Contents of Episodes September 2004, Vol. 27, No. 3
by F. Wolfgang Eder and Margarete Patzak
The European Geoparks Network—Geological heritage protection and local development
by Nickolas Zouros
Protection of geological heritage: A North American perspective on Geoparks
by Godfrey S. Nowlan, Peter Bobrowsky, and John Clague
Mining's seven questions to sustainability: from mitigating impacts to encouraging contribution
by R. Anthony Hodge
by M. C. Geraldes, W. Teixeira and M. Heilbron
Alluvial fan flooding in the Department of Pocito, Province of San Juan,
Argentina
by Laura Patricia Perucca and Juan Paredes
The 18th International Geological Congress, Great Britain, 1948
by Rudolf Trümpy
Final report of IGCP Project 410 (1997–2002) —The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
by Barry D Webby, Mary L. Droser and Florentin Paris
Geological Map
A new CGMW map: The structural map of the Indian Ocean: An attempt at ocean cartography
Conference Reports
Third Workshop of IGCP 450: Proterozoic Sediment-hosted Base Metal Deposits of Western Gondwana
22nd IAS Meeting of Sedimentology
Geosciences for Urban Development and Environmental Planning
Terrane Processes at the Pacific-margin of Gondwana (TAPMOG)
News Reports
Three "first places" for Ediacaran Period
Book Reviews
Deepwater petroleum exploration & production: A nontechnical guide
A geological survey in transition
Mind over magma: the story of igneous petrology
Random harvest: an anthology of editorials
Intra oceanic subduction systems
Profiles
INHIGEO: The International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences
The American Geological Institute (AGI)
The Working Group on International Borders—Geoenviron mental Concerns (IBC)