Tectonics and Resources

Research Stephan Schuth

 

Research Interests

  • Formation, evolution and interaction of the Earth's hydrosphere and silicate reservoirs
  • The cycling of redox indicators V and Fe (concentrations and isotopic signatures) in the geosphere and hydrosphere (oceans, rivers, ores, and the crust)
  • Displacement processes of metals in ore deposits and synthetic mineral phases (Pd, Pt), and the stable isotopic signatures of Fe and V in rocks and mineral phases in low and high temperature environments
  • Geodynamics in young subduction zones (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

 

Funded projects

  • SCHU 2695/5-2 (2020 - 2021, PI) “Natural variations of the 51V/50V isotopy: a new redox indicator?” Follow-up proposal to project SCHU 2695/5-1 (2018-2019).
  • SCHU 2695/5-1 (2018 - 2019, PI): “Natural variations of the 51V/50V isotopy: a new redox indicator?”
  • SCHU 2695/4 and WE 2850/15 (2015 - 2018, co-PI with S. Weyer) as part of the SPP-1833 “Building a habitable Earth”: “Uranium and V isotope variations in Archean sediments: Indicators of metal mobilization and enzymatic reduction in an anoxic world?”
  • DAAD funding (2023 - 2024; project no. 57651474): "Understanding Vanadium Resources: Linking exploration and isotope geochemistry"

 

Coordination of research projects

  • BMBF funding 033R119E (2014 - 2018, PI: F. Holtz): “Mobility and behavior of Platinum metals in oxidized ores”. This project was an integral part of the multi-institutional German-South African project AMREP “Applied Mineralogy for Resource Efficiency of Platinum Metals”. Project coordination and scientific support for F. Holtz by S. Schuth.
  • DAAD funding (2008, submitted by C. Münker) for a travel grant for a student excursion to Indonesia. The application was mainly prepared by S. Schuth and S. König.
  • DFG funding MU 1406/2 (2003 - 2006, PI: C. Münker, co-PI: C. Ballhaus): “Geochemical budget and petrogenesis of island arc volcanites of the Solomon Islands” . The proposal provided funding for the PhD project of S. Schuth, who was significantly involved in the proposal preparation and coordinated the extensive field campaign.