Detrital Minerals Geochronology and Sedimentary Provenance
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: isotope geochemistry; geochronology; precambrian; mineral deposits; petrology
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Dear Colleagues,
U-Pb dating of detrital zircon has become a standard tool for investigating siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, primarily for determining their maximum depositional ages and provenance. Hafnium isotopes and trace elements in zircon are often used to provide reliable information about source rocks and their origins. However, the rapid development of analytical methods over the past decade has led to enormous progress in using various detrital minerals to investigate sedimentary rocks. Detrital minerals such as monazite, rutile, apatite, titanite, garnet, and micas can be dated using various isotopic systems, providing invaluable information about the age and provenance of sediments that cannot be obtained from zircon studies alone.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather papers (original research articles and review papers) that offer insights into recent advancements in the use of both “traditional” detrital minerals (i.e., zircon) and, especially, “non-traditional” detrital minerals for determining the maximum depositional ages and provenance of siliciclastic sediments. Papers on dating authigenic minerals, such as carbonates, phosphates, or glauconite, and studies on altering mineral-geochronometers in sedimentary environments are also welcome.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that explore the following themes:
- Using various detrital minerals and different isotope systems to determine the maximum depositional ages and the provenance of predominantly siliciclastic sediments;
- Geochronological studies of authigenic minerals;
- Alteration of mineral–geochronometers in sedimentary environments.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and review papers.
Dr. Leonid Shumlyanskyy
Dr. Ion Francovschi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- detrital minerals
- authigenic minerals
- isotope dating
- maximum depositional age
- sedimentary provenance
- alteration
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