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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Geology,Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineralogy, Crystallography |
| Keywords | Metal Deposits, Seafloor, Stable Isotopes, Mineralogy, Geochemistry |
| Honours and awards | 2014: Brian J. Skinner Award for outstanding paper published in Economic Geology for de Ronde et al. (2014). 2014: Marine Geology Award: one of the three most active and constructive Editorial Board members. 2013: Mineralium Deposita Best Paper Award for de Ronde et al. (2011). 1996: Best Young Scientist Achievement Award, Union of the Scientists in Bulgaria. |
Current contact address
| Country | Japan |
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| City | Tokyo |
| Institution | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
| Institute | Department of Ocean Sciences |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Peter Stoffers | Arbeitsgruppe Paläontologie - Historische Geologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| Dr. Sven Petersen | GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel |
| Dr. Dieter Garbe-Schoenberg | Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel |
| Prof. Dr. Andrea Koschinsky-Fritsche | Physics and Earth Sciences, Constructor University, Bremen |
| Dr. Sven Petersen | Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2002 |
Programme(s)
| 2001 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Dekov, V., Guéguen, B., Yamanaka, T., Koschinsky, A., Petersen, S., Paul, S.A.L., Kleint, C., Bach, W., de Lange, G.J.: Native S from seafloor hydrothermal sites: Messenger for magmatic degassing of metals into submarine hydrothermal systems. In: Marine Chemistry, 273, 2025, 104585 |
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| 2024 | Dekov, V.M., Koschinsky, A., Yamanaka, T., Petersen, S., Paul, S.A.L., Kleint, C., Pelleter, E., de Lange, G.J., Kürzinger, V., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Ilieva, M., Fouquet, Y., Rouxel, O.: Native sulfur at the seafloor: Composition and origin. In: Chemical Geology, 668, 2024, |
| 2020 | Vesselin Dekov, Valentina Darakchieva, Kjell Billström, Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, George Kamenov, Morgane Gallinari, Lyubomir Dimitrov, Olivier Ragueneau, Ellen Kooijman: Element enrichment and provenance of the detrital component in Holocene sediments from the western Black Sea. In: Oceanologia, 2020, 139-163 |
| 2018 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, George Dimitrov Kamenov, Bleuenn Guéguen, Germain Bayon, Luca Bindi, Dan Asael, Yves Fouquet: Redox changes in a seafloor hydrothermal system recorded in hematite-chalcopyrite chimneys. In: Chemical Geology, 2018, 351-371 |
| 2013 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, George Dimitrov Kamenov, Marina Dimitrova Abrasheva, Bruno Capaccioni, Frans Munnik: Mineralogical and geochemical investigation of seafloor massive sulfides from Panarea Platform (Aeolian Arc, Tyrrhenian Sea). In: Chemical Geology, 2013, 136-148 |
| 2011 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Tanya Boycheva, Ulf Hålenius, Sven Petersen, Kjell Billström, Jens Stummeyer, George Kamenov, Wayne Shanks: Atacamite and paratacamite from the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev seafloor vent field (14°45′N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). In: Chemical Geology, 2011, 169-184 |
| 2011 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Tanya Boycheva, Ulf Halenius, Kjell Billstrom, George Dimitrov Kamenov, Wayne Shanks, Jens Stummeyer: Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for hydrothermal activity at the west wall of 12°50´N core complex (Mid-Atlantic Ridge): A new ultramafic-hosted seafloor hydrothermal deposit?. In: Marine Geology, 2011, 90-102 |
| 2010 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Sven Petersen, Dieter Garbe-Schoenberg, George Kamenov, Mirjam Perner, Erno Kuzmann, Mark Schmidt: Fe-Si-oxyhydroxide deposits at a slow-spreading centre with thickened oceanic crust: The Lilliput hydrothermal field (9°33´S, Mid-Atlantic Ridge).. In: Chemical Geology, 2010, 186-200 |
| 2009 | George D. Kamenov, Vesselin M. Dekov, Amanda L. Willingham, Carlo Savelli, Luca G. Bellucci: Anthropogenic Pb in recent hydrothermal sediments from the Tyrrhenian Sea: Implications for seawater Pb control on low-temperature hydrothermal systems. In: Geology, 2009, 111-114 |
| 2009 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, George D. Kamenov, Carlo Savelli, Jens Stummeyer, Médard Thiry, Wayne C. Shanks, Amanda L. Willingham, Tanya B. Boycheva, Pierre Rochette, Ernő Kuzmann, Danielle Fortin, Attila Vértes: Metalliferous sediments from Eolo Seamount (Tyrrhenian Sea): Hydrothermal deposition and re-deposition in a zone of oxygen depletion.. In: Chemical Geology, 2009, 347-363 |
| 2009 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Vasil Arnaudov, Frans Munnik, Tanya Borislavova Boycheva, Saverio Fiore: Native aluminum: Does it exist?. In: American Mineralogist, 2009, 1283-1286 |
| 2008 | Vesselin Dekov, Javier Cuadros, Wayne Shanks, Randolph Koski: Deposition of talc - kerolite-smectite - smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies.. In: Chemical Geology, 2008, 171-194 |
| 2008 | V.M. Dekov, J. Scholten, C.-D. Garbe-Schönberg, R. Botz, J. Cuadros, M. Schmidt, P. Stoffers.: Hydrothermal sediment alteration at a seafloor vent field: Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland.. In: Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008, B11101 |
| 2007 | Vesselin M. Dekov: Native Hgliq in the metalliferous sediments of East Pacific Rise (21°S). In: Marine Geology, 2007, 107-113 |
| 2005 | Vesselin Mitev Dekov, Jan Scholten, Reiner Botz, Carl-Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, Medard Thiry, Peter Stoffers, Mark Schmidt: Occurrence of kaolinite and mixed-layer kaolinite/smectite in hydrothermal sediments of Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone (north of Iceland).. In: Marine Geology, 2005, 159-170 |