Scalable variational Gaussian process framework for implicit geological modelling and compositional grade interpolation
June 2026
Geological modelling and estimation of polymetallic ore grades require methods that simultaneously honour spatial heterogeneity, compositional constraints, and predictive uncertainty. We present a scalable...
The role of artificial intelligence and IoT in prediction of earthquakes: Review
December 2024
Earthquakes are classified as one of the most devastating natural disasters that can have catastrophic effects on the environment, lives, and properties. There has been an increasing interest in the...
Cellular automata models for simulation and prediction of urban land use change: Development and prospects
December 2025
Rapid urbanization and land-use changes are placing immense pressure on resources, infrastructure, and environmental sustainability. To address these, accurate urban simulation models are essential...
Unlocking the potential of legacy data for future geoenergy and storage applications: Porosity and permeability prediction based on machine learning applied to petrographic data
June 2026
Machine learning techniques are increasingly applied in geological research and widely adopted in industry. However, one commonly available dataset remains underutilized: petrographic data from classical...
Optimizing zero-shot text-based segmentation of remote sensing imagery using SAM and Grounding DINO
June 2025
The use of AI technologies in remote sensing (RS) tasks has been the focus of many individuals in both the professional and academic domains. Having more accessible interfaces and tools that allow people...
SeisReconNO: Leveraging a U-Net-Enhanced Fourier neural operator for 3D seismic reconstruction
June 2026
Missing traces in 3D seismic data are a recurring challenge caused by receiver malfunctions, acquisition limitations, and geological or environmental constraints. These gaps hinder accurate interpretation...
Spatial mapping and modelling of soil organic carbon using random forest and remote sensing variables in part of Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
March 2026
Reliable and up-to-date digital soil data is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action) by enabling improved monitoring of soil carbon and land degradation, thereby supporting...
Automatic description of rock thin sections: A web application
June 2025
The identification and characterization of rock types is a core activity in geology and related fields, including mining, petroleum, environmental science, industry, and construction. Traditionally,...
AI-based approaches for wetland mapping and classification: A review of current practices and future perspectives
December 2025
Wetlands are critical ecosystems that provide essential ecological, hydrological, and socio-economic services, such as water purification, climate regulation, and biodiversity conservation. However,...
Reservoir evaluation using petrophysics informed machine learning: A case study
December 2024
We propose a novel machine learning approach to improve the formation evaluation from logs by integrating petrophysical information with neural networks using a loss function. The petrophysical information...
A hybrid ensemble deep learning model for advanced time series rainfall forecasting using satellite data and climate variability analysis
June 2026
Accurate rainfall prediction is important for climate adaptation, managing water resources, and planning for farming in dry areas and places where data is difficult to obtain. By collecting long-term...
An open benchmark dataset of synthetic seismic data and real swell noise for evaluating deep learning denoising models
June 2026
Recent advances in deep learning (DL) have been fostered by open benchmark datasets that allow reproducible and systematic evaluation of models. Despite the increasing adoption of DL methods in geophysics,...
Recent advances and challenges of cement bond evaluation based on ultrasonic measurements in cased holes
March 2026
Cement bond quality evaluations are essential for assessing zonal isolation between formation strata, providing crucial information for ensuring environmental and ecological safety in oil and gas exploitation,...
Downscaling of Landsat LST with HotSat-1 data and generative adversarial networks
June 2026
Land Surface Temperature (LST) significantly affects the Earth's energy balance, making it vital for various environmental and scientific studies. Currently, the highest-resolution satellite-based LST...
Determination of future land use changes using remote sensing imagery and artificial neural network algorithm: A case study of Davao City, Philippines
December 2023
Land use and land cover (LULC) changes refer to alterations in land use or physical characteristics. These changes can be caused by human activities, such as urbanization, agriculture, and resource...
Deep learning based identification of rock minerals from un-processed digital microscopic images of undisturbed broken-surfaces
June 2025
This study employed convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for the classification of rock minerals based on 3179 RGB-scale original microstructural images of undisturbed broken surfaces. The image dataset...
Application of machine learning for permeability prediction in heterogeneous carbonate reservoirs
March 2026
Accurate prediction of reservoir permeability based on geostatistical modeling and history matching is often limited by spatial resolution and computational efficiency. To address this limitation, we...
A deep learning based workflow for multicomponent seismic data registration
June 2026
Multicomponent seismic datasets, such as PS (downgoing P-wave and upgoing S-wave), offer significant advantages over conventional PP (downgoing and upgoing P-wave) data for subsurface characterization....
Water resource forecasting with machine learning and deep learning: A scientometric analysis
December 2024
Water prediction plays a crucial role in modern-day water resource management, encompassing both hydrological patterns and demand forecasts. To gain insights into its current focus, status, and emerging...
Quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock using remote sensing & artificial intelligence
December 2025
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) from agriculture in Africa are among the world's fastest-growing emissions, with the livestock sector as the primary contributor. However, the methods for quantifying these emissions...
Machine learning in petrophysics: Advantages and limitations
December 2022
Machine learning provides a powerful alternative data-driven approach to accomplish many petrophysical tasks from subsurface data. It can assimilate information from large and rich data bases and infer...
MLReal: Bridging the gap between training on synthetic data and real data applications in machine learning
December 2022
Among the biggest challenges we face in utilizing neural networks trained on waveform (i.e., seismic, electromagnetic, or ultrasound) data is its application to real data. The requirement for accurate...
Explainable flood damage assessment using multi-atrous self-attention and vision-language integration
March 2026
Flood disasters triggered by excessive rainfall cause severe damage to infrastructure and pose significant risks to human life. Within the context of disaster management, accurately identifying affected...
LatentPINNs: Generative physics-informed neural networks via a latent representation learning
June 2025
Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are promising to replace conventional mesh-based partial differential equation (PDE) solvers by offering more accurate and flexible PDE solutions. However, PINNs...
Soil liquefaction assessment using machine learning
June 2025
Liquefaction is one of the prominent factors leading to damage to soil and structures. In this study, the relationship between liquefaction potential and soil parameters is determined by applying feature...
