Dr. Melanie J. Sieber

Sieber, M.J., Reichmann H. J., Farla R., Koch-Müller M.  | 2023 - preprint Stability of magnesite in the presence of hydrous fluids up to 12 GPa: Insights into subduction zone processes and carbon cycling in the Earth's mantle American Mineralogist https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-8982

Schmidt C., Nikolnko A., Appelt O., Gottsche A., Sieber M. J., Veksler I., Sunde O. | 2023Chemical controls on niobium and zirconium mobility inferred from dissolution experiments of wöhlerite in alkaline silica-undersaturated melts Chemical Geology p. 121370 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121370

Sieber, M.J., Wilke, M., Appelt, O., Oelze, M., Koch-Müller, M. | 2022 Melting relations of Ca-Mg-carbonates and trace element signature of carbonate melts up to 9 GPa - a proxy for melting of carbonated mantle lithologies European Journal of Mineralogy, 34, 411-424 https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-411-2022

Sieber, M. J., Wilke, F.D.H., Appelt, O., Oelze, M., Kock-Müller, M. | 2022 Major and trace element analysis of Ca-Mg-carbonates and carbonate melt at 6 and 9 GPa  Data publication, https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.6.2022.001

Sieber, M. J., Yaxley, G. M., Hermann, J. | 2022 COH-fluid induced metasomatism of peridotites in the forearc mantle Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 44 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-022-01905-w

Rose, T., de Gelder, G., Fernández-Blanco, D., Sieber, M. (Eds.) | 2021 Proceedings of the 5th International Young Earth Scientists (YES) Congress “Rocking Earth’s Future”, 9–13 September 2019, Berlin, Germany. German YES Chapter & GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 148 p. https://doi.org/10.2312/yes19

Sieber M. J.,  Brink F. J., Leys C., King P.L., Henley R. W.,  | 2020 Prograde and retrograde metasomatic reactions in mineralised magnesium-silicate skarn in the Cu-Au Ertsberg East Skarn System, Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia Ore Geology Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103697 open access available here

Merle, R., Amelin, Y., Yin, Q.-Z., Huyskens, M. H., Sanborn, M. E., Nagashima, K., Yamashita, K., Ireland, T., Krot, A., and Sieber, M. J. | 2020  Exploring the efficiency of stepwise dissolution in removal of stubborn non-radiogenic Pb Condrule U-Pb dating Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 277, 1-20; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.010 open access available here

Sieber M. J., Wilke F., Koch‑Müller M. | 2020 Partition coefficients for trace elements in carbonate melt and supra-solidus phase relations of carbonates at 6 GPa American Mineralogist, 105, 6; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-7098 open access available here

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G.,  Hermann J. | 2020 Investigation of fluid driven carbonation of a hydrated, forearc mantle wedge using serpentinite cores in high pressure experiments Journal of Petrology; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa035

Efthimiopoulos I., Germer M., Jahn S., Harms M., Reichmann H. J., Speziale S., Schade U., Sieber M. J., Koch-Müller M. | 2019 Effects of hydrostaticity on the structural stability of carbonates at lower mantle pressures: the case study of dolomite High Pressure Research; https://doi.org/10.1080/08957959.2018.1558223 request a copy here

Sieber M. J., Hermann J., Yaxley, G. M. | 2018 An experimental investigation of C-O-H fluid-driven carbonation of serpentinites under forearc conditions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 496, 177-188; DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.027. open access available here

Sieber M. J.  | 2018Experimental investigation of the fluid driven carbonation of serpentinites and spinel-peridotites: implications for the carbon and trace element cycle in the forearc region of the mantle wedge PhD thesis DOI: 10.25911/5d5140d856584, open access available here

Henley R. W., Brink F. J., King P. L., Leys C., Ganguly J., Mernagh T., Middleton J., Renggli C. J., Sieber M. J., Troitzsch U. | 2017 High temperature gas–solid reactions in calc–silicate Cu–Au skarn formation; Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 172, 106; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-017-1413-6

Conferences (selection of oral presentations)

Sieber M. J., Reichmann H. J., Frala R., Appelt O. Oelze M., Lathe C.,  Koch-Müller M. | 2023 European Geoscience Union, Austria H2O-present melting curve of magnesite and trace element distribution during melting of (dry) magnesite and calcite in the upper mantle 

Sieber M. J.  | 2022  Invited Talk International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France, Experimental results on formation and melting of carbonates in the mantle

Sieber M. J., Wilke M., Oelze M., Appelt O., Wilke F. D. H., Koch‑Müller M.  | 2022 European Geoscience Union, Austria Melting relations of carbonates and trace element partitioning between carbonates and carbonate liquid in the Earth's upper mantle

LibonL., SpiekermannG., Sieber M.J., Kaa J., Dominijanni S., Elbers M., Blanchard I., Albers C., BierdermannN., Morgenroth W., Appel K., McCammon C., Schreiber A., Roddatis V., Glazyrin K., HusbandR., HennetL., Wilke M. | 2022 European Geoscience Union, Austria Subducted Carbon in the Eath's lower mantle: t he fate of magnesite

Sieber M. J., Reichmann H.-J., Lathe C., Farla R., Appelt O., Wilke F. D. H., Oelze M., Koch-Müller M. | 2021 International Workshop on "Development of multianvil technology and its applications to Earth and material sciences Thermal stability of carbonates in the Earth's upper mantle - results from insitu multi-anvil investigations and rocking multi-anvil presses

Sieber M. J.,  Wilke F. D. H. Appelt O., Oelze M., Koch-Müller M. | 2021 3rd European Mineralogical Conference Melting relations of Ca-Mg-carbonates in the Earth’ upper mantle

LibonL., SpiekermannG., Sieber M. J., Kaa J., Dominijanni S., Albers C., Morgenroth W., BierdermannN., Appel K., McCammon C., Roddatis V., HusbandR., Glazyrin K., HennetL., Wilke M. | 2021Goldschmidt online Caron in the deep Earth: The fate of magnesite in the lower mantle

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G., Hermann J.  | 2021 17th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry - online Carbonation of the hydrated forearc mantle by graphite saturated COH fluid                        

LibonL., SpiekermannG., Sieber M. J., Kaa J., Dominijanni S., BierdermannN., Appel K., Morgenroth W., Albers C., McCammon C., Roddatis V., HennetL., Wilke M. | 202117th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry - online Experimental investiagtion of the phase stability in the bridgmanite-magnesite system

Sieber M. J., Wilke F., Reichmann H.-J., Koch-Müller M.  | 2020 European Geoscience Union General Assemblage, online, Phase relations of Ca-Mg-carbonates and trace element partition coefficients between carbonates and dolomitic melt at 6 and 9 GPa 

Spallanzani R., Cichy S. B., Oelze M., Koga K., Wilke M., Fanara S., Sieber M. J., | 2020 European Geoscience Union General Assemblage, online, Li and B diffusivity in hydrated silicate melts: an experimental study

Sieber M. J., Wilke F. D. H., Koch-Müller M.  | 2019 DMG-Section Meeting Geochemistry, Petrology & Geophysics, Germany, Partition coefficients for trace elements in carbonate melt and supra-solidus phase relations of Ca-Mg-carbonates at 6 GPa

Sieber M. J., Hermann J., Yaxley G., Lanari P.  | 2018 European Geoscience Union, Austria, COH‑fluid driven carbonation of serpentinites and spinel peridotites within the forearc region of the mantle wedge and in the subducting slab

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G., Hermann J.  | 2017 Special Group in Geochemistry Mineralogy and Petrology, Australia, Carbonation of serpentinites in the fore arc region of the mantle wedge - combining results from piston cylinder experiments, thermodynamic modeling and field observations

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G., Hermann J.  | 2016 European Mineralogical Conference, Italy, Analyses of CO₂ fluids from piston cylinder experiments – implication for carbonation of serpentinites in the forearc

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G., Hermann J.  | 2016 Goldschmidt, Japan, Carbonation of serpentinite and spinel peridotite under forearc conditions – an experimental study

Conferences (selection of poster presentations)

Sieber M. J., Reichmann H.-J., Farla R., Koch-Müller M.  | 2022 GeoMinKoelnMelting and subsolidus reaction in the system Mg(OH)₂-MgCO₃ between 2 and 12 GPa

Sieber M. J., Yaxley G., Hermann J.  | 2015 Deep Carbon Observatory: Carbon from the mantle to the Surface, USA, Experimental demonstration of carbonation of serpentinite by slab derived C‑O‑H‑fluids – a possible new forearc reservoir for carbon

Sieber M. J., Brey G., Shu Q., Höfer H.  | 2014 (Prize for best Poster), International Mineralogy Association, South Africa, A composite garnet pyroxenite xenoliths yields a minimum age of 2.4 Ga for eclogitisation in the Kaapvaal subcratonic mantle

Sieber M. J., Brey G., Seitz H. M., Höfer H.  | 2013 Goldschmidt, Italy, The age of eclogitisation underneath the Kaapcaal craton – a composite xenoliths from Roberts Victor

Sieber M. J., Seitz H. M., Brey G.  | 2012 European Mineralogical Conference, Germany, Xenocrystic and magmatic olivines in kimberlites tell a complex story of precipitation, dissolution and renewed crystallisation during magmatic uprise

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