Crystal Structures and Phase Transitions of Minerals at Extreme Conditions, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2025) | Viewed by 1341
Special Issue Editor
Interests: crystallization mechanisms; crystallography; crystal chemistry; phase equilibria and phase transitions at high pressure/temperature
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Dear Colleagues,
Earth’s internal composition and structure is heavily influenced by the varied stability of crystalline phases at the extreme pressures and temperatures found in the planet’s interior. For example, many important rheological and seismological boundaries can be explained in terms of phase transitions occurring in volumetrically abundant minerals. In this Special Issue of Minerals, we invite contributions examining the crystallography, crystal chemistry, hydration behavior, phase stability, and phase transition behavior of mineral phases under the extreme conditions of Earth’s deep crust, mantle, and core. Both experimental and computational studies that shed light on the behavior of important crystal structures at high P–T conditions are welcome, especially those that examine changes in symmetry, bonding, order–disorder relations, or general structure as a function of pressure and temperature.
Dr. Daniel Hummer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mantle
- core
- high pressure/temperature
- phase equilibria
- phase transitions
- phase boundaries
- high-pressure crystallography
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