@article{7881df183af746d59cd467ad1f63009c,
title = "Exploring Carbon Mineral Systems: Recent Advances in C Mineral Evolution, Mineral Ecology, and Network Analysis",
abstract = "Large and growing data resources on the spatial and temporal diversity and distribution of the more than 400 carbon-bearing mineral species reveal patterns of mineral evolution and ecology. Recent advances in analytical and visualization techniques leverage these data and are propelling mineralogy from a largely descriptive field into one of prediction within complex, integrated, multidimensional systems. These discoveries include: (1) systematic changes in the character of carbon minerals and their networks of coexisting species through deep time; (2) improved statistical predictions of the number and types of carbon minerals that occur on Earth but are yet to be discovered and described; and (3) a range of proposed and ongoing studies related to the quantification of network structures and trends, relation of mineral “natural kinds” to their genetic environments, prediction of the location of mineral species across the globe, examination of the tectonic drivers of mineralization through deep time, quantification of preservational and sampling bias in the mineralogical record, and characterization of feedback relationships between minerals and geochemical environments with microbial populations. These aspects of Earth{\textquoteright}s carbon mineralogy underscore the complex co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere and highlight the possibility for scientific discovery in Earth and planetary systems.",
keywords = "carbon, carbon minerals, mineral ecology, mineral evolution, network analysis",
author = "Morrison, {Shaunna M.} and Joy Buongiorno and Downs, {Robert T.} and Ahmed Eleish and Peter Fox and Donato Giovannelli and Golden, {Joshua J.} and Hummer, {Daniel R.} and Grethe Hystad and Kellogg, {Louise H.} and Oliver Kreylos and Krivovichev, {Sergey V.} and Chao Liu and Andrew Merdith and Anirudh Prabhu and Jolyon Ralph and Runyon, {Simone E.} and Sabin Zahirovic and Hazen, {Robert M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This publication is a contribution to the Deep Carbon Observatory. Studies of mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and data-driven discovery in mineral systems are supported by the Deep Carbon Observatory, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the NASA Astrobiology Institute (80NSSC18M0093), a private foundation, and the Carnegie Institution for Science. SK thanks Russian Science Foundation for financial support (grant 19-17-00038). SZ was supported by Alfred P. Sloan grants G-2017-9997 and G-2018-11296 through the Deep Carbon Observatory, and Australian Research Council grant IH130200012. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies or affiliated organizations. Funding Information: The authors thank the reviewers of this manuscript for their insightful and constructive feedback. A special thanks goes to Erin Delventhal for her field work to identify a previously unreported wulfenite locality. Funding. This publication is a contribution to the Deep Carbon Observatory. Studies of mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and data-driven discovery in mineral systems are supported by the Deep Carbon Observatory, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the NASA Astrobiology Institute (80NSSC18M0093), a private foundation, and the Carnegie Institution for Science. SK thanks Russian Science Foundation for financial support (grant 19-17-00038). SZ was supported by Alfred P. Sloan grants G-2017-9997 and G-2018-11296 through the Deep Carbon Observatory, and Australian Research Council grant IH130200012. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies or affiliated organizations. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 Morrison, Buongiorno, Downs, Eleish, Fox, Giovannelli, Golden, Hummer, Hystad, Kellogg, Kreylos, Krivovichev, Liu, Merdith, Prabhu, Ralph, Runyon, Zahirovic and Hazen.",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "27",
doi = "10.3389/feart.2020.00208",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
journal = "Frontiers in Earth Science",
issn = "2296-6463",
publisher = "Frontiers Research Foundation",
}