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Journal notices

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Geochemistry

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

Orthopyroxene-bearing magmatism of the "Plateau des lacs" syncline (Imilchil, Central High Atlas, Morocco): Insights from mineralogy, geochemistry and Sm-Nd isotopes

Study on the adsorption of Cr(VI) and atrazine by biochar

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

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