Dear colleagues,
after all the invitations to exciting sessions at the upcoming GSA and
AGU meetings, we would like to draw your attention to a possibility to
publish the work you are most likely presenting there in a topical
"*special collection*" in the MSA journal *American Mineralogist*. The
concept is different from the classical special volume and has many
advantages that makes a submission to the collection very attractive!
*For those of you, who are not familiar with the concept of the MSA
special collections, I will give you a short description on how this works:*
Basically you submit your manuscript as usual via the Allentrack system
of AmMin. During the submission process you have the option to assign
your manuscript to the special collection. The review process will be
the same as for all other manuscripts and papers are being published in
regular AmMin issues as they are ready to go, so there is *no delay in
publication*. The main difference is, that your paper will get an
additional heading and footnote indicating that this contribution is
part of the special collection. Therefore it will be also grouped in the
table of contents together with other papers of the collection being
published in the same issue. More important, and I think this is what
makes it really interesting, all special collection *papers are grouped
electronically* both on the AmMin and MSA website and in the most common
search engines such as web of science. In other words, someone looking
for a paper in the special collection will be also directed to your
paper which *enhances the visibility of your paper* to the people of
interest significantly. Thus, the collection is virtually growing over time.
The *special collection stays open for 2-3 years* and we hope that we
can *continuously get manuscripts being published* during this period.
Currently, there are several special collections ongoing for all
different kinds of topics.
Interested in publishing in one of the special collections? Please visit
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/AmMin/Special_Section.html for more detailed
information.
The special collection we would like to encourage you to submit the work
that relates to transport processes is as follows:
Mechanisms, rates, and timescales of geochemical transport processes
in the crust and mantle
We announce a special collection of/American Mineralogist/based on
recent and forthcoming conference sessions on kinetically and transport
controlled geochemical processes in the middle and lower crust and
mantle. Currently the element fluxes and timescales of atmospheric,
sedimentary, and volcanic processes can be measured, but similar
knowledge of mid-crustal to mantle processes remains elusive. We solicit
papers on the description and quantitative interpretation of spatial
patterns in mineral occurrence (especially metasomatic zoning), in
mineral texture, and in the chemical and isotopic compositions of
minerals that constrain the mechanisms (e.g., diffusion vs. advection),
rates, and timescales of the controlling phenomena. Contributions from
field and experimental studies, as well as theory and modeling, are welcome.
The section will include both invited and contributed papers on the
topic. The Associate Editors for this special section are Thomas
Mueller, Ralf Milke, and John Ferry. Please use the subject area tag
"Geochemical Transport" when submitting your paper via the Allentrack
submission system and look for the special collection name in the drop
down list.
We are looking forward to receive your submissions! Please do not
hesitate to contact one of us in case you have any questions regarding
the special collection!
Thomas Müller, Ralf Milke & John Ferry
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Dr. Thomas Mueller
Juniorprofessor / Assistant Professor
Institute of Geology, Mineralogy& Geophysics
Ruhr-University Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150; Gebäude NA 03/586
D-44801 Bochum
Phone: +49 (234) 322-3522
Fax: +49 (234) 321-4433
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Web: http://www.gmg.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/petrologie/thomas_mueller.html.de
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