
Current Issue June 01, 2023 Jun 01, 2023 Vol.46 No.2
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Editorial 2023-06-01
Not an author but an increasingly proficient secretary
Youngsook Huh1*, Jin-Yong Lee2, Stanley C. Finney3
1 Managing Editor of Episodes, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
2 Editor-in-Chief of Episodes, Department of Geology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
3 IUGS Secretary General, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USAEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 131-131
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Article 2023-06-01
Origin and mineralization significance of the ore-hosting Guishan Formation at the Laowan Gold Deposit in Qinling-Dabie Orogen, Central China
Ruoyu Wu1, Jinduo Chen2, Shouyu Chen1,3*, Siyuan Li1, Lang Teng1, Kai Dong4
1 School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
2 No.1 Geological Exploration Institute, Henan Bureau of Geo-exploration and Mineral Development, Zhengzhou 450001, China
3 State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
4 School of Natural Resources and Surveying, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, ChinaEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 133-160
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Article 2023-06-01
Effect of clay mineralogical composition on the structural and textural properties after hydrochloric acid treatment
Abderazak Elhechi1*, Olfa Ben Amor1, Fouad Zargouni1, Ezzeddine Srasra2
1 University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Geodynamics, Geonumeric and Geomaterials, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
2 Laboratory of Composite Materials and Clay Minerals (LCM), National Center for Research in Materials Science, CNRSM, Borj Cedria, BP 73, 8027 Soliman, TunisiaEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 161-176
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Article 2023-06-01
Geochemical investigation and modes of occurrence of critical elements and minerals in the coal of Akkakhel, Akhorwal, and Sheikhan, KP, Pakistan
Mohibullah Khan1, Liaqat Ali1, Rahib Hussain2*, Sarfraz Khan1, Seema Anjum Khattak1, Sajid Rashid Ahmad2
1 National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25130, Pakistan
2 College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, PakistanEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 177-194
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Article 2023-06-01
U-Pb zircon chronological constraints for three stages of syn-orogenic plutonic magmatism of the Greater Caucasus Svaneti segment, Georgia
Avtandil Okrostsvaridze1*, Yuan-His Lee2, Daniel Tormey3, Irakli Skhirtladze1
1 Institute of Earth Sciences, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2 National Chung-Cheng University, Daxue road 168, 62102 Chiayi, Taiwan
3 Catalyst Environmental Solutions, Santa Monica, California, USAEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 195-209
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Article 2023-06-01
A case study of Geopark activation through Geobranding and Geotrails at the Jeju Island UNESCO Global Geopark, Republic of Korea
Yongmun Jeon1, Jung-Goon Koh1, Darren Southcott2*
1World Heritage Office, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Jeju 63341, Republic of Korea
2University of Leicester, Department of Geography, Leicester LE1 7RH, United KingdomEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 211-227
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Article 2023-06-01
The Anthropocene is a prospective epoch/series, not a geological event
Martin J. Head1*, Jan A. Zalasiewicz2, Colin N. Waters2, Simon D. Turner3, Mark Williams2, Anthony D. Barnosky4, Will Steffen5, Michael Wagreich6, Peter K. Haff 7, Jaia Syvitski8, Reinhold Leinfelder9, Francine M.G. McCarthy1, Neil L. Rose3, Scott L. Wing10, Zhisheng An11, Alejandro Cearreta12, Andrew B. Cundy13, Ian J. Fairchild14, Yongming Han11, Juliana A. Ivar do Sul15, Catherine Jeandel16, J.R. McNeill17, Colin P. Summerhayes18
1 Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
2 School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
3 Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
4 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
5 Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
6 Department of Geology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
7 Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Drive, Box 90238, Durham, NC 27708, USA
8 INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
9 Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstr. 74-100/D, 12249 Berlin, Germany
10 Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
11State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China
12 Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
13 Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
14 School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
15 Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemüende (IOW), Rostock, Germany
16 LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, 14 avenue Édouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
17 Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
18 Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UKEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 229-238
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Article 2023-06-01
Headwater chemistry in subarctic areas with different plant communities (Finnish Lapland)
Eliza Płaczkowska1,6*, Katarzyna Wasak-Sęk1, Mirosław Żelazny2, Łukasz Jelonkiewicz2, Ilkka Syvänperä3, Riku Paavola4, Katja Sippola4, Rauni Partanen5, Michael Leuchner6
1 Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
2 Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
3 Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, Kevo, Finland
4 Oulanka Research Station, University of Oulu, Oulanka, Finland
5 Kilpisjärvi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Kilpisjärvi, Finland
6 Institute of Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GermanyEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 239-257
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Article 2023-06-01
Discharge-driven rapid bank-erosion and its impact on sediment budgeting in the lower Gangetic plains
Saptarshi Dey1,4*, Abhirup Basu2, Sudeep N. Banerjee3, Vikrant Jain1
1 Discipline of Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj-382055, Gujarat, India
2 Department of Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata-700073, West Bengal, India
3 Information Systems and Technology Facilities, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj-382055, Gujarat, India
4 European Center for Research and Education in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE), Aix Marseille University, Aix en Provence – 13545, FranceEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 259-267
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Article 2023-06-01
Detrital zircon U-Pb ages of the Cretaceous Dadaepo Formation in Busan, Korea and their geological implication
Yong-Un Chae1, Sujin Ha1, Young Ji Joo2, In Sung Paik2, Hee-Cheol Kang1,3, Hyoun Soo Lim1*
1Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
2Division of Earth and Environmental System Sciences, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea
3Institute of Geohazard Research, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of KoreaEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 269-279
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Communication of IUGS Geological Standards 2023-06-01
The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Kimmeridgian Stage (Jurassic System), at Flodigarry, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Andrzej Wierzbowski1, Marcin Barski1, Angela L. Coe2*, Mark W. Hounslow3, Bronisław A. Matyja1, Gregory D. Price4, Hubert Wierzbowski5, John K. Wright6, with contributions from Francois Atrops7, Jacek Grabowski5, Emanuela Mattioli7, Nicol Morton8, James G. Ogg9, Federico Olóriz10, Kevin Page11, Horacio Parent12, Piotr Przybylski13, Guenter Schweigert14, Anna Bertha Villaseñor15
1 Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
2 School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
3 Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK and Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK
4 School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
5 Polish Geological Institute–National Research Institute, Warszawa, Poland
6 Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK
7 Laboratoire de Geologie, Université de Lyon 1, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
8 07200 Vogue, France
9 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana, USA and State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
10 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
11 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
12 Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
13 BP America Inc. Southern Performance Unit, Houston, USA
14 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany
15 Departamento de Paleontologia, Instituto de Geologia, Ciudad México, MexicoEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 281-307
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History of Geology 2023-06-01
The history and outcomes of the 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing (1996)
Jiuchen Zhang1, Jingfei Zhang2*
1 Institute for the History of Natural Science, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
2 Department of History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaEpisodes 2023; 46(2): 309-316

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