About the Journal

GEOVERS: Journal of Applied Geophysics and Natural Hazards publishes original research that applies Earth-system physics to two intrinsically coupled problems: the quantitative characterization of the subsurface and the assessment of natural hazards arising from the same geodynamic and geophysical processes. The journal is anchored in tectonically active, maritime, and tropical settings, wherein the subduction, magmatic, oceanographic, and convective regimes responsible for the concentration of geothermal, hydrocarbon, mineral, and groundwater resources likewise govern the genesis of seismic, volcanic, tsunamigenic, and hydrometeorological hazards. Accordingly, GEOVERS regards resource characterization and hazard assessment not as discrete disciplines but as complementary applications of a common methodological framework encompassing field and remote observation, signal processing, imaging, inversion, and physics-based modelling. Contributions grounded in such settings are particularly encouraged; however, the journal imposes no geographical restriction, and manuscripts from all regions are considered, with methodological contributions evaluated on the generality and transferability of their approach.