Staff
Dr. Stephan Homrighausen
RD 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Working Group: Petrology and Geochemistry (MuHS-P)
Office:
Phone: +49 431 600-2572
E-Mail: shomrighausen(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel, GERMANY
Education and Career
- since 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel
- 2018 Dr. rer. nat., Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
- 2014-2018 PhD student, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel
- 2013 Diploma in Geology and Paleontology at the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
Scientific Interests
- Geochemistry and geochronology of oceanic volcanic rocks
- Origin of intraplate volcanism
- Chemical and geodynamic processes in the Earth's mantle
- Recycling and storage of continental material in the Earth's mantle
- Temporal and geochemical evolution of hotspot volcanism
- Interaction of plate tectonics and mantle plumes
- Plate tectonic reconstructions
Projects & Cruises
- 2022 Shore-based lead of lab team : Igneous geochemistry of IODP-Expedition 391
- since 2021: 85 Ma volcanism on the Chatham Islands – A window into the geodynamic and geochemical evolution of Zealandia; DFG project HO 6654/1-1
- 2020-2021 Li distribution in a subduction profile in northern Chile
- 2019 MSM82: The Rio Grande Rise and Jean Charcot Seamount Chain - microcontinents or the trail of the Tristan-Gough hotspot?
- 2017-2020 SO258: The Indian – Antarctic Break-up Enigma
- 2016 SO246: “Compressional, extensional and breakup mechanism of a submarine continental plateau
- 2014 SO234 Leg 1: Science or the Assessment of Complex Earth System Processes
- 2014-2017 SO233 Walvis I: Insights into the temporal and geochemical evolution of the Walvis Ridge
Publication
Number of items: 28.
Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed
Yang, H., Tikoo, S. M., Carvallo, C., Bilardello, D., Solheid, P., Gaastra, K. M., Sager, W. W., Thoram, S., Hoernle, K. , Höfig, T. W., Avery, A., Del Gaudio, A. V., Huang, Y., Bhutani, R., Buchs, D. M., Class, C., Dai, Y., Dalla Valle, G., Fielding, S., Han, S., Heaton, D. E., Homrighausen, S., Kubota, Y., Li, C. ‐., Nelson, W. R., Petrou, E., Potter, K. E., Pujatti, S., Scholpp, J., Shervais, J. W., Tshiningayamwe, M., Wang, X. J. and Widdowson, M.
(2024)
Preliminary Characterization of Submarine Basalt Magnetic Mineralogy Using Amplitude‐Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25
(2).
e2023GC011222.
DOI 10.1029/2023GC011222.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Hauff, F. , Hoyer, P. A., Haase, K. M., Geissler, W. H. and Geldmacher, J.
(2023)
Evidence for compositionally distinct upper mantle plumelets since the early history of the Tristan-Gough hotspot.
Nature Communications, 14
.
3908 (2023).
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-39585-0.
Zhou, H. , Hoernle, K. , Geldmacher, J. , Hauff, F. , Homrighausen, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Jung, S. and Bindeman, I.
(2022)
A HIMU volcanic belt along the SW African coast (∼83–49 Ma): New geochemical clues to deep mantle dynamics from carbonatite and silica-undersaturated complexes in Namibia.
Lithos, 430-431
.
Art.Nr. 106839.
DOI 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106839.
Hoyer, P. A., Haase, K. M., Regelous, M., O’Connor, J. M., Homrighausen, S., Geissler, W. H. and Jokat, W.
(2022)
Mantle plume and rift-related volcanism during the evolution of the Rio Grande Rise.
Communications Earth & Environment, 3
.
Art.Nr. 18 (2022).
DOI 10.1038/s43247-022-00349-1.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Wartho, J. A. , Hauff, F. and Werner, R.
(2021)
Do the 85°E Ridge and Conrad Rise form a hotspot track crossing the Indian Ocean?.
Lithos, 398-399
.
Art.Nr. 106234.
DOI 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106234.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Zhou, H. , Geldmacher, J. , Wartho, J. A. , Hauff, F. , Werner, R., Jung, S. and Morgan, J. P.
(2020)
Paired EMI-HIMU hotspots in the South Atlantic-Starting plume heads trigger compositionally distinct secondary plumes?.
Science Advances, 6
(28).
eaba0282.
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aba0282.
Zhou, H. , Hoernle, K. , Geldmacher, J. , Hauff, F. , Homrighausen, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D. and Jung, S.
(2020)
Geochemistry of Etendeka magmatism: Spatial heterogeneity in the Tristan-Gough plume head.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 535
(Article number 116123).
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116123.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Hauff, F. , Wartho, J. A. , van den Bogaard, P. and Garbe-Schönberg, D.
(2019)
New age and geochemical data from the Walvis Ridge: The temporal and spatial diversity of South Atlantic intraplate volcanism and its possible origin.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 245
.
pp. 16-34.
DOI 10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.002.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Hauff, F. , Geldmacher, J. , Wartho, J. A. , van den Bogaard, P. and Garbe-Schönberg, D.
(2018)
Global distribution of the HIMU end member: Formation through Archean plume-lid tectonics.
Earth-Science Reviews, 182
.
pp. 85-101.
DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.04.009.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Geldmacher, J. , Wartho, J. A. , Hauff, F. , Portnyagin, M. , Werner, R., van den Bogaard, P. and Garbe-Schönberg, D.
(2018)
Unexpected HIMU-type late-stage volcanism on the Walvis Ridge.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 492
.
pp. 251-263.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.049.
Hoernle, K. , Rohde, J., Hauff, F. , Garbe-Schönberg, D., Homrighausen, S., Werner, R. and Morgan, J. P.
(2015)
How and when plume zonation appeared during the 132 Myr evolution of the Tristan Hotspot.
Nature Communications, 6
(7799).
DOI 10.1038/ncomms8799.
Book chapters
Homrighausen, S., Geldmacher, J. , Hoernle, K. and Rooney, T.
(2021)
Intraplate Volcanism.
In: Encyclopedia of Geology.
, ed. by
Elias, S. and Alderton, D..
Elsevier, London, pp. 52-59, 8 pp.
2nd edition
ISBN 978-0-08-102909-1
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12498-4.
Homrighausen, S.
(2020)
Hotspots und Inselketten.
In: ESKP-Themenspezial Vulkanismus und Gesellschaft. Zwischen Risiko, Vorsorge und Faszination.
, ed. by
Jorzik, O., Kandarr, J., Klinghammer, P. and Spreen, D..
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, pp. 113-116.
ISBN 978-3-9816597-3-3
DOI 10.2312/eskp.2020.2.5.5.
Presentations
Hoyer, P. A., Haase, K. M., Regelous, M., O´Connor, J. M., Homrighausen, S. and Geissler, S.
(2021)
The Rio Grande Rise is a Large Igneous Province, not a detached microcontinent.
[Talk]
In: Goldschmidt Conference 2021. , 04.-09.07.2021, Online .
DOI 10.7185/gold2021.3600.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Zhou, H. , Geldmacher, J. , Wartho, J. A. , Hauff, F. , Werner, R., Jung, S. and Morgan, J. P.
(2020)
Compositionally distinct overlying hotspot tracks in the South Atlantic: Do primary mantle plumes trigger secondary upwellings?.
[Talk]
In: Goldschmidt 2020 Virtual Conference. , 21.06.-26.06.2020, - .
O´Connor, J. M., Hoyer, P. A., Haase, K. M., Regelous, M., Homrighausen, S., Geldmacher, J. and Geissler, W.
(2020)
Is the Rio Grande Rise a Large Igneous Province or a Microcontinent?.
[Talk]
In: Goldschmidt 2020 Virtual Conference. , 21.06.-26.06.2020, - .
DOI 10.46427/gold2020.1962.
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Geldmacher, J. , Hauff, F. , Portnyagin, M. , Werner, R., Schaefer, B. F., Wartho, J. A. and Garbe-Schönberg, D.
(2018)
Temporal and geochemical evolution of the Afanasy Nikitin -85° E Ridge, Central Indian Ocean, R/V Sonne cruise SO258/1 .
[Talk]
In: AGU Fall Meeting 2018. , 10.-14.12.2018, Washington, D.C., USA .
Werner, R., Hoernle, K. , Homrighausen, S., Gohl, K. and Davy, B.
(2017)
Hintergrund und erste Ergebnisse der vulkanologisch-petrologischen Untersuchungen von SO246 (CHATHAM RISE): Kompressions-, Extensions- und Abbruchmechanismen eines submarinen Kontinentalplateaus.
[Talk]
In: Statusseminar Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE 2017. , 14.–15.02.2017, Oldenburg .
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Werner, R., Portnyagin, M. , Geldmacher, J. and Hauff, F.
and SO233 Fahrtteilnehmer
(2015)
Walvis II: Hintergrund und erste Ergebnisse, Zeitliche und geochemische Entwicklung des Walvisrückens.
[Talk]
In: Statusseminar Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE 2015. , 12.-13.02.2015, Bremen . Tagungsband Statusseminar Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE 2015. ; pp. 162-165 .
Werner, R., Wagner, H. J., Mattheus, U., Geldmacher, J. and Homrighausen, S.
and SO-234/1 Fahrtteilnehmer
(2015)
Verlauf und erste Ergebnisse der Ausbildungsfahrt SO-234/1 SPACES (Walvis Bay - Durban).
[Talk]
In: Statusseminar Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE 2015. , 12.-13.02.2015, Bremen . Tagungsband Statusseminar Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE 2015. ; pp. 171-174 .
Conference posters
Homrighausen, S., Hoernle, K. , Zhou, H., Wartho, J. A. , Hauff, F. , Werner, R. and Garbe-Schönberg, D.
(2019)
Double Age progressive hotspot tracks – Primary EM I-type and secondary HIMU mantle plumes in the South Atlantic.
[Poster]
In: GeoMünster 2019. , 22.-25.09.2019, Münster, Germany .
Theses - not published by a publisher
Homrighausen, S.
(2018)
Insights into the temporal and geochemical evolution of the Walvis Ridge - A connection between HIMU and EM I end members in the South Atlantic.
(PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, 39 pp.
Reports - Cruise Reports
Geissler, W., Krumm, S., O'Connor, J., Geldmacher, J. , Altenbernd, T., Homrighausen, S., Geils, J., Hoyer, P., Lehmann, C. and Shearing, J.
(2019)
The Rio Grande Rise and Jean Charcot Seamount Chain - microcontinents or the trail of the Tristan-Gough hotspot? Cruise No. MSM 82, 18 March 2019 - 24 April 2019, Montevideo (Uruguay) - Montevideo (Uruguay), RIOGRANDE.
.
MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, MSM82
.
Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 200 pp.
DOI 10.2312/cr_msm82.
Reports - other reports
Hoernle, K. , Werner, R., Hauff, F. , Neuhaus, B., Lüter, C., Homrighausen, S. and Portnyagin, M.
(2016)
SO-233 [SO233] WALVIS II : zeitliche und geochemische Entwicklung des Walvisrückens im Südatlantik : Abschlussbericht - 03G0233 : Berichtszeitraum: 01. Januar 2014 bis 30. Juni 2016.
.
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, Kiel, Germany, 16 pp.
DOI 10.2314/GBV:883740001.