Dr. Pauline Verdurme

Scientist, Topic 3
Research Division 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Research Unit: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
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Office:
Phone: +49-431 600 2040
E-Mail: pverdurme(at)geomar.de

Address:
ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Room 8A-211
Wischhofstrasse 1-3, D-24148 Kiel
Germany

Research Focus

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

Projects and Cruises

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:)

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

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

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

Field experience

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

Vita

Since 03/2025:    Postdoctoral Researcher, ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ 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)

 

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.