Contents of Episodes Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2003

 

Editorial

From the Chair

by Eduardo F. J. de Mulder

 

Articles

The Peri-Tethys Programme: achievements and results
by M. Gaetani, J. Dercourt and B. Vrielynck

 

Addressing severe slope failure hazards along Sichuan-Tibet Highwayin Southwestern China
by Shang Yanjun, Yue Zhongqi, Yang Zhifa, Wang Yangchun, and Liu Da'an

 

A proposed Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Visan Stage (Carboniferous): the Pengchong section, Guangxi, South China
by François-Xavier Devuyst, Luc Hance, Hongfei Hou, Xianghe Wu, Shugang Tian, Michel Coen, and George Sevastopulo

 

Long-term sustainability of groundwater resources: an approach using integrated hydrogeological and economic models
by P. A. White, Y-S. Hong and R. R. Reeves

 

Geological Map

A new CGMW map released: The International Metallogenic Map of Africa at a scale of 1:5 000 000

 

Conference Reports
- Environmental Catastrophes and Recoveries in the Holocene

- IGCP-408/2002: Rocks and Minerals at Great Depth and on the Surface

- Sixth International Congress on Rudists

- International Conference on the Role of Natural Resources and Environment in Sustainable Development in South and Southeast Asia (NESDA)

 

News Reports

- IUGS and Geological Society of London begin a publishing partnership

- Climatic changes over the last 5,000,000 years as recorded in the Canary Islands

 

Book Reviews

- Engineered Coasts

- Geodynamics

- Islands of the Arctic

 

Profiles

- Scientific Committee on the Lithosphere / International Lithosphere Program (SCL/ILP)

- The International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)

- IUGS Commission on the Systematics in Petrology (CSP)

 

IUGS Financial Situation and Statement

 

New Publications

 

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