Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology Section invites contributions that focus on all areas relating to the investigation of the chemical composition of minerals, radiometric age dating of minerals, and characterization of geologic, environmental, and anthropogenic samples. We seek studies that will provide new insight into the conditions of mineral formation/paragenesis at various temperature and pressure regimes, including interactions of minerals with the geosphere (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere). Studies may use either novel or standard analytical, imaging, diffraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, synchrotron, and computer modeling techniques. Geochronological investigations reporting novel age determinations for various minerals and bulk samples or breakthroughs in analytical methods are welcome; these may employ various analytical methods and instrumentation (HR-ICP−MS, MC-ICP−MS, quadrupole ICP−MS, SIMS, TIMS). We also encourage the submission of studies reporting multi-laboratory, round robin investigations, and those that propose new standard reference materials that improve the accuracy and precision of trace element data and age determinations.
Keywords
- Back-scattered electron imaging
- Diffraction
- Electron microscopy
- Element partition coefficients
- Energy dispersive spectroscopy
- Geochronology
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- Laser ablation ICP−MS
- Major, minor and trace elements
- Radiometric ages
- Reference standard materials
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Secondary ion mass spectrometry (including nanoSIMS)
- Synchrotron
- Thermal ionization mass spectrometry
- Time of flight mass spectrometry
- Trace element microanalysis
- X-ray fluorescence
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Lithophile and Highly Siderophile Element Geochemistry, Geochronology and Petrology of Volcanic Rocks from the Tethyan Orogenic Belt (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Geological Evolution of South American Cratons (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Carbonate Petrology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 18 October 2023)
- Petrogenesis, Magmatism and Geodynamics of Orogenic Belts (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Tectono-Magmatic Evolution and Metallogeny of Tethyan Orogenic Belts (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Laterites, Lateritisation and Related Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Geochemical and Isotope Characteristics of the Skarn Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- U-Pb Geochronology and the Variscan Overprint of the Cadomian-Pan-African Cycles: A Timely Relationship (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Constraining the Timing and Setting of Gold Mineralization from Accessory Phase Minerals (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Origin, Mobility and Concentration of the Rare Earth Elements in the Crust (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Advances in Low-Temperature Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Mineral Evolution and Mineralization during Weathering (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- The Significance of Applied Mineralogy in Archaeometry (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- “Archeometallurgical Confidentialities”: Core Concepts of Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Isotope Geochemical Analysis Technology and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Pegmatites (Deadline: 17 November 2023)
- UHP Minerals as Messengers of Deep Mantle from the Mantle Transition Zone and Beyond (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
- Ceramic Studies in Historical Archaeology: Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Kimberlites and Related Rocks: New Insight into Petrogenesis and Diamond Potential of Deeply-Derived Mantle Magmas (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Tectonic–Magmatic Evolution and Mineralization Effect in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Clays and Their Application to Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Sedimentary Geology of Lacustrine Basins (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Microbeam Analysis Characterization in Petrogenesis and Ore Deposit (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Petrographic, Geophysical, Geochemical and Geochronological Study of Magma and Magmatism in the Iberian Peninsula and Archipelagos (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Origin and Evolution of Deep-Seated Melts and Their Interactions with the Lithospheric Mantle (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Current Understanding on the Genesis of Terrestrial Basaltic Rocks: Implications for the Evolution of Rocky Planetary Crusts (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geochronology, Crystallography and Phase Transition in Shocked Minerals (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Geological Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Traceability of Minerals and Metals via Geochemical Fingerprinting (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Petrogenesis, Geochronology, Mineralization and Geochemistry of Granite Rocks (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Thermal History Modeling of Low-Temperature Thermochronology (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Low- and Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism: From Minerals and Isotopic Characterization to Tectonic Implication (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mineral Chemistry of Granitoids: Constraints on Crystallization Conditions and Petrological Evolution (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Fluid Inclusions and Geofluids (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Neutron and Photon Activation Analyses and Their Application in Geological, Geochemical and Environmental Research (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geofluid–Rock Interactions and Petroleum Accumulation in Sedimentary Basins (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Weathering of Limestone, Volume II (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Geochemistry, Geochronology and Metamorphic Evolution of Metamorphic Rocks in North China Craton (Deadline: 24 January 2024)
- Decoding Global and Regional Neoproterozoic Changes from Sedimentology, Geobiology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- All about Platinum-Group Minerals: From Geochemistry and Trace Element Composition to Mineral Association and Textures (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Geochemistry and Geochronology of Titanite (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Fluid-Rock vs. Melt-Rock Interactions in Peridotite (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Sm–Nd and Lu–Hf Isotopic Systematics as Tracers of Earth System Processes (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Low-Temperature Thermochronology and Its Applications to Tectonics (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Formation and Evolution of the Continental Crust in North China Craton during Precambrian (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry of Minerals and Rocks in the Carpathians, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 16 February 2024)
- Challenges and Future Trends in K–Ar (40Ar/39Ar) Geochronology, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 16 February 2024)
- Advances in Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Petrology: Implications for the Geodynamics of the Balkan Peninsula in the Framework of the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic System (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- Genesis of Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks: Evidence from Petrology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Application of Non- and Micro-Destructive Techniques in Minerals, Rocks and Archeological Materials (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Applications of Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism in Geochronology (Deadline: 22 March 2024)
- Stalagmite Geochemistry and Its Paleoenvironmental Implication (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- Environment and Geochemistry of Sediments, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Origin, Characterization and Significance of Tourmaline Supergroup Minerals and Their Deposits (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Sedimentary Basins: Sedimentation, Stratigraphy, Petrology and Tectonics (Deadline: 1 April 2024)
- Dolomitization, Recrystallization, and Cementation in Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Petrological and Geochemical Characteristics of Reservoirs (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
