Bolfan-Casanova Nathalie new – Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans

Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova

Directrice de Recherche
CNRS
Équipe de pétrologie expérimentale
Thème Terre primitive
Thème Volcanisme et Société
Bureau: 1.43 - LMV Cezeaux
Téléphone: 04.73.34.67.42
Courriel : Nathalie.Bolfan@uca.fr

– Quantification des volatils tels que l’hydrogène dans la Terre par l’approche expérimentale et analytique.
– Relation avec le redox de la Terre profnde

Articles Scientifiques :

57 publication(s) | Article scientifique au 04/10/2026

Dominique J., Moine B. , Radu I., Devidal J.L. , Pradas del Real A., Costin G., Ionov D., Bolfan-Casanova N. (2026) . How dry is the Archean mantle lithosphere beneath the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa?. CONTMP (Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology) . vol.43, p.181, DOI
Demouchy S. , Thoraval C., Gardes E. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Boffa-Ballaran T., Manthilake G. (2026) . Hydrogen diffusivity in iron bearing olivine at asthenospheric mantle conditions. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.680, p.119899, DOI

Khan S., Andrault D. , Condamine P. , Schiavi F. , Devidal E., Bolfan-Casanova N. (2025) . Genesis and fate of incipient melt in shallow lower mantle. CONTMP (Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology) . vol.180, p.75, DOI
Gautier A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Moine B. , Bureau H., Khodja H., Withers A.C., Piani L. (2025) . H and d / h analysis in olivine and wadsleyite with a multi analytical approach combining raman spectroscopy and ion and nuclear probes. EJM (European Journal of Mineralogy) . vol.37, p.305-318, DOI
Curtolo A., Condamine P. , Schiavi F. , Bolfan-Casanova N. (2025) . The effect of co2 on the partitioning of h2o between clinopyroxene and melts and melting of volatile bearing eclogites. GCA (Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta) . vol.398, p.54-66, DOI
Curtolo A., Day M.C., Innocenzi F., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Pamato M.G., Falvard S. , Nestola F., Harris J.W., Novella D. (2025) . H2o in nominally anhydrous mineral inclusions in diamonds and the volatile composition of diamond forming media. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.658, p.119311, DOI
Chauvigne P. , Manthilake G. , Andrault D. , Chantel J., Gardes E. , Demouchy S. , Barou F., Mathieu A. , Henry L., Guignot N., Bolfan-Casanova N. (2025) . Seismic structure of martian mantle inferred from in situ sound velocity measurements. PHYEARTPLAINT (Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors) . vol.365, p.107378, DOI

Novella D., Demouchy S. , Bolfan-Casanova N. (2024) . Deep hydrogen reservoirs and longevity. ELEMENTS (Elements) . vol.20, p.235–240, DOI

Gaborieau M. , Laubier M. , Bolfan-Casanova N. (2023) . Determination of the oxidation state of primary melts using two proxies. CHEMGEO (Chemical Geology) . DOI
Bolfan-Casanova N. , Martinek L. , Manthilake G. , Verdier-Paoletti M., Chauvigne P. (2023) . Effect of oxygen fugacity on the storage of water in wadsleyite and olivine in h and h–c fluids and implications for melting atop the ransition zone. EJM (European Journal of Mineralogy) . vol.35, p.549-568, DOI

Radu I.B. , Moine B. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Ionov D. , Devidal J.L. , Deloule E., Korsakov A.V.8, Golovin A.V., Oleinikov O.B., Cottin J.Y. (2022) . Zoisite in cratonic eclogite xenoliths implications for water in the upper mantle. LITHOS (Lithos) . vol.418-419, p.106681, DOI
Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. (2022) . Mantle rain toward the earth's surface: a model for the internal cycle of water. PHYEARTPLAINT (Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors) . vol.106815, DOI

Schiavi F. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Buso R. , Laumonier M. , Laporte D. , Medjoubi K., Venugopal S., Gomez-Ulla A. , Cluzel N. , Hardiagon M. (2020) . Quantifying magmatic volatiles by raman microtomography of glass inclusion hosted bubbles. GEOCHMICALPERS (Geochemical Perspectives Letters) . vol.16, p.17-24, DOI
Martinek L. , Bolfan-Casanova N. (2020) . Water quantification in olivine and wadsleyite by raman 2spectroscopy and study of errors and uncertainties. AMMIN (American Mineralogist) . DOI
Maurice J. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Demouchy S., Chauvigne P. , Schiavi F. , Debret B. (2020) . The intrinsic nature of antigorite breakdown at 3 gpa: experimental constraints on redox conditions of serpentinite dehydration in subduction zones. CONTMP (Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology) . vol.175, p.94, DOI
Moine B. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Radu I.B., Ionov D. , Costin G., Korsakov A.V., Golovin A.V., Oleinikov O.B., Deloule E., Cottin J.Y. (2020) . Molecular hydrogen in minerals as a clue to interpret ∂d variations in the mantle. NATURECOM (Nature Communications) . vol.11, p.3604, DOI
Venugopal S. , Schiavi F. , Moune S. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Druitt T. , Williams-Jones G. (2020) . Melt inclusion vapour bubbles: the hidden reservoir for major and volatile elements. SCREPORT (Scientific Reports) . vol.10, p.9034, DOI
Gaborieau M. , Laubier M. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , McCammon C.A., Vantelon D., Chumakov A.I., Schiavi F. , Neuville D.R., Venugopal S. (2020) . Determination of fe3+/σfe of olivine hosted melt inclusions using mössbauer and xanes spectroscopy. CHEMGEO (Chemical Geology) . vol.547, p.119646, DOI

Manthilake G. , Chantel J., Monteux J. , Andrault D. , Bouhifd A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Boulard E., Guignot N., King A., Itie J.P. (2019) . Thermal conductivity of fes and its implicationsfor mercury's long‐sustaining magnetic field. JGRPLA (Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets) . vol.124, DOI

Maurice J. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Padrón‑Navarta J.A., Manthilake G. , Hammouda T. , Hénot J.M. , Andrault D. (2018) . The stability of hydrous phases beyond antigorite breakdown for a magnetite bearing natural serpentinite between 6.5 and 11 gpa. CONTMP (Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology) . vol.173, p.86, DOI
Andrault D. , Pesce G., Manthilake G. , Monteux J. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Chantel J. , Novella D., Guignot N., King A., Itié J.P., Hennet L. (2018) . Deep and persistent melt layer in the archaean mantle. NATGEO (Nature Geoscience) . DOI
Bolfan-Casanova N. , Schiavi F. , Novella D., Bureau H., Raepsaet C., Khodja H., Demouchy S. (2018) . Examination of water quantification and incorporation in transition zone minerals: wadsleyite, ringwoodite and phase d using erda (elastic recoil detection analysis). FRONTEARTSC (Frontiers in Earth Science) . vol.6, DOI
Schiavi F. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Withers A.C., Médard E. , Laumonier M. , Laporte D. , Flaherty T. , Gomez-Ulla A. (2018) . Water quantification in silicate glasses by raman spectroscopy: correcting for the effects of confocality, density and ferric iron. CHEMGEO (Chemical Geology) . vol.4, p.312-331, DOI
Clesi V. , Bouhifd A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Manthilake G. , Schiavi F. , Raepsaet C., Bureau H., Khodja H., Andrault D. (2018) . Low hydrogen contents in the cores of terrestrial planets. SCADVA (Science Advances) . vol.4, p.e170187, DOI

Roberge M., BureauH., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Raepsaet C., Surble S., Khodja H., Auzende A.L., Cordier P., Fiquet G. (2017) . Chlorine in wadsleyite and ringwoodite: an experimental study. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.467, p.99-107, DOI
Freitas D. , Manthilake G. , Schiavi F. , Chantel J., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Bouhifd A. , Andrault D. (2017) . Experimental evidence supporting a global melt layer at the base of the earth ’s upper mantle. NATURECOM (Nature Communications) . vol.8, p.2186, DOI
Manthilake G. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Hammouda T. , Andrault D. , Pointud F. , Mathieu A. , Fruquière J.L. , Guillot C. (2017) . Instruments nationaux : la presse multi enclumes. REV AUV (Revue d'Auvergne) . vol.262-263, p.291-302,
Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Bouhifd A. , Boujibar A. , Boyet M. , Cartier C. , Clesi V. , Doucelance R. , Hammouda T. , Laubier M. , Manthilake G. , Marin-Carbonne J. , Martin H. , Moine B. , Monteux J. , Moyen J.F. , Paquette J.L. (2017) . Environnement de la terre primitive: comment construire une planète habitable ? groupe de recherche : ''mécanismes géodynamiques de la terre primitive''. REV AUV (Revue d'Auvergne) . vol.262-263, p.7-40,
Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Bouhifd A. , Boujibar A. , Garbarino G., Manthilake G. , Mezouar M., Monteux J. , Parisiades P., Pesce G. (2017) . Toward a coherent model for the melting behavior of the deep earth’s mantle. PHYEARTPLAINT (Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors) . vol.265, p.67-81, DOI
Bouhifd A. , Clesi V. , Boujibar A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Cartier C. , Hammouda T. , Boyet M. , Manthilake G. , Monteux J. , Andrault D. (2017) . Silicate melts during earth's core formation. CHEMGEO (Chemical Geology) . vol. 461, p.128 - 139, DOI
Fabbrizio A. , Bouhifd A. , Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Manthilake G. , Laporte D. (2017) . Argon behavior in basaltic melts in presence of a mixed h2o co2 fluid at upper mantle conditions. CHEMGEO (Chemical Geology) . vol.448, p.100-109, DOI

Bureau H., Frost D.J., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Leroy C., Esteve I., Cordier P. (2016) . Diamond growth in mantle fluids. LITHOS (Lithos) . vol.265, p.4-15, DOI
Demouchy S., Bolfan-Casanova N. (2016) . Distribution and transport of hydrogen in the lithospheric mantle: a review. LITHOS (Lithos) . vol.240-243, p.402-425, DOI
Demouchy S., Thoraval C., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Manthilake G. (2016) . Diffusivity of hydrogen in iron bearing olivine at 3 gpa. PHYEARTPLAINT (Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors) . vol.260, p.1-13, DOI
Clesi V. , Bouhifd A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Manthilake G. , Fabbrizio A. , Andrault D. (2016) . Effect of h2o on metal–silicate partitioning of ni, co, v, cr, mn and fe: implications for the oxidation state of the earth and mars. GCA (Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta) . vol.192, p.97-121, DOI
Manthilake G. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Novella D., Mookherjee M., Andrault D. (2016) . Dehydration of chlorite explains anomalously high electrical conductivity in the mantle wedges. SCADVA (Science Advances) . vol.2, p.e1501631, DOI
Boujibar A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Andrault D. , Bouhifd A. , Trcera, N. (2016) . Incorporation of fe2+ and fe3+ in bridgmanite during magma ocean crystallization. AMMIN (American Mineralogist) . vol.101, p.1560-1570, DOI

Gouriet K., Hilairet N., Amiguet E., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Wang Y., Reynard B., Cordier P. (2015) . Plasticity of the dense hydrous magnesium silicate phase a at subduction zones conditions. PHYEARTPLAINT (Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors) . vol.248, p.1-11, DOI
Roberge M., Bureau H., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Frost D.J., Raepsaet C., Surble S., Khodja H., Auzende A.L., Fiquet G. (2015) . Is the transition zone a deep reservoir for fluorine?. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.429, p.25-32, DOI
Novella D., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Nestola F., Harris J.W. (2015) . H2o in olivine and garnet inclusions still: trapped in diamonds from the siberian craton: implications for the water content of cratonic lithosphere peridotite. LITHOS (Lithos) . vol.230, p.180-183, DOI
Boujibar A. , Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Bouhifd A. , Monteux J. (2015) . Cosmochemical fractionation by collisional erosion during the earth’s accretion. NATURECOM (Nature Communications) . vol.6, p.8295, DOI
Manthilake G. , Mookherjee M., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Andrault D. (2015) . Electrical conductivity of lawsonite and dehydrating fluids at high pressures and temperatures. GRL (Geophysical Research Letters) . vol.42, DOI
Debret B. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Padrón-Navarta J.A., Martin Hernandez F., Andreani M., Garrido C.J., López Sánchez-Vizcaíno V., Gómez Pugnaire M.T., Muñoz M., Trcera N. (2015) . Redox state of iron during high pressure serpentinite dehydration. CONTMP (Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology) . vol.169, p.36, DOI
Baptiste V., Demouchy S., Keshav S., Parat F., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Condamine P. , Cordier P. (2015) . Decrease of hydrogen incorporation in forsterite from co2 h2o rich kimberlitic liquid. AMMIN (American Mineralogist) . vol.100, p.1912-1920, DOI
Bouhifd A. , Boyet M. , Cartier C. , Hammouda T. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Devidal J.L. , Andrault D. (2015) . Superchondritic sm/nd ratio of the earth: impact of earth’s core formation. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.413, p.158-166, DOI

Smyth J.R., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Avignant D., El-Ghozzi M. (2014) . Tetrahedral ferric iron in oxidized hydrous wadsleyite. american mineralogist 99, 458 466,. DOI
Gréaux S., Andrault D. , Gautron L., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Mezouar M. (2014) . Compressibility of ca3al2si3o12 perovskite up to 55 gpa. physics and chemistry of minerals 41, 419 429,. DOI
Debret B., Andreani M., Muñoz M., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Carlut J., Nicollet C. , Schwartz S., Trcera N. (2014) . Evolution of fe redox state in serpentine during subduction. earth and planetary science letters 400, 206 218,. DOI
Boujibar A. , Andrault D. , Bouhifd A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Devidal J.L. , Trcera N. (2014) . Metal silicate partitioning of sulfur, new experimental and thermodynamical constraints on planetary accretion. earth and planetary science letters 391, 42 54,. DOI
Bolfan-Casanova N. , Montagnac N., Reynard B. (2014) . Measurement of water contents in olivine using raman spectroscopy. american mineralogist 99, 149 156,. DOI
Andrault D. , Pesce G. , Bouhifd A. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Hénot J.M. , Mezouar M. (2014) . Melting of subducted basalt at the core mantle boundary. science 344, 892 895.. SCIENCES (Science) . DOI

Perrillat J.P., Daniel I., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Chollet M., Morard G., Mezouar M. (2013) . Mechanism and kinetics of the a–b transition in san carlos olivine mg1.8 fe0.2 sio4. JGR (Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth) . vol.118, p.110-119, DOI
Bouhifd A. , Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Hammouda T. , Devidal J.L. (2013) . Metal–silicate partitioning of pb and u: effects of metal composition and oxygen fugacity: geochimica et cosmochimica acta, v. 114, p. 13 28,. DOI

Férot A., Bolfan-Casanova N. (2012) . Water storage capacity in olivine and pyroxene to 14 gpa: implications for the water content of the earth's upper mantle and nature of seismic discontinuities. earth and planetary science letters 349. DOI
Bolfan-Casanova N. , Muñoz M., McCammon C., Deloule E., Férot A., Demouchi S., France L., Andrault D. , Pascarelli S. (2012) . Ferric iron and water incorporation in wadsleite under hydrous and oxidizing conditions: a xanes and sims study. american mineralogist 97, 1483 1493..

Andrault D. , Bolfan-Casanova N. , Lo Nigro G., Bouhifd A. , Garbarino G., Mezouar M. (2011) . Solidus and liquidus profiles of chondritic mantle: implication for melting of the earth across its history: earth and planetary science letters, v. 304, p. 251 259,. DOI

Andrault D. , Muñoz M., Bolfan-Casanova N. , Guignot N., Perrillat J.P., Aquilanti G., Pascarelli S. (2010) . Experimental evidence for perovskite and post perovskite coexistence throughout the whole d region. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.293, p.90-96, DOI

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Encadrement d’étudiant en thèse:

– Anaïs FEROT – Etude expérimentale de la saturation en eau du manteau terrestre – Thèse de l’Université Blaise Pascal (2007-2011).
– Juliette MAURICE – Etude expérimentale de la subduction (2013-2017).
– Loïs MARTINEK (2016-2019) : Stockage de l’eau dans la zone de transition : effet de la fugacité d’oxygène.
– Marion GABORIEAU (2016-2019): Caractérisation des conditions redox du manteau terrestre dans les différents contextes géodynamiques ; co-direction avec Muriel LAUBIER.
– Paul CHAUVIGNE (2019-2022) : Composition et teneur en eau du manteau martien, co-direction avec Geeth MANTHILAKE.
– Adrien GAUTIER (2020-2024) : Partage isotopique de l’hydrogène à haute pression, co-direction avec Bertrand MOINE.
– Siddarth KHAN (2021-2024) : Fusion du manteau inférieur hydraté, co-supervision avec Denis ANDRAULT.
– Jessy DOMINIQUE (2022-2025) : Origine et spéciation de l’hydrogène dans le manteau Archéen, co-supervision avec Bertrand MOINE.
– Yona BOïL (2025-2028): Les éléments volatils (C, H, N, S, O) dans un océan magmatique profond et leur teneur dans le noyau, co-supervision avec Ali BOUHIFD et Pierre CONDAMINE.
– Simon BOUCHARD (2025-2028): Cycle profond de l’eau dans les planètes telluriques, co-supervision avec Denis ANDRAULT et Ali BOUHIFD.