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Thor H. Hansteen is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their primary research contributions fall within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry. The subfields they work in include geophysics, atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, artificial intelligence, and earth-surface processes.

The main topics covered by their research include geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, methane hydrates and related phenomena, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and geological formations and processes.

Hansteen has published extensively, with frequent contributions to notable scientific venues. These include:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Progress In Oceanography

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Julie Schindlbeck-Belo
  • Steffen Kutterolf
  • Armin Freundt
  • Paraskevi Nomikou
  • K. Pank

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Thor H. Hansteen span topics related to volcanic activity, atmospheric measurements, and marine geology, including:

  • "Synoptic analysis of a decade of daily measurements of SO 2 emission in the troposphere from volcanoes of the global ground-based Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric Change" (2021), published in Earth System Science Data
  • "The Medial Offshore Record of Explosive Volcanism Along the Central to Eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc: 1. Tephrostratigraphic Correlations" (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "The Medial Offshore Record of Explosive Volcanism Along the Central to Eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc: 2. Tephra Ages and Volumes, Eruption Magnitudes and Marine Sedimentation Rate Variations" (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Mantle and Crustal Xenoliths in a Tephriphonolite From La Palma (Canary Islands): Implications for Phonolite Formation at Oceanic Island Volcanoes" (2022), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano" (2023), published in Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Magma storage and underplating beneath cumbre vieja volcano, la palma (canary islands)

    Andreas Klügel;Thor H. Hansteen;Karsten Galipp

  • Ocean acidification weakens the structural integrity of coralline algae

    Federica Ragazzola;Federica Ragazzola;Laura C. Foster;Laura C. Foster;Armin Form;Philip S. L. Anderson

  • Multi-stage magma ascent beneath the Canary Islands: evidence from fluid inclusions

    Thor H. Hansteen;Andreas Klügel;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

  • The magmatic plumbing system beneath El Hierro (Canary Islands): constraints from phenocrysts and naturally quenched basaltic glasses in submarine rocks

    Nicole A. Stroncik;Andreas Klügel;Thor H. Hansteen

  • An alternative data acquisition and evaluation strategy for improved isotope ratio precision using LA-MC-ICP-MS applied to stable and radiogenic strontium isotopes in carbonates

    Jan Fietzke;Volker Liebetrau;D. Günther;K. Gurs

  • The effects of flank collapses on volcano plumbing systems

    Andrea Manconi;Marc-Antoine Longpré;Marc-Antoine Longpré;Thomas R. Walter;Valentin R. Troll;Valentin R. Troll

  • Magma Evolution of the Sete Cidades Volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores

    Christoph Beier;Karsten M. Haase;Thor H. Hansteen

  • Samples from the Jurassic ocean crust beneath Gran Canaria, La Palma and Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

    Hans-Ulrich Schmincke;Andreas Klügel;Thor H. Hansteen;Kaj Hoernle

  • Phenotypic plasticity of coralline algae in a High CO2 world

    Federica Ragazzola;Laura C. Foster;Armin U. Form;Janina Büscher

  • Fluid and silicate glass inclusions in ultramafic and mafic xenoliths from Hierro, Canary Islands: implications for mantle metasomatism

    Thor H. Hansteen;Tom Andersen;Else Ragnhild Neumann;Hielke Jelsma

  • Oxygen isotope composition of xenoliths from the oceanic crust and volcanic edifice beneath Gran Canaria (Canary Islands): consequences for crustal contamination of ascending magmas

    Thor H Hansteen;Valentin R Troll

  • Pleistocene Underplating and Metasomatism of the Lower Continental Crust: a Xenolith Study

    Peter M. Sachs;Thor H. Hansteen

  • Changing depths of magma fractionation and stagnation during the evolution of an oceanic island volcano: La Palma (Canary Islands)

    Karsten Galipp;Andreas Klügel;Thor H. Hansteen

  • Fluid Inclusion Thermobarometry as a Tracer for Magmatic Processes

    Thor H. Hansteen;Andreas Klügel

  • Rates of magma ascent and depths of magma reservoirs beneath La Palma (Canary Islands)

    Andreas Klügel;Thor H. Hansteen;Hans‐Ulrich Schmincke

  • Combined bromine and chlorine release from large explosive volcanic eruptions: A threat to stratospheric ozone?

    Steffen Kutterolf;T. H. Hansteen;K. Appel;Armin Freundt

  • Precipitation and growth of barite within hydrothermal vent deposits from the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge

    John William Jamieson;John William Jamieson;Mark D. Hannington;Mark D. Hannington;Margaret K. Tivey;Thor Hansteen

  • Evolution of parental magmas of Miocene shield basalts of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands): constraints from crystal, melt and fluid inclusions in minerals

    A. A. Gurenko;Thor H. Hansteen;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

  • Composition and evolution of submarine volcanic rocks from the central and western Canary Islands

    M. Abratis;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke;Thor H. Hansteen

  • Floating stones off El Hierro, Canary Islands: xenoliths of pre-island sedimentary origin in the early products of the October 2011 eruption

    Valentin Troll;Valentin Troll;A Klügel;M.-A Longpré;Steffi Burchardt

  • Century-scale trends and seasonality in pH and temperature for shallow zones of the Bering Sea

    Jan Fietzke;Federica Ragazzola;Federica Ragazzola;Federica Ragazzola;Jochen Halfar;Heiner Dietze

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Armin Freundt
Armin Freundt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andreas Klügel
Andreas Klügel University of Bremen
Valentin R. Troll
Valentin R. Troll Uppsala University
Jan Fietzke
Jan Fietzke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Bo Galle
Bo Galle Chalmers University of Technology
Uwe Piatkowski
Uwe Piatkowski GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Volker Liebetrau
Volker Liebetrau GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hans-Ulrich Schmincke
Hans-Ulrich Schmincke GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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