Geochemistry of Sustainable Resources from Partial Melting in the Lithosphere to Mineralisation in the Upper Crust
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 March 2024) | Viewed by 285
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Interests: considering magmatic; metamorphic; sedimentary processes in the continental crust for the sustainable use of resources
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Dear Colleagues,
The geochemistry and petrography of magmatic rocks represent a database for the characterization of crystalline rocks. The interpretation of collected data can be finalized to define the origin of magmatic melt and its evolution during the rise and emplacement in relation to source rocks and the geodynamic context as well as to characterize rocks and minerals useful for technological products. The compositional modifications of magmatic melt from mantle-source rocks up to the upper crust (fractional crystallization, magma mixing, magma mingling, assimilation of country rocks) leads to the formation of many rock types containing reservoirs, mineralization, and ore deposits. This Special Issue collects geochemical and petrographic data of magmatic rocks representing ore deposits that can be exploited as raw materials, particularly resources containing copper, rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel for computers and phones as well as tellurium and silica for solar cells. These materials can be utilized to make new technology that will help the Earth become a cleaner, greener place. In fact, green technologies such as wind turbines, solar panels, hydroelectric dams, and electric cars require metals and other natural materials produced and distillated in the Earth through melting processes and emplacement in the upper crust. Procedures used for the recycling of technology with the aim of re-utilizing it can be shaped by considering the natural process of the magmatic differentiation of continental crust in its solid–liquid–solid state transition.
For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: quantitative approaches to define the magmatic processes from partial melting in the source to emplacement in upper crust; relevant mineral resources related to magmatism; sustainable resource management.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Annamaria Fornelli
Dr. Francesca Micheletti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- magma genesis
- partial melting
- continental crust
- geochemistry
- granites
- hybrid magmas
- reservoirs
- mineralization
- ore resources
- recycling lithic waste
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