JGR: Earth Surface focuses on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that affect the form and function of the surface of the solid Earth over all temporal and spatial scales, including fluvial, eolian, and coastal sediment transport; hillslope mass movements; glacial and periglacial activity; weathering and pedogenesis; and surface manifestations of volcanism and tectonism.

JGR:《地球表面》關注的是物理、化學和生物過程，這些過程在所有時間和空間尺度上影響固體地球表面的形態和功能，包括河流、風成和海岸泥沙運輸;hillslope群眾運動;冰川和冰緣活動;風化成土作用;以及火山作用和構造作用的地表表現。