Geo-Marine Letters

Aims & Scope

Geo-Marine Letters is an international peer-reviewed journal focussing on the rapid publication of concise original studies and reviews dealing with processes, products and techniques in marine geology, geophysics, and geochemistry.

Coverage spans - structural geology, including plate tectonics of recent active and passive margins - sea-bed morphology, physiography and morphodynamics - sediment transport, depositional processes and sedimentary facies analysis - stratigraphy, basin analysis and paleoenvironmental reconstruction - sea-level history, paleoproductivity, gas hydrates, salt domes and brines - sediment-water interaction and organism-sediment relationships - geochemical tracers, stable isotopes and authigenic mineral formation - geotechnical properties and application of new geo-marine techniques, and more.

In addition to regular articles, reviews, discussion/reply articles and technical papers, Geo-Marine Letters welcomes contributions by guest editors in the form of conference/workshop proceedings, or bundles of papers dealing with specific themes.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.409

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13576

h-index

Year	Value
2024	67

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	146

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Carbon isotopes in mollusk shell carbonates

  Citation: 399

  Authors: Ted A., David Paul

• Natural seepage of crude oil into the marine environment

  Citation: 319

  Authors: K. A., C. K.

• Miocene extensional detachments in the outcropping basement of the northern Alboran Basin (Betics) and their tectonic implications

  Citation: 271

  Authors: V., J. C., J. M.

• Hydrocarbon-derived carbonate buildups of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope: A review of submersible investigations

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Harry H., Paul

• A giant three-stage submarine slide off Norway

  Citation: 223

  Authors: Tom, Stein, Robert H., Tor, Eystein, Neil H., Hans, Hans Petter

• Neogene tectonic evolution of the Alboran Sea from MCS data

  Citation: 222

  Authors: M. C., V., M. J.

• Worldwide distribution of subaquatic gas hydrates

  Citation: 204

  Authors: K. A., G. D., V. A.

• Distribution of free gas in marine sediments: a global overview

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Fleischer, Orsi, Richardson, Anderson

• The curse of physiology—challenges and opportunities in the interpretation of geochemical data from mollusk shells

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Bernd R.

• Inversely graded turbidite sequences in the deep Mediterranean: a record of deposits from flood-generated turbidity currents?

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Mulder, Migeon, Savoye, Faug�res

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