Geochronological, Petrological and Geochemical Studies of Basaltic Rocks from Oceanic Crust
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 544
Special Issue Editors
Interests: igneous petrology and geochemistry; isotopic evolution; marine geology; magmatic processes in various settings of ocean floors and their relationship with seafloor metallogeny
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The basaltic rocks from the oldest oceanic crust in today’s oceans can only provide evidence of the geological evolution of oceanic crust younger than ca. 200 Ma; however, such igneous rocks, found, for instance, in ophiolitic complexes and in many paleo-sutures/orogens, can provide key clues for the evolution of oceanic crust (e.g., Tethys oceans) or for the multiple assembly and dispersal history of supercontinents during several billion years. Basalts, used as a ‘probe’ for igneous processes, play a key role in understanding regional and global tectonic evolution, deciphering deep magmatic processes, developing global tectonic theories (e.g., plate tectonics and mantle plumes), and exploring mineral resources. Over the past decade, there have been advances in global ocean investigations performed by some international drilling programs (e.g., IODP, ICDP, InterRidge, etc.) and many other cruises and field sampling campaigns in numerous paleo-sutures/orogens, and more volcanic rock samples have been collected from various oceanic crusts and paleo-sutures in land. This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that present research progress in any of these aspects, including the age and mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical compositions of volcanic rocks (basalts and more differentiated rocks) from key tectonic settings frommid-oceanic ridges via intraplate setting (LIP and seamounts/guyots) to subduction zones.
Prof. Dr. Quanshu Yan
Prof. Dr. Xijun Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- petrogenesis
- magmatic processes
- basalt
- mantle source
- subduction zone
- mid-oceanic ridge
- intraplate setting
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