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STAUDIGEL, HUBERT

Research Geologist

Degrees:

• B.S., Ruhr University, Germany
• M.S., Ruhr University, Germany
• Ph.D., Ruhr University, Germany

Research Interests:

• Geochemical transfer between ocean-crust, biosphere, seawater, and mantle
• Geochemical Earth Reference Models
• Volcanology, geochemistry, microbiology and geophysics of seamounts and the oceanic crust
• Earth Science Education and Outreach

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 209: Special Topics
• SIO 239: Special Topics in Geophysics
• SIO100: Introduction to Field Methods
• SIO170: Introduction to Volcanology
• SIO209: Special Topics
• SIO239: Special Topics in Geophysics

Mentoring:

• Hirano, Naoto (Post Doc; 2006-2007)
• Russel, Jamie (Masters; 2006-2007)
• Oschman, Lynn (Graduate; 2004-)
• Sudek, Lisa (Graduate; 2004-2009)
• Templeton, Alexis (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Bailey, Brad (Graduate; 2001-2008)
• Konter, Jasper (Graduate; 2000-2007)
• Koppers, Anthony (Post Doc; 1999-2002)

Staudigel, H., H. Furnes, N. McLoughlin, N. R. Banerjee, L. B. Connell, A.Templeton, 2008, 3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life? Earth-Science Reviews (in press), doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.04.005.

Santelli, CM, B. N. Orcutt, Banning, E., Bach, W., Moyer, C.L., Sogin, M.L., Staudigel, H., Edwards, KJ, 2008, Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust Nature Vol 453|29 May 2008| doi:10.1038/nature06899.

Koppers, AAP, J.A. Russell, M. G. Jackson, J. Konter, H. Staudigel, S. R. Hart, 2008, Samoa reinstated as a primary hotspot trail, Geology, v. 36; no. 6; p. 435–438; doi: 10.1130/G24630A.1; 4 fi gures; Data Repository item 2008102008.

Furnes, H., McLoughlin, N., Muehlenbachs, K., Banerjee, N., Staudigel, H., Dilek, Y., de Wit, M., Van Kranendonk, M., Schiffman, P., 2008, Oceanic pillow lavas and hyaloclastites as habitats for microbial life through time — a review. In: Dilek, Y., Furnes, H., Muehlenbachs, K. (Eds.). Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities and Evolution of Life. Springer Verlag.

Furnes, H., Banerjee, N.R., Staudigel, H., Muehlenbachs, K., McLoughlin, N., deWit, M., Van Kranendonk, M., 2007. Bioalteration textures in recent to mesoarchean pillow lavas: a petrographic signature of subsurface life in oceanic igneous rocks.

Reisberg, L., O. Rouxel, J. Ludden, H. Staudigel, C. Zimmermann, 2008, Re-Os results from ODP Site 801: Evidence for extensive Reuptake during alteration of oceanic crust. Chemical Geology, 248 256–271.

Johnson. C.L., C. G. Constable, L. Tauxe, R. Barendregt, L. L. Brown, R. Coe, P. Gans, P. Layer, V. Mejia, N. D. Opdyke, B. Singer, H. Staudigel, D. Stone: 2008, Recent investigations of the 0–5 Ma geomagnetic field recorded by lava flows, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q04032, doi:10.1029/2007GC001696.

Furnes, H. Neil R. Banerjee, Hubert Staudigel, Karlis Muehlenbachs, Nicola McLoughlin, Maarten de Wit and Martin Van Kranendonk, Comparing petrographic signatures of bioalteration in recent to Mesoarchean pillow lavas: Tracing subsurface life in oceanic igneous rocks, 2008 ,Precambrian Research 158: 156-176.

Furnes, H., M. de Wit, H. Staudigel, M. Rosing, K. Muehlenbachs, 2007, Response to Comments on Vestige of Earth's Oldest Ophiolite”. Science 2 Movember 2007: 746E.

Banerjee N.R., A. Simonetti, H. Furnes, K. Muehlenbachs, H. Staudigel, L. Heaman and M. J. Van Kranendonk, 2007, Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils. Geology. Geology, June 2007; v. 35; no. 6; p. 487–490; doi: 10.1130/G23534A.1.

Furnes, H., M. de Wit, H. Staudigel, M. Rosing, K. Muehlenbachs, 2007, A Vestige of Earth's Oldest Ophiolite. Science 23 March 2007: 1704-1707. DOI: 10.1126/science.1139170.

Harald Furnes, Neil R. Banerjee, Hubert Staudigel, Karlis Muehlenbachs, 2007, Pillow lavas as a habitat for microbial life, Geology Today, Vol. 23, No. 4, 143-146.

Jackson, M. G., S. R. Hart, A.A. P. Koppers, H. Staudigel, G., J. Konter, J. Blusztjan, M. Kurz, and J.A. Russell, The return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas. Nature 448, 684-687| doi:10.1038.

Banerjee, N.R., Furnes, H., Muehlenbachs, K., Staudigel, H. and de Wit, M., 2006, Preservation of 3.4-3.5 Ga microbial biomarkers in pillow lavas and hyaloclastites from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241(3-4), 707-722.

Staudigel, H., Hart, S.R., Pile, A., Bailey, B.E., Baker, E.T., Brooke, S., Connelly, D.P., Haucke, L., German, C.R., Hudson, I., Jones, D., Koppers, A.A.P., Konter, J., Lee, R., Pietsch, T.W., Tebo, B.M., Templeton, A.S., Zierenberg, R. and Young, C.M., 2006, Vailulu'u seamount, Samoa: Life and death on an active submarine volcano. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103(17), 6448-6453.

Schröder, C., B. Bailey, G. Klingelhöfer and H. Staudigel, 2006, Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy as a tool in astrobiology. Planetary and Space Science Volume 54, 1,622-1,634.

Staudigel, H., H. Furnes, N. R. Banerjee, Y. Dilek and K. Muehlenbachs, 2006, Microbes and Volcanoes: A Tale from the Oceans, Ophiolites and Greenstone Belts. GSA Today: v. 16, no. 10, doi: 10.1130/GSAT01609A.1, p 4-11.

Kelley, K.A., Plank, T., Farr, L., Ludden, J. and Staudigel, H., 2005, Subduction cycling of U, Th, and Pb. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 234(3-4), 369-383.

Koppers, A.A.P. and Staudigel, H., 2005, Asynchronous bends in Pacific seamount trails: A case for extensional volcanism? Science 307(5711), 904-907.

Templeton, A.S., Staudigel, H. and Tebo, B.M., 2005, Diverse Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from submarine basalts at Loihi seamount. Geomicrobiology Journal 22(3-4), 127-139.

Koppers, A.A.P., H. Staudigel, M. S. Pringle, and J. R. Wijbrans, Short-lived and discontinuous intra-plate volcanism in the South Pacific: hotspots or extensional volcanism? Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4(10): 49 pp, doi:10.1029/2003GC000533, 2003.

Koppers A. A. P., H. Staudigel, R. A. Duncan, High-resolution 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of the oldest oceanic basement basalts in the western Pacific basin, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4 (11), 8914, doi:10.1029/2003GC000574, 2003.

Staudigel, H and H. Furnes (2004), Microbial Mediation of Oceanic Crust Alteration, Hydrogeology of the Oceanic Lithosphere, E. Davis and H. Elderfield (eds), Cambridge University Press.

Staudigel, H. , S. R. Hart, A. A. P. Koppers, C. Constable, R. Workman, M. Kurz, and E. T. Baker, 2004, Hydrothermal venting at Vailulu'u Seamount: The smoking end of the Samoan chain, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5, Q02003, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000626.

Furnes, H., Banerjee, N.R., Muehlenbachs, K., Staudigel, H. and De Wit, M., 2004, Early Life Recorded in Archean Pillow Lavas. Science 304(5670), 578-581.

Tauxe, L., and H. Staudigel, 2004, Strength of the geomagnetic field in the Cretaceous Normal Superchron: New data from submarine basaltic glass of the Troodos Ophiolite, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 5 ,Q02H06, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000635.

Robinson, P.T., Bai, W.J., Malpas, J., Yang, J.S., Zhou, M.F., Fang, Q.S., Hu, X.F., Cameron, S. and Staudigel, H., 2004, Ultra-high pressure minerals in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, and their tectonic implications. Geological Society Special Publication (226), 247-271.

Konter J. G., H. Staudigel, S. R. Hart, P. M. Shearer, 2004, Seafloor seismic monitoring of an active submarine volcano: Local seismicity at Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 5, Q06007, doi:10.1029/2004GC000702.

Workman R. K., S. R. Hart, M. Jackson, M. Regelous, K. A. Farley, J. Blusztajn, M. Kurz, H. Staudigel, 2004, Recycled metasomatized lithosphere as the origin of the Enriched Mantle II (EM2) end‐member: Evidence from the Samoan Volcanic Chain, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 5, Q04008, doi:10.1029/2003GC000623.

Staudigel, H., H. Furnes, K. Kelley, T. Plank, K. Muehlenbachs, B. Tebo, A. Yayanos, The Oceanic Crust as a Bioreactor, in: AGU Monograph: Deep Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, pp. 325-341, 2004.

Helly, J., H. Staudigel, A. Koppers, 2003 Scalable Models of Data Sharing in the Earth Sciences. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geoscience. DOI number 10.1029/2002GC000314.

Kelley, K. A., T. Plank, J. Ludden, and H. Staudigel, Composition of altered oceanic crust at ODP Sites 801 and 1149, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4(6), 8910, doi:10.1029/2002GC000435, 2003.

Tauxe, L., C. Constable, C. L. Johnson, A. A. P. Koppers, W. R. Miller, and H. Staudigel, Paleomagnetism of the southwestern U.S.A. recorded by 0-5 Ma igneous rocks, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4(4), 8802, doi:10.1029/2002GC000343, 2003.

Hart, S.R., H. Staudigel, R. Workman, A.A.P. Koppers, A.P. Girard, 2003, A Fluorescein Tracer Release Experiment in the Hydrothermally Active Crater of Vailulu’u Volcano, Samoa. Journ. Geophys. Res.. 108, NO. B8, 2377, doi:10.1029/2002JB001902, 2003.

Staudigel, H., Hydrothermal Alteration Processes. in: Treatise of Geochemistry, Holland, H, K. Turekian (eds), Vol 3 Chapter 15, pp. 511-537, 2003.

Furnes, H., I.H. Thorseth, T. Torsvik, K. Muehlenbachs, H. Staudigel and O. Tumyr, 2002, Identifying bio-interaction with basaltic glass in oceanic crust and implications for estimating the depth of the oceanic biosphere: A review. Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 202: 407-421.

Furnes, H., H. Staudigel, I.H. Thorseth, T. Torsvik, K. Muehlenbachs and O. Tumyr, 2001, Bioalteration of basaltic glass in the oceanic crust. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Vol 2, Paper number 2000GC000150.

Gee, J.S., S.C. Webb, J. Ridgeway, H. Staudigel and M. Zumberge, 2001, A Deep-Tow Magnetic Survey of Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Vol. 2, Paper number 2001GC000170.

Koppers, A.A.P., J. Phipps Morgan, W.J. Morgan, H. Staudigel, 2001, Testing the fixed hotspot hypothesis using 40Ar/39Ar age progressions along seamount trails. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 185: 237-252.

Staudigel, H., F. Albarede, D.L. Anderson, L. Derry, B. McDonough, H.F. Shaw, W. White, A. Zindler, 2001, Electronic data publication in geochemistry: A plea for "full disclosure". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol 2, Paper number 2001GC000234.

Bebout, G., J. Blichert-Toft, R. Carlson, K. Cooper, M. Evans, K. Kelley, J. Konter, C. Reif, O. Rouxel, A. Shaw, G. Shields, H. Staudigel, and D. Stegman, 2001, Report on GERM 3, La Jolla, March 6-9, Newsletter of The Geochemical Society.

Staudigel, H., J. Helly, A.A.P. Koppers, H. Shaw, B, McDonough, A. Hofmann, C. Langmuir, K. Lehnert, B. Sarbas, L. Derry, and A. Zindler, 2001, Electronic data publication in Geochemistry, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, DOI number 10.1029/2002GC000318.

Hart, S.R., H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, J. Blusztajn, E. T. Baker, R. Workman, M. Jackson, E. Hauri, M. Kurz, K. Sims, D. Fornari, A. Saal and S. Lyons, 2000, Vailulu'u Undersea Volcano: The New Samoa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol 1, Papernumber 2000GC000108.

Smith, D.C., A.J. Spivack, M.R. Fisk, S.A Haveman, H. Staudigel and the Leg 185 shipboard scientific party, 2000, Methods for quantifying potential microbial contamination during deep sea coring. ODP technical note 28.

Smith, D.C., A.J. Spivack, M.R. Fisk, S.A. Haveman, H. Staudigel and the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 185 shipboard scientific party, 2000, Tracer-Based Estimates of Drilling-Induced Microbial Contamination of Deep Sea Crust. Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 17, p. 207-219.

Booij, E., L. Bettison-Varga, D. Farthing and H. Staudigel, 2000, Pb - isotope systematics of a fossil hydrothermal system from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus: Evidence for a polyphased alteration history. Geochemica Cosmochimica Acta, 64 (20): 3,559-3,569.

Koppers, A.A.P., H. Staudigel and J.R. Wijbrans, 2000, Dating crystalline groundmass separates of altered Cretaceous seamount basalts by the 40Ar/39Ar incremental heating technique. Chemical Geology, 166: 139-158.

Tauxe, L., H. Staudigel and J.R.Wijbrans, 2000, Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar ages from La Palma in the Canary Islands. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol, 1.

Varga, R., J.S. Gee, H. Staudigel and L.Tauxe, 1998, Dike surface lineations as magma flow inidcators withing the sheeted dike complex of the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus. J. Geophys. Res., 103: 5,241-5,256.

Tauxe, L., J.S. Gee and H. Staudigel, 1998, Flow directions in dikes from anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility data: The bootstrap way. Journ. Geophys. Res., 103: 17,775-17,790.

Staudigel, H., F. Albarede, J. Blicher-Toft, J. Edmond, B. McDonough, S.B. Jacobsen, R. Keeling, C.H. Langmuir, R.L. Nielsen, T. Plank, R. Rudnik, H.F. Shaw, S. Shirey, J. Veizer and W.M. White, 1998, Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM): Description of the Initiative. Chemical Geology, 145: 153-161.

Staudigel, H., B. McDonough, F. Albarede, G. Masters, H.F. Shaw, A. Lasaga and W.M. White, 1998, GERM Workshop La Jolla, California March 10-13, 1998. Abstract Volume and Current State of the GERM Model, 181 p.

Staudigel, H., B. McDonough, H.F. Shaw, 1998, Second GERM Workshop held in La Jolla, California, March 11-13, 1998. The Geochemical News, 96: 22-23.

Tolstoy, M., S. Constable, J. Orcutt, H. Staudigel, F.K. Wyatt and G. Anderson, 1998, Short and long baseline tiltmeter measurements on Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. In Suyehiro, K., Montagner, J.-P. (eds.), Seafloor observatories and geophysical networks: the present and the future. Phys. Earth and Planet. Int., 108: 129-141.

Johnson, C.L., J.R. Wijbrans, C.G. Constable, J.S. Gee, H. Staudigel, L. Tauxe, V.-H. Forjaz and M. Salgueire, 1998, 40Ar/39Ar ages and paleomagnetism of Sao Miguel lavas, Azores. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 160: 637-649.

Koppers, A.A.P., H. Staudigel, J.R Wijbrans and M.S. Pringle, 1998, The Magellan seamount trail: implications for Cretaceous hotspot volcanism and absolute Pacific plate motion. Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 163: 53-68.

Staudigel, H., A.Yayanos, R. Chastain, G.Davies, E.A.T. Verdurmen, P. Schiffman, R Bourcier and H. De Baar, 1998, Biologically mediated dissolution of volcanic glass in seawater. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 164: 233-244.

Furnes, H. and H. Staudigel, 1999, Biological Mediation in ocean crust alteration: How deep is the deep biosphere? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 166: 97-103.

Staudigel, H., L. Tauxe, J.S. Gee, P.Bogaard, J.Haspels, G. Kale, A.Leenders, P. Meijer, B.Swaak, , M. Tuin, M.C. Van Soest, E.A.T. Verdurmen and A. Zevenhuizen, 1999, Geochemistry and intrusive directions in sheeted dikes in the Troodos ophiolite: Implications for mid-ocean ridge spreading centers. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 1 (Article), 1999GC000001 [7426 words].