The State and Fate of the Cryosphere in the South American Andes

Daniel Falaschi, Claudia Notarnicola, Jan Blöthe, Thomas Condom, Claudio Bravo Lechuga, Nicole Schaffer

Frontiers Media SA

The Andes of South America stretch from 11?N in Venezuela and Colombia to 55?S in Tierra del Fuego...

Science Earth Science Cryospheric Sciences

Keywords: South American Andes,­cryosphere,­glaciers,­Snow,­permafrost remote sensing,­modelling,­Future projections,­Proxy climate,­hydrology downstream ecosystems and socio-economic activities,­Human population

Monitoring, Early Warning and Mitigation of Natural and Engineered Slopes, volume V

Wen Nie, Haijun Qiu, Afshin Asadi, Abdoullah Namdar

Frontiers Media SA

This Research Topic is Volume VI of a series. The previous volumes can be found here:

Science Earth Science Geohazards and Georisks

Keywords: natural and engineered slopes,­advanced monitoring devices,­information technologies,­multidisciplinary intersection theories,­Susceptibility mapping,­Risk Assessment

Natural Hazards Accompanying Underground Exploitation of Mineral Raw Materials

Xiaojun Feng, Krzysztof Skrzypkowski, Xiangguo Kong, Krzysztof Zagórski

Frontiers Media SA

In the process of human social development, the exploitation of underground resources, such as...

Science Earth Science Geohazards and Georisks

Keywords: natural hazards,­Disaster prevention,­Underground space utilization,­Structural Safety Assessment,­underground energy,­Geophysics

Geological Hazards in Deep Underground Engineering: Mechanism, Monitoring, Warning, and Control

Xin Yin, Mahdi Hasanipanah, Haleh Rasekh, Jitendra Khatti

Frontiers Media SA

As urbanization intensifies and the demand for resources grows, engineering projects are...

Science Earth Science Geohazards and Georisks

Keywords: Geological hazards,­Deep underground engineering,­Disaster Mechanisms,­Geomechanical analysis,­Real-time monitoring systems,­Warning models,­risk mitigation strategies,­Sustainability and Resilience Enhancement

The State-of-Art Techniques of Seismic Imaging for the Deep and Ultra-deep Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Volume III

Jianping Huang, Wei Zhang, Hua-Wei Zhou, Jidong Yang, Yong Zheng, George Mcmechan

Frontiers Media SA

This Research Topic is the third volume of the Research Topic "The State-of-Art Techniques of...

Science Earth Science Geoinformatics

Keywords: Hydrocarbon reservoirs,­seismic preprocessing techniques,­Robust velocity building techniques,­full-wave inversion,­Seismic diffraction separation,­Accumulation mechanisms,­ultra-deep petroleum system,­CollectionSeries

New Challenges for Baltic Sea Earth System Research

Karol Kulinski, Markus Meier, Juris Aigars, Laura Tuomi, Agnieszka Jedruch, Sonja M. Ehlers

Frontiers Media SA

The Baltic Sea is an intracontinental marginal sea in Northern Europe, with particular properties...

Science Earth Science Interdisciplinary Climate Studies

Keywords: Baltic Earth,­Baltic Sea,­Regional Climate Research,­biogeochemistry,­Oceanography,­Regional change

Natural Disaster Prediction Based on Experimental and Numerical Methods

Wenling Tian, Yunteng Wang

Frontiers Media SA

This Research Topic is Volume II of a series. The previous volumes can be found here:

Science Earth Science Geohazards and Georisks

Keywords: experiment,­numerical simulation,­failure,­prediction,­Natural disaster

Structural Processes, Petrogenesis, Mineralization, and Geochronology in the Earth’s Crust

Zhongliang Wang, Shangguo Su, Christophe Pascal

Frontiers Media SA

Economic geology focuses on understanding the formation and distribution of mineral resources...

Science Earth Science Petrology

Keywords: Structural processes,­Metallogenic chronology,­Petrogenesis,­Deposition mechanism,­Geologic evolution

Advancements in Carbonate Geology: Depositional settings, Sedimentology, Chemostratigraphy, Reservoir Characterization, and Environmental Sustainability

George Kontakiotis, Mumtaz Shah, Sajjad Ahmad, Assimina Antonarakou, Muhammad Saleem Mughal, Hammad Tariq Janjuhah

Frontiers Media SA

This Research Topic is Volume II of a series. The previous volume can be found here:

Science Earth Science Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis

Keywords: sequence stratigraphy,­Depositional settings,­sedimentary processes,­Carbonate reservoir characterization,­Diagenetic alterations,­Dolomitization mechanisms,­Carbonate ramp setting,­Shallow and deep marine carbonates,­Carbonate factory