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Desiree Lisette Roerdink

Associate Professor, Analytical Geochemistry
  • E-mailDesiree.Roerdink@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 38 59
  • Visitor Address
    Realfagbygget, Allegaten 41, Bergen
    5007 Bergen
    Room 
    3A15f - 3118B
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

My research interests focus on the use of traditional and non-traditional stable isotope systems to detect chemical and biological processes involved in the formation of minerals and mineral deposits. I study environments ranging from the earliest habitats on Earth to present-day deep sea hydrothermal vents, and I integrate isotope data with geochemical and microbiological data to obtain insights into interactions between microbial and abiotic processes.

Specific research interests include:

  • The origin and paleoenvironmental significance of early Archean (3.6-3.2 billion year old) barite deposits
  • Multiple sulfur isotope biomarkers and rate measurements (radiotracer) for microbial activity in Archean and modern hydrothermal settings
  • Metal stable isotopes (Fe, Cu) as proxies for sub-seafloor ore-forming processes in seafloor hydrothermal systems
  • Experimental determination of fractionation factors for non-traditional stable isotopes (Si, Cu)

PhD degree (cum laude) from Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2013): "Geology and stable isotope geochemistry of Paleoarchean sulfur: formation, preservation and geobiology of ancient pyrite and barite".  

I am actively involved in communication and outreach events at the Department of Earth Science:

  • Promotion of the field of Geobiology and Geology on the "Ka vil DU bli" orientation day for 10th grade students (2017, 2018)
  • Mineralogy class during preparation week for Norwegian Geography Olympiad candidates (2019)
  • Promotion of the BSc in Geochemistry and Geobiology on open days for high-school students (2019, 2020)
  • Promotion of the MSc in Geochemistry and Geobiology for BSc students at the Department of Earth Science (2019)

I am also active in outreach outside of the Department of Earth Science:

  • Assembly of an educational and engaging rock and mineral collection for the Geology Day of the Norwegian Geological Society (2018, 2019)
  • Assembly of an oil and gas-related rock collection for the Equinor theme days at the VilVite Science museum (2019, 2020)
  • "O-fags dagen" workshop on the geology of the Bergen area for kayak paddlers from the BSI paddling club (2020)

Outreach material:

  • Promotional poster on Geochemistry for prospective BSc students (English and Norwegian)
  • Promotional poster on Geobiology for prospective BSc students (English and Norwegian)
  • Brochure highlighting the members and possibilities in the Geochemistry and Geobiology group for prospective MSc students 

I am happy to provide rocks and minerals to teachers and musea. Feel free to contact me if you would like to borrow such material. 

 

 

Courses

I am course responsible and teaching in the following courses at the Department of Earth Science:

  • GEOV-103 Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrography
  • GEOV-342 The Geochemical Toolbox 
  • GEOV-344 Geobiology and evolution of life on Earth 

In addition, I am teaching lectures in GEOV-245 Geomicrobiology (Isotopic tracers for microbial metabolisms) and SDG-207 Energy Transition (Deep sea mining). 

Student supervision

PhD students:

  • PhD student Apolline Samin (2020-2023), Investigating Cu isotope fractionation as a tracer for seafloor mineral deposit formation using hydrothermal experiments (main supervisor)
     
  • PhD student Henrike Wilborn (2018-2019), Experimental and field investigations of the potential of Cu isotopes as tracers for seafloor sulfide ore formation (main supervisor)
     
  • PhD student Francesca Vulcano (2018-2022), Short chain hydrocarbon degraders in hydrothermal vent systems on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (co-supervisor)

MSc students:

  • MSc student Matrine Jansen Berge, The behaviour of (heavy) metals during alkaline mine drainage from the abandoned Feragen chromite mines, East-Central Norway (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Katrine Almås (2021-2023), Tracing copper from source to sink during acid mine drainage at Røros Kobberverk, E Norway (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Idar Martin Knutsen, Listvenite formation at Gråberget, east-central Norway. A natural analogue for geological CO2 sequestration involving sulphide mineralization (co-supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Solveig Osjord (2021-2023), Visualizing three-dimensional variations in the geochemistry of black smokers (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Karen Moltubakk (2020-2022), Detecting microbial sulfate reduction coupled to anaerobic methane oxidation in hydrothermal sediments with stable isotopes (S, Fe) and trace elements (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Lotte Johannessen (2020-2022), Investigating multiple sulfur isotope variations in active hydrothermal chimneys and fluids from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Ingvild Aarrestad (2018-2020), Tracing contamination from historical mining sites in Norway with Cu isotopes (main supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Maria Salem (2018-2020), Quantifying Earth system interactions in the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (co-supervisor)
     
  • MSc student Jan-Kristoffer Landro (2014-2016), Characterizing the distribution of microbial sulfate reduction in Loki's Castle hydrothermal system of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) (main supervisor)

Roerdink, D.L., Ronen, Y., Strauss, H., Mason, P.R.D, 2022, Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite. Nature Geoscience, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 227-232. doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00902-9

Vulcano, F., Hahn, C.J., Roerdink, D., Dahle, H., Reeves, E.P., Wegener, G., Steen, I.H. and Stokke, R., 2022. Phylogenetic and functional diverse ANME-1 thrive in Arctic hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98(11). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac117

Møller, T.E., Bauer, S.L.M., Hannisdal, B., Zhao, R., Baumberger, T., Roerdink, D.L., Dupuis, A., Thorseth, I.H., Pedersen, R.B. and Jørgensen, S.L., 2022. Mapping Microbial Abundance and Prevalence to Changing Oxygen Concentration in Deep-Sea Sediments Using Machine Learning and Differential Abundance. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.804575

Zhao, R., Mogollón, J.M., Roerdink, D.L., Thorseth, I.H., Økland, I. and Jørgensen, S.L., 2021. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have similar power requirements in diverse marine oxic sediments. The ISME journal, 15(12), p.3657-3667. doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01041-6

Roerdink, D.L., 2020, News & Views: Redrawing the early sulfur cycle. Nature Geoscience, vol. 13, p. 526–527. doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0608-z

Møller, T.E., Van der Bilt, W., Roerdink, D.L., Jørgensen, S.L., 2020, Microbial community structure in Arctic lake sediments reflect variations in Holocene climate conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 11, p. 1520. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01520

Marques, A.F.A., Roerdink, D.L., Baumberger, T., de Ronde, C.E.J., Ditchburn, R.G., Denny, A., Thorseth, I.H., Okland, I., Lilley, M.D., Whitehouse, M.J., Pedersen, R.B., 2020, The Seven Sisters Hydrothermal System: First Record of Shallow Hybrid Mineralization Hosted in Mafic Volcaniclasts on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Minerals, vol. 10, p. 439. doi.org/10.3390/min10050439

Schneider, K.P., Hoffmann, J.E., Münker, C., Patyniak, M., Sprung, P., Roerdink, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Kröner, A., 2019, Petrogenetic evolution of metabasalts and metakomatiites of the lower Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa). Chemical Geology, vol. 511, p. 152-177. 

Stensland, A., Baumberger, T., Lilley, M.D., Okland, I.E., Dundas, S.H., Roerdink, D.L., Thorseth, I.H., Pedersen, R.B., 2019, Transport of carbon dioxide and heavy metals from hydrothermal vents to shallow water by hydrate-coated gas bubbles. Chemical Geology, vol. 513, p. 120-132. 

Van der Bilt, W.G.M., Rea, B., Spagnolo, M., Roerdink, D.L., Jørgensen, S.L., Bakke, J., 2018, Novel sedimentological fingerprints link shifting depositional processes to Holocene climate transitions in East Greenland. Global and Planetary Change, vol. 164, p. 52-64.

DL Roerdink, PRD Mason, MJ Whitehouse, FM Brouwer, 2016, Reworking of atmospheric sulfur in a Paleoarchean hydrothermal system at Londozi, Barberton Greenstone Belt, Swaziland, Precambrian Research 280, 195-204

A Montinaro, H Strauss, PRD Mason, DL Roerdink, C Münker, U Schwarz-Schampera, NT Arndt, J Farquhar, NJ Beukes, J Gutzmer, 2015, Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Precambrian Research 267, 311-322. 

DL Roerdink, SHJM van den Boorn, S Geilert, PZ Vroon, MJ van Bergen, 2015, Experimental constraints on kinetic and equilibrium silicon isotope fractionation during the formation of non-biogenic chert deposits, Chemical Geology 402, 40-51

S Geilert, PZ Vroon, DL Roerdink, P Van Cappellen, MJ van Bergen, 2014, Silicon isotope fractionation during abiotic silica precipitation at low temperatures: Inferences from flow-through experiments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 142, 95-114

DL Roerdink, 2013, Geology and stable isotope geochemistry of Paleoarchean sulfur. Formation, preservation and geobiology of ancient pyrite and barite, Utrecht studies in earth sciences 31

DL Roerdink, PRD Mason, MJ Whitehouse, T Reimer, 2013, High-resolution quadruple sulfur isotope analyses of 3.2 Ga pyrite from the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa reveal distinct environmental controls on sulfide isotopic arrays, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 117, 203-215

DL Roerdink, PRD Mason, J Farquhar, T Reimer, 2012, Multiple sulfur isotopes in Paleoarchean barites identify an important role for microbial sulfate reduction in the early marine environment, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 331, 177-186

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2024). Preservation of Hydrothermal Fluid Copper Isotope Signatures in Chalcopyrite-Rich Chimneys: A Case Study From the PACMANUS Vent Field, Manus Basin. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
  • Show author(s) (2024). Hydrothermal Plume Fallout, Mass Wasting, and Volcanic Eruptions Contribute to Sediments at Loki's Castle Vent Field, Mohns Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Nitrite accumulation and anammox bacterial niche partitioning in Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge sediments. ISME Communications.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Hydrothermal activity fuels microbial sulfate reduction in deep and distal marine settings along the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridges. Frontiers in Marine Science. 18 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Geochemical and Isotopic Fractionation in the Hypogene Ore, Gossan, and Saprolite of the Alvo 118 Deposit: Implications for Copper Exploration in the Regolith of the Carajás Mineral Province. Minerals.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Phylogenetic and functional diverse ANME-1 thrive in Arctic hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 11 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Mapping Microbial Abundance and Prevalence to Changing Oxygen Concentration in Deep-Sea Sediments Using Machine Learning and Differential Abundance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Emergence of felsic crust and subaerial weathering recorded in Palaeoarchaean barite. Nature Geoscience. 227-232.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have similar power requirements in diverse marine oxic sediments. The ISME Journal.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The Seven Sisters Hydrothermal System: First Record of Shallow Hybrid Mineralization Hosted in Mafic Volcaniclasts on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Minerals. 439.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Microbial community structure in Arctic lake sediments reflect variations in Holocene climate conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Geochemical transition zone powering microbial growth in subsurface sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 32617-32626.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Transport of carbon dioxide and heavy metals from hydrothermal vents to shallow water by hydrate-coated gas bubbles. Chemical Geology. 120-132.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Petrogenetic evolution of metabasalts and metakomatiites of the lower Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa). Chemical Geology. 152-177.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Novel sedimentological fingerprints link shifting depositional processes to Holocene climate transitions in East Greenland. Global and Planetary Change. 52-64.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Reworking of atmospheric sulfur in a Paleoarchean hydrothermal system at Londozi, Barberton Greenstone Belt, Swaziland. Precambrian Research. 195-204.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research. 311-322.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Experimental constraints on kinetic and equilibrium silicon isotope fractionation during the formation of non-biogenic chert deposits. Chemical Geology. 40-51.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Silicon isotope fractionation during abiotic silica precipitation at low temperatures: Inferences from flow-through experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 95-114.
  • Show author(s) (2013). High-resolution quadruple sulfur isotope analyses of 3.2 Ga pyrite from the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa reveal distinct environmental controls on sulfide isotopic arrays. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 203-215.
Report
  • Show author(s) (2015). Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, NORMAR/CGB 2015 Test Cruise, R/V G.O.SARS, Senter for Geobiologi. .
Lecture
  • Show author(s) (2023). Low-temperature hydrothermal circulation in the early Archean: Formation of barite from sulfate-poor seawater.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Cu isotope variations in active hydrothermal chimneys along the ultra-slow spreading Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The Archean sulfate paradox – when the present is not the key to the past.
Popular scientific lecture
  • Show author(s) (2023). Hva skjer under havbunnen? Stabile isotoper som et geokjemisk verktøy.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Geologi fra kajakken.
  • Show author(s) (2018). All that glitters is not gold - Understanding the formation of seafloor metal deposits.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2022). The emergence of subaerial crust and onset of weathering 3.7 billion years ago.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Looking below Arctic seafloor hot springs with stable isotopes.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Under the ridge – Looking below the seafloor with stable isotopes.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The paleo-environmental significance of paradoxical Paleoarchean barite.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The origin and significance of Archean barite (keynote).
  • Show author(s) (2021). The emergence of subaerial crust and onset of weathering 3.7 billion years ago.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Barite precipitation was associated with low temperature hydrothermal venting in the 3.2 Ga Mapepe Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Tracing Subsurface Iron Cycling in the Sediment-Influenced Loki’s Castle Hydrothermal Vent Field with Stable Fe Isotopes.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The rise and fall of Archean bedded barite: a record of emergent crustal weathering and biosphere development.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Conductive Cooling and Microbial Carbon Transformations in Diffuse Hydrothermal Fluids at Loki’s Castle.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Pyrite geochemistry as recorder of early biosphere processes.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Microbial and geochemical variation in sediments along the arctic mid-ocean spreading ridge system.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Geochemical transition zones are hotspots of nitrogen cycling in Arctic marine sediments.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Sulfate in the Paleoarchean ocean: localized enrichment or variable preservation? Abstract #69108.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Sr Isotopic Insights into the Formation of Paleoarchean Barite.
Editorial
  • Show author(s) (2020). Redrawing the early sulfur cycle. Nature Geoscience. 526-527.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Show author(s) (2015). Shallow Water Venting on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge: the Seven Sisters Hydrothermal System, Mineral Resources in a Sustainable World, Proceedings of the 13th Biennial SGA Meeting. Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, University of Nancy.
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2023). Se under havbunnen med kjemiske fingeravtrykk fra dyphavsmineraler. Naturen.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Fra redaktøren. Naturen.
Interview
  • Show author(s) (2022). Kontinentene kom opp av havet tidligere enn vi har trodd.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Eerste echte landmassa's zeker 3,7 miljard jaar oud, veel ouder dan gedacht.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Earth’s land may have formed 500 million years earlier than we thought.
Documentary
  • Show author(s) (2023). Govert naar de kern van de Aarde - Levende planeet.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2018). East Greenland lake sediments capture surface process response to Holocene climate transitions. Geophysical Research Abstracts.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2023). The origin of early Archean barite deposits on the Kaapvaal and Pilbara cratons.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The Microbial Community Structure in Arctic Lake Sediments Reflects Variation in Holocene Climate Conditions.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Identification of key-players in anaerobic alkane oxidation in the diffuse venting Barite Field at the Loki´s castle.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Establishing Cu isotopes as a tracer for seafloor mineral deposit formation using hydrothermal experiments.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The biogeochemistry of Arctic lake sediments: paleoclimate signal or post-depositional cycling? .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Subsurface sulfur cycling in Loki’s Castle hydrothermal barite field: insights from sulfate reduction rates.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Searching for traces of early life in Archean barite deposits using multiple sulfur isotopes.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Preliminary observations from a remote shallow hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge.
Brochure
  • Show author(s) (2020). Geokjemi - Studere jorden fra et kjemisk synspunkt.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Geobiologi - Studere samspillet mellom livet og jorden.
Website (informational material)
  • Show author(s) (2014). Weblog CGB Research Cruise 2014 'Hydrothermal vent fields on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge'(http://cgbcruise2014.b.uib.no/).

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