Marine and Petroleum Geology
Last updated ISSN 0264-8172
Marine and Petroleum Geology is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,440.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Marine and Petroleum Geology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Geological formations and processes
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0264-8172, 1873-4073 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,440 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 7,889 |
| Publishing since | 1984 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/marine-and-petroleum-geolo |
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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