Frontiers in Earth Science

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Sep 2025

Numerical simulation of the influence of pore microstructures and mineral composition on the mechanical properties of shale under uniaxial compression

in Petrology

Zhenlin Wang
Hongyan Qi
Kai Feng
Rong Zhang
Qingyong Luo

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1677764

Original Research

Published on 11 Sep 2025

Magma mixing in the Karamaili granite belt of Eastern Junggar: evidence from A2-type granites and their mafic microgranular enclaves

in Petrology

Yafei Sun
Bowen Zhang
Yuan Yao
Xinzhong Zhan
Yaxiaer Yalikun
Yacong Wang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1601135

1,158 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Sep 2025

Petrogenesis and Tectonic implications of Intrusive Rocks in the Jiangjunmu porphyry Deposit, East Kunlun Orogeny, NW China

in Petrology

Yu Jun Zhen
Li De Xian
Gao Ya Lin
Ma Bo
Zheng You ye
Junaid Khan
Asma Tahir

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1616423

457 views

Original Research

Accepted on 29 Aug 2025

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Fogang granitic batholith and its implications for uranium mineralization

in Petrology

Peng Hu
Weicheng Ding
Bin Liu
Wenfang Wei
Jiaming Qi
Liang Qiu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1588243

676 views

Editorial

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Editorial: The World’s ancient cratons: tectonics, metamorphism, magmatism and mineralization

in Petrology

Chen Zhao
Jiahui Qian
Xiaoguang Liu
Hossein Azizi
Scott Andrew Whattam
Shenghong Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1686546

1,315 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Jul 2025

Multiscale pore damage evolution and self-inhibition mechanism in rock after dynamic impact: a coupled statistical constitutive model integrating loading effects

in Petrology

Haicheng She
Yanxu Liang
Siqi Liu
Zaiqiang Hu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1586934

824 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Jul 2025

Transient corundum stability in high-temperature metamorphic mineral assemblages: insights from the British Paleogene Igneous Province

in Petrology

Brian O’Driscoll
Hadrien Henry

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1576938

1,160 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Jul 2025

Geochronology and metamorphic evolution of the biotite-plagioclase gneisses from the Luanxian Group in eastern Hebei, North China Craton

in Petrology

Daji Zu
Zhanzhan Duan
Wei Cui
Liqun Yang
Jia Liu
Zhiqiang Tian
Juquan Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1655963

763 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Jul 2025

Controlling factors of the metallogenic intensity in Han–Xing-type skarn iron deposits: insights from trace elements in magmatic magnetite

in Petrology

Jin Yanan
Wang Denghong
Zhang Juquan
Zhang Long

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1567728

876 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Jun 2025

Petrogenesis and geotectonic significance of magnesian andesite in the Nangunyuan area, northern Hainan Island, China

in Petrology

Yihua Lin
Dingyong Liang
Zailong Hu
Qinmin Yuan
Zhaoying Lv
Jun Guan

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1613531

576 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Uranium-polymetallic mineralization relationship and comprehensive mineralization model in the Xiangshan ore field, South China: constraints from H-O-S-Pb-Sr multi-isotope data

in Petrology

Jian Guo
Ziying Li
Jiangtao Nie
Sheng He
Junxian Wang
Waseem Khan

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1604873

771 views

Original Research

Published on 06 May 2025

Timing of retrograde metamorphism in medium-pressure pelitic granulites of the Qianlishan Complex: insights from monazite-zircon U-Pb geochronology and phase equilibria modelling

in Petrology

Shangjing Wu
Yige Su
Qin Wang
Hengzhong Qiao

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1602565

1,485 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

The petrography, metamorphism and deformation history of Neoproterozoic rock from Gida Ayana, Western Ethiopia: implication of tectonometamorphic evolution

in Petrology

Bishaw Mihret
Ajebush Wuletaw

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1519116

1,488 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Classification and origin of pore–throat systems in tight sandstone reservoirs: a case study of the Xujiahe Formation in the Northeastern Sichuan Basin, China

in Petrology

Youzhi Wang
Xiandong Wang
Xuqiang Chen
Xiaohui Li
Jingfeng Wu
Xiang Gao
Jianliang Peng
Biao Wang
Yingyi Xie
Haiguang Wu

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1572136

1,220 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Reappraisal of the lithological units of the Wuguan Complex: implication for the Paleozoic evolution of the Qinling orogenic belt

in Petrology

Ge Wang
Xiaoying Liao
Liang Liu
Yawei Wang
Wenqiang Yang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1573681

1,144 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Apr 2025

Petrography and geochemistry of sandstones from the middle Jurassic Zhiluo Formation in the northern margin, Ordos Basin: implications for provenance, tectonic setting, paleoweathering, paleoclimate, and sandstone-type uranium mineralization

in Petrology

Xiaoneng Luo
Suping Peng
Ziying Li
Feng He
Xide Li
Zilong Zhang

Frontiers in Earth Science

doi 10.3389/feart.2025.1573609

1,480 views