Contents of Episodes Volume 21, No.4, December 1998
Articles
Reversing desertification by using dam reservoir sediments as agriculture soils
by R. Fonseca, F. J. A. S. Barriga, and W. S. Fyfe
Urbanization impact on the water resources with major third world cities: A
case study for Nairobi and its environs
by Wilson M. Ngecu and Steve J. Gaciri
Dual origin of garnet peridotites of Dabie-Sulu UHP
terrane, eastern-central
China
by Ru Y. Zhang and Juhn G. Liou
Torlesse, Waipapa and Caples suspect terranes of New Zealand: Integrated
studies of their geological history in relation to neighbouring terranes
by C. J. Adams, H. J. Campbell, I. J. Graham, and N. Mortimer
Crustal structure of the western part of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic
by Stanislav Vr¨¢na and Veronika S tedr¨¢
An ancient Ba-Sb-Ag-Fe-Hg-bearing hydrothermal system in SE Spain
by Jes¨²s Mart¨ªnez-Fr¨ªas
Earliest life in the Archean: Rapid dispersal of CO2-utilizing bacteria from
submarine hydrothermal vents
by Geoffrey P. Glasby
Conference Reports
Permafrost advances at Yellowknife, Canada: Report of the Seventh International
Conference on Permafrost
Penrose Conference report: Evolution of ocean island volcanoes
International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable
Development
The 21st Meeting of INHIGEO
Inaugural Meeting of IGCP Project No. 408
Response of the oceanic/atmospheric systems to global change
Middle Devonian to Lower Carboniferous in Belgium and Germany
Seventh International Conodont Symposium held in Europe (ECOS VII)
10th International Gondwana Conference
The 15th Caribbean Geological Conference
International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard
Prevention¡ªRISK ANALYSIS 98
The Eighth Paci?c Congress on Marine Science and Technology
News Reports
Geoenvironmental studies on the coastal belts of the Arab countries lying on the
Mediterranean and Red Seas¡ªIGCP Project 389
Earth Science Week: Momentum for the future
U.S. President Clinton¡¯s Earth Science Week Message (10-10-98)
Energy for the 21st century
Environmental quality vs. economic development: The role of coal in developing
nations
Fossil animal embryos and larvae reported from Neoproterozoic and Early
Cambrian rocks
Long lava flows may have taken years, causing global cooling and extinctions
Rapid rock changes deep under fault lines can trigger repeated quakes
IUGS/IAGC Working Group on Global Geochemical Baselines meets in Naples
USGS signs agreement with AGSO
Third South Asia Geological Congress (GEOSAS III)
Book Reviews
Reservoir quality prediction in sandstones and carbonates
Charles Doolittle Walcott, paleontologist
Modern carbonates, tropical, temperate, polar ¡ª Introduction to sedimentology and
geochemistry
Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology
Discussions
Sand accumulation and groundwater in the eastern Sahara: A rebuttal to El-Baz
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