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.047.

Augustin, N. , Paulick, H., Lackschewitz, K., Eisenhauer, A. , Garbe-Schönberg, D., Kuhn, T., Botz, R. and Schmidt, M. (2012) Alteration at the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field: Constraints from trace element and Sr-O isotope data.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13 . QOAE07. DOI 10.1029/2011GC003903.

Laurila, T. E., Petersen, S. , Devey, C. W. , Baker, E. T., Augustin, N. and Hannington, M. D. (2012) Tectonic and magmatic controls on hydrothermal activity in the Woodlark Basin.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13 . Q09006. DOI 10.1029/2012GC004247.

Monecke, T., Petersen, S. , Hannington, M. D., Anzidei, M., Esposito, A., Giordano, G., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Augustin, N. , Melchert, B. and Hocking, M. (2012) Explosion craters associated with shallow submarine gas venting off Panarea island, Italy. Bulletin of Volcanology, 74 (9). pp. 1937-1944. DOI 10.1007/s00445-012-0651-8.

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Schauer, R., Røy, H., Augustin, N. , Gennerich, H. H., Peters, M., Wenzhoefer, F., Amann, R. and Meyerdierks, A. (2011) Bacterial sulfur cycling shapes microbial communities in surface sediments of an ultramafic hydrothermal vent field. Environmental Microbiology, 13 (10). pp. 2633-2648. DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02530.x.

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Krabbenhöft, A., Eisenhauer, A. , Böhm, F., Vollstaedt, H., Fietzke, J. , Liebetrau, V., Augustin, N. , Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B., Müller, M., Horn, C., Hansen, B. T., Nolte, N. and Wallmann, K. (2010) Constraining the marine strontium budget with natural strontium isotope fractionations (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr*, δ^88/86Sr) of carbonates, hydrothermal solutions and river waters.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (14). pp. 4097-4109. DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.009.

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Petersen, S. , Kuhn, K., Kuhn, T., Augustin, N. , Hékinian, R., Franz, L. and Borowski, C. (2009) The geological setting of the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field (14°45′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and its influence on massive sulfide formation. Lithos, 112 . pp. 40-56. DOI 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.02.008.

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Augustin, N. , Lackschewitz, K., Kuhn, T. and Devey, C. W. (2008) Mineralogical and chemical mass changes in mafic and ultramafic rocks from the Logatchev hydrothermal field (MAR 15°N). Marine Geology, 256 (1/4). pp. 18-29. DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.004.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - without review

Arndt, H. and Augustin, N. (2017) Die bewegte Geschichte des Atlantiks. GWF: Wasser - Abwasser, 158 (7-8). pp. 81-82.

Augustin, N. , Schmidt, M. , Devey, C. W. , Al-Aidaroos, A. M., Kürten, B., Eisenhauer, A. , Brückmann, W., Dengler, M. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Feldens, P., Kwasnitschka, T., Bantan, R. A., Basaham, A., Metz, D., Hagemann, J., Al-Dhouyan, I. O., Al-Farawati, R., Al-Haj, A., Al-Nomani, S., Al-Nuwairah, M., Al-Mehana, W., Al-Sofyani, A., Al-Yousef, S., Al-Barakati, A., Audritz, S., Bauersachs, T., Bruss, G., Elgarafi, A. E., El-Sherbini, M., Haredy, R., Hissmann, K., Jamal, M., Khomayis, H. S., Kotob, A., Laurila, T., Linke, P. , McGinnis, D., Orif, I. M., Pena-Garcia, D., Raddatz, J., Sas, A., Sawall, Y., Schauer, J., Sommer, S., Winder, M. and Walther, S. (2014) The Jeddah Transect Project: Extensive mapping of the Red Sea Rift.

InterRidge News, 22 (November). pp. 68-73.

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Borowski, C., Petersen, S. and Augustin, N. (2008) New coordinates for the hydrothermal structures in the Logatchev vent field at 14°45'N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

InterRidge News, 17 . p. 20.

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Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Augustin, N. , De Benedetti, A. A., Esposito, A., Gärtner, A., Gardeler, A., Gemmell, J. B., Gibson, H., He, G., Hügler, M., Kayser, A., Kleeberg, R., Küver, J., Kummer, N., Lackschewitz, K., Lappe, F., Perrin, K. M., Peters, M., Sharpe, R., Simpson, K., Smith, D. and Wan, B. (2008) Drilling submarine hydrothermal systems in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy.

InterRidge News, 17 . pp. 21-23.

Kuhn, T., Ratmeyer, V., Petersen, S. , Hekinian, R., Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Borowski, C., Imhoff, J. F. , Türkay, M., Herzig, P., Alexander, B., Augustin, N. , Birgel, D., de Carvalho, L. M., Engemann, G., Ertl, S., Franz, L., Grech, C., Jellinek, T., Klar, S., Küver, J., Kulescha, F., Lackschewitz, K., Renken, J., Ruhland, G., Scholten, J., Schreiber, K., Süling, J., Westernstöer, U. and Zielinski, F. (2004) The Logatchev hydrothermal field - revisited: new findings of the R/V Meteor cruise HYDROMAR I (M60/3).

InterRidge News, 13 . pp. 1-4.

Book chapters

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

Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. and van der Zwan, F. M. (2019) A Modern View on the Red Sea Rift: Tectonics, Volcanism and Salt Blankets . In: Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea. , ed. by Rasul, N. M. A. and Stewart, I. C. F.. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 37-52. ISBN 978-3-319-99407-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_3.

Monecke, T., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. and Hannington, M. D. (2019) Seafloor hydrothermal systems and associated mineral deposits of the Tyrrhenian Sea. In: Atlas of Italian Submarine Volcanic Structures. , ed. by D’Angelo, S., Fiorentino, A., Giordano, G. and Vita, L.. Memorie Descrittive Della Carta Geologica D’Italia, 104 . Ministerio dell'Industrie e dell Commercio, Servizio Geologico d'Italia, Roma, pp. 41-74.

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. and Augustin, N. (2019) Hydrothermal Prospection in the Red Sea Rift: Geochemical Messages from Basalts. In: Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea. , ed. by Rasul, N. M. A. and Stewart, I. C. F.. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 221-232. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_10.

Conference papers

Föllmann, J., van der Zwan, F. M. , Bousquet, R. and Augustin, N. (2021) First discovery of gabbroic rocks from the Discovery Deep, Red Sea rift axis.

[Paper] In: Goldschmidt Virtual Conference 2021. , 04.-09.07.2021, Virtual . DOI 10.7185/gold2021.5652.

Monecke, T., Petersen, S. , Hannington, M. D., Anzidei, M., Esposito, A., Giordano, G., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Augustin, N. , Melchert, B. and Hocking, M. (2010) Eruption craters associated with shallow submarine gas venting off Panarea Island, Italy. [Paper] In: 2010 Annual Meeting Geological Society of America. , 31.10.-3.11.2010, Denver, USA . Abstracts with Programs. ; p. 224 .

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Gemmell, J. B., Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Hannington, M. D., Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Gibson, H., Perrin, K., Sharpe, R. and Simpson, K. (2009) Drilling of shallow marine sulfide-sulfate mineralisation in south-eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy; Seafloor sulfides, Tyrrhenian Sea, highsulfidation; hydrothermal systems, Palinuro. [Paper] In: 10. Biennial SGA Meeting. , 17.-20.08.2009, Townsville, Australia . Smart Science for Exploration and Mining : proceedings of the Tenth Biennial SGA Meeting. ; pp. 438-440 .

Gemmell, J. B., Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Hannington, M. D., Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Gibson, H., Perrin, K., Sharpe, R. and Simpson, K. (2008) Drilling of shallow marine sulphide-sulfate mineralisation in south-eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. [Paper] In: PACRIM Congress. . Proceedings PACRIM Congress 2008. ; pp. 85-90 .

Presentations

van der Zwan, F. M. , Augustin, N. , Petersen, S. , Altalhi, S. M., Schultz, J., Peixoto, R. S., Follmanm, J., Anker, A., Benzoni, F., Garcia Peredes, E. R., Malallah, M. A., Shepard, L., Ouhssain, M., Jägerup, S. B., Jones, B. H. and Rosado, A. S. (2023) Red Sea hydrothermal vent fields: first observation of low-temperature venting and microbial iron deposit formation. [Talk] In: Oceanic Volcanism Workshop GEOMAR. , 12.09.-15.09.2023, Kiel, Germany .

Schmid, F. , Cremanns, M., Augustin, N. , Lange, D. , Petersen, F. and Kopp, H. (2020) Microseismicity indicates a current transition from rifting to spreading at the southern Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center in the Lau Basin.

[Talk] In: AG Seismologie 2020. , 21.9.2020 - 24.9.2020, Online .

Anderson, M. O., Chadwick, W. W., Merle, S. G., Resing, J. A., Baker, E. T., Walker, S. L., Hannington, M. D. and Augustin, N. (2017) Relationship between tectonism, volcanism, and hydrothermal venting along the Mariana back-arc spreading center between 12.7°N and 18.3°N. [Talk] In: AGU Chapman Conference on Submarine Volcanism. , 29.01.-03.02.2017, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia .

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.

Petersen, S. , Szitkar, F., Graber, S., Augustin, N. , Rothenbeck, M., Yeo, I. A. and Jamieson, J. W. (2017) The resource potential of the slow-spreading TAG segment at 26°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: evidence from AUV-based exploration. [Talk] In: Proceedings of the 46. Underwater Mining Conference. , 24.09.-26.09.2017, Berlin, Germany .

Petersen, S. , Yeo, I., Jamieson, J., Szitkar, F., Graber, S., Augustin, N. and Rothenbeck, M. (2017) AUV-based exploration of the TAG segment at 26°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge: implications for resource assessment and metal fluxes.

[Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2017. , 13.-18.08.2017, Paris, France .

Devey, C. W. , Boetius, A., Kwasnitschka, T., Augustin, N. , Yeo, I. A. and Greinert, J. (2016) Young Volcanism on 20 Million Year Old Seafloor: The DISCOL Area, Nazca Plate. [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2016. , 12.-16.12.2016, San Francisco, USA .

Escartin, J., Olive, J. A., Leclerc, F., Garcia, R., Gracias, N., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Rothenbeck, M., Steinführer, A. and Triebe, L. and ODEMAR Science Party (2016) Quantifying coseismic normal fault rupture at the seafloor: The 2004 Les Saintes earthquake (Mw 6.3) along the Roseau Fault (French Antilles). [Invited talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2016. , 12.-16.12.2016, San Francisco, USA .

Jamieson, J., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. and Escartin, J. (2015) Variability in seafloor massive sulfide morphology and composition: example from the Semyenov deposits, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Talk] In: 13. Biennial SGA Meeting. , 24.-27.08.2015, Nancy, France . Proceedings of the 13th Biennial SGA Meeting. ; pp. 1241-1243 .

Petersen, S. , Jamieson, J., Augustin, N. , Devey, C. , Escartin, J., Rothenbeck, M., Steinführer, A. and Triebe, L. (2015) Examples of AUV-based exploration along the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Talk] In: ISA workshop on “Seafloor Massive Sulfides Exploration and Environment Assessment at Slow and Ultra-Slow Spreading Ridges". , 29.09.2015, Hangzhou, China .

Escartin, J., Bonnemains, D., Mevel, C., Cannat, M., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Bezos, A., Chavagnac, V., Choi, Y., Godard, M., Haaga, C., Hamelin, C., Ildefonse, B., Jamieson, J. W., John, B., Leleu, T., MacLeod, C. J., Massot-Campos, M., Nomikou, P., Olive, J. A., Rommevaux, C., Rothenbeck, M., Steinführer, A., Tominaga, M., Triebe, L., Andreani, A., Gracia, R. and Prados, R. (2014) Insights into the internal structure and formation of striated fault surfaces of oceanic detachments from in situ observations (13°20’N and 13°30’N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2014. , 15.-19.12.2014, San Francisco, USA .

Jamieson, J. W., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Steinführer, A. and Escartin, J. and ODEMAR Scientific Party (2014) AUV- and ROV-based exploration of active and inactive seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Semyenov and Irinovskoe sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Talk] In: UMI 2014 - 43. Conference of the Underwater Mining Institute. , 22.-24.09.2014, Lisbon, Portugal . Proceedings of the 43rd Underwater Mining Institute: Harvesting Seabed Mineral Resources in Harmony with Nature. ; pp. 189-196 .

Jamieson, J. W., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Steinführer, A., Yeo, I. and Escartin, J. and ODEMAR Scientific Party (2014) Seafloor massive sulfide formation on oceanic core complexes: Recent exploration of the Semyenov and Irinovskoe hydrothermal fields, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Talk] In: Joint International Conference MINERALS OF THE OCEAN-7 & DEEP-SEA MINERALS AND MINING-4. , 02.-05.06.2014, Saint Petersburg, Russia .

Metz, D., Augustin, N. , van der Zwan, F. M. , Bantan, R. and Al-Aidaroos, A. M. (2013) Mabahiss Mons, 25.5°N Red Sea Rift: Tectonics and Volcanism of a Large Submarine Dome Volcano. [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2013. , 07.-12.04.2013, Vienna, Austria .

van der Zwan, F. M. , Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Bantan, R. and Kwasnitschka, T. (2013) New insights into volcanism and tectonics in the Red Sea Rift. [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2013. , 07.-12.04.2013, Vienna, Austria .

Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Feldens, P., van der Zwan, F. M. , Bantan, R. A. and Kwasnitschka, T. (2012) The transition from rifting to spreading in the Red Sea: No sign of discrete spreading nodes?. [Talk] In: 2012 Jeddah Transect Project Meeting. , 26.11.2012, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .

Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Feldens, P., van der Zwan, F. M. , Bantan, R. and Kwasnitschka, T. (2012) The transition from rifting to spreading in the Red Sea: No sign of discrete spreading nodes?. [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2012. , 03.-07.12.2012, San Francisco, USA .

Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Bantan, R., van der Zwan, F. M., Feldens, P. and Kwasnitschka, T. (2012) Hatiba to Port Sudan Deep (Red Sea) Imaging a growing Ocean. [Talk] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2012. , 24.-29.06.2012, Montreal, Canada .

Liebetrau, V., Augustin, N. , Eisenhauer, A. , Fietzke, J. , Suess, E., Kutterolf, S. , Thiel, V., Han, X., Abegg, F. and Linke, P. (2012) Time scales and potential controls of focused fluid flow at circum-Pacific margins: deciphering microbially mediated carbonates from micron to global perspectives. [Talk] In: The Lübeck Retreat, Collaborative Research SFB 574 Volatiles and Fluids in Subduction Zones: Climate Feedback and Trigger Mechanisms for Natural Disasters. , 23.-25.05.2012, Lübeck . The Lübeck Retreat: final colloquium of SFB 574; May 23-25, 2012: program & abstracts. ; p. 16 .

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Augustin, N. , Basaham, A., Bantan, R., Fietzke, J. and Almeev, R. R. (2012) Hydrothermal circulation in the slow spreading Red Sea traced by chlorine. [Talk] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2012. , 03.-07.12.2012, San Francisco, USA .

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Augustin, N. , Basaham, A., Bantan, R., Fietzke, J. and Almeev, R. R. (2012) Hydrothermal circulation in the slow spreading Red Sea traced by chlorine. [Talk] In: 2012 Jeddah Transect Project Meeting. , 26.11.2012, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .

Augustin, N. , Liebetrau, V., Eisenhauer, A. and Kutterolf, S. (2010) Authigenic Carbonates as Archives for Fluid Venting: Insights from drill cores off-shore Costa Rica & Nicaragua. [Talk] In: SFB 574 Subduction Workshop. , 04.-07.11.2010, Pucon, Chile .

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Augustin, N. , Eisenhauer, A. , Amini, M., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D. and Krabbenhöft, A. (2009) Calcium and strontium isotope (d44/40Ca, d88/86Sr) fractionation in high temperature hydrothermal systems: First insights from 4°48'S, MAR. [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly. , 24.04, Vienna, Austria .

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Eisenhauer, A. , Krabbenhöft, A., Böhm, F., Liebetrau, V., Fietzke, J. , Augustin, N. , Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. and Vollstaedt, H. (2009) Strontium isotope fractionation in the marine realm: first application for a ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁴Sr-double-spike. [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly. , 20.04.-24.04, Vienna, Austria .

Krabbenhöft, A., Eisenhauer, A. , Vollstaedt, H., Augustin, N. , Fietzke, J. , Liebetrau, V. and Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. (2009) The marine strontium budget derived from paired (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr*-δ^88/86Sr) values of marine carbonates, hydrothermal fluids and river waters. [Talk] In: 99th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung (GV). , 05.10.-07.10, Göttingen .

Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Lackschewitz, K., Grevemeyer, I. and Klein, F. (2009) Logatchev from mantle to ocean: pathways, processes and peculiarities. [Talk] In: SPP1144 Annual Meeting. , 21.09, Etelsen .

Gemmell, J. B., Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Hannington, M. D., Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Gibson, H., Perrin, K., Sharpe, R. and Simpson, K. (2008) Drilling of shallow marine sulphide-sulfate mineralisation in south-eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. [Talk] In: PACRIM-Congress. , 25.11, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia .

Monecke, T., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , De Benedetti, A. A., Esposito, A., Gärtner, A., Gemmell, B., Gibson, H., Hannington, M. D., He, G., Hügler, M., Kleeberg, R., Kuever, J., Kummer, N. A., Lackschewitz, K., Lappe, F., Perrin, K., Peters, M., Sharpe, R., Simpson, K., Smith, D. and Wan, B. (2008) Shallow marine sulfide mineralization in the southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. [Talk] In: Joint Annual GAC-MAC-SEG-SGA Meeting. , 26.-28.05, Quebec, Canada .

Monecke, T., Petersen, S. , Hannington, M. D., Augustin, N. , Anzidei, M., Esposito, A., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Giordano, G., Hocking, M. and Melchert, B. (2008) Explosion craters associated with shallow marine gas venting at Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy. [Talk] In: Joint Annual GAC-MAC-SEG-SGA Meeting. , 26.-28.05, Quebec, Canada .

Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Augustin, N. , Gärtner, A., Hügler, M., Lackschewitz, K. and Lappe, F. (2007) Drilling high-sulfidation mineralization at Palinuro Seamount in the Thyrrhenian Sea, Italy. [Talk] In: 37th Underwater Mining Institute. , 15.-20.10, Tokyo, Japan .

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Augustin, N. , Lackschewitz, K., Devey, C. W. , Eisenhauer, A. , Garbe-Schönberg, C. D. and James, R. H. (2006) The history of water-rock interaction at Logatchev hydrothermal field as stored in the secondary mineral paragenesis. [Other] In: EGU General Assembly. , 06.04, Vienna, Austria .

Augustin, N. , Lackschewitz, K., Devey, C. W. and Eisenhauer, A. (2005) Hydrothermal alteration in the high-temperature Logatchev vent field: implications for seawater-ultramafic rock interaction. [Other] In: 83. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft (DMG). , 18.09.-21.09, Aachen .

Kuhn, T., Petersen, S. , Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Franz, L., Bruegmann, G. and Devey, C. W. (2005) Hydrothermal processes in the active Logatchev-1 hydrothermal field: new insights from mineralogy and geochemistry of massive sulfides and alteration products. [Other] In: Russian Ridge Workshop. , 06.-07.06, St. Petersburg, Russia .

Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. and Shipboard Scientific Parties (2005) The ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field, 14°45'N on the MAR: new insights and results from cruises M60/3 and M64/2. [Other] In: UNSPECIFIED. , 00.10, Milton Keynes, UK .

Lackschewitz, K., Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Eisenhauer, A. , Garbe-Schönberg, C. D. and James, R. (2005) Hydrothermal alteration in the Logatchev hydrothermal field: implications from secondary mineral assemblages and mineral chemistry. [Other] In: AGU Fall Meeting. , 05.12.-09.12, San Francisco, California, USA .

Conference posters

van der Zwan, F. M. , Diercks, I., Petersen, S. , Sander, S. G. and Augustin, N. (2024) Hydrothermal activity in a young ocean – the discovery of six active hydrothermal vent field areas along the Red Sea Rift. [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2024. , 18.-23.08.2024, Chicago, USA .

van der Zwan, F. M. , Augustin, N. , Petersen, S. , Atalhi, S. M., Schultz, J., Peixoto, R. S., Follmann, J., Anker, A., Benzoni, F., Garcia Peredes, E. R., Malallah, M. A., Shepard, L., Ouhssain, M., Jägerup, S. B., Jones, B. H. and Rosado, A. S. (2023) Low-temperature venting and microbial iron deposit formation in the first observed active hydrothermal vent fields in the Red Sea rift. [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2023. , 9.-14.07.2023, Lyon, France .

Schmid, F. , Kopp, H. , Schnabel, M., Dannowski, A. , Heyde, I., Riedel, M. , Engels, M., Beniest, A., Klaucke, I. , Augustin, N. , Brandl, P. , Devey, C. and Hannington, M. D. (2020) Crustal structure and evolution of the Niuafo'ou Microplate in the northeastern Lau Basin, Southwestern Pacific.

[Poster] In: EGU General Assembly 2020. , 03.05.-08.05.2020, Vienna, Austria . DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1404.

van der Zwan, F. M. , Long, X., Augustin, N. , Geldmacher, J. , Le Saout, M. , Wölfl, A. C. , Hauff, F. , Hoernle, K. , Schade, M., Hübscher, C. and Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2019) The Origin of the Bathymetrist Seamounts – A Geochemical and Morphological Study. [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2019. , 18.-23.08.2019, Barcelona, Spain .

Klischies, M., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. and Devey, C. (2015) Structural, magmatic and tectonic controls of hydrothermal venting at the Menez Gwen segment, at 37°50’ N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. [Poster] In: GeoBerlin 2015. , 04.-07.10.2015, Berlin, Germany .

Escartin, J., Leclerc, F., Cannat, M., Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Bezos, A., Bonnemains, D., Chavagnac, V., Choi, Y., Godard, M., Haaga, C., Hamelin, C., Ildefonse, B., Jamieson, J., John, B., Leleu, T., Massot-Campos, M., Mevel, C., Nomikou, P., Olive, J. A., Paquet, M., Rommevaux, C., Rothenbeck, M., Steinführer, A., Tominaga, M., Triebe, L., Garcia, R., Gracias, N., Feuillet, N. and Deplus, C. (2014) Quantifying coseismic normal fault rupture at the seafloor: The 2004 Les Saintes earthquake (Mw6.3) along the Roseau Fault (French Antilles). [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2014. , 15.-19.12.2014, San Francisco, USA .

Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Yeo, I., Klaucke, I. , Cocchi, L. and Plunkett, S. (2014) High-resolution AUV-surveys of a sediment-covered massive sulfide occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea. [Poster] In: UMI 2014 - 43. Conference of the Underwater Mining Institute. , 22.-24.09.2014, Lisbon, Portugal . Proceedings of the 43rd Underwater Mining Institute: Harvesting Seabed Mineral Resources in Harmony with Nature. ; pp. 319-322 .

van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. , Augustin, N. , Basaham, A., Bantan, R. A., Fietzke, J. and Almeev, R. R. (2014) Assimilation of hydrothermally altered crust at slow spreading ridges. [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2013. , 25.-30.08.2013, Florence, Italy .

Cocchi, L., Plunkett, S., Augustin, N. and Petersen, S. (2013) High-resolution AUV-based near bottom magnetic surveys at Palinuro volcanic complex (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2013. , 09.-13.12.2013, San Francisco, USA .

Davis, R., Elkins, L. J., Augustin, N. , Yeo, I. A., Meisenhelder, K., Rivers, E., van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. and Sims, K. W. W. (2013) Explaining anomalously high magma flux at volcanic centers on the Northern Kolbeinsey and Southern Mohns Ridges using Bathymetry and basalt geochemistry. [Poster] In: GSA Northeastern Section - 48. Annual Meeting. , 18.-20.03.2013, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA .

Meisenhelder, K., Elkins, L. J., Augustin, N. , Yeo, I. A., Rivers, E., van der Zwan, F. M. , Devey, C. W. and Sims, K. W. W. (2013) Constraining crust formation at Slow-Spreading Ridges using the Composition and Morphology of Mt. Eggvin. [Poster] In: GSA Northeastern Section - 48. Annual Meeting. , 18.-20.03.2013, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA .

Yeo, I., Augustin, N. , Devey, C. W. , Deutschmann, M., Elkins, L. J., Laurila, T. E., Meisenhelder, K., Rivers, E., Rothenbeck, M. and van der Zwan, F. M. (2012) The Northern Kolbeinsey Ridge, North Atlantic: Excess volcanism and ridge relocations close to Jan Mayen. [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting 2012. , 03.-07.12.2011, San Francisco, USA .

Krabbenhöft, A., Eisenhauer, A. , Vollstaedt, H., Augustin, N. , Fietzke, J. , Liebetrau, V. and Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. (2009) Determination of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr*-δ^88/86Sr values of the oceans Sr sources and sinks to balance the global Sr cycle. [Poster] In: AGU Fall Meeting. , 14.12.-18.12, San Francisco, California, USA .

Krabbenhöft, A., Eisenhauer, A. , Vollstaedt, H., Augustin, N. , Fietzke, J. , Liebetrau, V. and Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B. (2009) Ocean Sr-budget from paired δ^88/86Sr and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁸Sr*-ratios. [Poster] In: Goldschmidt Conference 2009. , 21.06.-26.06.2009, Davos, Switzerland ; A694 . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (Suppl. S460YS) .

Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Augustin, N. , de Benedetti, A. A., Esposito, A., Gemmell, J. B., Gibson, H., Giordano, G., Hannington, M. D., Kleeberg, R., Lackschewitz, K., Perrin, K., Peters, M., Sharpe, R. and Simpson, K. (2008) Drilling of shallow water hydrothermal systems in the Aeolian Arc, Italy: The role of magmatic volatiles. [Poster] In: 33rd International Geological Congress. , 06.-14.08, Oslo, Norway .

Augustin, N. , Lackschewitz, K., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Paulick, H., Kuhn, T. and Schmidt, K. (2006) Geochemistry of fluids and least altered to altered ultramafic and mafic rocks/minerals as tracer for water-rock interaction at the Logatchev hydrothermal field. [Poster] In: 3. Workshop of the SPP 1144. , 04.07.-06.07, Etelsen/Bremen .

Theses - not published by a publisher

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Augustin, N. (2008) The Logatchev hydrothermal field (MAR, 15°N): high- and low-temperature alteration of ultramafic oceanic crust ; geology, geochemistry, mineralogy. (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany, 91 pp.

Reports - Cruise Reports

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Augustin, N. , Palgan, D., Hübscher, C. P., van der Zwan, F. M. , Bariya, J. B., Beethe, S. M., Budke, L. V., Dittmers, C. H., Eddy, E. L., Ehlies, V., Eisermann, J. O., Friedrich, A., Garcia Paredes, E. R., Gesenova, S., Haimerl, B., Ischebeck, L., Lackner, M., Odinsson, D. T., Preine, J., Prejc, M., Raeke, A. W., Schmidt, M. C., Strizek, V. A., Treloar, E. L., Tschapek, A. and Winter, S. (2024) Volcanism in the Vesturdjúp Basin - Flank Igneous System or Intraplate Volcanism Off-Shore Western Iceland, Cruise No. M201, 09. June - 18. July 2024, Reykjavik (Iceland) - Praia da Vitoria (Azores, Portugal) ; VebVolc.

. Meteor-Berichte, M201 . Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 91 pp. DOI 10.48433/cr_m201.

Augustin, N. (2023) The Effect of Spreading Rate on the Volcanic Activity and Frequency Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Sites in the Red Sea Rift, RV METEOR cruise M194 HEXPLORES, Jeddah (SA) – Piraeus (GR), 10.09.2023 – 07.11.2023.

. METEOR Short Cruise report, M194 . GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 13 pp.

Lüdmann, T. and Augustin, N. (2023) Paläoumweltentwicklung im Roten Meer unter Monsunschwankungen im Pleistozän bis Holozän - REPLENISH / Die Auswirkung der Spreizungsrate im Roten Meer auf vulkanische Aktivität und die Verteilung hydrothermaler Quellen - HEXPLORES. Forschungsschiff METEOR Reisen Nr. M193 - M194, 08. 09. 2023 - 07. 11. 2023.

. METEOR Reisen, M193/M194 . Institut für Geologie Universität Hamburg Leitstelle Deutsche Forschungsschiffe, 24 pp.

Devey, C. W. , Wölfl, A. C. , Augustin, N. , Besaw, M., Damaske, D., Evora, D., Gray, A., Hübscher, C., Le Saout, M. , Lux, T., Schade, M., Sobolewski, L. and Villinger, H. (2020) Bathymetric Mapping Of The Seafloor - A German Contribution To Completing The Map By 2030, Cruise No. MSM88/1 + MSM88/2, November 28, 2019 - January 14, 2020, Mindelo (Cabo Verde) - Mindelo (Cabo Verde) - Bridgetown (Barbados).

. MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, MSM88/1 + MSM88/2 . Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 24 pp. DOI 10.2312/cr_msm88.

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Augustin, N. , Mitchell, N. C. and van der Zwan, F. M. and Scientific Shipboard Party (2019) RV Pelagia Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report 64PE-445: SALTAX: Geomorphology and geophysics of submarine salt flows in the Red Sea Rift, Limassol (Cyprus) – Safaga (Egypt), 27.08. – 21.09.2018 .

. GEOMAR Report, N. Ser. 050 . GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, Kiel, Germany, 46 pp. DOI 10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_50_2019.

Kanzow, T., Thurnherr, A., Lackschewitz, K., Rothenbeck, M., Koy, U., Zappa, C., Sticklus, J. and Augustin, N., eds. (2010) FS POSEIDON Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report POS403, Ponta Delgada (Azores) - Ponta Delgada (Azores), 14.08. - 30.08.2010.

. IFM-GEOMAR Report, 38 . IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 66 pp. DOI 10.3289/ifm-geomar_rep_38_2010.

Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , Borowski, C., Buller, K. C., Denker, C., Fabian, M., Fink, D., Heesemann, B., Jost, C., Koy, U., Keir, R., Kuhn, T., Marbler, H., Meier, T., Perner, M. , Peters, M., Schattenhofer, M., Vogt, M., Wefers, P., Westernstroer, U. and Westhues, A. (2008) RV Atalante Cruise Report HYDROMAR V, Toulon, France - Recife, Brazil, 04.12.2007 - 02.01.2008.

. IFM-GEOMAR Report, 22 . IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, 103 pp. DOI 10.3289/ifm-geomar_rep_22_2008.

Petersen, S. , Monecke, T., Augustin, N. , Esposito, A., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Giordano, G., Hannington, M. D., Hocking, M., Melchert, B., Schulz, H. and Suck, I. (2008) FS Poseidon Cruise Report P340 [POS340] TYMAS "Tyrrhenian Sea Massive Sulfides", Messina - Messina, 06.07.-17.07.2006.

. IFM-GEOMAR Report, 21 . IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 77 pp. DOI 10.3289/ifm-geomar_rep_21_2008.

Petersen, S. , Augustin, N. , de Benedetti, A. A., Esposito, A., Gärtner, A., Gardeler, A., Gemell, J. B., Gibson, H., He, G., Hügler, M., Kayser, A., Kleeberg, R., Küver, J., Kummer, N., Lackschewitz, K., Lappe, F., Monecke, T., Perrin, K. M., Peters, M., Sharpe, R., Simpson, K. and Wan, B. (2007) Short cruise report M73/2 (Aug 14th – 30th 2007): Drilling Submarine Hydrothermal Sites in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, during Meteor cruise M73/2. . UNSPECIFIED, 4 pp. DOI 10.3289/SCR_m73_2.