Lattice-Preferred Orientation and Microstructures of Minerals and Their Implications for Seismic Anisotropy

Dear Colleagues,

Lattice-preferred orientations (LPOs) of minerals develop in the crust and mantle when rocks are deformed under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. The LPOs of minerals are important for interpreting seismic anisotropy, which is observed worldwide in the crust and mantle, and to understand the internal structure of the deep interior of Earth. There have been major advances in measuring the LPOs of minerals during the past few decades using FE-SEM–EBSD systems. Characterization of microstructures, including LPO, grain size, grain shape, and misorientation has become an important tool in unravelling deformation conditions, deformation histories, kinematics, and seismic anisotropies in the crust and mantle. We welcome papers that describe LPOs and deformation microstructures of minerals and rocks in the crust and mantle, and that give fresh insight into how LPO and microstructures develop and evolve through time, reflect deformation conditions, and influence large-scale geodynamic processes. We encourage contributions from field observations, laboratory experiments, and numerical modeling on geologic materials over a wide range of conditions, length scales, and time scales.

Prof. Dr. Haemyeong Jung
Dr. Munjae Park
Guest Editors

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