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Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The Black Sea remains one of the largest underexplored rift basins in the world. Future success is dependent on a better understanding of a number of geological uncertainties. These include reservoir and source rock presence and quality, and the timing of migration of hydrocarbons relative to trap formation. An appreciation of the geological history of the Black Sea basins and the surrounding orogens is therefore key. The timing of basin formation, uplift of the margins, and of facies distribution remain issues for robust debate. This Special Publication presents the results of 15 studies that relate to the tectono-stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the Black Sea. The methodologies of these studies encompass crustal structure, geodynamic evolution, stratigraphy and its regional correlation, petroleum systems, source to sink, hydrocarbon habitat and play concepts, and reviews of past exploration. They provide insight into the many ongoing controversies concerning Black Sea regional geology and provide a better understanding of the geological risks that must be considered for future hydrocarbon exploration.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The history of the European oil and gas industry reflects local as well as global political events, economic constraints and the personal endeavours of individual petroleum geoscientists as much as it does the development of technologies and the underlying geology of the region. The first commercial oil wells in Europe were drilled in Poland in 1853, Romania in 1857, Germany in 1859 and Italy in 1860. The 23 papers in this volume focus on the history and heritage of the oil and gas industry in the key European oil-producing countries from the earliest onshore drilling to its development into the modern industry that we know today. The contributors chronicle the main events and some of the major players that shaped the industry in Europe. The volume also marks several important anniversaries, including 150 years of oil exploration in Poland and Romania, the centenary of the drilling of the first oil well in the UK and 50 years of oil production from onshore Spain.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Economically viable concentrations of mineral resources are uncommon in Earth's crust. Most ore deposits that were mined in the past or are currently being extracted were found at or near Earth's surface, often serendipitously. To meet the future demand for mineral resources, exploration success hinges on identifying targets at depth. Achieving this requires accurate and informed models of the Earth's crust that are consistent with all available geological, geochemical and geophysical information, paired with an understanding of how ore-forming systems relate to Earth's evolving structure. Contributions to this volume address the future resources challenge by (i) applying advanced microscale geochemical detection and characterization methods, (ii) introducing more rigorous 3D Earth models, (iii) exploring critical behaviour and coupled processes, (iv) evaluating the role of geodynamic and tectonic setting and (v) applying 3D structural models to characterize specific ore-forming systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Karst landscapes and karst aquifers are composed of a variety of soluble rocks, such as salt, gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, dolomite and quartzite. They are fascinating areas of exploration, study and research. As karst rocks are abundant on the Earth's surface, the fast evolution of karst landscapes and the rapid flow of water through karst aquifers present many challenges from a number of different perspectives. This collection of 25 papers deals with different aspects of these challenges, including karst geology, geomorphology and speleogenesis, karst hydrogeology, karst modelling, and karst hazards and management. Together these papers provide a state-of-the-art review of the current challenges and solutions we face in describing karst from a scientific perspective, while at the same time providing useful data and information for managing karst territories to land planners, developers, and managers of show caves, natural parks and reserves in karst terrains.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Reservoir quality is studied using a wide range of similar techniques in both sandstones and carbonates. Sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality both benefit from the study of modern analogues and experiments, but modelling approaches are currently quite different for these two types of reservoirs. There are many common controls on sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality, but also distinct differences due primarily to mineralogy. Numerous controversies remain including the question of oil inhibition, the key control on pressure solution and geochemical flux of material to or from reservoirs. This collection of papers contains case-study-based examples of sandstone and carbonate reservoir quality prediction as well as modern analogue, outcrop analogue, modelling and advanced analytical approaches.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract High pressure (HP) and ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks play a key role in understanding the tectonic evolution of orogenic belts. They have typically experienced complex changes during subduction and exhumation processes arising from recrystallization, deformation, fluid–rock interactions and even partial melting, and may therefore carry valuable records of evolving geodynamic systems in an orogenic belt. This special publication addresses the current work on HP–UHP metamorphism and its relation to the tectonic evolution of orogenic belts. This special publication contains fifteen papers covering the important orogenic belts of the Himalaya, Dabie–Sulu, Tian Shan, North Qaidam and others that have been grouped into three parts: (I) new developments in the determination of metamorphic pressure–temperature (PT) conditions and their timing, (II) overview papers of well-known HP–UHP metamorphic belts and (III) research papers for some newly discovered HP–UHP belts.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract This volume comprises 17 contributions that address the architecture and geodynamic evolution of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet (HKT) system, covering wide aspects, from the active seismicity of the present day to the remnants of the Proterozoic orogen. The articles investigate the HKT system at different scales, blending field research with laboratory studies. The role of various lithospheric components and their inheritance in the geodynamic and magmatic evolution of the HKT system through time, and their links to global geological events, are studied in the field. The laboratory research focuses on the (sub-)micrometre scale, detailing micro-structural geology, crystal chemistry, geochronology, and the study of circulating fluids, their preservation (trapped in fluid inclusions) and their evolution, distribution, migration and interaction with the solid host. An orogen over 2000 km long can be understood only if the processes at the nanometre and micrometre scales are taken into account. The contributions in this volume successfully combine these scales to enhance our understanding of the HKT system.

Description / Table of Contents: Fifty years ago, Tuzo Wilson published his paper asking ‘Did the Atlantic close and then re-open?’. This led to the ‘Wilson Cycle’ concept in which the repeated opening and closing of ocean basins along old orogenic belts is a key process in the assembly and breakup of supercontinents. The Wilson Cycle underlies much of what we know about the geological evolution of the Earth and its lithosphere, and will no doubt continue to be developed as we gain more understanding of the physical processes that control mantle convection, plate tectonics, and as more data become available from currently less accessible regions. This volume includes both thematic and review papers covering various aspects of the Wilson Cycle concept. Thematic sections include: (1) the Classic Wilson v. Supercontinent Cycles, (2) Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle, (3) Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere, (4) Revisiting Tuzo's question on the Atlantic, (5) Opening and Closing of Oceans, and (6) Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle.

Description / Table of Contents: The Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet mountain belt resulted from Cenozoic collision of India and Asia and is frequently used as the type example of a continental collision orogenic belt. The last quarter of a century has seen the publication of a remarkably detailed dataset relevant to the evolution of this belt. Detailed fieldwork backed up by state-of-the-art structural analysis, geochemistry, mineral chemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, isotope chemistry, sedimentology and geophysics produced a wide-ranging archive of data-rich scientific papers. The rationale for this book is to provide a coherent overview of these datasets in addressing the evolution of the mountain ranges we see today. This volume comprises 21 specially invited review papers on the Himalaya, Kohistan arc, Tibet, the Karakoram and Pamir ranges. These papers span the history of Himalayan research, chronology of the collision, stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic processes, structural geology and tectonics, seismicity, geophysics, and the evolution of the Indian monsoon. This landmark set of papers should underpin the next 25 years of Himalayan research.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The Palaeozoic Era ends with the c. 47-million-year-long Permian Period. This was a major juncture in Earth history when the vast Pangean supercontinent continued its assembly and the global biota suffered the most extensive biotic decimation of the Phanerozoic, the end-Permian mass extinction. It was also the time of accumulation of vast mineral and energy deposits, notably of salt and petroleum. The temporal ordering of geological and biotic events during Permian time is, therefore, critical to the interpretation of some unique and pivotal events in Earth history. This temporal ordering is based mostly on the Permian timescale, which has been developed and refined for nearly two centuries. This book reviews the history of the development of the Permian chronostratigraphic scale. It also includes comprehensive analyses of Permian radioisotopic ages, magnetostratigraphy, isotope-based correlations, and timescale-relevant marine and non-marine biostratigraphy and biochronology.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume brings together a number of papers from two workshops with the theme, ‘Rain, Rivers, Reservoirs’, which considered the dynamic changes to river systems as part of natural processes, particularly changing climatic conditions. Bringing researchers from two different locations to Brazil and the UK allowed scientists to contribute to and promote, ‘debate on current research…on how the planet works and how we can live sustainably on it’. This volume features a series of papers on the geoscience of modern and ancient rivers from across the world (Brazil, United States, Spain, Argentina, Canada, India and the UK), their evolution through time, their management, their deposits and their engineering, with both subsurface aquifers/hydrocarbon reservoirs (of Carboniferous, Triassic and Cretaceous age) and surface reservoirs considered.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication is dedicated to heritage stone: those natural stones that have special significance in human culture. Some stones that have had important uses in the past are now neglected because theyare no longer extracted. Others are still commercially important, but their heritage uses have not beenwell documented in widely available sources. The Heritage Stone Task Group of the International Unionof Geological Sciences is working to establish a new formal designation of 'Global Heritage StoneResource' to recognize those stones that have had internationally significant architectural and ornamentaluses. The aim is to spread awareness of the cultural heritage aspects of these stones, to help to encouragecontinued supply for maintenance and repair of important monuments and to preserve historically importantquarries. The aim is neither to promote nor to limit these stones for new construction: in some cases continuingcommercial use might help to ensure future supplies for building conservation purposes.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The Himalaya mountains contain not only one of the largest concentrations of ice outside the polar regions, but contribute to the hydrological requirements of large populations spread over seven nations. The exceptionally high elevations of this low-latitude cryosphere presents a natural laboratory and archives to study climate–tectonics interactions as well as regional v. global climate influences. The existing base-level data on the Himalayan cryosphere are highly variable. Several climate fluctuations occurred during the late Quaternary (MIS1–MIS5, especially the last c. 100 ka), which led to the evolution of the Himalayan landscape. Detailed studies of these archives, along with those of the present cryosphere and related hydrosphere, are essential for understanding the controls on present and future hydrology of the glacial-fed mountain rivers. This volume, a follow-up of the XII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Goa (A SCAR symposium), provides new data from locales spread over the entire Himalaya region and from Tibet. It provides a glimpse of the late Quaternary cryosphere, as well as a discussion in the last section on sustainability in the context of geohazard mitigations as well as the hydrological budget.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The Southern Permian Basin, as its name suggests, is a historical heartland for hydrocarbon production from the Palaeozoic Rotliegend interval. However, in this mature basin the Mesozoic presents further possibilities to offer resource security to NW Europe. Such opportunities include increasing efficiency in the production of discovered hydrocarbons, exploration for further hydrocarbons (both conventional and unconventional) and efficient exploration for, and production of, geothermal energy. All these potential resources require a grounding in technically sound geoscience, via traditional scientific observation and the application of new technologies, to unlock their value. The main aim of this volume is to bring together the work of academics and industry workers to consider cross-border geoscience including contributions on Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and adjacent areas. The work presented intends to contribute to the development and discovery of further Mesozoic energy resources across the basin.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Alluvial and fluvial fans are the most widespread depositional landform bordering the margins of highland regions and actively subsiding continental basins, across a broad spectrum of tectonic and climatic settings. They are significant to the local morphodynamics of mountain regions and also to the evolution of sediment-routing systems, affecting the propagation and preservation of stratigraphic signals of environmental change over vast areas. The volume presents case studies discussing the geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans from both active systems and ancient ones preserved in the stratigraphic record. It brings together case studies from a range of continents, climatic and tectonic settings, some introducing innovative monitoring and analysis techniques, and it provides an overview of current debates in the field. This volume will be of particular interest to geologists, geomorphologists, sedimentologists and the general reader with an interest in Earth science.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Understanding the sedimentary and geophysical archive of glaciated margins is a complex task that requires integration and analysis of disparate sedimentological and geophysical data. Their analysis is vital for understanding the dynamics of past ice sheets and how they interact with their neighbouring marine basins, on timescales that cannot be captured by observations of the cryosphere today. As resources, sediments deposited on the inner margins of glaciated shelves also exhibit resource potential where more sand-dominated systems occur, acting as reservoirs for both hydrocarbons and water. This book surveys the full gamut of glaciated margins, from deep time (Neoproterozoic, Ordovician and Carboniferous–Permian) to modern high-latitude margins in Canada and Antarctica. This collection of papers is the first attempt to deliberately do this, allowing not only the similarities and differences between modern and ancient glaciated margins to be explored, but also the wide spectrum of their mechanisms of investigation to be probed. Together, these papers offer a high-resolution, spatially and temporally diverse blueprint of the depositional processes, ice sheet dynamics, and basin architectures of the world's former glaciated margins; a vital resource in advancing understanding of our present and future marine-terminating ice sheet margins.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract This Special Publication highlights the importance of clays and clayey material, and their multiple roles, in many national geological disposal facilities for higher activity radioactive wastes. Clays can be both the disposal facility host rock and part of its intrinsic engineered barriers, and may be present in the surrounding geological environment. Clays possess various characteristics that make them high-quality barriers to the migration of radionuclides and chemical contaminants, e.g. very little water movement, diffusive transport, retention capacity, self-sealing capacity, stability over millions of years, homogeneity and lateral continuity. The 20 papers presented in this Special Publication cover a range of topics related to clays in radioactive waste confinement. Aspects of clay characterization and behaviour at various temporal and spatial scales relevant to the confinement of radionuclides in clay are discussed, from phenomenological processes to the overall understanding of the performance and safety of geological disposal facilities.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract In Earth evolution, mountain belts are the loci of crustal growth, reworking and recycling. These crustal-scale processes are unravelled through microscale investigations of textures and mineral assemblages of metamorphic rocks. Multiple episodes of metamorphism, re-equilibration and deformation, however, generally produce a complex and tightly interwoven pattern of microstructures and assemblages. Over the last two decades, the combination of advanced computing and technological capabilities with new concepts has provided a vast array of novel petrological tools and high-resolution/high-sensitivity techniques for microanalysis and imaging. Such novel approaches are proving fundamental to untangling the enigma represented by metamorphism with an unprecedented level of detail and confidence. As a result, the first decade and a half of this century has already seen the tumultuous development of new research avenues in metamorphic petrology. This book aims to provide a timely overview of the state of the art of this field, of newly developed petrological techniques, future advancements and significant new case studies.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The challenges facing submarine mass movement researchers and engineers are plentiful and exciting. This book follows several high-profile submarine landslide disasters that have reached the world's attention over the past few years. For decades, researchers have been mapping the world's mass movements. Their significant impacts on the Earth by distributing sediment on phenomenal scales is undeniable. Their importance in the origins of buried resources has long been understood. Their hazard potential ranges from damaging to apocalyptic, frequently damaging local infrastructure and sometimes devastating whole coastlines. Moving beyond mapping advances, the subaqueous mass movement scientists and practitioners are now also focussed on assessing the consequences of mass movements, and the measurement and modelling of events, hazard analysis and mitigation. Many state-of-the-art examples are provided in this book, which is produced under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Program S4SLIDE (Significance of Modern and Ancient Submarine Slope LandSLIDEs).

Description / Table of Contents: The Himalayan mountain belt, which developed during the India–Asia collision starting about 55 Ma ago, is a dramatically active orogen and it is regarded as the classic collisional orogen. It is characterized by an impressively continuous 2500 km of tectonic units, thrusts and normal faults, as well as large volumes of high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites exposed at the surface. This constitutes an invaluable field laboratory, where amazing crustal sections can be observed directly in very deep gorges. It is possible to unravel the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of litho-units, to observe the mechanisms of exhumation of deep-seated rocks and the propagation of the deformation. Himalayan tectonics has been the target of many studies from numerous international researchers over the years. In the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data and theories from both geological and geophysical perspectives. This book presents the results of integrated multidisciplinary studies, including geology, petrology, magmatism, geochemistry, geochronology and geophysics, of the structures and processes affecting the continental lithosphere. These processes and their spatial and temporal evolution have major consequences on the geometry and kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision zone.

Description / Table of Contents: For effusive volcanoes in resource-poor regions, there is a pressing need for a crisis response-chain bridging the global scientific community to allow provision of standard products for timely humanitarian response. As a first step in attaining this need, this Special Publication provides a complete directory of current operational capabilities for monitoring effusive eruptions. This volume also reviews the state-of-the-art in terms of satellite-based volcano hot-spot tracking and lava-flow simulation. These capabilities are demonstrated using case studies taken from well-known effusive events that have occurred worldwide over the last two decades at volcanoes such as Piton de la Fournaise, Etna, Stromboli and Kilauea. We also provide case-type response models implemented at the same volcanoes, as well as the results of a community-wide drill used to test a fully-integrated response focused on an operational hazard-GIS. Finally, the objectives and recommendations of the ‘Risk Evaluation, Detection and Simulation during Effusive Eruption Disasters’ working group are laid out in a statement of community needs by its members.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication will be an important tool for geoscientists, aimed at increasing the awareness of their societal role and responsibility in conducting education, research and practice activities. What are the responsibilities of a geoscientist ? And what motivations are needed to push geoscientists to practice the Earth sciences in an ethical way? The major environmental challenges affecting human communities require not only a strictly scientific and technical preparation by the geoscientists, but also a reflection on their broader obligations towards society. It is important that geoscientists consider geoethics as an indispensable framework on which to base their training and activity. The principles of geoethics can guide them to pursue the common good by weighing the benefits and costs of each choice, and identifying eco-friendly and society-friendly solutions that guarantee the respect of the right balance between human life and the dynamics of the Earth. Communication and dissemination of geosciences should become core activities in building a knowledge-based society, which is able better to protect itself and the Earth ecosystems in order to guarantee a life in harmony with our planet for future generations.

Description / Table of Contents: The practical application of structural geology in industry is varied and diverse; it is relevant at all scales, from plate-wide screening of new exploration areas down to fluid-flow behaviour along individual fractures. From an industry perspective, good structural practice is essential since it feeds into the quantification and recovery of reserves and ultimately underpins commercial investment choices. Many of the fundamental structural principles and techniques used by industry can be traced back to the academic community, and this volume aims to provide insights into how structural theory translates into industry practice. Papers in this publication describe case studies and workflows that demonstrate applied structural geology, covering a spread of topics including trap definition, fault seal, fold-and-thrust belts, fractured reservoirs, fluid flow and geomechanics. Against a background of evolving ideas, new data types and advancing computational tools, the volume highlights the need for structural geologists to constantly re-evaluate the role they play in solving industrial challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: The geological and palaeontological records of climate change and evolutionary events reflect Earth's widely fluctuating climate systems. Past climates hold the clues to understanding future developments. In this context, research on linked climate, biodiversity and sea-level fluctuations of the Devonian contributes to the general knowledge of deep-time climate dynamics. A fruitful co-operation between the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 596 and the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) addressed the complex succession of climate-linked Devonian global events of varying magnitude. The primary goal of IGCP 596 was to assess mid-Palaeozoic climate changes and their impact on marine and terrestrial biodiversity using an interdisciplinary approach. The focus of SDS includes a revision of the eustatic sea-level curve and the integration of refined chrono- and biostratigraphy with modern chemo-, magneto-, cyclo-, event- and sequence stratigraphy. This enabled the much improved dating and correlation of abiotic perturbations, evolutionary changes, organism and ecosystem ranges. Results by 37 authors are presented in 14 chapters, which cover the entire Devonian.

Description / Table of Contents: Geological evolution of Central Asian Basins and the western Tien Shan Range / Marie-Françoise Brunet, Edward R. Sobel and Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 1-17, 14 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.17 --- Regional evolution and extensional sedimentary basins --- Mesozoic tectonic and topographic evolution of Central Asia and Tibet: a preliminary synthesis / Marc Jolivet / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 19-55, 21 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.2 --- Structural setting and evolution of the Afghan orogenic segment – a review / Agemar Siehl / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 57-88, 3 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.8 --- Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic evolution of the Amu Darya Basin (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) / Marie-Françoise Brunet, Andrey V. Ershov, Maxim V. Korotaev, Vladislav N. Melikhov, Eric Barrier, Dmitriy O. Mordvintsev and Irina P. Sidorova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 89-144, 14 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.18 --- Structure and evolution of the Bukhara-Khiva region during the Mesozoic: the northern margin of the Amu-Darya Basin (southern Uzbekistan) / Dmitriy Mordvintsev, Eric Barrier, Marie-Françoise Brunet, Christian Blanpied and Irina Sidorova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 145-174, 3 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.16 --- Subsidence history and basin-fill evolution in the South Caspian Basin from geophysical mapping, flexural backstripping, forward lithospheric modelling and gravity modelling / N. A. Abdullayev, F. Kadirov and I. S. Guliyev / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 175-196, 27 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.5 --- Modelling the collisional and sedimentary evolution of the western part of the Tien Shan --- Crustal-scale structure of South Tien Shan: implications for subduction polarity and Cenozoic reactivation / C. Loury, Y. Rolland, S. Guillot, A. V. Mikolaichuk, P. Lanari, O. Bruguier and D. Bosch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 197-229, 22 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.4 --- The stratigraphic, sedimentological and structural evolution of the southern margin of the Kazakhstan continent in the Tien Shan Range during the Devonian to Permian / Dmitriy V. Alexeiev, Harry E. Cook, Alexandra V. Djenchuraeva and Alexander V. Mikolaichuk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 231-269, 15 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.3 --- Lithospheric structure in Central Eurasia derived from elevation, geoid anomaly and thermal analysis / Alexandra M. M. Robert, Manel Fernàndez, Ivone Jiménez-Munt and Jaume Vergés / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 271-293, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.10 --- Fault reactivation and far field effects --- Talas–Fergana Fault Cenozoic timing of deformation and its relation to Pamir indentation / Alejandro Bande, Edward R. Sobel, Alexander Mikolaichuk and Verónica Torres Acosta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 295-311, 17 July 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.1 --- Cenozoic palaeoenvironmental and tectonic controls on the evolution of the northern Fergana Basin / Alejandro Bande, Shukhrat Radjabov, Edward R. Sobel and Tatyana Sim / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 313-335, 18 December 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.12 --- Sedimentation, environment and climate --- Integrated stratigraphy of a continental Pliensbachian–Toarcian Boundary (Lower Jurassic) section at Taskomirsay, Leontiev Graben, southwest Kazakhstan / Johann Schnyder, Denise Pons, Johan Yans, Romain Tramoy and Saya Abdulanova / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 337-356, 14 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.15 --- Lower–Middle Jurassic facies patterns in the NW Afghan–Tajik Basin of southern Uzbekistan and their geodynamic context / Franz T. Fürsich, Marie-Françoise Brunet, Jean-Luc Auxiètre and Hermann Munsch / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 357-409, 6 August 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.9 --- The Jurassic of the Western Tien Shan: the Central Kyzylkum Region, Uzbekistan / Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 411-437, 31 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.13 --- The Cretaceous of the South Kyzylkum and Nuratau Region, Western Tien Shan, Central Uzbekistan / Tom McCann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 439-489, 29 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.14 --- The Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous alluvial-fan deposits of the Kalaza Formation (Central Asia): tectonic pulse or increased aridity? / Marc Jolivet, Sylvie Bourquin, Gloria Heilbronn, Cecile Robin, Laurie Barrier, Marie-Pierre Dabard, Yingying Jia, Elien De Pelsmaeker and Bihong Fu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 491-521, 21 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.6 --- Cenozoic evolution of the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains reflected in syntectonic deposits of the Tajik Basin / M. Klocke, T. Voigt, J. Kley, S. Pfeifer, T. Rocktäschel, S. Keil and R. Gaupp / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 523-564, 11 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.7 --- Late Eocene palaeogeography of the proto-Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (NW China, southern Kyrgyzstan and SW Tajikistan) / Roderic Bosboom, Oleg Mandic, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Jean-Noël Proust, Cholponbek Ormukov and Jovid Aminov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 565-588, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.11

Description / Table of Contents: The West Africa margin, formed by the progressive separation of the South American and African continents, has enjoyed a rich and varied exploration history and become a significant hydrocarbon-producing region. The amalgamation of hydrocarbon exploration approaches and imaginative ideas, leveraged with modern technologies, is yielding significant scientific and economic successes within the region. The main objective of this Special Publication is to provide an overview of the advancement in understanding of the crustal structure, tectonic evolution and Mesozoic to Cenozoic stratigraphy of the West Africa margin both onshore and offshore, with a particular focus on the petroleum geology.

Description / Table of Contents: Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) and water banking are of increasing importance to water resources management. MAR can be used to buffer against drought and changing or variable climate, as well as provide water to meet demand growth, by making use of excess surface water supplies and recycled waters. Along with hydrologic and geologic considerations, economic and policy analyses are essential to a complete analysis of MAR and water banking opportunities. The papers included in this Special Issue fill a gap in the literature by revealing the range of economic and policy considerations relevant to the development and implementation of MAR programs. They illustrate novel techniques that can be used to select MAR locations and the importance and economic viability of MAR in semi-arid to arid environments. The studies explain how MAR can be utilized to meet municipal and agricultural water demands in water-scarce regions, as well as assist in the reuse of wastewater. Some papers demonstrate how stakeholder engagement, ranging from consideration of alternatives to monitoring, and multi-disciplinary analyses to support decision-making are of high value to development and implementation of MAR programs. The approaches discussed in this collection of papers, along with the complementary and necessary hydrologic and geologic analyses, provide important inputs to water resource managers.

Description / Table of Contents: CIRIAF (Inter-University Research Center on Pollution and Environment “Mauro Felli” is a research center, based at the University of Perugia, which promotes interdisciplinary research activities in the fields of environmental pollution and its health and socio-economic effects, sustainable development, renewable and alternative energy, energy planning, and sustainable mobility. One hundred professors from fourteen different Italian universities are involved in the activities of the center. The CIRIAF National Congress (e.g., the fourteenth one in 2014), has become, over time, an important event for researchers and experts (engineers, physicists, chemists, architects, doctors, and economists). These individuals are not simply academics; they also hail from ministries, environmental agencies, and local authorities. The annual meeting in Perugia is an opportunity to discuss the issues related to energy, environment and sustainable development. The Special Issue will include the best papers presented at the Congress. These were selected by the Scientific Committee with the help of the various Chairmen of the Sessions. The papers cover all the various aspects of sustainability, from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a strong emphasis on the link between energy production, use and conservation, and environmental impact.

Description / Table of Contents: All living organisms are composed of major, minor, and trace elements, given by nature and supplied by geology. Medical geology is a rapidly growing discipline dealing with the influence of natural geological and environmental risk factors on the distribution of health problems in humans and animals. As a multi-disciplinary scientific field, medical geology has the potential of helping medical and public health communities all over the world in the pursuit of solutions to a wide range of environmental and naturally induced health issues. The natural environment can impact health in a variety of ways. The composition of rocks and minerals are imprinted on the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the food that we eat. For many people this transference of minerals and the trace elements they contain is beneficial as it is the primary source of nutrients (such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and about a dozen other elements) that are essential for a healthy life. However, sometimes the local geology can cause significant health problems because there is an insufficient amount of an essential element or an excess of a potentially toxic element (such as arsenic, mercury, lead, fluorine, etc.), or a harmful substance such as methane gas, dust-sized particles of asbestos, quartz or pyrite, or certain naturally occurring organic compounds. Current and future medical geology concerns include: dangerous levels of arsenic in drinking water in dozens of countries including the USA; mercury emissions from coal combustion and its bioaccumulation in the environment; the impacts of mercury and lead mobilizations in regions were artisanal gold mining is conducted; the residual health impacts of geologic processes such as volcanic emissions, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and geogenic dust; exposure to fibrous minerals such as asbestos and erionite; and the health impacts of global climate change. Billions of people, most in developing countries, are afflicted by these and other environmental health issues that can be avoided, prevented, mitigated or minimized through research and educational outreach. This Special Issue of Geosciences discusses recent advances in medical geology, providing examples from research conducted all over the world. Among the topics to be discussed are: - Health effects from trace elements, metals and metalloids - Regional and global impacts of natural dust (including the study of nanoparticles) - Chemical and environmental pathology of diseases associated with natural environment - Novel analytical approaches to the study of natural geochemical and environmental agents - Research on beneficial health aspects of natural geological materials - Risk management, risk communication and risk mitigation on medical geology - Remote sensing and GIS applications on medical geology - Epidemiology and public health studies on medical geology - Climate change and medical geology - Clinical and toxicological research on biomarkers of exposure - Veterinary medical geology - Biosurveillance and biomonitoring studies on medical geology

Description / Table of Contents: Frederiks, E.; Stenner, K.; Hobman, E. The Socio-Demographic and Psychological Predictors of Residential Energy Consumption: A Comprehensive Review. Energies 2015, 8(1), 573-609; doi:10.3390/en8010573 --- Sun, W.; He, Y.; Chang, H. Forecasting Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption for Power Generation Using QHSA-Based LSSVM Model. Energies 2015, 8(2), 939-959; doi:10.3390/en8020939 --- Gutierrez-Escolar, A.; Castillo-Martinez, A.; Gomez-Pulido, J.; Gutierrez-Martinez, J.; Stapic, Z.; Medina-Merodio, J. A Study to Improve the Quality of Street Lighting in Spain. Energies 2015, 8(2), 976-994; doi:10.3390/en8020976 --- Chew, K.; Klemeš, J.; Alwi, S.; Manan, Z.; Reverberi, A. Total Site Heat Integration Considering Pressure Drops. Energies 2015, 8(2), 1114-1137; doi:10.3390/en8021114 --- Kim, S.; Shin, K.; Choi, B.; Jo, J.; Cho, S.; Cho, Y. A Study on the Variation of Heating and Cooling Load According to the Use of Horizontal Shading and Venetian Blinds in Office Buildings in Korea. Energies 2015, 8(2), 1487-1504; doi:10.3390/en8021487 --- Sheng, P.; Yang, J.; Shackman, J. Energy’s Shadow Price and Energy Efficiency in China: A Non-Parametric Input Distance Function Analysis. Energies 2015, 8(3), 1975-1989; doi:10.3390/en8031975 --- Benavides, C.; Gonzales, L.; Diaz, M.; Fuentes, R.; García, G.; Palma-Behnke, R.; Ravizza, C. The Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Chilean Electricity Generation Sector. Energies 2015, 8(4), 2674-2700; doi:10.3390/en8042674 --- Li, W.; Li, H.; Sun, S. China’s Low-Carbon Scenario Analysis of CO2 Mitigation Measures towards 2050 Using a Hybrid AIM/CGE Model. Energies 2015, 8(5), 3529-3555; doi:10.3390/en8053529 --- Nasirov, S.; Silva, C.; Agostini, C. Investors’ Perspectives on Barriers to the Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in Chile. Energies 2015, 8(5), 3794-3814; doi:10.3390/en8053794 --- Deng, X.; Yu, Y.; Liu, Y. Temporal and Spatial Variations in Provincial CO2 Emissions in China from 2005 to 2015 and Assessment of a Reduction Plan. Energies 2015, 8(5), 4549-4571; doi:10.3390/en8054549 --- Klimscheffskij, M.; Van Craenenbroeck, T.; Lehtovaara, M.; Lescot, D.; Tschernutter, A.; Raimundo, C.; Seebach, D.; Timpe, C. Residual Mix Calculation at the Heart of Reliable Electricity Disclosure in Europe—A Case Study on the Effect of the RE-DISS Project. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4667-4696; doi:10.3390/en8064667 --- Ferrara, R. The Smart City and the Green Economy in Europe: A Critical Approach. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4724-4734; doi:10.3390/en8064724 --- Stenner, K.; Nwokora, Z. Current and Future Friends of the Earth: Assessing Cross-National Theories of Environmental Attitudes. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4899-4919; doi:10.3390/en8064899 --- Atlason, R.; Oddsson, G.; Unnthorsson, R. Theorizing for Maintenance Management Improvements: Using Case Studies from the Icelandic Geothermal Sector. Energies 2015, 8(6), 4943-4962; doi:10.3390/en8064943 --- Ellenbeck, S.; Beneking, A.; Ceglarz, A.; Schmidt, P.; Battaglini, A. Security of Supply in European Electricity Markets—Determinants of Investment Decisions and the European Energy Union. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5198-5216; doi:10.3390/en8065198 --- Hasager, C.; Vincent, P.; Badger, J.; Badger, M.; Di Bella, A.; Peña, A.; Husson, R.; Volker, P. Using Satellite SAR to Characterize the Wind Flow around Offshore Wind Farms. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5413-5439; doi:10.3390/en8065413 --- Puigjaner, L.; Pérez-Fortes, M.; Laínez-Aguirre, J. Towards a Carbon-Neutral Energy Sector: Opportunities and Challenges of Coordinated Bioenergy Supply Chains-A PSE Approach. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5613-5660; doi:10.3390/en8065613 --- Thollander, P.; Palm, J. Industrial Energy Management Decision Making for Improved Energy Efficiency—Strategic System Perspectives and Situated Action in Combination. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5694-5703; doi:10.3390/en8065694 --- Jänicke, M. Horizontal and Vertical Reinforcement in Global Climate Governance. Energies 2015, 8(6), 5782-5799; doi:10.3390/en8065782 --- Benavides, C.; Gonzales, L.; Diaz, M.; Fuentes, R.; García, G.; Palma-Behnke, R.; Ravizza, C. Correction: The Impact of a Carbon Tax on the Chilean Electricity Generation Sector. Energies 2015, 8(6), 6247-6248; doi:10.3390/en8066247 --- Wang, W.; Ouyang, W.; Hao, F. A Supply-Chain Analysis Framework for Assessing Densified Biomass Solid Fuel Utilization Policies in China. Energies 2015, 8(7), 7122-7139; doi:10.3390/en8077122 --- Punys, P.; Dumbrauskas, A.; Kasiulis, E.; Vyčienė, G.; Šilinis, L. Flow Regime Changes: From Impounding a Temperate Lowland River to Small Hydropower Operations. Energies 2015, 8(7), 7478-7501; doi:10.3390/en8077478 --- Reid, G.; Wynn, G. The Future of Solar Power in the United Kingdom. Energies 2015, 8(8), 7818-7832; doi:10.3390/en8087818 --- Scott, C.; Sugg, Z. Global Energy Development and Climate-Induced Water Scarcity—Physical Limits, Sectoral Constraints, and Policy Imperatives. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8211-8225; doi:10.3390/en8088211 --- Lilliestam, J.; Patt, A. Barriers, Risks and Policies for Renewables in the Gulf States. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8263-8285; doi:10.3390/en8088263 --- Van Ackere, S.; Van Eetvelde, G.; Schillebeeckx, D.; Papa, E.; Van Wyngene, K.; Vandevelde, L. Wind Resource Mapping Using Landscape Roughness and Spatial Interpolation Methods. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8682-8703; doi:10.3390/en8088682 --- Komendantova, N.; Vocciante, M.; Battaglini, A. Can the BestGrid Process Improve Stakeholder Involvement in Electricity Transmission Projects?. Energies 2015, 8(9), 9407-9433; doi:10.3390/en8099407 --- Kiyar, D.; Wittneben, B. Carbon as Investment Risk—The Influence of Fossil Fuel Divestment on Decision Making at Germany’s Main Power Providers. Energies 2015, 8(9), 9620-9639; doi:10.3390/en8099620 --- Bernardes, L.; Carneiro, J.; Madureira, P.; Brandão, F.; Roque, C. Determination of Priority Study Areas for Coupling CO2 Storage and CH4 Gas Hydrates Recovery in the Portuguese Offshore Area. Energies 2015, 8(9), 10276-10292; doi:10.3390/en80910276 --- Dovì, V.; Battaglini, A. Energy Policy and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach to a Global Problem. Energies 2015, 8(12), 13473-13480; doi:10.3390/en81212379

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication sheds light on crust formation and tectonic processes in early Earth by focusing on Archaean granitoids and related rocks from West Greenland in the North Atlantic Craton, Karelia Province of the Fennoscandian Shield, Eastern Dharwar and Bundelkhand cratons in the Indian Shield and Bug Complex of the Ukrainian Shield. Resulting from the IGCP-SIDA 599 project ‘The Changing Early Earth’, this compilation of papers provides explanations on the nomenclature of Archaean granitoids and explores the petrology, element and isotope geochemistry, geochronology and metamorphism of granitoids and supracrustal rocks of variable metamorphic grade. This volume provides information on the increase and timing of crust-mantle interactions and granitoid diversification from early Archaean protoliths of island arc origin to the emergence of multi-source high-K calc-alkaline granitoid batholiths at convergent continental margins. The formation of abundant granitoid batholiths suggests a significant change in mantle dynamics and plate tectonics towards the end of the Archaean.

Description / Table of Contents: Geomaterials derived from the Earth's crust and used in construction after appropriate processing are among the earliest raw materials exploited, processed and used by humans. Their numerous functional properties include accessibility, workability and serviceability, and these are explored within this volume. In modern society, sustainable use of raw materials, specifically those exploited in large volumes such as geomaterials for construction, raises questions of reducing extraction of primary resources and thus minimizing impacts on natural systems, and also employment of materials and technologies to lower emissions of deleterious substances into the atmosphere. This will be possible only if we fully understand the properties, processing and mode of use of traditional geomaterials. Although most of the papers within this volume were written by geologists, the contributions will also be of interest to those working in cultural heritage, monument conservation, civil engineering and architecture.

Description / Table of Contents: The success of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) brings us into a new era of global daily Earth observations, ranging from the faintest light of human settlements and air glows to the dramatic events of hurricanes and forest fires, as well as the subtle changes in the planet Earth which we call home. At the heart of all satellite applications, calibration/validation of the measurements and derived products is the key. Satellite product calibration and validation have become increasingly more important and challenging in order to meet the stringent requirements for accurate quantitative data for climate change detection, numerical weather prediction, and environmental intelligence. Validation is required not only for the satellite measurements, but also for all geophysical retrievals, including aerosols, cloud properties, radiation budget, sea surface temperature, ocean color, active fire, albedo, snow and ice, vegetation, as well as nightlights from human settlements. Active validation research includes but not limited to, comparisons with similar products from other satellites, with in situ, aircraft measurements, or observations from other platforms. Validation results not only help users and decision makers but also serve as feedback to calibration, which in turn improves the products. This Special Issue of Remote Sensing aims at exploring recent results in the calibration and validation of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (Suomi NPP)/JPSS radiometers.

Description / Table of Contents: Tsunamis: geology, hazards and risks – introduction / Ellie M. Scourse, Neil A. Chapman, David R. Tappin and Simon R. Wallis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 1-3, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.13 --- Tsunami hazards globally --- The importance of geologists and geology in tsunami science and tsunami hazard / David R. Tappin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 5-38, 28 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.11 --- Geological studies in tsunami research since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake / Simon R. Wallis, Osamu Fujiwara and Kazuhisa Goto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 39-53, 18 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.12 --- Tsunami simulations of mega-thrust earthquakes in the Nankai–Tonankai Trough (Japan) based on stochastic rupture scenarios / Katsuichiro Goda, Tomohiro Yasuda, P. Martin Mai, Takuma Maruyama and Nobuhito Mori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 55-74, 22 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.1 --- Spatial variability in sediment lithology and sedimentary processes along the Japan Trench: use of deep-sea turbidite records to reconstruct past large earthquakes / Ken Ikehara, Kazuko Usami, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Kazuno Arai, Asuka Yamaguchi and Rina Fukuchi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 75-89, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.9 --- Tsunami hazard in Central America: history and future / Conrad Lindholm, Wilfried Strauch and Mario Fernández / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 91-104, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.2 --- Block and boulder accumulations on the southern coast of Crete (Greece): evidence for the 365 CE tsunami in the Eastern Mediterranean / Sarah J. Boulton and Michael R. Z. Whitworth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 105-125, 9 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.4 --- Tsunami landfalls in the Maltese archipelago: reconciling the historical record with geomorphological evidence / Derek N. Mottershead, Malcolm J. Bray and Philip J. Soar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 127-141, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.8 --- Cataloguing tsunami events in the UK / Dave Long / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 143-165, 29 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.10 --- The application of microtextural and heavy mineral analysis to discriminate between storm and tsunami deposits / Pedro J. M. Costa, G. Gelfenbaum, S. Dawson, S. La Selle, F. Milne, J. Cascalho, C. Ponte Lira, C. Andrade, M. C. Freitas and B. Jaffe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 167-190, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.7 --- Risk modelling --- Risk-informed tsunami warnings / Gordon Woo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 191-197, 23 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.3 --- The New Zealand Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Model: development and implementation of a methodology for estimating tsunami hazard nationwide / William Power, Xiaoming Wang, Laura Wallace, Kate Clark and Christof Mueller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 199-217, 3 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.6 --- A global probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment from earthquake sources / Gareth Davies, Jonathan Griffin, Finn Løvholt, Sylfest Glimsdal, Carl Harbitz, Hong Kie Thio, Stefano Lorito, Roberto Basili, Jacopo Selva, Eric Geist and Maria Ana Baptista / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 456, 219-244, 23 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP456.5

Description / Table of Contents: Reliable access to water, managing the spatial and temporal variability of water availability, ensuring the quality of freshwater and responding to climatological changes in the hydrological cycle are prerequisites for the development of countries in Africa. Water being an essential input for biomass growth and for renewable energy production (e.g. biofuels and hydropower schemes) plays an integral part in ensuring food and energy security for any nation. Water, as a source of safe drinking water, is furthermore the basis for ensuring the health of citizens and plays an important role in urban sanitation. The concept of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is seen as an opportunity to help manage water variability and the wide spread water scarcity in Africa. One key component missing from IWRM in Africa is the limited knowledge of the available extent and quality of water resources at basin level. Earth Observation (EO) technology can help fill this information gap by assessing and monitoring water resources at adequate temporal and spatial scales. The goal of this Special Issue is to understand and demonstrate the contribution which satellite observations, consistent over space and time, can bring to improve water resource management in Africa. Possible EO products and applications range from catchment characterization, water quality monitoring, soil moisture assessment, water extent and level monitoring, irrigation services, urban and agricultural water demand modeling, evapotranspiration estimation, ground water management, to hydrological modeling and flood mapping/forecasting. Some of these EO applications have already been developed by African scientists within the 10 year lifetime of the TIGER initiative: Looking after Water in Africa (http://www.tiger.esa.int), whose contributions are intended to be the starting point of this Special Issue and is only one example of the wide range of activities in the field. Contributions from the entire African and international scientific community dealing with the challenges of water resource management in Africa are the target of the special issue. In the years to come, an ever increasing number of international EO missions, such as the Landsat, ALOS, CBERS and RESOURCESAT mission suites, the family of Sentinel missions and the SMAP mission, will provide an unprecedented capacity to observe and monitor the different components of the water cycle. This Special Issue aims also at reviewing the latest developments in terms of new missions as well as related EO products and techniques that will be available in the near future to face some of the major challenges for IWRM in Africa.

Description / Table of Contents: Geohazards in Indonesia: Earth science for disaster risk reduction – introduction / Phil R. Cummins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 1-7, 6 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.11 --- Waves of destruction in the East Indies: the Wichmann catalogue of earthquakes and tsunami in the Indonesian region from 1538 to 1877 / Ron Harris and Jonathan Major / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 9-46, 24 May 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.2 --- Assessing tsunami hazard using heterogeneous slip models in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia / Jonathan D. Griffin, Ignatius R. Pranantyo, Widjo Kongko, Afif Haunan, Rahayu Robiana, Victoria Miller, Gareth Davies, Nick Horspool, Imun Maemunah, Wisnu B. Widjaja, Danny H. Natawidjaja and Hamzah Latief / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 47-70, 2 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.3 --- Fault systems of the eastern Indonesian triple junction: evaluation of Quaternary activity and implications for seismic hazards / Ian M. Watkinson and Robert Hall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 71-120, 19 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.8 --- Sensitivity analysis for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) in the Aceh Fault Segment, Indonesia / Amalfi Omang, Phil R. Cummins, David Robinson and Sri Hidayati / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 121-131, 9 June 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.5 --- A probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Sulawesi, Indonesia / A. Cipta, R. Robiana, J. D. Griffin, N. Horspool, S. Hidayati and Phil R. Cummins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 133-152, 26 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.6 --- Development of an engineering bedrock map beneath Jakarta based on microtremor array measurements / M. Ridwan, S. Widiyantoro, M. Irsyam, Afnimar and H. Yamanaka / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 153-165, 28 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.7 --- Towards real-time earthquake impact alerting in Indonesia / Sigit Pramono, Trevor I. Allen, Craig Bugden, Rakhindro Pandhu, Isabella Nindya, Hadi Ghasemi and Masturyono / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 167-178, 18 May 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.4 --- Empirical fatality model for Indonesia based on a Bayesian approach / I. Wayan Sengara, Made Suarjana, M. Addifa Yulman, Hadi Gashemi and Hyeuk Ryu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 179-187, 24 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.9 --- Evaluating a volcanic ash ground-loading hazard at Gunung Ciremai, West Java, Indonesia using PF3D / A. N. Bear-Crozier, N. Kartadinata, A. Heriwaseso and O. Nielsen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 189-198, 24 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.1 --- Understanding the trigger for the LUSI mud volcano eruption from ground deformation signatures / Heri Andreas, Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Teguh P. Sidiq, Irwan Gumilar, Yosuke Aoki, Agus L. Hakim and Prihadi Sumintadiredja / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 441, 199-212, 10 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP441.10

Description / Table of Contents: Corentin Caudron, Takeshi Ohba, and Bruno Capaccioni: Geochemistry and geophysics of active volcanic lakes: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:1-8, first published on April 20, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP437.18 --- Acidic lakes --- Vincent van Hinsberg, Nathalie Vigouroux, Stephanie Palmer, Kim Berlo, Guillaume Mauri, Anthony Williams-Jones, Jeffrey Mckenzie, Glyn Williams-Jones, and Tobias Fischer: Element flux to the environment of the passively degassing crater lake-hosting Kawah Ijen volcano, Indonesia, and implications for estimates of the global volcanic flux / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:9-34, first published on December 17, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP437.2 --- Hendra Gunawan, Corentin Caudron, John Pallister, Sofyan Primulyana, Bruce Christenson, Wendy Mccausland, Vincent van Hinsberg, Jennifer Lewicki, Dmitri Rouwet, Peter Kelly, Christoph Kern, Cynthia Werner, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Sri Budi Utami, Devy Kamil Syahbana, Ugan Saing, Suparjan, Bambang Heri Purwanto, Christine Sealing, Maria Martinez Cruz, Sukir Maryanto, Philipson Bani, Antoine Laurin, Agathe Schmid, Kyle Bradley, I Gusti Made Agung Nandaka, and Mochammad Hendrasto: New insights into Kawah Ijen's volcanic system from the wet volcano workshop experiment / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:35-56, first published on February 25, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.7 --- Corentin Caudron, Guillaume Mauri, Glyn Williams-Jones, Thomas Lecocq, Devy Kamil Syahbana, Raphael De Plaen, Loic Peiffer, Alain Bernard, and Ginette Saracco: New insights into the Kawah Ijen hydrothermal system from geophysical data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:57-72, first published on January 22, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.4 --- Dmitri Rouwet, Raúl Mora-Amador, Carlos J. Ramírez-Umaña, Gino González, and Salvatore Inguaggiato: Dynamic fluid recycling at Laguna Caliente (Poás, Costa Rica) before and during the 2006–ongoing phreatic eruption cycle (2005–10) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:73-96, first published on March 24, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.11 --- B. Capaccioni, D. Rouwet, and F. Tassi: HCl degassing from extremely acidic crater lakes: preliminary results from experimental determinations and implications for geochemical monitoring / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:97-106, first published on March 24, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.12 --- Mariano R. Agusto, Alberto Caselli, Romina Daga, Johan Varekamp, Alcira Trinelli, María Dos Santos Afonso, María Laura Velez, Pablo Euillades, and Sergio Ribeiro Guevara: The crater lake of Copahue volcano (Argentina): geochemical and thermal changes between 1995 and 2015 / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:107-130, first published on December 23, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.16 --- Pedro A. Hernández, Gladys V. Melián, Luis Somoza, Mª Carmencita Arpa, Nemesio M. Pérez, Ericson Bariso, Hirochicka Sumino, Eleazar Padrón, Johan C. Varekamp, José Albert-Beltran, and Renato Solidum: The acid crater lake of Taal Volcano, Philippines: hydrogeochemical and hydroacoustic data related to the 2010–11 volcanic unrest / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:131-152, first published on February 2, 2017, doi:10.1144/SP437.17 --- D. Rouwet and M. Iorio: The sedimentation of Suminagashi-like floating clay patterns at El Chichón crater lake (Chiapas, Mexico) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:153-161, first published on February 4, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.9 --- Neutral lakes --- Tomofumi Kozono, Minoru Kusakabe, Yutaka Yoshida, Romaric Ntchantcho, Takeshi Ohba, Gregory Tanyileke, and Joseph V. Hell: Numerical assessment of the potential for future limnic eruptions at lakes Nyos and Monoun, Cameroon, based on regular monitoring data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:163-175, first published on January 19, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.8 --- T. Ohba, S. Ooki, Y. Oginuma, M. Kusakabe, Y. Yoshida, A. Ueda, K. Anazawa, K. Saiki, K. Kaneko, Y. Miyabuchi, Issa, F. Aka, W. Fantong, A. Ako, G. Tanyileke, and J.V. Hell: Decreasing removal rate of the dissolved CO2 in Lake Nyos, Cameroon, after the installation of additional degassing pipes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:177-184, first published on December 23, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP437.6 --- Kazuto Saiki, Katsuya Kaneko, Takeshi Ohba, Mitsuhisa Sanemasa, Minoru Kusakabe, Romaric Ntchantcho, Alain Fouepe, Gregory Tanyileke, and Joseph V. Hell: Vertical distribution of dissolved CO2 in lakes Nyos and Monoun (Cameroon) as estimated by sound speed in water / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:185-192, first published on February 18, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.10 --- Mitsuhisa Sanemasa, Kazuto Saiki, Katsuya Kaneko, Takeshi Ohba, Minoru Kusakabe, Romaric Ntchantcho, Alain Fouepe, Gregory Tanyileke, and Joseph V. Hell: A new method to determine dissolved CO2 concentration of lakes Nyos and Monoun using the sound speed and electrical conductivity of lake water / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:193-203, first published on December 23, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP437.5 --- Yutaka Yoshida, Minoru Kusakabe, Issa, Takeshi Ohba, Gregory Tanyileke, and Joseph Victor Hell: Decreasing capability of the degassing systems at lakes Nyos and Monoun (Cameroon): a new gas removal system applied to Lake Monoun to prevent a future limnic eruption / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:205-212, first published on December 17, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP437.3 --- Akiko Ozawa, Akira Ueda, Wilson Y. Fantong, Katsuro Anazawa, Yutaka Yoshida, Minoru Kusakabe, Takeshi Ohba, Greg Tanyileke, and Joseph V. Hell: Rate of siderite precipitation in Lake Nyos, Cameroon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:213-222, first published on June 22, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.13 --- Martin Zimmer, Franco Tassi, Orlando Vaselli, Christian Kujawa, Jacopo Cabassi, and Joerg Erzinger: The gas membrane sensor (GMS) method: a new analytical approach for real-time gas concentration measurements in volcanic lakes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:223-232, first published on December 17, 2015, doi:10.1144/SP437.1 --- Gladys Melián, Luís Somoza, Eleazar Padrón, Nemesio M. Pérez, Pedro A. Hernández, Hirochika Sumino, Victor H. Forjaz, and Zilda França: Surface CO2 emission and rising bubble plumes from degassing of crater lakes in São Miguel Island, Azores / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:233-252, first published on August 12, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.14 --- J. N. Lefkowitz, J. C. Varekamp, R. W. Reynolds, and E. Thomas: A tale of two lakes: the Newberry Volcano twin crater lakes, Oregon, USA / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 437:253-288, first published on November 25, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP437.15

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to the geometry and growth of normal faults / Conrad Childs, Robert E. Holdsworth, Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Tom Manzocchi, John J. Walsh and Graham Yielding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 1-9, 5 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.24 --- Fault geometric analysis --- The geometry of branch lines / Graham Yielding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 11-22, 22 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.1 --- Interactions and growth of faults in an outcrop-scale system / A. Nicol, C. Childs, J. J. Walsh, T. Manzocchi and M. P. J. Schöpfer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 23-39, 10 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.9 --- Myths about normal faulting / D. A. Ferrill, A. P. Morris, R. N. McGinnis and K. J. Smart / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 41-56, 30 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.12 --- Growth of layer-bound normal faults under a regional anisotropic stress field / R. Ghalayini, C. Homberg, J. M. Daniel and F. H. Nader / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 57-78, 6 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.13 --- Fault kinematic analysis --- Spatial distribution and evolution of fault-segment boundary types in rift systems: observations from experimental clay models / P. S. Whipp, C. A.-L. Jackson, R. W. Schlische, M. O. Withjack and R. L. Gawthorpe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 79-107, 31 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.7 --- 3D geometry and kinematic evolution of extensional fault-related folds, NW Red Sea, Egypt / Samir M. Khalil and Ken R. McClay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 109-130, 30 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.11 --- Rift migration and lateral propagation: evolution of normal faults and sediment-routing systems of the western Corinth rift (Greece) / Mary Ford, Romain Hemelsdaël, Marco Mancini and Nikolaos Palyvos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 131-168, 15 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.15 --- Interaction between gravity-driven listric normal fault linkage and their hanging-wall rollover development: a case study from the western Niger Delta, Nigeria / Hamed Fazlikhani, Stefan Back, Peter A. Kukla and Haakon Fossen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 169-186, 13 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.20 --- Techniques to determine the kinematics of synsedimentary normal faults and implications for fault growth models / Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Rebecca E. Bell, Atle Rotevatn and Anette B. M. Tvedt / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 187-217, 7 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.22 --- Growth and interaction of normal faults and fault network evolution in rifts: insights from three-dimensional discrete element modelling / Emma Finch and Rob Gawthorpe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 219-248, 30 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.23 --- Fault zone structure --- The geometry and dimensions of fault-core lenses / Roy H. Gabrielsen, Alvar Braathen, Magnus Kjemperud and Marie Lovise R. Valdresbråten / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 249-269, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.4 --- Widening of normal fault zones due to the inhibition of vertical propagation / V. Roche, C. Homberg, M. van der Baan and M. Rocher / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 271-288, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.5 --- Fracture networks of normal faults in fine-grained sedimentary rocks: examples from Kilve Beach, SW England / Tore Skar, Silje S. Berg, Roy H. Gabrielsen and Alvar Braathen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 289-306, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.10 --- Three-dimensional Distinct Element Method modelling of the growth of normal faults in layered sequences / Martin P. J. Schöpfer, Conrad Childs, Tom Manzocchi and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 307-332, 15 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.17 --- Throw partitioning across normal fault zones in the Ptolemais Basin, Greece / Efstratios Delogkos, Tom Manzocchi, Conrad Childs, Christos Sachanidis, Tryfon Barbas, Martin P. J. Schöpfer, Alexandros Chatzipetros, Spyros Pavlides and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 333-353, 21 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.19 --- Fault-related folding --- The relationship between normal drag, relay ramp aspect ratio and fault zone structure / C. Childs, T. Manzocchi, A. Nicol, J. J. Walsh, A. M. Soden, J. C. Conneally and E. Delogkos / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 355-372, 17 August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.16 --- Occurrence and development of folding related to normal faulting within a mechanically heterogeneous sedimentary sequence: a case study from Inner Moray Firth, UK / A. Lăpădat, J. Imber, G. Yielding, D. Iacopini, K. J. W. McCaffrey, J. J. Long and R. R. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 373-394, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.18 --- The brittle and ductile components of displacement along fault zones / C. Homberg, J. Schnyder, V. Roche, V. Leonardi and M. Benzaggagh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 395-412, 1 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.21 --- Pre-existing structure and reactivation --- The impact of multiple extension events, stress rotation and inherited fabrics on normal fault geometries and evolution in the Cenozoic rift basins of Thailand / C. K. Morley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 413-445, 13 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.3 --- Importance of pre-existing fault size for the evolution of an inverted fault system / Cathal Reilly, Andrew Nicol and John Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 447-463, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.2 --- Post-Caledonian extension in the West Norway–northern North Sea region: the role of structural inheritance / Haakon Fossen, Hamed Fazli Khani, Jan Inge Faleide, Anna K. Ksienzyk and W. James Dunlap / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 465-486, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.6 --- Influence of fault geometries and mechanical anisotropies on the growth and inversion of hanging-wall synclinal basins: insights from sandbox models and natural examples / O. Ferrer, K. McClay and N. C. Sellier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 487-509, 15 March 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.8 --- Timing, growth and structure of a reactivated basin-bounding fault / Robert P. Worthington and John J. Walsh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 439, 511-531, 1 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP439.14

Description / Table of Contents: Geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans: current progress and research perspectives / Dario Ventra and Lucy E. Clarke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 1-21, 27 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.16 --- Alluvial fans --- Interactions between alluvial fans and axial rivers in Yukon, Canada and Alaska, USA / Philip T. Giles, Bryce M. Whitehouse and Efthimios Karymbalis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 23-43, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.3 --- Use of morphometric variables and self-organizing maps to identify clusters of alluvial fans and catchments in the north Peloponnese, Greece / Efthimios Karymbalis, Maria Ferentinou and Philip T. Giles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 45-64, 25 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.7 --- Spatial characteristics of the Pliocene to modern alluvial fan successions in the uplifted sedimentary basins of Almería, SE Spain: review and regional synthesis / Adrian M. Harvey, Martin Stokes, Anne Mather and Elizabeth Whitfield (née Maher) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 65-77, 5 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.5 --- Constraints on synrift intrabasinal horst development from alluvial fan and aeolian deposits (Triassic, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia) / Sophie Leleu and Adrian J. Hartley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 79-101, 29 April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.8 --- Bedrock structural control on catchment-scale connectivity and alluvial fan processes, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco / Anne E. Mather and Martin Stokes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 103-128, 9 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.15 --- Orbital-climate control of mass-flow sedimentation in a Miocene alluvial-fan succession (Teruel Basin, Spain) / Dario Ventra, Hemmo A. Abels, Frederik J. Hilgen and Poppe L. de Boer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 129-157, 18 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.14 --- High-resolution estimates of rates of depositional processes from an alluvial fan succession in the Miocene of the Ebro Basin, northern Spain / Gary Nichols / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 159-173, 10 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.12 --- Morphodynamics and facies architecture of streamflow-dominated, sand-rich alluvial fans, Pleistocene Upper Valdarno Basin, Italy / Massimiliano Ghinassi and Alessandro Ielpi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 175-200, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.1 --- Comparative numerical modelling of a debris-flow fan in the Eastern Italian Alps / Andrea M. Deganutti, Pia R. Tecca and Giuseppe Nigro / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 201-213, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.13 --- Fluvial fans --- Alluvial fans and fluvial fans at the margins of continental sedimentary basins: geomorphic and sedimentological distinction for geo-energy exploration and development / A. Moscariello / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 215-243, 26 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.11 --- Upstream controls on evolution of dryland alluvial megafans: Quaternary examples from the Kohrud Mountain Range, central Iran / Nasser Arzani and Stuart J. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 245-264, 11 July 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.2 --- Linking mid-scale distributive fluvial systems to drainage basin area: geomorphological and sedimentological evidence from the endorheic Gastre Basin, Argentina / Andres Bilmes and Gonzalo D. Veiga / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 265-279, 25 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.4 --- Alluvial and fluvial fans on Saturn's moon Titan reveal processes, materials and regional geology / Jani Radebaugh, Dario Ventra, Ralph D. Lorenz, Tom Farr, Randy Kirk, Alex Hayes, Michael J. Malaska, Sam Birch, Zac Yung-Chun Liu, Jonathan Lunine, Jason Barnes, Alice Le Gall, Rosaly Lopes, Ellen Stofan, Steve Wall and Philippe Paillou / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 281-305, 10 February 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.6 --- Characteristics of the drainage network of the Kosi Megafan, India and its interaction with the August 2008 flood flow / D. Majumder and P. Ghosh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 307-326, 8 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.9 --- Study of connectivity of open framework gravel facies in the Canterbury Plains aquifer using smoke as a tracer / Lee F. Burbery, Catherine R. Moore, Merren A. Jones, Phillip M. Abraham, Bronwyn L. Humphries and Murray E. Close / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 440, 327-344, 25 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP440.10

Description / Table of Contents: This special issue contains selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling (ECM13), held Nov 4-6, 2013. The conference brings modelers from academic institutions, government and private industry together to present and discuss the latest developments in the field of marine environmental modeling. Begun in 1989 by Dr. Malcolm Spaulding, the conference is held every other year in a retreat-like setting with a maximum of about 125 people to encourage interaction and help strengthen ties between modeling communities. A wide range of modeling issues are encouraged, including advances in physical understanding, numerical algorithm development, model applications, and better tools. A wide range of modeling topics are encouraged as well, including storm surge, eutrophication, larval transport, search and rescue, oil spills, fisheries issues, coastal erosion and contaminated sediment transport. Many conferences also have special themes. The special theme of ECM13 was modeling related to Hurricane Sandy which in late October 2012 devastated the Caribbean and the US East Coast, including record flooding in New York City. The 22 papers presented here cover a broad spectrum of topics, including simulations of cohesive sediment, inundation, effluent mixing, shoaling waves, and water quality and with modeling applications from Alaska to New Zealand.

Description / Table of Contents: Over the last decades, the study of extremophiles has providing ground breaking discoveries that challenge the paradigms of modern biology and make us rethink intriguing questions such as “what is life?”, “what are the limits of life?”, and “what are the fundamental features of life?”. The mechanisms by which different microorganisms adapt to extreme environments provide a unique perspective on the fundamental characteristics of biological processes present in most species. Extremophiles are also critical for evolutionary studies related to the origins of life, since they form a cluster on the base of the tree of life. Furthermore, the application of extremophiles in industrial processes has opened a new era in biotechnology. The study of extreme environments has become a key area of research for astrobiology. Extremophiles may help us understand what form life takes on other planetary bodies in our own solar system and beyond. These findings and possibilities have made the study of life in extreme environments one of the most exciting areas of research in recent decades. However, despite the latest advances we are just in the beginning of exploring and characterizing the world of extremophiles. This special issue covers all aspects of life in extreme environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Soumyajit Mukherjee, Achyuta Ayan Misra, Gérôme Calvès, and Michal Nemčok: Tectonics of the Deccan Large Igneous Province: an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:1-9, first published on December 7, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.14 --- Vivek S. Kale, Gauri Dole, Devdutt Upasani, and Shilpa Patil Pillai: Deccan Plateau uplift: insights from parts of Western Uplands, Maharashtra, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:11-46, first published on July 20, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.2 --- Souvik Mitra, Kaushik Mitra, Saibal Gupta, Satadru Bhattacharya, Prakash Chauhan, and Nirmala Jain: Alteration and submergence of basalts in Kachchh, Gujarat, India: implications for the role of the Deccan Traps in the India–Seychelles break-up / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:47-67, first published on August 31, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.9 --- Vamdev Pathak, S. K. Patil, and J. P. Shrivastava: Tectonomagmatic setting of lava packages in the Mandla lobe of the eastern Deccan volcanic province, India: palaeomagnetism and magnetostratigraphic evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:69-94, first published on July 21, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.3 --- M. Nemčok and S. Rybár: Rift–drift transition in a magma-rich system: the Gop Rift–Laxmi Basin case study, West India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:95-117, first published on July 20, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.5 --- Achyuta Ayan Misra, Smita Banerjee, Nishikanta Kundu, and Brunti Mukherjee: Subsidence around oceanic ridges along passive margins: NE Arabian Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:119-149, first published on October 12, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.10 --- Harsh K. Gupta, Kusumita Arora, N. Purnachandra Rao, Sukanta Roy, V. M. Tiwari, Prasanta K. Patro, H. V. S. Satyanarayana, D. Shashidhar, C. R. Mahato, K. N. S. S. S. Srinivas, M. Srihari, N. Satyavani, Y. Srinu, D. Gopinadh, Haris Raza, Monikuntala Jana, Vyasulu V. Akkiraju, Deepjyoti Goswami, Digant Vyas, C. P. Dubey, D. Ch. V. Raju, Ujjal Borah, Kashi Raju, K. Chinna Reddy, Narendra Babu, B. K. Bansal, and Shailesh Nayak: Investigations of continued reservoir triggered seismicity at Koyna, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:151-188, first published on October 24, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.11 --- Prantik Mandal: Influence of Deccan volcanism/synrift magmatism on the crust–mantle structure and its implications for the seismogenesis of earthquakes occurring in the Kachchh rift zone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:189-218, first published on July 11, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.6 --- Mita Rajaram, S. P. Anand, V. C. Erram, and B. N. Shinde: Insight into the structures below the Deccan Trap-covered region of Maharashtra, India from geopotential data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:219-236, first published on September 16, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.8 --- D. M. Maurya, Vikas Chowksey, A. K. Patidar, and L. S. Chamyal: A review and new data on neotectonic evolution of active faults in the Kachchh Basin, Western India: legacy of post-Deccan Trap tectonic inversion / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:237-268, first published on September 19, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.7 --- Achyuta Ayan Misra and Soumyajit Mukherjee: Dyke–brittle shear relationships in the Western Deccan Strike-slip Zone around Mumbai (Maharashtra, India) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:269-295, first published on June 22, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.4 --- Wei Ju, Guiting Hou, and K. R. Hari: Dyke emplacement in the Narmada rift zone and implications for the evolution of the Deccan Traps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:297-315, first published on May 30, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.1 --- R. D. Kaplay, M. D. Babar, Soumyajit Mukherjee, and T. Vijay Kumar: Morphotectonic expression of geological structures in the eastern part of the South East Deccan Volcanic Province (around Nanded, Maharashtra, India) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:317-335, first published on November 8, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.12 --- M. D. Babar, Ramakant D. Kaplay, Soumyajit Mukherjee, and P. S. Kulkarni: Evidence of the deformation of dykes from the Central Deccan Volcanic Province, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 445:337-353, first published on November 8, 2016, doi:10.1144/SP445.13

Description / Table of Contents: Nishimura, T. Rust Formation Mechanism on Low Alloy Steels after Exposure Test in High Cl− and High SOx Environmen. Materials 2017, 10(2), 199; doi:10.3390/ma10020199. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/2/199 --- Chang, T.; Odnevall Wallinder, I.; de la Fuente, D.; Chico, B.; Morcillo, M.; Welter, J.; Leygraf, C. Analysis of Historic Copper Patinas. Influence of Inclusions on Patina Uniformity. Materials 2017, 10(3), 298; doi:10.3390/ma10030298. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/3/298 --- Na, O.; Cai, X.; Xi, Y. Corrosion Prediction with Parallel Finite Element Modeling for Coupled Hygro-Chemo Transport into Concrete under Chloride-Rich Environment. Materials 2017, 10(4), 350; doi:10.3390/ma10040350. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/350 --- Kreislova, K.; Knotkova, D. The Results of 45 Years of Atmospheric Corrosion Study in the Czech Republic. Materials 2017, 10(4), 394; doi:10.3390/ma10040394. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/394 --- Alcántara, J.; Fuente, D.; Chico, B.; Simancas, J.; Díaz, I.; Morcillo, M. Marine Atmospheric Corrosion of Carbon Steel: A Review. Materials 2017, 10(4), 406; doi:10.3390/ma10040406. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/406 --- Hosseinpour, S.; Johnson, M. Vibrational Spectroscopy in Studies of Atmospheric Corrosion. Materials 2017, 10(4), 413; doi:10.3390/ma10040413. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/413 --- Panchenko, Y.; Marshakov, A. Prediction of First-Year Corrosion Losses of Carbon Steel and Zinc in Continental Regions. Materials 2017, 10(4), 422; doi:10.3390/ma10040422. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/422 --- Chico, B.; de la Fuente, D.; Díaz, I.; Simancas, J.; Morcillo, M. Annual Atmospheric Corrosion of Carbon Steel Worldwide. An Integration of ISOCORRAG, ICP/UNECE and MICAT Databases. Materials 2017, 10(6), 601; doi:10.3390/ma10060601. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/6/601 --- Bouchar, M.; Dillmann, P.; Neff, D. New Insights in the Long-Term Atmospheric Corrosion Mechanisms of Low Alloy Steel Reinforcements of Cultural Heritage Buildings. Materials 2017, 10(6), 670; doi:10.3390/ma10060670. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/6/670 --- Tidblad, J.; Kreislová, K.; Faller, M.; de la Fuente, D.; Yates, T.; Verney-Carron, A.; Grøntoft, T.; Gordon, A.; Hans, U. ICP Materials Trends in Corrosion, Soiling and Air Pollution (1987–2014). Materials 2017, 10(8), 969; doi:10.3390/ma10080969. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/8/969 --- Cole, I. Recent Progress and Required Developments in Atmospheric Corrosion of Galvanised Steel and Zinc. Materials 2017, 10(11), 1288; doi:10.3390/ma10111288. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/11/1288

Description / Table of Contents: The “landscape Approach” is widely promoted as a way to reconcile biodiversity conservation with both commercial agriculture and local peoples’ demands for land. Landscape approaches imply a strong role for local communities in decision making and, therefore, local citizen science plays a role in determining landscape outcomes (Sayer et al., under review). Many claims and counter claims are made about the success and failure of local management in achieving good forest outcomes. There is significant uncertainty about the incentives for local people to manage forests for their global carbon storage and biodiversity values. Local people may be more concerned about immediate economic returns and less about the long term global environmental values of their forests. This Special Issue seeks to assemble papers that provide empirical evidence for the success of landscape and community managed initiatives to conserve biodiversity. We are seeking papers that report upon successful biodiversity conservation projects that have operated at a landscape scale and those that have been led by local communities. We are also interested in cases where these approaches were attempted but were less successful. Our ultimate goals is to identify the conditions under which these approaches have succeeded and those where they have been less successful.

Description / Table of Contents: Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin area: the geological key to exploiting remaining hydrocarbons whilst unlocking geothermal potential / Ben Kilhams, Peter A. Kukla, Stan Mazur, Tom McKie, Harmen F. Mijnlieff, Kees van Ojik and Eveline Rosendaal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 1-18, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.26 --- Tectonic framework --- Timing and spatial patterns of Cretaceous and Cenozoic inversion in the Southern Permian Basin / Jonas Kley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 19-31, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.12 --- The only way is up – on Mesozoic uplifts and basin inversion events in SE Poland / Piotr Krzywiec, Aleksandra Stachowska and Agata Stypa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 33-57, 20 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.14 --- The Wiek Fault System east of Rügen Island: origin, tectonic phases and its relationship to the Trans-European Suture Zone / Elisabeth Seidel, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 59-82, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.10 --- Fault system evolution in the Baltic Sea area west of Rügen, NE Germany / André Deutschmann, Martin Meschede and Karsten Obst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 83-98, 9 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.24 --- New insights into salt tectonics in the northern Dutch offshore: a framework for hydrocarbon exploration / Matthijs van Winden, Jan de Jager, Bastiaan Jaarsma and Renaud Bouroullec / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 99-117, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.9 --- Deriving relationships between diapir spacing and salt-layer thickness in the Southern North Sea / Karina Hernandez, Neil C. Mitchell and Mads Huuse / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 119-137, 26 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.16 --- Triassic resources --- An introduction to the Triassic: current insights into the regional setting and energy resource potential of NW Europe / Mark Geluk, Tom McKie and Ben Kilhams / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 139-147, 26 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.1 --- Lower Triassic reservoir development in the northern Dutch offshore / M. Kortekaas, U. Böker, C. van der Kooij and B. Jaarsma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 149-168, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.19 --- The ‘Buntsandstein’ gas play of the Horn Graben (German and Danish offshore): dry well analysis and remaining hydrocarbon potential / Ben Kilhams, Snezana Stevanovic and Carlo Nicolai / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 169-192, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.5 --- Geothermal resources of the North German Basin: exploration strategy, development examples and remaining opportunities in Mesozoic hydrothermal reservoirs / Matthias Franz, Gregor Barth, Jens Zimmermann, Ingmar Budach, Kerstin Nowak and Markus Wolfgramm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 193-222, 13 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.11 --- Towards a better understanding of the highly overpressured Lower Triassic Bunter reservoir rocks in the Terschelling Basin / Stefan Peeters, Annemiek Asschert and Hanneke Verweij / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 223-236, 22 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.13 --- Enhanced gas recovery of an ageing field utilizing N2 displacement: De Wijk Field, The Netherlands / Rajasmita Goswami, Fritz C. Seeberger and Geert Bosman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 237-251, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.2 --- Data mining in the Dutch Oil and Gas Portal: a case study on the reservoir properties of the Volpriehausen Sandstone interval / B. M. M. van Kempen, H. F. Mijnlieff and J. van der Molen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 253-267, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.15 --- Jurassic resources --- Tectonostratigraphy of a rift basin affected by salt tectonics: synrift Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Dutch Central Graben, Terschelling Basin and neighbouring platforms, Dutch offshore / R. Bouroullec, R. M. C. H. Verreussel, C. R. Geel, G. de Bruin, M. H. A. A. Zijp, D. Kőrösi, D. K. Munsterman, N. M. M. Janssen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 269-303, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.22 --- Stepwise basin evolution of the Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous rift phase in the Central Graben area of Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands / R. M. C. H. Verreussel, R. Bouroullec, D. K. Munsterman, K. Dybkjær, C. R. Geel, A. J. P. Houben, P. N. Johannessen and S. J. Kerstholt-Boegehold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 305-340, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.23 --- Palaeogeographical evolution of the Lower Jurassic: high-resolution biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the Central European Basin / Gregor Barth, Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Jens Zimmermann, Matthias Franz and Gesa Kuhlmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 341-369, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.8 --- The impact of Quaternary glaciation on temperature and pore pressure in Jurassic troughs in the Southern Permian Basin, northern Germany / Victoria F. Sachse and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 371-398, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.7 --- The Posidonia Shale of northern Germany: unconventional oil and gas potential from high-resolution 3D numerical basin modelling of the cross-junction between the eastern Lower Saxony Basin, Pompeckj Block and Gifhorn Trough / Alexander T. Stock and Ralf Littke / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 399-421, 5 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.21 --- Cretaceous resources --- Reservoir architecture model of the Nieuwerkerk Formation (Early Cretaceous, West Netherlands Basin): diachronous development of sand-prone fluvial deposits / A. G. Vondrak, M. E. Donselaar and D. K. Munsterman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 423-434, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.18 --- Tectonic control on the Early Cretaceous Bentheim Sandstone sediments in the Schoonebeek oil field, The Netherlands / Geert-Jan Vis, Willem D. Smoor, Kees W. Rutten, Jan de Jager and Harmen F. Mijnlieff / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 435-455, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.25 --- The impact of heterogeneity on waterflood developments in clastic inner shelf reservoirs: an example from the Holland Greensand Member, Rotterdam Field, The Netherlands / Richard J. Porter, Alberto Muñoz Rojas and Malte Schlüter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 457-477, 16 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.20 --- Lower Cretaceous reservoir development in the North Sea Central Graben, and potential analogue settings in the Southern Permian Basin and South Viking Graben / Frank Zwaan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 479-504, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.3 --- Erosional valleys at a major Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous unconformity offshore Germany and The Netherlands: potential reservoirs or deteriorated seals? / Marco Wolf, Annelieke Vis and Annemiek Asschert / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 505-517, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.4 --- Giant pockmark formation from Cretaceous hydrocarbon expulsion in the western Lower Saxony Basin, The Netherlands / Frank Strozyk, Lars Reuning, Stefan Back and Peter Kukla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 519-536, 11 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.6 --- F17-Chalk: new insights in the tectonic history of the Dutch Central Graben / Henk van Lochem / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 469, 537-558, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP469.17

Description / Table of Contents: Belle, J.; Liu, Y. Evaluation of Aqua MODIS Collection 6 AOD Parameters for Air Quality Research over the Continental United States. Remote Sens. 2016, 8(10), 815; doi:10.3390/rs8100815. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/10/815 --- Sun, K.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Z.; Zhang, T. High Resolution Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval Using Gaofen-1 WFV Camera Data. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(1), 89; doi:10.3390/rs9010089. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/1/89 --- Chen, X.; Yang, D.; Cai, Z.; Liu, Y.; Spurr, R. Aerosol Retrieval Sensitivity and Error Analysis for the Cloud and Aerosol Polarimetric Imager on Board TanSat: The Effect of Multi-Angle Measurement. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(2), 183; doi:10.3390/rs9020183. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/2/183 --- Jiang, M.; Sun, W.; Yang, G.; Zhang, D. Modelling Seasonal GWR of Daily PM2.5 with Proper Auxiliary Variables for the Yangtze River Delta. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(4), 346; doi:10.3390/rs9040346. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/4/346 --- Wang, Y.; Chen, L.; Li, S.; Wang, X.; Yu, C.; Si, Y.; Zhang, Z. Interference of Heavy Aerosol Loading on the VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) Retrieval Algorithm. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(4), 397; doi:10.3390/rs9040397. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/4/397 --- Wang, W.; Mao, F.; Pan, Z.; Du, L.; Gong, W. Validation of VIIRS AOD through a Comparison with a Sun Photometer and MODIS AODs over Wuhan. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 403; doi:10.3390/rs9050403. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/5/403 --- Zhu, J.; Xia, X.; Wang, J.; Che, H.; Chen, H.; Zhang, J.; Xu, X.; Levy, R.; Oo, M.; Holz, R.; Ayoub, M. Evaluation of Aerosol Optical Depth and Aerosol Models from VIIRS Retrieval Algorithms over North China Plain. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 432; doi:10.3390/rs9050432. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/5/432 --- Dolgii, S.; Nevzorov, A.; Nevzorov, A.; Romanovskii, O.; Kharchenko, O. Intercomparison of Ozone Vertical Profile Measurements by Differential Absorption Lidar and IASI/MetOp Satellite in the Upper Troposphere–Lower Stratosphere. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 447; doi:10.3390/rs9050447. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/5/447 --- Liu, L.; Zhang, X.; Xu, W.; Liu, X.; Lu, X.; Wang, S.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, L. Ground Ammonia Concentrations over China Derived from Satellite and Atmospheric Transport Modeling. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 467; doi:10.3390/rs9050467. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/5/467 --- Chen, W.; Fan, A.; Yan, L. Performance of MODIS C6 Aerosol Product during Frequent Haze-Fog Events: A Case Study of Beijing. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 496; doi:10.3390/rs9050496. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/5/496 --- Osorio, M.; Casaballe, N.; Belsterli, G.; Barreto, M.; Gómez, Á.; Ferrari, J.; Frins, E. Plume Segmentation from UV Camera Images for SO2 Emission Rate Quantification on Cloud Days. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(6), 517; doi:10.3390/rs9060517. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/517 --- Gu, J.; Chen, L.; Yu, C.; Li, S.; Tao, J.; Fan, M.; Xiong, X.; Wang, Z.; Shang, H.; Su, L. Ground-Level NO2 Concentrations over China Inferred from the Satellite OMI and CMAQ Model Simulations. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(6), 519; doi:10.3390/rs9060519. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/519 --- Wang, Y.; Wang, J.; Levy, R.; Xu, X.; Reid, J. MODIS Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth over Turbid Coastal Water. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(6), 595; doi:10.3390/rs9060595. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/595 --- Kim, D.; Lee, H.; Hong, H.; Choi, W.; Lee, Y.; Park, J. Estimation of Surface NO2 Volume Mixing Ratio in Four Metropolitan Cities in Korea Using Multiple Regression Models with OMI and AIRS Data. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(6), 627; doi:10.3390/rs9060627. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/627 --- Qu, Y.; Han, Y.; Wu, Y.; Gao, P.; Wang, T. Study of PBLH and Its Correlation with Particulate Matter from One-Year Observation over Nanjing, Southeast China. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(7), 668; doi:10.3390/rs9070668. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/7/668 --- Tosca, M.; Campbell, J.; Garay, M.; Lolli, S.; Seidel, F.; Marquis, J.; Kalashnikova, O. Attributing Accelerated Summertime Warming in the Southeast United States to Recent Reductions in Aerosol Burden: Indications from Vertically-Resolved Observations. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(7), 674; doi:10.3390/rs9070674. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/7/674 --- Tao, M.; Wang, Z.; Tao, J.; Chen, L.; Wang, J.; Hou, C.; Wang, L.; Xu, X.; Zhu, H. How Do Aerosol Properties Affect the Temporal Variation of MODIS AOD Bias in Eastern China?. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 800; doi:10.3390/rs9080800. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/8/800 --- Wang, W.; Mao, F.; Du, L.; Pan, Z.; Gong, W.; Fang, S. Deriving Hourly PM2.5 Concentrations from Himawari-8 AODs over Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei in China. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 858; doi:10.3390/rs9080858. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/8/858 --- Yuchechen, A.; Lakkis, S.; Canziani, P. Linear and Non-Linear Trends for Seasonal NO2 and SO2 Concentrations in the Southern Hemisphere (2004−2016). Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 891; doi:10.3390/rs9090891. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/9/891 --- Qin, K.; Rao, L.; Xu, J.; Bai, Y.; Zou, J.; Hao, N.; Li, S.; Yu, C. Estimating Ground Level NO2 Concentrations over Central-Eastern China Using a Satellite-Based Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Model. Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 950; doi:10.3390/rs9090950. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/9/950

Description / Table of Contents: Fu, R.; Wu, Y.; Wang, H.; Xie, J. A Distributed Control Strategy for Frequency Regulation in Smart Grids Based on the Consensus Protocol. Energies 2015, 8(8), 7930-7944; doi:10.3390/en8087930. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/8/7930 --- Chae, W.; Lee, H.; Won, J.; Park, J.; Kim, J. Design and Field Tests of an Inverted Based Remote MicroGrid on a Korean Island. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8193-8210; doi:10.3390/en8088193. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/8/8193 --- Nguyen, T.; Yoo, H.; Kim, H. Application of Model Predictive Control to BESS for Microgrid Control. Energies 2015, 8(8), 8798-8813; doi:10.3390/en8088798. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/8/8798 --- Jung, S.; Jang, G. Development of an Optimal Power Control Scheme for Wave-Offshore Hybrid Generation Systems. Energies 2015, 8(9), 9009-9028; doi:10.3390/en8099009. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/9/9009 --- Yang, Y.; Zhang, W.; Jiang, J.; Huang, M.; Niu, L. Optimal Scheduling of a Battery Energy Storage System with Electric Vehicles’ Auxiliary for a Distribution Network with Renewable Energy Integration. Energies 2015, 8(10), 10718-10735; doi:10.3390/en81010718. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/10/10718 --- Xia, H.; Chen, H.; Yang, Z.; Lin, F.; Wang, B. Optimal Energy Management, Location and Size for Stationary Energy Storage System in a Metro Line Based on Genetic Algorithm. Energies 2015, 8(10), 11618-11640; doi:10.3390/en81011618. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/10/11618 --- Telaretti, E.; Ippolito, M.; Dusonchet, L. A Simple Operating Strategy of Small-Scale Battery Energy Storages for Energy Arbitrage under Dynamic Pricing Tariffs. Energies 2016, 9(1), 12; doi:10.3390/en9010012. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/1/12 --- Gelažanskas, L.; Gamage, K. Distributed Energy Storage Using Residential Hot Water Heaters. Energies 2016, 9(3), 127; doi:10.3390/en9030127. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/3/127 --- Pietrosanti, S.; Holderbaum, W.; Becerra, V. Optimal Power Management Strategy for Energy Storage with Stochastic Loads. Energies 2016, 9(3), 175; doi:10.3390/en9030175. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/3/175 --- Lin, F.; Li, X.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, Z. Control Strategies with Dynamic Threshold Adjustment for Supercapacitor Energy Storage System Considering the Train and Substation Characteristics in Urban Rail Transit. Energies 2016, 9(4), 257; doi:10.3390/en9040257. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/4/257 --- Bruen, T.; Hooper, J.; Marco, J.; Gama, M.; Chouchelamane, G. Analysis of a Battery Management System (BMS) Control Strategy for Vibration Aged Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Lithium-Ion 18650 Battery Cells. Energies 2016, 9(4), 255; doi:10.3390/en9040255. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/4/255 --- Chung, Y. A Novel Power-Saving Transmission Scheme for Multiple-Component-Carrier Cellular Systems. Energies 2016, 9(4), 265; doi:10.3390/en9040265. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/4/265 --- Zangs, M.; Adams, P.; Yunusov, T.; Holderbaum, W.; Potter, B. Distributed Energy Storage Control for Dynamic Load Impact Mitigation. Energies 2016, 9(8), 647; doi:10.3390/en9080647. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/8/647 --- Zhao, Z.; Sun, Y.; Hu, A.; Dai, X.; Tang, C. Energy Link Optimization in a Wireless Power Transfer Grid under Energy Autonomy Based on the Improved Genetic Algorithm. Energies 2016, 9(9), 682; doi:10.3390/en9090682. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/9/682 --- Gatta, F.; Geri, A.; Lamedica, R.; Lauria, S.; Maccioni, M.; Palone, F.; Rebolini, M.; Ruvio, A. Application of a LiFePO4 Battery Energy Storage System to Primary Frequency Control: Simulations and Experimental Results. Energies 2016, 9(11), 887; doi:10.3390/en9110887. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/11/887 --- Kies, A.; Schyska, B.; von Bremen, L. The Demand Side Management Potential to Balance a Highly Renewable European Power System. Energies 2016, 9(11), 955; doi:10.3390/en9110955. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/11/955 --- Yang, J.; Choi, J.; An, G.; Choi, Y.; Kim, M.; Won, D. Optimal Scheduling and Real-Time State-of-Charge Management of Energy Storage System for Frequency Regulation. Energies 2016, 9(12), 1010; doi:10.3390/en9121010. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/12/1010 --- Gao, Z.; Chin, C.; Woo, W.; Jia, J. Integrated Equivalent Circuit and Thermal Model for Simulation of Temperature-Dependent LiFePO4 Battery in Actual Embedded Application. Energies 2017, 10(1), 85; doi:10.3390/en10010085. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/1/85 --- Yunusov, T.; Zangs, M.; Holderbaum, W. Control of Energy Storage. Energies 2017, 10(7), 1010; doi:10.3390/en10071010. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/7/1010

Description / Table of Contents: Petroleum geology of the Black Sea: introduction / M. D. Simmons, G. C. Tari and A. I. Okay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 1-18, 4 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.15 --- Crustal structure and tectono-stratigraphy --- Crustal structure of the Mid Black Sea High from wide-angle seismic data / D. J. Shillington, T. A. Minshull, R. A. Edwards and N. White / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 19-32, 4 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.6 --- Geological evolution of the Central Pontides / Aral I. Okay, Demir Altiner, Gürsel Sunal, Mesut Aygül, Remziye Akdoğan, Sevinç Altiner and Mike Simmons / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 33-67, 15 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.3 --- Cretaceous geological evolution of the Pontides / Okan Tüysüz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 69-94, 8 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.9 --- Stratigraphy, petrogenesis and geodynamic setting of Late Cretaceous volcanism on the SW margin of the Black Sea, Turkey / Mehmet Keskİn and Okan Tüysüz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 95-130, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.5 --- Geochronology, geochemistry and isotope systematics of a mafic–intermediate dyke complex in the İstanbul Zone. New constraints on the evolution of the Black Sea in NW Turkey / Namık Aysal, Mehmet Keskin, Irena Peytcheva and Olgun Duru / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 131-168, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.4 --- Hydrocarbon plays of the western Black Sea --- The geological history of the Istria ‘Depression’, Romanian Black Sea shelf: tectonic controls on second-/third-order sequence architecture / David R. D. Boote / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 169-209, 9 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.8 --- Cretaceous sedimentation along the Romanian margin of the Black Sea: inferences from onshore to offshore correlations / C. Krezsek, R.-I. Bercea, G. Tari and G. Ionescu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 211-245, 7 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.10 --- Deep-water plays in the western Black Sea: insights into sediment supply within the Maykop depositional system / E. V. L. Rees, M. D. Simmons and J. W. P. Wilson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 247-265, 15 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.13 --- Regional petroleum systems and source rocks --- Oligocene and Lower Miocene source rocks in the Paratethys: palaeogeographical and stratigraphic controls / R. F. Sachsenhofer, S. V. Popov, A. Bechtel, S. Coric, J. Francu, R. Gratzer, P. Grunert, M. Kotarba, J. Mayer, M. Pupp, B. J. Rupprecht and S. J. Vincent / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 267-306, 7 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.1 --- Source potential and depositional environment of Oligocene and Miocene rocks offshore Bulgaria / J. Mayer, B. J. Rupprecht, R. F. Sachsenhofer, G. Tari, A. Bechtel, S. Coric, W. Siedl, W. Kosi and J. Floodpage / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 307-328, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.2 --- Source rock evaluation of Middle Eocene–Early Miocene mudstones from the NE margin of the Black Sea / Stephen J. Vincent and Matthew N. D. Kaye / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 329-363, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.7 --- Messinian–Holocene stratigraphy --- Messinian canyons in the Turkish western Black Sea / N. Ö. Sipahioğlu and Z. Batı / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 365-387, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.12 --- Holocene source rock deposition in the Black Sea, insights from a dropcore study offshore Bulgaria / M. Fallah, J. Mayer, G. Tari and J. Baur / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 389-401, 15 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.11 --- Petroleum potential of the eastern Black Sea and deep-water exploration review --- Stratigraphy, structure and petroleum exploration play types of the Rioni Basin, Georgia / G. Tari, D. Vakhania, G. Tatishvili, V. Mikeladze, K. Gogritchiani, S. Vacharadze, J. Mayer, C. Sheya, W. Siedl, J. J. M. Banon and J. L. Trigo Sanchez / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 403-438, 4 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.14 --- History of deepwater exploration in the Black Sea and an overview of deepwater petroleum play types / G. C. Tari and M. D. Simmons / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 464, 439-475, 4 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP464.16

Description / Table of Contents: In 1692, Newton wrote: "That gravity should be innate inherent and essential to matter so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action or force may be conveyed from one to another is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters any competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this agent be material or immaterial is a question I have left to the consideration of my readers". One of them who, just over 200 years later, picked up the baton of Newton was Albert Einstein. His General Theory of Relativity, which marks the centenary this year, opened up new windows on our comprehension of Nature, disclosed new, previously unpredictable, phenomena occurring when relative velocities dramatically change in intense gravitational fields reaching values close to the speed of light and, for the first time after millennia of speculations, put Cosmology on the firm grounds of empirically testable science. This Special Issue is dedicated to such a grandest achievement of the human thought.

Description / Table of Contents: The Himalayan cryosphere: past and present variability of the ‘third pole’ / N. C. Pant, Rasik Ravindra, Deepak Srivastava and Lonnie Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 1-6, 27 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.13 --- The Past --- Global-scale abrupt climate events and black swans: an ice-core-derived palaeoclimate perspective from Earth's highest mountains / Lonnie G. Thompson, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Mary E. Davis, Stacy E. Porter, Donald V. Kenny and Ping-Nan Lin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 7-22, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.6 --- Formation and breaching of two palaeolakes around Leh, Indus valley, during the late Quaternary / S. A. I. Mujtaba, Ravish Lal, H. S. Saini, Pawan Kumar and N. C. Pant / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 23-34, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.3 --- Depth profiling and recessional history of the Hamtah and Parang glaciers in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalaya / A. K. Swain, M. A. Mukhtar, Z. Majeed and S. P. Shukla / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 35-49, 1 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.11 --- Geomorphic evolution of glacier-fed Baspa Valley, NW Himalaya: record of Late Quaternary climate change, monsoon dynamics and glacial fluctuations / S. Dutta, S. A. I. Mujtaba, H. S. Saini, R. Chunchekar and P. Kumar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 51-72, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.5 --- The Present --- A precipitation perspective of the Hydrosphere-cryosphere interaction in the Himalaya / Abul Amir Khan, N. C. Pant, Rasik Ravindra, Apurva Alok, Manika Gupta and Shikha Gupta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 73-87, 9 October 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.2 --- Development of an operational algorithm for estimating snow-cover fraction / K. V. Mitkari, M. K. Arora, V. D. Mishra, H. S. Gusain and N. K. Gupta / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 89-98, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.7 --- Mass-balance modelling of Gangotri glacier / A. Agrawal, R. J. Thayyen and A. P. Dimri / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 99-117, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.1 --- Annual cycle of temperature and snowmelt runoff in Satluj River Basin using in situ data / Sarita Tiwari, Sarat C. Kar, R. Bhatla and R. Bansal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 119-138, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.4 --- Temporal variations in snow albedo at glaciated upper elevation zone of an Eastern Himalayan river basin / N. Chiphang, P. Mishra, A. Bandyopadhyay and A. Bhadra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 139-154, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.8 --- Wintertime surface energy balance of a high-altitude seasonal snow surface in Chhota Shigri glacier basin, Western Himalaya / Mohd Soheb, Alagappan Ramanathan, Arindan Mandal, Thupstan Angchuk, Naveen Pandey and Som Dutta Mishra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 155-168, 29 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.10 --- Sustainability --- Earth surface processes and landscape evolution in the Himalaya: a framework for sustainable development and geohazard mitigation / Lewis A. Owen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 169-188, 28 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.9 --- The sustainability of water resources in High Mountain Asia in the context of recent and future glacier change / Ann V. Rowan, Duncan J. Quincey, Morgan J. Gibson, Neil F. Glasser, Matthew J. Westoby, Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn, Phillip R. Porter and Michael J. Hambrey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 462, 189-204, 1 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP462.12

Description / Table of Contents: Recent advances in karst research: from theory to fieldwork and applications / Mario Parise, Franci Gabrovsek, Georg Kaufmann and Natasa Ravbar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 1-24, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.26 --- Karst geology, geomorphology, and speleogenesis --- Orogeny and the collapse of the Devonian Prairie Evaporite karst in Western Canada: impact on the overlying Cretaceous Athabasca Oil Sands / Paul L. Broughton / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 25-78, 8 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.7 --- Tafoni and honeycomb structures as indicators of ascending fluid flow and hypogene karstification / Alexander Klimchouk / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 79-105, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.11 --- Relations between surface and underground karst forms inferred from terrestrial laser scanning / Aleksandar S. Petrović, Jelena Ćalić, Aleksandra Spalević and Marko Pantić / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 107-120, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.23 --- A genetic classification of caves and its application in eastern Austria / P. Oberender and L. Plan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 121-136, 29 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.21 --- Surface landforms and speleological investigation for a better understanding of karst hydrogeological processes: a history of research in southeastern Italy / M. Parise and L. Benedetto / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 137-153, 25 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.25 --- The Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): some peculiar features of a tropical, high-energy coastal karst system / Giovanni Badino, Antonio De Vivo, Paolo Forti and Leonardo Piccini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 155-170, 24 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.22 --- Role of karst denudation on the accurate assessment of glacio-eustasy and tectonic uplift on carbonate coasts / John E. Mylroie and Joan R. Mylroie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 171-185, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.2 --- Arid hypogene karst in a multi-aquifer system: hydrogeology and speleogenesis of Ashalim Cave, Negev Desert, Israel / Amos Frumkin and Boaz Langford / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 187-200, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.3 --- Pliocene–Pleistocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from Ashalim Cave speleothems, Negev Desert, Israel / Anton Vaks, Miryam Bar-Matthews, Avner Ayalon, Alan Matthews and Amos Frumkin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 201-216, 15 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.10 --- Karst hydrogeology --- Global distribution and use of water from karst aquifers / Zoran Stevanović / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 217-236, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.17 --- Characterization and hydraulic behaviour of the complex karst of the Kaibab Plateau and Grand Canyon National Park, USA / Casey J. R. Jones, Abraham E. Springer, Benjamin W. Tobin, Sarah J. Zappitello and Natalie A. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 237-260, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.5 --- Vulnerability assessment and its validation: the Gömör-Torna Karst, Hungary and Slovakia / Veronika Iván and Judit Mádl-Szőnyi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 261-273, 29 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.15 --- Hydrochemical and isotopic characterization of carbonate aquifers under natural flow conditions, Sierra Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain / Damián Sánchez, Juan Antonio Barberá, Matías Mudarra, Bartolomé Andreo and José Francisco Martín / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 275-293, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.16 --- Climatological trends and anticipated karst spring quantity and quality: case study of the Slovene Istria / Nataša Ravbar, Gregor Kovačič, Metka Petrič, Janja Kogovšek, Clarissa Brun and Alenka Koželj / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 295-305, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.19 --- Preliminary analysis of the decrease in water level of Vrana Lake on the small carbonate island of Cres (Dinaric karst, Croatia) / Ognjen Bonacci / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 307-317, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.6 --- Karst modelling --- Numerical groundwater modelling in karst / Neven Kresic and Sorab Panday / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 319-330, 14 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.12 --- Experiences in calibrating and evaluating lumped karst hydrological models / Andreas Hartmann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 331-340, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.18 --- Geophysical observations and structural models of two shallow caves in gypsum/anhydrite-bearing rocks in Germany / Georg Kaufmann and Douchko Romanov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 341-357, 6 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.13 --- Models of temperature, entropy production and convective airflow in caves / Giovanni Badino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 359-379, 31 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.24 --- Karst hazards and management --- Evaluating the susceptibility to anthropogenic sinkholes in Apulian calcarenites, southern Italy / A. Fiore, N. L. Fazio, P. Lollino, M. Luisi, M. N. Miccoli, R. Pagliarulo, M. Perrotti, L. Pisano, L. Spalluto, C. Vennari, G. Vessia and M. Parise / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 381-396, 4 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.20 --- Groundwater flood hazards and mechanisms in lowland karst terrains / Owen Naughton, Ted McCormack, Laurence Gill and Paul Johnston / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 397-410, 11 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.9 --- Škocjan Caves, Slovenia: an integrative approach to the management of a World Heritage Site / Vanja Debevec, Borut Peric, Samo Šturm, Tomaž Zorman and Peter Jovanovič / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 411-429, 18 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.14 --- Karst-specific composite model for informed resource management decisions on the Biosfera de la Reserva Selva el Ocote, Chiapas, Mexico / Johanna L. Kovarik and Philip E. van Beynen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 431-442, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.1 --- A review and statistical assessment of the criteria for determining cave significance / Augusto S. Auler, Tatiana A. R. Souza, Daniela C. Sé and Gustavo A. Soares / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 443-459, 28 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.8 --- What will be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? / Paolo Forti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 466, 461-475, 6 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP466.4

Description / Table of Contents: Martian gullies and their Earth analogues: introduction / Susan J. Conway, Tjalling de Haas, Tanya N. Harrison, Paul A. Carling and Jonathan Carrivick / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 1-6, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.15 --- Martian gullies: a comprehensive review of observations, mechanisms and insights from Earth analogues / Susan J. Conway, Tjalling de Haas and Tanya N. Harrison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 7-66, 25 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.14 --- Martian remote sensing --- The formation of gullies on Mars today / Colin M. Dundas, Alfred S. McEwen, Serina Diniega, Candice J. Hansen, Shane Byrne and Jim N. McElwaine / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 67-94, 27 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.5 --- Dune-slope activity due to frost and wind throughout the north polar erg, Mars / Serina Diniega, Candice J. Hansen, Amanda Allen, Nathan Grigsby, Zheyu Li, Tyler Perez and Matthew Chojnacki / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 95-114, 27 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.6 --- Morphological characterization of landforms produced by springtime seasonal activity on Russell Crater megadune, Mars / Gwenaël Jouannic, Susan J. Conway, Julien Gargani, François Costard, Marion Massé, Olivier Bourgeois, John Carter, Frédéric Schmidt, Chiara Marmo, Gian G. Ori, Marion Nachon and Kelly Pasquon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 115-144, 29 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.16 --- Are different Martian gully morphologies due to different processes on the Kaiser dune field? / Kelly Pasquon, Julien Gargani, Marion Nachon, Susan J. Conway, Marion Massé, Gwenaël Jouannic, Matthew R. Balme, François Costard and Mathieu Vincendon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 145-164, 18 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.13 --- Time will tell: temporal evolution of Martian gullies and palaeoclimatic implications / T. de Haas, S. J. Conway, F. E. G. Butcher, J. Levy, P. M. Grindrod, T. A. Goudge and M. R. Balme / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 165-186, 27 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.1 --- New slope-normalized global gully density and orientation maps for Mars / S. J. Conway, T. N. Harrison, R. J. Soare, A. W. Britton and L. J. Steele / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 187-197, 27 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.3 --- Thermal inertia variations from gully and mass-wasting activity in Gasa crater, Mars / Tanya N. Harrison, Livio L. Tornabene, Gordon R. Osinski and Susan J. Conway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 199-210, 4 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.8 --- Periglacial complexes and the deductive evidence of ‘wet’-flows at the Hale impact crater, Mars / R. J. Soare, S. J. Conway, C. Gallagher, J. M. Dohm and D. Reiss / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 211-231, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.7 --- Geomorphological analysis of gullies on the central peak of Lyot Crater, Mars / Virginia C. Gulick, Natalie Glines, Shawn Hart and Patrick Freeman / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 233-265, 5 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.17 --- Earth analogues --- Debris flows and water tracks in northern Victoria Land, continental East Antarctica: a new terrestrial analogue site for gullies and recurrent slope lineae on Mars / E. Hauber, C. Sassenroth, J.-P. de Vera, N. Schmitz, R. Jaumann, D. Reiss, H. Hiesinger and A. Johnsson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 267-287, 3 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.12 --- Gully formation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: multiple sources of water, temporal sequence and relative importance in gully erosion and deposition processes / James L. Dickson, James W. Head, Joseph S. Levy, Gareth A. Morgan and David R. Marchant / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 289-314, 4 December 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.4 --- Gullies and debris-flows in Ladakh Himalaya, India: a potential Martian analogue / Rishitosh K. Sinha, S. Vijayan, Anil D. Shukla, Priyabrata Das and Falguni Bhattacharya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 315-342, 7 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.9 --- Laboratory simulations --- CO2 sublimation in Martian gullies: laboratory experiments at varied slope angle and regolith grain sizes / Matthew E. Sylvest, John C. Dixon, Susan J. Conway, Manish R. Patel, Jim N. McElwaine, Axel Hagermann and Adam Barnes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 343-371, 26 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.11 --- Downslope sediment transport by boiling liquid water under Mars-like conditions: experiments and potential implications for Martian gullies / Clémence Herny, Susan J. Conway, Jan Raack, Sabrina Carpy, Tanguy Colleu-Banse and Manish R. Patel / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 373-410, 6 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.10 --- An experimental investigation into Martian gully formation: a slush-flow model / Katherine S. Auld and John C. Dixon / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 467, 411-424, 27 November 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP467.2

Description / Table of Contents: Wang, X.; Wang, R.; Wei, Q.; Wang, P.; Wei, J. Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Late Permian Coals from the Mahe Mine, Zhaotong Coalfield, Northeastern Yunnan, China. Minerals 2015, 5(3), 380-396; doi:10.3390/min5030380. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/3/380 --- Hower, J.; Eble, C.; O'Keefe, J.; Dai, S.; Wang, P.; Xie, P.; Liu, J.; Ward, C.; French, D. Petrology, Palynology, and Geochemistry of Gray Hawk Coal (Early Pennsylvanian, Langsettian) in Eastern Kentucky, USA. Minerals 2015, 5(3), 592-622; doi:10.3390/min5030511. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/3/0511 --- Devasahayam, S.; Ameen, M.; Verheyen, T.; Bandyopadhyay, S. Brown Coal Dewatering Using Poly (Acrylamide-Co-Potassium Acrylic) Based Super Absorbent Polymers. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 623-636; doi:10.3390/min5040512. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0512 --- Wang, X.; Feng, Q.; Sun, R.; Liu, G. Radioactivity of Natural Nuclides (40K, 238U, 232Th, 226Ra) in Coals from Eastern Yunnan, China. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 637-646; doi:10.3390/min5040513. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0513 --- Yang, N.; Tang, S.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Y. Mineralogical and Geochemical Compositions of the No. 5 Coal in Chuancaogedan Mine, Junger Coalfield, China. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 788-800; doi:10.3390/min5040525. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0525 --- Jia, J.; Li, X.; Wu, P.; Liu, Y.; Han, C.; Zhou, L.; Yang, L. Human Health Risk Assessment and Safety Threshold of Harmful Trace Elements in the Soil Environment of the Wulantuga Open-Cast Coal Mine. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 837-848; doi:10.3390/min5040528. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0528 --- Wang, G.; Luo, Z.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, Y. Modes of Occurrence of Fluorine by Extraction and SEM Method in a Coal-Fired Power Plant from Inner Mongolia, China. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 863-869; doi:10.3390/min5040530. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0530 --- Zhao, L.; Ward, C.; French, D.; Graham, I. Major and Trace Element Geochemistry of Coals and Intra-Seam Claystones from the Songzao Coalfield, SW China. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 870-893; doi:10.3390/min5040531. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0531 --- Johnston, M.; Hower, J.; Dai, S.; Wang, P.; Xie, P.; Liu, J. Petrology and Geochemistry of the Harlan, Kellioka, and Darby Coals from the Louellen 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Harlan County, Kentucky. Minerals 2015, 5(4), 894-918; doi:10.3390/min5040532. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/5/4/0532 --- Liu, S.; Qi, C.; Zhang, S.; Deng, Y. Minerals in the Ash and Slag from Oxygen-Enriched Underground Coal Gasification. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 27; doi:10.3390/min6020027. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/27 --- Xiao, L.; Zhao, B.; Duan, P.; Shi, Z.; Ma, J.; Lin, M. Geochemical Characteristics of Trace Elements in the No. 6 Coal Seam from the Chuancaogedan Mine, Jungar Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 28; doi:10.3390/min6020028. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/28 --- Xie, P.; Song, H.; Wei, J.; Li, Q. Mineralogical Characteristics of Late Permian Coals from the Yueliangtian Coal Mine, Guizhou, Southwestern China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 29; doi:10.3390/min6020029. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/29 --- Hower, J.; Granite, E.; Mayfield, D.; Lewis, A.; Finkelman, R. Notes on Contributions to the Science of Rare Earth Element Enrichment in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 32; doi:10.3390/min6020032. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/32 --- Liu, H.; Sun, Q.; Wang, B.; Wang, P.; Zou, J. Morphology and Composition of Microspheres in Fly Ash from the Luohuang Power Plant, Chongqing, Southwestern China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 30; doi:10.3390/min6020030. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/30 --- Dang, J.; Xie, Q.; Liang, D.; Wang, X.; Dong, H.; Cao, J. The Fate of Trace Elements in Yanshan Coal during Fast Pyrolysis. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 35; doi:10.3390/min6020035. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/35 --- Yang, N.; Tang, S.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Y. Modes of Occurrence and Abundance of Trace Elements in Pennsylvanian Coals from the Pingshuo Mine, Ningwu Coalfield, Shanxi Province, China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 40; doi:10.3390/min6020040. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/40 --- Zhao, L.; Dai, S.; Graham, I.; Wang, P. Clay Mineralogy of Coal-Hosted Nb-Zr-REE-Ga Mineralized Beds from Late Permian Strata, Eastern Yunnan, SW China: Implications for Paleotemperature and Origin of the Micro-Quartz. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 45; doi:10.3390/min6020045. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/45 --- Zou, J.; Tian, H.; Li, T. Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Tuff in Zhongliangshan Mine, Chongqing, Southwestern China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 47; doi:10.3390/min6020047. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/47 --- Yang, L.; Song, J.; Bai, X.; Song, B.; Wang, R.; Zhou, T.; Jia, J.; Pu, H. Leaching Behavior and Potential Environmental Effects of Trace Elements in Coal Gangue of an Open-Cast Coal Mine Area, Inner Mongolia, China. Minerals 2016, 6(2), 50; doi:10.3390/min6020050. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/2/50 --- Wang, X.; Zhang, L.; Jiang, Y.; Wei, J.; Chen, Z. Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of the Early Permian Upper No. 3 Coal from Southwestern Shandong, China. Minerals 2016, 6(3), 58; doi:10.3390/min6030058. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/58 --- Giménez-García, R.; Vigil de la Villa Mencía, R.; Rubio, V.; Frías, M. The Transformation of Coal-Mining Waste Minerals in the Pozzolanic Reactions of Cements. Minerals 2016, 6(3), 64; doi:10.3390/min6030064. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/64 --- Wang, R. Geological Controls on Mineralogy and Geochemistry of an Early Permian Coal from the Songshao Mine, Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. Minerals 2016, 6(3), 66; doi:10.3390/min6030066. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/66 --- Luo, Y.; Zheng, M. Origin of Minerals and Elements in the Late Permian Coal Seams of the Shiping Mine, Sichuan, Southwestern China. Minerals 2016, 6(3), 74; doi:10.3390/min6030074. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/74

Description / Table of Contents: Zambon, I.; Colosimo, F.; Monarca, D.; Cecchini, M.; Gallucci, F.; Proto, A.; Lord, R.; Colantoni, A. An Innovative Agro-Forestry Supply Chain for Residual Biomass: Physicochemical Characterisation of Biochar from Olive and Hazelnut Pellets. Energies 2016, 9(7), 526; doi:10.3390/en9070526. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/7/526 --- Liu, P.; Wang, Q.; Yan, D.; Fang, W.; Mao, L.; Wang, D.; Li, Y.; Ouyang, C.; Guo, M.; Cao, A. Effects of Biochar Amendment on Chloropicrin Adsorption and Degradation in Soil. Energies 2016, 9(11), 869; doi:10.3390/en9110869. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/11/869 --- Fang, W.; Cao, A.; Yan, D.; Han, D.; Huang, B.; Li, J.; Liu, X.; Guo, M.; Wang, Q. The Effect of Two Types of Biochars on the Efficacy, Emission, Degradation, and Adsorption of the Fumigant Methyl Isothiocyanate. Energies 2017, 10(1), 16; doi:10.3390/en10010016. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/1/16 --- Long, J.; Boyette, M. Analysis of Micronized Charcoal for Use in a Liquid Fuel Slurry. Energies 2017, 10(1), 25; doi:10.3390/en10010025. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/1/25 --- Fuente-Hernández, A.; Lee, R.; Béland, N.; Zamboni, I.; Lavoie, J. Reduction of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol in Liquid Phase over a Biochar-Supported Platinum Catalyst. Energies 2017, 10(3), 286; doi:10.3390/en10030286. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/286 --- Brassard, P.; Godbout, S.; Raghavan, V.; Palacios, J.; Grenier, M.; Zegan, D. The Production of Engineered Biochars in a Vertical Auger Pyrolysis Reactor for Carbon Sequestration. Energies 2017, 10(3), 288; doi:10.3390/en10030288. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/288 --- González-Vázquez, M.; García, R.; Pevida, C.; Rubiera, F. Optimization of a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Plant for Low-Temperature Gasification of Biomass. Energies 2017, 10(3), 306; doi:10.3390/en10030306. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/306 --- Yang, X.; Wang, H.; Strong, P.; Xu, S.; Liu, S.; Lu, K.; Sheng, K.; Guo, J.; Che, L.; He, L.; Ok, Y.; Yuan, G.; Shen, Y.; Chen, X. Thermal Properties of Biochars Derived from Waste Biomass Generated by Agricultural and Forestry Sectors. Energies 2017, 10(4), 469; doi:10.3390/en10040469. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/4/469 --- Ellison, C.; McKeown, M.; Trabelsi, S.; Boldor, D. Dielectric Properties of Biomass/Biochar Mixtures at Microwave Frequencies. Energies 2017, 10(4), 502; doi:10.3390/en10040502. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/4/502 --- Kang, S.; Sim, B.; Kim, J. Volume and Mass Measurement of a Burning Wood Pellet by Image Processing. Energies 2017, 10(5), 603; doi:10.3390/en10050603. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/5/603 --- Tamošiūnas, A.; Chouchène, A.; Valatkevičius, P.; Gimžauskaitė, D.; Aikas, M.; Uscila, R.; Ghorbel, M.; Jeguirim, M. The Potential of Thermal Plasma Gasification of Olive Pomace Charcoal. Energies 2017, 10(5), 710; doi:10.3390/en10050710. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/5/710 --- Guizani, C.; Jeguirim, M.; Valin, S.; Limousy, L.; Salvador, S. Biomass Chars: The Effects of Pyrolysis Conditions on Their Morphology, Structure, Chemical Properties and Reactivity. Energies 2017, 10(6), 796; doi:10.3390/en10060796. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/6/796 --- Zhao, S.; Ta, N.; Wang, X. Effect of Temperature on the Structural and Physicochemical Properties of Biochar with Apple Tree Branches as Feedstock Material. Energies 2017, 10(9), 1293; doi:10.3390/en10091293. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/9/1293 --- Wanassi, B.; Hariz, I.; Ghimbeu, C.; Vaulot, C.; Jeguirim, M. Green Carbon Composite-Derived Polymer Resin and Waste Cotton Fibers for the Removal of Alizarin Red S Dye. Energies 2017, 10(9), 1321; doi:10.3390/en10091321. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/9/1321 --- Ghouma, I.; Jeguirim, M.; Sager, U.; Limousy, L.; Bennici, S.; Däuber, E.; Asbach, C.; Ligotski, R.; Schmidt, F.; Ouederni, A. The Potential of Activated Carbon Made of Agro-Industrial Residues in NOx Immissions Abatement. Energies 2017, 10(10), 1508; doi:10.3390/en10101508. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1508 --- Jeguirim, M.; Limousy, L. Biomass Chars: Elaboration, Characterization and Applications. Energies 2017, 10(12), 2040; doi:10.3390/en10122040. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2040

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics: an overview / R. W. Wilson, G. A. Houseman, S. J. H. Buiter, K. J. W. McCaffrey and A. G. Doré / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 1-17, 25 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2019-58 --- The Classic Wilson v. Supercontinent Cycles --- The classic Wilson cycle revisited / Ian W. D. Dalziel and John F. Dewey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 19-38, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.1 --- Supercontinents: myths, mysteries, and milestones / Daniel Pastor-Galán, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy and Christopher J. Spencer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 39-64, 8 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.16 --- Supercontinents and the case for Pannotia / R. Damian Nance and J. Brendan Murphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 65-86, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.5 --- Mantle Dynamics in the Wilson Cycle --- Mantle plumes and mantle dynamics in the Wilson cycle / Philip J. Heron / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 87-103, 19 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2018-97 --- Tectonic Inheritance in the Lithosphere --- Tectonic inheritance, structure reactivation and lithospheric strength: the relevance of geological history / A. M. C. Şengör, Nalan Lom and Nurbike G. Sağdıç / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 105-136, 15 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.8 --- Exploring the theory of plate tectonics: the role of mantle lithosphere structure / Philip J. Heron, Russell N. Pysklywec and Randell Stephenson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 137-155, 1 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.7 --- Potential role of lithospheric mantle composition in the Wilson cycle: a North Atlantic perspective / Pauline Chenin, Suzanne Picazo, Suzon Jammes, Gianreto Manatschal, Othmar Müntener and Garry Karner / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 157-172, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.10 --- Rheological inheritance: lessons from the Death Valley region, US Basin and Range Province / Rodrigo D. Lima, Nicholas W. Hayman and Elena Miranda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 173-204, 21 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.14 --- Multi-phase reactivations and inversions of Paleozoic–Mesozoic extensional basins during the Wilson cycle: case studies from the North Sea (UK) and the Northern Apennines (Italy) / Vittorio Scisciani, Stefano Patruno, Enrico Tavarnelli, Fernando Calamita, Paolo Pace and David Iacopini / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 205-243, 3 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470-2017-232 --- Revisiting Tuzo's question on the Atlantic --- Examining the influence of tectonic inheritance on the evolution of the North Atlantic using a palinspastic deformable plate reconstruction / Bridget E. Ady and Richard C. Whittaker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 245-264, 19 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.9 --- Role of Avalonia in the development of tectonic paradigms / J. Brendan Murphy, R. Damian Nance, J. Duncan Keppie and Jaroslav Dostal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 265-287, 23 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.12 --- Diachronous Paleozoic accretion of peri-Gondwanan terranes at the Laurentian margin / John W. F. Waldron, David I. Schofield and J. Brendan Murphy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 289-310, 29 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.11 --- Inversion of Taconian extensional structures during Paleozoic orogenesis in western Newfoundland / Shawna E. White and John W. F. Waldron / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 311-336, 6 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.17 --- Tectonic inheritance at multiple scales during more than two complete Wilson cycles recorded in eastern North America / William A. Thomas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 337-352, 9 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.4 --- Late Paleozoic extensional reactivation of the Rheic–Rhenohercynian suture zone in SW England, the English Channel and Western Approaches / Andrew C. Alexander, Robin K. Shail and Brian E. Leveridge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 353-373, 4 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.19 --- Opening and Closing of Oceans --- Non-Wilsonian break-up predisposed by transforms: examples from the North Atlantic and Arctic / E. R. Lundin and A. G. Doré / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 375-392, 21 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.6 --- The Jan Mayen microplate complex and the Wilson cycle / Christian Schiffer, Alexander Peace, Jordan Phethean, Laurent Gernigon, Ken McCaffrey, Kenni D. Petersen and Gillian Foulger / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 393-414, 1 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.2 --- The subduction initiation stage of the Wilson cycle / Robert Hall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 415-437, 19 February 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.3 --- 3D numerical modelling of the Wilson cycle: structural inheritance of alternating subduction polarity / Stéphane J. Beaussier, Taras V. Gerya and Jean-Pierre Burg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 439-461, 2 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.15 --- Cratonic Basins and their place in the Wilson Cycle --- Cratonic basins and the Wilson cycle: a perspective from the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil / M. C. Daly, B. Tozer and A. B. Watts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 470, 463-477, 3 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP470.13

Description / Table of Contents: Mechanisms of SAR Imaging of Shallow Water Topography of the Subei Bank / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(11), 1203; doi:10.3390/rs9111203 --- Detection of Bivalve Beds on Exposed Intertidal Flats Using Polarimetric SAR Indicators / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 1047; doi:10.3390/rs9101047 --- Exploring the Potential of Active Learning for Automatic Identification of Marine Oil Spills Using 10-Year (2004–2013) RADARSAT Data / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 1041; doi:10.3390/rs9101041 --- Assimilation of Typhoon Wind Field Retrieved from Scatterometer and SAR Based on the Huber Norm Quality Control / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(10), 987; doi:10.3390/rs9100987 --- Performance Analysis of Ocean Surface Topography Altimetry by Ku-Band Near-Nadir Interferometric SAR / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 933; doi:10.3390/rs9090933 --- Satellite Survey of Internal Waves in the Black and Caspian Seas / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(9), 892; doi:10.3390/rs9090892 --- Contextual Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network with Multilayer Fusion for SAR Ship Detection / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 860; doi:10.3390/rs9080860 --- Refocusing of Moving Targets in SAR Images via Parametric Sparse Representation / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(8), 795; doi:10.3390/rs9080795 --- Modulation Model of High Frequency Band Radar Backscatter by the Internal Wave Based on the Third-Order Statistics / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 501; doi:10.3390/rs9050501 --- Ku-Band Sea Surface Radar Backscatter at Low Incidence Angles under Extreme Wind Conditions / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(5), 474; doi:10.3390/rs9050474 --- Doppler Spectrum-Based NRCS Estimation Method for Low-Scattering Areas in Ocean SAR Images / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(3), 219; doi:10.3390/rs9030219 --- An Improved Shape Contexts Based Ship Classification in SAR Images / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(2), 145; doi:10.3390/rs9020145 --- GF-3 SAR Ocean Wind Retrieval: The First View and Preliminary Assessment / Remote Sens. 2017, 9(7), 694; doi:10.3390/rs9070694

Description / Table of Contents: Military use of geologists and geology: a historical overview and introduction / Edward P. F. Rose, Judy Ehlen and Ursula L. Lawrence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 1-29, 8 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.15 --- Coastal fortification --- The landslip-damaged Roman fort at Lympne in SE England / Edward Nicholas Bromhead / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 31-45, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.9 --- Groundwater supplies to maritime and coastal defences in southern England: a story of risk and innovation / John D. Mather / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 47-60, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.8 --- American coastal defence Third System forts: how geomorphology and geology dictated placement and influenced history / Stephen W. Henderson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 61-82, 10 May 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.10 --- The northern Atlantic Wall: German engineering geology work in Norway during World War II / Hermann Häusler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 83-108, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.4 --- Excavation --- Trench construction and engineering geology on the Western Front, 1914–18 / Peter Doyle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 109-130, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.6 --- German military geology and military mining on the Eastern Front in World War I / Dierk Willig / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 131-150, 1 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.14 --- Quarrying Companies Royal Engineers in World War I: a geologically constrained innovation to support British armies on the Western Front / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 151-171, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.1 --- Quarrying Companies Royal Engineers in World War II: contributions to military infrastructure within the UK and to Allied forces during the North African, Italian and NW Europe campaigns / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 173-200, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.2 --- Tunnelling Companies Royal Engineers in World War II: excavation of bomb-proof facilities in France, Gibraltar, Malta and the UK / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 201-232, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.3 --- Engineering geological considerations for the ‘Old’ Beacon Hill Railway Tunnel, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / Alexander D. Mackay / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 233-239, 9 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.12 --- Geological considerations of contemporary military tunnelling near Mosul, northern Iraq / Mark H. Bulmer / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 241-265, 22 June 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.11 --- Terrain evaluation --- Geological influence of the Great Red River Raft on the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War / Danny W. Harrelson, Nalini Torres, Amber Tillotson and Mansour Zakikhani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 267-273, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.5 --- Aerial photographic intelligence during World War II: contributions by some distinguished British geologists / Edward P. F. Rose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 275-296, 10 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.13 --- One hundred years of cross-country mobility prediction in Germany / Florian Malm / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 473, 297-306, 6 March 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP473.7

Description / Table of Contents: 6 June 2019 --- Accepted manuscript Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry of earth materials: considerations for forensic analysis / Elisa Bergslien / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-346 --- Accepted manuscript The Desktop Study, an Essential Element of Geoforensic Search: Homicide and Environmental Cases (West Belfast, N.Ireland, UK) / Alastair Ruffell and Lorraine Barry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-333 --- Accepted manuscript Geoforensics in Italy: Education and Research Standards / R. M. Di Maggio and P. M. Barone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-273 --- 5 June 2019 --- Accepted manuscript A case study in forensic soil examination from China / Hongling Guo, Ping Wang, Can Hu, Jun Zhu, XueYing Yang, Yangke Quan, HongCheng Mei and JinFeng Li / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-307 --- Accepted manuscript Comparison of geophysical and botanical results in simulated clandestine graves in rural and tropical environments in Colombia, South America / Carlos Martin Molina and Jamie K. Pringle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-290 --- Accepted manuscript The Forensic Application of Ground Penetrating Radar, Tekoha Jevy Indigenous Village, Paraná, Brazil / Rafael E. Canata, Fábio A. S. Salvador, Welitom R. Borges, Francisco J. F. Ferreira, Eduardo X. Seimetz, Ivan Pinto and Eduardo O. Barros / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-329 --- Accepted manuscript The importance of forensic soil science and geology being connected to mainstream forensic science / Hilton Kobus and James Robertson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2017-314 --- 23 May 2019 --- Accepted manuscript Identifying the source of illicit gold from South America / Roger D. Dixon and Roland K. W. Merkle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-15 --- Accepted manuscript Geographical Information Science (GIS), Spatial Sampling and Sediment variability examined using a case of Manslaughter / Jennifer McKinley and Alastair Ruffell / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 492, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP492-2018-16

Description / Table of Contents: Watershed Hydrology: Scientific Advances and Environmental Assessments / Water 2018, 10(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/w10030288 --- Debris Flow Susceptibility Assessment in the Wudongde Dam Area, China Based on Rock Engineering System and Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm / Water 2017, 9(9), 669; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090669 --- Evaluating the Effects of Low Impact Development Practices on Urban Flooding under Different Rainfall Intensities / Water 2017, 9(7), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9070548 --- Flooding in Delta Areas under Changing Climate: Response of Design Flood Level to Non-Stationarity in Both Inflow Floods and High Tides in South China / Water 2017, 9(7), 471; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9070471 --- Variability of Spatially Grid-Distributed Precipitation over the Huaihe River Basin in China / Water 2017, 9(7), 489; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9070489 --- Estimation of Active Stream Network Length in a Hilly Headwater Catchment Using Recession Flow Analysis / Water 2017, 9(5), 348; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9050348 --- Hydrological Modeling of the Upper Indus Basin: A Case Study from a High-Altitude Glacierized Catchment Hunza / Water 2017, 9(1), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9010017 --- Characterizing Changes in Streamflow and Sediment Supply in the Sacramento River Basin, California, Using Hydrological Simulation Program—FORTRAN (HSPF) / Water 2016, 8(10), 432; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8100432 --- Assessment of the Impact of Subsurface Agricultural Drainage on Soil Water Storage and Flows of a Small Watershed / Water 2016, 8(8), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8080326 --- Effects of Model Spatial Resolution on Ecohydrologic Predictions and Their Sensitivity to Inter-Annual Climate Variability / Water 2016, 8(8), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8080321 --- Hydrologic Alteration Associated with Dam Construction in a Medium-Sized Coastal Watershed of Southeast China / Water 2016, 8(8), 317; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8080317 --- Using High-Resolution Data to Test Parameter Sensitivity of the Distributed Hydrological Model HydroGeoSphere / Water 2016, 8(5), 202; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8050202 --- Multi-Site Validation of the SWAT Model on the Bani Catchment: Model Performance and Predictive Uncertainty / Water 2016, 8(5), 178; https://doi.org/10.3390/w8050178 --- An Eco-Hydrological Model-Based Assessment of the Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Management in the Jinghe River Basin, China / Water 2015, 7(11), 6301-6320; https://doi.org/10.3390/w7116301

Description / Table of Contents: Multiple roles of clays in radioactive waste confinement – introduction / Simon Norris / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 1-9, 10 May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2019-4 --- Identification of log units in clay rock formations based on local and spatial statistics of well-log properties: application to the Opalinus claystone in the Benken borehole / Alain Rabaute, Michel H. Garcia and Jens Becker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 11-24, 1 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-22 --- Automatic interpretation of geophysical well logs / Andrés Alcolea Rodríguez, Paul Marschall, Christophe Nussbaum and Jens Karl Becker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 25-38, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.9 --- A prediction–evaluation approach to the full-scale emplacement experiment (FE) in Mont Terri / A. Papafotiou, R. Senger, C. Li, A. Singh, B. Garitte, H. Müller and P. Marschall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 39-73, 8 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.10 --- New results of Boda Claystone research: Genesis, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrophysics / Ferenc Fedor, Zoltán Máthé, Péter Ács and Péter Koroncz / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 75-92, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.13 --- Site screening of clay formations in NW China as host rocks for a high-level radioactive waste disposal repository / Xiaodong Liu, Pinghui Liu, Chaocheng Dai, Shuai Liu, Juzhi Deng, Weimin Zhang and Zheng Yu / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 93-99, 24 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.17 --- Multiphase flow and underpressured shale at the Bruce nuclear site, Ontario, Canada / Michael R. Plampin and C. E. Neuzil / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 101-114, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.5 --- Development of a mathematical model for gas migration (two-phase flow) in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste disposal / E. E. Dagher, T. S. Nguyen and J. A. Infante Sedano / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 115-148, 29 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.14 --- A workflow for parametric sensitivity analysis of heat and gas release from a deep geological repository for SF/HLW / Alexandros Papafotiou, Argha Namhata, Abhishek Singh, Mark Williams, Marius Jigmond and Paul Marschall / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 149-173, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.2 --- A study of methods to prevent piping and erosion in buffer materials intended for a vertical deposition hole at the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory / Mayumi Jo, Makoto Ono, Masashi Nakayama, Hidekazu Asano and Tomoko Ishii / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 175-190, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.7 --- Preliminary results for natural groundwater colloids in sedimentary rocks of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan / Hiroshi Sasamoto and Shingo Onda / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 191-203, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.1 --- A resistivity-based approach to determining the rates of groundwater seepage into buffer materials / T. Ishii, M. Kawakubo, H. Asano, I. Kobayashi, P. Sellin, D. Luterkort and P. Eriksson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 205-212, 24 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.16 --- Self-sealing of claystone under X-ray nanotomography / Richard Giot, Christophe Auvray and Jean Talandier / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 213-223, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.4 --- Kinetics of selenite interactions with Boom Clay: adsorption–reduction interplay / Alwina L. Hoving, Melanie A. Münch, Christophe Bruggeman, Dipanjan Banerjee and Thilo Behrends / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 225-239, 12 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-60 --- Modelling the Prototype Repository / V. Tsitsopoulos, S. Baxter, D. Holton, J. Dodd, S. Williams and S. Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 241-260, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.15 --- Conceptual uncertainties in modelling the interaction between engineered and natural barriers of nuclear waste repositories in crystalline rocks / S. Finsterle, B. Lanyon, M. Åkesson, S. Baxter, M. Bergström, N. Bockgård, W. Dershowitz, B. Dessirier, A. Frampton, Å. Fransson, A. Gens, B. Gylling, I. Hančilová, D. Holton, J. Jarsjö, J.-S. Kim, K.-P. Kröhn, D. Malmberg, V. M. Pulkkanen, A. Sawada, A. Sjöland, U. Svensson, P. Vidstrand and H. Viswanathan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 261-283, 7 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.12 --- Predictions of the wetting of bentonite emplaced in a crystalline rock based on generic site characterization data / S. Baxter, D. Holton, S. Williams and S. Thompson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 285-300, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.8 --- Analysis of corrosion mechanisms of carbon steel in contact with FEBEX bentonite / Masao Uyama, Takashi Hitomi, Sayaka Hayagane, Naoe Kadota, Hiroyuki Saito, Sho Okamoto, Kazuki Aoshima and Motoaki Osawa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 301-312, 12 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482-2018-6 --- Safety concept, FEP catalogue and scenario development as fundamentals of a long-term safety demonstration for high-level waste repositories in German clay formations / A. Lommerzheim, M. Jobmann, A. Meleshyn, S. Mrugalla, A. Rübel and L. Stark / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 313-329, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.6 --- Preliminary non-intrusive geophysical electrical resistivity tomography surveys of a mock-up scale monitoring of an engineered barrier system at URL Tournemire / Bruna de Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, Cédric Sachet, Philippe Sentenac, Vojtěch Beneš, Pierre Dick, Johan Bertrand and Alessandro Tarantino / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 331-345, 21 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.11 --- The Enhanced Sealing Project (ESP): 2009–17 monitoring of a full-scale shaft seal installed in granitic rock / D. Dixon, D. Priyanto, J. Hansen, R. Farhoud and A. ŽivkoviĆ / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, 347-359, 7 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP482.3

Description / Table of Contents: The geoengineering approach to the study of rivers and reservoirs / Patrick W. M. Corbett, Amanda Owen, Adrian J. Hartley, Sila Pla-Pueyo, Daniel Barreto, Chris Hackney and Stephanie J. Kape / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 1-13, 24 September 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2018-98 --- Organization and reorganization of drainage and sediment routing through time: the Mississippi River system / Mike Blum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 15-45, 30 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2018-166 --- Eocene–Recent drainage evolution of the Colorado River and its precursor: an integrated provenance perspective from SW California / Uisdean Nicholson, Andrew Carter, Paula Robinson and David I. M. Macdonald / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 47-72, 31 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2019-272 --- Towards the multi-scale characterization of braided fluvial geobodies from outcrop, core, ground-penetrating radar and well log data / Luis Miguel Yeste, Saturnina Henares, Neil McDougall, Fernando García-García and César Viseras / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 73-95, 28 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.3 --- Spatial variations in distributive fluvial system architecture of the Upper Cretaceous Marília Formation, SE Brazil / Patrick Führ Dal’ Bó, Marcus Vinícius Theodoro Soares, Giorgio Basilici, Amanda Goulart Rodrigues and Mauricius Nascimento Menezes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 97-118, 28 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.6 --- Architectural and facies characterization of the Aptian fluvial Barbalha Formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil / Gelson Luís Fambrini, Diego da Cunha Silvestre, José Acioli Bezerra de Menezes-Filho, Ian Cavalcanti da Costa and Virgínio Henrique de Miranda Lopes Neumann / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 119-150, 23 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2017-275 --- Describing fluvial systems: linking processes to deposits and stratigraphy / Jim Best and Christopher R. Fielding / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 152-166, 15 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2019-056 --- Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil / Emiliano Castro de Oliveira, Sila Pla-Pueyo and Christopher R. Hackney / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 167-180, 10 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.5 --- Sedimentology, architecture and depositional setting of the fluvial Spireslack Sandstone of the Midland Valley, Scotland: insights from the Spireslack surface coal mine / R. Ellen, M. A. E. Browne, A. J. Mitten, S. M. Clarke, A. G. Leslie and E. Callaghan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 181-204, 21 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.2 --- Stochastic modelling of flow sequences for improved prediction of fluvial flood hazards / Sandhya Patidar, Deonie Allen, Rick Haynes and Heather Haynes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 205-219, 18 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.4 --- Can machine learning reveal sedimentological patterns in river deposits? / Vasily Demyanov, Arnold Jan H. Reesink and Daniel Peter Arnold / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 221-235, 19 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2018-84 --- Understanding subsurface fluvial architecture from a combination of geological well test models and well test data / Patrick William Michael Corbett and Gleyden Lucila Benítez Duarte / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 237-257, 14 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.7 --- Climate change, water-related disasters, flood control and rainfall forecasting: a case study of the São Francisco River, Brazil / Julio Issao Kuwajima, Fernando Mainardi Fan, Dirk Schwanenberg, Alberto Assis Dos Reis, André Niemann and Frederico Fábio Mauad / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 259-276, 9 April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488-2018-128 --- Effect of dynamically varying zone-based hedging policies on the operational performance of surface water reservoirs during climate change / Adebayo J. Adeloye and Bankaru-Swamy Soundharajan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488, 277-289, 17 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.1

Description / Table of Contents: 12 September 2019 --- Influence of structural highs on Triassic deposition on the western Barents Shelf / I. Anell, K. Indrevær and C. S. Serck / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 495, 12 September 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP495-2018-76 --- 27 August 2019 --- Tectonic, provenance and sedimentological controls on reservoir characteristics in the Upper Triassic–Middle Jurassic Realgrunnen Subgroup, SW Barents Sea / Tore Grane Klausen, Reidar Müller, Miquel Poyatos-Moré, Snorre Olaussen and Eirik Stueland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 495, 27 August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP495-2018-165 --- 14 August 2019 --- Normal fault geometric attribute variations with lithology: examples from the Norwegian Barents Sea / A. Libak, A. Torabi and B. Alaei / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 495, 30 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP495-2018-164 --- 19 July 2019 --- Fractured basement play development on the UK and Norwegian rifted margins / Robert Trice, Cecilie Hiorth and Robert Holdsworth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 495, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP495-1

Description / Table of Contents: 24 December 2019 --- Geohazards in coastal areas near the northernmost Sagami Trough, central Japan: review of neotectonic activity in onshore and offshore areas of the Izu island arc collision–subduction zone / S. Mori and Y. Ogawa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-52 --- 19 December 2019 --- Evidence of giant earthquakes and tsunamis of the 17th-century type along the southern Kuril subduction zone, eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan: A review / Nanayama Futoshi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-99 --- Tsunami - triggered dispersal and deposition of microplastics in marine environments and their use in dating recent turbidite deposits / Kiichiro Kawamura, Kazumasa Oguri, Takashi Toyofuku, Olivier Radakovitch, Christophe Fontanier, Kenta Sasaki, Minami Fujii and Masafumi Murayama / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-45 --- Estimation of human damage and economic loss of buildings related to tsunami inundation in the city of Augusta, Italy / Gianluca Pagnoni, Alberto Armigliato and Stefano Tinti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-134 --- Today in Thailand: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Current Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction / Natt Leelawat, Panon Latcharote, Anawat Suppasri, Titaya Sararit, Mongkonkorn Srivichai, Jing Tang, Terence Chua, Darin Kumnertrut, Kumpol Saengtabtim and Fumihiko Imamura / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-97 --- Importance of surface ruptures and fault damage zones in earthquake hazard assessment: A review and new suggestions / Kwangmin Jin and Young-Seog Kim / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 501, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP501-2019-98

Description / Table of Contents: The continental crust is our archive of Earth history, and the store of many natural resources; however, many key questions about its formation and evolution remain debated and unresolved: - What processes are involved in the formation, differentiation and evolution of continental crust, and how have these changed throughout Earth history? - How are plate tectonics, the supercontinent cycle and mantle cooling linked with crustal evolution? - What are the rates of generation and destruction of the continental crust through time? - How representative is the preserved geological record? A range of approaches are used to address these questions, including field-based studies, petrology and geochemistry, geophysical methods, palaeomagnetism, whole-rock and accessory-phase isotope chemistry and geochronology. Case studies range from the Eoarchaean to Phanerozoic, and cover many different cratons and orogenic belts from across the continents.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication arises from the UNESCO-sponsored IGCP 586-Y project ‘The tectonics and geomorphology of the Andes (32°–34°S): interplay between short-term and long-term processes’. It includes state-of-the-art reviews and original articles from a multidisciplinary perspective that investigate the complex interactions of tectonics and surface processes in the subduction-related orogen of the Andes of central Chile and Argentina (c. 27°–39°S). It aims to improve our understanding of tectonic and landscape evolution of the Andean range at different time scales, as well as the mutual relationship between internal and external mechanisms in Cenozoic deformation, mountain building, topographic evolution, basin development and mega-landslides occurrence across the flat slab to normal subduction segments. The geodynamic processes of the Andes of central Chile and Argentina are analysed from a number of subdisciplines of the Earth sciences, including tectonics, petrology, geophysics, geochemistry, structural geology, geomorphology, engineering geology, stratigraphy and sedimentology.

Description / Table of Contents: This volume highlights key challenges for fluid-flow prediction in carbonate reservoirs, the approaches currently employed to address these challenges and developments in fundamental science and technology. The papers span methods and case studies that highlight workflows and emerging technologies in the fields of geology, geophysics, petrophysics, reservoir modelling and computer science. Topics include: detailed pore-scale studies that explore fundamental processes and applications of imaging and flow modelling at the pore scale; case studies of diagenetic processes with complementary perspectives from reactive transport modelling; novel methods for rock typing; petrophysical studies that investigate the impact of diagenesis and fault-rock properties on acoustic signatures; mechanical modelling and seismic imaging of faults in carbonate rocks; modelling geological influences on seismic anisotropy; novel approaches to geological modelling; methods to represent key geological details in reservoir simulations and advances in computer visualization, analytics and interactions for geoscience and engineering.

Description / Table of Contents: The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link models together, this in turn requires facilities to make models discoverable and also to make the outputs of modelling easily visualized. The vision and challenges for IEM going forward are summarized by leading proponents. Several case studies describe the application of model fusion to a range of real-world problems including integrating groundwater and recharge models within the UK Environment Agency, and the development of ‘catastrophe’ models to predict better the impact of natural hazards. Communicating modelling results to end users who are often not specialist modellers is also an emerging area of research addressed within the volume. Also included are papers that highlight current developments of the technology platforms underpinning model fusion.

Description / Table of Contents: The subduction zone volatile cycle is key to understanding the petrogenesis, transport, storage and eruption of arc magmas. Volatiles control the flux of slab components into the mantle wedge, are responsible for melt generation through lowering the solidi of mantle materials and influence the crystallizing phase assemblages in the overriding crust. Further, the rates and extents of degassing during magma storage and decompression affect magma rheology, ultimately control eruption style and have consequences for the environmental impact of explosive arc volcanism. This book highlights recent progress in constraining the role of volatiles in magmatic processes. Individual book sections are devoted to tracing volatiles from the subducting slab to the overriding crust, their role in subvolcanic processes and eruption triggering, as well as magmatic-hydrothermal systems and volcanic degassing. For the first time, all aspects of the overarching theme of volatile cycling are covered in detail within a single volume.

Description / Table of Contents: Ernie Rutter has made, and continues to make, a significant impact in the field of rock deformation. He has studied brittle and plastic deformation processes that occur within both the oceanic and continental crust, as well as other key properties such as the permeability and seismic velocities of these rocks. His approach has been one that integrates field observations, laboratory experiments and theoretical analyses. This volume celebrates Ernie's key contribution to rock deformation and structural geology by bringing together a collection of papers that represent this broad approach. The papers within the volume address key issues that remain within these fields. These range from fundamental studies of brittle and plastic behaviour along with the resultant structures and microstructures from both the field and laboratory, to applied problems where a better understanding of the deformation and properties of the crust is still needed.

Description / Table of Contents: Sea-level change has influenced human population globally since prehistoric times. Even in early phases of cultural development human populations were faced with marine regression and transgression as a result of changing climate and corresponding glacio-isostatic adjustment. Global marine regression during the last glaciation changed the palaeogeography of the continental shelf, converting former marine environments to attractive terrestrial habitats for prehistoric humans. These areas of the shelf were used as hunting and gathering areas, as migration routes between continents, and most probably witnessed the earliest developments in seafaring and marine exploitation, until the postglacial transgression re-submerged these palaeo-landscapes. Based on modern marine research technologies and the integration of large databases, proxy data are increasingly available for the reconstruction of Quaternary submerged landscapes. Also, prehistoric archaeological remains from the recent sea bottom are shedding new light on human prehistoric development driven by rapidly changing climate and environment. This publication contributes to the exchange of ideas and new results in this young and challenging field of underwater palaeoenvironmental investigation.

Description / Table of Contents: Three centuries (1670–1970) of appreciating physical landscapes / Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 1-23, 11 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.15 --- Appreciating geology and the physical landscape in Scotland: from tourism of awe to experiential re-engagement / John E. Gordon and Matt Baker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 25-40, 12 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.1 --- Waterfalls and the Romantic traveller / Brian J. Hudson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 41-57, 12 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.9 --- The artist as geotourist: Eugene von Guérard and the seminal sites of early volcanic research in Europe and Australia / Ruth Pullin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 59-69, 15 December 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.4 --- Landscape and geotourism on the Dutch coast in the seventeenth century as depicted by landscape artists / J. A. M. (Hanneke) van den Ancker and Pieter Dirk Jungerius / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 71-82, 14 October 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.14 --- Visitors to ‘the northern playgrounds’: tourists and exploratory science in north Norway / W. Brian Whalley and Anne F. Parkinson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 83-93, 17 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.12 --- The role of local societies in early modern geotourism: a case study of the Chester Society of Natural Science and the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club / Cynthia V. Burek and Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 95-116, 6 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.6 --- Geotourism: an early photographic insight through the lens of the Geologists’ Association / Jonathan G. Larwood / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 117-129, 18 December 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.7 --- The contribution of maps to appreciating physical landscape: examples from Derbyshire's Peak District / C. John Henry and Thomas A. Hose / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 131-155, 7 September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.13 --- Three centuries of open access to the caves in Stoney Middleton Dale Site of Special Scientific Interest, Derbyshire / Mark A. Cope / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 157-169, 30 October 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.3 --- Geology and landscape in SW England in the late eighteenth century, as recorded in the travel journals of William George Maton (1774–1840) / John D. Mather / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 171-185, 13 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.8 --- The role of Carclaze tin mine in eighteenth and nineteenth century geotourism / Colin Bristow / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 187-197, 11 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.11 --- From tourism to geotourism: a few historical cases from the French Alpine foreland / Nathalie Cayla, Christophe Gauchon and Fabien Hobléa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 199-213, 11 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.10 --- Rediscovering geoheritage, reinventing geotourism: 200 years of experience from the Sudetes, Central Europe / Piotr Migoń / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 215-228, 13 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.2 --- Appreciating loess landscapes through history: the basis of modern loess geotourism in the Vojvodina region of North Serbia / Djordjije A. Vasiljević, Slobodan B. Marković and Miroslav D. Vujičić / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 417, 229-239, 3 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP417.5

Description / Table of Contents: Microbial carbonates (microbialites) are remarkable sedimentary deposits. They have the longest geological range of any type of biogenic limestones, form in the greatest range of different sedimentary environments, oxygenated the Earth's atmosphere and produce and, furthermore, store large volumes of hydrocarbons. This Special Publication provides significant contributions at a pivotal time in our understanding of microbial carbonates when their economic importance has become established and the results of many research programmes are coming to fruition. It is the first book to focus on the economic aspects of microbialites and in particular the giant pre-salt discoveries offshore Brazil. The volume contains papers on the processes involved in the formation of both ancient and modern microbialites and the diversity of style in microbial carbonate build-ups. Structures and fabrics from both marine and non-marine settings are discussed from throughout the geological record.

Description / Table of Contents: Scandinavia and its Arctic territories of Svalbard and Greenland represent geographical regions with a long history of Mesozoic palaeontology. However, the last few decades have witnessed a surge of new discoveries. Especially famous are the Triassic and Late Jurassic Lagerstätten of East Greenland and Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, together with the Late Cretaceous strata of southern Sweden and the UNESCO World Heritage locality at Stevns Klint in Denmark. The latter records one of the most complete terminal Mesozoic rock successions known globally. Collectively, these deposits encompass the spectrum of Mesozoic biotic evolution, including the explosive radiation of marine faunas after the Permian–Triassic extinction, seminal specialization of amniotes for life in the sea, Late Triassic–Jurassic domination of the land by dinosaurs and the Cretaceous development of modern terrestrial floras and marine ecosystems. This volume, authored by leading experts in the field, encapsulates key aspects of the latest research and will provide a benchmark for future investigations into the Scandinavian Mesozoic world.

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding the behaviour of gases in the context of radioactive waste disposal is a fundamental requirement in developing a safety case for the disposal of radioactive waste. Of particular importance are the long-term performance of bentonite buffers and cement-based backfill materials that may be used to encapsulate and surround the waste in a repository, and the behaviour of plastic clays, indurated mudrocks and crystalline formations that may be the host rocks for a repository. The EC Euratom programme funded project, FORGE, has provided new insights into the processes and mechanisms governing gas generation and migration with the aim of reducing uncertainty. This volume brings together papers on aspects of this topic arising from both the FORGE project and work undertaken elsewhere. This has been achieved by the acquisition of new experimental data coupled with modelling, through a series of laboratory and field-scale experiments performed at a number of underground research laboratories throughout Europe.

Description / Table of Contents: The reversible elimination of hydrogen from metal hydrides serves as the basis for unique methods of energy transformation. This technology has found widespread practical utilization in applications such as hydrogen compressors, storage, and sensors, as well as batteries. Moreover, it is plausible that metal hydride technology could be utilized to provide practically viable solutions to the challenges of energy storage. For nearly two decades, an extensive, worldwide research effort has been devoted to complex metal hydrides possessing high volumetric and/or gravimetric hydrogen densities with the goal of their practical utilization as onboard hydrogen storage materials. Additionally, a significant and growing number of efforts have been devoted to developing metal hydrides as advanced sensors and ionic conductors, and for electrochemical and stationary energy storage. This Special Issue will provide a sampling of on-going, state-of-art research on metal hydrides, ranging from fundamental investigations to practical applications with a concentration on topics which are currently of high interest.

Description / Table of Contents: The supercontinent-cycle hypothesis attributes planetary-scale episodic tectonic events to an intrinsic self-organizing mode of mantle convection, governed by the buoyancy of continental lithosphere that resists subduction during the closure of old ocean basins, and the consequent reorganization of mantle convection cells leading to the opening of new ocean basins. Characteristic timescales of the cycle are typically 500 to 700 million years. Proposed spatial patterns of cyclicity range from hemispheric (introversion) to antipodal (extroversion), to precisely between those end members (orthoversion). Advances in our understanding can arise from theoretical or numerical modelling, primary data acquisition relevant to continental reconstructions, and spatiotemporal correlations between plate kinematics, geodynamic events and palaeoenvironmental history. The palaeogeographic record of supercontinental tectonics on Earth is still under development. The contributions in this Special Publication provide snapshots in time of these investigations and indicate that Earth's palaeogeographic record incorporates elements of all three end-member spatial patterns.

Description / Table of Contents: Urban water management has somewhat changed since the publication of The Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) Manual in 2007 [1], transforming from building traditional sewers to implementing SuDS, which are part of the best management practice techniques used in the USA and seen as contributing to water-sensitive urban design in Australia. Most SuDS, such as infiltration trenches, swales, green roofs, ponds, and wetlands, address water quality and quantity challenges, and enhance the local biodiversity while also being acceptable aesthetically to the public. Barriers to the implementation of SuDS include adoption problems, flood and diffuse pollution control challenges, negative public perception, and a lack of decision support tools addressing, particularly, the retrofitting of these systems while enhancing ecosystem services.

Description / Table of Contents: Climate change will bring about significant changes to the capacity of, and the demand on, water resources. The resulting changes include increasing climate variability that is expected to affect hydrologic conditions. The effects of climate variability on various meteorological variables have been extensively observed in many regions around the world. Of these, rainfall is one of the most important variables. Understanding the effects of climate variability on spatial and temporal rainfall characteristics is of special interest to water resource policy makers. Investigating rainfall variability at the regional scale is essential for understanding potential impacts on humans and the natural environment. Atmospheric circulation, topography, land use and other regional features modify global changes to produce unique patterns of change at the regional scale. As the future changes to these water resources cannot be measured in the present, hydrological models are critical in the planning required to adapt our water resource management strategies to future climate conditions. Such models include catchment runoff models, reservoir management models, flood prediction models, groundwater recharge and flow models, and crop water balance models. In water-scarce regions such as Australia, urban water systems are particularly vulnerable to rapid population growth and climate change. In the presence of climate change induced uncertainty, urban water systems need to be more resilient and multi-sourced. Decreasing volumetric rainfall trends have an effect on reservoir yield and operation practices. Severe intensity rainfall events can cause failure of drainage system capacity and subsequent urban flood inundation problems. Policy makers, end users and leading researchers need to work together to develop a consistent approach to interpreting the effects of climate variability and change on water resources.

Description / Table of Contents: Polar microbiology is a promising field of research that can tell us much about the fundamental features of life. The microorganisms that inhabit Arctic and Antarctic environments are important not only because of the unique species they represent, but also because of their diverse and unusual physiological and biochemical properties. Furthermore, microorganisms living in Polar Regions provide useful models for general questions in ecology and evolutionary biology given the reduced complexity of their ecosystems, the relative absence of confounding effects associated with higher plants or animals, and the severe biological constraints imposed by the polar environment. In terms of applied science, the unique cold-adapted enzymes and other molecules of polar microorganisms provide numerous opportunities for biotechnological development. Another compelling reason to study polar microbial ecosystems is the fact that they are likely to be among the ecosystems most strongly affected by global change. For these reasons, polar microbiology is a thriving branch of science with the potential to provide new insights into a wide range of basic and applied issues in biological science. In this context, it is timely to review and highlight the progress so far and discuss exciting future perspectives. In this special issue, some of the leaders in the field describe their work, ideas and findings.

Description / Table of Contents: As the fields of organometallic and coordination chemistry of the transition metals has grown more mature, the under-explored chemistry of the rare-earths and actinides has drawn the attention of research groups from across the globe looking for new fundamental discoveries and access to compounds with unique properties. The rare earths – the group 3 metals and the 4f lanthanide series – have long shown many interesting properties in the solid state which exploit their unique electronic configurations. However, it is the molecular chemistry of these metals that has expanded dramatically in recent years as researchers identify the differences between – and unique features of – their molecular compounds. Recent highlights include the identification of new oxidation states and patterns of reactivity as well as applications in medical imaging and health care which represent new and exciting areas of research. The actinides show a wide range of different properties as a consequence of their radioactivity and radiochemistry, but this has not stopped recent rapid progress into the exploration of their unique chemistry. Uranium, in particular, shows huge potential with its transition metal like range of oxidation states (+2 to +6), and in specialised laboratories, the heavier actinides are also beginning to show their unique chemistry as well. This Special Issue aims to bring together these strands of research in an openly-accessible way to allow better communication of these advances to a wider audience. This is necessary as despite these exciting advances, the rare earths and actinides are still much neglected topics in both school and undergraduate curriculums.

Description / Table of Contents: The present Special Issue intends to explore new directions in the field of acoustics and ultrasonics. The interest includes, but is not limited to, the use of acoustic technology for condition monitoring of materials and structures. (The basis of this issue comes from selected papers of the 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Non-destructive Testing, ETNDT6 held in Brussels May 27-29th, 2015).