Asta, M.P., Bonilla-Correa, S., Pace, A., Dietzel, M., García-Alix, A., Vennemann, T., Meibom, A., Adams, A. (2025). Stable carbon isotope fractionation during the transformation of amorphous CaCO3 at low water-solid ratios: Impact of humidity and temperature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 408, 56-70.
Besselink, R., Poulain, , A., la Bella, M., Auzende, A.L., Goberna-Ferrón, S., Asta, M.P., Magnin, V., Bureau, S., Fernández-Carrasco, L., Van Driessche, A.E.S, Fernandez-Martinez, A. (2025). High energy X-ray Scattering reveals the short-range order of proto-C-S-H: implications for the nucleation of cement hydrates. Cement and Concrete Research, 193, 107855 .
Asta, M.P., Bonilla-Correa, S., Pace, A., Dietzel, M., García-Alix, A., Vennemann, T., Meibom, A., Adams, A. (2024). Oxygen isotope fractionation during amorphous to crystalline calcium carbonate transformation at varying relative humidity and temperature. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 386, 96-109.
Asta, M.P., Auqué, L.F., Gimeno, M.J., Reyes-Carmona, C., Gantenbein, A., Rosino, J., Delgado-Huertas, A. (2024). Geothermometrical calculations of thermal waters affected by secondary processes: the case of Sierra Elvira (Spain). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 264, 107538.
Zhakiyeva, Z., Magnin, V., Poulain, , A., Campillo, S., Asta, M.P., Besselink, R., Gaboreau, S., Claret, F., Grangeon, S., Rudic, S., Jimenez-Ruiz, M., Bourg, I.C., Van Driessche, A.E.S, Cuello, G.J., Fernandez-Martinez, A. (2024). Water dynamics in calcium silicate hydrates probed by inelastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. Cement and Concrete Research, 184, 107616. (Paper chosen as a Scientific Highlight at ILL: https://www.ill.eu/infos-presse-evenements/detail-1/neutrons-unveil-the-dynamics-of-water-in-concrete-at-the-nanometre-scale).
Yoon, H., Stenzler, B., Asta, M.P., Abu-Ali, L., Poulain, A., Reid, M. (2023). Effects of Iron and Dissolved Organic Matter on Bioavailability of Arsenite under Anaerobic Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology Water, 3, 11, 3676-3686.
Caraballo, M.A., Asta, M.P., Perez, J.P.H., Hochella, M.F. (2022). Past, present and future global influence and technological applications of iron-bearing metastable nanominerals. Gondwana Research, 110, 283-304.
Goberna-Ferrón, S., Asta, M.P., Zareeipolgardani, B., Bureau, S., Findling, N., Simonelli, L., Greneche, J-M, Charlet, L, Fernandez-Martinez, A. (2021). Effect of silica coatings on selenium sorption and electron transfer on magnetite nanoparticles. Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 3021-3031.
Reid, M.C., Asta, M.P., Falk, L., Maguffin, S.C., Hoai, V., Pham, C., Anh Le, H., Bernier-Latmani, R., Le Vo, P. (2021). Associations between Inorganic Arsenic in Rice and Groundwater Arsenic in the Mekong Delta. Chemosphere, 265, 129092.
Benzerara, K., Bolzoni, R., Monteil, C., Beyssac, O., Alonso, B., Asta, M.P., Lefevre, C. (2021). The gamaproteobacterium Achromatium forms intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate and not (crystalline) calcite. Geobiology, 2021; 19: 199-213.
Asta, M.P., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Alonso, J., Charlet, L., Findling, N., Magnin, V., Ruta, B., Sprung, M., Westermeier, F. (2020) Nanoscale ion dynamics controls on amorphous calcium carbonate crystallization: precise control of calcite crystal sizes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 25645-25656 .
Castro, J., Asta, M.P., Galve, J.P., Azañón, J.M. (2020). Formation of clay-rich layers at the slip surface of slope instabilities: the role of groundwater. Water, 12, 2639.
Opitz P., Asta, M.P., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Panthöfer, M., Kabelitz, A., Emmerling, F., Mondeshki, M., Tremel, W. (2020). Monitoring a mechanochemical reaction reveals the formation of a new ACC defect variant containing the HCO3- anion encapsulated by an amorphous matrix. Crystal Growth & Design, 20, 6831–6846.
Asta, M.P., Beller, H.R., O'Day, P.A. (2020). Anaerobic oxidation of U(IV)-oxide by abiotic and nitrate-dependent bacterial pathways. Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 13, 8010–8021.
Blasco, M., Auqué, L.F., Gimeno, M.J., Asta, M.P., Mandado, J. (2020). Stable isotope characterisation of recent aragonite travertine deposits associated to the Fitero thermal waters (Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 109, 877–892.
Blasco, M., Auqué, L.F., Gimeno, M.J., Acero, P., Gomez, J., Asta, M.P. (2019). Mineral equilibria and thermodynamic uncertainties in the geothermometrical characterisation of carbonate geothermal systems of low temperature. The case of the Alhama-Jaraba system (Spain). Geothermics, 78, 170-182.
Gervilla, F., Asta, M.P., Fanlo, I., Grolimund, D., Ferreira-Sanchez, D., Samson, Hunziker, D., V., Colas, V., Gonzalez-Jimenez, J.M., Kerestedjian, T.N., Sergeeva, I. (2019). Diffusion pathways of Fe2+ and Fe3+ during the formation of ferrian chromite: a µXANES study. Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 174:65.
Asta, M.P., Wang, Y., Frutschi, M., Viacava, K., Loreggian, L., Le Pape, P., Le Vo, P., Fernandez, A.M., Morin G., Bernier-Latmani, R. (2019). Microbially-mediated release of As from Mekong Delta peat sediment. Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 10208-10217.
Perez-Lopez, R., Carrero, S., Cruz-Hernandez, P., Asta, M.P., Macias, F., Canovas, C., Guglieri, C., Nieto, J.M. (2018). Sulfate reduction processes in salt marshes affected by phosphogypsum: geochemical influences on contaminant mobility. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 350, 154-161.
Wang, Y., Le Pape, P., Morin G., Asta, M.P., King, G., Bartova, B., Suvorova, E., Frutschi, M., Ikogou, M., Pham, V., Le Vo, P., Herman, F., Charlet, L., Bernier-Latmani, R. (2018). Arsenic speciation in Mekong Delta sediments depends on their depositional environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(6), 3431-3439.
Asta, M.P., Auqué, L.F., Sanz, F.J., Gimeno, M.J., Acero, P., Blasco, M., García-Alix, A., Gómez, J., Delgado-Huertas, A., Mandado, J. (2017). Travertines associated the Alhama-Jaraba thermal waters (NE, Spain): genesis and geochemistry. Sedimentary Geology, 347, 100-116.
Asta, M.P., Gimeno, M.J., Auqué, Galve, J.P., L.F.,Gómez,J., Acero, P., Lapuente, P. (2017). Temporal variability of the secondary processes in alkaline geothermal waters associated to granitic rocks. Geologica Acta, 15,67-85.
Macias, F., Canovas, C.R., Cruz-Hernandez, P., Carrero, S., Asta, M.P., Nieto, J.M, Pérez-López, R. (2017). An anomalous metal-rich phosphogypsum: characterization and classification according to international regulations. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 331, 99-108.
Blasco, M., Auqué, L.F., Gimeno, M.J., Acero, P., Asta, M.P. (2017). Geochemistry, geothermometry and influence of the concentration of mobile elements in the chemical characters of carbonate-evaporitic thermal systems. The case of the Tiermas geothermal system (Spain). Chemical Geology, 566, 696-709.
Asta, M.P., Calleja, M Ll., Pérez-López, R., Auqué, L.F. (2015). Major hydrogeochemical processes in an acid mine drainage affected estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91, 295-305.
Acero, P., Auqué, L.F., Galve, J.P., Gutiérrez, F., Carbonell, D., Gimeno, M.J., Yechieli, Y., Asta, M.P., Gómez, J.B. (2015). Evaluation of geochemical and hydrogeological processes in an area affected by evaporite karst subsidence. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 1874-1889.
Acero, P., Gutiérrez, F., Galve, J.P., Auqué, L.F., Carbonell, D., Gimeno, M.J., Gómez, J.B., Asta, M.P., Yechieli, Y. (2013). Hydrogeochemical characterization of an evaporite karst area affected by sinkholes (Ebro Valley, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 11, 389-407.
Asta, M.P., Pérez-López, R., Román-Ross, G.,Illera, V., Cama, J., Cotte, M., Tucoulou, R. (2013). Analysis of the iron coatings formed during marcasite and arsenopyrite oxidation at neutral-basic conditions. Geologica Acta, 11, 465-481.
Yanes, Y., Asta, M.P., Ibáñez, M., Alonso, M.R., Romanek, C.S. (2013). Paleoenvironmental Implications of carbon stable isotope composition of land snail tissues. Quaternary Research, 80, 596-605.
Yanes, Y., García-Alix, A., Asta, M.P., Ibáñez, M., Alonso, M.R., Delgado, A. (2013). Late glacial-Holocene environmental conditions in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) inferred from aragonitic and calcitic land snails and bird bones. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 378, 91-102.
Asta, M.P., Nordstrom, D.K., McClesckey, R. B. (2012). Simultaneous oxidation of arsenic and antimony at low and circumneutral pH, with and without microbial catalysis. Applied Geochemistry, 27, 281-291.
Asta, M.P., Gimeno, M. J., Auqué, L.F., Gómez, J., Acero, P., Lapuente, P. (2012). Hydrochemistry and geothermometrical modeling of Panticosa geothermal system (Spain). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 235-236, 84-95.
Pérez-López, R., Asta, M.P., Román-Ross, G., Nieto, J.M., Ayora, C. (2011). Synchrotron-based X-ray study of iron oxide transformations in terraces from the Tinto-Odiel river system: Influence on arsenic mobility. Chemical Geology, 280, 336-343.
Asta, M.P., Cama, J., Acero, P. (2010). Dissolution kinetics of marcasite at acidic pH. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 49-61.
Asta, M.P., Ayora, C., Román-Ross, G., Cama, J., Acero, P., Gault, A.G., Charnock, J.M., Bardelli, F. (2010). Natural attenuation of arsenic in Acid Mine Drainage: the role of iron precipitates. Chemical Geology, 271, 1-12.
Asta, M.P., Ayora, C., Acero, P., Cama, J. (2010). Field rates for natural attenuation of arsenic in Tinto Santa Rosa acid mine drainage (SW, Spain). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 177, 1102-1111.
Asta, M.P., Cama, J., Ayora, C., Acero, P., De Giudici, G. (2010). Arsenopyrite dissolution rates in O2-bearing solutions. Chemical Geology, 273, 272-285.
Asta, M.P., Gimeno, M.J., Auqué, L.F., Gómez, J., Acero, P., Lapuente. (2010). Secondary processes determining the pH of alkaline waters in crystalline rock systems. Chemical Geology, 276, 41-52.
Asta, M.P., Cama, J., Martinez, M., Giménez, J. (2009). Arsenic removal by goethite and jarosite in acidic conditions and its environmental implications. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 171, 965–972.
Acero, P., Cama, J., Ayora, C., Asta, M.P. (2009). Chalcopyrite dissolution rate law from pH 1 to 3. Geologica Acta, 7, 389-397.
Auqué, L.F., Acero, P., Gimeno, M.J., Gómez, J., Asta, M.P. (2009). Hydrogeochemical modeling of a thermal system and lessons learned for CO2 geologic storage. Chemical Geology, 268, 324–336.2019.
Asta, M.P., Cama, J., Soler, J.M., Arvidson. R.S., Luttge, A. (2008). Interferometric study of pyrite surface reactivity in acidic conditions. American Mineralogist, 93, 508-519.