Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology Section invites contributions that focus on all areas relating to the investigation of the chemical composition of minerals, radiometric age dating of minerals, and characterization of geologic, environmental, and anthropogenic samples. We seek studies that will provide new insight into the conditions of mineral formation/paragenesis at various temperature and pressure regimes, including interactions of minerals with the geosphere (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere). Studies may use either novel or standard analytical, imaging, diffraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, synchrotron, and computer modeling techniques. Geochronological investigations reporting novel age determinations for various minerals and bulk samples or breakthroughs in analytical methods are welcome; these may employ various analytical methods and instrumentation (HR-ICP−MS, MC-ICP−MS, quadrupole ICP−MS, SIMS, TIMS). We also encourage the submission of studies reporting multi-laboratory, round robin investigations, and those that propose new standard reference materials that improve the accuracy and precision of trace element data and age determinations.
Keywords
- Back-scattered electron imaging
- Diffraction
- Electron microscopy
- Element partition coefficients
- Energy dispersive spectroscopy
- Geochronology
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
- Laser ablation ICP−MS
- Major, minor and trace elements
- Radiometric ages
- Reference standard materials
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Secondary ion mass spectrometry (including nanoSIMS)
- Synchrotron
- Thermal ionization mass spectrometry
- Time of flight mass spectrometry
- Trace element microanalysis
- X-ray fluorescence
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Geochronology, Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Magmatic Rocks (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Application of Non- and Micro-Destructive Techniques in Minerals, Rocks and Archeological Materials (Deadline: 23 June 2023)
- All about Platinum-Group Minerals: From Geochemistry and Trace Element Composition to Mineral Association and Textures (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Sm–Nd and Lu–Hf Isotopic Systematics as Tracers of Earth System Processes (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Geochemistry, Petrogenesis, and Tectonic Setting of the Mesozoic Magmatism (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Compositional Analysis of Terrestrial Material Using Various Spectroscopic Techniques with Particular Emphasis on LIBS (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Petrogenesis, Geochronology, Mineralization and Geochemistry of Granite Rocks (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Thermal History Modeling of Low-Temperature Thermochronology (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Low- and Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism: From Minerals and Isotopic Characterization to Tectonic Implication (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Speleothems: Geological, Geochronological and Sedimentological Insights (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Advances in Fluid Inclusions and Geofluids (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Linking Metamorphism with Orogenesis (Deadline: 28 July 2023)
- Geofluid–Rock Interactions and Petroleum Accumulation in Sedimentary Basins (Deadline: 28 July 2023)
- Application of Spectrometric Analyses to Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Petrology, Geochemistry and Isotopes of Ophiolite and Granites in Kunlun Orogen and Adjacent Area (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Formation and Evolution of the Continental Crust in North China Craton during Precambrian (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Global and Regional Tectonics: Insights from Sedimentary Records and Geochemistry (Deadline: 18 August 2023)
- Studies on Kinetics and Processes of Serpentinization (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Highly Siderophile Elements and Their Isotopes in the Earth’s Mantle (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Tectonic Evolution of Orogens: Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Geochronology and Geochemistry, Volume II (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Mineralogical and Magnetostratigraphic Study of Sediments: Implications for Tectonic History of The Tibetan Plateau (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Experimental Petrology: Metamorphic Evolution of Eclogite (Deadline: 10 September 2023)
- Recent Developments in Ar/Ar and U-Th-Pb Geochronology and Its Applications (Deadline: 22 September 2023)
- Lithophile and Highly Siderophile Element Geochemistry, Geochronology and Petrology of Volcanic Rocks from the Tethyan Orogenic Belt (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Geological Evolution of South American Cratons (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Carbonate Petrology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 18 October 2023)
- Petrogenesis, Magmatism and Geodynamics of Orogenic Belts (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Tectono-Magmatic Evolution and Metallogeny of Tethyan Orogenic Belts (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Laterites, Lateritisation and Related Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Geochemical and Isotope Characteristics of the Skarn Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- U-Pb Geochronology and the Variscan Overprint of the Cadomian-Pan-African Cycles: A Timely Relationship (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Constraining the Timing and Setting of Gold Mineralization from Accessory Phase Minerals (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Origin, Mobility and Concentration of the Rare Earth Elements in the Crust (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Advances in Low-Temperature Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Mineral Evolution and Mineralization during Weathering (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- The Significance of Applied Mineralogy in Archaeometry (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- “Archeometallurgical Confidentialities”: Core Concepts of Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Pegmatites (Deadline: 17 November 2023)
- UHP Minerals as Messengers of Deep Mantle from the Mantle Transition Zone and Beyond (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
- Ceramic Studies in Historical Archaeology: Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Kimberlites and Related Rocks: New Insight into Petrogenesis and Diamond Potential of Deeply-Derived Mantle Magmas (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Tectonic–Magmatic Evolution and Mineralization Effect in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Clays and Their Application to Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Sedimentary Geology of Lacustrine Basins (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Petrographic, Geophysical, Geochemical and Geochronological Study of Magma and Magmatism in the Iberian Peninsula and Archipelagos (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Origin and Evolution of Deep-Seated Melts and Their Interactions with the Lithospheric Mantle (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Current Understanding on the Genesis of Terrestrial Basaltic Rocks: Implications for the Evolution of Rocky Planetary Crusts (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Geological Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Traceability of Minerals and Metals via Geochemical Fingerprinting (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mineral Chemistry of Granitoids: Constrains on Crystallization Conditions and Petrological Evolution (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Neutron and Photon Activation Analyses and Their Application in Geological, Geochemical and Environmental Research (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Decoding Global and Regional Neoproterozoic Changes from Sedimentology, Geobiology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Fluid-Rock vs. Melt-Rock Interactions in Peridotite (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Origin, Characterization and Significance of Tourmaline Supergroup Minerals and Their Deposits (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
