NJG runs themed special collections, developed over a set time period, with articles published online upon acceptance. To submit a paper to one the these collections, select it under [Categories].
Geological mapping in the 21st century
Bob Hoogendoorn, Kris Piessens (Eds), 2026–
Recent past, present and future of earth sciences education in the Netherlands.
Hans de Bresser, Maarten Kleinhans (Eds), 2025–
Land subsidence in the Netherlands
Sanneke van Asselen, Kay Koster (Eds), 2025–
Groundwater and sustainability transitions (closed for submissions)
Niels Hartog, Victor Bense, Perry de Louw, Hanneke Verweij (Eds), 2024–2026
The dark ages of the lowlands (closed for submissions)
Wim Hoek, Harm Jan Pierik (Eds), 2020–2026
Maastricht special collection
John Jagt, René Fraaije, Johan Vellekoop, Elena Yazykova (Eds), 2024
Induced seismicity – a global phenomenon with special relevance to the Dutch subsurface
Anne Pluymakers, Annemarie Muntendam-Bos, André Niemeijer (Eds), 2022-2023
Drowned palaeo-landscapes: archaeological and geoscientific research at the Southern North Sea coast
Felix Bittman, Friederike Bungenstock, Achim Wehrman (Eds), 2020–2022
Geothermal energy
Hans Veldkamp, Barbara Cox, Bastiaan Jaarsma, Andrea Vondrak (Eds), 2019–2020.
Before 2019, Netherlands Journal of Geosciences ran traditional special issues, which can be accessed from the list below:
Sea-level rise, subsidence and morphodynamics in the Dutch Wadden Sea
Ad van der Spek, Niels van den Berg (Eds), 2018. NJG 97(3): 69–283
Induced Seismicity in the Groningen Gas Field, the Netherlands
Lucia van Geuns, Karin van Thienen-Visser (Eds), 2017. NJG 96(5): 1–284
Proceedings: Economic Geology of Suriname, 16 January 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands
Theo Wong, Salomon Kroonenberg, Tom Reijers (Eds), 2016. NJG 95(4): 373–522
Geological disposal of nuclear waste
Jasper Griffioen, Ton Wildenborg (Eds), 2016. NJG 95(3): 215–372.
Proceedings: 4th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting. Dallas, Texas, May 20-25, 2013
Michael Polcyn, Anne Schulp (Eds), 2015. NJG 94(1): 3-154
North Sea submerged landscapes and prehistory
Jan Peeters, Kim Cohen (Eds), 2014. NJG 93(1–2): 3–82
The Sunday's child of Dutch earth sciences – a tribute to Bert Boekschoten on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Ed de Mulder, John Jagt, Anne Schulp (Eds), 2013. NJG 92(2–3): 91–216
Exploring the deep subsurface of the Netherlands – Commemorative volume on the centenary of KNGMG
Johan ten Veen, Mark Geluk, Henk Kombrink (Eds), 2012. NJG 91(4): 401–665
Geoscientific research in the Wadden Sea region
Hanneke Verweij, Jeroen Schokker (Eds), 2012. NJG 91(3): 289–399
Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions: a tribute to the career of Jef Vandenberghe
Kees Kasse, Hans Renssen (Eds), 2012. NJG 91(1/2): 1–277
A tribute to the late Felder brothers – pioneers of Limburg geology and prehistoric archaeology
John Jagt, Elena Jagt-Yazykova, Wiel Schins (Eds), 2011. NJG 90(2–3): 65–270
The interactions between Quaternary Geology and Archaeology
Wim Hoek (Ed.), 2010. NJG 89(1): 1–83.
Climate Change: Facts, Uncertainties and Myths
Evert de Graaf (Ed.), 2008. NJG 87(3): 196–239
The Rhine – a major fluvial record
Wim Westerhoff (Ed.), 2008. NJG 87(1): 1–125
8th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology
Esther Stouthamer, Wilfried ten Brinke (Eds), 2007. NJG 86(1): 1–88
Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of the southern North Sea and Baltic basins
Sandra Passchier, Kenneth Rijsdijk, Cees Laban (TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherlands), 2005. NJG 84(2): 59–160
Proceeding of the First Mosasaur Meeting
Anne Schulp (Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht), John Jacht (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), 2005. NJG 84(3): 165–378
Symposium on the Paleogene preparing for modern life and climate
Noël Vandenberghe, 2004. NJG 83(3): 153–248
The 150th anniversary of the Maastrichtian Stage
John Jagt, Anne Schulp, Douwe de Graaf (Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht), 2003. NJG 82(3): 223–312
Geofluids in the Netherlands
Hanneke Verweij (TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherlands), 2003. NJG 82(1): 1–105
Fluvial Archive Group – FLAG
David Bridgland (Durham University), Frank Sirocko (University of Mainz), 2002. NJG 81(3–4): 263–441
Rift tectonics and syngenetic sedimentation - the Cenozoic Lower Rhine Basin and related structures
Andreas Schäfer, Agemar Siehl (University of Bonn), 2002. NJG 81(2): 145-256
Proceedings: Groningen – catalyst for the North-West European oil and gas industry, Groningen, 1999
Hans Dronkert, E. Dijkhuis (Delft University of Technology), 2001. NJG 80(1): 1–144
Geochemical mapping in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Pauline van Gaans, Simon Vriend (Utrecht University), 2000. NJG 79(4): 371–509
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