摘要
1 AIM AND SCOPE GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS(GSF)is a bi-monthly international journal that publishes in English high quality original research articles and timely reviews in interdisciplinary fi elds of Earth and Planetary Sciences.GSF aims to bridge innovative,provocative and challenging concepts and models related to various fi elds of research including petrology and geochemistry in understanding lithospheric architecture and mantle dynamics,global tectonics,economic geology and fuel exploration,geophysics,stratigraphy and paleontology with new insights on correlations and evolution,environmental and engineering geology,astrogeology,among other themes.The article categories in GSF include Focus papers of high profi le overviews published together with author vitae and photographs,Research Papers,Letters,and Discussions.Selected colour fi gures of accepted papers will be printed free of cost in colour in the Journal.GSF also provides gratis reprints and complimentary journal copy.