Earth Sciences and Geography
A section of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Section Information
The “Earth Sciences and Geography” section of Applied Sciences welcomes the submission of high quality, multidisciplinary, original research and review articles related to all aspects of Earth Sciences and Geography. It also publishes concise, cutting edge, intriguing, communications and articles of broad interest. The section focuses on the various aspects that involve the Earth’s structure, interior, composition, evolution, looking also at modeling, observation, and experimentation over a wide spectrum of geosciences and at all spatial and temporal scales. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. All manuscripts submitted for publication in this section will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be shortly published online upon acceptance.
Subject Areas:
- Atmosphere
- Climate studies
- Cryosphere
- Crystallography and mineralogy
- Coastal geology
- Earth interior
- Energy exploitation, mineral and geothermal resources, earth observation
- Environmental contamination
- Geochemistry
- Geodesy
- Geodynamics
- Geography and geomorphology
- Geohazards
- Geology
- Geomagnetism
- Geophysics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydrothermal systems
- Hydrological and hydrogeological sciences
- Magmatic and mantle petrology
- Marine geoscience
- Paleontology
- Quaternary science
- Remote sensing
- Stratigraphic geology or stratigraphy
- Soil science
- Structural geology and tectonics
- Volcanology
and a range of other topics.
Editorial Board
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Paleoceanography: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 15 June 2021)
- Remote and Proximal Sensing Applied to Agriculture and Forest Sciences (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural Hazards Assessment (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- GNSS Techniques for Land and Structure Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Forest Management, Stand Dynamics and Modelling (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Applications of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Geomorphology, Near-Surface Geology and Geoarchaeology (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Advances in Hydrogeophysical Methods and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Mineralogy and Genesis of Precious, Rare, and Critical Metals in Ore Deposits of Greece (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Exploration and Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources in Geologically Complex Terrain (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Mediterranean Beach Morphodynamics under Climate Change (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Heavy Metals in the Environment – Causes and Consequences (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Denitrification in Agricultural Soils II (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Fluvial Hydrodynamics: Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Archaeoecology. The Application of Palaeoenvironmental Sciences for the Reconstruction of Human-Environment Interactions (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Rocks (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Forest Soil Monitoring (Deadline: 2 July 2021)
- Advancing Complexity Research in Earth Sciences and Geography (Deadline: 10 July 2021)
- Performance Evaluation of Lightweight LiDAR for UAV Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Advances in Geotechnical Engineering Ⅱ (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Applied Geoinformatics: From Coastal to Fluvial Geography (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Applications of Remote Image Capture Systems in Agriculture Ⅱ (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Hide and Seek of Soil Microbes—Who Is Where with Whom and Why? (Deadline: 10 August 2021)
- GIS Applications for Mining Systems and Mineral Resources: Planning and Modeling (Deadline: 20 August 2021)
- Environmental Stratigraphy—Chemical Markers of Historic Contamination in Soils and Sediments (Deadline: 20 August 2021)
- Integrated Geophysical Methods for Shallow Aquifers Characterization and Modelling (Deadline: 30 August 2021)
- Energy, Resources and the Environment (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Flash Floods: Analysis and Modeling from Laboratory Experiments to Large-Scale Events (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Volcano Monitoring: From the Magma Reservoir to Eruptive Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- LiDAR DEMs for Geological Mapping (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Geography of Soil Contamination for Polluted Sites Characterization and Precision Remediation (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Agriculture 4.0 – The Future of Farming Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Glacier Outburst Floods: Data, Processes, Landforms and Environmental Implications (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- 3D Jointed Rock Mass Structural Analysis and Evaluation of Rockfall Potential (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Application of Artificial Intelligence for River Hydrodynamics Modeling (Deadline: 1 September 2021)
- Next Generation Planetary Mission Concepts, Sampling and Measurement Techniques and Enabling Technologies (Deadline: 10 September 2021)
- Integration of Methods in Applied Geophysics (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Spatial Analysis for Landscape Changes (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Advances in Ground Deformation Monitoring (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Stable Isotopes in Hydrological Processes (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- Applications of Machine Learning on Earth Sciences (Deadline: 20 September 2021)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Archaeology, Geography, and the Earth Sciences (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Multidisciplinary Investigations of Volcano Dynamics (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Applied Geophysics (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Soil Erosion: Dust Control and Sand Stabilization, Volume II (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization: Serving Geoheritage, Geotourism and Resilience to Geohazards (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Recent Advances in Radar Imaging (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- GeoAI: Integration of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning with GIS (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Geohazards: Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Prevention (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Recent Advances in Geothermal Energy Exploration (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in the Detection and Analysis of Ore Minerals (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Statistics and Pattern Recognition Applied to the Spatio-Temporal Properties of Seismicity (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Research on Underground Hydrothermal System: From Geophysical Analysis to Seismic Monitoring (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Biological Modification of Soil Properties—Geotechnical, Structural and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 10 October 2021)
- Engineering Geology of Clay and Clay Soils (Deadline: 20 October 2021)
- Hydrological Modeling and Evaluation for Flood Risk Management (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Seismic Hazard Analysis Using Ground-Motion Models: New Perspectives and Challenges (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Trends and Problems in Earthquake Prediction Research (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Measuring Equipment and Control Technologies in Mining (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Applied Petrology: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 1 November 2021)
- Evaluation of the Crustal Structure (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Multiscale Rock-Physics Modeling (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Advances in Contaminant Hydrogeology (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Methods in Environmental Research (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Intelligent Approaches in Predicting Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Security Management in Sensors for Smart Farming Architectures and Platforms (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Frontiers in Hydrologic Dynamics, Analytics and Predictability (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- State of the Art of Carbonatites and Their Potential for Critical-Metal Deposits (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Earthquake and Structural Engineering (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: Evaluation, Characterization, and Simulation (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- 3D Virtual Reconstruction for Archaeological Sites (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- The Numerical Analysis in Rock (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Frontier Research in River and Coastal Sediment Transport (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Advances in Earthquake Prediction (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Mineralogy of Critical Elements Deposits (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Ground-Based Geomagnetic Observations: Techniques, Instruments and Scientific Outcomes (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Women in Earth Sciences and Geography (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Evaluation of Geomechanical Characteristics (Deadline: 20 December 2021)
- Statistical and Remote Sensing Tools in Soil Modelling and Monitoring (Deadline: 21 December 2021)
- Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Automatic Map Creation and Update (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- GeoAI Data and Processing in Applied Sciences (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- The Contribution of Geology and Geomatics to Seismic Hazard and Earthquake Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Vulnerability and Erosion in Coastal Systems in the Context of Global Change (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Small Satellites Missions and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Petrology and Geochemistry of Granite Rocks: Advanced Techniques and Discoveries (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advanced Numerical Simulations in Geotechnical Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- GIS Methods, Models and Applications in Interdisciplinary Studies (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Applied Lichenology (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Climate Change and Water Resources II (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Disaster Risk Sciences in the Era of Big Data (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Tsunami Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- Disaster Prevention for Tsunami, Storm Surge and Storm Waves (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- New Frontiers in Natural Hazards and New Techniques (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Recent Applications and Advances in Environmental Magnetism (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Big Data and Machine Learning in Earth Sciences (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
