RESEARCH GROUP

Susanne THEODORA Schmidt

PD MER

 

Earth and Environmental Sciences
rue des Maraîchers 13

office 702a

+41 (0)22 379 69 90

 

susanne.schmidt@unige.ch

 

 

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Thermal evolution of the Upper Jurassic to Tertiary sedimentary sequence in the Patagonian fold-and-thrust belt and the Magellanes foreland Basin (51° 30’S).
• Age constraints for the Low-Temperature alteration in the North Shore Volcanic Group, Minnesota.
• High-pressure metamorphism in the Siviez-Mischabel nappe, Switzerland.
• Dating of zircon inclusions in sapphires to caracterize sapphire deposits.

Current THESIS SUPERVISION

• Annette Süssenberger Thermal evolution of the Upper Jurassic to Tertiary sedimentary sequence in the Patagonian fold-and-thrust belt and the Magellanes foreland Basin (51° 30’S) – clay minerals and carbonaceous material (Projet FN 20021/149232).

former PhD students

• Afifé EL Korh Geochemical fingerprints of devolatilization reactions in the HP rocks of Ile de Groix, France. PhD thesis University of Geneva.
• Katy Waite Low-grade metamorphism and fission track analysis in the Main Cordillera of the Andes, Central Chile, 35° South, PhD thesis, University of Basel. 207p.
• Sébastien Potel Very-low grade metamorphism of northern New Caledonia, PhD thesis, University of Basel. 207p.
• Ulrich Püschner Very-low grade metamorphism in the Portage Lake Volcanics on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA, PhD thesis, University of Basel.
• Mauricio Belmar Urbina Low-grade metamorphism in Central Chile at 35° South, PhD thesis, University of Basel, 190p.
• David Schmidt Very low-gade metamorphism of the Taveyanne formation, western Helvetic Swiss Alps, PhD thesis, University of Basel, 183p

former MASTER students

• Emilie Elmaleh (2015) Blue sapphires from Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Burma (Myanmar): gemological, chemical and spectroscopic characterization and dating of zircon inclusions.
• Raphaël Normand (2014) Pressure-temperature-time evolution in the high-grade metamorphic basement of the Siviez-Mischabel nappe (Val d’Hérens, Val d’Annivers), Master in geology, 139p.
• Manon Kindler (2013) Laves en cousins Ordoviciennes dans la Formation du Métailler, Val de Nendaz, Valais. Master in Geology, 94p. and annexes, co-supervision with Dr. Mario Sartori.
• Valérie de Sanctis (2012) Caractérisation chimique de tourmaline (elements majeurs et terres rares) et relations avec leur couleur dans un context pegmatitique (Minas Gerais, Brésil) et dans d’autres gisements. Master in Geology, 227p.
• Toufik Bekaddour (2009) Les caractéristiques géochimiques et pétrographiques des gneiss migmatiques d’Erstfeld, Massif de l’Aar (les Alpes centrales Suisses), 104p.
• Afifé El Korh (2006) Métamorphisme HP-BT dans les métabasaltes de l’Ile de Groix, France: étude petrographique et géochimique. Master in Geology, 334p.

TEACHING

 

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• Member of the Comission de l’égalité

 

MAIN COLLABORATION

MY RESEARCH

My research focuses on alteration, mineral transformation and element transfer in the crust – from low-temperature alteration during zeolite facies to eclogite facies conditions. Phyllosilicates are important monitors of the transformation processes in sedimentary basins, fault-and-thrust belts or during hydrothermal alteration of thick volcanic sequences. Understanding alteration processes in detail helps to reconstruct large-scale and complex geological processes.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

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