Deciphering dynamic geological processes relies on interpreting mineral and rock records such as chemical zoning, reaction textures, and deformation microstructures. Diffusion geospeedometry provides constraints on the timescales of magmatic processes, while methods rooted in mineral physics such as inclusion barometry reveal pressure conditions and residual stresses during mineral growth and deformation. Transient metamorphic processes including partial melting, dehydration, fluid–rock interaction, and shear heating leave crucial signatures that link mineral-scale transformations to lithospheric dynamics. Combined, these tools and observation bridge short-term processes with long-term tectonic evolution.
We invite contributions that integrate field observations, laboratory experiments, mineral-physics approaches, numerical models, and geochemical or microstructural analyses to quantify the timescales, conditions, and mechanisms of magmatic, metamorphic, and tectonic processes. Studies emphasizing textural and petrological quantification such as diffusion modelling, petrochronology, thermodynamic or mechanical simulations, and fabric development to bridge across spatial and temporal scales are particularly welcome.