Open Geosciences

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EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.

Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.

Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.
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Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.
Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices　and implement the advices.

Managing Editor
Jan Barabach, Jan.Barabach@degruyter.com

Editor-in-Chief
Piotr Jankowski, San Diego State University, USA

Editorial Advisory Board
Svante Björck, Lund University, Sweden
Hai Cheng, University of Minnesota, USA
Daniele Cirillo, D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy
Fernando Corfu, University of Oslo, Norway
Chuck DeMets, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Donald Dingwell, Queen's University, Northern Ireland, UK
Rodney C. Ewing, University of Michigan, USA
Adrás Galácz, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Jibamitra Ganguly, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Aleksander Garlicki, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Michael Ghil, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Bernhard Grasemann, University of Vienna, Austria
Robert D. Hatcher, Jr., University of Tennessee, USA
Simon Leigh Harley, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Ann Henderson-Sellers, Macquarie University, Australia
Robert W. Howarth, Cornell University, USA
Emil Jelínek, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republicc
Philip D. Jones, University of East Anglia, UK
Ervīns Lukševičs, University of Latvia, Latvia
Joseph G. Meert, University of Florida, USA
Stephen J. Mojzsis, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Klaus Mosegaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjorn Mysen, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
Yaoling Niu, Durham University, UK
Artem R. Oganov, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
David W. Peate, University of Iowa, USA
Nick Petford, Bournemouth University, UK
Roger A. Pielke, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Dušan Plašienka, Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia
Gheorghe Popescu, University of Bucharest, Romania
Marián Putiš, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
Paula J. Reimer, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Surendra K. Saxena, Florida International University, USA
Tsugio Shibata, Okayama University, Japan
Stefan Schmid, University of Basel, Switzerland
Charlotte Schreiber, University of Washington, USA
Miroslav Štemprok, Charles University, Czech Republic
Robert Talbot, University of New Hampshire, USA
Tuncay Taymaz, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Jan Veizer, University of Ottawa, Canada
E. Bruce Watson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Sheng Xu, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Ivan Zagorchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Vitālijs Zelčs, University of Latvia, Latvia

Editors
Atmospheric physics
Anne T. Case Hanks, University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA
Milivoj B. Gavrilov, University of Novi Sad, Serbia - do kategorii
Zhihua Zhang, Shandong University, China

Climatology
Steve E. George, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), Australia
Nir Y. Krakauer, City University of New York, USA

Geochemistry
Michał Bucha, University of Silesia, Poland
Ian B. Butler, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Jiří Faimon, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Kirtikumar Randive, RTM Nagpur University, India

Geochronology
Geoffrey Batt, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Eduardo Queiroz Alves, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Geoengineering
Sebastian Kowalczyk, University of Warsaw, Poland
Gonzalo Montalva, University of Concepción, Chile
Alessandro Pagliaroli, University of Chieti Pescara, Italy

Geography
Mike Rogerson, University of Hull, UK

Geoinformatics
Alicja Najwer, Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Biswajeet Pradhan, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Dara Seidl, Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems Colorado Mountain College, USA
Paweł Tysiąc, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland

Geomagnetics
Ján Šimkanin, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Geomorphology
Lucian Drăguţ, West University of Timişoara, Romania
Marek Ewertowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

Geostatistics
Leonardo Feltrin, James Cook University, Australia
István Gábor Hatvani, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary

Geotectonics
Filippo Carboni, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg
Steffen Abe, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Caroline M. Burberry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Geotourism
Đorđije A. Vasiljević, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Slobodan B. Marković, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Glaciology
Krzysztof Migała, Wrocław University, Poland

Gravimetry
Ladislav Brimich, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Hydrology
István Gábor Hatvani, Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungary
Ninghu Su, James Cook University, Australia

Meteorology
Massimo A. Bollasina, Princeton University, USA
Róbert Mészáros, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Mineralogy
Liang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Marta Mileusnic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Oceanography
Jan Jędrasik, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Palaeoecology
Wolfram Kürschner, University of Oslo, Norway

Paleontology
Radovan Kyška Pipík, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Petrography
Tamer Koralay, Pamukkale University, Turkey

Petrology
Gordan Bedekovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Giovanni Sosa-Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Pritam Nasipuri, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
Alistair C. Hack , ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Remote Sensing
Athos Agapiou, Cyprus University of Technology
Dimitrios D. Alexakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Filippo Carboni, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg
Alessandro Novellino, British Geological Survey, UK

Sedimentology
Katrin Heindel, University of Vienna, Austria
János Kovács, University of Pécs, Hungary

Seismology
Giovanni Leucci, Istituto per I Beni Archeologici e Monumentali (IBAM), Italy
Zoltan Weber, Seismological Observatory, Budapest, Hungary

Seismotectonics and Seismic Hazard
Simone Bello, D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy
Rita de Nardis, University of Chieti , Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy

Soil science
Liming Ye, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Stratigraphy
Daria Ivanova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Speleology
Mitja Prelovšek, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia

Volcanology
Károly Németh, Massey University, New Zealand
Francesco Stoppa, G.d'Annunzio University, Italy

Associate Editors
Diego Arosio, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Sabina Jakóbczyk-Karpierz, University of Silesia, Poland

Publisher
DE GRUYTER Poland
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01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15

Editorial Contact
Dr. Jan Barabach,
Jan.Barabach@degruyter.com

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