In the last years, field and mapping activities, accompanied by the interruption of the Italian national mapping CARG Project, have undergone a dangerous slowdown, often observed in traditional academic research and teaching activities. The GFT&M therefore wants to stimulate the return to field research, enhancing its content and products at an international level, facilitating access and knowledge of all those areas that provide information for the understanding of geological aspects from the small to large scale.
The intent of the magazine is also to make available field geology to a wide national and international public, combining the description of itineraries of interest to the cartographic representation of specific areas.
The editorial staff includes specialists from different disciplines operating in Italy and throughout the world, and welcomes international research activities carried out both by Italian and foreign authors.