Crystal Structures and Phase Transitions of Minerals at Extreme Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

Earth’s internal composition and structure is heavily influenced by the varied stability of crystalline phases at the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the planet’s interior. For example, many important rheological and seismological boundaries can be explained in terms of phase transitions occurring in volumetrically abundant minerals. In this Special Issue of Minerals, we invite contributions examining the crystallography, crystal chemistry, hydration behavior, phase stability, and phase transition behavior of mineral phases under the extreme conditions of Earth’s deep crust, mantle, and core. Both experimental and computational studies that shed light on the behavior of important crystal structures at high P–T conditions are welcome, especially those that examine changes in symmetry, bonding, order–disorder relations, or general structure as a function of pressure and temperature.

Dr. Daniel Hummer
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Minerals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.