New Progress in Interdisciplinary Research of Geological Energy and Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change and the unbalanced relationship between supply and demand have put exceeding pressure on the world's geological energy and resources. These issues have brought about changes in research topics and the direction of geological energy and resources. Interdisciplinary research is playing an increasingly important role in promoting the technological progress of energy and resources. Against this background, it is of great significance to provide an up-to-date outlook of the new research trends and latest research progress. 

Areas relevant to advances in theoretical and new technology application research on conventional and unconventional energy include, but are not limited to: new understandings of geological theory of unconventional energy (shale gas, coalbed methane, tight gas and oil shale), new technology applications or theoretical research progress in conventional energy and geological resources (coal, oil, gas, and energy mineral resources), intelligent mining and AI-based geological surveys, sedimentary petrology related to energy and resources, etc.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers in the overlapping fields of :

• Geological research on unconventional resources;
• New technology applications;
• Intelligent mining;
• AI-based geological survey;
• Sedimentary petrology related to energy and resources;
• Reservoir characterization and reconstruction technology;
• Research on energy mineral resources;
• Organic petrology;
• Sedimentology and paleogeography;
• Geological evolution process;
• Interdisciplinary study of geology and paleontology

Dr. Difei Zhao
Prof. Dr. Yinghai Guo
Prof. Dr. Guangying Ren
Guest Editors

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