Dr. Felix Genske

Professur für Geochemie (Prof. Stracke)
Dr. Felix Genske

Corrensstr. 24, room 204
48149 Münster

T: +49-251-83-33403

Academic Profiles

  • Research Foci

    • Application of radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry to geological processes
    • Geodynamic processes of upwelling plumes underneath mid ocean ridges and ocean island basalts
    • Petrology and geochemistry of igneous rocks
  • CV

    Academic Education

    PhD, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia; Dr. rer. nat., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    MSc, Geoscience, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
    B.Sc. Applied Geosciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

    Positions

    Akademischer Rat
    Research Associate
    Post-doc, Münster Isotope Research Centre (MIRC)
    Research Officer, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
    Research Assistant, Lehrstuhl für Endogene Geodynamik, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

    External Functions

    Geochemical Society
    DMG-DGGV
  • Projects

    • Combined chemical and high-precision isotope analysis of silicate melt inclusions – Advancing the understanding of Earth’s heterogeneous mantle ()
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: GE 2817/6-1
    • Origin and nature of peridotites from the East-Azores Fracture Zone ()
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: GE 2817/5-1
  • Publications

    • , , , , , , , , , , & (). Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland. Nature Geoscience, 17 (9). doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01532-z.
    • , , , , , , & (). Deep segregation and crystallization of ultra-depleted melts in the sub-ridge mantle. Chemical Geology, 121840. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121840.
    • , , , , , & (). Sampling Earth’s mantle at intra-transform spreading ridges. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 374, 156172. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.04.032.
    • , , , , , , , & (). Plume-influenced mid-ocean ridges -Insights into the geodynamics from the Foundation Segment on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Frontiers in Earth Science, 12. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1456429.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). The Petrology and Geochemistry of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall Eruption, Iceland: An Eruption Sourced From Multiple, Compositionally Diverse, Near-Moho Sills. AGU Advances, 5, e2024AV0. doi: 10.1029/2024AV001310.
    • , , , & (). Multi-stage evolution of the oceanic lithosphere beneath Heard Island, southern Indian Ocean. Journal of Petrology, 65 (10). doi: 10.1093/petrology/egae106.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Formation and hydrothermal alteration of a volcanic center: Melt pooling and mass transfers at Langseth Ridge (Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean). Marine Geology, 475, Article 107347. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107347.

    • , , , , & (). Earth mantle's isotopic record of progressive chemical depletion. AGU Advances, 4, e2022AV000792, Article e2022AV000792. doi: 10.1029/2022AV000792.

    • , , , , , & (). The submarine Azores Plateau: Evidence for a waning mantle plume? Marine Geology, 451, 106858. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106858.
    • , , , , , & (). Cr stable isotope fractionation by evaporation from silicate melts. Chemical Geology, 610, Article 121096. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121096.
    • , , , , & (). Chemical Geodynamics Insights from a Machine Learning Approach. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2022GC01060. doi: 10.1029/2022GC010606.

    • , , & (). Constraining the presence of amphibole and mica in metasomatized mantle sources through halogen partitioning experiments. Lithos, 380-381, 105859. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105859.
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation. Chemical Geology, 570, 120145. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120145.

    • , , , , , , & (). Erratum: An improved electron microprobe method for the analysis of halogens in natural silicate glasses (Microscopy and Microanalysis (2020) 26:5 (857-866)). Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26 (5), 1076. doi: 10.1017/S1431927620024551.
    • , , , & (). A comparison of sulfur isotope measurements of geologic materials by inductively coupled plasma and gas source mass spectrometry. Chem. Geol., 558, 119869.. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119869.
    • , , , , , , & (). An Improved Electron Microprobe Method for the Analysis of Halogens in Natural Silicate Glasses. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26, 110. doi: 10.1017/S1431927620013495.

    • , , , & (). Process-related isotope variability in oceanic basalts revealed by high-precision Sr isotope ratios in olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Chemical Geology, 524, 110. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.04.031.
    • , , , , , , , , & (). Ubiquitous ultra-depleted domains in Earth’s mantle. Nature Geoscience, 12, 851–855. doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0446-z.
    • , , , , , & (). Extreme intensity of fluid-rock interaction during extensive intraplate volcanism. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.04.017.

    • , , , & (). Where to Go? A Selection and Short Description of Geological Highlights in the Azores. in Kueppers, U., & Beier, C. (ed.), Volcanoes of the Azores (pp.331355). Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32226-6_14DO-10.1007/978-3-642-32226-6_14.

    • , , , , & (). Evidence for intense hydrothermal alteration associated with flood basalt volcanism during the birth of the Azores Plateau. 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans.

    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Comparing the nature of the western and eastern Azores mantle. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 172, 7692. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.08.019.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • , , , , , & (). Magmatic Evidence for Carbonate Metasomatism in the Lithospheric Mantle underneath the Ohře (Eger) Rift. Journal of Petrology, 60. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv052.
    Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
    • , , , & (). Strontium Isotopes in Silicate-Melt Inclusions: A Case Study from the Faroe and Azores Islands. Goldschmidt Conference, prague.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • , , , , , , & (). Lithium and boron isotope systematics in lavas from the Azores islands reveal crustal assimilation. Chemical Geology, 373, 2736. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.02.024.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • , , , & (). Experimental investigation of Cr isotope fractionation during core formation. Accrete Workshop Nice, Nice, France.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • , , , , , & (). Oxygen isotopes in the Azores islands: Crustal assimilation recorded in olivine. Geology, 41 (4), 491494. doi: 10.1130/G33911.1.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • , , , & (). Quaternary volcanism in Central Europe: new results from Železná Hůrka/Eisenbühl (Czech Republic). Basalt 2013, Görlitz, Germany.
    • , , , , & (). Constraining the Nature of the Western Azores Mantle Source Using Pb-Hf-Os Isotope Systematics. Goldschmidt 2013, Florence, Italy.

    Research Articles (Journals)
    • , , , , , , , , , & (). Geochemical evidence for melting of carbonated peridotite on Santa Maria Island, Azores. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165 (5), 823841. doi: 10.1007/s00410-012-0837-2.
    • , , & (). Geophysical characterisation of a blind I-type pluton emplaced within the Bundarra Suite S-type granites of the New England Batholith. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59 (3), 435446. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2012.645070.
    • , , , & (). The Petrology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the Western Azores Islands of Flores and Corvo. Journal of Petrology, 53 (8), 16731708. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egs029.
    Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
    • , , , , & (). O Isotopes in the Azores: Mantle Melting Versus AFC. Goldschmidt 2012, Montreal, Canada.

    • , , , , & (). Plume-Ridge Interaction: Constraints on Melting Dynamics from the Azores and Iceland. Goldschmidt 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
    • , , , & (). Source symmetry in the Azores mantle plume: new constraints from Li-B-O isotopes. AGU Fall meeting 2011, San Francisco, USA.