Geosciences

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: "Trends and Prospects in Geoheritage, Geoparks, and Geotourism"

edited by

Karoly Nemeth

,

Marilena Cozzolino

and

António Vieira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18703 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage and geoparks; sustainable geotourism; geoconservation; geological features; geodiversity; geoethics; archaeological prospections; heritage preservation; cultural landscapes; geohazard resilience; field survey techniques; geospatial modeling; data visualization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism)

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Geohazard Prevention

edited by

Florin Pavel

, Alexandru Aldea and

Cristian Arion

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17315 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical earthquake engineering; geohazard prevention; landslides; earthquakes; soil liquefaction; soil investigation; risk assessment; design codes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “New Horizons in Geophysics: From Theory to Applications”

edited by

Luciano Telesca

,

Lev V. Eppelbaum

and

Georgios Balasis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9690 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; volcanoes; rainfall; tornado; tsunamis; geomagnetic storms; risk assessment; forecasting and early warning; satellite observations and applications; geological data analysis and modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geophysics)

The Tectonic Origins of Sedimentary Basins: Provenance and Evolution Across Geological Time

edited by

Anna Chiara Tangari

,

Daniele Cirillo

,

Emilia Le Pera

, Lucia Marinangeli and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7047 | Submission Open

Keywords: sedimentary basins; provenance; sediment erosion and transport; paleogeography and paleoclimatology; stratigraphy and tectono-stratigraphy; sedimentary petrography; mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks; three-dimensional geological modeling; tectonics; geo-hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: “Sedimentology and Stratigraphy”

edited by

Roberta Somma

and

Sabatino Ciarcia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4961 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment composition; texture; and structure; contamination of modern sediments; sedimentary structures; facies analysis; depositional systems; sequence stratigraphy; basin analysis; paleoenvironments; palaeoclimate; stratigraphic correlation; lithostratigraphy; biostratigraphy; geochronology; chronostratigraphy; magnetostratigraphy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Disaster Mitigation Structures for Tsunamis, Floods, and Scour Countermeasures

edited by

Norio Tanaka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2615 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; scour countermeasures for levees and disaster mitigation systems; levee breaching; hybrid defense systems; infrastructure resilience; vegetation management for increasing tsunami mitigation function in coastal zones; ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR); green infrastructure

Mesozoic-Palaeogene Hyperthermal Events

edited by

Xiumian Hu

, David B. Kemp and Yiwei Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperthermal events; mesozoic; palaeogene; carbon cycle; paleoclimate reconstruction; biotic crises; geochemical proxies; earth system modeling; greenhouse climate dynamics; sedimentology and stratigraphy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Soil Geochemistry

edited by

José Tasso Felix Guimarães

and

Wendel Valter Da Silveira Pereira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 780 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil geochemistry; soil contamination; soil formation processes; soil degradation; soil– sediment relationship; soil erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Earthquake Hazard Modelling

edited by Cristiano Fidani, Pan Xiong and

Serena D'Arcangelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3977 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic hazard modeling; machine learning; ground motion modeling; site response characterization; earthquake forecasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Mechanical Behavior of Critical Geo-Materials and Landslide Evolution Processes

edited by

Shu Zhang

,

Shuangfeng Guo

, Qinwen Tan and Xuexue Su

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1823 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide evolution; geo-material mechanics; multi-field coupling; rate-dependent strength; hydromechanical interaction; progressive failure; risk prediction; numerical modeling; field experiments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Integrating Geomorphological and Hydrological Insights for Flood Risk Assessment

edited by

Saitis Giannis

and

Anna Karkani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1677 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood risk assessment; geomorphology; hydrology; sediment transport; floodplain dynamics; hydrological modeling; remote sensing; climate change; GIS; catchment management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Advanced Studies in Applied Structural Geology and Tectonics

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

Keywords: faults/fault zones; fault-induced slope failures; underground aquifers; fracture frequency; rock mass rating; fault rupture hazard; hydrocarbons trap and migration; constructions foundations; tunnelling; tectonically controlled ore deposits; hazard mitigation; seismic hazard assessment; structural mapping; applied tectonics; tectonic control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Geology and Tectonics)

AI and Machine Learning in Hydrogeology

edited by

Ming Fan

, Chaojie Cheng and Linqi Zhu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; surface hydrology; subsurface energy; forward modeling; inverse modeling; uncertainty quantification; deep learning; explainable AI

The Application of Accessory Mineral Geochemistry in Ore Deposit Studies

edited by

Lei Liu

,

Jingya Cao

and Youyue Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: Cu-Au deposits; rare metal deposits; W-Sn deposits; geochemical prospecting; ore deposit geochemistry; apatite geochemistry; tourmaline geochemistry; monazite geochemistry; in situ mineral microanalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

New Trends in Numerical Methods in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

edited by

Qingsheng Bai

and

Chaofan Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; rock mechanics; rock engineering; advanced numerical frameworks; AI/ML-assisted simulations; high-performance computing and parallel techniques; multi-scale and multi-physics methods; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Worlds of the Solar System: Geological Evolution and Habitability of Planets and Moons

edited by

Alberto G. Fairén

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology and evolution; comparative planetology; Venus’ atmosphere and surface; life on Earth; Mars’ climate evolution; icy moons; Europa’ s subsurface ocean; Enceladus plumes and hydrothermal activity; Titan methane cycle; planetary habitability; astrobiology and biosignatures

New Trends in Numerical Modeling of Fractures in Porous Materials

edited by

Tao You

and

Jingshou Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture; multiphysical coupling; porous media; fluid flow; discrete fracture networks; heterogeneity; microstructure; geoenergy; geomechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Earthquake Geology of Plate Margins and Plate Interiors: Integrating Classical Methods with New Approaches

edited by

Riccardo Caputo

, Chittenipattu P. Rajendran and

Tejpal Singh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 34204 | Submission Open

Keywords: active faults; tectonic geomorphology; earthquake geology; paleoseismology; surface deformation; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Natural Hazards

edited by

Dimitrios Nikolopoulos

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16105 | Submission Open

Keywords: hazard assessment; risk mitigation; emergency response; forecasting techniques; post-disaster recovery; in situ instrumentation; remote sensing; hazard modeling; geological hazards; environmental hazards; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Applied Geophysics for Geohazards Investigations

edited by

Nikos Economou

,

Maksim Bano

and Mohammed Farfour

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7807 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; geohazards; electromagnetics; seismic; geoelectric; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Challenges and Research Trends of Geoheritage and Geoconservation

edited by

Eva Pescatore

and

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6076 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geoconservation; geodiversity; geoeducation; geotourism; sustainable management; GIS; remote sensing; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism)

Linking Climate Change to Hydrological Dynamics and Water Resource Management

edited by

Dimitris Tigkas

,

Harris Vangelis

and

Nikolaos Proutsos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1118 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resource management; water governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater– surface water interactions; precipitation variability; floods and droughts; catchment hydrology; climate adaptation

Lithospheric Heterogeneity Across (Pre-)Phanerozoic Orogens: From Late Cadomian and Cenerian to Alpine Accretion

edited by

Darko Spahić

and

Fabrizio Cocco

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open

Keywords: Avalonian– Cadomian stage; Cenerian orogeny; Variscan orogeny; Alpine orogeny; detrital zircons; structural overprinting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Geology and Tectonics)

New Trends in Numerical Methods in Rock Mechanics

edited by Xiangchao Shi, Zetian Zhang and

Daobing Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; rock mechanics; computational techniques; geotechnical engineering; petroleum reservoirs; simulation and modeling; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Isotope Geochemistry: New Techniques and Applications

edited by Da Wang, Linda Godfrey and

Ryan Mathur

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiogenic isotopes; stable isotopes; redox; fluids; metallogenesis; ores; atmospheric evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Hydrodynamic Modeling and Observational Techniques in Coastal and Estuarine Regions

edited by

Miaohua Mao

and

Xiaoteng Shen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal hydrodynamics; material transport; numerical modeling; coastal observations; nearshore dynamics; sediment transport; fluid– structure interaction; estuarine and coastal zones; offshore dynamics; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Innovations in Tsunami Modeling and Early Warning Strategies to Improve Coastal Communities Resilience

edited by

Alessandro Annunziato

and

Ergin Ulutaş

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: tsunami; modelling; coastal risk; early warning systems; preparedness; post-event surveys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

GIS, InSAR, and Deep Learning in Earth Hazard Monitoring

edited by

Yaning Yi

,

Stratis Karantanellis

and Guangyu Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazards; disaster monitoring; risk assessment; GIS; remote sensing; SAR/InSAR; deep learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Latest Developments in Mineralogy

edited by

Paul Alexandre

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineralogy; crystallography; mineral chemistry; solid solutions; silicate minerals; non-silicate minerals; new minerals; applied mineralogy; economic geology; geobiology

Machine Learning for Remote Sensing Image Recovery and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Qiang Zhang

, Yi Xiao, Xiangyong Cao, Yong Chen and Jize Xue

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; recovery; denoising; cloud removal; super-resolution; deblurring; deep learning

Rhizoliths in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

edited by

Emmanouil Manoutsoglou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizoliths; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; terrestrial paleoclimate; root fossils; biomineralization; isotope geochemistry; paleosol analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Microscopic Archives: Foraminifera as Key Indicators in Stratigraphic and Palaeoenvironmental Studies

edited by

Angela Cloke-Hayes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: Foraminifera; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Palaeoenvironmental variability; Palaeoceanography; Biostratigraphy; Biozones.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Advances in Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Seismic Risk Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Davorin Penava

and

Snježana Markušić

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic hazard assessment; earthquake engineering; seismic risk mitigation; ground motion modelling; structural vulnerability; probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA); historical buildings and cultural heritage; fragility curves; post-earthquake damage assessment; urban seismic resilience

Geophysical Inversion

edited by

Yangkang Chen

,

Ziyi Yin

and Xiaolong Wei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9834 | Submission Open

Keywords: inverse problems; uncertainty quantification; imaging and inversion; scientific machine learning; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geophysics)

Landslides Runout: Recent Perspectives and Advances

edited by

Massimiliano Bordoni

, Alessia Giarola, Stella Maris Moreiras and Roberto J. Marin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9521 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; runout; landslides hazard; landslides risk; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Insights in Planetary Geology

edited by

Paola Manzari

and

Maria Pedone

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3877 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; meteorites; analogues; machine learning; NEO; astrobiology; returned samples

Geosciences, Development and Sustainability: Africa and Europe Together

edited by

Pedro Dinis

, Sónia Victória,

Daud Jamal

,

Irene De Felipe

,

Giovanna Antonella Dino

and Nelson Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open

Keywords: Africa– Europe partnerships in geosciences; geological resources; geodiversity and geoconservation; deterioration and development of natural environments; earth sciences for safe land occupation; geological knowledge and human development

Advances in Geostatistical and Stochastic Modeling for Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management

edited by

Massimiliano Schiavo

,

Valeria Todaro

,

Vanessa A. Godoy

,

Emmanouil Varouchakis

and

Marco D’Oria

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; underground resources; geostatistics; spatial statistics; stochastic modeling; assessment; probabilistic methods; inverse modeling; resources management; resources exploitation; uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; space– time geostatistics

Advancements in Post-Earthquake Landslide Deformation Studies: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Mitigation

edited by

Ioannis Koukouvelas

and

Nicola Angelo Famiglietti

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-seismic landslides; co-seismic landslides; landslide monitoring; InSAR; GB-SAR; UAV; LiDAR; satellite remote sensing; long-term deformation; risk mitigation; landscape recovery

Intelligent Empowerment of Geotechnical Engineering: Big Data, AI and Optimization

edited by

Jiangbo Xu

,

Yi Shan

, Yu Cong and Shuaifeng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical information and intelligence; big data analysis; intelligent monitoring and early warning; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; intelligent algorithms; intelligent reconnaissance; remote sensing technology; digital twin; three-dimensional geological modeling; data fusion; parameter inversion; disaster prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Light in the Ground: Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing for Rock and Soil Behavior Monitoring

edited by Mengya Sun

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed fibre-optic sensing (DFOS); geotechnical monitoring; multi-physical fields; mechanical behaviour; geohazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Advancements in Marine Geology: Underwater Exploration and Geophysical Insights

edited by Filippo Muccini,

Luca Cocchi

and

Camilla Palmiotto

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1430 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine geology; seafloor spreading; hydrothermal system; submarine volcanism; plate tectonics; remotely operated vehicle; autonomous underwater vehicle; ocean geodiversity

Advancing Groundwater Sustainability: Integrated Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

edited by

Arina Khan

and

Haris Hasan Khan

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 818 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; hydrogeological risk assessment; numerical modelling; remote sensing; GIS applications in hydrology; managed aquifer recharge; groundwater contamination; climate change impacts; water resource management; policy and governance

Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration, Resources, and Production in China

edited by

Yuanyin Zhang

, Shang Xu and Zezhang Song

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: new advances in oil and gas; sedimentary-tectonic evolution; accumulation elements and models; resource potential assessment; oil and gas exploration technology; petroleum experimental methods

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping, Hazard Assessment and Risk Evaluation

edited by Prabin Kayastha

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3884 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; landslide hazard assessment; landslide risk evaluation; landslide vulnerability; disaster management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Innovative Experimental Methods, Advanced Field/in-Situ Testing, and Their Engineering Applications in Geomechanics

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomechanics; experimental methods; numerical modeling; energy geotechnics; AI/ML in geomechanics; uncertainty analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Long-Term Signature of Carbon Cycle in Marine Systems: Evidence from Geochemistry

edited by

Simon C. George

, Qiannan Xu,

Lian Jiang

and Xiaoqi Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleoclimate; paleo oceanic condition; organic carbon accumulation; biomarkers; terrigenous element transportation; multiple geological depostional process; microbiology in extreme environments; inorganic and organic carbon isotopes

Research on Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeography

edited by