Academic Journal
Q1Lithos
About Lithos
Lithos is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier B.V.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.099 and H-index of 223.
Coverage: 1968-2026. Research categories: Geochemistry and Petrology (Q1); Geology (Q1).
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Topics in published research
Geological and Geochemical Analysis; earthquake and tectonic studies; High-pressure geophysics and materials; Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping; Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis; Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.
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3,350.00 USD; 3,130.00 EUR; 2,680.00 GBP; 415,500.00 JPY
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Recent Research Articles
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P–T–t evolution of garnet-spinel-corundum pelitic granulite from the Odaesan Complex, Korea: Implications for Permian–Triassic metamorphism along the northeastern Eurasian margin
Hyeong Soo Kim, Byeong Jun Park, Jeongmin Lee
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108780Early Paleozoic Takab ophiolite, NW Iran: Evidence for Proto-Tethys back-arc systems and geodynamic evolution of northern Gondwana
Ghasem Nabatian, Wenjiao Xiao, Songjian Ao, Mir Ali Asghar Mokhtari et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108755Accessory minerals within plutonic xenoliths reveal time-integrated magmatic processes for the oceanic volcanic island of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)
Júlia Mattioli, Ross Stevenson, Joshua H.F.L. Davies, Tiago Novo et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108782Overprinting of the Paleoproterozoic Haib Porphyry Cu-Mo deposit by ∼1.0–1.20 Ga hydrothermal events: Evidence from Titanite Petrochronology
Yaqun Meng, Yu Wang, Xuyang Meng, Jingwen Mao et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108793Intense fluid activity of the subducted continental crust under ultrahigh-pressure conditions: Constraints from jadeite quartzites in Central Dabie, eastern China
Mingdi Gao, Haijin Xu, Yu Wang
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108767Significant tectonic regime transition of the late Paleoproterozoic Khondalite Belt, North China Craton: chronological and geochemical constraints from the Wulashan Magmatic Complex
Guoyu Fan, Xiaojie Dong, Huichu Wang, Zhongyuan Xu et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108784Multiple generations of kyanite recorded in migmatitic gneiss from the island of Fjørtoft, Western Gneiss Region, Norway
Yuan-Yuan Li, Hai-Jun Xu, Qiong-Xia Xia, Chun-Li Zheng et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108735U-Pb zircon chronology, whole-rock geochemistry, and Li-B Isotope geochemistry of the Late Triassic Mashhad-Fariman Granitoids: Constraints on a rapid collisional event in the Paleo-Tethyan Suture, NE Iran
Ali A. Sepahi, Fatemeh Sepidbar, Jin Mengqi, Behnam Rahimi et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108776Critical re-evaluation of fluid inclusions and stable isotopes from the Bhukia deposit: Implications for carbonate-organic carbon interaction and MIAC metallogeny
Ming Li, Huanyu Zhao, Zhi Zhang, Chengzu Wang et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108747Cadomian/Cenerian sources in Variscan granites from the Western Carpathians: Evidence from zircon geochronology, Hf-isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry
Igor Broska, Milan Kohút, Santosh Kumar, Sergii Kurylo et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108746From ultra-depleted harzburgite to refertilized lherzolite: Multi-stage metasomatism and crustal recycling recorded by garnet populations from the Newlands Kimberlite, South Africa
C. Bonadiman, L. Milani, R. Tassinari, N. Lenhardt et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108742High-P-T experimental constraints on the genesis of post-collisional porphyry Cu-Au magmas: A case study from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Gong Liu, Xian-Wu Bi, Lei-Luo Xu, Wei Du et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108738Granites as a reservoir of fluids for late reworking of rocks in high-grade terranes: Scenario of Neoarchean enderbite enclaves from the Paleoproterozoic Mahalapye Complex, southern Africa
H.M. Rajesh, O.G. Safonov, G.A. Belyanin, C. Vorster et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108732Hydrogen concentrations in Horoman peridotites (Hokkaido, Japan) and implications for the ductile deformation and exhumation of the oceanic lithosphere
Kazuki Matsuyama, Sylvie Demouchy
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108774Constraints from zircon crystal growth kinetics on the petrogenesis of the Yaolingzi Complex, eastern Hebei, North China
Haotian Xun, Shuzhi Wang, Yajie Ma, Chong Cao et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108764Origin of stratiform tourmalinite, Singhbhum IOCG province, India: insights from the geochemistry of tourmaline, apatite and magnetite, and boron isotope systematics of tourmaline
Dipak C. Pal, Rishav Maity, Subhadip Adak, Eileena Das et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108744Genesis of white aplite and albitite through albitization of gneisses: Insights from the Gakara region, western Burundi (East-Central Africa)
Dieudonné Nivyayo, Ashima Saikia, Ivan Belousov, Seconde Ntiharirizwa et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108748Niobium solubility and pyrochlore, lueshite and Ca2Nb2O7 stability in CaCO3 – Na2CO3 – NaNbO3 +/− CaF2 at 0.1 GPa, with application to the formation of calciocarbonatite-hosted pyrochlore ore deposits
B.A. Kjarsgaard, R.H. Mitchell, M. Beauchamp, S. Chatterjee et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108786A remnant of the Palaeotethys break-up: The Variscan Chamrousse ophiolite (Western Alps)
Maureen Gunia, Adrien Vezinet, Carole Cordier, Emilie Janots et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108749U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology and Nd isotope geochemistry of the Kribi Alkaline Igneous Complex, South Cameroon: Petrogenesis, Nb-Zr-REE enrichment and late Pan-African evolution
Joseph Martial Akame, Marc Poujol, Gilles Ruffet, Karen Fontijn et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2026.108745Reviews
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