Marine Geoscience and Energy Resources 

Marine Geoscience and Energy Resources is an international journal covering marine geoenergy geology with emphasis on the origin and behaviour of all types of basinal fluids (e.g., hydrocarbons, mineralizing fluids, waters) in the context of basin dynamics, from the pore to the basin scale. The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for high-quality research on the geology, geophysics and geochemistry of extant and deep-time marine and coastal basins, from continental shelves to deep-marine basins, and the related role of basinal fluids. Marine geohazards and their mitigation, marine geoenergy management, and associated geological risk studies are also welcome. Hence, the journal aims to advance the environmentally sustainable exploration of natural resources in the marine realm, while de-emphasizing the characterisation of oil and gas fields as the primary aim of research.

Science advancement in the form of using geological formations for safe storage of various gases to help achieve net-zero carbon goals is particularly encouraged.

The editors seek papers that broadly advance understanding of basins and fluids with general applicability, as well as those promoting environmentally sustainable exploration of natural resources in marine or terrestrial basins. Authors should analyse a region’s geological potential alongside sustainable solutions, considering how to make resource development less impactful and exploring broader implications beyond the specific basin.

The editors will not consider papers on the following topics:

• Local case-studies that are basin or prospect specific, with little applicability outside of the study area they refer to.

• Coal-related research (even when comprising regional basin studies).

• Drilling and production engineering.

The journal is essential reading for geologists, geophysicists and explorationists in academia, government, and industry working in the following areas: marine geology; basin analysis and evaluation; organic geochemistry; reserve/resource estimation; seismic stratigraphy; thermal models of basic evolution; sedimentary geology; continental margins; geophysical interpretation; structural geology/tectonics.

Formerly known as Marine and Petroleum Geology, with a 2024 IF of 3.6, and 2022 CiteScore of 7.7.

Scope Topics

• Geology of sustainable resource exploration and management in sedimentary basins

• Basin dynamics and fluid (hydrocarbon, porewaters, cementation, hydrothermal/metals) migration

• Structural geology and tectonics

• Sedimentology, (sequence) stratigraphy, role of palaeoclimate

• Geophysical and geochemical modelling, basin modelling

• Mud volcanoes and hydrocarbon seeps

• Sea-level rise and coastal hazards, and submarine geohazards

• Delta dynamics and coastal processes (e.g., subsidence, saltwater intrusion)

• CCS, gas hydrates, basinal geothermal and hydrogen resources

• Anthropogenic impacts on basin systems

• Coupled Ocean-Climate-Tectonic interactions

• Marine mineral and critical metal resources