Her Work
Vera Schlindwein’s main work areas are in the remote polar oceans where recording earthquakes constitutes a logistic challenge. Here, the slowest spreading mid-ocean ridges on Earth with very little magma supply create an unusual ocean floor that challenges our understanding of sea floor spreading. Her main expertise is in polar and marine seismology. Her research group MOVE, Mid-ocean Volcanoes and Earthquakes, analyses seismicity in form of very small earthquake to understand how new ocean floor is being created at mid-ocean ridges and how it deforms and supports deep sea life.