Contents of Episodes Vol. 24 No.1, March 2001


Editorial
A new term for Episodes
by Zhang Hongren

Articles
Perspectives for Geosciences in the 21st Century
by S. Muhongo and others

Neotectonic earth movements related to the 1999 eruption of
Cameroon Mountain, West Africa
by C. E. Suh, S. N. Ayonghe, and E. S. Njumbe

Climatic records in a ?rn core from an Alpine temperate glacier on
Mt. Yulong, southeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau
by He Yuanqing, Yao Tandong, Cheng Guodong, and Yang Meixue

Global Stratotype Section and Point for base of the Ordovician
System
by R. A. Cooper, G. S. Nowlan, and S. H. Williams

GSSP, IUGS and IGC: an endless story toward a common language in
the Earth sciences
by Gian Battista Vai

No pain — No gain
by Kristine Asch and Ian Jackson

Classic Paper
Andrija Mohorovicˇ ic′ 's investigation of the earthquake of 8.10.1909
by Aleksandar Grubic′

Conference Reports
31st International Geological Congress

“Medical geology”—An emerging discipline

Recent advance in palynology

Placers and weathered rock deposits on the turn of millennium

News Reports
New IGCP Projects accepted and starting in 2001

IGCP Projects active in 2001

IUGS Executive Committee meets

Profile
Prof. Eduardo J. de Mulder, IUGS President

IUGS Financial Situation and Statement

IUGS Directory

Calendar

Index for 2000