Contents of Episodes Vol. 22 No. 4, December 1999


Editorial
Reflections of a Web Wonk
by John Aaron

Special
International Stratigraphic Guide—An abridged version
edited by Michael A. Murphy and Amos Salvador

Articles
The IUGS boundary in the middle of the Carboniferous: Arrow Canyon,
Nevada, USA
by H. Richard Lane, Paul L. Brenckle, J.F. Baesemann, and Barry Richards

The El Nino triggered landslides and their socio-economic impacts on Kenya
by Wilson M. Ngecu and Eliud M. Mathu

Experimental study on the propagation of seismic electromagnetic signals
(SEMS) using a mini-geographic model of the Taiwan Strait
by Qinghua Huang and Motoji Ikeya

Geological Maps
1 : 25 000 map of the urban geology of Hannover, Germany—A new series of
maps within the framework of a new project

Geological maps in town planning — A step towards sustainable development in
Finland

New tectonic maps on seas of Eurasia

Conference Reports
The East and Southern Africa Regional Workshop on Geomedicine

Raw materials of the Neolithic/Aeneolithic polished stone artefacts: Their
migration paths in Europe

International Conference on the Geodynamics of the Black Sea-Caspian Segment
of the Alpine Folded Belt

International Mineralogical Association (IMA), Commission on Ore Mineralogy
(COM) Short Course

International Seminar on Sea Level Rise and Sustainable Coastal Development

International Symposium on Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural
Disasters with Emphasis on Asia

Early Precambrian: Genesis and evolution of the continental crust (Geodynamics,
petrology, geochronology, regional geology)

GEOCHIM 99—Postgraduate certificated training course in geochemical
exploration methods and their environmental applications

Book Reviews
Annual review of Earth and planetary sciences, 1999, vol. 27

Meteorites and their parent planets

Geodynamic domains in the Alpine-Himalayan Tethys

Perils of a restless planet

When continents collide: Geodynamics and geochemistry of ultra-pressure rocks

Diffusion in natural porous media—Contaminant transport, sorption/desorption
and dissolution kinetics

Groundwater in geologic processes

New Publications

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