Steffi Burchardt
Professor in Tectonics at Department of Earth Sciences; Mineralogy Petrology and Tectonics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 25 68
- E-mail:
- Steffi.Burchardt@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- Docent
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Keywords
- samverkan
- fältarbete
- magma
- vulkan
- naturkatastrofer
- geologi
- geovetenskap
- vulkanutbrott
- strukturgeologi
- magmakammare
- granit
- vetsnakpskommunikation
- island
- argentina
- berggrundsgeologi
Biography
Degrees
Docent in mineralogy, petrology and tectonics, Uppsala University, Sweden (2015)
Dr. rer. nat. in geology, University of Göttingen, Germany (2009)
Dipl. Geow., University of Göttingen, Germany (2006)
B.Sc. Geosciences, University of Göttingen, Germany (2004)
Awards
Oscar II prize of Uppsala university to young prolific researchers
Bernd-Rendel-Preis 2007 of the Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft (DFG) for scientific attainments

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Geophysical Journal International, p. 763-778, 2012
- DOI for Sinking of anhydrite blocks within a Newtonian salt diapir: modelling the influence of block aspect ratio and salt stratification
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Part of Journal of Structural Geology, p. 102-116, 2012
Part of Geological Society of America Bulletin, p. 213-227, 2011
Part of Tectonophysics, p. 232-240, 2010
Part of Bulletin of Volcanology, p. 297-308, 2009
Recent publications
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2025
- DOI for The influence of variable host rock cohesion and magma viscosity on intrusion-fault interaction: Insights from laboratory models
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Part of Geophysical Research Letters, 2025
- DOI for Tectonic stress as the driving mechanism for dike opening in an oblique rift setting: A deformation model of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall dike, Iceland
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis
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Volcanic unrest as seen from the magmatic source: Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
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Volcanic unrest as seen from the magmatic source: Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2025
- DOI for The influence of variable host rock cohesion and magma viscosity on intrusion-fault interaction: Insights from laboratory models
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Part of Geophysical Research Letters, 2025
- DOI for Tectonic stress as the driving mechanism for dike opening in an oblique rift setting: A deformation model of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall dike, Iceland
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2025
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis
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Volcanic unrest as seen from the magmatic source: Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
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Volcanic unrest as seen from the magmatic source: Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2024
- DOI for Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 1: Field evidence
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Stratigraphy and structure of Chachahuén volcanic complex, southern Mendoza province, Argentina
Part of Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2024
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Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2023
Part of Volcanica, p. 75-93, 2022
- DOI for Thermal impact of dykes on ignimbrite and implications for fluid flow compartmentalisation in calderas
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Geothermal potential of small sub-volcanic intrusions in a typical Icelandic caldera setting
Part of VOLCANICA, p. 477-507, 2022
- DOI for Geothermal potential of small sub-volcanic intrusions in a typical Icelandic caldera setting
Part of Bulletin of Volcanology, 2022
- DOI for Developments in the study of volcanic and igneous plumbing systems: outstanding problems and new opportunities
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Volcanologists-who are we and where are we going?
Part of Bulletin of Volcanology, 2022
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Emplacement and Segment Geometry of Large, High-Viscosity Magmatic Sheets
Part of Minerals, 2021
- DOI for Emplacement and Segment Geometry of Large, High-Viscosity Magmatic Sheets
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2021
- DOI for Decrypting Magnetic Fabrics (AMS, AARM, AIRM) Through the Analysis of Mineral Shape Fabrics and Distribution Anisotropy
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Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2021
- DOI for Rapid Assembly and Eruption of a Shallow Silicic Magma Reservoir, Reyðarártindur Pluton, Southeast Iceland
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Part of Geosphere, p. 182-209, 2020
- DOI for Host-rock deformation during the emplacement of the Mourne Mountains granite pluton: Insights from the regional fracture pattern
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 7934-7961, 2019
Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2019
Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018
- DOI for Syn-Emplacement Fracturing in the Sandfell Laccolith, Eastern Iceland: Implications for Rhyolite Intrusion Growth and Volcanic Hazards
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018
- DOI for Experimental Constraints on Forecasting the Location of Volcanic Eruptions from Pre-eruptive Surface Deformation
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An Integrative Research Framework to Unravel the Interplay of Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities
Part of Earth's Future, p. 305-310, 2018
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Exceptionally high whole-rock delta O-18 values in intra-caldera rhyolites from Northeast Iceland
Part of Mineralogical magazine, p. 1147-1168, 2018
Dynamics of Surface Deformation Induced by Dikes and Cone Sheets in a Cohesive Coulomb Brittle Crust
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 8511-8524, 2017
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 2852-2872, 2016
Magma plumbing for the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption, Iceland
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, p. 2953-2968, 2016
Persistent multitiered magma plumbing beneath Katla volcano, Iceland
Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, p. 966-980, 2016
Magma transport in sheet intrusions of the Alnö carbonatite complex, central Sweden
Part of Scientific Reports, 2016
- DOI for Magma transport in sheet intrusions of the Alnö carbonatite complex, central Sweden
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Erupted frothy xenoliths may explain lack of country-rock fragments in plutons
Part of Scientific Reports, 2016
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Heterogeneous vesiculation of 2011 El Hierro xeno-pumice revealed by X-ray computed microtomography
Part of Bulletin of Volcanology, 2016
- DOI for Heterogeneous vesiculation of 2011 El Hierro xeno-pumice revealed by X-ray computed microtomography
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Part of Journal of Structural Geology, p. 133-141, 2015
Nannofossils in 2011 El Hierro eruptive products reinstate plume model for Canary Islands
Part of Scientific Reports, p. 7945, 2015
Nannofossils: the smoking gun for the Canarian hotspot
Part of Geology Today, p. 137-145, 2015
Dynamics of dikes versus cone sheets in volcanic systems
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, p. 6178-6192, 2014
Weibull-distributed dyke thickness reflects probabilistic character of host-rock strength
Part of Nature Communications, p. 3272, 2014
- DOI for Weibull-distributed dyke thickness reflects probabilistic character of host-rock strength
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Part of Geology Today, p. 54-60, 2014
Shear zones between rock units with no relative movement
Part of Journal of Structural Geology, p. 82-90, 2013
Ardnamurchan 3D cone-sheet architecture explained by a single elongate magma chamber
Part of Scientific Reports, p. 2891, 2013
- DOI for Ardnamurchan 3D cone-sheet architecture explained by a single elongate magma chamber
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Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems: State-of-the-art and future developments
Part of EOS, p. 169, 2013
Part of Geophysical Journal International, p. 763-778, 2012
- DOI for Sinking of anhydrite blocks within a Newtonian salt diapir: modelling the influence of block aspect ratio and salt stratification
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Part of Journal of Structural Geology, p. 102-116, 2012
Part of Solid Earth, p. 401-414, 2012
- DOI for A critical discussion of the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) method to determine stress orientations within the crust
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Part of Solid Earth, p. 97-110, 2012
- DOI for Floating stones off El Hierro, Canary Islands: xenoliths of pre-island sedimentary origin in the early products of the October 2011 eruption
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Part of Geological Society of America Bulletin, p. 213-227, 2011
Strain pattern within and around denser blocks sinking within Newtonian salt structures
Part of Journal of Structural Geology, p. 145-153, 2011
- DOI for Strain pattern within and around denser blocks sinking within Newtonian salt structures
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Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2011
- DOI for Three-dimensional geometry of concentric intrusive sheet swarms in the Geitafell and the Dyrfjöll Volcanoes, Eastern Iceland
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Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2011
Part of Tectonophysics, p. 232-240, 2010
Part of Bulletin of Volcanology, p. 297-308, 2009
Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, p. 280-288, 2008
Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, p. 280-288, 2008
- DOI for New insights in the mechanics of sill emplacement provided by field observations of the Njardvik Sill, Northeast Iceland
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Sink or swim: The fate of crustal xenoliths in shallow magma chambers
Chapters in book
Laboratory Modelling of Volcano Plumbing Systems: A Review
Part of Advances in Volcanology, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2015
Conference papers
Rapid formation and eruption of a silicic magma chamber
2022
The plutonic-volcanic connection – Preliminary results from Reyðarártindur pluton, Iceland
Part of Subvolcanic Processes, 2019
2019
What is the role of Wiki during volcanic eruptions?
2019
Growth stages of cryptodomes: Examples from Iceland and Argentina
2019
Magma Deformation During Laccolith Emplacement: Examples From Iceland And Argentina
Part of Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2018
Syn-emplacement fracturing in the Sandfell laccolith, eastern Iceland
2018
Modeling of magma emplacement processes during laccolith growth.
2017
2017
Fracturing related to granite emplacement in the Mourne Mountains
2017
2016
3D modelling of the Tejeda Caldera cone-sheet swarm, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2015
Laboratory Modelling of Volcano Plumbing Systems: A review
p. 14678, 2015
Rapid high-silica magma generation in basalt-dominated rift settings
p. 13103, 2015
Distribution and growth of fractures in the damage zone of a fault in outcrop
p. 14705, 2015
Dynamics of dikes versus cone sheets in volcanic systems
p. 14705, 2015
The sub-volcanic structure of the Alnö carbonatite complex, Sweden
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2014
2014
Origin and significance of the 2011 El Hierro xeno-pumice
2014
3D-model of the Rum central complex
2014
Canary Island volcanism: fracture induced or mantle plume related?
2014
Persistent shallow magma storage beneath Katla volcano
2014
Significance of 2011/201 El Hierro xeno-pumice
2014
p. 690, 2013
3 or 1? 3D cone-sheet architecture provides insight into the centre(s) of Ardnamurchan
p. 10774, 2013
Dykes versus cone sheets in volcanic systems– two sides of the same coin?
p. 5342, 2013
p. 4795, 2013
Silicic Magma Genesis in Neogene Central Volcanoes in Northeast Iceland
2012
Petrogenesis of Voluminous Silicic Magma in Northeast Iceland
2012
Eroded Neogene Silicic Central Volcanoes in Northeast Iceland Revisited
2012
2010
Strain pattern in and around anhydrite blocks sinking within a salt structures
2010