This monthly journal covers current scientific research on climate and environmental science; Geo-archaeology; Geochronology and geochemistry; geophysics; GIS and geomatics; hydrology; mineralogy and petrology; mining and engineering geology; Ore deposits and economic geology; paleontology, petroleum geology and basin analysis; Physical Geography and Quaternary Geoscience; planetary science of the Earth; sedimentology and stratigraphy; the science of the soil; and structural geology and tectonics. It also publishes special issues dedicated to information and research on a particular segment of the earth sciences.