The Leading Edge

Most material is presented in a semitechnical manner that minimizes mathematical theory and emphasizes practical applications. TLE also serves as SEG's publication venue for official Society business. TLE's technical articles, which make up the bulk of each issue, undergo peer review to validate the described methods and conclusions and ensure the highest editorial quality.

Each issue of TLE includes a special section devoted to a particular area of technology, especially new techniques or methods that seem likely to have a major impact in the near future on the working routine of most practicing geophysicists. Experts, many of international renown, select articles for these special sections, which are announced ahead of time (often a year or more) in the TLE Editorial Calendar.

TLE's regular features also include the following technical departments with periodic articles on key technological aspects of geophysics. Material for each of these departments is selected and approved by a geophysicist working in the field.