Investigation of geological processes at planetary scale through minerals and their inclusions has long been recognized. Melt, fluid and solid inclusions, trapped in their mineral host acting as a “pressure vessel” are in fact resistant to several geological processes. Therefore, inclusions yield an archive of geological processes that otherwise would remain invisible at the whole rock scale. For instance, host minerals and their inclusions have the capability to record the genesis of magmas, mantle metasomatism, mineral solubility, mineral growth, redox processes, mass and heat transfer.
In this session we welcome contributions in the field of mineralogy, metamorphic and igneous petrology, which address the chemical composition, the structural and physical properties of the deep fluids and their role in the geochemical and geodynamical evolution of the Earth’s interior. Submissions of experimental, and field studies, as well as contributions based on theoretical and numerical models are welcome.