Technologies and Methods for Exploitation of Geological Resources, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editors
Interests: structural geology; mineral exploration; mineral deposit
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Interests: structural geology; geological mapping; neotectonics; basin analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Building upon the success and valuable contributions of the first volume, we are pleased to announce the launch of the second edition of this Special Issue.
Geological resources, such as metals, coal, petroleum and gas, groundwater, and geothermal energy, are the essential basis for human survival. Most of the easy-to-find and easy-to-develop geological resources have been found, but the discovery of a huge amount of still-hidden geological resources is an issue of considerable concern. Therefore, the demand for revolutionary ideas and technologies for exploiting geological resources is urgent. The present Special Issue aims to gather papers on the geological resource exploration theory, method and technology research, including the reconstruction of the geological process of resource formation, geological and mineral geological survey methods, geochemical technology, earth information technology, earth exploration technology, and relevant engineering technology. Our goal is to offer exploitation paradigms for geological resources and provide a key basis to improve our knowledge about the nature and basic laws of deep geological resources, as well as promote the fundamental and frontier research for geological resource exploitation.
Dr. Zhongliang Wang
Dr. Markos Tranos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hidden geological resources
- exploration theory
- technologies and methods
- geological process
- earth information
- geochemical technology
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