EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) is a leading journal for researchers across the entire Earthand planetary sciences community. It publishes concise, exciting, high-impact articles (\broad interest. Its focus is on physical and chemical processes, the evolution and general properties ofthe Earth and planets - from their deep interiors to their atmospheres. EPSL also includes a Frontierssection, featuring invited high-profile synthesis articles by leading experts on timely topics to bringcutting-edge research to the wider community.Benefits to authors
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All earth scientists.
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2014: 4.734 ? Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2015
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ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries AbstractsArticles First (OCLC Database)CAS
Compendex
Current Contents / Physical, Chemical & Earth SciencesMeteorological and Geoastrophysical AbstractsEngineering Index MonthlyGEOBASEGeoRefINSPEC
OCLC Contents AlertOceanic AbstractsPetroleum AbstractsPollution Abstracts
Referativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences)Science Citation Index
Water Resources AbstractsWeb of Science
Arts & Humanities SearchPersonal Alert
Astrophysics Data SystemScopus
Science Citation Index ExpandedZoological RecordEnvironment Index
Academic Search (EBSCO)Current Abstracts (EBSCO)TOC Premier
Science & Technology Collection?ProQuest
Science and Technology Collection
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editors:
M.J. Bickle, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Igneous Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology, Tectonics, High and Low Temperature Geochemistry,Archaean Geology, River Chemistry, Chemical Weathering, Geological Carbon Storage
J. Brodholt, University College London (UCL), London, UK
Mineral Physics, Solid Earth Geophysics, Mantle and Core Processes, Impact Processes, Petrology
B.A. Buffett, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Mantle and Core Dynamics, Subduction, Geomagnetism
M. Frank, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Keil, Germany
Oceanography/Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Marine Chemistry, Low Temperature IsotopeGeochemistry
B. Marty, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, 15 Rue Notre-Dame Des Pauvres, BP 20,54501 Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
Cosmochemistry, Mantle Geochemistry, Stable and Noble Gas Isotopes, Early Earth
T.A. Mather, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Volcanology, Igneous Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry
P. Shearer, Inst. for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, U. C. San Diego, La Jolla, CA92093-0225, USA
Seismology, Earth Structure, Earthquake Physics, General Geophysics
C. Sotin, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USAH. Stoll, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Planetary Geology and Geophysics, Planetary Geodynamics, Mantle ConvectionPaleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Isotope Geochemistry
D. Vance, Eidgen?ssische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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A. Yin, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tectonics, Geochronology/Thermochronology, Geochemistry
Frontiers Editor:
Surface Processes, Continental Petrology,
M. Hirschmann, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAAdvisory Board:
J.-P. Avouac, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Active tectonics, Seismology, Geodynamics, Geomorphology, Structural Geology, Thermochronology,Rock Mechanics
G.W. Bergantz, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Magmatic Processes, Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Flow
J. Bridges, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Mars, Martian Meteorites, Nakhlites, Alteration of Mars Crust, Remote Sensing of Mars, CometaryAnalyses, Chondrite Meteorites
R. Bürgmann, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USAL. Caricchi, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Active Tectonics, Space Geodesy, Crustal Deformation, Fault and Rock RheologyPetrology, Volcanology, Rheology of Magmas, Magmatic Fabrics
J. Channell, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Magnetic Stratigraphy, Timescales, Paleomagnetism, Alpine Paleogeography
K.M. Cooper, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USAT. Dunai, Universit?t zu K?ln, K?ln, Germany
Magmatic Processes, Isotope Geochemistry, Uranium-Series Geochemistry, GeochronologyGeochronology
G. Fiquet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
Mineral Physics, Planetary Structure and Evolution, High-pressure Physics
J Gee, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, California, USA
Paleomagnetism
I. Jackson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Mineral and Rock Physics with Applications to Earth Structure and Processes
D. Johnston, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Isotope Geochemistry and Historical Geobiology
B.L.N. Kennett, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Seismology, Seismic Tomography, Geophysical Inversion, Deep earth processes
D.V. Kent, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USAC.-T. Lee, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Paleomagnetism, Geomagnetism, Rock Magnetism, Polarity Time Scales, Plate Motions, PaleoclimateSolid-Earth Geochemistry, Igneous Petrology, General Geochemistry, Lithosphere Dynamics
T.W. Lyons, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
Sedimentary Geochemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles, Astrobiology
H. Nagahara, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan
Meteoritics
R.D. Pancost, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Paleoclimate, Geomicrobiology, Preservation of Organic Matter
L. Prockter, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, USA
Planetary Geology, Geophysics, Remote Sensing
L. Qin, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
Cosmochemistry, Early Solar System Chronology, Nucleosynthetic Isotope Anomalies, Metal IsotopeGeochemistry
S. Robinson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKA. Rust, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, UK
Physical Volcanology
F.J. Ryerson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USAH. Savage, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
Solid-Earth Geochemistry, Experimental Petrology, Mineral Physics, Cosmic-Ray Exposure DatingFaulting, Structural Geology, Friction and Rock Mechanics
B. Schoene, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Geochronology, Thermochronology, Radiogenic Isotope Tracing, Field Geology, Structural Analysis,Geochemistry to processes of lithospheric evolution and Earth history
B. Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Environmental Mineral Physics
F.J. Simons, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Solid-earth Geophysics, Seismology, Geodesy, Spectral Analysis, Wavelet Analysis, Inverse Problems
W. Ussler, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst., Moss Landing, California, USA
Biogeochemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Deep-sea Instrumentation, Marine Geology, GasHydrates
P.K. Zeitler, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Geochronology, Noble-Gas Dating, Tectonics, Himalaya-Tibet-South Asia, Continental Geodynamics
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