Vol. 30 No.3 September 2007

Journal of International Geoscience

Published by the International Union of Geological Sciences

Contents

Articles

           Paleozoic structural and geodynamic evolution of eastern Tianshan (NW China): welding of the Tarim and Junggar plates
              by Jacques Charvet, Liangshu Shu, and Sébastien Laurent-Charvet
               Abstract | PDF-1(84,741KB) | PDF-2(75,125KB) | PDF-3(994KB)

            Fe-Mn nodules associated with hydrocarbon seeps: A new discovery in the Gulf of Cadiz (eastern central Atlantic)
              by F. J. González, L. Somoza, R. Lunar, J. Martínez-Frías, J. A. Martín Rubí, T. Torres, J. E. Ortíz, and V. Díaz-del-Río 
           Abstract | PDF(4,291KB)

            Geomicrobiological processes in extreme environments: A review
              by Hailiang Dong and Bingsong Yu
           Abstract | PDF(7,340KB)

            Cenozoic diatreme field in Chubut (Argentina) as evidence of phreatomagmatic volcanism accompanied with extensive Patagonian plateau basalt volcanism?
              by Károly Németh, Ulrike Martin, Miguel J. Haller, and Viviana I. Alric
           Abstract | PDF(53,559KB)

Geological Map

            The World Stress Map
      Abstract | PDF-1(160KB)  | PDF-2(7,340KB)

Conference Reports

            Sino-German Workshop on “Geodynamic Evolution of Central Asia in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic”
            26th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference on “Reservoir characterization: integrating technology and business practices”
            Paleomagnetism and the Earth’s deep interior: unsolved problems and future challenges
            The Global Ordovician and Silurian Meeting
            Field workshop of IGCP 499

           PDF(3.61MB)

Book Reviews

           Essentials of medical geology: impacts of the natural environment on public health
           S250 Science in context, Science, Level 2, Topic 3: Water and well-being: arsenic in Bangladesh
           Quantitative seismic interpretation: Applying rock physics tools to reduce interpretation risk
           The great tsunami in the Sumatra Region, 26 December, 2004

           PDF(2.65MB)

Calendar

Front Cover

The huge syncline composed of Permian sandy-muddy rocks in the Ermeiyao of Turpan Basin, NW China, which is overlain unconformably by Cenozoic strata ( Photo by L. Shu).