Publications
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

(Co) Author: Horsfield, B.

























  • Pötz, S.; Wilkes, H.; Witt, M.; Horsfield, B. (2010): Characterization of complex assemblages of organic acids in geological samples by negative electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a double-focusing magnetic sector field mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24, 8, 1185-1197.
























































  • Volk, H.; Horsfield, B.; Mann, U.; Suchý, V. (2002): Variability of petroleum inclusions in vein, fossil and vug cements – a geochemical study in the Barrandian Basin (Lower Palaeozoic, Czech Republic).. Organic Geochemistry, 33, 12, 1319-1341.










  • Horsfield, B.; Schulz, H.-M. (2010): Gaz Lupkowy - Wiecej Pragmatyzmu - Some Pragmatic Perspectives concerning Shale Gas in Europe. Pomorski Przeglad Gospodarczy, 46, 3, 23-26.











  Book  

  • Heide, Klaus; Horsfield, B.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M.; Krautz, H. J.; Mutti, M. (Ed.) (2010): GeoEnergy From Visions to Solutions : GeoEn / (Ed.), Chemie der Erde ; 70.2010, 3, Suppl., Elsevier, 202.



  • Löwner, R.; Horsfield, B.; Wächter, J. (Ed.) (2009): Vom All zum Kern - Geowissenschaften in Afrika : Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (AdG) 2007 in Potsdam [From the core to space - current research in the earth sciences in Africa.] / (Ed.), Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I, Allgemeine, Angewandte, Regionale und Historische Geologie, Jg. 2007, Herft 3/4, Schweizerbart, 115-457.




  • Kuhn, P.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2010): Bulk composition and phase behaviour of petroleum sourced by the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin. - In: Vining, B. A.; Pickering, S. C. (Eds.), Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers ; Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference, Geological Society London, 1065-1077.

  • Schulz, H.-M.; Horsfield, B.; Sachsenhofer, R. F. (2010): Shale gas in Europe: a regional overview and current research activities. - In: Vining, B. A.; Pickering, S. C. (Eds.), Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers ; Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference, Geological Society London, 1079-1085.


  • Mangelsdorf, K.; Zink, K. G.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Data report: geochemical and microbial biomarker investigations of sedimentary successions from the Belgica carbonate mound province in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. - In: Ferdelmann, T. G.; Williams, T.; Henriet, J.-P.; Expedition 307 Scientists (Eds.), Modern carbonate mounds : porcupine drilling ; expedition 307 of the riserless drilling platform Dublin, Ireland, to Mobile, Alabama, Sites U1316-U1318, 25 April - 30 May 2005, IODP Management Internat. for the IODP, 1-18.




  • Horsfield, B.; de Wit, M. (2006): 'Inkaba ye Africa' – dem dynamischen System Erde auf der Spur. Zweijahresbericht 2004/2005, GeoForschungszentrum Potsdam, 47-52.



  • Haberer, R. M.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Dieckmann, V.; Fuhrmann, A.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Characterization of the organic matter in lignites of the Kugmallit Formation (Oligocene) at the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. - In: Dallimore, S. R.; Collett, T. S. (Eds.), Scientifique Results from Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, Geological Survey of Canada.

  • Mangelsdorf, K.; Haberer, R. M.; Zink, K.-G.; Dieckmann, V.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Molecular indicators for the occurrence of deep microbial communities at the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. - In: Dallimore, S. R.; Collett, T. S. (Eds.), Scientifique Results from Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 1-11.


  • Santamaria-Orozco, D.; Horsfield, B. (2004): Gas generation potential of Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) source rocks in the Sonda de Campeche, Mexico. - In: Bartolini, C.; Buffler, R. T.; Blickwede, R. F. (Eds.), The Circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbon Habitats, Basin Formation and Plate Tectonics, American Association of Petroleum Geologists.







  • Berbesi, L.; di Primio, R.; Anka, Z.; Horsfield, B.; Wilkes, H. (2011): Addressing thermogenic and biogenic gas emissions during the formation of the oil sands deposits of the Western Canada Basin. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Switzerland 2011), P-089.






  • Kuhn, P.; Horsfield, B.; di Primio, R. (2011): Evolution of petroleum composition during generation and expulsion - a case study on the Bakken formation. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Switzerland 2011), O-48.


  • Mahlstedt, N.; Horsfield, B. (2011): Late stage gas generation in source rocks and gas shales. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Switzerland 2011), P-256.





  • Rodrigues, E.; di Primio, R.; Anka, Z.; Stoddart, D.; Horsfield, B. (2011): Basin Modelling of the Hammerfest Basin and Loppa High (Southwestern Barents Sea); investigating the leakage of hydrocarbons in a glacially influenced marine environment. Book of Abstracts, 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Switzerland 2011), P-307.








  • Ondrak, R.; di Primio, R.; Leith, T. L.; Lescoffit, G.; Horsfield, B. (2010): Reconstructing the HC-filling history of a Haltenbanken oil field, Mid-Norway on basin and reservoir scales : modelling sedimentary basins and their petroleum systems. Geological Society London Petroleum Group Conference 'Modelling Sedimentary Basins and their Petroleum Systems' (London, UK 2010).



  • Schulz, H.-M.; Horsfield, B. (2010): Shale Gas-Forschung: Ein Beitrag zur Erkundung einer unkonventionellen Gasressource in Europa. DGMK/ÖGEW-Frühjahrstagung 2010, Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung (Celle, Germany 2010), 3-8.






  • di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B.; Anka, Z.; Kuhlmann, G. (2009): Methane on the Move: quantifying natural greenhouse gas emissions over geological time. Book of Abstracts, 11th SAGA Biennial Technical Meeting & Exhibition 'Ancient Rocks to Modern Techniques' (Swaziland, South Africa 2009), 548-550.

  • di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B.; Anka, Z.; Kuhlmann, G. (2009): Methane on the Move: quantifying natural greenhouse gas emissions over geological time in the Orange Basin, South Africa. 11th SAGA Biennial Technical Meeting & Exhibition 'Ancient Rocks to Modern Techniques' (Swaziland, South Africa 2009), 548-550.


  • Doering, S.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2009): New insights on the Precambrian petroleum system of the Taoudeni Basin based on shallow drilling results. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 406 (P-301).


  • Haberer, R. M.; Vieth, A.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Quantification of petroleum alteration processes on the reservoir scale; a case study offshore Norway. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 481 (P-373).




  • Kuhn, P. P.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Inconsistency of Hydrocarbon Generation Potential and Production Values in the Bakken Play of North Dakota. 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: from Mature Basins to New Frontiers (London 2009).



  • Mahlstedt, N.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Evaluating the late gas potential of source rocks from different depositional environments. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 217 (P-115).

  • Pötz, S.; Erstad, K.; Wilkes, H.; Barth, T.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Characterization of acidic constituents in biodegraded crude oils using off-line fractionation and high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 479 (P-371).



  • Sykes, R.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Constrained maturity enhances black oil prospectivity in terrestrial basins. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 98 (O-85).

  • Theuerkorn, K.; Horsfield, B.; di Primio, R. (2009): Characterisation of heterogeneities in petroleum reservoirs using the composition of macromolecules. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 499 (P-391).


  • Vieth, A.; Haberer, R. M.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2009): Evaluation of reservoir alteration processes using compound-specific carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios. Book of Abstracts, 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) (Bremen 2009), 31 (O-27).











  • Kuhn, P. P.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2008): The Bakken Play of North Dakota - Inconsistency of Hydrocarbon Generation Potential and Production Values. 11th Norwegian meeting on organic geochemistry (Stavanger, Norway 2008).



  • Vieth, A.; Sachse, A.; Horsfield, B. (2008): The influence of coals and source rocks on biological processes within the Deep Biosphere. 33rd International Geological Congress (Oslo, Norway 2008).



  • (2007): Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika : Programm & Abstracts. Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007).


  • Anka, Z.; Séranne, M.; di Primio, R.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2007): Investigations on the interactions between a giant submarine fan and the adjacent continental margin: The Congo deep-sea fan case. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 40.




  • Drüppel, K.; Littmann, S.; Romer, R. L. (2007): Mehrphasige magmatische Aktivität NW - Namibias im Mesoproterozoikum und ihre Bedeutung für die Krustenentwicklung des südlichen Kongo - Kratons. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 5-6.


  • Gajewski, C.; Woith, H. (2007): Statistical Indication of a coupling between solar induced influences and radon degassing in the Dead Sea area. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 13.

  • Glombitza, C.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Horsfield, B. (2007): Investigation of the structural composition of sedimentary organic matter to assess its feedstock potential for deep microbial populations. Book of Abstracts, 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom 2007).


  • Hirsch, K.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M. (2007): 3D subsidence analysis in the Orange Basin – what does it tell us about the basin history?. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 48.

  • Horsfield, B.; de Wit, M. (2007): Inkaba yeAfrica. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 17.



  • Lucassen, F.; Franz, G.; Romer, R. L.; Pudlo, D.; Dulski, P. (2007): Nd, Pb, and Sr isotope composition of Late Mesozoic to Quaternary intra - plate magmatism in NE - Africa (Sudan, Egypt): implications for the mantle sources. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 24.

  • Löwner, R.; Souhel, A.; Wächter, J.; Krysiak, F. (2007): SaDIN (Sahel-Doukkala Information Network) - A Starting Point for a Spatial Data Infrastructure in Morocco?. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 22-23.

  • Mahlstedt, N.; Dieckmann, V.; Horsfield, B. (2007): The role of second order reactions for gas generation in sedimentary systems. Book of Abstracts, 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom 2007).


  • Oulidi, H. J.; Benaabidate, L.; Löwner, R. (2007): Geographic Information System and Geostatistics: new tools for mapping groundwater potentiality. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 56.

  • Theuerkorn, K.; Horsfield, B.; di Primio, R.; Wilkes, H. (2007): Using asphaltenes to reconstruct the original charge compositions and volumetrics of petroleum in reservoir compartments. Book of Abstracts, 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom 2007).

  • Trumbull, R.; Bauer, K. (2007): Modification of continental crust during rifting: geophysical images and petrologic models of mafic intrusions in the Etendeka Province of Namibia. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 65.

  • Vieth, A.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Horsfield, B. (2007): Low molecular weight organic acids in deep terrestrial systems. Book of Abstracts, 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom 2007).


  • Weckmann, U. (2007): From the Cape Fold Belt into the Kaapvaal Craton: A magnetotelluric transect covering South Africa's continental accretion processes. Vom All zum Kern : Geowissenschaften in Afrika ; Programm & Abstracts, Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher Geowissenschaftler (Potsdam 2007), 37.














  • Ondrak, R.; Kroeger, K. F.; Dieckmann, V.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2006): Modeling the burial and maturation history of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Canada. Sediment 2006 : 21th meeting of sedimentologists ; 4th meeting of SEPM Central Europe Section ; abstracts and field trips, 4th Meeting of SEPM Central European Section (Göttingen 2006), 124.









  • di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B.; Fuhrmann, A. (2005): Predicting gas composition and its effect on petroleum phase behaviour during secondary migration. Organic Geochemistry: Challenges for the 21th Century, 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (22 IMOG) (Seville, Spain 2005), 115-116.



  • Dieckmann, V.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Enhanced Gas Formation from Deep Terrestrial Rocks: New insight from laboratory Experiments and Natural Case Studies.. Organic Geochemistry: Challenges for the 21th Century, 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (22 IMOG) (Seville, Spain 2005), 41-42.



  • Fuhrmann, A.; Lopez, J. F.; Horsfield, B.; Wilkes, H.; Hu, L. (2005): Facies, thermal maturity and correlation of source rocks and crude oils in the Western Depression of the Liaohe basin, P.R. China using molecular markers.. Organic Geochemistry: Challenges for the 21th Century, 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (22 IMOG) (Seville, Spain 2005), 227-228.






  • Mangelsdorf, K.; Zink, K.-G.; Kallmeyer, J.; Cragg, B.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Search for deep microbial communities in the terrestrial sediments of the Waikato coal area, New Zealand (DEBITS). Organic Geochemistry: Challenges for the 21th Century, 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (22 IMOG) (Seville, Spain 2005), 926-927.

  • Paton, D. A.; van der Spuy, D.; di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Integrating passive margin evolution, hydrocarbon generation and migration, and the occurrence of hydrocarbon seepage features through 3D Basin Modelling in the Orange Basin, South Africa. 4th ALAGO Workshop - Basin Modeling (Buenos Aires 2005).

  • Saison, A.; Dieckmann, V.; Horsfield, B. (2005): Environmental control on the gas potential of Cretaceous and Tertiary source rocks in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories Delta (Canada). Organic Geochemistry: Challenges for the 21th Century, 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (22 IMOG) (Seville, Spain 2005), 327-328.









  • di Primio, R.; Horsfield, B. (2004): Development of compositional kinetic models for hydrocarbon generation and phase behaviour modelling. 14th Annual Goldschmidt Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark 2004), A228.













  • Santamaria-Orozco, D.; Horsfield, B. (2004): Predicting Amounts and Compositions of Oil and Gas in Undrilled areas; Sonda de Campeche, México. 9th Latin American Congress on Organic Geochemistry (Merida, Mexico 2004).



  • Scheck-Wenderoth, M.; Cavanagh, A.; Horsfield, B. (2004): The rift, the continent, the ice and the oil - EM16 modelling study of the Norwegian Continental Margin at GFZ-Potsdam.. Arctic Geology, Hydrocarbon Resources and Environmental Challenges (Tromsø, Norway 2004).




  • Dieckmann, V.; Lehne, E.; Keym, M.; Horsfield, B. (2003): Predicting Gas Formation from undrilled Source Rocks using Reservoir Oil-Asphaltenes. Book of Abstracts, Part I, 21th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (Kraków, Poland 2003), 323-324.

  • Haberer, R. M.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2003): Bulk and molecular investigations of deep subsurface sediments at the Mallik 5L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie River Delta, Canada. Book of Abstracts, Part I, 21th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (Kraków, Poland 2003), 273-274.



  • Lehne, E.; Dieckmann, V.; Fowler, M. G.; Horsfield, B. (2003): The occurrence and significance of structural markers in macromolecules of source rocks and reservoir oils, the Duvernay Formation (WCSB). Book of Abstracts, Part II, 21th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (Kraków, Poland 2003), 211-212.



















  • Horsfield, B.; Schaefer, R. G.; Naeth, J. (2001): Feedstock for carbonate mounds, Porcupine Basin, Ireland: insights from geochemistry and basin modelling. European Science Foundation Symposium and Forum: The Deep Sub-Seafloor Biosphere: Current Status and Future Directions.



  • Volk, H.; Horsfield, B.; Mann, U. (2001): PETROLEUM MIGRATION IN THE PRAGUE BASIN - EVIDENCE FOR EVAPORATIVE FRACTIONATION. 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry.


  • Zink, K.-G.; Wilkes, H.; Horsfield, B. (2001): Development and application of biomarkers for the characterization of deep sub-surface microbial communities. 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry.