Geosciences

Petrophysical and Mechanical Properties in Geoheritage and Geosites

edited by

, Eduardo Antonio Gomes Marques and Emilio Velloso Barroso

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: petrophysical properties; mechanical properties; geoheritage and geosites; preservation and conservation; protection; stability; promotion; design and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism)

Geoinfrastructure: A Comprehensive Review of Current Trends, Challenges and Future Perspectives

edited by Yongfeng Deng,

Feng Zhou

and Zi Ying

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomaterial behavior; geoinfrastructure; long-term performance; countermeasure of climate change; environmental effect; soil and structure interaction; Multi3 (phase; filed and sacle) analysis; disaster prevention; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Detrital Minerals Geochronology and Sedimentary Provenance

edited by

Leonid Shumlyanskyy

and Ion Francovschi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1204 | 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)

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 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 442 | 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

Latest Developments in Mineralogy

edited by

Paul Alexandre

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical and Biochemical (THMBC) Characterization and Modelling of Unsaturated Soils

edited by

Laureano R. Hoyos

, Dunja Perić and

Aritra Banerjee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: unsaturated soils; hydro-mechanical; thermo-hydro-mechanical; and biochemical characterization; hydro-mechanical; thermo-hydro-mechanical; and biochemical modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Isotope Geochemistry: Latest Developments and Applications for Geosciences

edited by William M. White

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6224 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotope geochemistry; geochronology; isotope analysis; crust– mantle evolution; critical zone processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

Geoarchaeology and Geochronology in Quaternary Contexts

edited by

David Álvarez-Alonso

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2159 | Submission Open

Keywords: Pleistocene; Holocene; Paleolithic; late prehistory; chronometric methods; geomorphology

Advancing Earthquake Forecasting: Integrating Physics-Based and Statistical Approaches

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3172 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic modeling; earthquake forecasting; probabilistic forecasting; time series analysis; earthquake physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

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

edited by

Jianping Sun

, Wen Nie and Junlong Shang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1860 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Analytical Chemistry for Mineralogical and Environmental Studies

edited by

Miłosz Huber

and Daniel Kamiński

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochemistry; crystalochemistry; mineralogy; environmental sciences; recultivation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

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 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 332 | 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

Advanced Studies in Hydrogeology: Making the Invisible Visible

edited by

Ali Essahlaoui

,

Anton Van Rompaey

, Amina Kassou and

Meriame Mohajane

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; water quality; aquifer vulnerability; climate change; water stress; natural hazards; geomatics; machine learning; artificial intelligence; hydrogeological modelling; water resources monitoring; remote sensing

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

edited by

Ioannis Koukouvelas

and

Nicola Angelo Famiglietti

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 274 | 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

Landslide Dynamics and Analysis: From the State of the Art to New Perspectives

edited by

Matteo Del Soldato

and

Camilla Medici

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection and monitoring; landslide risk assessment; remote sensing techniques; in situ measurements; big data management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Research on Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeography

edited by

Dávid Molnár

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

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

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Geohazard Prevention

edited by

Florin Pavel

, Alexandru Aldea and

Cristian Arion

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13013 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical earthquake engineering; geohazard prevention; landslides; earthquakes; soil liquefaction; soil investigation; risk assessment; design codes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “New Horizons in Geophysics: From Theory to Applications”

edited by

Luciano Telesca

,

Lev V. Eppelbaum

and

Georgios Balasis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8023 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; volcanoes; rainfall; tornado; tsunamis; geomagnetic storms; risk assessment; forecasting and early warning; satellite observations and applications; geological data analysis and modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geophysics)

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 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5691 | 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)

Circular Economy in Energy Extraction: Geological Insights and Innovations

edited by

Chinedu J. Okere

and James J. Sheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3541 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological hydrogen (natural H2); subsurface H2 production and storage; geothermal energy; carbon capture; utilization; and storage (CCUS); sustainable resource extraction; low-impact mining; circular economy in energy production; lithium and critical mineral recovery; geoscience innovations in clean energy

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

edited by

Roberta Somma

and

Sabatino Ciarcia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3172 | 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)

Disaster Mitigation Structures for Tsunamis, Floods, and Scour Countermeasures

edited by

Norio Tanaka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2356 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; scour countermeasures for levees and disaster mitigation systems; levee breaching; hybrid defense systems; infrastructure resilience; vegetation management for increasing tsunami mitigation function in coastal zones; ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR); green infrastructure

Mesozoic-Palaeogene Hyperthermal Events

edited by Xiumian Hu, David B. Kemp and Yiwei Xu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperthermal events; mesozoic; palaeogene; carbon cycle; paleoclimate reconstruction; biotic crises; geochemical proxies; earth system modeling; greenhouse climate dynamics; sedimentology and stratigraphy

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

Landslides: The Contribution of Multi-Source Multi-Temporal Data for Monitoring, Analysis and Risk Mitigation

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Kunlong Yin

, Wenbing Yu, Dario Peduto,

Linfeng Wang

and

Zizheng Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; risk; hazard; susceptibility; vulnerability; monitoring; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Soil Geochemistry

edited by

José Tasso Felix Guimarães

and

Wendel Valter Da Silveira Pereira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 350 | 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)

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 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 339 | 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

Restoring and Protecting Coasts with Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 163 | 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)

In Situ Data on Snow and Sea Ice in Polar Regions

edited by

Ali Nadir Arslan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cryosphere)

Earthquake Hazard Modelling

edited by Cristiano Fidani, Pan Xiong and

Serena D'Arcangelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3510 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic hazard modeling; machine learning; ground motion modeling; site response characterization; earthquake forecasting

(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 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1017 | 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)

Mechanical Behavior of Critical Geo-Materials and Landslide Evolution Processes

edited by

Shu Zhang

,

Shuangfeng Guo

, Qinwen Tan and Xuexue Su

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 946 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide evolution; geo-material mechanics; multi-field coupling; rate-dependent strength; hydromechanical interaction; progressive failure; risk prediction; numerical modeling; field experiments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

Advanced Studies in Applied Structural Geology and Tectonics

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: faults/fault zones; fault-induced slope failures; underground aquifers; fracture frequency; rock mass rating; fault rupture hazard; hydrocarbons trap and migration; constructions foundations; tunnelling; tectonically controlled ore deposits; hazard mitigation; seismic hazard assessment; structural mapping; applied tectonics; tectonic control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Geology and Tectonics)

AI and Machine Learning in Hydrogeology

edited by

Ming Fan

, Chaojie Cheng and Linqi Zhu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

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

The Application of Accessory Mineral Geochemistry in Ore Deposit Studies

edited by

Lei Liu

,

Jingya Cao

and Youyue Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 393 | 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)

New Trends in Numerical Methods in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

edited by

Qingsheng Bai

and

Chaofan Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; rock mechanics; rock engineering; advanced numerical frameworks; AI/ML-assisted simulations; high-performance computing and parallel techniques; multi-scale and multi-physics methods; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

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

edited by

Alberto G. Fairén

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 147 | 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

New Trends in Numerical Modeling of Fractures in Porous Materials

edited by

Tao You

and

Jingshou Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture; multiphysical coupling; porous media; fluid flow; discrete fracture networks; heterogeneity; microstructure; geoenergy; geomechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geomechanics)

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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29422 | 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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11868 | 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)

Applied Geophysics for Geohazards Investigations

edited by

Nikos Economou

,

Maksim Bano

and Mohammed Farfour

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6310 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; geohazards; electromagnetics; seismic; geoelectric; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Challenges and Research Trends of Geoheritage and Geoconservation

edited by

Eva Pescatore

and

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3293 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoheritage; geoconservation; geodiversity; geoeducation; geotourism; sustainable management; GIS; remote sensing; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism)

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 661 | 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

Lithospheric Heterogeneity Across (Pre-)Phanerozoic Orogens: From Late Cadomian and Cenerian to Alpine Accretion

edited by

Darko Spahić

and

Fabrizio Cocco

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open

Keywords: Avalonian– Cadomian stage; Cenerian orogeny; Variscan orogeny; Alpine orogeny; detrital zircons; structural overprinting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Geology and Tectonics)

Isotope Geochemistry: New Techniques and Applications

edited by Da Wang, Linda Godfrey and

Ryan Mathur

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geochemistry)

New Trends in Numerical Methods in Rock Mechanics

edited by Xiangchao Shi, Zetian Zhang and

Daobing Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 93 | 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)

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 56 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards)

Hydrodynamic Modeling and Observational Techniques in Coastal and Estuarine Regions

edited by

Miaohua Mao

and

Xiaoteng Shen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal hydrodynamics; material transport; numerical modeling; coastal observations; nearshore dynamics; sediment transport; fluid– structure interaction; estuarine and coastal zones; offshore dynamics; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by

Angela Cloke-Hayes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

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

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

Rhizoliths in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

edited by

Emmanouil Manoutsoglou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizoliths; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; terrestrial paleoclimate; root fossils; biomineralization; isotope geochemistry; paleosol analysis

(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 300 | 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

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