Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications Section welcomes papers related to all aspects of mineral resources, including geological, geophysical, geochemical methods, and satellite imagery. We invite contributions on historical, technical, and practical aspects of exploration for mineral deposits. The papers should either focus on a novel methodology of mineral exploration or present the case studies where the established or innovative techniques were successfully used. In addition, we welcome contributions providing new insight into the foundations of geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods. The publications can be dedicated to field procedures and analytical techniques of geochemical exploration methods. Novel methods of gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic, radiometric, and seismic prospecting and their integration, including mathematical aspects of data processing and interpretation, as well as studies on remote sensing and geographic information system in mineral exploration, are welcome. Airborne, ground, and borehole methods could be presented. We also encourage the submission of papers which report rock sample studies required for mineral exploration and propose new physical, chemical, and mineralogical techniques for identifying the mineral targets.
Keywords
- Airborne surveys
- Borehole methods
- Electromagnetic methods
- Geochemical surveys
- Geological surveys
- Geophysical surveys
- GIS
- Gravity methods
- Inversion
- Magnetic methods
- Mineral exploration
- Mineral resources
- Modeling
- Remote sensing
- Rock physics
- Radiometry
- Satellite imagery
- Seismic methods
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- AI-Based GIS for Pinpointing Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Application of Structural Analysis in Studies on Genesis and Exploration of Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Theory and Applications of Seismic Inversion (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Electromagnetic Exploration: Theory, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- 3D/4D Geological Modeling for Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Shale and Tight Reservoir Characterization and Resource Assessment (Deadline: 15 August 2022)
- VNIR-TIR Spectroscopy: How Reflectance and Emissivity of Minerals, Rocks and Meteorites Can Help Planetary Exploration (Deadline: 22 September 2022)
- Reservoir Geology and Oil & Gas Reservoir Characterization (Deadline: 23 September 2022)
- Hydrocarbon Generation and Accumulation in Unconventional Shale Reservoir: Up-to-Date Advances in Theory, Experiment, Method and Application (Deadline: 21 October 2022)
- Mapping of Rocks and Minerals Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Space Resources (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Modeling and Analysis of Mining Area using Remote Sensing and GIS Technology (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Using Geophysical Inversion for Mineral Exploration: Methods and Applications (Deadline: 16 December 2022)
- Multispectral Remote Sensing Satellite Data for Mineral and Hydrocarbon Exploration: Big Data Processing and Deep Fusion Learning Techniques (Deadline: 16 December 2022)
- Feature Papers in Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications 2022 (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Large Igneous Provinces: Research Frontiers (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Digital Exploration and Assessment of Mineral Resources: Theories, Methods and Achievements (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Application of Big Data Mining, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Ore Deposits (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Applications of Gravity and Magnetics to Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- Petrology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Modeling and Mapping of Volcanic/Igneous Reservoirs and Analog Volcanoes (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
