Guest editorial

Scientific studies are open to review in light of new evidences, supported by improved analytical methods and by the detailed understanding of the process itself It is rightly pointed by H.B.W. (1901) quoting Professor Sollas, about the nature of the subject, that the geoscience has become ‘evolutional, and in the transformation has grown more comprehensive’. This issue comprises number of papers presented in the Conference on Geology: Emerging Methods and Applications (GEM 2017). The primary aim of the conference was to give a comprehensive stateof the art information on various techniques, discuss on its strengths and potential limitations, introduce the students and applied geo-scientists from Colleges and state universities about the methods at their disposal. New applications of established techniques and other interdisciplinary approach may be productive and useful to geo-scientists in expanding their research. Beyond familiarizing and promoting research, such meetings are useful the fundamental concepts of various approaches in the deliberations for the benefit of basic learners of Earth Science, so that they can embrace such new methods when they become researchers.