Geosciences | Invitation to Read Editor’s Choice Articles from the First Half of 2022
1. “A Survey of Uncertainty Quantification in Machine Learning for Space Weather Prediction”
by Talha Siddique, Md Shaad Mahmud, Amy M. Keesee, Chigomezyo M. Ngwira and Hyunju Connor
Geosciences 2022, 12(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12010027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/1/27
2. “Benthic Foraminifera as Environmental Indicators in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review”
by Elena Romano, Luisa Bergamin and Mario Parise
Geosciences 2022, 12(1), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12010042
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/1/42
3. “Mountain Permafrost Hydrology—A Practical Review Following Studies from the Andes“
by Lukas U. Arenson , Jordan S. Harrington, Cassandra E. M. Koenig and Pablo A. Wainstein
Geosciences2022, 12(2), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020048
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/48
4. “Assessment of Geological Heritage Sites and Their Significance for Geotouristic Exploitation: The Case of Lefkas, Meganisi, Kefalonia and Ithaki Islands, Ionian Sea, Greece”
by Evangelos Spyrou, Maria V. Triantaphyllou, Theodora Tsourou, Emmanuel Vassilakis, Christos Asimakopoulos, Aliki Konsolaki, Dimitris Markakis, Dimitra Marketou-Galari and Athanasios Skentos
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/55
5. “Quantitative Assessment of the Geosites of Chelmos-Vouraikos UNESCO Global Geopark (Greece)”
by Vasilis Golfinopoulos, Penelope Papadopoulou, Eleni Koumoutsou, Nickolas Zouros, Charalampos Fassoulas, Avraam Zelilidis and George Iliopoulos
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020063
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/63
6. “Reconstructing the Variscan Terranes in the Alpine Basement: Facts and Arguments for an
Alpidic Orocline“
by Michel Faure and Jacky Ferrière
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 65; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020065
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/65
7. “Digital Tools to Serve Geotourism and Sustainable Development at Psiloritis UNESCO Global Geopark in COVID Times and Beyond“
by Charalampos Fassoulas, Emmanouel Nikolakakis and Spiridon Staridas
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 78; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020078
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/78
8. “Comparative Analysis of Two Assessment Methods for the Geoeducational Values of Geosites: A Case Study from the Volcanic Island of Nisyros, SE Aegean Sea, Greece”
by George Zafeiropoulos and Hara Drinia
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020082
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/82
9. “Ice Core Chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous Age-Scales”
by B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Dieter R. Tetzner, Jack D. Humby and Diana O. Vladimirova
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020087
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/87
10. “Geoheritage and Cultural Heritage—A Review of Recurrent and Interlinked Themes”
by Edyta Pijet-Migoń and Piotr Migoń
Geosciences 2022, 12(2), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020098
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/98
11. “Re-Evaluation of the Ionian Basin Evolution during the Late Cretaceous to Eocene (Aetoloakarnania Area, Western Greece)”
by Elena Zoumpouli, Angelos G. Maravelis, George Iliopoulos, Chrysanthos Botziolis, Vasiliki Zygouri and Avraam Zelilidis
Geosciences 2022, 12(3), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030106
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/3/106
12. “Morphosedimentary, Structural and Benthic Characterization of Carbonate Mound Fields on the Upper Continental Slope of the Northern Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)”
by Olga Sánchez-Guillamón, Jose L. Rueda, Claudia Wienberg, Gemma Ercilla, Juan Tomás Vázquez, Maria Gómez-Ballesteros, Javier Urra, Elena Moya-Urbano, Ferran Estrada and Dierk Hebbeln
Geosciences 2022, 12(3), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030111
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/3/111
13. “SEM3D: A 3D High-Fidelity Numerical Earthquake Simulator for Broadband (0–10 Hz) Seismic Response Prediction at a Regional Scale”
by Sara Touhami, Filippo Gatti, Fernando Lopez-Caballero, Régis Cottereau, Lúcio de Abreu Corrêa, Ludovic Aubry and Didier Clouteau
Geosciences 2022, 12(3), 112; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030112
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/3/112
14. “Console-Based Mapping of Mongolia Using GMT Cartographic Scripting Toolset for Processing TerraClimate Data
by Polina Lemenkova
Geosciences 2022, 12(3), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030140
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/3/140
15. “The Porosity in Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir Rocks: Tectonic versus Diagenetic Imprint—A Multi-Scale Study from the Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily, Italy)”
by Rosanna Maniscalco, Eugenio Fazio, Rosalda Punturo, Rosolino Cirrincione, Agata Di Stefano, Salvatore Distefano, Martina Forzese, Gabriele Lanzafame, Giusy Simona Leonardi, Sergio Montalbano et al.
Geosciences 2022, 12(4), 149; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040149
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/4/149
16. “Geoheritage and Geosites: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review”
by Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Paúl Carrión-Mero, Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí and Edgar Berrezueta
Geosciences 2022, 12(4), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040169
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/4/169
17. “Examining Rock Engineering Knowledge through a Philosophical Lens”
by Davide Elmo, Amichai Mitelman and Beverly Yang
Geosciences 2022, 12(4), 174; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040174
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/4/174
18. “Cascadia Subduction Zone Residents’ Tsunami Evacuation Expectations”
by Michael K. Lindell, Carla S. Prater and Donald H. House
Geosciences 2022, 12(5), 189; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12050189
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/5/189
19. “The Arkalochori Mw = 5.9 Earthquake of 27 September 2021 Inside the Heraklion Basin: A Shallow, Blind Rupture Event Highlighting the Orthogonal Extension of Central Crete”
by Athanassios Ganas, Yariv Hamiel, Anna Serpetsidaki, Pierre Briole, Sotiris Valkaniotis, Charalampos Fassoulas, Oksana Piatibratova, Haralambos Kranis, Varvara Tsironi, Ioannis Karamitros et al.
Geosciences 2022, 12(6), 220; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12060220
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/6/220
20. “Order Parameter and Entropy of Seismicity in Natural Time before Major Earthquakes: Recent Results”
by Panayiotis A. Varotsos, Nicholas V. Sarlis and Efthimios S. Skordas
Geosciences 2022, 12(6), 225; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12060225
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/6/225