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Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Meet Frontiers in Earth Science at AGU 2025 – New Orleans, 15–19 December

Call for Specialty Chief Editors – Geoinformatics and Marine Geoscience

Research Topic spotlight: call for papers

Propose and lead a Research Topic in Frontiers in Earth Science

Join the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Earth Science

Editors

craig lundstrom

martyn tranter

ramanathan alagappan

calin baciu

Articles

Unraveling methane adsorption mechanisms in tectonically deformed coal: coupling roles of fissure width, deformation degree, and molecular structure

Provenance and tectonic setting of the Lower Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous shales from the northeastern Iraq: mineralogical and geochemical approaches

Atmospheric CO2 concentration prediction based on bidirectional long short-term memory

Genesis of the Xiaotazigou gold deposit in the northern margin of the north China craton: constraints from sulfur isotopes, rare earth elements, and trace elements

Research Topics

Data-Driven Geochemistry and Modeling for Energy Transition and Circular Geochemistry: Waste Valorization for Clean Energy Storage

Redox Dynamics and the Persistence of Soil Organic Carbon across Environmental Gradients and Scales

Big Data Mining & Artificial Intelligence in Earth Science

Recent Advances in Interacting Subduction Zones