Advances in Monitoring and Assessment of Marine Geohazards

Dear Colleagues,

The ocean is abundant in marine mineral resources, seawater chemical resources, and marine biological resources, among other things. However, the advancement of deep-water exploration activities, uncertainty about the consequences of climate change and increased human population densities has resulted in the increased exposure and vulnerability of coastal regions to marine geohazards, posing serious risks to human life and the marine ecological environment.

Most geohazard features on the seafloor can now be detected and identified thanks to advances in seafloor topography and stratigraphic structure detection and imaging technology, but they are difficult to effectively monitor, particularly for sudden-onset marine geohazards. Because of the deep sea's high pressure and complexity, as well as changing environmental constraints, marine geohazard monitoring is required. This monitoring faces a number of challenges, including high measurement accuracy, pressure and corrosion resistance, electromagnetic interference resistance, and long-term electrical power supply. Computational intelligence advances, new remote sensing technologies, the development of autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, and the expansion of in situ measurement networks all improve geohazard prediction, forecasting, and monitoring in coastal ocean, nearshore, and estuarine environments.

This Special Issue aims to improve knowledge and tools for identifying risks, and to lay out a strategy for marine geohazard mitigation. We encourage the submission of original research articles and synthetic reviews based on field investigations, novel data acquisition techniques, laboratory and model experiment research, new numerical approaches, and the application of artificial intelligence approaches to identify and quantify the evolutionary process of marine geohazards and provide technical support for the effective assessment of disaster risks.

Dr. Hongyi Zhao
Dr. Huakun Wang
Dr. Xiaoli Liu
Dr. Jing Chen
Guest Editors

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• marine geohazard
• innovative testing and instrumentation
• coastal ocean remote sensing
• artificial intelligence technologies
• marine big data intelligent mining and analysis technology
• coastal sediment transport and erosion
• bathymetry surveys
• seafloor deformation monitoring
• underwater vehicles