Prof. Dr. Esther Schmädicke

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Email: esther.schmaedicke@fau.de

Research focus

Water in nominally anhydrous mantle minerals; distribution of water in the upper mantle; transport of water in subduction zones
Petrology of mantle rocks: stability of hydrous minerals in the upper mantle; petrology of alpine peridotites and mechanisms for crustal emplacement
Reconstruction of PT histories of metamorphic rocks; petrology of HP metamorphic rocks; timing of HP metamorphism and exhumation processes
Modeling of phase equilibria, including solid solutions as continuous exchange vectors; calculation of petrogenetic grids for mafic, ultramafic, and calcsilicate rocks
Field areas: Bohemian Massif (e.g., Erzgebirge, Odenwald, Granulitgebirge), Rehoboth Terrane (Namibia), Cyclades (Greece), Shackleton Range (Antarctica), Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Courses

Rocks and minerals (BSc.)
Petrology (BSc.)
Gechemical methods (BSc.)
Basics in geosciences II (BSc.)
Petrology of metamorphic rocks (MSc.)
Phase petrology and thermodynamics (MSc.)
Petrological methods (MSc.)

2017

Schmädicke E., Gose J.:
Water transport by subduction: Clues from garnet of Erzgebirge UHP eclogite
In: American Mineralogist 102 (2017), p. 975-986
ISSN: 0003-004X
DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-5920
Will TM., Schulz B., Schmädicke E.:
The timing of metamorphism in the Odenwald–Spessart basement, Mid-German Crystalline Zone
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 106 (2017), p. 1631-1649
ISSN: 1437-3254
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-016-1375-3

2015

Hesse K., Gose J., Stalder R., Schmädicke E.:
Water in orthopyroxene from abyssal spinel peridotites of the East Pacific Rise (ODP Leg 147: Hess Deep)
In: Lithos 232 (2015), p. 23-34
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.06.011
Ling XX., Schmädicke E., Li QL., Gose J., Wu RH., Wang SQ., Liu Y., Tang GQ., Li XH.:
Age determination of nephrite by in-situ SIMS U-Pb dating syngenetic titanite: A case study of the nephrite deposit from Luanchuan, Henan, China
In: Lithos (2015), p. 289-299
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.02.019
Schmädicke E., Gose J., Reinhardt J., Will TM., Stalder R.:
Garnet in cratonic and non-cratonic mantle and lower crustal xenoliths from southern Africa: Composition, water incorporation and geodynamic constraints
In: Precambrian Research 270 (2015), p. 285-299
ISSN: 0301-9268
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.09.019
Schmädicke E., Will TM., Mezger K.:
Garnet pyroxenite from the Shackleton Range, Antarctica: Intrusion of plume-derived picritic melts in the continental lithosphere during Rodinia breakup?
In: Lithos 238 (2015), p. 185-206
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.09.016
Will TM., Lee S-., Schmädicke E., Frimmel HE., Okrusch M.:
Variscan terrane boundaries in the Odenwald-Spessart basement, Mid-German Crystalline Zone: New evidence from ocean ridge, intraplate and arc-derived metabasaltic rocks
In: Lithos (2015), p. 23-42
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.01.018

2013

Ling X., Schmädicke E., Wu R., Wang S., Gose J.:
Composition and distinction of white nephrite from Asian deposits
In: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen 190 (2013), p. 49-65
ISSN: 0077-7757
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2013/0229

2012

Schmädicke E., Gose J., Witt-Eickschen G., Brätz H.:
Olivine from spinel peridotite xenoliths: Hydroxyl incorporation and mineral composition
In: American Mineralogist 98 (2012), p. 1870-1880
ISSN: 0003-004X
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4440

2011

Schmädicke E., Gose J., Will T.:
Heterogeneous mantle underneath the North Atlantic: Evidence from water in orthopyroxene, mineral composition and equilibrium conditions of spinel peridotite from different locations at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
In: Lithos 125 (2011), p. 308-320
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.02.014
Gose J., Schmädicke E., Stalder R.:
Water in mantle orthopyroxene-no visible change in defect water during serpentinization
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 23 (2011), p. 529-536
ISSN: 0935-1221
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2122
Schmädicke E., Okrusch M., Rupprecht-Gutowski P., Will TM.:
Garnet pyroxenite, eclogite and alkremite xenoliths from the off-craton Gibeon Kimberlite Field, Namibia: A window into the upper mantle of the Rehoboth Terrane
In: Precambrian Research 191 (2011), p. 1-17
ISSN: 0301-9268
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.010

2010

Gose J., Schmädicke E., Markowitz M., Beran A.:
OH point defects in olivine from Pakistan
In: Mineralogy and Petrology 99 (2010), p. 105-111
ISSN: 0930-0708
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0095-9
Schmädicke E., Gose J., Will TM.:
The P-T evolution of ultra high temperature garnet-bearing ultramafic rocks from the Saxonian Granulitgebirge Core Complex, Bohemian Massif
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 28 (2010), p. 489-508
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00876.x
Will TM., Frimmel HE., Zeh A., Le Roux P., Schmädicke E.:
Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the tectonic and crustal evolution of the Shackleton Range, East Antarctica, and correlation with other Gondwana crustal segments
In: Precambrian Research 180 (2010), p. 85-112
ISSN: 0301-9268
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.03.005
Will TM., Frimmel HE., Zeh A., Le Roux P., Schmädicke E.:
Tectonic and crustal evolution of the Shackleton Range, East Antarctica: Geochemical and isotope contraints
In: Precambrian Research (2010), p. 85-112
ISSN: 0301-9268
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.03.005
Will TM., Schmädicke E., Frimmel HE.:
Deep solid-state equilibration and deep melting of plagioclase-free spinel peridotite from the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ODP Leg 153
In: Mineralogy and Petrology 100 (2010), p. 185-200
ISSN: 0930-0708
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-010-0125-7

2009

Will T., Zeh A., Gerdes A., Frimmel H., Millar I., Schmädicke E.:
Palaeoproterozoic to Palaeozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Shackleton Range, East Antarctica: Constraints from zircon and monazite dating, and implications for the amalgamation of Gondwana
In: Precambrian Research 172 (2009), p. 25-45
ISSN: 0301-9268
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.008
Romer T., Mezger K., Schmädicke E.:
Pan-African eclogite facies metamorphism of ultramafic rocks in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 27 (2009), p. 335-347
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00820.x
Gose J., Schmädicke E., Beran A.:
Water in enstatite from Mid-Atlantic Ridge peridotite: Evidence for the water content of suboceanic mantle?
In: Geology 37 (2009), p. 543-546
ISSN: 0091-7613
DOI: 10.1130/G25558A.1

2008

Gose J., Reichart P., Dollinger G., Schmädicke E.:
Water in natural olivine - determined by proton-proton scattering analysis.
In: American Mineralogist 93 (2008), p. 1613-1619
ISSN: 0003-004X
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2835

2006

Schmädicke E., Will T.:
First evidence of eclogite facies metamorphism in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica: Trace of a suture between East and West Gondwana?
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 34 (2006), p. 133-136
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1130/G22170.1

2003

Müller W., Schmädicke E., Okrusch M., Schüssler U.:
Intergrowths between anthophyllite, gedrite, calcic amphibole, cummingtonite, talc and chlorite in a metamorphosed ultramafic rock of the KTB pilot hole, Bavaria
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 15 (2003), p. 295-307
ISSN: 0935-1221
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0295
Will T., Schmädicke E.:
Isobaric cooling and anti-clockwise P-T paths in the Variscan Odenwald Crystalline Complex, Germany
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 21 (2003), p. 469-480
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00453.x
Schmädicke E., Will T.:
Pressure-temperature evolution of blueschist facies rocks from Sifnos, Greece, and implications for the exhumation of high-pressure rocks in the Central Aegean
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 21 (2003), p. 799-811
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00482.x

2001

Schmädicke Esther, Okrusch M., Schubert W., Elwart B., Görke U.:
The marble horizon from Auerbach/Odenwald: Phase relations and PT evolution
In: Mineralogy and Petrology (2001), p. 77-111
ISSN: 0930-0708
Will TM., Schmädicke E.:
A first find of retrogressed eclogites in the Odenwald Crystalline Complex, Mid-German Crystalline Rise, Germany: evidence for a so far unrecognised high-pressure metamorphism in the Central Variscides
In: Lithos (2001), p. 109-125
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(01)00059-7

2000

Schmädicke E.:
Phase relations in peridotitic and pyroxenitic rocks in the model systems CMASH and NCMASH
In: Journal of Petrology 41 (2000), p. 69-86
ISSN: 0022-3530
Schmädicke E., Müller W.:
Unusual exsolution phenomena in omphacite and partial replacement of phengite by phlogopite + kyanite in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge
In: Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology 139 (2000), p. 629-642
ISSN: 0010-7999
URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0033732726&origin=inward

1998

Will T., Okrusch M., Schmädicke E., Chen G.:
Phase relations in the greenschist-blueschist-amphibolite-eclogite facies in the system Na2O-CaO-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H 2O (NCFMASH), with application to metamorphic rocks from Samos, Greece
In: Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology 132 (1998), p. 85-102
ISSN: 0010-7999
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050406
Ige O. A., Okrusch M., Schüssler U., Schmädicke Esther, Cook N. J.:
The metamorphosed mafic-ultramafic complex of Mokuro, Ilesha Schist Belt, southwestern Nigeria
In: Journal of African Earth Sciences 26 (1998), p. 593-618
ISSN: 0899-5362
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00035-9

1997

Schmädicke E., Evans B.:
Garnet-bearing ultramafic rocks from the Erzgebirge, and their relation to other settings in the Bohemian Massif
In: Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology 127 (1997), p. 57-74
ISSN: 0010-7999
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050265
Schmädicke Esther, Okrusch M.:
Phase relations of calcic amphibole- orthoamphibole-chlorite-talc assemblages, with applications to ultramafic rocks from the KTB pilot hole, Bavaria
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences 86 (1997), p. 212-221
ISSN: 1437-3254

1994

Schmädicke E.:
Die Eklogite des Erzgebirges. Freiberger Forschungsheft C 456.
Leipzig-Stuttgart: Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, 1994
Klemd R., Schmadicke E.:
High-pressure metamorphism in the Munchberg Gneiss Complex and the Erzgebirge Crystalline Complex: the influence of fluid and reaction kinetics
In: Chemie Der Erde-Geochemistry 54 (1994), p. 241-261
ISSN: 0009-2819
URL: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0028592347&origin=inward

1992

Schmädicke E., Okrusch M., Schmidt W.:
Eclogite-facies rocks in the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: high pressure metamorphism under contrasting P-T conditions
In: Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology 110 (1992), p. 226-241
ISSN: 0010-7999
DOI: 10.1007/BF00310740
Schmädicke Esther, Okrusch M., Schmidt W.:
Eclogite-facies rocks in the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany: High pressure metamorphism under contrasting P T conditions.
In: Contributions To Mineralogy and Petrology 110 (1992), p. 226-241
ISSN: 0010-7999
DOI: 10.1007/BF00310740

1991

Schmädicke E.:
Quartz pseudomorphs after coesite in eclogites from the Saxonian Erzgebirge
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 3 (1991), p. 231-238
ISSN: 0935-1221
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/3/2/0231

1990

Schmidt W., Schmädicke Esther, Werner C. D.:
Eklogite des Erzgebirges
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 2 (1990), p. 125 169
ISSN: 0935-1221

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