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Dr. Verena Heuer

Research Staff

Group: 

Organic Geochemistry

Phone: 

+49 421 218-65702

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+49 421 218-65715

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Room: 

MARUM I, Raum 2700

Verena Heuer

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ORCID:

Hinrichs Lab

0000-0002-1856-116X

 

Research Interests

  • Geoecology
  • The deep biosphere
  • Biosphere - geosphere interactions
  • Stable isotope chemistry of organic metabolites (e.g. acetate)
  • Scientific ocean drilling (e.g. the International Ocean Discovery Program IODP)

Key Research Question

What are the limits of life and the biosphere in Earth's interior?

Education

2003PhD, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Bremen
1993Diplom (M.Sc.) in Geoecology, University of Bayreuth
1991B.Sc., University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Expedition370
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Positions

since 2010Research Scientist in the Hinrichs Lab (Organic Geochemistry) at the University of Bremen
2004 - 2010Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hinrichs Lab (Organic Geochemistry) at the University of Bremen
1999 - 2002PhD student in the special research project SFB 261 'The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Mass Budget and Current Systems', University of Bremen
1996 - 1998Assistant for public relations at the Center of Excellence 'Ecological Development of Post-Mining Landscapes', Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus
1991 - 1992Guest investigator at the Limnological Research Center of the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)/ETH Zurich, Switzerland
FS Poseidon
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Seagoing Experience

Sept. - Nov. 2019 Organic geochemist during IODP Exp. 385 'Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere'  with D/V JOIDES Resolution
Sept. - Nov. 2016 Co-chief scientist during IODP Exp. 370 'Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto (T-Limit)' with D/V CHIKYU
April 2013 Chief scientist during FS Poseidon cruise POS 450 "DARCSEAS II - Deep subseafloor Archaea in the western Mediterranean Sea: carbon cycle, life strategies, and role in sedimentary ecosystems"
Aug. - Sept. 2012 Mudgas monitoring scientist/organic geochemist during IODP Exp. 337 'Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita' with D/V CHIKYU
February 2011 Organic geochemist during FS Meteor cruise M84/1 "DARCSEAS - Deep subseafloor Archaea in the eastern Mediterranean, Marmara and Black seas: carbon cycle, life strategies, and role in sedimentary ecosystems"
Nov. - Dec. 2010 Organic geochemist during R/V Atlantis/DSV Alvin cruise 18/2 "Seafloor Brine Seep Microbial Observatory" in the Gulf of Mexico
Sept.-October 2009 Organic geochemist during IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment Stage 2, IODP Exp. 322 "Subduction Inputs" with D/V Chikyu
Feb. - March 2009 Organic geochemist during FS Maria S. Merian cruise MSM 11/1 "Mid-Atlantic Ridge Site Surveys of Sediments and Basement in North Pond area in 7 Ma Western Flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 23°N" - a pre-site survey for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
April - May 2008 Organic geochemist during FS Meteor cruise M76/1 'Process studies in the eastern South Atlantic, Prosa'
Sept - Oct 2005 Pressure core sampling scientist/organic geochemist during IODP Exp. 311 'Cascadia Margin Gas Hydrates' with D/V JOIDES Resolution
June 2005 Organic geochemist during RV Professor Logachev cruise 'METRO/Training through Research 15' to the Black Sea
June - Aug 2004 Organic geochemist during IODP Exp. 301 'Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology' with D/V JOIDES Resolution
Jan - Feb. 2000 Inorganic geochemist during FS Meteor cruise M46/3 to the Argentina Basin
Dec 1999 Inorganic geochemist during FS Meteor cruise M46/2 to the continental margin off southern Brazil and Uruguay
July 1999 Student trainee during Trans Mediterranean Cruise MTP II (Marine Science and Technology Program of the European Commission) with RV Aegaio

 

Publications

Zhu, QZ, Elvert, M, Meador, TB, Schröder, JM, Doeana, KD, Becker, KW, Elling, FJ, Lipp, JS, Heuer, VB, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2024) Comprehensive molecular‐isotopic characterization of archaeal lipids in the Black Sea water column and underlying sediments. Geobiology, 22(2). doi:10.1111/gbi.12589

Seewald, JS, Geoffrey Wheat, C, Reeves, EP, Tivey, MK, Sievert, SM, Stakes, D, Sylva, SP, Lilley, MD and Heuer, VB (2024) Spatial evolution and temporal stability of hydrothermal processes at sediment-covered spreading centers: Constraints from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 367. 87-106. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.006

Köster, M, Staubwasser, M, Meixner, A, Kasemann, SA, Manners, HR, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F, Heuer, VB, Kasten, S and Henkel, S (2023) Uniquely low stable iron isotopic signatures in deep marine sediments caused by Rayleigh distillation. Scientific Reports, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37254-2

Goudriaan, M, Morales, VH, van der Meer, MTJ, Mets, A, Ndhlovu, RT, van Heerwaarden, J, Simon, S, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Niemann, H (2023) A stable isotope assay with 13C-labeled polyethylene to investigate plastic mineralization mediated by Rhodococcus ruber. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186. 114369. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114369

Gan, S, Heuer, VB, Schmidt, F, Wörmer, L and Hinrichs, KU (2023) A simple guideline to apply excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy (EEMs) for the characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in anoxic marine sediments. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 42(1). 109-119. doi:10.1007/s13131-022-2050-0

Neubauer, C, Kantnerová, K, Lamothe, A, Savarino, J, Hilkert, A, Juchelka, D, Hinrichs, KU, Elvert, M, Heuer, V, Elsner, M, Bakkour, R, Julien, M, Öztoprak, M, Schouten, S, Hattori, S and Dittmar, T (2023) Discovering nature’s fingerprints: isotope ratio analysis on bioanalytical mass spectrometers. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 34(4). 525-537. doi:10.1021/jasms.2c00363

Vuillemin, A, Mayr, C, Schuessler, JA, Friese, A, Bauer, KW, Lücke, A, Heuer, VB, Glombitza, C, Henny, C, von Blanckenburg, F, Russell, JM, Bijaksana, S, Vogel, H, Crowe, SA and Kallmeyer, J (2023) A one-million-year isotope record from siderites formed in modern ferruginous sediments. GSA Bulletin, 135(1-2). 504-522. doi:10.1130/B36211.1

Beulig, F, Schubert, F, Adhikari, RR, Glombitza, C, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU, Homola, KL, Inagaki, F, Jørgensen, BB, Kallmeyer, J, Krause, SJE, Morono, Y, Sauvage, J, Spivack, AJ and Treude, T (2022) Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere. Nature Communications, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27802-7

Lazar, CS, Schmidt, F, Elvert, M, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Teske, AP (2022) Microbial diversity gradients in the geothermal mud volcano underlying the hypersaline Urania Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1043414

Chuang, PC, Dale, AW, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Zabel, M (2021) Coupling of dissolved organic carbon, sulfur and iron cycling in Black Sea sediments over the Holocene and the late Pleistocene: Insights from an empirical dynamic model. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 307. 302-318. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.032

Friese, A, Bauer, K, Glombitza, C, Ordoñez, L, Ariztegui, D, Heuer, VB, Vuillemin, A, Henny, C, Nomosatryo, S, Simister, R, Wagner, D, Bijaksana, S, Vogel, H, Melles, M, Russell, JM, Crowe, SA and Kallmeyer, J (2021) Organic matter mineralization in modern and ancient ferruginous sediments. Nature Communications, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22453-0

Hirose, T, Hamada, Y, Tanikawa, W, Kamiya, N, Yamamoto, Y, Tsuji, T, Kinoshita, M, Heuer, VB, Inagaki, F, Morono, Y and Kubo, Y (2021) High fluid‐pressure patches beneath the décollement: A potential source of slow earthquakes in the Nankai Trough off Cape Muroto. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(6). doi:10.1029/2021JB021831

Köster, M, Kars, M, Schubotz, F, Tsang, MY, Maisch, M, Kappler, A, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F, Heuer, VB, Kasten, S and Henkel, S (2021) Evolution of (bio‐)geochemical processes and diagenetic alteration of sediments along the tectonic migration of ocean floor in the Shikoku Basin off Japan. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(8). doi:10.1029/2020GC009585

Sherwood Lollar, B, Heuer, VB, McDermott, J, Tille, S, Warr, O, Moran, JJ, Telling, J and Hinrichs, KU (2021) A window into the abiotic carbon cycle – Acetate and formate in fracture waters in 2.7 billion year-old host rocks of the Canadian Shield. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 294. 295-314. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.11.026

Zhu, QZ, Elvert, M, Meador, TB, Becker, KW, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2021) Stable carbon isotopic compositions of archaeal lipids constrain terrestrial, planktonic, and benthic sources in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 307. 319-337. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.04.037

Aiello, IW, Beaufort, L, Goldhammer, T, Heuer, VB, Hinrichs, KU and Zabel, M (2020) Anatomy of a ‘suspended’ seafloor in the dense brine waters of the deep hypersaline Urania Basin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 171. 104626. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.07.014

Coffinet, S, Meador, TB, Mühlena, L, Becker, KW, Schröder, J, Zhu, QZ, Lipp, JS, Heuer, VB, Crump, MP and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Structural elucidation and environmental distributions of butanetriol and pentanetriol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (BDGTs and PDGTs). Biogeosciences, 17(2). 317-330. doi:10.5194/bg-17-317-2020

Gan, S, Schmidt, F, Heuer, VB, Goldhammer, T, Witt, M and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Impacts of redox conditions on dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality in marine sediments off the River Rhône, Western Mediterranean Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 276. 151-169. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.02.001

Heuer, VB, Inagaki, F, Morono, Y, Kubo, Y, Spivack, AJ, Viehweger, B, Treude, T, Beulig, F, Schubotz, F, Tonai, S, Bowden, SA, Cramm, M, Henkel, S, Hirose, T, Homola, K, Hoshino, T, Ijiri, A, Imachi, H, Kamiya, N, Kaneko, M, Lagostina, L, Manners, H, McClelland, HL, Metcalfe, K, Okutsu, N, Pan, D, Raudsepp, MJ, Sauvage, J, Tsang, MY, Wang, DT, Whitaker, E, Yamamoto, Y, Yang, K, Maeda, L, Adhikari, RR, Glombitza, C, Hamada, Y, Kallmeyer, J, Wendt, J, Wörmer, L, Yamada, Y, Kinoshita, M and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone. Science, 370(6521). 1230-1234. doi:10.1126/science.abd7934

Tsang, MY, Bowden, SA, Wang, Z, Mohammed, A, Tonai, S, Muirhead, D, Yang, K, Yamamoto, Y, Kamiya, N, Okutsu, N, Hirose, T, Kars, M, Schubotz, F, Ijiri, A, Yamada, Y, Kubo, Y, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2020) Hot fluids, burial metamorphism and thermal histories in the underthrust sediments at IODP 370 site C0023, Nankai Accretionary Complex. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112. 104080. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104080

Evans, TW, Coffinet, S, Könneke, M, Lipp, JS, Becker, KW, Elvert, M, Heuer, V and Hinrichs, KU (2019) Assessing the carbon assimilation and production of benthic archaeal lipid biomarkers using lipid-RIP. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 265. 431-442. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.030

Heuer, VB, Lever, MA, Morono, Y and Teske, A (2019) The limits of life and the biosphere in Earth’s interior. Oceanography, 32(1). 208-211. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2019.147

Kim, J, Dong, H, Yang, K, Park, H, Elliott, WC, Spivack, A, Koo, T, Kim, G, Morono, Y, Henkel, S, Inagaki, F, Zeng, Q, Hoshino, T and Heuer, VB (2019) Naturally occurring, microbially induced smectite-to-illite reaction. Geology, 47(6). 535-539. doi:10.1130/G46122.1

Tonai, S, Kubo, Y, Tsang, MY, Bowden, S, Ide, K, Hirose, T, Kamiya, N, Yamamoto, Y, Yang, K, Yamada, Y, Morono, Y, Heuer, VB, Inagaki, F and Expedition 370 Scientists (2019) A new method for quality control of geological cores by X-ray computed tomography: application in IODP Expedition 370. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7. doi:10.3389/feart.2019.00117

Wörmer, L, Wendt, J, Alfken, S, Wang, JX, Elvert, M, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2019) Towards multiproxy, ultra-high resolution molecular stratigraphy: Enabling laser-induced mass spectrometry imaging of diverse molecular biomarkers in sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 127. 136-145. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.11.009

Hamada, Y, Hirose, T, Ijiri, A, Yamada, Y, Sanada, Y, Saito, S, Sakurai, N, Sugihara, T, Yokoyama, T, Saruhashi, T, Hoshino, T, Kamiya, N, Bowden, S, Cramm, M, Henkel, S, Homola, K, Imachi, H, Kaneko, M, Lagostina, L, Manners, H, McClelland, HL, Metcalfe, K, Okutsu, N, Pan, D, Raudsepp, MJ, Sauvage, J, Schubotz, F, Spivack, A, Tonai, S, Treude, T, Tsang, MY, Viehweger, B, Wang, DT, Whitaker, E, Yamamoto, Y, Yang, K, Kinoshita, M, Maeda, L, Kubo, Y, Morono, Y, Inagaki, F and Heuer, VB (2018) In-situ mechanical weakness of subducting sediments beneath a plate boundary décollement in the Nankai Trough. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40645-018-0228-z

Kieft, TL, Walters, CC, Higgins, MB, Mennito, AS, Clewett, CFM, Heuer, VB, Pullin, MJ, Hendrickson, S, van Heerden, E, Sherwood Lollar, B, Lau, MCY and Onstott, TC (2018) Dissolved organic matter compositions in 0.6–3.4 km deep fracture waters, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Organic Geochemistry, 118. 116-131. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.003

Zhuang, GC, Heuer, VB, Lazar, CS, Goldhammer, T, Wendt, J, Samarkin, VA, Elvert, M, Teske, AP, Joye, SB and Hinrichs, KU (2018) Relative importance of methylotrophic methanogenesis in sediments of the Western Mediterranean Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 224. 171-186. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.12.024 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Schmidt, F, Koch, BP, Goldhammer, T, Elvert, M, Witt, M, Lin, YS, Wendt, J, Zabel, M, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2017) Unraveling signatures of biogeochemical processes and the depositional setting in the molecular composition of pore water DOM across different marine environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 207. 57-80. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.005

Zhuang, GC, Lin, YS, Bowles, MW, Heuer, VB, Lever, MA, Elvert, M and Hinrichs, KU (2017) Distribution and isotopic composition of trimethylamine, dimethylsulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine sediments. Marine Chemistry, 196. 35-46. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2017.07.007 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Beulig, F, Heuer, VB, Akob, DM, Viehweger, B, Elvert, M, Herrmann, M, Hinrichs, KU and Küsel, K (2015) Carbon flow from volcanic CO2 into soil microbial communities of a wetland mofette. The ISME Journal, 9(3). 746-759. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.148

Inagaki, F, Hinrichs, KU, Kubo, Y, Bowles, MW, Heuer, VB, Hong, WL, Hoshino, T, Ijiri, A, Imachi, H, Ito, M, Kaneko, M, Lever, MA, Lin, YS, Methe, BA, Morita, S, Morono, Y, Tanikawa, W, Bihan, M, Bowden, SA, Elvert, M, Glombitza, C, Gross, D, Harrington, GJ, Hori, T, Li, K, Limmer, D, Liu, CH, Murayama, M, Ohkouchi, N, Ono, S, Park, YS, Phillips, SC, Prieto-Mollar, X, Purkey, M, Riedinger, N, Sanada, Y, Sauvage, J, Snyder, G, Susilawati, R, Takano, Y, Tasumi, E, Terada, T, Tomaru, H, Trembath-Reichert, E, Wang, DT and Yamada, Y (2015) Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to 2.5 km below the ocean floor. Science, 349(6246). 420-424. doi:10.1126/science.aaa6882 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Yoshinaga, MY, Lazar, CS, Elvert, M, Lin, YS, Zhu, C, Heuer, VB, Teske, AP and Hinrichs, KU (2015) Possible roles of uncultured archaea in carbon cycling in methane-seep sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 164. 35-52. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.003

Hammerschmidt, S, Wiersberg, T, Heuer, VB, Wendt, J, Erzinger, JA and Kopf, AJ (2014) Real-time drilling mud gas monitoring for qualitative evaluation of hydrocarbon gas composition during deep sea drilling in the Nankai Trough Kumano Basin. Geochemical Transactions, 15(1). doi:10.1186/s12932-014-0015-8

Heuer, VB, Aiello, IW, Elvert, M, Goldenstein, N, Goldhammer, T, Könneke, M, Liu, X, Pape, S, Schmidt, F, Wendt, J and Zhuang, G (2014) Report and preliminary results of R/V POSEIDON cruise POS450, DARCSEAS II – Deep subseafloor Archaea in the Western Mediterranean Sea: Carbon Cycle, Life Strategies, and Role in Sedimentary Ecosystems, Barcelona (Spain) – Malaga (Spain), April 2 – 13, 2013. Berichte, MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, 305. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00103992-13

Zhuang, GC, Lin, YS, Elvert, M, Heuer, VB and Hinrichs, KU (2014) Gas chromatographic analysis of methanol and ethanol in marine sediment pore waters: Validation and implementation of three pretreatment techniques. Marine Chemistry, 160. 82-90. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2014.01.011 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Hädrich, A, Heuer, VB, Herrmann, M, Hinrichs, KU and Küsel, K (2012) Origin and fate of acetate in an acidic fen. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 81(2). 339-354. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01352.x

Lin, YS, Heuer, VB, Goldhammer, T, Kellermann, MY, Zabel, M and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Towards constraining H2 concentration in subseafloor sediment: a proposal for combined analysis by two distinct approaches. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77(15). 186-201. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.008 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Ertefai, TF, Heuer, VB, Prieto-Mollar, X, Vogt, C, Sylva, SP, Seewald, JS and Hinrichs, KU (2010) The biogeochemistry of sorbed methane in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74. 6033-6048. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.006 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Heuer, VB, Krüger, M, Elvert, M and Hinrichs, KU (2010) Experimental studies on the stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate in lake sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 41(1). 22-30. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.07.004.

Lever, MA, Heuer, VB, Morono, Y, Masui, N, Schmidt, F, Alperin, MJ, Inagaki, F, Hinrichs, KU and Teske, AP (2010) Acetogenesis in deep subseafloor sediemnts of the Juan de Fuca Ridge flank: A synthesis of geochemical, thermodynamic, and gene-based evidence. Geomicrobiology Journal, 27(2). 183-211. doi:10.1080/01490450903456681

Lin, YS, Heuer, VB, Ferdelman, TG and Hinrichs, KU (2010) Microbial conversion of inorganic carbon to dimethyl sulfide in anoxic lake sediment (Plußsee, Germany). Biogeosciences, 7(8). 2433-2444. doi:10.5194/bg-7-2433-2010 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Heuer, VB, Pohlman, JW, Torres, ME, Elvert, M and Hinrichs, KU (2009) The stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate and other dissolved carbon species in deep subseafloor sediments at the northern Cascadia Margin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73. 3323-3336. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.03.001 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Pohlman, JW, Kaneko, M, Heuer, VB, Coffin, RB and Whiticar, MJ (2009) Methane sources and production in the northern Cascadia margin gas hydrate system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287(3-4). 504-512. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.037 PANGAEA Supplementary Data

Heuer, VB, Elvert, M, Tille, S, Prieto-Mollar, X, Hmelo, LR, Krummen, M and Hinrichs, KU (2006) Online d13C analysis of volatile fatty acids in sediment/porewater systems by liquid chromatography-isotope ratio-mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 4. 346-357. doi/10.4319/lom.2006.4.346

Riedel, M, Collett, T, Malone, M, Akiba, F, Blanc-Valleron, MM, Ellis, M, Guerin, G, Hashimoto, Y, Heuer, VB, Higashi, Y, Holland, M, Jackson, P, Kaneko, M, Kastner, M, Kim, JH, Kitajima, H, Long, P, Malinverno, A, Myers, G, Palekar, L, Pohlman, J, Schultheiss, P, Teichert, B, Torres, M, Tréhu, AM, Wang, J, Wortmann, U and Yoshioka, H (2006) Gas hydrate transect across northern Cascadia margin. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 87(33). 325. doi:10.1029/2006EO330002

Heuer, VB (2003) Spurenelemente in Sedimenten des Südatlantik. Primärer Eintrag un frühdiagenetische Überprägung. Berichte aus dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen, 209. Department of Geosciences, Bremen University. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-ep000103306

Kasten, S, Zabel, M, Heuer, VB and Hensen, C (2003) Processes and Signals of Non-Steady-State Diagenesis in Deep-Sea Sediments and their Pore Waters. In: Wefer, G, Mulitza, S and Ratmeyer, V (eds.) The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 431-459. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-18917-3_20

Book Chapters

Bell, E.M and Heuer, V.B. (2012) The Deep Biosphere: Deep Subterranean and Subseafloor Habitats. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival (ed. E.M. Bell), CAB International, 345-363.