Marine and Petroleum Geology is the international forum for all areas covering marine and petroleum geology. The journal aims to advance the environmentally sustainable exploration and utilization of natural resources of petroleum and gas hydrate. Science and engineering advancement in the form of using geological formations for safe storage of various gases to help achieve net-zero carbon goals is particularly welcomed. Rapid bimonthly publication allows early communication of papers or short communication to the geoscience community.

Marine and Petroleum Geology is essential reading for geologists, geophysicists and explorationists in academia, government, and industry working in the following areas: marine geology; basin analysis and evaluation; organic geochemistry; reserve/resource estimation; seismic stratigraphy; thermal models of basic evolution; sedimentary geology; continental margins; geophysical interpretation; structural geology/tectonics; formation evaluation techniques; well logging.

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Editors-in-Chief
Massimo Zecchin
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Sgonico, Italy Email Massimo Zecchin Sedimentary Geology; Structural Geology/Tectonics; Basin Analysis; Seismic Stratigraphy; Marine Geology; Sedimentary Petrology/Petrography; Rock Diagenesis
Max Qinhong Hu
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States Email Max Qinhong HuOrganic and Inorganic Geochemistry; Organic Petrography; Source Rocks; Petrophysics; Rock Mechanics, Pressure and fluid flow
Section Editors
Structural Geology / Tectonics
Adam Bumby
University of Pretoria
Sedimentology / Stratigraphy
Istvan Csato
MOL Group, Budapest, Hungary
Organic Geochemistry
Michael Abrams
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Associate Editors
Geoffrey D. Abbott
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Organic geochemistry, Biomarkers, Asphaltenes, Ordovician/Silurian black shales
Ihsan Al-Aasm
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Alessi
University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Geochemistry of any kind (organic and inorganic)
Tiago Alves
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom 3D seismic data; basin analysis, deep-water margins, palaeoceanography, marine geology
Carmine Apollaro
University of Calabria Department of Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences, Rende, ItalyOrigin and evolution of fluids in geothermal areas,Geochemical modeling for CO2 storage, Environmental geochemistry, Irreversible water–rock mass exchanges through reaction path modeling, Geochemical mapping and definition of geochemical baselines
Francois Bache
Santos Limited, Adelaide, Australia Seismic stratigraphy, Basin analysis and tectonics, Petroleum geology, Play analysis
Friedemann U. M. Baur
Chevron USA Inc Briarpark, Houston, Texas, United States basin modeling, geochemistry, seal analysis, pressure prediction, temperature prediction
Nicolas Beaudoin
University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Pau, France Structural geology, diagenesis, fluid flow and microstructures
Telm Bover-Arnal
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, stratigraphy, palaeontology, rock diagenesis, basin analysis
Stephen Bowden
University of Aberdeen School of Geosciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Marco Brandano
University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
Luis Buatois
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Ichnology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Andreas Busch
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Petrophysical and rock physical sample characterisation (pore structure and fluid flow in shales), Unconventional reservoirs and CO2 storage
Yingchang Cao
China University of Petroleum Huadong - Qingdao Campus, Qingdao, China
Luca Caracciolo
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Geology, Erlangen, GermanySedimentary petrography and diagenesis
Silvia Ceramicola
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Sgonico, Italy Marine Geology
Domenico Chiarella
Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom
Dario Civile
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Sgonico, ItalyStructural Geology
Timothy Collett
US Geological Survey Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, Colorado, United States Gas hydrates, Petroleum geology, with a strong slant to all unconventionals
Bernard Colletta
Structural geology, Seismic interpretation
Luca Colombera
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Jonathan Craig
Eni SpA San Donato Milanese, San Donato Milanese, Italy Petroleum Geology, Play and Prospect evaluation, Risk Analysis, Structural Geology, Field Geology, Basin Analysis & Tectonics, Neoproterozoic & Lower Paleozoic geology
Constantin Cranganu
City University of New York, New York, New York, United States Pore pressure, Hydrates
Salvatore Critelli
University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Hugh Daigle
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
Harry Dembicki
Petroleum geochemistry, Seabed geochemistry
Claudio Di Celma
Camerino University, Camerino, Italy
Damien Do Couto
Sorbonne University, Paris, France Seismic interpretation
Patrick Dowey
The University of Manchester School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom
Simon Emmanuel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Inorganic chemistry, fluid-media interactions, chemical and mechanical processes, flow in porous media
Zhiye Gao
China University of Petroleum Beijing, Chang Ping Qu, China
Thomas Gentzis
Core Laboratories Inc, Houston, Texas, United States Organic geochemistry, Organic petrography, Source rocks,Basin analysis
Piero Gianolla
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy Carbonates, Stratigraphy, Italian Triassic Dolomites
Andrew Green
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Geomorphology, sedimentology and stratigraphy of coastal and marine environments
Xiaowen Guo
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Thomas Hadlari
Geological Survey of Canada Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Basin tectonics / basin analysis, Sequence stratigraphy / alluvial sequence stratigraphy, Turbidite sedimentology, Alluvial sedimentology
Stefan Iglauer
Edith Cowan University, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Joondalup, Australia
Makoto Ito
Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Anand Kale
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, Mumbai, India Petroleum geology, exploration
Barry Jay Katz
Chevron USA Inc Briarpark, Houston, Texas, United States Applications of petroleum geochemistry to exploration and production/development, Basin modeling and evaluation, lacustrine petroleum systems, scientific ocean drilling
Juliette Lamarche
European Research and Education Centre for Environmental Geosciences, Aix-en-Provence, France Tectonics, Structural geology
Davide Lenaz
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy Petrografy, diagenesis
Quanyou Liu
Sinopec Group, Beijing, China Stable carbon and hydrogen isotope geochemistry, Noble gas isotope geochemistry, Organic-inorganic interactions and oil and gas accumulation
Francisco José Lobo
Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, Granada, Spain Marine sedimentology, Seismic interpretation
Sergio Longhitano
University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Zunli Lu
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States
Saadon Morad
Khalifa University of Science and Technology - Sas Al Nakhl Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Kei Ogata
VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Field geology, fracturing, mass transport deposits, soft sediment deformation
Robert Ondrak
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Basin modeling and (organic) geochemistry
Davide Oppo
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Richard Patience
Applied Petroleum Technology, Houston, Texas, United States
Edoardo Perri
University of Calabria Department of Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences, Rende, Italy
Stephen C. Phillips
University of Texas at Austin Institution For Geophysics, Austin, Texas, United States Gas hydrates, diagenesis, sedimentology, geochemistry
Daniel Praeg
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Giacomo Prosser
University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy Tectonics, Structural geology
Farrukh Qayyum
dGB Earth Sciences, Netherlands
Reza Rezaee
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Ernesto Schwarz
Geological Research Center, National University of La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaSedimentology, Sequence stratigraphy
Miroslaw Slowakiewicz
University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
Jingqiang Tan
Central South University School of Geosciences and Info Physics Petroleum Geochemistry, Unconventional Resources, Reservoir Characterization
Hui Tian
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Guangzhou, China Petroleum geology and Geochemistry- petroleum systems, unconventional resources, source rocks, biomarkers, black shales
Luigi Tosi
Marine Science Research Institute National Research Council, Bologna, Italy Coastal Geology, Quaternary geology, Remote sensing
Evren Unsal
Shell Global Solutions International BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hanneke Verweij
TNO Energy, Utrecht, Netherlands Basin evaluation/petroleum systems, especially topics, related to pressure and fluid flow, Overpressure prediction, hydrodynamics, Seal evaluation, Temperature and heat flow,Basin modeling
Johannes Wendebourg
Total E&P Research and Technology USA LLC, Houston, Texas, United States Petroleum systems, geochemistry, basin modeling, thermal regime and geodynamics, fluids and pressure analysis, unconventionals, risk analysis, geostatistics
Shengyu Yang
China University of Petroleum Huadong School of Geosciences, Qingdao, ChinaPyrolysis, Kinetics, Biomarkers, Mineral-organic interaction, Oil-source correlation, Migration fractionation
Xiaomin Zhu
China University of Petroleum Beijing, Chang Ping Qu, China