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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