EFG announces the release of issue 60 of its peer-reviewed Diamond Open Access publication, the European Geologist.
The new issue is a special edition featuring the first set of full papers submitted connected to last year’s 5th International Professional Geology Conference (IPGC).
The second set of articles will be published in spring 2026 in issue 61 of European Geologist.
This edition features the following contributions:
Does the Critical Raw Materials Act Affect the Daily Work of European Geoscientists?
by Antje Wittenberg, Christian Masurenko, Michael Neumann, Bernd Schürmann, Stefan Höntzsch, and Christoph Hilgers
Challenges and strategies for attracting new geologists: situation analysis and future perspectives
by Lorién Crespo and Mario Sarasa
Do Volcanism and Mineralization in The Timok Magmatic Complex (East Serbia) Begin Earlier Than Previously Thought?
by M. Banješević, N. Vasić, N. Pantelić
Alpine Ski Track Design Combining Conjugated Harmonic Functions and Terrain Surfaces
by Jesús Mateo-Lázaro, Salvador. M. Galve-Martín, Enrique García-Vicente, Jorge Castillo-Mateo, Andrea Marín-Ostáriz, and Rafael de Guadalfajara-Senra
Assessment of the quality and possibility of groundwater use for irigation in the northern part of the Fruška Gora vineyard using the irrigation water quality indices
by Tanja Petrović Pantić, Marina Magazinović, Nataša Obradović, Katarina Atanasković Samolov, and Milan Tomić
Analytical Modelling of Geological Structures with Digital Terrain Surfaces, Three-Variable Functions, Level Surfaces, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA)
by J. Mateo-Lázaro, J. Castillo-Mateo, J.Á. Sánchez-Navarro, A. García-Gil, and R. Martínez-Cebolla
Exploration of critical elements in the concealed North Estonian basement and its Eastern Fennoscandian context
by Juan David Solano-Acosta, Sophie Graul, Alvar Soesoo, Rutt Hints, Johannes Vind, and Sirle Liivamägi
The IGME-CSIC as the Spanish reference centre for critical and strategic minerals (CEMCE)
by A. Alonso-Jiménez, M. Regueiro, C. Luaces, and F. J. Elorza
The Future of Professional Geology
by M. Regueiro
Definition of geological scenarios for the implementation of the CEEGS technology for underground energy storage and CO2 sequestration
by Jesús García-Crespo, Paula Canteli, Julio Carneiro, Dounia Behnous, Márton Pál Farkas, Eleni Gianni, Pavlos Tyrologou, Nikolaos Koukouzas, Ricardo Chacartegui, Andrés Carro, and Edgar Berrezueta
Application of the observational method for the optimization of supports: examples of the extension of the Knuedler car park and the Hosingen bypass in Luxembourg
by Steve Gruslin and Tiffany Hennebaut
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