Madeline Richter

Research assistant (MSc FSU Jena 2019)

Research interests

I am curious about fossil subduction zones. Which subsurface processes lead to the formation of metamorphic soles or blueschists and how can parts of these deeply evolved rocks be exhumed? How do volatiles from the subducted plate influence the mantle? Which role does serpentinisation of ultramafics play during exhumation? And mostly, how do these mechanisms implement as textures in rocks? To better understand this at various spatial scales, mapping and micro-scale analyses became the foundation of my work. During my masters I worked on the metamorphic sole of the Mirdita Ophiolite in Albania, whereas now I am focused on the evolution of granulites from the Saxonian Granulite massif as well as the blueschist-facies metamorphic Yuli Belt in Taiwan.

Awards

2020: Graduate Award of the Faculty de for the Best Master Thesis of the Year in Geosciences, funded by the Society for the Promotion of Earth Sciences, Jena
2019: 1st place best student poster award GeoMünster

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

Richter, M., Pollok, K., Onuzi, K., Ustaszewski, K. (in press): Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania), Swiss Journal of Geosciences, doi: 10.1186/s00015-024-00472-5External link.

Conference contributions

Ustaszewski, K., & Richter, M. (2019).The indispensability of haptic sensations with hand specimens – a plea for integrating rock collections into structural geology & tectonics classes. GeoMünster 2019.
Richter, M., Löwe, G., Onuzi, K., & Ustaszewski, K. (2019). Tectonometamorphic processes along a fossil subduction plate interface in the northern Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, Albania)External link. GeoMünster 2019.
Richter, M., & Ustaszewski, K. (2019). On the indispensability of optic and haptic sensations with hand specimens – a plea for integrating rock collections into structural geology and tectonics teaching in the 21st century. EGU 2019.
Richter, M., Löwe, G., Onuzi, K., & Ustaszewski, K. (2018). Tectonometamorphic and hydraulic processes along a fossil subduction plate interface gleaned from detailed mapping in the northern Mirdita Ophiolites (Bajram Curri, Albania)External link. GeoBonn 2018.
Navabpour, P., Kley, J., & Richter, M. (2018). What is the influence of pre-existing structures on regional intraplate tectonic stress fields? A case study of the central German platform? EGU 2018.
Navabpour, P., Richter, M., Kley, J., Heubeck, C., & Voigt, T. (2017). Post-Triassic succession of fault kinematics along the Lichtenau Graben and the implications within the regional tectonic framework. 17th TSK Symposium Jena, 2018.

Master thesis

Madeline Richter, 2019: Tectonometamorphic and hydraulic processes along a fossil subduction plate interface in the northern Mirdita Ophiolites (Bajram Curri, Albania), 144 pp, doi: 10.22032/dbt.45757External link.