Lithology and Mineral Resources
Last updated ISSN 0024-4902
Lithology and Mineral Resources is published by Pleiades Publishing in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Lithology and Mineral Resources concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine and environmental studies
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
Key facts
| Publisher | Pleiades Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0024-4902, 1608-3229 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,226 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/10987 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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