Sedimentary Basins and Minerals
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 511
Special Issue Editor
2. Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Geological Safety, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China
3. Key Laboratory of Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: oil and gas basin analysis; oil and gas structural analysis; sedimentary basins and dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sedimentary rock layers in sedimentary basins contain various information about the formation and evolution process of the basin and the geodynamic background. Sedimentary rocks and their minerals have a certain symbiotic relationship with the geodynamic background, and the characteristics and spatiotemporal evolution of basin sediments can be used to reconstruct the lithofacies paleogeography, thereby inferring the tectonic uplift process of adjacent orogenic belts and providing new evidence for the evolution of adjacent orogenic belts from the perspective of sedimentary basins. The formation and evolution of sedimentary basins in different eras are controlled by different geodynamic factors, located in different tectonic environments, and have different geodynamic backgrounds. In this Special Issue, we will explore the latest advances in sedimentary basin and dynamics research, which can enhance our understanding of the tectonic evolution and energy exploration of adjacent orogenic belts in sedimentary basins.
We welcome articles on the coupling relationship between basins and mountains, sedimentary basins and dynamics, sedimentary sources and tectonic backgrounds, mineral characteristics and evolution stages of sedimentary basins, mineral geochronology of sedimentary basins, as well as the latest research about mineral exploration methods of sedimentary basins.
Dr. Zhenhong Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- provenance analysis and geodynamic background of sedimentary basins
- mineral characteristics and evolution stages of sedimentary basins
- mineral geochronology of sedimentary basins
- mineral geochemistry of sedimentary basins
- mineral exploration methods of sedimentary basins
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