Research Foci
Fluid-rock interactions & mass transfer in subduction zones
The goal of my research is to understand the complex dynamic processes occurring in the Earth's and planetary interiors through direct investigations of the physical and chemical properties of geomaterials (solids, melts and fluids) at relevant pressure and temperature conditions. My research covers a broad range of topics in the areas of Mineral Physics, Experimental (fluid) Geochemistry and Planetology.In my group, we recreate the processes operating within planetary interior using high pressure apparatus (namely diamond anvil cells DAC) and probe the physical and chemical properties of materials using in situ state-of the art laser and synchrotron-based X-ray techniques. These experimental studies provide the necessary information for developing predictive models to understand the internal functioning of planets and the link with surface manifestations of this activity (e.g., volcanic eruptions). Main research axis: Fluid/melt properties, fluid-rock interactions and mass transfer in subduction zones; Physics of melts, magmatic processes and the dynamics of volcanic eruptions; Water in the Earth's interior; Fate of subducted slabs and chemical heterogeneities in the mantle; Planetology; icy moons (experimental and numerical studies)
Physics of melts & magmatic processes
Water in the Earth’s interior
Fate of subducted slabs; Planetology- icy moons
CV
Academic Education
- Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
- M.S., Condensed Matter (Physics), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
- B.S., Physics, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Positions
- Professor for Mineralogy, WWU Münster, Germany
- Visiting scientist ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Assistant Professor for Experimental Geochemistry & Mineral Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Post-doctoral researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
- Doctoral Fellow, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
- Teaching assistant, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
External Functions
- Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Earth Science Earth and Planetary Materials
- Associate Editor in Frontiers in Earth Sciences
- Review panel PRC3 (Matter and material properties) at synchrotron Soleil, France
- Guest editor in Chemical Geology
- XAS review panel at synchrotron Swiss Light Source (SLS), Switzerland
Projects
- Dynamics and thermal evolution of icy moons' interiors: experimental and numerical approaches ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: SA 2585/17-1 - Carbon mobility in subduction zones: in-situ experimental constraints on organic and inorganic carbon transfer at oxidizing conditions ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: Tl 1078/2-2 - SPP 2238 - Subproject: Hydrothermal transport of Sn and W: in-situ constraints on fluid composition and metal complexes at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: LO 2727/1-1 - SPP 2238 - Subproject: Controls on the enrichment and transport of As and Sb in magmatic fluids: experimental studies and implications for hydrothermal Au-Ag-As-Sb deposits ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SA 2585/14-1 - SPP 2404 - Subproject: Electrical conductivity measurements on lower mantle phases to illuminate structures at the core-mantle boundary region ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Schwerpunktprogramm | Project Number: SA 2585/13-1 - Mobility of volatile (H2O & CO2)-bearing melts in the upper mantle: from carbonatite magmatism to the dynamics of kimberlitic eruptions ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: SA 2585/4-2 - The density of H2O-NaCl-CO2/SiO2 fluids in the crust and upper mantle ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: SA 2585/8-1 - Experimental studies of H20-CH4 ices in mini-Neptune exoplanets at EuXFEL ()
Individual Granted Project: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY - Forschungszentrum in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft - Deep Earth Doctoral School ()
Scientific Event: Université franco-allemande | Deutsch-Französische Hochschule | Project Number: NBV-15-24-I - Electronic and magnetic properties of novel iron oxides at high pressure and wide temperature conditions ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: KU 3832/3-1 - Constraints on the Earth’s inner core composition from high-pressure studies on Fe-Si-C alloys and compounds ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: KU 3832/2-1 - FOR 2440: Matter Under Planetary Interior Conditions - High pressure, Planetary, and Plasma Physics - SP 9: Experimental study of planetary ices at high pressure using dynamically-driven diamond anvil cells – SP9 DiaStem ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Forschungsgruppe | Project Number: SA 2585/5-1 - Mobility of Volatiles in the Earth’s Mantle by Experimental and Numerical Technics – MoVEMENT ()
EU-Project Hosted at University the of Münster: EU H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship | Project Number: 842339 - Phase transitions, Microstructures and their seismic signals from the Earth's mantle ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: TH 1530/18-1; SA 2585/3-1 - DAAD Austauschprogramm: PPP Frankreich - Deformation in the deep Earth: A combined mineral physics and seismology study ()
Individual Granted Project: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Project Number: 57390184 - Mobility of carbon-rich melts in the upper mantle: a combined experimental and theoretical study of carbonatite melts densities ()
Individual Granted Project: DFG - Sachbeihilfe/Einzelförderung | Project Number: SA 2585/4-1
Publications
Research Articles (Journals)
- Simopoulou, M., Baziotis, I., Ferrière, L., Hu, J., Sanchez-Valle, C., Gamaletsos, P., Palles, D., Berndt, J., Ma, C., Klemme, S., & Asimow, P. (). Raman Study of the Slobodka Ordinary Chondrite. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 56 (1329-1344), 1329–1344. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6833.
- Kolesnikov, E., Li, X., Müller, S., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Berndt, J., Liermann, H.-P., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Kupenko, I. (). Depth-dependent anisotropy in the Earth’s inner core linked to chemical stratification,. Nature Communications, 16, Article 10986. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67067-y.
Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
- Diagileva, D., Louvel, M., Chatelin, T., Haupt, C. P., Hazemann, J.-L., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). In situ experimental studies of As enrichment and transport in magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. in Goldschmidt 2025 Abstract doi: 10.7185/gold2025.31767.
- Valsera Moreno, P., Louvel, M., Koppetz-Mitra, H., Diagileva, D., Rosa, A.D., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Tin Partitioning Between Fluid and Melt: In Situ Observations Using Hydrothermal Diamond Anvil Cells and Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence. in Goldschmidt 2025 Abstract doi: 10.7185/gold2025.31828.
- Diagileva, D., Valsera Moreno, P., Louvel, M., Haupt, C., Chatelin, T., Hazemann, J.-L., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). In situ experimental studies of realgar solubility and As speciation in magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. 19th Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG) conference, Orléans.
- Husband, R. J.; Liermann, H.P.; McHardy, J.D.; McWilliams, R.S.; Goncharov, A.F.; Prakapenka, V.B.; Edmund, E.; Chariton, S.; Konôpková, Z.; Strohm, C.; Sanchez-Valle, C., Frost, M., Andriambariarijaona, L.; Appel, A.; Baehtz, C.; Ball, O.B.; Briggs, R.; Buchen, J.; Cerantola, V.; Choi, J.; Coleman, A.L.; Cynn, H.; Dwivedi, A.; Graafsma, H.; Hwang, H.; Koemets, E.; Laurus, T.; Lee, Y.; Li, X.; Marquardt, H.; Mondal, A.; Nakatsutsumi, M.; Ninet, S.; Pace, E.; Pepin, C.; Prescher, C.; Stern, S.; Sztuk-Dambietz, J.; Zastrau, U.; McMahon, M.I. (). Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments. Nature Communications, 15, 8256. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52505-0.
- Eric, E., Irina, C., Zuzana, K., Rachel, H., Cornelius, S., Karen, A., Carsten, B., Orianna, B., Victorien, B., Kara, B., Khachiwan, B., Julien, C., Stella, C., Matthew, D., Anand, D., Konstantin, G., S., M. A.-S., Nicolas, J., Torsten, L., Xiang, Li., Bernhard, M., James, M., Malcolm, M., Sébastien, M., Katharina, M., Anshuman, M., Guillaume, M., Vitali, B. P., Clemens, P., Young-Jay, R., Jan-Patrick, S., Minxue, T., Zena, Y., Carmen, S.-V., Hanns-Peter, L., James, B., Jung-Fu, L., R., S. M., & Alexander, F. G. (). The Thermal Conductivity of Bridgmanite at Lower Mantle Conditions Using a Multi-Technique Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 129. doi: 10.1029/2024JB028823.
- Tiraboschi, C., McCammon, C., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Berndt, J., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Preferential mobilisation of oxidised iron by slab-derived hydrous silicate melts. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 24, 43–47. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2304.
- Steeger, P., Graalmann, J.-H., Schmidt, R., Kupenko, I., Sanchez-Valle, C., Marauhn, P., Deilmann, T., de Vasconcellos, S. M., Rohlfing, M., & Bratschitsch, R. (). Pressure Dependence of Intra- and Interlayer Excitons in 2H-MoS2 Bilayers. Nano Letters, 23 (19). doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02428.
- Massuyeau, M; Ritter, X; Sanchez-Valle, C (). A density model for high-pressure carbonate-rich melts applied to carbonatite magmatism in the upper mantle. Chemical Geology, 622, 121275. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121275.
- Gay, J.P; Ledoux, E; Krug, M; Chantel, J; Pakhomova, A; Liermann, H-P; Sanchez-Valle, C; Merkel, S. (). Transformation microstructures in pyrolite under stress: implications for anisotropy in subducting slabs below the 660 km discontinuity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 604, 118015. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118015.
- Ledoux, E; Krug, M; Gay, J; Chantel, J; Hilairet, N; Bykov, M., Bykova, E; Aprilis, G; Svitlyk, V; Gabarino, G; Guignot, N ; Sanchez-Valle, C; Speziale, S; Merkel, S. (). In-situ study of microstructures induced by the olivine to wadsleyite transformation at Earth 410-km depth discontinuity conditions. American Mineralogist, 108 (12), 2283–2293. doi: 10.2138/am-2022-8731.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Krug, M., Saki, M., Ledoux, E., Gay, JP., Chantel, J., Pakhomova, A., Husband, R., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Thomas, C., Merkel, S., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Textures induced by the coesite-stishovite transition and implications for the visibility of the X-discontinuity. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23 (10), e2022GC010544. doi: 10.1029/2022GC010544.
- Kolesnikov, E., Kupenko, I., Achorner, M., Plückthun, C., Liermann, H.-P., & Merkel, S. a.-V. (). Strength and seismic anisotropy of textured FeSi at planetary core conditions. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 974148. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.974148.
- Yue, B; Krug, M; Sanchez-Valle, C; Merkel., S; Hong, F. (). Effect of pressure on deformation and slip systems of CaCl2-type MnO2. Physical Review Materials, 6, 053603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.053603.
- Pokrovski G.S; Sanchez-Valle, C; Guillot, S; Borisova, A.Y; Muñoz, M; Auzende, A-L; Proux, O; Roux, J; Hazemann, J-L; Testemale, D; and Shvarov, Y.V. (). Redox dynamics of subduction revealed by arsenic in serpentinites. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 22, 36–41. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2225.
Research Article in Edited Proceeding (Conference)
- Tiraboschi, C., Rohrbach, A., Klemme, S., Berndt, J., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Iron mobility in slab-derived hydrous silicate melts at sub-arc conditions. EGU 2022, Vienna.
- Ritter, X., Guillot, B., Sator, N., Desmaele, E., Massuyeau, M., & and Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Non-Arrhenian temperature-dependent viscosity of alkali(ne) carbonate melts at mantle pressures. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.674770.
- Mergner, V., K., I., Spiekermann, G., S., Libon, L., Chariton, S., Krug, M., Steinbrügge, R., S., I., and, S.-V., & C. (). Sound Velocities in FeSi at Lower Mantle Conditions and the Origin of Ultralow-Velocity Zones. Geophysical Research Letters, 48. doi: 10.1029/2020GL092257.
- Liermann, H.P., Konopkova, Z., Appel, K., Prescher, C., Schropp, A., Cerantola, V., Husband, R.J., McHardy, J.D., McMahon, M.I., & McWilliams, R.S. e. (). Novel experimental setup for MHz X-ray diffraction in the Diamond Anvil Cell at the High Energy Density (HED) Instrument of the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (EuXFEL). Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28. doi: 10.1107/S1600577521002551.
- Ferré, E.C., Kupenko, I., Martín- Hernández, F., Ravat, D., & and Sanchez- Valle, C. (). Magnetic sources in the Earth’s mantle. Nature Rev. Earth & Env., 1. doi: 10.1038/s43017-020-00107-x.
- Xenia, R., Carmen, S.-V., Nicolas, S., Elsa, D., Nicolas, G., Andrew, K., Ilya, K., Jasper, B., & Bertrand, G. (). Density of hydrous carbonate melts under pressure, compressibility of volatiles and implications for carbonate melt mobility in the upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 533. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116043.
- Louvel, M., Sanchez-Valle, C., Malfait, WJ., Pokrovski, GS., Borca, CN., & Grolimund, D. (). Bromine speciation and partitioning in slab-derived aqueous fluids and silicate melts and implications for halogen transfer in subduction zones. SOLID EARTH, 11, 1145–1161. doi: 10.5194/se-11-1145-2020.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Wang, J., & Rohrbach, A. (). Effect of calcium on the elasticity of majoritic garnets and the seismic gradients in the mantle transition zone. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 293.
- Kupenko, I., Aprilis, G., Vasiukov, D. M., McCammon, C., Chariton, S., Cerantola, V., Kantor, I., Chumakov, A. I., Rüffer, R., Dubrovinsky, L., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Magnetism in cold subducting slabs at mantle transition zone depths. Nature, 570, 102–106. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1254-8.
Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
- Ritter, X., Sanchez-Valle, C., King, A., Guignot, N., Sator, N., Guillot, B., Laumonier, M., Perrillat, J.-P., Kupenko, I., Sifré, D., Gaillard, F., & Krolow, M. (). Carbonate melt mobility in the upper mantle. Deep Carbon 2019, Washington D.C..
- Ritter, X., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Mobility of carbonate melts in the upper mantle. Goldschmidt 2019, Barcelona.
- Ritter, X., Sanchez-Valle, C., Laumonier, M., King, A., Guignot, N., Perrillat, J.-P., Gaillard, F., & Sifré, D. (). Rapid carbonate melt extraction from the subducting slab. EMPG16 - Sixtheenth International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Clermont-Ferrand.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Zezin, D., Driener, T., & and Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Volumetric Properties of Na2SO4 –H2O and Na2SO4 –NaCl-H2O Solutions to 523.15 K, 70 MPa. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 62. doi: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00655.
- Tsay, A., Zajacz, Z., Ulmer, P., & and Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Mobility of major and trace elements in the eclogite-fluid system and element fluxes upon slab dehydration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 198, 70–91. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.038.
Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
- Ritter, X., Sanchez-Valle, C., Laumonier, M., King, A., Guignot, N., Perrillat, J.-P., Gaillard, F., & Sifré, D. (). Density of alkali carbonate melts in the upper mantle and implications for the mobility of carbon at depth. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
- Kupenko, I., Merkel, S., Achorner, M., Plückthun, C., Liermann, H., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Plastic deformation of FeSi at high pressures: implications for planetary cores. EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna.
- A, n. e.-r.-m. (). Tsay, A., Zajacz, Z., Ulmer, P., Walle, M., and Sanchez-Valle, C. American Mineralogist, 101, 2199–2209. doi: 10.2138/am-2016-5621.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Gaillard, F., Ghosh, S., & and Mezger, K. (). Fluids and melts in planetary interiors: from crust to core-mantle boundaries. Chemical Geology, 418, 1–5. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.0120009-2541.
- Zezin, D., Driesner, T., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Volumetric properties of Na<inf>2</inf>SO<inf>4</inf>-H<inf>2</inf>O and Na<inf>2</inf>SO<inf>4</inf>-NaCl-H<inf>2</inf>O solutions to 523.15 K, 70 MPa. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 60 (4), 1181–1192. doi: 10.1021/je501152a.
- Rosa, A., Sanchez-Valle, C., Wang, J., & Saikia, A. (). Elasticity of superhydrous phase B, seismic anomalies in cold slabs and implications for deep water transport. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 243 (null), 30–43. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.03.009.
Book (Edited Collection)
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Gaillard, Fr., Ghosh, S., & and Mezger, K. (ed.) (). Fluids and melts in planetary interiors: from crust to core-mantle boundaries. Elsevier.
- Ardia, P., Di, M. A., Giordano, D., Massare, D., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Schmidt, MW. (). Densification mechanisms of haplogranite glasses as a function of water content and pressure based on density and Raman data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 138, 180. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.03.022.
- Malfait, WJ., Seifert, R., Petitgirard, S., Perrillat, JP., Mézouar, M., Ota, T., Nakamura, E., Lerch, P., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Supervolcano eruptions driven by melt buoyancy in large silicic magma chambers. Nature Geoscience, 7 (2), 125. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2042.
- Yao, C., Deschamps, F., Lowman, J., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Tackley, P. (). Stagnant-lid convection in 3D-spherical bottom heated shells: influence of curvature and implications for icy moons. Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 119, 1895–1913.
- Tsay, A., Zajacz, Z., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Efficient mobilization and fractionation of REE by aqueous fluids upon slab dehydration. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 398, 101–112.
- Malfait, WJ., Seifert, R., Petitgirard, S., Mezouar, M., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). The density of andesite melts and the compressibility of dissolved water in silicate melts at upper mantle conditions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 393, 31–38.
- Zezin, D., Driesner, T., Scott, S., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Wagner, T. (). Volumetric Properties of Mixed Electrolyte Aqueous Solutions at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures. The Systems CaCl2-NaCl-H2O and MgCl2-NaCl-H2O to 523.15 K, 70 MPa, and Ionic Strength from 0.1 to 18 mol∙kg-1. Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, 59, 2570–2588.
- Zezin, DY., Driesner, T., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Volumetric properties of mixed electrolyte aqueous solutions at elevated temperatures and pressures. The System KCl-NaCl-H2O to 250 °C, 40 MPa, and ionic strength from 0.1 to 5.8 m. Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, 59 (3), 736–749,–749.
- Malfait, WJ., Seifert, R., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Densified glasses as structural proxies for high-pressure melts: Configurational compressibility of silicate melts retained in quenched and decompressed glasses. American Mineralogist, 99 (10), 2145. doi: 10.2138/am-2014-5019.
- Louvel, M., Sanchez-Valle, C., Malfait, WJ., Cardon, H., Testemale, D., & Hazemann, JL. (). Constraints on the mobilization of Zr in magmatic-hydrothermal processes in subduction zones from in situ fluid-melt partitioning experiments. American Mineralogist, 99 (8-9), 1625. doi: 10.2138/am.2014.4799.
- Seifert, R., Malfait, WJ., Lerch, P., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Partial molar volume and compressibility of dissolved CO2 in glasses with magmatic compositions. Chemical Geology, 358, 130. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.007.
- Rosa, AD., Sanchez-Valle, C., Nisr, C., Evans, SR., Debord, R., & Merkel, S. (). Shear wave anisotropy in textured phase D and constraints on deep water recycling in subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 377-378, 22. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.036.
- Zajacz, Z., Candela, PA., Piccoli, PM., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Wälle, M. (). Solubility and partitioning behavior of Au, Cu, Ag and reduced S in magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 112, 304. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.02.026.
- Malfait, WJ., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Effect of water and network connectivity on glass elasticity and melt fragility. Chemical Geology, 346, 80. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.034.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Mantegazzi, D., Bass, JD., & Reusser, E. (). Equation of state, refractive index and polarizability of compressed water to 7 GPa and 673 K. Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 (5). doi: 10.1063/1.4789359.
- Rosa, AD., Mezouar, M., Gabarino, G., Bouvier, P., Ghosh, S., Rorhbach, A., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Single-crystal equation of state of phase D to lower mantle pressures and the effect of hydration on the buoyancy of subducting slabs. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 118, 6124–6133.
- Seifert, R., Malfait, JW., Petitgirard, S., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Density of phonolite liquids and time scales of crystal fractionation in magma chambers. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 381, 12–20.
- Mantegazzi, D., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Driesner, T. (). Thermodynamic properties of aqueous NaCl solutions to 1073 K and 4.5 GPa, and implications for dehydration reactions in subducting slabs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121, 263–290.
- Louvel, M., Sanchez-Valle, C., Malfait, WJ., Testemale, D., & Hazemann, J.-L. (). Zr complexation in high pressure aqueous fluids and silicate melts and implications for HFSE mobilization in subduction zones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 104, 281–299.
- Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Structure and Thermodynamics of Subduction Zone Fluids from Spectroscopic Studies. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 76 (1), 265–309. doi: 10.2138/rmg.2013.76.8.
- Louvel, M., Sanchez-Valle, C., Malfait, W.J., & Testemale, D. a.-L. (). Zr complexation in high pressure fluids and silicate melts and implications for the mobilization of HFSE in subduction zones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 104, 281–299. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.001.
- Mantegazzi, D., Sanchez-Valle, C., Reusser, E., & Driesner, T. (). Thermodynamic properties of aqueous sodium sulfate solutions to 773 K and 3 GPa derived from acoustic velocity measurements in the diamond anvil cell. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137 (22). doi: 10.1063/1.4769265.
- Deschamps, F., Yao, C., Tackley, PJ., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). High Rayleigh number thermal convection in volumetrically heated spherical shells. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (9). doi: 10.1029/2012JE004090.
- Zajacz, Z., Candela, PA., Piccoli, PM., Wälle, M., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Gold and copper in volatile saturated mafic to intermediate magmas: Solubilities, partitioning, and implications for ore deposit formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 91, 159. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.033.
- Zajacz, Z., Candela, PA., Piccoli, PM., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). The partitioning of sulfur and chlorine between andesite melts and magmatic volatiles and the exchange coefficients of major cations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 89, 101. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.039.
- Rosa, AD., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Ghosh, S. (). Elasticity of phase D and implication for the degree of hydration of deep subducted slabs. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (6). doi: 10.1029/2012GL050927.
- Malfait, WJ., Verel, R., Ardia, P., & Sanchez-Valle, C. (). Aluminum coordination in hydrous rhyolite and andesite glasses and melts: effects of temperature, pressure, composition and water content. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77, 11–26.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Ghosh, S., & Rosa, AD. (). Sound velocities of ferromagnesian carbonates and the seismic detection of carbonates in eclogites and the mantle. Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (24). doi: 10.1029/2011GL049981.
- Malfait, WJ., Sanchez-Valle, C., Ardia, P., Médard, E., & Lerch, P. (). Compositional dependent compressibility of dissolved water in silicate glasses. American Mineralogist, 96 (8-9), 1409. doi: 10.2138/am.2011.3718.
- Deschamps, F., Mousis, O., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Lunine, JI. (). The role of methanol in the crystallization of Titan's primordial ocean. Astrophysical Journal, 724 (2), 894. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/887.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., & Bass, JD. (). Elasticity and pressure-induced structural changes in vitreous MgSiO3-enstatite to lower mantle pressures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (3-4), 523. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.034.
- Bezacier, L., Reynard, Bass, JD., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Van, De. M. (). Elasticity of antigorite, seismic detection of serpentinites, and anisotropy in subduction zones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289 (1-2), 198. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.009.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Chio, C.-H., & Gatta, GD. (). Elasticity of pollucite: a zeolite with potential applications to the storage of radioactive Cs. Journal of Applied Physics, 108.
- Gatta, DG., Rotiroti, N., Ballaran, TB., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Pavese, AC. (). Elastic behavior and phase stability of pollucite, a potential host for nuclear waste. American Mineralogist, 94 (8-9), 1143. doi: 10.2138/am.2009.3195.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Sinogeikin, SV., Smyth, JR., & Bass, JD. (). Sound velocities and single-crystal elasticity of DHMS phase A to high pressure and implications for seismic velocities and anisotropy in subducted slabs. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 170, 229–239.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Lethbrigde, Z., Sinogeikin, SV., Williams, JJ., Walton, RI., Evans, KE., & Bass, JD. (). Negative Poisson’s ratios in MFI-silicalite zeolites. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 184503.
- Lakshtanov, DL., Sinogeikin, SV., Litasov, KD., Prakapenka, VB., Hellwig, H., Wang, J., Sanches-Valle, C., Perrillat, JP., Chen, B., Somayazulu, M., & Ohtani, E. B. (). Post-stishovite phase transition in hydrous alumina-bearing SiO2 in the lower mantle of the Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 13588–13590.
- Sinogeikin, SV., Bass, JD., Prakapenka, V., Lakshtanov, DL., Shen, G., Sanchez-Valle, C., & Rivers, M. (). A Brillouin spectrometer interfaced with synchrotron radiation for simultaneous x-ray density and acoustic velocity measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 103905.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Sinogeikin, SV., Smyth, JR., & Bass, JD. (). Single-crystal elasticity of dense hydrous magnesium silicate phase A. American Mineralogist, 91, 961–964.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Reynard, B., Daniel, I., Lécuyer, C., Martínez, IG., & Chervin, JC. (). Boron isotopic fractionation between minerals and fluids: New insights from in situ high pressure-high temperature vibrational spectroscopic data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (17), 4313. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.03.054.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Sinogeikin, SV., Lethbridge, Z., Walton, RI., Evans, KE., Smith, CW., & Bass, JD. (). Brillouin scattering study on the single-crystal elastic properties of natrolite (NAT) and analcime (ANA) zeolites. Journal of Applied Physics, 98, 53508.
- Martínez, I. G. I.G., Sanchez-Valle, C. C., Daniel, I. I., & Reynard, B. B. (). High-pressure and high-temperature Raman spectroscopy of carbonate ions in aqueous solution. Chemical Geology, 207 (1-2), 58. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.02.003.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Daniel, I., Martinez, I., Simionovici, A., & Reynard, B. (). Progress in quantitative analyses of high P-T fluids using in situ Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 16, S1197–S1206.
- Sanchez-Valle, C. C., Martínez, I. G. I.G., Daniel, I. I., Philippot, P. P., Bohic, S. S., & Simionovici, A. S. A.S. (). Dissolution of strontianite at high P-T conditions: An in-situ synchrotron X-ray fluorescence study. American Mineralogist, 88 (7), 985–985.
- Sanchez-Valle, C., Daniel, I., Reynard, B., Abraham, R., & Goutaudier, C. (). Optimisation of Sm3+ fluorescence in Sm-doped yttrium aluminum garnet: Application to pressure calibration in diamond-anvil cell. Journal of Applied Physics, 92, 4349–4353.
Supervised Doctoral Studies
- Saad, Kazi: Carbon speciation and mobility in extreme environments [working title]
- Supervisors
- Tiraboschi, Carla
- Valsera Moreno, Pilar: Mobilization of tin in lower crustal magmatic-hydrothermal settings: In-situ investigation of fluid composition and metal complexation [working title]
- Supervisors
- Sanchez-Valle, Maria del Carmen
- Louvel, Marion
- Li, Xiang (): Electronic, magnetic and structural transitions in iron oxides at high pressures
- Supervisors
- Carmen Sanchez-Valle
- Ilya Kupenko
- Reviewers
- Carmen Sanchez-Valle
- Björn Winkler
- Ilya Kupenko
- Stephan Klemme
- Björn Winkler
- Julia, Maude Gisèle Mireille (): A study of Cadmium capture from solution through coupled dissolution-precipitation reactions with calcium carbonate minerals
- Further Supervisor
- Putnis, Christine Veta
- Reviewers
- Carmen Sanchez-Valle
- Christine V. Putnis
- Encarnacion Ruiz-Agudo
- Helen King
- Damian Daval
- Christine V. Putnis
- Kolesnikov, Efim Andreevich (): Effect of Si, C, H on the deformation of iron alloys and compounds at the conditions of solid planetary cores
- Reviewers
- Sanchez-Valle, Carmen
- Marquardt, Hauke
- Kupenko, Ilya
- Klemme, Stephane
- Marquardt, Hauke
- Mondal, Anshuman (): Compressibility and reactivity of ices in the ammonia-water
system at extreme conditions
- Reviewers
- Sanchez-Valle, Carmen
- Ninet, Sandra
- Gundlag, Bastian
- Liermann, Hanns-Peter
- Ninet, Sandra
- Ritter, Xenia (): Mobility of carbonate-rich melts in the upper mantle:
a combined experimental and molecular dynamics
study of melt densities under pressure
- Reviewers
- Sanchez-Valle, Carmen
- Wilke, Max
- Klemme, Stephan
- Sator, Nicolas
- Wilke, Max
- Yao, Chloe (): The role of methanol on the evolution of icy bodies: experimental and numerical approaches
- Tsay, Alexandra (): Mass transfer and recycling in subduction zones: experimental constraints on the mobility of major and trace elements upon slab dehydration
- Seifert, Rita (): Compressibility of volatile-bearing magmatic liquids
- Rosa, Angelika D. (): Elasticity and preferred orientations of ultra-high pressure hydrous phases: implications for seismic anisotropy and deep water recycling in subduction zones
- Mantegazzi, Davide (): PVTx properties of saline aqueous fluids at high P-T conditions from acoustic velocity measurements using Brillouin scattering spectroscopy
- Louvel, Marion (): Trace elements in subduction zone fluids: Speciation, partitioning and the geochemical cycle of halogens and HFSE