Isotope Geology and Petrology
Dr. Sonja Storm
| Address: |
Institute of Earth Sciences Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 236 D-69120 Heidelberg |
| Room: | 413 |
| Phone: Fax: |
+49 6221 54-6069 +49 6221 54-4805 (secretariat) |
| E-mail: | sonja.storm@geow.uni-heidelberg.de |
Academic career and professional employment
| Since 09/2017 | Research Associate, Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University |
| 08/2017 | Lectureship: Geological field trip to Iceland; Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University |
| 08/2015-07/2017 | Technical Assistant; Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University |
| Every summer since 2015 | Trekking-Tour-Guide in Iceland; Wikinger Reisen |
| 2015 | Marine Laboratory Specialist; International Ocean Discovery Program, Texas A&M University |
| 2014 | Volunteer; Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional y Observatorio del Volcan Tungurahua, Ecuador |
| 2009 - 2013 | Ph.D. Student (Ph.D. in geology); University of Auckland, New Zealand Subject: "Crystallization history of rhyolite magmas at Tarawera volcano, New Zealand, from in-situ 238U-230Th disequilibrium dating and trace element geochemistry of zircon" |
| 2010 - 2011 | Laboratory Teaching Assistant for petrological microscopy classes; University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2008 - 2009 | Exploration Geologist; Encounter Resources Limited, Australia |
| 2007 | Work & Travel, Australia |
| 2001 - 2006 | Studies of Geology / Palaeontology ('Diplom'); University of Kiel and Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) Thesis: "Genesis of silicic magmas in Iceland: Significance for crustal formation" |
| 2004 | Research internship; Australian Research Special Centre for Ore Deposit Research (CODES SRC) and Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Tasmania, Australia |
| 2000 - 2001 | Language studies in Spain and Australia; EF International Language Schools |
Stipends / Grants / Awards
| 2015 | Postgraduate Student Research Award for meritorious publication 2014, School of Environment, University of Auckland |
| 2009 - 2012 | University of Auckland International Doctoral Scholarship |
| 2010 | Best student talk, GSNZ conference Auckland |
Expeditions: on land
| 2016 | Santiaguito Volcano, Guatemala |
| 2009, 2010 | Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand |
| 2005 | Heimaey, Iceland |
Expeditions: at sea
| 2015 | R/V JOIDES Resolution, IODP EXP354, Bay of Bengal, (Marine Laboratory Specialist) |
| 2006 | R/V Maria S. Merian MSM03/2, Tropical Atlantic, (Student Assistant) |
| 2005 | R/V Poseidon POS326, North Atlantic, (Student Assistant) |
| 2004 | R/V Meteor M62/5, Äquatorial Atlantic, (Student Assistant) |
Current teaching
2018/2019 Winter Semester:
- Bausteine der Erde = Introduction to mineral & rock identification (major subject: Mon, 11:15-12:45)
- Bausteiner der Erde = Introduction to mineral & rock identification (minor subject: Thu, 16:00-17:30)
- Methoden der Petrologie (block: 11.-15.2.19, 9:00-16:00)
Talks / Posters
Storm, S., Shane, P., Schmitt, A. K. & Lindsay, J. M.: Evolution of the magma system at Tarawera volcano, New Zealand, from U-Th disequilibrium dating of zircon. IUGG, Melbourne, 03.-07. Jul 2011.
Storm, S., Shane, P., Schmitt, A. K. & Lindsay, J. M.: Contrasting protracted and punctuated zircon growth in two syn-erupted rhyolite magmas from Tarawera volcano: insights to the heterogeneity of crystal mush. (Poster) American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 13.-17. Dez 2010.
Storm, S., Shane, P., Schmitt, A. K. & Lindsay, J. M.: Independent zircon crystallisation histories revealed in syn-erupted rhyolite magmas from the 21.8 ka Okareka eruption episode, New Zealand: Insights to the heterogeneity of crystal mush. Geological Society of New Zealand Konferenz, Auckland, 22.-24. Nov 2010.
Publications
Cisneros de León, A., Schmitt, A. K., Storm, S., Weber, B., Schindlbeck-Belo, J. C., Trumbull, R. B., & Juárez, F. (2019). Millennial to decadal magma evolution in an arc volcano from zircon and tephra of the 2016 Santiaguito eruption (Guatemala). Lithos, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2019.04.027.
2014:
Storm, S., Schmitt, A. K., Shane, P., Lindsay, J. M. (2014). Zircon trace element chemistry at sub-micrometer resolution for Tarawera volcano, New Zealand, and implications for rhyolite magma evolution. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 167 (4), 1-19.
2012:
Portnyagin, M., Hoernle, K., Storm, S., Mironov, N., van den Bogaard, C., Botcharnikov, R. (2012). H2O-rich melt inclusions in fayalitic olivine from Hekla volcano: Implications for phase relationships in silicic systems and driving forces of explosive volcanism on Iceland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 357-358, 337-346.
Danišík, M., Shane, P., Schmitt, A.K., Hogg, A., Santos, G.M., Storm, S., Evans, N.J., Fifield, K.L., Lindsay, J.M. (2012). Re-anchoring the late Pleistocene tephrochronology of New Zealand based on concordant radiocarbon ages and combined 238U/230Th disequilibrium and (U-Th)/He zircon ages. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 349-350, 240-250.
Shane, P., Storm, S., Schmitt, A.K. and Lindsay, J.M. (2012). Timing and conditions of formation of granitoid clasts erupted in recent pyroclastic deposits from Tarawera Volcano (New Zealand). Lithos 140-141, 1-10.
Storm, S., Shane, P., Schmitt, A. K. & Lindsay, J. M. (2012). Decoupled crystallization and eruption histories of the rhyolite magmatic system at Tarawera volcano revealed by zircon ages and growth rates. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 163, 505-519.
2011:
Storm, S., Shane, P., Schmitt, A. K. & Lindsay, J. M. (2011). Contrasting punctuated zircon growth in two syn-erupted rhyolite magmas from Tarawera volcano: Insights to crystal diversity in magmatic systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 301, 511-520.
