Contents of Episodes Volume 25, No.1, March 2002
Reviews
Marine minerals for the 21st century
by Peter A. Rona
The environmental impacts of human activities and engineering
constructions in karst regions
by Petar Milanovic
Articles
Global Stratotype Section and Point for base of the Sinemurian Stage
(Lower Jurassic)
by Gert Bloos and Kevin N. Page
A national project on three-dimensional geology of Italy: 3D model of
Monti della Cesana from Sheet 280 - Fossombrone
by Mauro De Donatis, Serena Jones, Marco Pantaloni, Massimo Bonora,
Francesco Borraccini, Giuliano Gallerini1, and Chiara D'ambrogi
National geoparks initiated in China: Putting geoscience in the service
of society
by Zhao Xun and Wang Milly
Conference Reports
IGCP Project 427 ?eld meeting and excursion on the Skaergaard Intrusion
Report of the Symposium Aggregate 2001
7th International Conference on Paleoceanography
Early Palaeozoic Palaeogeographies and Biogeographies of Western
Europe and North Africa (Lille '2001)
First International Conference on Sustainable Development in Karst Regions
News Reports
IUGS Executive Committee meets
Strategic action plan: Extraordinary meeting of Executive Committee
Highlights:
49th Meeting of IUGS Executive Committee
IGCP Projects accepted and starting in 2002
IGCP Projects active in 2002
Siberia Workshop of IGCP-440 "Rodinia Assembly and Breakup"
Book Reviews
Isostasy and flexure of the lithosphere
The techniques of modern structural geology Volume 3: Applications of
continuum mechanics in structural geology
Seismic ray theory
Geology of Egypt and Libya
Profiles
Professor Jean-Paul Cadet, IUGS Councillor
Prof. Alberto Carlos Riccardi, IUGS Councilor
IUGS Financial Situation and Statement