Michel Kuehn
I am a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Marine and Polar Geophysics group at LDEO. I use marine geophysical methods such as seismic reflection imaging and drill data to investigate processes associated with submarine landslides on continental slopes and around volcanic islands. In particular, I am interested in: (1) trigger and precondition mechanisms (e.g., excess pore fluid pressure, hydrothermal alteration, fluid flow in shallow sediments), (2) processes involved in the formation of mass transport deposits, (3) tsunami generation.
Education
Since 2024: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Lamont-Dohery Earth Observatory
2024: Doctoral degree in Geophysics at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University
2020: Master's degree in Geophysics at Kiel University
2017: Bachelor's degree in Geosciences at Kiel University
Hornbach, M. J., Kühn, M., Freudenthal, T., Graw, J., Berndt, C., Huhn, K., Watt, S.F.L., Phrampus, B. J. and Wood, W. T. (2024). New Heat Flow Measurements Offshore Montserrat: Advective Heat Flow Detected via MeBo Borehole Temperature Logging. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(9), e2023JB028651. DOI 10.1029/2023JB028651.
Kühn, M., Berndt, C., Watt, S. F. L., Hornbach, M. J., Krastel, S., Sass, K., Kutterolf, S., Freudenthal, T., Huhn, K., Karstens, J., Schramm, S., Elger, J., Böttner, C., and Klaeschen, D. (2024). Volcanic flank collapse, secondary sediment failure and flow‐transition: Multi‐stage landslide emplacement offshore Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(6), e2024GC011564. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011564
Karstens, J., Crutchley, G. J., Hansteen, T. H., Preine, J., Carey, S., Elger, J., Kühn, M., Nomikou, P., Schmid, F., Dalla Valle, G., Kelfoun, K. and Berndt, C. (2023). Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano. Nature Communications, 14. Art.Nr. 6606. DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-42261-y.
Crutchley, G. J., Karstens, J., Preine, J., Hübscher, C., Fossen, H. and Kühn, M. (2023). Extensional Faulting Around Kolumbo Volcano, Aegean Sea — Relationships Between Local Stress Fields, Fault Relay Ramps, and Volcanism. Tectonics, 42 (10). e2023TC007951. DOI 10.1029/2023TC007951.
Karstens, J., Preine, J., Crutchley, G. J., Kutterolf, S., van der Bilt, W. G., Hooft, E. E., Druitt, T. H., Schmid, F., Cederstrøm, J. M., Hübscher, C., Nomikou, P., Carey, S., Kühn, M., Elger, J., & Berndt, C. (2023). Revised Minoan eruption volume as benchmark for large volcanic eruptions. Nature communications, 14(1), 2497.
Karstens, J., Schneider von Deimling, J., Berndt, C., Böttner, C., Kühn, M., Reinardy, B. T. I., Ehrhardt, A., Gros, J., Schramm, B., Klaeschen, D., Elger, J., Haeckel, M., Schmidt, M., Heinrich, S., Müller, P., & Bense, F. (2022). Formation of the Figge Maar Seafloor Crater During the 1964 B1 Blowout in the German North Sea. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/esss.2022.10053.
Kühn, M., Karstens, J., Berndt, C. and Watt, S. F. L. (2021) Seismic reconstruction of seafloor sediment deformation during volcanic debris avalanche emplacement offshore Sakar, Papua New Guinea. Marine Geology, 439. Art.Nr. 106563. DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106563.
Haroon, A., Micallef, A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Garcia, X., Kuehn, M., Rizzo, E., Fusi, N. C., Ahaneku, C. V., Petronio, L., Faghih, Z., Weymer, B. A., De Biase, M. and Chidichimo, F. (2021) Electrical resistivity anomalies offshore a carbonate coastline: Evidence for freshened groundwater?. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (14). e2020GL091909. DOI 10.1029/2020GL091909.
Hornbach, M. J., Sylvester, J., Hayward, C., Kühn, M., Huhn‐Frehers, K., Freudenthal, T., Watt, S. F. L., Berndt, C., Kutterolf, S. , Kuhlmann, J., Sievers, C., Rapp, S., Pallapies, K., Gatter, R. and Hoenekopp, L. (2021) A Hybrid Lister‐Outrigger Probe for Rapid Marine Geothermal Gradient Measurement. Earth and Space Science, 8 (1). e2020EA001327. DOI 10.1029/2020EA001327.
Karstens, J., Berndt, C., Urlaub, M., Watt, S. F. L., Micallef, A., Ray, M., Klaucke, I., Muff, S., Klaeschen, D., Kühn, M., Roth, T., Böttner, C., Schramm, B., Elger, J. and Brune, S. (2019) From gradual spreading to catastrophic collapse - Reconstruction of the 1888 Ritter Island volcanic sector collapse from high-resolution 3D seismic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517 pp. 1-13. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.009.
Watt, S. F. L. , Karstens, J., Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Urlaub, M., Ray, M., Desai, A., Sammartini, M., Klaucke, I. , Böttner, C., Day, S., Downes, H., Kühn, M. and Elger, J. (2019) From catastrophic collapse to multi-phase deposition: Flow transformation, seafloor interaction and triggered eruption following a volcanic-island landslide. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517. pp. 135147. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.024.