Vol. 30 No.2 June 2007

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Speech by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at his meeting with the officers of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences (19th June, 2007)
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IUGS Document

        Conclusions of the Ad-hoc Review Committee (ARC) on the International Commission on Fossil Fuels (CFF) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) (Paris, 22nd November 2006)
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Articles

           The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Drumian stage (Cambrian) in the Drum Mountains, Utah, USA
              by Loren E. Babcock, Richard A. Robison, Margaret N. Rees, Shanchi Peng, and Matthew R. Saltzman
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            Polyorogenic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Belt — New insights from the Lüliangshan-Hengshan-Wutaishan and Fuping massifs
              by Michel Faure, Pierre Trap, Wei Lin, Patrick Monié, and Olivier Bruguier 
           Abstract | PDF(1478KB)

            Mafic-Ultramafic Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Importance of the Pre-Mesozoic record
            by Richard E. Ernst
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            Bedrock aquifers and population growth in the Denver Basin, Colorado, USA
              by John E. Moore, Robert G. Raynolds, and Marieke Dechesne
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            The 21st International Geological Congress, Norden 1960
              by Henning S?rensen
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Geological Map

              Plate tectonics from space
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International Year of Planet Earth

           The International Year of Planet Earth 2007–2009—the triennium begins!
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Conference Reports

            Tectonics of Mongolia: The second workshop of the IGCP-480 project “Tectonics of Central Asia”
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News Reports

           IGCP Projects 2007
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           New IGCP Projects accepted in 2007
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IUGS Financial Situation
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IUGS Directory
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Calendar
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Front Cover
Columnar-jointed rhyolitic welded tuff of the High Island Formation, Kau Sai Chau Volcanic Group, Hong Kong SAR, China (22°15' N, 114° 21' E). The tuff has been dated at 140.9 ± 0.2 Ma. (Hong Kong Geological Survey, GEO, CEDD) (Photograph by D.L. Homer).