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:
- Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Mining from Exploration to Reclamation, Volume II (Deadline: 18 April 2024)
- Geoelectricity and Electrical Methods in Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 22 April 2024)
- Joint Geophysical Data Inversion and Assessment for Mineral Accumulation (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Mineral Exploration in the Glaciated Terrains: Advanced Geochemical and Mineralogical Techniques in the Analysis of Glacial Sediments and Processes (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Large Igneous Provinces: Research Frontiers (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Techniques for Mineral Exploration: Enhancing Resource Discovery (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Gravity and Magnetic Methods in Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Seismics in Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Geochemical Exploration for Critical Mineral Resources (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Mineral Prospectivity Mapping (MPM) Using Multi-Source Datasets, Geo-Statistical Algorithms and Machine Learning Techniques (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Space Resources (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Recent Advances in Deep Ore Prospecting (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Mineral Chemistry: Tool for Vectoring towards Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Modeling and Inversion of Gravity, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Related to Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 23 August 2024)
- Indicator Minerals, Vectoring and Fertility Tools for the Exploration of Porphyry Cu (Mo ± Au) Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Petrology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Modeling and Mapping of Volcanic/Igneous Reservoirs and Analog Volcanoes (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Mapping of Rocks and Minerals Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 18 October 2024)
- 3D/4D Geological Modeling for Mineral Exploration, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Geophysical Signatures of Mineral Deposits in Tropical and Subtropical Settings (Deadline: 31 December 2024)