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Sonja Geilert

@xsteinlausx

Geologist goes swimming: working on natural and enhanced silicate weathering @UUEarthSciences | interested in silicon-carbon coupling, climate change impacts and stable isotopes

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PhD position on Constraining Hadean ocean geochemistry Ever wondered what the Hadean ocean looked like? Come work with us on silicate weathering experiments simulating the geochemistry of the first ocean.

8days to go:

Open PhD position at #Utrecht University:
Interested in #silicate weathering, geochemical laboratory #experiments and #EarlyEarth?

And be part of a consortium www.originscenter.nl/prelife/) with @ingeloes.bsky.social and many more.

Then consider to apply:

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

02.06.2025 09:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ever wondered what the Hadean ocean looked like? 🌊🌊🌊

Come work with us on πŸ§ͺsilicate weathering experimentsπŸ§ͺ simulating the geochemistry of the first ocean and be part of a large consortium investigating the origin of life #prelife.
@ingeloes.bsky.social

Apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

17.05.2025 06:04 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intrigued by these kind of experiments? πŸ§ͺ 🌊 πŸ§ͺ

Then have a look at this PhD vacancy: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

🌏 !!!5 days to apply!!! 🌍

#CDR #climatechange @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @cdrmare.bsky.social

27.03.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Position on Coastal Environments as mCDR Sites to Mitigate Climate Change Want to bring climate change mitigation actions forward? Come work on enhanced silicate weathering and ocean alkalinisation as marine CO2 removal techniques.

JOB OPPORTUNITY (PhD position):

Want to bring climate change mitigation actions forward? Then join us and work on enhanced silicate weathering and ocean alkalinization as marine CO2-removal technique.

πŸ§ͺ🌏 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌏 πŸ§ͺ

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

03.03.2025 08:32 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count! Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...

Happy to announce that πŸ₯³ Sasha Turchyn πŸ₯³ will give a keynote talk in our Goldschmidt session 12f!

Come and join us!

Can't wait to chat with you about clays, authigenesis, silicates and marine element cycles ☺️

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@aprilabbott.bsky.social

conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...

20.02.2025 09:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great work @mfgeochemistry.bsky.social ! So happy to see it published!

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14.02.2025 06:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count! Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...

Thinking of coming to the #Goldschmidt2025 conference? And working on marine #silicate weathering and reverse weathering?

Then consider submitting an abstract to our session 12f!

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@aprilabbott.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social

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04.02.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Assessing the importance of marine silicate alteration: all elements count! Post-depositional alteration of marine sedimentary aluminosilicates likely plays a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of elements with implications for Earth’s climate through time,...

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Just out:

Our Goldschmidt 2025 session on marine silicate alteration and impact on marine element cycles was just accepted!

If you have exciting new data on all (!!!) involved elements, consider submitting an abstract.

@aprilabbott.bsky.social

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19.12.2024 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will remember this for next yearπŸ˜‚πŸ§ͺ

19.11.2024 09:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, your name appeared also under the Ocean/Atmosphere keywords. Only physics? I'm in ocean geochemistry, but also working on marine Carbon Dioxide Removal, if that counts as (geo)engineering πŸ˜‰ If yes, happy to be added to the list

scholar.google.de/citations?us...

18.11.2024 20:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, would be great, if you could add me to the list!
Thanks!

scholar.google.de/citations?us...

18.11.2024 19:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iron redox shuttling and uptake by silicate minerals on the Namibian mud belt Anoxic marine sediments represent an important source of bioavailable iron (Fe) to the ocean. The highest sedimentary Fe fluxes are observed in open-m…

New paper out with Paul Vosteen and Florian Scholz (amongst others) on Fe redox shuttling and uptake by #silicate minerals on the Namibian coast:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social

Wonder why this pic shows up when inserting the link🀷

14.11.2024 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. Global fluxes are not quantified (yet) or based on a very small data set.

14.11.2024 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😏

13.11.2024 09:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coastal El NiΓ±o triggers rapid marine silicate alteration on the seafloor - Nature Communications This study identifies the rapidness of marine mineral reactions, directly after an extreme rainfall event. The reactions have the potential to affect marine cation and CO2 cycling, impacting element t...

Without wanting to brag, but I showed the direct correlation between 'natural' enhanced mineral addition (flood event), dissolution and clay precipitation in this 'natural' analogue at the Peruvian coast:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

13.11.2024 07:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, that's exactly my point and what I'm trying to stress (warn...) in all my OAE talks. RW occurs naturally in marine sediments and can be triggered by mineral dissolution.

Next to Si, aluminum availability, pH, reactive surfaces are crucial.

13.11.2024 07:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So happy to announce that our #PRELIFE consortium was awardedπŸ₯³

In one of 16 projects on the emergence of life, I will investigate the onset of silicate weathering and its coupling to ocean chemistry.

For the silica lovers: special emphasis on reverse weathering,πŸ˜‰

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

08.11.2024 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0