applied earth science relaunched

摘要

As the new Editor, I am pleased to be able to contact you with information on the relaunch of Applied Earth Science (IMM Transactions section B, incorporating Proc. AusIMM) under a new editorial team. This change takes effect from the final issue of the 2005 volume - a specially commissioned issue devoted to the Northern Bushvela complex. The papers in this issue strongly reflect the new focus of the journal on studies into the genesis of mineral deposits and innovative applications of new technology in exploration and mining. The new editorial structure incorporates a team of international Associate Editors, whose aim to ensure that the journal serves the wider economic geology community, with high-quality papers on all aspects of research into exploration, mining and mineral deposits. The membership of the board is international, with a range of interests that covers the majority of mineral commodities and deposit types. The journal seeks high quality submissions covering all forms of exploration technology applied to mineral deposits, studies into the genesis of mineralization, and geological input into reserve and resource definition, sampling and grade control, geostatistics, feasibility studies and mine planning.