Research Foci
- Applied Geophysics
- Electromagnetic Methods
- Magnetotellurics
Academic Education
- Dr. rer. nat. (Geophysics)
- Diplom in Geosciences (Applied Geophysics)
Projects
- Geodynamic modelling of intra-plate deformation guided by 3D electromagnetic imaging of the lithosphere below Mongolia ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: 5149/8-2 - r4 - wirtschaftsstrategische Rohstoffe: Verbundvorhaben: DESMEX-REAL - Reallabor Rohstofferkundung Oberharz, Teilvorhaben 1: Koordination und semi-airborne EM Exploration der Modellregion Oberharz ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 033R385A - Geodynamic modelling of intra-plate deformation guided by 3D electromagnetic imaging of the lithosphere below Mongolia ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Joint Proposal Submission with Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH) | Project Number: BE 5149/8-1 - r4 - wirtschaftsstrategische Rohstoffe: Verbundvorhaben DESMEX II - Elektromagnetische Tiefensondierung für die Lagerstättenerkundung - Teilvorhaben 1: Datenbearbeitung von passiven luftgestützten EM Messungen mit natürlichen und künstlichen Quellen – DESMEX II ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 033R130AN - Deep electromagnetic exploration ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Heisenberg professorship | Project Number: BE 5149/7-1 - EXIST-Gründerstipendium "ASDRO Solution" ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | BMWE - EXIST Business Start-up Grant | Project Number: 03EGSNW634 - Crust-mantle interactions beneath the Hangai Mountains in western Mongolia: Insights from 3D magnetotelluric studies and 4D thermo-mechanical modelling ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Joint Proposal Submission with Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH) | Project Number: BE 5149/6-1 - r4 - wirtschaftsstrategische Rohstoffe, Verbundvorhaben: DESMEX: Elektromagnetische Tiefensondierung für die Lagerstättenerkundung, Teilvorhaben 1: Experimental design eines semi-airborne Explorationssystems, Signalverarbeitung und Datenauswertung – DESMEX ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space | Project Number: 033R130A - Utilizing impressed cathodic corrosion protection currents to determine the electrical conductivity in the upper few kilometers of the earth – PipelineEM ()
Individual Granted Project: | DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: BE 5149/2-1 - Electromagnetic Imaging using Fields emitted by Railway Lines ()
Individual Granted Project: | Shell Global Solutions International BV | Project Number: PT39618 - Elektrische und elektromagnetische Verfahren zur geophysikalischen Erkundung des tieferen Untergrundes in der Nordschweiz ()
Individual Granted Project: | Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfälle | Project Number: 12'543
- Geodynamic modelling of intra-plate deformation guided by 3D electromagnetic imaging of the lithosphere below Mongolia ()
Publications
- NOMICOS, S., VLIZOS, S., BECKEN, M., KAZOLIAS, A., PANAGIOTIDIS, V., SCHMIDT, V., WENDEL, M., and ZACHARIAS, N. . “Remote sensing and geophysical survey at the sanctuary of Apollo Amyklaios, Sparti, Greece - Results of the 2022 measurements.” Boreas. Münstersche Beiträge zur Archäologie, № 45/46: 217–248.
- Sheng, Yue, Jin, Sheng, Comeau, Matthew, Hou, Z., Becken, M., Dong, H., Zhang, L., Wei, W., and Ye, G.. . “Evidence for partial melting and alkaline-rich fluids in the crust from a 3-D electrical resistivity model in the vicinity of the Coqen region, western Lhasa terrane.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 619 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118316.
- Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Grayver, Alexander, Käufl, Johannes, and Kuvshinov, Alexey. . “Images of a continental intraplate volcanic system: from surface to mantle source.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 578 117307. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117307.
- Jin, Sheng, Sheng, Yue, Comeau, Matthew, Becken, M., Wei, W., Ye, G., Dong, H., and Zhang, L. . “Relationship of the crustal structure, rheology, and tectonic dynamics beneath the Lhasa-Gangdese terrane (southern Tibet) based on a 3-D electrical model.” Journal of Geophysical Research 11), № 127 doi: 10.1029/2022JB024318.
- Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, and Kuvshinov, Alexey. . “Imaging the whole-lithosphere structure of a mineral system — Geophysical signatures of the sources and pathways of ore-forming fluids.” Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 8), № 23 e2022GC010379. doi: 10.1029/2022GC010379.
- Comeau, Matthew J., Moorkamp, Max, Becken, Michael, and Kuvshinov, Alexey. . “Joint inversion of gravity and electromagnetic data — New constraints on the 3-D structure of the lithosphere beneath Central Mongolia.” contribution to the EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12704.
- Sheng, Yue, Jin, Sheng, Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Lei, L., Zhang, L., Dong, H., W., Wenbo, and Ye, G. . “Controls on the metallogenesis of the Lhasa–Mozugongka district, Gangdese Belt, Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on melt distribution and viscosity from the 3-D electrical structure of the lithosphere.” Ore Geology Reviews, № 145 104881. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104881.
- Wang, Tianqi, Ma, Guoqing, Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Zhou, Z., Liu, W., Kang, J., and Han, J. . “Evidence for the superposition of tectonic systems in the northern Songliao Block, NE China, revealed by a 3-D electrical resistivity model.” Journal of Geophysical Research 4), № 127 doi: 10.1029/2021JB022827.
- Stein, Claudia, Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, and Hansen, Ulrich. . “Numerical study on the style of lithospheric delamination.” Tectonophysics, № 827 229276. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229276.
- Comeau, Matthew J., Becken, M., Kuvshinov, A.V., Grayver, A., Käufl, J., Batmagnai, E., Tserendug, S., and Demberel., S. . “An Asthenospheric Upwelling Beneath Central Mongolia — Implications for Intraplate Surface Uplift and Volcanism.” Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), № 95: 70–72. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.14836.
- Marzouk, H., Arafa-Hamed, T., Becken, M., Abdel Zaher, M., and Comeau, M.J. . “Electrical properties of the lithosphere in the western desert, Egypt, using magnetotelluric sounding.” contribution to the EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13382.
- Comeau, Matthew, Stein, Claudia, Becken, Michael, and Hansen, Ulrich. . “Geodynamic Modeling of Lithospheric Removal and Surface Deformation: Application to Intraplate Uplift in Central Mongolia.” Journal of Geophysical Research 5), № 126 doi: 10.1029/2020JB021304.
- Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Kuvshinov, Alexey, and Demberel, S. . “Crustal architecture of a metallogenic belt and ophiolite belt: Implications for mineral genesis and emplacement from 3-D electrical resistivity models (Bayankhongor area, Mongolia).” Earth Planets and Space, № 73 82. doi: 10.1186/s40623-021-01400-9.
- Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Connolly, James A.D., Grayver, Alexander, and Kuvshinov, Alexey. . “Compaction-driven fluid localization as an explanation for lower crustal electrical conductors in an intracontinental setting.” Geophysical Research Letters 19), № 47 e2020GL088455. doi: 10.1029/2020GL088455.
- Käufl, Johannes, Grayver, Alexander, Comeau, Matthew, Kuvshinov, Alexey, Becken, Michael, Kamm, Jochen, and Demberel, S. . “Magnetotelluric multiscale 3-D inversion reveals crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the Hangai and Gobi-Altai region in Mongolia.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 221 doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa039.
- Comeau, Matthew, Becken, Michael, Käufl, Johannes, Grayver, Alexander, Kuvshinov, Alexey, Tserendug, S., Batmagnai, E., and Demberel, S. . “Evidence for terrane boundaries and suture zones across Southern Mongolia detected with a 2-dimensional magnetotelluric transect.” Earth Planets and Space, № 72 5. doi: 10.1186/s40623-020-1131-6.
- Comeau, Matthew, Käufl, Johannes, Becken, Michael, Kuvshinov, Alexey, Grayver, Alexander, Kamm, Jochen, Demberel, S., Sukhbaatar, U., Batmagnai, E., Tserendug, S., and Nasan-Ochir, T. . “Evidence for fluid and melt generation in response to an asthenospheric upwelling beneath the Hangai Dome, Mongolia.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 487: 201–209. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.007.
- Comeau, MJ, Käufl, JS, Becken, M, Kuvshinov, A, Grayver, AV, Kamm, J, Demberel, S, Sukhbaatar, U, and Batmagnai, E. . “Evidence for fluid and melt generation in response to an asthenospheric upwelling beneath the Hangai Dome, Mongolia.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 487: 201–209. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.007.
- Al-Saadi, OS, Schmidt, V, Becken, M, and Fritsch, T. . “Very-high-resolution electrical resistivity imaging of buried foundations of a Roman villa near Nonnweiler, Germany.” Archaeological Prospection, № 2018 doi: 10.1002/arp.1703.
- Nittinger, C, and Becken, M. . “Compressive sensing approach for two-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion using wavelet dictionaries.” Geophysical Prospecting 4), № 66 : 664–672. doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12605.
- Lindau, T, and Becken, M. . “Using impressed current cathodic protection systems of pipelines for electromagnetic exploration.” Geophysics 4), № 83 : B155–B165. doi: 10.1190/geo2017-0651.1.
- Cherevatova, M, Nittinger, C, Becken, M, and Guenther, T. . “3D Inversion of the Semi-airborne Electromagnetic Data from Schleiz, Germany.” contribution to the Second European Airborne Electromagnetics Conference, Malmö doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201702151.
- Nittinger, C, Cherevatova, M, Becken, M, Martin, T, Petersen, H, Steuer, A, Meyer, U, Siemon, B, Matzander, U, Friedrichs, B, Mörbe, W, Yogeshwar, P, Tezkan, B, Rochlitz, R, and Günther, T. . “A Novel Semi-airborne EM System for Mineral Exploration - First Results from Combined Fluxgate and Induction Coil Data.” contribution to the Second European Airborne Electromagnetics Conference, Malmö doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201702154.
- Meyer, U, Siemon, B, Becken, M, Stolz, R, Noell, U, Frei, M, Buchholz, P, Steuer, A, Costabel, S, Martin, T, Ibs-von, Seht M, and Nittinger, C. . “New Airborne Methods and Procedures for the Exploration of Mineral Resources - An Overview of BGR Activities.” contribution to the Near Surface Geoscience 2016 - 22nd European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Barcelona doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.201601939.
- Nittinger, CG, and Becken, M. . “Inversion of magnetotelluric data in a sparse model domain.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 206 : 1398–1409.
- Cherevatova, M., Smirnov, M., Korja, T., Pedersen, L., Ebbing, J., Gradmann, S., and Becken, M. . “Electrical conductivity structure of north-west Fennoscandia from three-dimensional inversion of magnetotelluric data.” Tectonophysics null), № 653 : 20–32. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.01.008.
- Becken, M., and Lindau, T. . “Utilizing impressed current cathodic protection as the source for electromagnetic exploration.” in Vol. null EAGE Publishing BV.
- Streich, R., Becken, M., and Ritter, O. . “Robust processing of noisy land-based controlled-source electromagnetic data.” Geophysics 5), № 78 doi: 10.1190/GEO2013-0026.1.
- Kamm, J., Becken, M., and Pedersen, L.B. . “Inversion of slingram electromagnetic induction data using a born approximation.” Geophysics 4), № 78 doi: 10.1190/GEO2012-0484.1.
- Becken, M, and Ritter, O. . “Magnetotelluric Studies at the San Andreas Fault Zone: Implications for the Role of Fluids.” Surveys in Geophysics 1), № 33 : 65–105. doi: 10.1007/s10712-011-9144-0.
- Streich, R, Becken, M, and Ritter, O. . “2.5D controlled-source EM modeling with general 3D source geometries.” Geophysics 6), № 76 : F387–F393. doi: 10.1190/geo2011-0111.1.
- Streich, R, Becken, M, Matzander, U, and Ritter, O. . “Strategies for land-based controlled-source electromagnetic surveying in high-noise regions.” Leading Edge 10), № 30 : 1174–1181. doi: 10.1190/1.3657078.
- Streich, R, and Becken, M. . “Sensitivity of controlled-source electromagnetic fields in planarly layered media.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 187 : 705–728. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05203.x.
- Streich, R, and Becken, M. . “Electromagnetic fields generated by finite-length wire sources: Comparison with point dipole solutions.” Geophysical Prospecting 2), № 59 : 361–374. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00926.x.
- Streich, R, Becken, M, and Ritter, O. . “Electromagnetic characterization of CO2 sequestration sites - Feasibility studies and first field results from Ketzin.” Society of Petroleum Engineers - 73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011 - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011, № 1: 247–251.
- Becken, M, Ritter, O, Bedrosian, PA, and Weckmann, U. . “Correlation between deep fluids, tremor and creep along the central San Andreas fault.” Nature 7375), № 480 : 87–90. doi: 10.1038/nature10609.
- Streich, R, Schwarzbach, C, Becken, M, and Spitzer, K. . “Controlled-source electromagnetic modelling studies - Utility of auxiliary potentials for low-frequency stabilization.” Society of Petroleum Engineers - 72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010 - Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010, № 1: 322–326.
- Becken, M, and Streich, R. . “1D sensitivity of land-based CSEM to thin resistive layers.” SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 1), № 29 : 884–888. doi: 10.1190/1.3513920.
- Streich, R, Becken, M, and Ritter, O. . “Imaging of CO2 storage sites, geothermal reservoirs, and gas shales using controlled-source magnetotellurics: Modeling studies.” Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry SUPPL. 3), № 70 : 63–75. doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2010.05.004.
- Weber, M, Abu-Ayyash, K, Abueladas, A, Agnon, A, Alasonati-Tašárová, Z, Al-Zubi, H, Babeyko, A, Bartov, Y, Bauer, K, Becken, M, Bedrosian, PA, Ben-Avraham, Z, Bock, G, Bohnhoff, M, Bribach, J, Dulski, P, Ebbing, J, El-Kelani, R, Förster, A, Förster, H-J, Frieslander, U, Garfunkel, Z, Goetze, HJ, Haak, V, Haberland, C, Hassouneh, M, Helwig, S, Hofstetter, A, Hoffmann-Rotrie, A, Jäckel, KH, Janssen, C, Jaser, D, Kesten, D, Khatib, M, Kind, R, Koch, O, Koulakov, I, Laske, G, Maercklin, N, Masarweh, R, Masri, A, Matar, A, Mechie, J, Meqbel, N, Plessen, B, Möller, P, Mohsen, A, Oberhänsli, R, Oreshin, S, Petrunin, A, Qabbani, I, Rabba, I, Ritter, O, Romer, RL, Rümpker, G, Rybakov, M, Ryberg, T, Saul, J, Scherbaum, F, Schmidt, S, Schulze, A, Sobolev, SV, Stiller, M, Stromeyer, D, Tarawneh, K, Trela, C, Weckmann, U, Wetzel, U, and Wylegalla, K. . “Anatomy of the dead sea transform from lithospheric to microscopic scale.” Reviews of Geophysics 2), № 47 doi: 10.1029/2008RG000264.
- Becken, M, Ritter, O, and Burkhardt, H. . “Mode separation of magnetotelluric responses in three-dimensional environments.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 172 : 67–86. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03612.x.
- Becken, M, Ritter, O, Park, SK, Bedrosian, PA, Weckmann, U, and Weber, M. . “A deep crustal fluid channel into the San Andreas Fault system near Parkfield, California.” Geophysical Journal International 2), № 173 : 718–732. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03754.x.
- Hölz, S, Polag, D, Becken, M, Fiedler-Volmer, R, Zhang, HC, Hartmann, K, and Burkhardt, H. . “Electromagnetic and geoelectric investigation of the Gurinai Structure, Inner Mongolia, NW China.” Tectonophysics 1-2), № 445 : 26–48. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.06.008.
- Becken, M, Hölz, S, Fiedler-Volmer, R, Hartmann, K, Wünnemann, B, and Burkhardt, H. . “Electrical resistivity image of the Jingsutu Graben at the NE margin of the Ejina Basin (NW China) and implications for the basin development.” Geophysical Research Letters 9), № 34 doi: 10.1029/2007GL029412.
- Pedersen, LB, and Becken, M. . “Equivalent images derived from very-low frequency (VLF) profile data.” Geophysics 3), № 70 : G43–G50. doi: 10.1190/1.1925742.
- Becken, M, and Burkhardt, H. . “An ellipticity criterion in magnetotelluric tensor analysis.” Geophysical Journal International 1), № 159 : 69–82. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02376.x.
- Becken, M, and Pedersen, LB. . “Transformation of VLF anomaly maps into apparent resistivity and phase.” Geophysics 2), № 68 : 497–505. doi: 10.1190/1.1567218.
Prof. Dr. Michael Becken
