Dr Magret Damaschke

Magret Damaschke’s Biography

• 2017 to present: Core Scanning Facility Manager, British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• 2013 to 2017: PhD in Earth Sciences, Volcanic Risk Solutions, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
• 2006 to 2012: Diploma in Geology/Palaeontology, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Germany
• 2007 to 2012: Student Research Assistant, Quaternary Research Group, University of Cologne, Germany
• 2012: Graduate Research Project, Department of Earth Sciences, Pisa University, Italy
• 2011: Graduate Geological Mapping Project, Department of Geological Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
• 2010: CIIV Research Assistant, Faculty of Sciences, University of Colima, Mexico
• 2009 to 2010: Study Abroad, Geography and Environmental Studies, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada

Research interests

• Scientific drilling
• Core scanning
• Multi-sensor core logging
• Energy transition
• Palaeoclimatology & palaeoceanography
• Tephrostratigraphy & tephrochronology
• Chemical volcanology
• Quaternary science

Key papers

• Damaschke, M, Fellgett, M W, Howe, M P, and Watson, C J. Unlocking national treasures: the core scanning approach. 2023. Geological Society Special Publications Core Values: the Role of Core in 21st Century Reservoir Characterisation, 527, 77–94
• Fellgett, M, Hall, A, Harris, S, and Damaschke, M. CoreScore: a machine learning approach to assess legacy. 2023. Geological Society Special Publications Core Values: the Role of Core in 21st Century Reservoir Characterisation, 527, 137–151
• Hesselbo, S P, Al-Suwaidi, A, Baker, S J, Ballabio, G, Belcher, C M, Bond, A, Boomer, I, Bos, R, Bjerrum, C J, Bogus, K, and Boyle R. Initial results of coring at Prees, Cheshire Basin, UK (ICDP JET project): towards an integrated stratigraphy, timescale, and Earth system understanding for the Early Jurassic. Scientific Drilling. 2023 Oct 26;32:1–25.
• Ullmann, C V, Damaschke, M, Hesselbo, S P, Jiang, M, Lawrence, K, Leng, M J, … and Silva, R L. 2026. An integrated biostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy for the dawn of the Jurassic (the Hettangian Stage in the Cheshire Basin, UK). Journal of Earth Science, 37(3), 945–967.
• Hollaar, T P, Hesselbo, S P, Deconinck, J F, Damaschke, M, Ullmann, CV, Jiang, M, and Belcher, C M. 2023. Environmental changes during the onset of the Late Pliensbachian Event (Early Jurassic) in the Cardigan Bay Basin, Wales. Climate of the Past, 19(5), 979–997
• Emmings, J F, Hennissen, J A, Vane, C H, Damaschke, M, Marvin, L, Moss-Hayes, V, … and Riley, N J. 2024. The Bowland Shale Formation in the Blacon Basin: syngenetic processes, stacking patterns and heat productivity. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 534, 61–90
• Nash, D J, Ciborowski, T J R, Darvill, T, Parker Pearson, M, Ullyott, J S, Damaschke, M, … and Wilkinson, N. 2021. Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge. PLoS One, 16(8), e0254760
• Boon, D, Crow, D, Soanes, G, Massum, S, Chambers, J, Ngui, J, … and Chalari, A. 2025. First results from a ground source heat pump monitoring project at the British Geological Survey Headquarters in Nottingham, United Kingdom. In Shaping the Future: European Geothermal Congress 2025. European Geothermal Congress.
• Damaschke, M, Cronin, S J, and Bebbington M S. 2018. A volcanic event forecasting model for multiple tephra records, demonstrated on Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand. Bulletin of Volcanology, 80 (1), 9
• Damaschke, M, Cronin, S J, Holt, K A, Bebbington, M S, and Hogg, A G. 2017a. A 30,000 yr high-precision eruption history for the andesitic Mt. Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand. Quaternary Research, 87(1), 1–23
• Damaschke, M, Cronin, S J, Torres-Orozco, R, and Wallace, R C. 2017b. Unifying tephrostratigraphic approaches to redefine major Holocene marker tephras, Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 337, 29–43
• Torres-Orozco, R, Cronin, S J, Damaschke, M, and Pardo, N. 2017. Diverse dynamics of Holocene mafic-intermediate Plinian eruptions at Mt. Taranaki (Egmont), New Zealand. Bulletin of Volcanology, 79 (11), 76
• Torres-Orozco, R, Damaschke, M, and Palmer, A. 2014. From summit to swamp: high and low explosive eruptive records at Mt Taranaki. In: Holt, K.A. (compiler) Field Trip Guide Volume, GeoSciences 2014 Conference, 24th–27th November 2014, Pukekura Raceway and Function Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 139B: 5–14
• Damaschke, M, Sulpizio, R, Zanchetta, Z, Wagner, B, Böhm, A, Nowaczyk, N, Rethemeyer, J, and Hilgers, A. 2013. Tephrostratigraphic studies on a sediment core from Lake Prespa in the Balkans. Climate of the Past, 9, 267–287
• Zanchetta, G, Wagner, B, Sulpizio, R, Leng, M, and Damaschke, M, 2013. Tephrostratigraphy and paleolimnology of Lake Prespa and Lake Orhid between ca 8 and 50 ka. INTIMATE Meeting, 28th to 30th April, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scottish Highlands.
• Aufgebauer, A, Panagiotopoulos, K, Wagner, B, Schaebitz, F, Viehberg, F A, Vogel, H, Zanchetta, G, Sulpizio, R, Leng, M J, and Damaschke, M. 2012. Climate and environmental change in the Balkans over the last 17 ka recorded in sediments from Lake Prespa (Albania/F.Y.R. of Macedonia/Greece). Quaternary International, 274, 122–135
• Wagner, B, Aufgebauer, A, Vogel, H, Zanchetta, G, Sulpizio, R, and Damaschke, M. 2012. Late Pleistocene and Holocene contourite drift in Lake Prespa (Albania/F.Y.R. of Macedonia/Greece). Quaternary International, 274, 112–121

Published outputs

NERC Open Research Archive — Magret Damaschke

CSF Datasets – Magret Damaschke

Google Scholar – Magret Damaschke

ORCID: 0000000235954950

Skills

• Drill core logging/scanning
• Electron Microprobe Analyses (EPMA)
• X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
• Computed tomography (CT)
• Multi-sensor core logging (MSCL)
• Geological Mapping
• Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS)