Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Geosciences gathers salient advances in the magnetic analysis of geological processes. Rock magnetic measurements and analyses have witnessed significant advances in measurement precision, accuracy, capability and efficiency over the last 30 years and the potential applications of magnetic analyses span almost the entire gamut of geoscience. A wide array of magnetic methods have been used to study rock deformation, tectonic, geodynamic, geomorphological and surface processes across a range of scales. Paleomagnetism provides unique geodynamic constraints that may be used to reconstruct past plate motions and configurations, characterize tectonic systems at the regional scale, or examine deformation associated with individual structures at the local scale. Rock magnetic characterization provides insights into remanence acquisition during the formation and tectonic evolution of the lithosphere, with, for example, recent advances in magnetic imaging allowing microscopic remagnetization processes to be explored. Magnetic fabric analyses, involving for example measurement of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) or anisotropy of remanence (ARM), are now routinely employed in the quantification of petrofabric development at the micro- to macro-scales, complementing information obtained from other fabric techniques such as electron backscatter diffraction. Magnetic fabric studies have been used to examine processes including lithospheric deformation, magma flow, lava and sediment emplacement, glacial processes and may be tuned to examine petrological properties in a similar range of situations.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent advances in geological and geodynamic processes made using magnetic analysis. We hope that a broad array of geoscience studies and advances will be showcased and particularly welcome studies involving methodological advances or innovative applications of these techniques.

It is recommended that authors approach the Guest Editors at an early stage about possible submissions in order to verify the appropriateness of their potential contributions. If appropriate, an abstract will be requested, and the corresponding author required to submit the full manuscript online by the deadline of 31 December 2018.

Dr. Carl Stevenson
Prof. Eric C. Ferre
Guest Editors

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• anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility
• magnetic fabric analysis
• petrofabrics
• tectonics
• volcanology
• igneous emplacement
• sedimentology
• economic geology
• quaternary geology