Sediment Geochemistry

Our mission

We are the core facility for inorganic geochemistry at MARUM. Read our mission statement below.
The Laboratory

We run a decent collection of state-of-the-art analytical machines. Check our laboratory subsite for details about our infrastructure!
Expeditions

We are regularly at sea for sampling and onboard geochemistry. Contact us for info about recent research cruises and opportunities to sail!
Research projects

Our activities contribute to several research projects. The ones that keep us busy most of our time can be found here
BSc & MSc Projects

We offer multiple opportunities for BSc and MSc thesis projects. Bring your own ideas or check if we have something interesting in our desks!

We are interested in transformations, fluxes, and cycles of elements in the ocean and investigate the diverse geochemical aspects that shape marine ecosystems.

We analyze the chemical composition of rocks, solid sediments, water column, pore fluids, and particles that trickle from the ocean's surface to the seabed.

We aim to shed light into the livelihood of microorganisms and their important role in element cycles of modern Earth, and we learn about palaeoenvironments from the chemical code that is stored in the record of marine sediments.

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News & Updates

Nov/Dec 2022 as a member of the science party Martin participates in the post cruise meeting of the ECORD Expedition 386 "Japan Trench Paleoseismology" in Japan.

In September 2022, we published unique results to date from sub-seafloor sediments in three deep-sea trenches (doi:10.1029/2022GC010502)

June/July 2022 Antonia Witzleb participate on RV SONNE expedition SO292/2 (DEEP BLUE; characterization and monitoring of fluid/solid emissions from serpentinite mud volcanoes in the Mariana forearc)

Contact

Address

MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
University of Bremen
Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratory
PBox 330440
28334 Bremen
Germany

Shipping Address

Silvana Pape
MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
University of Bremen
Inorganic Geochemistry Laboratory
Leobener Strasse
28334 Bremen
Germany

Lab and Office Location

University of Bremen
NW2 C-Block, 2nd Floor
Leobener Strasse
28359 Bremen
Germany