Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, debris flows, tsunamis, storms, floods, and their disaster chains, etc., all manifest as transient events on the geological time scale and leave behind different types of sedimentary records. By analyzing these event sediments preserved in terrestrial and marine environments, key information such as the occurrence time, scale, intensity, and history of disaster events can be obtained, which helps to understand their occurrence processes, development mechanisms, and evolution laws. This not only contributes to a deeper understanding of the abrupt change processes in the Earth system but also provides scientific support for disaster prevention and mitigation.

      In order to timely showcase the scientific research progress in the field of "event sedimentology" at home and abroad and the latest related trends (such as the relevant content of the future scientific plans of the International Ocean Discovery Program, etc.), and to provide diversified knowledge services for research in the field of earth sciences, the journal "Advances in Earth Science" specially launches a special column on "event sedimentation and disaster history". This special column is jointly chaired by Researcher Liu Weiming (Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources) and Researcher Lu Yin (State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University), and is planned to be published (in the regular issue) in the first half of 2024.

I. Scope of Contributions for the Special Column (including but not limited to)

      Analysis, observation, simulation, and experimental studies of the records of various disaster events (such as sedimentation related to earthquake, volcanic events, etc.).

II. Specially Invited Manuscript Solicitation Experts for the Special Column

      Researcher Liu Weiming, Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Ministry of Water Resources, Email: liuwm@imde.ac.cn

Researcher Lu Yin, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Email: yinlu@tongji.edu.cn

III. Deadline for Submissions: November 1, 2023

IV. Submission Method

      Please submit your manuscript through the official website of "Advances in Earth Science" (http://www.adearth.ac.cn). The manuscript should be written in Chinese. When submitting, please indicate that it is a manuscript for the "event sedimentation and disaster history" special column. The types of manuscripts are not limited (research papers, reviews, and comments are all acceptable), and the length of the paper should be within 15,000 words. For the submission template and specific requirements, please refer to the submission guidelines on the journal's homepage.

We sincerely invite experts and scholars in the related fields of "event sedimentology" at home and abroad to submit their papers enthusiastically!

      Contact Persons: Sun Liwei, Chi Xiuli, He Haoyu

      Contact Telephone: 0931-8762293

      Email: adearth@lzb.ac.cn

      Editorial Office of "Advances in Earth Science"

      April 18, 2023