Dr. Melanie J. Sieber
Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2019 Scientific Staff in the Mineralogy group at the University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science
2018-2019 PostDoc in the section 'Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials' at the German Research Centre for Earth Science (GFZ) in Potsdam
2014-2018 PhD in Experimental Petrology at the Research School of Earth Science at the Australian National University in Canberra
2012-2014 MSc of Geoscience - Mineralogy at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
2009-2012 BSc of Geoscience at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
Publications
Papers (peer-reviewed)
Nikolenko A., Schmidt C., Sieber, M.J., Schijndel V., Veksler I.V. | 2024 Magmatic stability of eudialyte-group minerals (EGM) and element distribution between EGM and peralkaline silica-undersaturated melts, Lithos, 490-491, 107839 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107839
Sieber, M.J., Reichmann H. J., Farla R., Koch-Müller M. | 2024 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, 109(7), 1153-1161 https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2023-8982
Hughes J. M., Harlov D., Rakovan J. F., Ahmadi J., Sieber M. J. | 2024 Structural variations along the apatite F‑OH join: II. The role of hydrogen boning in fluoridated teeth American Mineralogist, doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9393
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Blanchard I., Kaa J. M., Dominijanni S., Förster M., Sieber M. J., Albers C., Morgenroth W., McCammon C., Schreiber A., Poddatis V., Glazyrin K., Husband R. J., Hennet L., Appel K., Wilke M. | 2024 Reevaluating the fate of subducted magnesite in the Earth’s lower mantle Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 355(107238), doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107238
Menzel, M. D., Sieber, M. J., Godard, M. | 2024 From peridotite to listvenite – perspectives on the processes, mechanisms and settings of ultramafic mineral carbonation to quartz-magnesite rocks. Earth-Science Reviews, 104828 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104828
Liu, Y., Schmidt, C., Li, J., Wang, D., Yan, Q., Stammeier, J. A., Sieber, M. J.| 2024 The role of protolith composition in the formation of tin-enriched granitic melts: A modeling study using the example of the southwest China tin province. Ore Geology Reviews, 169, 106094 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106094
Liu Y., Schmidt C., Wunder B., Günter C., Li J., Chen Z., Wang F., van Schijndel V., Appelt O., Sieber M. J. | 2024 Geochemical and modal proportion analysis of phase assemblages on experimental sampels investigating the fluid-absent melting of metasediments Data publication, GFZ Data Services
Lathe, C., Koch-Müller, M., Wunder, B., Appelt, O., Sieber, M.J., Bhat, S., Farla, R. | 2023 In situ study of the reaction phase A plus high-P clinoenstatite to forsterite plus water at reduced water activity. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 6, 1149-1157 https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1149-2023
Schmidt C., Nikolenko A., Appelt O., Gottsche A., Sieber M. J., Veksler I., Sunde O. | 2023 Chemical 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. | 2022COH-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. J. (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., 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
Editor (peer-reviewed extended abstracts)
Rose T., de Gelder G., Fernández-Blanco D., Sieber M. J. (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., doi.org/10.2312/yes19
Conferences & Invited Talks
Oral Presentations at Conferences
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
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
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
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
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
Invited Talks
21/07/2022 Experimental results on formation and melting of carbonates in the mantle, 23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Lyon, France
27/01/2022 Experimental study on fluid driven carbonation of the forearc mantle, Colloquium of the Geoscience Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin
02/06/2021 Elemental distribution in crustal settings, European Digital UniverCity Research Seminar – Sustainable Changes: Climate and Resources
03/11/2020 In situ rock deformation and liquids under extreme conditions – the value of a specialized large volume press at PETRA IV, DESY - PETRA IV workshop - Earth and Environmental Sciences - online
20/10/2020 Benefit of the PETRA IV upgrade to the synthesis of novel nitrides and fullerenes under extreme pressure and temperature in a large volume press, DESY - PETRA IV workshop - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport Technologies - online
06/02/2020 COH-fluid driven carbonation of the hydrated forearc mantle and (partial) melting of carbonates at ~200 km, Colloquium of the Geoscience Institute at the WWU Münster, Germany
30/01/2020 Supra-solidus phase relations of Ca-Mg-carbonates and partial melting of hydrous magnesite in the upper mantle,DESY - Photon Science Users’ Meeting 2020 - Satellite workshop on High-pressure Science in the Large Volume Press at P61B, Hamburg, Germany
10/2018 Carbonation of serpentinites and peridotites in subduction zones, Colloquium of the Geoscience Institute at the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Poster Presentations at Conferences
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
Presentations at Conferences as Co-Author
Rauscher J., Wunder B., Wilke M., Trumbull R., Jahn S., Sieber M. J., Michaud J., Pohl F., Scicchitano M.R., Fechtelkord M., Appelt O. I 2024 Exploring boron isotope fractionation during interaction of silicate melts and hydrous fluids: an experimental approach concerning ore formation, European Geological Union, Vienna, Austria
Menzel M., Sieber M. J., Godard M. I 2023 Listvenites and listwaenites – a review of controlling factors and feedback processes allowing complete peridotite carbonation Goldschmidt, Lyon, France
Rauscher J., Wunder B., Wilke M., Trumbull R. B., Jahn S., Sieber M. J., Scicchitano M. R., Fechtelkord M., Michaud J., Pohl F., Appelt O. I 2023 Experimental determination of boron isotope fractionation between silicate melts and hydrous fluids, with application to understanding magmatic-hydrothermal ore genesis Goldschmidt, Lyon, France
Libon L., Spiekermann G., 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 Subducted Carbon in the Eath's lower mantle: t he fate of magnesite European Geoscience Union, Austria
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Kaa J. M., Dominijanni S., Elbers M., Albers C., Biedermann N., Appel K., McCammon C., Roddatis V., Hennet L., Glayzrin K., Husband R., Wilke M. | 2022 The fate of subducted magnesite in the Earth’s lower mantle German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities (SNI 2022), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Kaa J. M., Dominijanni S., Elbers M., Albers C., Biedermann N., Appel K., McCammon C., Roddatis V., Hennet L., Glayzrin K., Husband R., Wilke M. | 2022 The fate of subducted magnesite in the Earth’s lower mantle, 23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), Lyon, Paris
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
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
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Kaa J., Dominijanni S., Albers C., Biedermann N., Appel K., Morgenroth W., McCammon C., Roddatis V., Hennet L., Wilke M. | 2021 Experimental investigation of the phase stability in the bridgmanite - magnesite system DMG & EMPG - online
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Kaa J., Dominijanni S., Albers C., Biedermann N., Appel K., Morgenroth W., McCammon C., Roddatis V., Hennet L., Wilke M. | 2021 The fate of magnesite in the Earth’ lower mantle Conference on Science at Extreme Conditions, Edinburg, Scotland
Farla R., Sieber M. J., Bhat S., Katsura T., Perrillat JP. I 2020 Instrumentation for in situ high pressure and temperature studies on large samples at a concept beamline at PETRA IV DESY – PETRA IV workshop – Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport Technologies – online
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
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Biedermann N., Appel K., Morgenroth W., Albers C., Glazyrin K., Wilke M. I 2020 Phase stabilities and Fe/Sr/La partitioning between magnesite and mantle silicate at lower mantle conditions European Geological Union - online
Libon L., Spiekermann G., Sieber M. J., Kaa J., Appel K., Dominijani S., Morgenroth W., Alvers C., Biedermann N., Glazyrin K., Wilke M. I 2020Experimental investigation of the phase stability in the bridgemanite-magnesite system DMG section meeting – online
Committees, Research Groups and External Links
Committees:
- Member and Deputy Chairperson of theStudy Commission BSc Geowissenschaften and MSc Geosciences (since 2022)
- Member of the Global Engagement Committee of the American Geophysical Union (since 2022)
- Representative of the Early Career Scientist Section (since 2019) within the Geo.X research network in Berlin-Potsdam: https://www.geo-x.net/ecs/
Research Groups:
- Reconstructing the deep dynamics of planet Earth over geologic time DeepDyn SPP - 2404 https://deepdyn.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/
- Carbonates at high Pressures and Temperatures (CarboPaT) FOR 2125 https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/48626215/for2125
Further information:
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-0094
- ReseachGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melanie-Sieber
- GFZ: https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/staff/melanie-sieber/sec36/
Laboratories
Internally Heated Pressure Vessel (IHPV)
Geo.X Joint Laboratory between the University of Potsdam and the GFZ
More information: GeoX Joint Lab
High Pressure and High Temperature Laboartories Uni Potsdam
Gas Mixing Furnace
University of Potsdam
More information: High Pressure and High Temperature Laboartories Uni Potsdam
Dr. Melanie J. Sieber
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