Vol. 15 No.2 June 1992

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Editorial

        National geological surveys:Their present and future roles

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Articles

           150 years in the history of the Geological Survey of Canada
              by Christy Vodden
               PDF(15,156KB)

             A world organization of geological surveys?
              by D.C.Findlav 
           PDF(964KB)

            Remote sensing and past climatic changes in tropical deserts:Example of the Sahara
            by N.Petit-Maire and N.Page
           PDF(5,632KB)

            Geological Society of China:Spreading geological knowledge among teenagers
              by Chen Anze
           PDF(3,424KB)

Discussion

            New Precambrian time scale:Comments
              by H.J.Hofmann
           PDF(1,177KB)

            New Precambrian time scale:Reply
              bv K.A.Plumb
           PDF(1,319KB)

Conference Reports

            Sixth International Symposium on the Ordovician System
            International Congress on the Permian System of the World
            Saline lakes(a contribution to IGCP Project 219)
            IGCP Project 283:Geodynamic evolution and main sutures of the paleo-Asian ocean
            Symposium on Mesozoic to Cenozoic development of eastern Asia and IGCP Project 245 workshop
            IGCP Project 249:Andean Magmatism and Its Tectonic Setting
            Australian National Conference on Management of Geoscience Information and Data
            Hazards-91:Some recent developments in natural hazards research
            International field workshop:Geotraverse through the Mozambique belt of Tanzania
            First International Symposium on the Geodynamic Development of the Arabian Lithosphere
            New waves of geology
            Symposium on Central European Alkaline Volcanic Rocks:SCEAVR 1991
            John Ramsav Meeting:Geometry of Naturally Deformed Rocks

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News Reports

           New IGCP projects accepted and starting in 1992
           World had 61 significant earthquakes in 1991
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Book Reviews

           No Right-of-Way-How Democracy Came to the Oil Patch
           Computer Applications in Resource Estimation
           An Introduction to the Geology of Sri Lanka(Ceylon)

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New publications

Training

Calendar

IUGS Financial Statement

IUGS Directory

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