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Earthquake Geology of Plate Margins and Plate Interiors: Integrating Classical Methods with New Approaches

edited by

Riccardo Caputo

, Chittenipattu P. Rajendran and

Tejpal Singh

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 39373 | Submission Open

Keywords: active faults; tectonic geomorphology; earthquake geology; paleoseismology; surface deformation; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Natural Hazards

edited by

Dimitrios Nikolopoulos

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21489 | Submission Open

Keywords: hazard assessment; risk mitigation; emergency response; forecasting techniques; post-disaster recovery; in situ instrumentation; remote sensing; hazard modeling; geological hazards; environmental hazards; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: “Sedimentology and Stratigraphy”

edited by

Roberta Somma

and

Sabatino Ciarcia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7488 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment composition; texture; and structure; contamination of modern sediments; sedimentary structures; facies analysis; depositional systems; sequence stratigraphy; basin analysis; paleoenvironments; palaeoclimate; stratigraphic correlation; lithostratigraphy; biostratigraphy; geochronology; chronostratigraphy; magnetostratigraphy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Linking Climate Change to Hydrological Dynamics and Water Resource Management

edited by

Dimitris Tigkas

Harris Vangelis

and

Nikolaos Proutsos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1655 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resource management; water governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater– surface water interactions; precipitation variability; floods and droughts; catchment hydrology; climate adaptation

New Trends in Numerical Methods in Rock Mechanics

edited by Xiangchao Shi, Zetian Zhang and

Daobing Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; rock mechanics; computational techniques; geotechnical engineering; petroleum reservoirs; simulation and modeling; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Isotope Geochemistry: New Techniques and Applications

edited by

Da Wang

, Linda Godfrey and

Ryan Mathur

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiogenic isotopes; stable isotopes; redox; fluids; metallogenesis; ores; atmospheric evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Innovations in Tsunami Modeling and Early Warning Strategies to Improve Coastal Communities Resilience

edited by

Alessandro Annunziato

and

Ergin Ulutaş

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: tsunami; modelling; coastal risk; early warning systems; preparedness; post-event surveys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Latest Developments in Mineralogy

edited by

Paul Alexandre

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineralogy; crystallography; mineral chemistry; solid solutions; silicate minerals; non-silicate minerals; new minerals; applied mineralogy; economic geology; geobiology

Machine Learning for Remote Sensing Image Recovery and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Qiang Zhang

, Yi Xiao, Xiangyong Cao, Yong Chen and Jize Xue

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; recovery; denoising; cloud removal; super-resolution; deblurring; deep learning

Microscopic Archives: Foraminifera as Key Indicators in Stratigraphic and Palaeoenvironmental Studies

edited by

Angela Cloke-Hayes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: Foraminifera; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Palaeoenvironmental variability; Palaeoceanography; Biostratigraphy; Biozones.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Advances in Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Seismic Risk Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Davorin Penava

and

Snježana Markušić

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic hazard assessment; earthquake engineering; seismic risk mitigation; ground motion modelling; structural vulnerability; probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA); historical buildings and cultural heritage; fragility curves; post-earthquake damage assessment; urban seismic resilience

Geophysical Inversion

edited by

Yangkang Chen

Ziyi Yin

and Xiaolong Wei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12962 | Submission Open

Keywords: inverse problems; uncertainty quantification; imaging and inversion; scientific machine learning; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geophysics)

Landslides Runout: Recent Perspectives and Advances

edited by

Massimiliano Bordoni

, Alessia Giarola, Stella Maris Moreiras and Roberto J. Marin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11197 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; runout; landslides hazard; landslides risk; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Insights in Planetary Geology

edited by

Paola Manzari

and

Maria Pedone

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5448 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; meteorites; analogues; machine learning; NEO; astrobiology; returned samples

Geosciences, Development and Sustainability: Africa and Europe Together

edited by

Pedro Dinis

, Sónia Victória,

Daud Jamal

Irene De Felipe

Giovanna Antonella Dino

and Nelson Rodrigues

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2291 | Submission Open

Keywords: Africa– Europe partnerships in geosciences; geological resources; geodiversity and geoconservation; deterioration and development of natural environments; earth sciences for safe land occupation; geological knowledge and human development

Intelligent Empowerment of Geotechnical Engineering: Big Data, AI and Optimization

edited by

Jiangbo Xu

Yi Shan

, Yu Cong and Shuaifeng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical information and intelligence; big data analysis; intelligent monitoring and early warning; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; intelligent algorithms; intelligent reconnaissance; remote sensing technology; digital twin; three-dimensional geological modeling; data fusion; parameter inversion; disaster prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Advances in Geostatistical and Stochastic Modeling for Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management

edited by

Massimiliano Schiavo

Valeria Todaro

Vanessa A. Godoy

Emmanouil Varouchakis

and

Marco D’Oria

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 533 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; underground resources; geostatistics; spatial statistics; stochastic modeling; assessment; probabilistic methods; inverse modeling; resources management; resources exploitation; uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; space– time geostatistics

Advancements in Post-Earthquake Landslide Deformation Studies: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Mitigation

edited by

Ioannis Koukouvelas

and

Nicola Angelo Famiglietti

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 475 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-seismic landslides; co-seismic landslides; landslide monitoring; InSAR; GB-SAR; UAV; LiDAR; satellite remote sensing; long-term deformation; risk mitigation; landscape recovery

Light in the Ground: Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing for Rock and Soil Behavior Monitoring

edited by Mengya Sun

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed fibre-optic sensing (DFOS); geotechnical monitoring; multi-physical fields; mechanical behaviour; geohazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Advancements in Marine Geology: Underwater Exploration and Geophysical Insights

edited by Filippo Muccini,

Luca Cocchi

and

Camilla Palmiotto

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1679 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine geology; seafloor spreading; hydrothermal system; submarine volcanism; plate tectonics; remotely operated vehicle; autonomous underwater vehicle; ocean geodiversity

Advancing Groundwater Sustainability: Integrated Risk Assessment and Management Strategies

edited by

Arina Khan

and

Haris Hasan Khan

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1809 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater sustainability; hydrogeological risk assessment; numerical modelling; remote sensing; GIS applications in hydrology; managed aquifer recharge; groundwater contamination; climate change impacts; water resource management; policy and governance

Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration, Resources, and Production in China

edited by

Yuanyin Zhang

, Shang Xu and Zezhang Song

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: new advances in oil and gas; sedimentary-tectonic evolution; accumulation elements and models; resource potential assessment; oil and gas exploration technology; petroleum experimental methods

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping, Hazard Assessment and Risk Evaluation

edited by Prabin Kayastha

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4824 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; landslide hazard assessment; landslide risk evaluation; landslide vulnerability; disaster management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Integrating Geomorphological and Hydrological Insights for Flood Risk Assessment

edited by

Saitis Giannis

and

Anna Karkani

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2393 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood risk assessment; geomorphology; hydrology; sediment transport; floodplain dynamics; hydrological modeling; remote sensing; climate change; GIS; catchment management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

AI and Machine Learning in Hydrogeology

edited by

Ming Fan

, Chaojie Cheng and Linqi Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2275 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; surface hydrology; subsurface energy; forward modeling; inverse modeling; uncertainty quantification; deep learning; explainable AI

Innovative Experimental Methods, Advanced Field/in-Situ Testing, and Their Engineering Applications in Geomechanics

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1610 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomechanics; experimental methods; numerical modeling; energy geotechnics; AI/ML in geomechanics; uncertainty analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

New Advances in Landslide Mechanisms and Prediction Models

edited by

Wei Shen

Jian Guo

Qiang Li

and Zhitian Qiao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 830 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; debris flow; triggering mechanism; prediction model; risk assessment; numerical simulation; early warning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Long-Term Signature of Carbon Cycle in Marine Systems: Evidence from Geochemistry

edited by

Simon C. George

, Qiannan Xu,

Lian Jiang

and Xiaoqi Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 658 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleoclimate; paleo oceanic condition; organic carbon accumulation; biomarkers; terrigenous element transportation; multiple geological depostional process; microbiology in extreme environments; inorganic and organic carbon isotopes

Research on Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeography

edited by

Dávid Molnár

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 495 | Submission Open

Keywords: quaternary; geomorphology; stratigraphy; chronology; sedimentology; malacology; palynology; surface development

Landslide Monitoring and Mapping, 3rd Edition

edited by

Matteo Del Soldato

and

Gabriele Fibbi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; mapping; monitoring; ground-based instruments; remote sensing

Innovative Solutions in Disaster Research

edited by

Leonardo Bacelar Lima Santos

Renata Pacheco Quevedo

and

Elton Vicente Escobar-Silva

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; floods; landslides; machine learning; nonlinear dynamics; complex networks; geoinformatics; climate change; multi-risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

In Situ Data on Snow and Sea Ice in Polar Regions

edited by

Ali Nadir Arslan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: in situ data inventories; snow; sea ice; UAV; cameras; harmonization; measurement campaigns

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cryosphere)

Fluid Dynamics and Hydrological Processes

edited by Guoliang Yu and Minxi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid velocity; hydrological processes; scouring; sediment deposition; bed deformation; water polution; soil polution; engineering measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes in the Mountain-Lake Continuum: Material Cycling and Weathering Carbon Sink

edited by Zuobing Liang, Rui Li and

Zaizhi Yang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain-lake continuum; hydrological processes; biogeochemistry; material cycling; weathering carbon sink; microclimate; nutrient cycling; climate change; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Development in Geotechnical Engineering and Rock Engineering from a Sustainable Perspective

edited by

Jianping Sun

, Wen Nie and Junlong Shang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3548 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable geotechnical engineering; rock fracture mechanics; deep excavation; construction safety; environmental impact assessment; economic analysis; sustainable infrastructure

Detrital Minerals Geochronology and Sedimentary Provenance

edited by

Leonid Shumlyanskyy

and Ion Francovschi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2609 | Submission Open

Keywords: detrital minerals; authigenic minerals; isotope dating; maximum depositional age; sedimentary provenance; alteration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Soil Geochemistry

edited by

José Tasso Felix Guimarães

and

Wendel Valter Da Silveira Pereira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1851 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil geochemistry; soil contamination; soil formation processes; soil degradation; soil– sediment relationship; soil erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Critical Metals from Magmatic–Hydrothermal and Supergene Systems: From Genesis to Comprehensive Utilization

edited by

Xiaohu He

, Yiqu Xiong, Chuanwei Zhu and Hannian Gu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical metal; source region; occurrence state; ore-forming processes; controlling factors; extraction; comprehensive utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Rockfall Hazards and Rock Mechanics: Advances in Forecasting, Modelling, Monitoring, and Mitigation

edited by

Maddalena Marchelli

and

Giulia Torsello

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: rockfall hazards; triggering factors; discontinuity networks; monitoring and remote sensing; hazard and risk assessment; mitigation measures design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Advances in Volcano-Tectonics: From Field Observations to Modeling

edited by

Jacopo Natale

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano-tectonics; structural analysis; analog models; caldera collapse; resurgence; deformation; faulting; lateral collapse; hydrothermal alteration; phreatic eruptions; mechanical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

New Challenges in Seismic Imaging and Inversion

edited by Nisar Ahmed

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical inversion; full waveform inversion (FWI); seismic inverse theory; seismic imaging; time-lapse inversion; joint inversion; velocity model building; CO2/H2 geophysical monitoring; rock physics inversion; seismic attenuation; deep learning in geophysics; CSEM inversion; seismic migration; probabilistic methods; optimization theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geophysics)

Earth System Observation and Analysis for Ecosystem Monitoring and Management

edited by

Qiang Bie

Chunlin Huang

, Lu Zhuo, Jianyu Gu and Xueyuan Zhang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image processing; ecosystem monitoring; ecosystem management; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)

Sedimentary Basin Evolution: Tectonics, Sedimentation and Architecture

edited by

Nikolay Bonev

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: sedimentary rocks; stratigraphy; tectonics; geochronology; geochemistry; basin architecture; basin evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

The Tectonic Origins of Sedimentary Basins: Provenance and Evolution Across Geological Time

edited by

Anna Chiara Tangari

Daniele Cirillo

Emilia Le Pera

, Lucia Marinangeli and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8681 | Submission Open

Keywords: sedimentary basins; provenance; sediment erosion and transport; paleogeography and paleoclimatology; stratigraphy and tectono-stratigraphy; sedimentary petrography; mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks; three-dimensional geological modeling; tectonics; geo-hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology)

Worlds of the Solar System: Geological Evolution and Habitability of Planets and Moons

edited by

Alberto G. Fairén

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology and evolution; comparative planetology; Venus’ atmosphere and surface; life on earth; Mars’ climate evolution; icy moons; Europa’ s subsurface ocean; Enceladus plumes and hydrothermal activity; Titan methane cycle; planetary habitability; astrobiology and biosignatures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Planetary Science and Astrobiology)

Intelligent Landslide Early Warning: From Multi-Source Sensing to AI-Driven Forecasting

edited by

Ting Xiao

, Linwei Li and Jizhixian Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 892 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide monitoring; multi-source sensing; model test; artificial intelligence; early warning system; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Earth Observation by GNSS and GIS Techniques, 2nd Edition

edited by

Aggeliki Kyriou

Lia Bárbara Cunha Barata Duarte

Christos Pikridas

and

Mimmo Palano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; GIS; GNSS; remote sensing; soft computing methods

Restoring and Protecting Coasts with Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal green infrastructure; sustainability; climate change; ecosystem services; coastal vulnerability; coastal resilience; climate adaptation; ecosystem-based management; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climate and Environment)

Advances in GeoAI for Earth Observation and Geospatial Data in Geoscience Applications

edited by Omid Ghorbanzadeh and

Pedram Ghamisi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; earth observation; geospatial data; foundation models; multimodal fusion; transformers; explainable AI; generative AI; change detection; susceptibility mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

The Application of Accessory Mineral Geochemistry in Ore Deposit Studies

edited by

Lei Liu

Jingya Cao

and Youyue Lu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1896 | Submission Open

Keywords: Cu-Au deposits; rare metal deposits; W-Sn deposits; geochemical prospecting; ore deposit geochemistry; apatite geochemistry; tourmaline geochemistry; monazite geochemistry; in situ mineral microanalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

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