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:
- Advances in Low-Temperature Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Environment and Geochemistry of Sediments (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Neutron and Photon Activation Analyses and Their Application in Geological and Geochemical Research (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Minerals of Alkaline Igneous Rocks: Chemical and Isotopic Features as Tracers of Magmatic Processes (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Frontier of the K–Ar (40Ar/39Ar) Geochronology (Deadline: 27 July 2022)
- Petrogenesis and Geochemistry in Alkaline Ultramafic Rocks, Volume II (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- Mineral Deposits of Critical Elements, Volume II (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- Contributions to Garnet Chemistry, Evolution and Age (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Multi-Proxy Isotope Signature of Dolomites (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Sr Isotope Stratigraphy and Geochronology (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Weathering in the Tropics: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Deadline: 26 August 2022)
- Diagenesis and Geochemistry of Carbonates (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Element Migration and Isotope Fractionation during Mineral Weathering (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Granitic Intrusion and Related Mineralization in Asia (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Arsenopyrite and Pyrite (Deadline: 23 September 2022)
- Applications of U-Th-Pb Geochronology of Accessory Minerals (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Tectono-Magmatic Evolution and Metallogeny of Tethyan Orogenic Belts (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry of Evaporites, Volume II (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- The Mineral Alteration Patterns under High- to Low-Temperature in Geothermal Fields, Volume II (Deadline: 21 October 2022)
- Fission Track Analysis and Its Application in Mineralogy (Deadline: 24 October 2022)
- Isotopic Tracers of Mantle and Magma Evolution (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Speleothems: Geological, Geochronological and Sedimentological Insights (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Petrology and Geochemistry of Igneous Complexes and Formations (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Tectonic Evolution of Orogens: Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Geochronology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- The Significance of Fluid Inclusion in the Study of Hydrocarbon Migration (Deadline: 4 November 2022)
- Fluid Geochemistry and Mineralogy in Volcanic/Hydrothermal Environments (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- Highly Siderophile Elements and Their Isotopes in the Earth’s Mantle (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Petrology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of Granites (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Geochemistry of Travertines and Calcareous Tufas (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Weathering of Limestone, Volume II (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Platinum-Group Elements and Platinum-Group Minerals: Inferences from Field, Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Petrological Findings (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Metamorphic Rocks and Minerals: Techniques and Applications to Constrain Tectonothermal Events in the Metamorphic Rock Record (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Source of Proterozoic to Cambrian Magmatic Provinces from Southeast to South of Brazil (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sm–Nd and Lu–Hf Isotopic Systematics as Tracers of Earth System Processes (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Origin and Evolution Deep Seated Melts and Their Interaction of the with the Lithospheric Mantle (Deadline: 26 January 2023)
- Geology, Paleontology, Palaeogeography of the Western Tethys Realm, Volume II (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Organic Matter in Sedimentary Systems: Insights from Organic Petrology and Organic Geochemistry, Volume II (Deadline: 17 February 2023)
- Geochemical Behavior and Evaluation for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Deadline: 24 February 2023)
- Global and Regional Tectonics: Insights from Sedimentary Records and Geochemistry (Deadline: 24 February 2023)
- Mineralogical and Magnetostratigraphic Study of Sediments: Implications for Tectonic History of The Tibetan Plateau (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Genesis of Martian Rocks (Deadline: 6 March 2023)
- Applications of Geochemistry in Archaeology (Deadline: 25 March 2023)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Geological Materials (Deadline: 31 March 2023)