During the last 2 years the IUGS has reviewed its Organisation and Operations to allow more efficient and effective administration into the future. Among the items reviewed was the life of Commissions which have now b...During the last 2 years the IUGS has reviewed its Organisation and Operations to allow more efficient and effective administration into the future. Among the items reviewed was the life of Commissions which have now been defined at a maximum of 8 years. As a consequence COGEOENVIRONMENT, which has been in existence since early 1990, was formally closed down at the IGC in Florence in August 2004. The decision by the IUGS Council to close COGEOENVIRONMENT did not in any way imply that the role of the IUGS in promoting geoscience in environment matters was completed.展开更多
At the International Geological Congress held in Florence, Italy in August 2004 the IUGS Council approved the formation of a new Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management. This new Commission was formed to...At the International Geological Congress held in Florence, Italy in August 2004 the IUGS Council approved the formation of a new Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management. This new Commission was formed to continue IUGS activities in the environment following the closure of the IUGS Commission on Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning(COGEOENVIRONMENT) which had completed its term (refer to separate article in this issue).展开更多
At the Ist Ordinary Session of the merged IUGS/IGC Council, held in Florence, Italy, in conjunction with the 32nd International Geological Congress (IGC), the following new officers were elected:
1 IUGS’NEW INITIATIVE OF BIG SCIENCE PROGRAM Numerous scientific advances indicate that geoscience is entering a new era for real-time integrative and interdisciplinary Earth system innovation.Geoscientists have been...1 IUGS’NEW INITIATIVE OF BIG SCIENCE PROGRAM Numerous scientific advances indicate that geoscience is entering a new era for real-time integrative and interdisciplinary Earth system innovation.Geoscientists have been continually making gratifying progress in many fields of the Earth sciences with findings filling gaps in our knowledge about the Earth and how it works,as well as other findings directly associated with the sustainable development of our society.展开更多
One of IUGS's past Secretary-Generals,the Dutchman Simon van der Heide (SvdH)is still in good physical shape and enjoys an excellent memory. I visited him on 17 November 2003 and on January 5th 2004 in his nice ho...One of IUGS's past Secretary-Generals,the Dutchman Simon van der Heide (SvdH)is still in good physical shape and enjoys an excellent memory. I visited him on 17 November 2003 and on January 5th 2004 in his nice house in the outskirts of the city of Haarlem, the Netherlands. He was born in 1913 and, despite of his advanced age of 90 years now, he travels to Australia every yearto visit his daughter.展开更多
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of IUGS is a body of expert stratigraphers founded for the purpose of promoting and coordinating long-term international cooperation and of establishing standards in ...The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of IUGS is a body of expert stratigraphers founded for the purpose of promoting and coordinating long-term international cooperation and of establishing standards in stratigraphy. The ICS has five main objectives.展开更多
This special issue is attributed to the IGCP-649 Project. The IGCP-649 Project “Diamonds and Recycled Mantle” is an International Geosciences Program sponsored by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific a...This special issue is attributed to the IGCP-649 Project. The IGCP-649 Project “Diamonds and Recycled Mantle” is an International Geosciences Program sponsored by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences), is a global research project, aimed to carry out extensive and systematic research on peridotites, chromitites and related ma-terials such as diamond, moissanite and other unusual minerals, from different ophiolites in global orogenic belts, in order to understand the formation and origin of deep-mantle minerals in oceanic lithosphere, the origin of carbon for the ophiolitehosted diamonds, the evolution of Earth's mantle and the dy-namic process of ophiolite emplacement.展开更多
文摘During the last 2 years the IUGS has reviewed its Organisation and Operations to allow more efficient and effective administration into the future. Among the items reviewed was the life of Commissions which have now been defined at a maximum of 8 years. As a consequence COGEOENVIRONMENT, which has been in existence since early 1990, was formally closed down at the IGC in Florence in August 2004. The decision by the IUGS Council to close COGEOENVIRONMENT did not in any way imply that the role of the IUGS in promoting geoscience in environment matters was completed.
文摘At the International Geological Congress held in Florence, Italy in August 2004 the IUGS Council approved the formation of a new Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management. This new Commission was formed to continue IUGS activities in the environment following the closure of the IUGS Commission on Geological Sciences for Environmental Planning(COGEOENVIRONMENT) which had completed its term (refer to separate article in this issue).
文摘At the Ist Ordinary Session of the merged IUGS/IGC Council, held in Florence, Italy, in conjunction with the 32nd International Geological Congress (IGC), the following new officers were elected:
文摘1 IUGS’NEW INITIATIVE OF BIG SCIENCE PROGRAM Numerous scientific advances indicate that geoscience is entering a new era for real-time integrative and interdisciplinary Earth system innovation.Geoscientists have been continually making gratifying progress in many fields of the Earth sciences with findings filling gaps in our knowledge about the Earth and how it works,as well as other findings directly associated with the sustainable development of our society.
文摘One of IUGS's past Secretary-Generals,the Dutchman Simon van der Heide (SvdH)is still in good physical shape and enjoys an excellent memory. I visited him on 17 November 2003 and on January 5th 2004 in his nice house in the outskirts of the city of Haarlem, the Netherlands. He was born in 1913 and, despite of his advanced age of 90 years now, he travels to Australia every yearto visit his daughter.
文摘The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of IUGS is a body of expert stratigraphers founded for the purpose of promoting and coordinating long-term international cooperation and of establishing standards in stratigraphy. The ICS has five main objectives.
文摘This special issue is attributed to the IGCP-649 Project. The IGCP-649 Project “Diamonds and Recycled Mantle” is an International Geosciences Program sponsored by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences), is a global research project, aimed to carry out extensive and systematic research on peridotites, chromitites and related ma-terials such as diamond, moissanite and other unusual minerals, from different ophiolites in global orogenic belts, in order to understand the formation and origin of deep-mantle minerals in oceanic lithosphere, the origin of carbon for the ophiolitehosted diamonds, the evolution of Earth's mantle and the dy-namic process of ophiolite emplacement.
