Electrokinetics is utilized in earth sciences to give bits of knowledge worried close surface earth structures (from two or three hundred meters up to a few thousand meters profundity) that have interstitial liquids (water, ice, oil, and gas). Electrokinetic marvels are instigated by the relative movement between the liquid and the stone grid and, accordingly, can give data about the liquids inside the earth. Self-possibilities have been estimated in hydrology, in dynamic volcanic zones, and in contaminated situations. Different techniques dependent on electrokinetics, including self-possibilities and seismoelectromagnetic change, have been applied to the administration of pressure driven and hydrocarbon supplies, the asset prospecting in glaciated locales, the investigation for and observing of geothermal repositories, the portrayal of cracked stores, etc.

Electrokinetic marvels have been known for over two centuries (Reuss, 1809). Electrokinetic potential has been concentrated according to the field of colloid science and furthermore in oil designing exploration through its belongings upon SP logging.