FastTIMES Editorial Team Opportunities

EEGS is seeking those interested in joining the FastTIMES Editorial team.  Geophysicists / geoscientists who have the passion, time, energy and interest to participate as a Managing Editor should contact FastTIMES Editor-in-Chief:  Mehrez Elwaseif ([email protected]).

What Themes Are Planned or Possible?
Depending on the interest shown and preferences and availability of each Editor, the Special Issues themes are chosen from a long list of possible themes that cover the context and applications of near-surface geophysics methods to issues of sustainability for the infrastructure, geo-engineering, geotechnical, groundwater, environmental, mining, agriculture, archaeological, forensic, UXO and resource delineation sectors as well a technology themes.

Sustainability Themes
Potential future sustainability application themes include such themes as climate change, riparian and wetland condition, sustainable groundwater resources, landfill, nuclear waste disposal, geothermal energy, infrastructure – underground excavations & cavities, infrastructure condition assessment – NDT, abandoned mines and mine rehabilitation and closure, coastal engineering, mine tailings management – geotechnical, environmental / groundwater, mine water management, catchment mapping, contaminated sites – investigation and cleanup / auditing – Superfund sites, sustainable irrigation channel leakage, soil management, optimal agriculture, geohazards, micro-seismicity, documenting archaeological sites, underground and open pit mine safety geophysics, forensics geophysics, geophysical research and education, geological mapping, critical zone – surface and groundwater interaction, glaciology and permafrost.

Technology Themes
Technological themes applicable to sustainability and advancement of near-surface geophysics science, in addition to focus on advances in individual geophysical methods, includes such themes as uncertainty in modelling, transformation of geophysical parameters incorporating uncertainty into other geoscience and geo- engineering parameters, standards revisited, geophysical software, 3D inversion, calibration and instrument development, joint method inversion, advances in computing power, cross-hole methods, technology transfer from the O&G and minerals sector to NSG, NSG uses of mineral exploration data for mine site development, NSG uses of oil and gas exploration data, shallow marine geophysics, hyperspectral geophysics, remote sensing sensors and datasets, and 3D geophysical / geological integrated modelling.

There is also opportunity to occasionally deliver a single issue of the magazine with a theme of your choice.  You would be serving as Editor for the specific issue (under the Editor's purview), including selecting a theme of sustainability for geoscience and geo-engineering identified as worthy of focus in the various sectors where near-surface geophysical methods can be applied.  Contact Mehrez Elwaseif for more information.