Episodes

Vol. 29 No.1 March 2006

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences


Contents

Articles

1        A proposed Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Middle Ordovician 
          Series: The Niquivil section, Precordillera of San Juan, Argentina

          by Guillermo L. Albanesi, Marcelo G. Carrera, Fernando L. Cañas, and Matthew Saltzman
          Abstract | PDF(7,654KB)

16       Graphic correlation of Argentine Precordillera and North American Lower/Middle Ordovician sections 
          by Walter C. Sweet and Guillermo L. Albanesi
          Abstract | PDF(1,385KB)

20        Use of groundwater flow model in the analysis of a creeping landslide in western Japan
           by H.K. Shrestha, R. Yatabe, and N.P. Bhandary
          
Abstract | PDF(1,682KB)

26       Petrogenesis of Mesozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks in South China: A response to tectonic 
           evolution

           by Xinmin Zhou, Tao Sun, Weizhou Shen, Liangshu Shu, and Yaoling Niu
          
Abstract | PDF(2,933KB)

34       A large Middle Pleistocene freshwater to oligohaline lake in the contemporary hyperarid 
           Qaidam Basin (China)

 
          by Steffen Mischke, Ulrike Herzschuh, Naida Sun, Zizhen Qiao, and Zhencheng Sun
          
Abstract | PDF(882KB)

Geological Map
39       Geology without national boundaries¡ªThe 1 : 5 Million International Geological Map of Europe and 
            Adjacent Areas
           
PDF(2,768KB)

Forum
43        A stable Cenozoic geologic time scale is indispensable
            by Amos Salvador
           
PDF(509KB)

Conference Reports
46         - The CCOP-IUGS/GEM Thematic Session on ¡°Sustainable development of geo- resources & geo-environment¡±
47         - From field observations on eclogites towards modeling of deep subduction processes:
                7th International Eclogite Conference (IEC-7) and First Workshop of Task Group II-10 of International 
                Lithosphere Program
49         - Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds (CORB), response to paleoclimatic/paleoceanographic global changes 
                and regional tectonics ¡ª Workshop of IGCP 463 & 494
51         - The IV International Symposium ProGEO on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage
53         - Cambrian Research in the New Century ¡ªthe Fourth International Symposium on the
                Cambrian System
55         - The 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda
56         - The International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO)
                Symposium on History of Geophysics
58         - The Seventh GEOCHIM /UNESCO/ SGA ¡°Postgraduate certificated training course in
                geochemical exploration methods and their environmental applications¡±
59         - Water resources & environmental problems in karst¡ªCvijic´ Karst 2005
60         - Interactions between Sediments and Water
              PDF(2,934KB)

News Reports
62         - UN declares 2008 ¡°International Year of Planet Earth¡±
63        - ICSU celebrates 75 years with a new Strategic Plan
65        - TS-Creator©¡ªChronostratigraphic data base and visualisation
67         - International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) formed
             PDF(2,390KB)

Book Reviews
68         - The geology of Australia
69         - Glaciers
70         - Time series analysis and inverse theory for geophysicists
71         - Volcanoes and the environment
72         - The evolution of clastic sedimentology
73         - Petroleum geoscience
            
PDF(944KB)

Profile
74         Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association
            
PDF(548KB)


76         Calendar
            
PDF(447KB)

79         Index
            
PDF(423KB)

Front Cover
Diabase dyke swarm within Early Cretaceous granites showing extensional tectonics in Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang Province, eastern China. Photo by C.W. Dong.

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