Susanne M. Straub

Fields of Interest

Subduction zones play a key role in creating and maintaining the habitable Earth. As igneous geochemist I pursue integrative geochemical and geological studies in global volcanic arcs with the goal to understand how processing of crust and mantle materials in subduction zones shape the arc magmatic fluxes and assess their potential to influence the broader geochemical cycles of Earth.

Education

  • Habilitation 2004 - Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (1995-1997), German Science Foundation, Germany
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist (1991-1994), GEOMAR, Germany
  • PhD 1991 - Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
  • German Diplom (~MSc) 1988  - TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Honors & Awards

  • 2020-2022 Collaboration Partner, New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi
  • 2015-2016 Visiting Professor, Beppu, IGS, Kyoto University, Japan
  • 2009-2010 Visiting Research Fellow, National Science Council, Taiwan Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2007-2008 Visiting Research Fellow, National Science Council, Taiwan Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2003-2005 Research Fellow, German Science Foundation, Germany
  • 1997-2001 Habilitation Fellow, German Science Foundation, Germany
  • 1995-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, German Science Foundation, Germany

Yan Q, Straub SM, Castillo P, Zhang H, Tian L, Shi X (2020) Hafnium isotope constraints on the nature of the mantle beneath the Southern Lau basin (SW Pacific). Scientific Reports 10(1): 17476, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74565-0.

Straub SM, Gomez-Tuena A, Vannucchi P: Arc Magmatism and Subduction Erosion. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1: 574–589, doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0095-1

Heywood LJ, DeBari SM, Gill JB, Straub SM, Schindlbeck-Belo JC, Escobar‐Burciaga DR, Woodhead, JD (2020) Across-arc diversity in rhyolites from an intra-oceanic arc: Evidence from IODP Site U1437, Izu Bonin rear-arc and surrounding area, Geochem Geophys Geosys 21: e2019GC008353, doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008353

Gomez-Tuena A, Mori L, Straub SM (2018) Geochemical and petrological insights into the tectonic origin of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt Invited Review: Earth Science Reviews Special Issue, 183: 153-181, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev. 2016.12.006.

Manzini M, Bouvier AS, Barnes JD, Boniface M, Rose-Koga EF, Ulmer P, Métrich N, Bardoux G, Williams J, Layne GD, Straub SM, Baumgartner LP, Timm, J (2016): SIMS chlorine isotope determination in melt inclusions from arc settings. Chemical Geology, 449 (2017) 112–122, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.12.002.

Straub SM, Gomez-Tuena A, Bindeman IN, Bolge LL, Brandl PA, Espinasa-Perena R, Solari L, Stuart FM, Vannucchi P, Zellmer GF (2015) Crustal recycling by subduction erosion in the central Mexican Volcanic Belt, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 166: 29-52, 10.1016/j.gca.2015.1006.1001.

Straub SM, Woodhead JD, Arculus RJ (2015) Temporal evolution of the Mariana Arc: mantle wedge and subducted slab controls revealed with a tephra perspective. J Petrol 56:409-439, doi: 410.1093/petrology/egv1005

Straub SM, Gomez-Tuena A, Zellmer GF, Espinasa-Perena R, Stuart FM, Cai Y, Langmuir CH, Martin-Del Pozzo A, Mesko GT (2013a): The processes of melt differentiation in arc volcanic rocks: Insights from OIB-type arc magmas in the central Mexican Volcanic Belt. J Petrol: 54 (4) 665-701, doi:610.1093/petrology/ egs1081

Straub SM, Gomez-Tuena A, Stuart FM, Zellmer GF, Espinasa-Perena R, Cai Y, Iizuka Y (2011) Formation of hybrid arc andesite beneath thick continental crust. Earth Planet Sci Lett: 303: 337–347 (2011)

Straub SM, LaGatta AB, Martin-Del Pozzo AL, Langmuir CH: Evidence from high Ni olivines for a hybridized peridotite/pyroxenite source for orogenic andesites from the central Mexican Volcanic Belt, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q03007, doi:10.1029/2007GC001583 (2008)

Straub SM, Layne GD, Schmidt A, Langmuir CH: Volcanic glasses at the Izu arc volcanic front: new perspectives on fluid and sediment melt recycling in subduction zones. Geochem Geophys Geosys (Article) 5(1): Q01007, doi:10.1029/2002GC000408 (2004)

Straub SM, Layne GD: The systematics of chlorine, fluorine and water in Izu arc front volcanic rocks. Implications for volatile recycling in subduction zones. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 67 (21): 4179-4203 (2003b)

Vannucchi P, Ranero CR, Galeotti S, Straub SM, Scholl DW, McDougal-Ried: Fast rates of subduction erosion along the Costa Rica Pacific Margin: implications for non-steady rates for crustal recycling along subduction zones. J Geophys Res 108 (B12): 2511, 10.1029/2002JB002207 (2003)

Straub SM: The evolution of the Izu Bonin - Mariana volcanic arcs (NW Pacific) in terms of major element chemistry. Geochem Geophys Geosys (Article) 4 (2): 1018, doi: 10.1029/2002GC000357 (2003)

Straub SM, Layne GD: The systematics of boron isotopes in Izu arc front volcanic rocks. Earth Planet Sci Lett 198: 25-39 (2002)

Straub SM, Martin-Del Pozzo AL: The significance of phenocryst diversity in tephra from recent eruptions at Popocatepetl volcano (Central Mexico). Contrib Mineral Petrol 140 (4): 487-510 (2001)

Straub SM, Schmincke HU: Evaluating the tephra input into Pacific ocean sediments: distribution in time and space. Inter Journal Earth Sciences 87: 461-476 (1998)