Publication list

On this page all my publications (so far) are listed. Click on the links below, if available to read the abstract of the article. If you are interested in the full articel, send me an e-mail and I will see what I can do for you.

Scientific articles

Sommer S., Pfannkuche O., Linke P., Luff R., Greinert J., Drews M., Gubsch S., Pieper M., Poser M., Queisser W., and Petersen A. (2006) The efficiency of the benthic filter - Biological control of the emission of dissolved methane from sediments hosting shallow gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia convergent margin, OR. Global Biogeochemical Cycles acc.

Luff R., Greinert J., Wallmann K., Klaucke, I. and Suess E. (2005) Simulation of long-term feedbacks from authigenic carbonate crust formation at cold vent sites. Chemical Geology, 216, 157-174

Luff R. and Moll A. (2004) Annual variation of phosphate fluxes at the water-sediment interface of the North Sea using a three-dimensional model. Continental Shelf Research, 24(10), 1099-1127. READ ABSTRACT

Luff R., Wallmann K. and Aloisi G. (2004) Numerical modeling of carbonate crust formation at cold vent sites: significance for fluid and methane budgets and chemosynthetic biological communities. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 221, 337-353. READ ABSTRACT.

Luff R. and Wallmann K. (2003) Fluid flow, methane fluxes, carbonate precipitation and biogeochemical turnover in gas hydrate-bearing sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin: Numerical modeling and mass balances. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67(18) 3403-3421. READ ABSTRACT.

Abegg F., W.Brückmann, Drews M., Eisenhauer A., Greinert J., Hohnberg H.-J., Liebetrau V., Luff R., Mudrack H., Petersen A., Treude T., and Schenck S. (2002) Sampling of gas hydrates and investigation of their internal structure. In RV SONNE Cruise Report S0165 OTEGA I - 2002 (ed. O. Pfannkuche, A. Eisenhauer, P. Linke, and C. Utecht), pp. 123-126. GEOMAR, Forschungszentrum für marine Geowisenschaften. DOWNLOAD CRUISE REPORT SO165 [PDF].

Brückmann W., Luff R., Abegg F., Albrecht I., and Liebetrau V. (2002) Sediment coring and physical properties.RV SONNE Cruise Report S0165 OTEGA I - 2002 (ed. O. Pfannkuche, A. Eisenhauer, P. Linke, and C. Utecht), pp. 104-114. GEOMAR, Forschungszentrum für marine Geowisenschaften. DOWNLOAD CRUISE REPORT SO165 [PDF] .

Luff R. and Wallmann K. (2002) Biogeochemical turn over in methane rich sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin: Quantification using a model approach. Gas Hydrates in the Geo System, 87-90.

Luff R. (2001) Modellierung und Bilanzierung benthischer Stoffflüsse und Stoffumsätze in marinen Oberflächensedimenten: Ein Modellansatz zur Beschreibung diagenetischer Prozesse an zwei Fallbeispielen. Dissertation, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel. READ ABSTRACT or DOWNLOAD [PDF] (German version only) .

Luff, R., Haeckel, M., and Wallmann, K. (2001) Robust and fast FORTRAN and MATLAB libraries to calculate pH distributions in marine systems. Computers & Geosciences 27, 157-169. READ ABSTRACT.

Luff, R., Wallmann, K., Grandel, S., and Schlüter, M. (2000) Numerical modelling of benthic processes in the deep Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 47, 3039-3072. READ ABSTRACT.

Luff R., Boetius A., Brunnegard J., Grandel S., Hall P., Kähler A., and Stahl H. (2000) Hydrography and biological activity in the water column at the sampling stations. In METEOR-Berichte Cruise No. M42 O. Pfannkuche, T. J. Müller, W. Nellen, and G. Wefer), pp. 51-56. Leitstelle METEOR, Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg.

Wallmann K., Grandel S., Luff R., and Heeschen K. (1998) Pore-water geochemistry. In FS SONNE cruise report SO118, Vol. 71 (ed. O. Pfannkuche and C. Utecht), pp. 133-142. GEOMAR.

Luff R. (1998) Bathymetry of the sampling stations, HYDROSWEEP swathmapping. In FS SONNE cruise report SO118, Vol. 71 (ed. O. Pfannkuche and C. Utecht), pp. 22-28. GEOMAR.

Luff R. (1998) Hydrography at the sampling stations. In FS SONNE cruise report SO118, Vol. 71 (ed. O. Pfannkuche and C. Utecht), pp. 29-37. GEOMAR.

Schlüter M., Wallmann K., Grandel S., Luff R., and Rickert D. (1997) Reaktion und Stoffflüsse in Oberflächensedimenten: Geochemische Messungen und Modellierung des biogeochemischen Systems. GEOMAR, Kiel.

Luff R. (1996) Animation numerischer Modellergebnisse auf dem PC mit VISUMOD 2.1. Tag der offenen Tür, GEOMAR, Kiel.

Luff, R., Moll, A., and Pohlmann, T. (1996) Program animates North Sea Model results. EOS 77(52), 529-529. READ ARTICLE.

Luff, R. and Moll, A. (1995) Visualization of the annual phytoplankton cycle in the North Sea (Institut für Meereskunde). Einzelexemplar, Hamburg.

Luff R. and Pohlmann T. (1995) Calculation of water exchange times in the ICES--boxes using a Half-Life time approach.ICES C.M. 1995(C:8).

Luff, R. and Pohlmann, T. (1995) Calculation of water exchange times in the ICES--boxes with a Eulerian dispersion model using a Half-Life time approach. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift 47(4), 287-299. READ ABSTRACT or DOWNLOAD [PDF] the complete article.

Luff, R. (1994) Ausbreitung passiver, konservativer Substanzen in der Nordsee, unter Verwendung eines hydro- und thermodynamischen Langzeitdatensatzes, Universität Hamburg. READ ABSTRACT (German version only).


Conference Poster

Haeckel, M., König, I., Luff, R., and Suess, E., Numerical modelling of early diagenetic processes in Peru Basin deep-sea sediments, International Workshop on Extreme Marine Environments, 19.-22. November 1998, GEOMAR.

Haeckel, M., Luff, R., Schlüter, M., and Wallmann, K., Numerical modelling of benthic processes in the deep sea, GEOMAR-Begutachtung, 28./29. September 1998, GEOMAR.

Luff, R., Animation numerischer Modellergebnisse auf dem PC mit VISUMOD 2.1. Tag der offenen Tür, 1996, GEOMAR, Kiel.

Luff, R., Moll, A., Radach, G., Visualization of the annual phytoplankton cycle in the North Sea, Zweiter deutscher Land-Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Workshop im Institut für Ostseeforschung, 16-18 Nov 1996, IOW, Warnemünde, Germany.

Luff, R., Haeckel, M., Schlüter, M., and Wallmann, K., Numerische Modellierung benthischer Prozesse mit C. CANDI. 1. Tiefsee-Workshop, 22./23. Januar 1998, GEOMAR.

Luff, R., Haeckel, M., Schlüter, M, and Wallmann, K., A new approach to calculate the carbonate equilibrium in aqueous solutions, GEOMAR-Begutachtung, 28./29. September 1998, GEOMAR.

Moll, A., Luff, R., Pohlmann, T., Radach, G., Influence of advection and diffusion on primary production in the North Sea derived from a PC animation of three-dimensional ecosystem model results,International Symposium: New Challanges for North Sea Research, 21-23 Oct 1996, Kath. Akademie, Hamburg, Germany.

Moll, A., Luff, R., Radach, G., Simulating annual cycles of phosphorus components