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About this title - Minor Minerals, Major Implications: Using Key Mineral Phases to Unravel the Formation and Evolution of Earth's Crust

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van Schijndel,  Valby
3.1 Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry, 3.0 Geochemistry, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Cutts,  Kathryn A.
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Pereira,  Inês
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Guitreau,  Martin
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Volante,  Silvia
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Tedeschi,  Mahyra
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van Schijndel, V., Cutts, K. A., Pereira, I., Guitreau, M., Volante, S., Tedeschi, M. (2024): About this title - Minor Minerals, Major Implications: Using Key Mineral Phases to Unravel the Formation and Evolution of Earth's Crust. - In: van Schijndel, V., Cutts, K., Pereira, I., Guitreau, M., Volante, S., Tedeschi, M. (Eds.), Minor Minerals, Major Implications: Using Key Mineral Phases to Unravel the Formation and Evolution of Earth's Crust, (Geological Society special publications ; 537), London : The Geological Society, 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1144/SP537-2023-110


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Abstract
The investigation of key minerals including zircon, apatite, titanite, rutile, monazite, xenotime, allanite, baddeleyite and garnet can retain critical information about petrogenetic and geodynamic processes and may be utilized to understand complex geological histories and the dynamic evolution of the continental crust. They act as small but often robust petrochronological capsules and provide information about crustal evolution, from local processes to plate tectonics and supercontinent cycles. They offer us insights into processes of magmatism, sedimentation, metamorphism and alteration, even when the original protolith is not preserved. In situ techniques have enabled a more in-depth understanding of trace element behaviour in these minerals within their textural context. This has led to more meaningful ages for many stages of geological events. New developments of analytical procedures have further allowed us to expand our petrochronological toolbox while improving precision and accuracy. Combining multiple proxies with multiple minerals has contributed to new interpretations of the crustal history of our planet.