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Workshop report
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11 Feb 2026
Workshop report |
| 11 Feb 2026
| 11 Feb 2026
Follow the CO2 – drilling into an actively degassing intraplate volcano underlain by a silicate–carbonatite intrusion
Torsten Dahm
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Axel K. Schmitt
Curtin University, Bentley, Australia
Shanaka de Silva
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atm. Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Tobias Fischer
University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
Astrid Holzheid
University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Nina Kukowski
University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Yan Lavallee
LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
Anne Sturm
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Juliana Troch
RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Short summary
The Eifel region in Germany hosts hundreds of distributed volcanoes of Quaternary age, including the Laacher See volcano that produced an eruption of VEI (volcanic explosivity index) 6 13 kyr ago, and is underlain by one of the youngest silicate–carbonatite intrusive complexes worldwide. Recently, three workshops were held to sharpen scientific questions of global scope and relevance to study this type of volcanism by drilling. This report summarised the workshop outcome with a clear science plan for the drilling project.
The Eifel region in Germany hosts hundreds of distributed volcanoes of Quaternary age, including...
