Vol. 20 No.3 September 1997

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Editorial

        What kind of journal should Episodes be?
        by W.G.E.Caldwell
    PDF(159KB)

Articles

            A reform in earth science education after a revolution in earth science
              by Kenneth J.Hsu
               PDF(2231KB)

             Definition of a global boundary stratotype for the Darriwilian Stage of the Ordovician System.
              by C.E.Mitchell,Chen Xu,S.M.Bergstrom,Zhang Yuan-dong,Wang Zhi-hao,B.D.Webby and S.C.Finner  
          PDF(5427KB)

            MagnetoSusceptibility Event and Cyclostratigraphy(MSEC)of the Eifelian-Givetian GSSP and associated boundary sequences in north Africa and Europe
            by Rex E.Crick,Brooks B.Ellwood,Ahmed El Hassani Rainnind Feist and Jindrich Hladil
          PDF(2107KB)

            The search for a new Tournaisian-Visean boundary stratotype
              by Luc Hance,Paul L.Brenckle,Michel Coen,Hongfei Hon,Zhuoting Liao Philippe Muchez,Era Paproth,Tadeus:P.Nicholas,J.Riley,John,Roberts and Xianghe Wu
           PDF(2307KB)

            Earthquake frequency and moment magnitude relations for mainshocks,foreshocks and aftershocks:Theoretical b values
              by Motoji Ikeya and Qinghua Huang
          PDF(1914KB)

            Slab window-related magmatism caused by the Kula-Pacific ridge subduction beneath the Eurasia continent in the Cretaceous
              by Osamu Kinoshita
          PDF(1479KB)

            Timing of the Cathaysia Block initiation:Constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology
              by Xian-hua Li
          PDF(1959KB)

            Temperature and salinity effects on ˉ(18)O fractionation for rapidly precipitated carbonates:Laboratory experiments with alkaline lake water
              by Hong-Chun Li,Lowell D.Stott,and Douglas E.Hammond
          PDF(2061KB)

Conference Reports

            Second International Symposium on Granites and Associated Mineralizations (ISGAM Ⅱ)
            AAPG International Meeting
            4th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry International Conference on Late Quaternary Coastal Tectonics Aquifer-Sedimentology Symposium
      PDF(3.29MB)

News and Views

           Revision of the "Biostratigraphic units" section of the North American Stratigraphic Code
           Final report of IGCP Project 359
           Williston Basin Symposium will highlight Paleozoic
           Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments heads for San Diego
           Major gift to the EERI Endowment Fund:The Shah Family Innovation Prize
       
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