Items where Author is "Bach, Wolfgang"

Smrzka, D, Lin, Z, Monien, P, Chen, T, Bach, W, Peckmann, JL and Bohrmann, G (2024) Pyrite-based trace element fingerprints for methane and oil seepage. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 29. 33-37. doi:10.7185/geochemlet.2409

Klein, F, Schroeder, T, John, CM, Davis, S, Humphris, SE, Seewald, JS, Sichel, S, Bach, W and Brunelli, D (2024) Mineral carbonation of peridotite fueled by magmatic degassing and melt impregnation in an oceanic transform fault. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8). doi:10.1073/pnas.2315662121

Samin, A, Roerdink, DL, Reeves, EP, Scheffler, J, Bach, W, Beinlich, A, Jamieson, JW and Rouxel, O (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, 25(2). doi:10.1029/2023GC011349

Blay-Roger, R, Bach, W, Bobadilla, LF, Reina, TR, Odriozola, JA, Amils, R and Blay, V (2024) Natural hydrogen in the energy transition: Fundamentals, promise, and enigmas. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189. 113888. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113888

Dede, B, Reeves, EP, Walter, M, Bach, W, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2024) Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy in ultramafic plumes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The ISME Journal, 18(1). doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrae165

Bohrmann, G, Streuff, K, Römer, M, Knutsen, SM, Smrzka, D, Kleint, J, Röhler, A, Pape, T, Sandstå, NR, Kleint, C, Hansen, C, dos Santos Ferreira, C, Walter, M, de Paula Santos, GM and Bach, W (2024) Discovery of the first hydrothermal field along the 500-km-long Knipovich Ridge offshore Svalbard (the Jøtul field). Scientific Reports, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60802-3

Albers, E, Behrendt, N, Diehl, A, Genske, F, Monien, P, Kasemann, SA, Purser, A, Boetius, A and Bach, W (2024) Formation and hydrothermal alteration of a volcanic center: Melt pooling and mass transfers at Langseth Ridge (Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean). Marine Geology, 475. 107347. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107347

Kopf, A, Bhattacharya, S, Dunger, M, Hinz, A, Kamrad, M, Kremin, I, Lange, I, Achterberg, EP, Bach, W, Bachmayer, R, Brunner, R, Eickhoff, M, Esposito, M, Freudenthal, T, Fuchs, N, Meurer, C, Rüpke, L, Schelwat, H, Seidel, G and Zabel, M (2024) Initial results of a pilot project for sub-seabed basalt storage of carbon dioxide on the Reykjanes Ridge. Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 13. 100265. doi:10.1016/j.ccst.2024.100265

Mueller, EP, Panehal, J, Meshoulam, A, Song, M, Hansen, CT, Warr, O, Boettger, J, Heuer, VB, Bach, W, Hinrichs, KU, Eiler, JM, Orphan, V, Lollar, BS and Sessions, AL (2024) Isotopic evidence of acetate turnover in Precambrian continental fracture fluids. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-53438-4

Mezri, L, García-Pintado, J, Pérez-Gussinyé, M, Liu, Z, Bach, W and Cannat, M (2024) Tectonic controls on melt production and crustal architecture during magma-poor seafloor spreading. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 628. 118569. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118569

Helten, O, Bach, W, Hinrichs, KU and Ostertag-Henning, C (2024) Thermally induced release and generation of CO2 and C1–C4 hydrocarbons in Opalinus Clay from Mont Terri (Switzerland). Applied Geochemistry, 174. 106147. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.106147

Schlicht, LEM, Rouxel, O, Deans, J, Fox, S, Katzir, Y, Kitajima, K, Kasemann, SA, Meixner, A and Bach, W (2023) Boron and oxygen isotope systematics of two hydrothermal systems in modern back-arc and arc arust (PACMANUS and Brothers Volcano, W-Pacific). Economic Geology, 118(7). 1719-1739. doi:10.5382/econgeo.4986

Albers, E, Jöns, S, Gerdes, A, Klügel, A, Beier, C, Kasemann, SA and Bach, W (2023) Timing of carbon uptake by oceanic crust determined by rock reactivity. Geology, 51(9). 875-879. doi:10.1130/G51238.1

Wagner, LJ, Kleinhanns, IC, Varas-Reus, MI, Rosca, C, König, S, Bach, W and Schoenberg, R (2023) Light stable Cr isotope compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts: Implications for mantle source composition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 353. 76-91. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2023.04.028

Schmid‐Beurmann, HA, Kahl, WA, Bach, W, Ivarsson, M, Böttcher, ME and Peckmann, JL (2023) Dispersal of endolithic microorganisms in vesicular volcanic rock: Distribution, settlement and pathways revealed by 3D X‐ray microscopy. Terra Nova. doi:10.1111/ter.12663

Liu, Z, Pérez-Gussinyé, M, García-Pintado, J, Mezri, L and Bach, W (2023) Mantle serpentinization and associated hydrogen flux at North Atlantic magma-poor rifted margins. Geology, 51(3). 284-289. doi:10.1130/G50722.1

Kürzinger, V, Hansen, CT, Strauss, H, Wu, S and Bach, W (2023) Experimental evidence for the hydrothermal formation of native sulfur by synproportionation. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1132794

Dede, B, Priest, T, Bach, W, Walter, M, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2023) High abundance of hydrocarbon-degrading Alcanivorax in plumes of hydrothermally active volcanoes in the South Pacific Ocean. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01366-4

Busch, K, Slaby, BM, Bach, W, Boetius, A, Clefsen, I, Colaço, A, Creemers, M, Cristobo, J, Federwisch, L, Franke, A, Gavriilidou, A, Hethke, A, Kenchington, E, Mienis, F, Mills, S, Riesgo, A, Ríos, P, Roberts, EM, Sipkema, D, Pita, L, Schupp, PJ, Xavier, J, Rapp, HT and Hentschel, U (2022) Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome. Nature Communications, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4

Kahl, WA, Klügel, A, Bach, W and Murshed, MM (2022) Enhanced weathering in the seabed: Rapid olivine dissolution and iron sulfide formation in submarine volcanic ash. American Mineralogist, 107(9). 1668-1680. doi:10.2138/am-2022-8057

Helten, O, Ostertag-Henning, C, Bach, W and Hinrichs, KU (2022) Generation and decomposition of low-molecular-weight organic acids in hydrous pyrolysis experiments with Opalinus Clay rock. Organic Geochemistry, 172. 104481. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104481

Pereira, SI, Diehl, A, McDermott, JM, Pape, T, Klose, L, Strauss, H, Bohrmann, G and Bach, W (2022) Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the E2-segment of the East Scotia Ridge: magmatic input, reaction zone processes, fluid mixing regimes and bioenergetic landscapes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. 765648. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.765648

Klose, L, Kleint, C, Bach, W, Diehl, A, Wilckens, F, Peters, C, Strauss, H, Haase, K and Koschinsky, A (2022) Hydrothermal activity and associated subsurface processes at Niuatahi rear-arc volcano, North East Lau Basin, SW Pacific: Implications from trace elements and stable isotope systematics in vent fluids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 332. 103-123. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.06.023

Hansen, CT, Lissenberg, CJ, Kahl, WA and Bach, W (2022) Hydrothermal troctolite alteration at 300 and 400 °C: Insights from flexible Au-reaction cell batch experimental investigations. American Mineralogist, 107(6). 1100-1115. doi:10.2138/am-2021-7832

Dede, B, Hansen, CT, Neuholz, R, Schnetger, B, Kleint, C, Walker, S, Bach, W, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2022) Niche differentiation of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SUP05) in submarine hydrothermal plumes. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01195-x

Wilckens, FK, Hansen, CT, Diehl, A, Bach, W and Kasemann, SA (2022) Sources of Mg enrichments in vent fluids from the Kermadec arc recorded by Li, B, and Mg isotopes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(11). doi:10.1029/2022GC010471

Falkenberg, JJ, Keith, M, Haase, KM, Sporer, C, Bach, W, Klemd, R, Strauss, H, Storch, B, Peters, C, Rubin, KH and Anderson, MO (2022) Spatial variations in magmatic volatile influx and fluid boiling in the submarine hydrothermal systems of Niuatahi Caldera, Tonga Rear‐Arc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(4). doi:10.1029/2021GC010259

Kürzinger, V, Diehl, A, Pereira, SI, Strauss, H, Bohrmann, G and Bach, W (2022) Sulfur formation associated with coexisting sulfide minerals in the Kemp Caldera hydrothermal system, Scotia Sea. Chemical Geology, 606. 120927. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120927

Zwicker, J, Smrzka, D, Vadillo, I, Jiménez-Gavilán, P, Giampouras, M, Peckmann, JL and Bach, W (2022) Trace and rare earth element distribution in hyperalkaline serpentinite-hosted spring waters and associated authigenic carbonates from the Ronda peridotite. Applied Geochemistry, 147. 105492. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105492

German, CR, Reeves, EP, Türke, A, Diehl, A, Albers, E, Bach, W, Purser, A, Ramalho, SP, Suman, S, Mertens, C, Walter, M, Ramirez-Llodra, E, Schlindwein, V, Bünz, S and Boetius, A (2022) Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge. Nature Communications, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0

Beier, C, Genske, FS, Hübscher, C, Haase, KM, Bach, W and Nomikou, P (2022) The submarine Azores Plateau: evidence for a waning mantle plume? Marine Geology, 451. 106858. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106858

Neubeck, A, Ivarsson, M, Broman, C, Lima-Zaloumis, J, Bach, W and Whitehouse, M (2021) Carbon isotopic composition of Frutexites in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Biogeochemistry. doi:10.1007/s10533-021-00806-7

Falkenberg, JJ, Keith, M, Haase, KM, Bach, W, Klemd, R, Strauss, H, Yeo, IA, Rubin, KH, Storch, B and Anderson, MO (2021) Effects of fluid boiling on Au and volatile element enrichment in submarine arc-related hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 307. 105-132. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.05.047

Song, M, Schubotz, F, Kellermann, MY, Hansen, CT, Bach, W, Teske, AP and Hinrichs, KU (2021) Formation of ethane and propane via abiotic reductive conversion of acetic acid in hydrothermal sediments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(47). e2005219118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2005219118

Kring, DA and Bach, W (2021) Hydrogen production from alteration of Chicxulub crater impact breccias: potential energy source for a subsurface microbial ecosystem. Astrobiology. doi:10.1089/ast.2021.0045

Gischler, E, Fuchs, A, Bach, W and Reitner, J (2021) Massive cryptic microbe-sponge deposits in a Devonian fore-reef slope (Elbingerode Reef Complex, Harz Mts., Germany). PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00581-8

Peters, C, Strauss, H, Haase, K, Bach, W, de Ronde, CEJ, Kleint, C, Stucker, V and Diehl, A (2021) SO2 disproportionation impacting hydrothermal sulfur cycling: Insights from multiple sulfur isotopes for hydrothermal fluids from the Tonga-Kermadec intraoceanic arc and the NE Lau Basin. Chemical Geology, 586. 120586. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120586

Albers, E, Bach, W, Pérez-Gussinyé, M, McCammon, C and Frederichs, T (2021) Serpentinization-Driven H2 production from continental break-up to mid-ocean ridge spreading: Unexpected high rates at the West Iberia margin. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.673063

Eickmann, B, Little, CTS, Peckmann, JL, Taylor, PD, Boyce, AJ, Morgan, DJ and Bach, W (2021) Shallow-marine serpentinization-derived fluid seepage in the Upper Cretaceous Qahlah Formation, United Arab Emirates. Geological Magazine, 158(9). 1561-1571. doi:10.1017/S0016756821000121

Klose, L, Keith, M, Hafermaas, D, Kleint, C, Bach, W, Diehl, A, Wilckens, FK, Peters, C, Strauss, H, Klemd, R, van Geldern, R, Haase, KM and Koschinsky, A (2021) Trace element and isotope systematics in vent fluids and sulphides from Maka Volcano, North Eastern Lau Spreading Centre: insights into three-component fluid mixing. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.776925

Unger Moreno, KA, Thal, J, Bach, W, Beier, C and Haase, KM (2021) Volcanic structures and magmatic evolution of the Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.711910

Klein, F, Tarnas, JD and Bach, W (2020) Abiotic sources of molecular hydrogen on earth. Elements, 16(1). 19-24. doi:10.2138/gselements.16.1.19

Klein, F, Humphris, SE and Bach, W (2020) Brucite formation and dissolution in oceanic serpentinite. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 1-5. doi:10.7185/geochemlet.2035

Reysenbach, AL, St. John, E, Meneghin, J, Flores, GE, Podar, M, Dombrowski, N, Spang, A, L’Haridon, S, Humphris, SE, de Ronde, CEJ, Caratori Tontini, F, Tivey, M, Stucker, VK, Stewart, LC, Diehl, A and Bach, W (2020) Complex subsurface hydrothermal fluid mixing at a submarine arc volcano supports distinct and highly diverse microbial communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51). 32627-32638. doi:10.1073/pnas.2019021117

Kahl, WA, Yuan, T, Bollermann, T, Bach, W and Fischer, C (2020) Crystal surface reactivity analysis using a combined approach of X-ray micro-computed tomography and vertical scanning interferometry. American Journal of Science, 320(1). 27-52. doi:10.2475/01.2020.03

McCollom, TM, Klein, F, Moskowitz, B, Berquó, TS, Bach, W and Templeton, AS (2020) Hydrogen generation and iron partitioning during experimental serpentinization of an olivine–pyroxene mixture. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 282. 55-75. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.016

Diehl, A and Bach, W (2020) MARHYS (MARine HYdrothermal Solutions) Database: A alobal compilation of marine hydrothermal vent fluid, end member, and seawater compositions. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(12). doi:10.1029/2020GC009385

García-Ruiz, JM, van Zuilen, MA and Bach, W (2020) Mineral self-organization on a lifeless planet. Physics of Life Reviews, 34-35. 62-82. doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2020.01.001

Giampouras, M, Garrido, CJ, Bach, W, Los, C, Fussmann, D, Monien, P and García-Ruiz, JM (2020) On the controls of mineral assemblages and textures in alkaline springs, Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Chemical Geology, 533. 119435. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119435

Diehl, A, de Ronde, CEJ and Bach, W (2020) Subcritical phase separation and occurrence of deep-seated brines at the NW Caldera vent field, Brothers volcano: evidence from fluid inclusions in hydrothermal precipitates. Geofluids, 2020. 1-22. doi:10.1155/2020/8868259

Albers, E, Kahl, WA, Beyer, L and Bach, W (2020) Variant across-forearc compositions of slab-fluids recorded by serpentinites: Implications on the mobilization of FMEs from an active subduction zone (Mariana forearc). Lithos, 364-36. 105525. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105525

Wilckens, FK, Reeves, EP, Bach, W, Seewald, JS and Kasemann, SA (2019) Application of B, Mg, Li, and Sr isotopes in acid‐sulfate vent fluids and volcanic rocks as tracers for fluid‐rock interaction in back‐arc hydrothermal systems. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(12). 5849-5866. doi:10.1029/2019GC008694

Hansen, CT, Niggemann, J, Giebel, HA, Simon, M, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2019) Biodegradability of hydrothermally altered deep-sea dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 217. 103706. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103706

McManus, J, Wheat, CG and Bach, W (2019) Carbon cycling in low temperature hydrothermal systems: The Dorado Outcrop. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 264. 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.08.010

Türke, A, Jackson, MD, Bach, W, Kahl, WA, Grzybowski, B, Marshall, B, Gudmundsson, MT and Jørgensen, SL (2019) Design of the subsurface observatory at Surtsey volcano, Iceland. Scientific Drilling, 25. 57-62. doi:10.5194/sd-25-57-2019

Villinger, HW, Müller, P, Bach, W, Becker, K, Orcutt, BN, Kaul, N and Wheat, CG (2019) Evidence for low‐temperature diffuse venting at North Pond, Western Flank of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(6). 2572-2584. doi:10.1029/2018GC008113

Beier, C, Bach, W, Busch, AV, Genske, FS, Hübscher, C and Krumm, SH (2019) Extreme intensity of fluid-rock interaction during extensive intraplate volcanism. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 257. 26-48. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.04.017

Albers, E, Bach, W, Klein, F, Menzies, CD, Lucassen, F and Teagle, DAH (2019) Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions. Solid Earth, 10(3). 907-930. doi:10.5194/se-10-907-2019

Kleint, C, Bach, W, Diehl, A, Fröhberg, N, Garbe-Schönberg, D, Hartmann, JF, de Ronde, CEJ, Sander, SG, Strauss, H, Stucker, VK, Thal, J, Zitoun, R and Koschinsky, A (2019) Geochemical characterization of highly diverse hydrothermal fluids from volcanic vent systems of the Kermadec intraoceanic arc. Chemical Geology, 528. 119289. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119289

Giampouras, M, Garrido, CJ, Zwicker, J, Vadillo, I, Smrzka, D, Bach, W, Peckmann, JL, Jiménez, P, Benavente, J and García-Ruiz, JM (2019) Geochemistry and mineralogy of serpentinization-driven hyperalkaline springs in the Ronda peridotites. Lithos, 350-35. 105215. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105215

Seewald, JS, Reeves, EP, Bach, W, Saccocia, PJ, Craddock, PR, Walsh, E, Shanks, WC, Sylva, SP, Pichler, T and Rosner, M (2019) Geochemistry of hot-springs at the SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field, Eastern Manus Basin: Advanced argillic alteration and vent fluid acidity. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 255. 25-48. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.03.034

Wheat, CG, Hartwell, AM, McManus, J, Fisher, AT, Orcutt, BN, Schlicht, LEM, Niedenzu, S and Bach, W (2019) Geology and fluid discharge at Dorado Outcrop, a low temperature ridge-flank hydrothermal system. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(1). 487-504. doi:10.1029/2018GC007933

Albers, E, Schroeder, T and Bach, W (2019) Melt impregnation of mantle peridotite facilitates high-temperature hydration and mechanical weakening: implications for oceanic detachment faults. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(1). 84-108. doi:10.1029/2018GC007783

Meier, DV, Pjevac, P, Bach, W, Markert, S, Schweder, T, Jamieson, J, Petersen, S, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2019) Microbial metal-sulfide oxidation in inactive hydrothermal vent chimneys suggested by metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses. Environmental Microbiology, 21(2). 682-701. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14514

Böhnke, S, Sass, K, Gonnella, G, Diehl, A, Kleint, C, Bach, W, Zitoun, R, Koschinsky, A, Indenbirken, D, Sander, SG, Kurtz, S and Perner, M (2019) Parameters governing the community structure and element turnover in Kermadec volcanic ash and hydrothermal fluids as monitored by inorganic electron donor consumption, autotrophic CO2 fixation and 16S tags of the transcriptome in incubation experiments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02296

Smrzka, D, Zwicker, J, Bach, W, Feng, D, Himmler, T, Chen, D and Peckmann, JL (2019) The behavior of trace elements in seawater, sedimentary pore water, and their incorporation into carbonate minerals: a review. Facies, 65(4). doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0581-4

Meister, P, Wiedling, J, Lott, C, Bach, W, Kuhfuß, H, Wegener, G, Böttcher, ME, Deusner, C, Lichtschlag, A, Bernasconi, SM and Weber, M (2018) Anaerobic methane oxidation inducing carbonate precipitation at abiogenic methane seeps in the Tuscan archipelago (Italy). PLOS ONE, 13(12). e0207305. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207305

Taubner, RS, Pappenreiter, P, Zwicker, J, Smrzka, D, Pruckner, C, Kolar, P, Bernacchi, S, Seifert, AH, Krajete, A, Bach, W, Peckmann, J, Paulik, C, Firneis, MG, Schleper, C and Rittmann, SKMR (2018) Biological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions. Nature Communications, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02876-y

Türke, A, Ménez, B and Bach, W (2018) Comparing biosignatures in aged basalt glass from North Pond, Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Louisville Seamount Trail, off New Zealand. PLOS ONE, 13(2). e0190053. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190053

Bieseler, B, Diehl, A, Jöns, N, Lucassen, F and Bach, W (2018) Constraints on cooling of the lower ocean crust from epidote veins in the Wadi Gideah section, Oman Ophiolite. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(11). 4195-4217. doi:10.1029/2018GC007679

Keith, M, Haase, KM, Klemd, R, Smith, DJ, Schwarz-Schampera, U and Bach, W (2018) Constraints on the source of Cu in a submarine magmatic-hydrothermal system, Brothers volcano, Kermadec island arc. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173(5). doi:10.1007/s00410-018-1470-5

Weinzierl, CG, Regelous, M, Haase, KM, Bach, W, Böhm, F, Garbe-Schönberg, D, Sun, YD, Joachimski, MM and Krumm, S (2018) Cretaceous seawater and hydrothermal fluid compositions recorded in abiogenic carbonates from the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus. Chemical Geology, 494. 43-55. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.07.014

Zwicker, J, Birgel, D, Bach, W, Richoz, S, Smrzka, D, Grasemann, B, Gier, S, Schleper, C, Rittmann, SKMR, Koşun, E and Peckmann, JL (2018) Evidence for archaeal methanogenesis within veins at the onshore serpentinite-hosted Chimaera seeps, Turkey. Chemical Geology, 483. 567-580. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.03.027

Ivarsson, M, Bach, W, Broman, C, Neubeck, A and Bengtson, S (2018) Fossilized life in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Geomicrobiology Journal, 35(6). 460-467. doi:10.1080/01490451.2017.1370517

Siegburg, M, Klügel, A, Rocholl, A and Bach, W (2018) Magma plumbing and hybrid magma formation at an active back-arc basin volcano: North Su, eastern Manus basin. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 362. 1-16. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.07.001

Pjevac, P, Meier, DV, Markert, S, Hentschker, C, Schweder, T, Becher, D, Gruber-Vodicka, HR, Richter, M, Bach, W, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2018) Metaproteogenomic profiling of microbial communities colonizing actively venting hydrothermal chimneys. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00680

Los, C and Bach, W (2018) Sulfidation of major rock types of the oceanic lithosphere; An experimental study at 250 °C and 400 bars. Lithos, 323. 208-217. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.02.006

Wilckens, FK, Reeves, EP, Bach, W, Meixner, A, Seewald, JS, Koschinsky, A and Kasemann, SA (2018) The influence of magmatic fluids and phase separation on B systematics in submarine hydrothermal vent fluids from back-arc basins. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 232. 140-162. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.04.023

Toffolo, L, Nimis, P, Martin, S, Tumiati, S and Bach, W (2017) The Cogne magnetite deposit (Western Alps, Italy): A Late Jurassic seafloor ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal system? Ore Geology Reviews, 83. 103-126. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.11.030

Hansen, CT, Meixner, A, Kasemann, SA and Bach, W (2017) New insight on Li and B isotope fractionation during serpentinization derived from batch reaction investigations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 217. 51-79. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.08.014

Meier, DV, Pjevac, P, Bach, W, Hourdez, S, Girguis, PR, Vidoudez, C, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2017) Niche partitioning of diverse sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at hydrothermal vents. The ISME Journal, 11(7). 1545-1558. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.37

Jöns, N, Kahl, WA and Bach, W (2017) Reaction-induced porosity and onset of low-temperature carbonation in abyssal peridotites: Insights from 3D high-resolution microtomography. Lithos, 268-27. 274-284. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.11.014

Beermann, O, Garbe-Schönberg, D, Bach, W and Holzheid, A (2017) Time-resolved interaction of seawater with gabbro: An experimental study of rare-earth element behavior up to 475°C, 100MPa. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 197. 167-192. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.016

Price, RE, Breuer, C, Reeves, E, Bach, W and Pichler, T (2016) Arsenic bioaccumulation and biotransformation in deep-sea hydrothermal vent organisms from the PACMANUS hydrothermal field, Manus Basin, PNG. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 117. 95-106. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.08.012

Smrzka, D, Zwicker, J, Klügel, A, Monien, P, Bach, W, Bohrmann, G and Peckmann, JL (2016) Establishing criteria to distinguish oil-seep from methane-seep carbonates. Geology, 44(8). 667-670. doi:10.1130/G38029.1

Meier, DV, Bach, W, Girguis, PR, Gruber-Vodicka, HR, Reeves, EP, Richter, M, Vidoudez, C, Amann, R and Meyerdierks, A (2016) Heterotrophic Proteobacteria in the vicinity of diffuse hydrothermal venting. Environmental Microbiology, 18(12). 4348-4368. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13304

Toner, BM, Rouxel, OJ, Santelli, CM, Bach, W and Edwards, KJ (2016) Iron transformation pathways and redox micro-environments in seafloor sulfide-sineral deposits: spatially resolved Fe XAS and δ57/54Fe observations. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00648

Hawkes, JA, Hansen, CT, Goldhammer, T, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2016) Molecular alteration of marine dissolved organic matter under experimental hydrothermal conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 175. 68-85. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.025

Zhang, X, Fang, J, Bach, W, Edwards, KJ, Orcutt, BN and Wang, F (2016) Nitrogen stimulates the growth of subsurface basalt-associated microorganisms at the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00633

Bach, W (2016) Some compositional and kinetic controls on the bioenergetic landscapes in oceanic basement. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. 107. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00107

Thal, J, Tivey, M, Yoerger, DR and Bach, W (2016) Subaqueous cryptodome eruption, hydrothermal activity and related seafloor morphologies on the andesitic North Su volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 323. 80-96. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.04.041

McCollom, TM, Klein, F, Robbins, M, Moskowitz, B, Berquó, TS, Jöns, N, Bach, W and Templeton, A (2016) Temperature trends for reaction rates, hydrogen generation, and partitioning of iron during experimental serpentinization of olivine. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 181. 175-200. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.03.002

Kahl, WA, Hansen, C and Bach, W (2016) A new X-ray-transparent flow-through reaction cell for a μ-CT-based concomitant surveillance of the reaction progress of hydrothermal mineral–fluid interactions. Solid Earth, 7(2). 651-658. doi:10.5194/se-7-651-2016

Hawkes, JA, Rossel, PE, Stubbins, A, Butterfield, D, Connelly, DP, Achterberg, EP, Koschinsky, A, Chavagnac, V, Hansen, CT, Bach, W and Dittmar, T (2015) Efficient removal of recalcitrant deep-ocean dissolved organic matter during hydrothermal circulation. Nature Geoscience, 8(11). 856-860. doi:10.1038/NGEO2543

Schroeder, T, Bach, W, Jöns, N, Jöns, S, Monien, P and Klügel, A (2015) Fluid circulation and carbonate vein precipitation in the footwall of an oceanic core complex, Ocean Drilling Program Site 175, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(10). 3716-3732. doi:10.1002/2015GC006041

Beier, C, Bach, W, Turner, S, Niedermeier, D, Woodhead, J, Erzinger, J and Krumm, S (2015) Origin of silicic magmas at spreading centres - an example from the South East Rift, Manus Basin. Journal of Petrology, 56(2). 255-272. doi:10.1093/petrology/egu077

Türke, A, Nakamura, K and Bach, W (2015) Palagonitization of Basalt Glass in the Flanks of Mid-Ocean Ridges: Implications for the Bioenergetics of Oceanic Intracrustal Ecosystems. Astrobiology, 15(10). 793-803. doi:10.1089/ast.2014.1255

Anenburg, M, Katzir, Y, Rhede, D, Jöns, N and Bach, W (2015) Rare earth element evolution and migration in plagiogranites: a record preserved in epidote and allanite of the Troodos ophiolite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 169(3). doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1114-y

Seewald, JS, Reeves, EP, Bach, W, Saccocia, PJ, Craddock, PR, Shanks, WC, Sylva, SP, Pichler, T, Rosner, M and Walsh, E (2015) Submarine venting of magmatic volatiles in the Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 163. 178-199. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.023

Jackson, MD, Gudmundsson, MT, Bach, W, Cappelletti, P, Coleman, NJ, Ivarsson, M, Jónasson, K, Jørgensen, SL, Marteinsson, V, McPhie, J, Moore, JG, Nielson, D, Rhodes, JM, Rispoli, C, Schiffman, P, Stefánsson, A, Türke, A, Vanorio, T, Weisenberger, TB, White, JDL, Zierenberg, R and Zimanowski, B (2015) Time-lapse characterization of hydrothermal seawater and microbial interactions with basaltic tephra at Surtsey Volcano. Scientific Drilling, 20. 51-58. doi:10.5194/sd-20-51-2015

Rioux, M, Jöns, N, Bowring, S, Lissenberg, CJ, Bach, W, Kylander-Clark, A, Hacker, B and Dudás, F (2015) U-Pb dating of interspersed gabbroic magmatism and hydrothermal metamorphism during lower crustal accretion, Vema lithospheric section, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(4). 2093-2118. doi:10.1002/2014JB011668

Kahl, WA, Jöns, N, Bach, W, Klein, F and Alt, JC (2015) Ultramafic clasts from the South Chamorro serpentine mud volcano reveal a polyphase serpentinization history of the Mariana forearc mantle. Lithos, 227. 1-20. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.03.015

Ivarsson, M, Peckmann, JL, Tehler, A, Broman, C, Bach, W, Behrens, K, Reitner, J, Böttcher, ME and Norbäck Ivarsson, L (2015) Zygomycetes in vesicular basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – a new type of cryptoendolithic fungi. PLOS ONE, 10(7). e0133368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133368

Keith, M, Haase, KM, Schwarz-Schampera, U, Klemd, R, Petersen, S and Bach, W (2014) Effects of temperature, sulfur, and oxygen fugacity on the composition of sphalerite from submarine hydrothermal vents. Geology, 42(8). 699-702. doi:10.1130/G35655.1

Plümper, O, Beinlich, A, Bach, W, Janots, E and Austrheim, H (2014) Garnets within geode-like serpentinite veins: Implications for element transport, hydrogen production and life-supporting environment formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 141. 454-471. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.07.002

Thal, J, Tivey, M, Yoerger, D, Jöns, N and Bach, W (2014) Geologic setting of PACManus hydrothermal area — High resolution mapping and in situ observations. Marine Geology, 355. 98-114. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2014.05.011

Klein, F, Bach, W, Humphris, SE, Kahl, WA, Jöns, N, Moskowitz, B and Berquo, T (2014) Magnetite in seafloor serpentinite-Some like it hot. Geology, 42(2). 135-138. doi:10.1130/G35068.1

Reeves, EP, Yoshinaga, MY, Pjevac, P, Goldenstein, NI, Peplies, J, Meyerdierks, A, Amann, R, Bach, W and Hinrichs, KU (2014) Microbial lipids reveal carbon assimilation patterns on hydrothermal sulfide chimneys. Environmental Microbiology, 16(11). 3515-3532. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12525

Jöns, N and Bach, W (2014) Serpentinization. In: Harff, J, Meschede, M, Petersen, S and Thiede, J (eds.) Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences. Springer Netherlands, 1-12. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0_119-1

Rausch, S, Böhm, F, Bach, W, Klügel, A and Eisenhauer, A (2013) Calcium carbonate veins in ocean crust record a threefold increase of seawater Mg/Ca in the past 30 million years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 362. 215-224. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.005

Klein, F, Bach, W and McCollom, TM (2013) Compositional controls on hydrogen generation during serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. Lithos, 178. 55-69. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.03.008

Peckmann, JL, Sandy, MR, Taylor, DG, Gier, S and Bach, W (2013) An Early Jurassic brachiopod-dominated seep deposit enclosed by serpentinite, eastern Oregon, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 390. 4-16. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.003

Bach, W, Jöns, N and Klein, F (2013) Metasomatism within the ocean crust. In: Harlov, DE and Austrheim, H (eds.) Metasomatism and the Chemical Transformation of Rock: The Role of Fluids in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, 253-288. ISBN 3642283934 doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28394-9_8

Toner, BM, Lesniewski, RA, Marlow, JJ, Briscoe, LJ, Santelli, CM, Bach, W, Orcutt, BN and Edwards, KJ (2013) Mineralogy Drives Bacterial Biogeography of Hydrothermally Inactive Seafloor Sulfide Deposits. Geomicrobiology Journal, 30(4). 313-326. doi:10.1080/01490451.2012.688925

Orcutt, BN, Wheat, CG, Rouxel, OJ, Hulme, S, Edwards, KJ and Bach, W (2013) Oxygen consumption rates in subseafloor basaltic crust derived from a reaction transport model. Nature Communications, 4. doi:10.1038/ncomms3539

Müller, IA, Brunner, B, Breuer, C, Coleman, M and Bach, W (2013) The oxygen isotope equilibrium fractionation between sulfite species and water. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 120. 562-581. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.037

Hentscher, M and Bach, W (2012) Geochemically induced shifts in catabolic energy yields explain past ecological changes of diffuse vents in the East Pacific Rise 9°50'N area. Geochemical Transactions, 13(2). 11 pp. doi:10.1186/1467-4866-13-2

Ziebis, W, McManus, J, Ferdelman, TG, Schmidt-Schierhorn, F, Bach, W, Muratli, JM, Edwards, KJ and Villinger, H (2012) Interstitial fluid chemistry of sediments underlying the North Atlantic gyre and the influence of subsurface fluid flow. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 323. 79-91. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.018

Berndmeyer, C, Birgel, D, Brunner, B, Wehrmann, LM, Jöns, N, Bach, W, Arning, ET, Föllmi, KB and Peckmann, JL (2012) The influence of bacterial activity on phosphorite formation in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 317. 171-181. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.004

Bach, W, Rosner, M, Jöns, N, Rausch, S, Robinson, LF, Paulick, H and Erzinger, JA (2011) Carbonate veins trace seawater circulation during exhumation and uplift of mantle rocks: Results from ODP Leg 209. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311(3-4). 242-252. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.021

Amend, JP, McCommon, TM, Hentscher, M and Bach, W (2011) Catabolic and anabolic energy for chemolithoautotrophs in deep-sea hydrothermal systems hosted in different rock types. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75. 5736-5748. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.041

Orcutt, BN, Bach, W, Becker, K, Fisher, AT, Hentscher, M, Toner, BM, Wheat, CG and Edwards, KJ (2011) Colonization of subsurface microbial observatories deployed in young ocean crust. Isme Journal, 5(4). 692-703. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.157

Reeves, EP, Seewald, JS, Saccocia, PJ, Bach, W, Craddock, PR, Shanks, WC, Sylva, SP, Walsh, EA, Pichler, T and Rosner, M (2011) Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the PACMANUS, Northeast Pual and Vienna Woods vent fields, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(4). 1088-1123. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.008

Klevenz, V, Bach, W, Schmidt, K, Hentscher, M, Koschinsky, A and Petersen, S (2011) Geochemistry of vent fluid particles formed during initial hydrothermal fluid-seawater mixing along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 12. Q0AE05. doi:10.1029/2011GC003704

Petersen, JM, Zielinski, FU, Pape, T, Seifert, R, Moraru, C, Amann, R, Hourdez, S, Girguis, PR, Wankel, SD, Barbe, V, Pelletier, E, Fink, D, Borowski, C, Bach, W and Dubilier, N (2011) Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. Nature, 476. 176-180. doi:10.1038/nature10325

Bach, W and cruise participants (2011) Report and preliminary results of RV SONNE Cruise SO 216, Townsville (Australia) - Makassar (Indonesia), June 14 - July 23, 2011. BAMBUS, Back-Arc Manus Basin Underwater Solfataras. Berichte aus dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen, 280. Department of Geosciences, Bremen University. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00102250-11

Edwards, KJ, Glazer, BT, Rouxel, OJ, Bach, W, Emerson, D, Davis, RE, Toner, BM, Chan, CS, Tebo, BM, Staudigel, H and Moyer, CL (2011) Ultra-diffuse hydrothermal venting supports, Fe-oxidizing bacteria and massive umber deposition at 5000m off Hawai'i. Isme Journal, 5. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.48

Bach, W and Früh-Green, GL (2010) Alteration of the Oceanic Lithosphere and Implications for Seafloor Processes. Elements, 6(3). 173-178. doi:10.2113/gselements.6.3.173

Hayman, NW, Bach, W, Blackman, D, Christeson, GL, Edwards, KJ, Haymon, R, Ildefonso, B, Schulte, M, Tagle, D and White, S (2010) Future scientific drilling of oceanic crust. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 91(15). 133-134. doi:10.1029/2010EO150001

Bach, W, Ravelo, C, Behrmann, J, Camoin, G, Duncan, R, Edwards, KJ, Gulick, S, Inagaki, F, Pälike, H and Tada, R (2010) IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets (INVEST): Defining the new goals of an International Drilling Program. Scientific Drilling(5). 54-64. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.9.12.2010

Craddock, PR and Bach, W (2010) Insights to magmatic-hydrothermal processes in the Manus back-arc basin as recorded by anhydrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(19). 5514-5536. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.004

Jöns, N, Bach, W and Klein, F (2010) Magmatic influence on reaction paths and element transport during serpentinization. Chemical Geology, 274(3-4). 196-211. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.04.009

Craddock, PR, Bach, W, Seewald, JS, Rouxel, OJ, Reeves, EP and Tivey, MK (2010) Rare earth element abundances in hydrothermal fluids from the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: Indicators of sub-seafloor hydrothermal processes in back-arc basins. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(19). 5494-5513. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.003

Himmler, T, Bach, W, Bohrmann, G and Peckmann, JL (2010) Rare earth elements in authigenic methane-seep carbonates as tracers for fluid composition during early diagenesis. Chemical Geology, 277(1-2). 126-136. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.015

Santelli, CM, Banerjee, NR, Bach, W and Edwards, KJ (2010) Tapping the subsurface ocean crust biosphere: Low biomass and drilling-related contamination calls for improved quality controls. Geomicrobiology Journal, 27(2). 158-169. doi:10.1080/01490450903456780

Eickmann, B, Bach, W and Peckmann, JL (2009) Authigenesis of carbonate minerals in modern and Devonian ocean-floor hard rocks. Journal of Geology, 117. 307-323. doi:10.1086/597362

Toner, BM, Santelli, CM, Marcus, MA, Wirth, R, Chan, CS, McCollom, TM, Bach, W and Edwards, KJ (2009) Biogenic iron oxyhydroxide formation at mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vents: Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73. 388-403. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.035

Eickmann, B, Bach, W, Kiel, S, Reitner, J and Peckmann, JL (2009) Evidence for cryptoendolithic life in Devonian pillow basalts of Variscan orogens, Germany. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 283. 120-125. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.006

Klein, F and Bach, W (2009) Fe-Ni-Co-O-S Phase Relations in Peridotite-Seawater Interactions. Journal of Petrology, 50. 37-59. doi:10.1093/petrology/egn071

Jöns, N, Bach, W and Schroeder, T (2009) Formation and alteration of plagiogranites in an ultramafic-hosted detachment fault at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (ODP Leg 209). Mineralogy and Petrology, 157. 625-639. doi:10.1007/s00410-008-0357-2

Eickmann, B, Bach, W, Rosner, M and Peckmann, JL (2009) Geochemical constraints on the modes of carbonate precipitation in peridotites from the Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field and Gakkel Ridge. Chemical Geology, 268(1-2). 97-106. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.08.002

Klein, F, Bach, W, Jöns, N, McCollom, TM, Moskowitz, B and Berquo, T (2009) Iron Partitioning and Hydrogen Generation During Serpentinization of Abyssal Perdotites from 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(22). 6868-6893. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.021

Nakamura, K, Morishita, T, Bach, W, Klein, F, Hara, K, Okino, K, Takai, K and Kumagai, H (2009) Serpentinized troctolites exposed near the Kairei Hydrothermal Field, Central Indian Ridge: Insights into the origin of the Kairei hydrothermal fluid supporting a unique microbial ecosystem. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 280. 128-136. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.024

Perner, M, Bach, W, Hentscher, M, Koschinsky, A, Garbe-Schönberg, CD, Strauss, H and Streit, WR (2009) Short-term microbial and physico-chemical variability in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids near 5°S on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology, 11(10). 2526-2541. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01978.x

Barnes, JD, Paulick, H, Sharp, ZD, Bach, W and Beaudoin, G (2009) Stable isotope (d18 O, dD, d37 Cl) evidence for multiple fluid histories in mid-Atlantic abyssal peridotites (ODP Leg 209). Lithos, 110(1-4). 83-94. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.12.004

McCollom, TM and Bach, W (2009) Thermodynamic constraints on hydrogen generation during serpentinization of ultramafic rocks. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73. 856-875. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.032

Layne, GD, Kent, A and Bach, W (2009) d37 Cl Systematics of a Back-Arc Spreading System: The Lau Basin. Geology, 37(5). 427-430. doi:10.1130/G25520A.1

Santelli, CM, Edgcomb, VP, Bach, W and Edwards, KJ (2009) The diversity and abundance of bacteria inhabiting seafloor lavas positively correlate with rock alteration. Environmental Microbiology, 11(1). 86-98. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01743.x

Bach, W and Klein, F (2009) The petrology of seafloor rodingites: Insights from geochemical reaction path modeling. Lithos, 112(1-2). 103-117. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2008.10.022

Santelli, CM, Orcutt, BN, Banning, E, Bach, W, Moyer, CL, Sogin, ML, Staudigel, H and Edwards, KJ (2008) Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust. Nature, 453. 653-656. doi:10.1038/nature06899

Amini, M, Eisenhauer, A, Böhm, F, Fietzke, J, Bach, W, Garbe-Schönberg, CD, Rosner, M, Bock, B, Lackschewitz, KS and Hauff, V (2008) Calcium isotope (d44/40Ca)fractionation along hydrothermal pathways, Logatchev field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 14°45'N). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(16). 4107-4122. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.055

Rouxel, OJ, Shanks, WC, Bach, W and Edwards, KJ (2008) Integrated Fe and S isotope studay of seafloor hydrothermal vents at East Pacific Rise 9-10°N. Chemical Geology, 252(3-4). 214-227. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.03.009

Peckmann, JL, Bach, W, Behrens, K and Reitner, J (2008) Putative cryptoendolithic life in Devonian pillow basalt, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany. Geobiology, 6(2). 125-135. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00131.x

Craddock, PR, Rouxel, OJ, Ball, LA and Bach, W (2008) Sulfur Isotope Measurement of Sulfate and Sulfide by High-Resolution MC-ICP-MS. Chemical Geology, 253(3-4). 102-113. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.04.017

Moll, M, Paulick, H, Suhr, G and Bach, W (2007) Data Report: Microprobe analyses of primary phases (olivine, pyroxene, and spinel) and alteration products (serpentine, iowaite, talc, magnetite, and sulfides) in Holes 1268A, 1272A, and 1274A. In: Kelemen, PB, Kikawa, E and Miller, DJ (eds.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. Scientific Results, 209. College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-13. doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.209.003.2007

Alt, JC, Shanks, WC, Bach, W, Paulick, H, Garrido, CJ and Baudoin, G (2007) Hydrothermal alteration and microbial sulfate reduction in P peridotite and gabbro exposed by detachment faulting at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°20'N (ODP Leg 209): A sulfur and oxygen isotope study. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. Q08002. doi:10.1029/2007GC001617

Rosner, M, Ball, LA, Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B, Blusztajn, JS, Bach, W and Erzinger, JA (2007) A Simplified, Accurate and Fast Method for Lithium Isotope Analysis of Rocks and Fluids, and d7Li Values of Seawater and Rock Reference Materials. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 31(2). 77-88. doi:10.1111/j.1751-908X.2007.00843.x

Hinrichs, KU, Hayes, JM, Bach, W, Spivack, AJ, Holm, NG, Hmelo, LR, Johnson, GC and Sylva, SP (2006) Biological formation of ethane and propane in the deep marine subsurface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 103. 14684-14689. doi:10.1073/pnas.0606545103

Bach, W, Edwards, KJ, Hayes, JM, Sievert, S, Huber, JA and Sogin, ML (2006) Energy in the dark: fuel for lIfe in the deep ocean and beyond. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 87(7). 73-78. doi:10.1029/2006EO070002

Paulick, H, Bach, W, Godard, M, de Hoog, JCM, Suhr, G and Harvey, J (2006) Geochemistry of abyssal peridotites (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°20'N, ODP Leg 209): implications for fluid-rock interaction in slow spreading environments. Chemical Geology, 234(3-4). 179-210. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.04.011

Paulick, H and Bach, W (2006) Phyllosilicate Alteration Mineral Assemblages in the Active Subsea-Floor Pacmanus Hydrothermal System, Papua New Guinea, ODP Leg 193. Economic Geology, 101(3). 633-650. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.3.633

Bach, W, Paulick, H, Garrido, CJ, Ildefonse, B, Meurer, WP and Humphris, SE (2006) Unraveling the sequence of serpentinization reactions: petrography, mineral chemistry, and petrophysics of serpentinites from MAR 15°N (ODP Leg 209, Site 1274). Geophysical Research Letters, 33. L13306. doi:10.1029/2006GL025681

Alt, JC and Bach, W (2006) The oxygen isotope composition of a section of lower oceanic crust, ODP Hole 735B. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 7(12). Q12008. doi:10.1029/2006GC001385

Edwards, KJ, Bach, W and McCollom, TM (2005) Geomicrobiology in oceanography: microbe–mineral interactions at and below the seafloor. Trends in Microbiology, 13(9). 449-456. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2005.07.005

Vanko, DA and Bach, W (2005) Heating and freezing experiments on aqueous fluid inclusions in anhydrite: Recognition and effects of stretching and the low-temperature formation of gypsum. Chemical Geology, 223(1-3). 35-45. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.11.021

Humphris, SE and Bach, W (2005) On the Sr isotope and REE compositions of anhydrites from the TAG seafloor hydrothermal system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69(6). 1511-1525. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.004