• Submarine volcanism
• Marine tephrostratigraphy
• Magma-water interactions
• Lava viscosity
• Rheology
• Petrology
• Textural analyses

Interaction of climatic changes and submarine volcanism at mid-ocean ridges (T-SECTOR)

Marine Cruises

MD246/MAYOBS30 (17/09/2024 – 10/10/2024): Marion Dufresne Research Vessel, Dredging team (DOI: 10.17600/18003592)

MD242/MAYOBS25 (12/09/2023 – 28/09/2023): Marion Dufresne Research Vessel, Dredging team (DOI: 10.17600/18003404)

MAYOBS23 (09/07/2022 – 23/07/2022): Marion Dufresne Research Vessel, Dredging team (DOI:10.17600/18002494)

MAYOBS21 (13/09/2021 – 04/10/2021): Marion Dufresne Research Vessel, Dredging team (DOI:10.17600/18001986)

Field experience

International School of Volcanology (June 2023): Aeolian Islands (Italy)

Since 03/2025:    Postdoctoral Researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2024:                    Ph.D, UCA (France)
2021:                    Double Master diploma in Earth Sciences, UCA (France) and MTU (USA)
2019:                    Bachelor in Earth Sciences, UCA (France)

First author

Verdurme, P., Gurioli, L., Chevrel, O., Médard, E., Berthod, C., Komorowski, J.-C., Harris, A., Paquet, F., Cathalot, C., Feuillet, N., Lebas, E., Rinnert, E., Donval, J.-P., Thinon, I., Deplus, C., Bachèlery, P., 2024. Magma ascent and lava flow field emplacement during the 2018–2021 Fani Maoré deep-submarine eruption insights from lava vesicle textures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 636, 118720. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118720

Verdurme, P., Le Losq, C., Chevrel, O., Pannefieu, S., Médard, E., Berthod, C., Komorowski, J.-C., Bachèlery, P., Neuville, D.R., Gurioli, L., 2023. Viscosity of crystal-free silicate melts from the active submarine volcanic chain of Mayotte. Chemical Geology 121326. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121326

Verdurme, P., Carn, S., Harris, A.J.L., Coppola, D., Di Muro, A., Arellano, S., Gurioli, L., 2022. Lava Volume from Remote Sensing Data: Comparisons with Reverse Petrological Approaches for Two Types of Effusive Eruption. Remote Sensing 14, 323. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14020323

Co-author

Thivet, S., Pereira, L., Menguy, N., Médard, É., Verdurme, P., Berthod, C., Troadec, D., Hess, K.-U., Dingwell, D.B., Komorowski, J.-C., 2023b. Metastable liquid immiscibility in the 2018–2021 Fani Maoré lavas as a mechanism for volcanic nanolite formation. Commun Earth Environ 4, 483. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01158-w

Berthod, C., Komorowski, J.-C., Gurioli, L., Médard, E., Bachèlery, P., Besson, P., Verdurme, P., Chevrel, O., Di Muro, A., Peltier, A., Devidal, J.-L., Nowak, S., Thinon, I., Burckel, P., Hidalgo, S., Deplus, C., Loubrieu, B., Pierre, D., Bermell, S., Pitel-Roudaut, M., Réaud, Y., Fouchard, S., Bickert, M., Le Friant, A., Paquet, F., Feuillet, N., Jorry, S.L., Fouquet, Y., Rinnert, E., Cathalot, C., Lebas, E., 2022. Temporal magmatic evolution of the Fani Maoré submarine eruption 50 km east of Mayotte revealed by in situ sampling and petrological monitoring. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience 354, 1–29. doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.155