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    The journal publishes original research articles detailing significant research and development to advance our state of knowledge of the earth, atmosphere, or planetary systems; Review articles; Technical articles focusing on cutting edge technical developments that show promise are also welcomed.

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Elsevier offers the option for authors to sponsor access to individual articles through hundreds of individual journals and via arrangements with funding bodies. These options enable authors to decide how their articles are published and to comply with the requirements of institutions, governments and funding bodies.

Open Access articles are freely available to all readers. Click here for more information.

We are delighted to bring you a list of the Open Access articles published in Elsevier's Earth and Planetary Science Journals to date.

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Top 25 Hottest Articles

Groundwater evapotranspiration captured by seasonally pumped wells in river valleys • Article
Journal of Hydrology, Volume 318, Issue 1-4, March 2006, Pages 334-347 | Chen, X.; Shu, L.

Progressive abandonment and planform changes of the central Platte River in Nebraska, central USA, over historical timeframes • Article
Geomorphology, Volume 139-140, February 2012, Pages 372-383 | Horn, J.D.; Joeckel, R.M.; Fielding, C.R.

Limited potential of crop management for mitigating surface ozone impacts on global food supply • Article
Atmospheric Environment, Volume 45, Issue 15, May 2011, Pages 2569-2576 | Teixeira, E.; Fischer, G.; van Velthuizen, H.; van Dingenen, R.; Dentener, F.; Mills, G.; Walter, C.; Ewert, F.


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Virtual Special Issues

Virtual Special Issue: The evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
The evolution of Central Asian Orogenic Belt has been under discussion for some time. This Virtual Special Issue highlights recent research which has been published in Elsevier's journals about this research front.
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Virtual Special Issue on Air Quality in China
This freely available Virtual Special Issue, compiled by one of the journals' Editor-in-Chief Prof. Chak K. Chan, gives an overview of the accumulation of knowledge in air quality in China.
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Virtual Special Issue on the 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake
Since the 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Tectonophysics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Sedimentary Geology and International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, have published a number of papers related to this event. In this Virtual Special Issue we have collected a range of these articles.
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New Virtual Special Issue demonstrates how ScienceDirect enriches academic publications with interactive geospatial data using Google Maps
Research output in the digital age is more than text and images; computer code, data, multimedia, and domain-specific data formats are increasingly important elements of the scientific record.
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