Prof. Dr. Esther Schmädicke
Professur für Mineralogie (Petrologie)
Schlossgarten 5a
Tel.: (09131) 85 22608
Forschung
- 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
Veröffentlichungen Prof. Schmädicke
2023
Origin of Erzgebirge ultrahigh-pressure garnetite: Formation from a basaltic protolith by serpentinization-assisted metasomatism?
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology 41 (2023), p. 1237-1259
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12742 , :
2021
H2O in omphacite of quartz and coesite eclogite from Erzgebirge and Fichtelgebirge, Germany
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology (2021)
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12642 , :
Water in the Supra-Subduction-Zone Mantle of the Mariana-Izu-Bonin Forearc: Constraints From Peridotitic Orthopyroxene
In: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 22 (2021), Article No.: e2020GC009586
ISSN: 1525-2027
DOI: 10.1029/2020GC009586 , :
No chemical change during high-T dehydration and re-hydration reactions: Constraints from Erzgebirge HP and UHP eclogite
In: Lithos 386-387 (2021), Article No.: 105995
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.105995 , :
Water contents of nominally anhydrous orthopyroxenes from oceanic peridotites determined by SIMS and FTIR
In: Mineralogy and Petrology (2021)
ISSN: 0930-0708
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-021-00757-9 , , , , :
Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications of Variscan granitic and dioritic rocks from the Odenwald-Spessart basement, Germany
In: Lithos 404-405 (2021)
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106454 , , , , :
2020
Water in garnet of garnetite (metarodingite) and eclogite from the Erzgebirge and the Lepontine Alps
In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology (2020)
ISSN: 0263-4929
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12554 , :
2019
Low water contents in garnet of orogenic peridotite: clues for an abyssal or mantle-wedge origin?
In: European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (2019), p. 715-730
ISSN: 0935-1221
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2880 , :
2018
Water incorporation in garnet: Coesite versus quartz eclogite from Erzgebirge and Fichtelgebirge
In: Journal of Petrology 59 (2018), p. 207-232
ISSN: 1460-2415
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egy022 , :
Water in Abyssal Peridotite: Why Are Melt-Depleted Rocks so Water Rich?
In: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 19 (2018), p. 1824-1843
ISSN: 1525-2027
DOI: 10.1029/2017GC007390 , , :
Rare peak and ubiquitous post-peak zircon in eclogite: Constraints for the timing of UHP and HP metamorphism in Erzgebirge, Germany
In: Lithos 322 (2018), p. 250-267
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.017 , , , , :
New evidence for an old idea: Geochronological constraints for a paired metamorphic belt in the central European Variscides
In: Lithos (2018), p. 278-297
ISSN: 0024-4937
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2018.01.008 , , , , :
2017
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 , :
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
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 , , , :
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 , , , , , , , , :
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 , , , , :
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 , , :
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
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
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 , , :
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 , , , , :
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 , , , , :
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
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
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
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
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
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