Geosciences in Mining, Mineral Deposits, and Energy Resources
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 247
Special Issue Editors
2. Xinjiang Academy of Geology, Urumqi 830091, China
Interests: shale oil and gas; underground hydrogen storage; CCUS; geothermal resources
Interests: unconventional resources; petroleum geology
Interests: coalbed methane; underground coal gasification; resource evaluation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world has long searched for reliable resources and sufficient mineral deposits to satisfy the continuously increasing energy demand and industrial needs. The areas of mining/exploration, mineral deposits, and energy resources in geosciences have achieved a momentous milestone over the past decade. We thus welcome papers in these realms, especially on advanced techniques and insights towards investigating metallogeny in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, as well as coal-based critical and rare metals in the Tibet Plateau and its adjacent areas. For energy resources, characterization, accumulation, evolution, exploration, and exploitation mechanisms as well as advances in conventional, unconventional (e.g., coalbed methane, shale oil and gas), and sustainable resources (e.g., underground gas storage, hydrogen, geothermal energy) are particularly encouraged for submission to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Fengyang Xiong
Prof. Dr. Xin Li
Prof. Dr. Haichao Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geosciences and gelogy
- ore mining and mineralization
- rare and critical metals
- exploration and explitation
- energy resources
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