自1893年創(chuàng)刊以來，《地質(zhì)學雜志》一直致力于地質(zhì)學原理的研究，目前正在出版地球物理學、地球化學、沉積學、地貌學、巖石學、板塊構(gòu)造學、火山學、結(jié)構(gòu)地質(zhì)學、礦物學和行星科學方面的研究和理論。內(nèi)容范圍從月球內(nèi)部的組成到化石開發(fā)的計算機模型。

Since its inception in 1893, The Journal of Geology has been devoted to the study of geological principles and is currently publishing research and theory in geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences. Contents range from work on the composition of the lunar interior to computer modeling of fossil development.