Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
4.4
2.2
Journals
Minerals
Special Issues
Granitoids and Their Importance in the Identification of Tectonic Environments,...
share announcement

Granitoids and Their Importance in the Identification of Tectonic Environments, Geodynamic Evolution and Crustal Growth: Mineralizations, Geochronology, Elemental and Isotope Geochemistry

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 649

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jaime Estevão Scandolâra

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Geological Survey of Brazil, SBN Quadra 02, Bloco H, Brasilia 70040904, DF, Brazil
Interests: structural geology; tectonics; geological mapping; isotope and elemental geochemistry
Prof. Dr. Nilson Francisquini Botelho

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Institute of Geoscience, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brasilia 70910900, DF, Brazil
Interests: mineralogy and petrology; metallogeny; granites and associated mineralizations
Dr. Paola Ferreira Barbosa

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Institute of Geoscience, University of Brasilia (UnB), Brasilia 70910900, DF, Brazil
Interests: applied mineralogy and crystallography; microtect onics and fluid flow in natural systems; topotactic phase transformation in natural and synthetic systems; characterization of porous systems in rocks; analytical techniques focusing on mineralogy and material science (mainly EBSD, QEMSCAN, and MLA)

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Granitoids are the most abundant plutonic rocks in the continental crust, and their sources and relationship to specific tectonic environments have long been debated. Considering their mineralogical, structural, and geochemical characteristics, researchers accept that there is a tectonomagmatic connection, where each type of granitoid is related to defined tectonic settings, and that all magmatism is ultimately the product of processes from different tectonic phases and multisource and multi-process magmatism. Granitoids are formed in a variety of tectonic settings around the world, either at plate margins or intraplates. The petrology, geochemistry composition, isotopic characteristics, and temporal evolution of granitoids may offer important information about critical geodynamic processes that occurred during the evolution of the continental crust. Granitoids are not only indicators of crust–mantle interactions but can also be used to trace the tectonic evolutionary history of orogen and supercontinent reconstructions. Furthermore, geochemistry, ages, and isotopic features can indicate when orogenic processes ended and craton formation/stabilization began in Precambrian blocks.

Topics in this Special Issue include but are not restricted to the following:

  • Age distribution, petrotectonic associations, and genetic models;
  • The typology and evaluation of previously proposed classifications;
  • Granitoids’ overall role in the evolution of the Earth's lithosphere;
  • Granitoid associations and their temporal and tectonic context;
  • Mineral chemistry as an indicator of granitoid’s magma temperatures;
  • The temperature, pressure and conditions of granitoid crystallization;
  • The formation of granitoid melts;
  • Different types of granitoids and how their chemical characteristics may indicate tectonic settings and geodynamic evolution;
  • Tectonic settings and granitoid sources;
  • Geochronology and isotope geochemistry;
  • Stable isotopes as tools to understand the granitoid’s genesis;
  • Volcanic arc granitoids (cordilleran), collision-related, and ocean ridge granitoids;
  • Granitoids, fluids, and ore deposits;
  • Granitoids and the settings of mineral deposits;
  • Implications for supercontinent reconstructions and crustal growth;
  • Granitoids and crustal growth.

Dr. Jaime Estevão Scandolâra
Prof. Dr. Nilson Francisquini Botelho
Dr. Paola Ferreira Barbosa
Guest Editors

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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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-blind 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.

Keywords

  • mineralogy
  • petrology
  • geochemistry
  • isotopic composition
  • geochronology
  • mineral and rocks
  • ore deposits
  • tectonic setting
  • supercontinent
  • crustal growth

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

  • Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
  • Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
  • Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
  • External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
  • Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.

Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

22 pages, 6644 KiB  
Article
Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Tectonic Significance of Early Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks from the Ulanhot Region in the Central Great Xing’an Range
by Yanqing Zang, Tao Qin, Cheng Qian, Chao Zhang, Jingsheng Chen and Wei Sun
Minerals 2025, 15(6), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/min15060610 - 5 Jun 2025
Viewed by 314
Abstract
The attributes of Late Paleozoic magmatic events are of paramount significance in elucidating the tectonic evolution of the Ulanhot region, which is located in the middle of the Hegenshan–Heihe tectonic belt (HHTB). This study undertook a comprehensive investigation of the petrography, LA–ICP–MS zircon [...] Read more.
The attributes of Late Paleozoic magmatic events are of paramount significance in elucidating the tectonic evolution of the Ulanhot region, which is located in the middle of the Hegenshan–Heihe tectonic belt (HHTB). This study undertook a comprehensive investigation of the petrography, LA–ICP–MS zircon U–Pb dating, whole rock geochemistry, and zircon Hf isotopes of the Early Carboniferous volcanic rocks. The volcanic rocks are predominantly composed of andesite, schist (which protolith is rhyolitic tuff), and rhyolitic tuff. The results of zircon U–Pb dating reveal that the formation ages of volcanic rocks are Early Carboniferous (343–347.4 Ma). Geochemical characteristics indicate that the andesites possess a comparatively elevated concentration of Al2O3, alongside diminished levels of MgO and TiO2, belonging to the high-K calc-alkaline series. The zircon εHf(t) of the andesites range from −13 to 9.4, while the two-stage Hf model ages span from 697 to 1937 Ma. The felsic volcanic rocks have high contents of SiO2 and Na2O + K2O, low contents of MgO and TiO2, and belong to high-K to normal calc-alkaline series. The zircon εHf(t) values of the felsic volcanic rocks range from −12.8 to 10, while the two-stage Hf model ages span from 693 to 2158 Ma. The Early Carboniferous volcanic rocks exhibit a notable enrichment in large ion lithophile elements (LILEs, such as Rb, K, Ba) and light rare earth elements (LREEs), depletion in high-field-strength elements (HFSEs, including Nb, Ta, Ti, Hf), as well as heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). The distribution patterns of the rare earth elements (REEs) demonstrate a conspicuous right-leaning tendency, accompanied by weak negative Eu anomalies. These characteristics indicate that the andesites represent products of multistage mixing and interaction between crustal and mantle materials in a subduction zone setting. The felsic volcanic rocks originated from the partial melting of crustal materials. Early Carboniferous igneous rocks formed in a volcanic arc setting are characteristic of an active continental margin. The identification of Early Carboniferous arc volcanic rocks in the Central Great Xing’an Range suggests that this region was under the subduction background of the oceanic plate subduction before the collision and amalgamation of the Erguna–Xing’an Block and the Songnen Block in the Early Carboniferous. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Granitoids and Their Importance in the Identification of Tectonic Environments, Geodynamic Evolution and Crustal Growth: Mineralizations, Geochronology, Elemental and Isotope Geochemistry)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-1
Back to TopTop