Trace Elements in Carbonates: Isotopic and Geochronological Record
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 8218
Special Issue Editors
Interests: U-Pb and U-Th dating of carbonates (solution and LA); trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of carbonates; fault-related carbonates and speleothems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbonate rocks and minerals (calcite, dolomite, siderite, aragonite, magnesite being the most common) form in a variety of geological settings, over much of Earth’s history. Carbonates preserve geochemical and isotopic records of depositional environments and processes. Carbonates are also amenable to absolute dating, using the Pb-Pb, U-Pb and U-Th disequilibrium chronometers.
A particular powerful approach to the study of carbonate formation is linking textural observations, such as CL imaging, with in-situ micro-analytical methods, to unlock multi-stage mineral formation histories. Specifically, LA-ICPMS in-situ measurement allows retrieving geochemical and isotopic (both radiogenic and stable) information at the micro-metre scale. The combined measurement of major and trace element concentrations and isotopic ratios, when coupled to petrographic observations, can provide detailed insights into the timing of thermal and fluid-flow events of sedimentary basins and hydrothermal systems, also in association with fault movements. Since carbonates form as primary sedimentary rocks (marine, lacustrine, soils) and fluid-precipitates, the study of such rocks and minerals enables detailed study of hydrothermal-epithermal processes, precipitation in aquatic systems as well as the direct dating of deformation, fluid-flow and hydrology in crust, mineral deposits and diagenetic formation of cements. Carbonate cave deposits, including flow-stones and speleothems, allow reconstruction of hominid evolution and past climates. Innovative research in carbonates using a multi-method and multi-element approach can also develop insights into the complex interplay of seismicity/continental deformation, climate, hydrology, volcanic activity and human evolution.
Prof. Dr. Robert Bolhar
Dr. Tonguc Uysal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate
- deformation
- hydrology
- geochronology
- in-situ micro-analytical methods
- environments and processes
- hominid evolution
- mineralization
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