Vol. 20 No.4 December 1997

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Editorial

        A year of restoration for Episodes
        by Zhang Hongren
    PDF(90KB)

Articles

            Fire in the earth sciences
              by Michaell.Bird
              PDF(1997KB)

             The movement potential of the major faults in Hong Kong area
              by C.F.Lee,J.J.Hon,and H.Ye  
           PDF(2024KB)

            On the potential seismic hazard in Hong Kong
            by Lee C.F.,Ye Hong and Zhou Qing
         PDF(3538KB)

            Holocene paleoprecipitation over the present-day Sahara desert: Implications for the future
              by Nicole Pe tit and Zhengtang Guo
           PDF(1891KB)

            Definition of the Pragian/Emsian Stage boundary
              by E.A.Yolkin,A.l.Kim,K.Weddige,J.A.Talent,and M.R.House
          PDF(4221KB)

            North Gondwanan Emsian events
              by Jenaro L.Garcra-Alcalde
          PDF(1951KB)

            Podiform Chromitites:Their composition,origin and environment of formation
              by Paul T.Robinson,Mei-Fu Zhou,Johii Malpas,and Wen-Ji Bai
          PDF(2203KB)

            Pulsed electric field before Kobe and Izu earthquakes from Seismically induced Anomalous Animal Behavior(SAAB)
              by Motoji Ikeya.Takahide Komatsu,Yoshihisa Kinoshita,Kazuhiko Teramnoto,Kouichi Inoue,Masavoshi Gondou,and Tsunevvuki Yamamoto
          PDF(3474KB)

Conference Reports

            Conference report on GEOTHAI 97
            Twelfth International Conference and Workshops on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing
            Report of the International Workshop on Landslide Risk Assessment
            18th IAS Regional European Meeting of Sedimentology
            The Baltic—the Fifth Marine Geological Conference
            IGCP Project 351:Early Paleozoic evolution in NW Gondwana
      PDF(4.1MB)

News and Views

           Advances of INDEPTH—A deep profiling study in Tibet and the Himalayas
           Strong response to GEO'98 Conference
           Scientists measure Arctic ozone hole
           Researchers see improvement in nation's air quality
           31st IGC in preparation
           Paleontology in the 21st century
       
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Book Reviews

           Landshdes
           Paleoalterites and paleosols-Imprints of terrestrial processes in sedimentary Rocks
           Geology and mineralogy at Oxford 1860-1986
           Directory of gcoscience libraries,North America,1997,Fifth edition

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IUGS Directory
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Calendar
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