Applied Geophysics for Geohazards Investigations

Dear Colleagues,

Geohazards are events which can be very dangerous for society. The characterization and monitoring of the hazards associated with processes on Earth such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, avalanches, subsidence, floods, karstic depressions and caves/voids, impact craters, coastal hazards like coastal erosion, groundwater flow, and sea water intrusion, as well as others, are of great importance for constructing safer infrastructure and ensuring the safety of the future of humanity. Applied geophysics techniques can aid in imaging the subsurface and obtaining critical information about either existing hazards or ones in the future.

We invite the submission of manuscripts related to the application of applied geophysics methods for geohazards and especially integrated approaches and interdisciplinary research.

Applications describing, but not limited to, new techniques or tools for the risk assessment and mitigation of geohazards are encouraged. Accordingly, we invite the submission of papers dealing with advances in the following indicative geophysical dedicated topics for geohazards:

• Geophysical modeling and inversion;
• Geological modeling;
• Electromagnetic experiments;
• Ground-penetrating radar imaging;
• Seismic hazard assessment;
• Geoelectrical characterization;
• Soil monitoring;
• Integrated geophysical methods;
• AI for geophysics and geohazards;
• Volcanoes assessment and monitoring;
• Slope instability;
• Environmental geology;
• Earthquake and structural engineering.

Dr. Nikos Economou
Dr. Maksim Bano
Dr. Mohammed Farfour
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Geosciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• applied geophysics
• geohazards
• electromagnetics
• seismic
• geoelectric
• artificial intelligence