Lithophile and Highly Siderophile Element Geochemistry, Geochronology and Petrology of Volcanic Rocks from the Tethyan Orogenic Belt
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 September 2023) | Viewed by 540
Special Issue Editors
Interests: volcanic rocks; geochemistry; geochronology; petrology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volcanic rocks, in particular, are very important to understand the evolutionary history of the Earth because their lithophile and highly siderophile element geochemistry give implications for the nature of the mantle and crustal sources, mantle-crust interactions of the mantle- and crust-derived melts, and the evolutionary trend of magmatic processes. They can also tell us much about the magma-tectonic environment, given that they are closely linked to the convection of tectonic plates. Knowledge about the geochemistry, geochronology and petrology of volcanic rocks has increased in recent decades regarding advanced high-precision methods and techniques. So, in addition to whole-rock major-trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf radiogenic isotope data obtained by using conventional XRF, ICP and ICP-MS methods, in situ mineral-based elemental, oxygen and radiogenic isotope analyses of volcanic rocks are performed by the development of high-spatial and mass-resolution microprobes (e.g., LA-ICP-MS, SHRIMP, SIMS). Moreover, highly siderophile element and Os isotope systematics of volcanic rocks have a significant contribution to volcanic petrology (e.g., melt derivation from the mantle and/or crust, and their interactions). All these lithophile and siderophile element data from volcanic rocks have provided absolute chronology, source characteristics, and magma chamber processes (e.g., magma mixing, FC, AFC).
This Special Issue aims to contribute to the lithophile and siderophile element geochemistry, Ar-Ar and U-Pb geochronology, and Sr-Nd-Pb-Os radiogenic isotope composition of volcanic rocks from the Tethyan Orogenic Belt to reveal the petrogenesis and evolutionary processes throughout the mantle and crustal levels.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Arslan
Prof. Dr. Irfan Temizel
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- volcanic rocks
- petrology
- geochronology
- geochemistry
- radiogenic isotopes
- petrogenesis
- igneous processes
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