Journal Title：Marine Geology

Marine Geology is the premier international journal on marine geological processes in the broadest sense. We seek papers that are comprehensive, interdisciplinary and synthetic that will be lasting contributions to the field. Although most papers are based on regional studies, they must demonstrate new findings of international significance. We accept papers on subjects as diverse as seafloor hydrothermal systems, beach dynamics, early diagenesis, microbiological studies in sediments, palaeoclimate studies and geophysical studies of the seabed. We encourage papers that address emerging new fields, for example the influence of anthropogenic processes on coastal/marine geology and coastal/marine geoarchaeology. We insist that the papers are concerned with the marine realm and that they deal with geology: with rocks, sediments, and physical and chemical processes affecting them. Papers should address scientific hypotheses: highly descriptive data compilations or papers that deal only with marine management and risk assessment should be submitted to other journals. Papers on laboratory or modelling studies must demonstrate direct relevance to marine processes or deposits. The primary criteria for acceptance of papers is that the science is of high quality, novel, significant, and of broad international interest.

Marine Geology 是最广泛意义上的海洋地质过程方面首屈一指的国际期刊。我们寻求综合性、跨学科和综合性的论文，这些论文将对该领域做出持久的贡献。尽管大多数论文都是基于区域研究，但它们必须证明具有国际意义的新发现。我们接受各种主题的论文，如海底热液系统、海滩动力学、早期成岩作用、沉积物微生物研究、古气候研究和海底地球物理研究。我们鼓励针对新兴领域的论文，例如人为过程对海岸/海洋地质学和海岸/海洋地质考古学的影响。我们坚持认为，这些论文关注的是海洋领域，它们涉及地质学：岩石、沉积物以及影响它们的物理和化学过程。论文应针对科学假设：高度描述性的数据汇编或仅涉及海洋管理和风险评估的论文应提交给其他期刊。关于实验室或模型研究的论文必须证明与海洋过程或沉积物直接相关。接受论文的主要标准是科学质量高、新颖、重要且具有广泛的国际兴趣。