The Ordovician Rocks of the Builth District A Preliminary Account

1941 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. T. Jones ◽  
W. J. Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Preliminary Account ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Geological ◽  
International Geological Congress ◽  
Insight Into

The Builth district was visited by one of us (O. T. J.) in the spring of 1939 with a view to arranging an excursion for the International Geological Congress which was to have been held in London in 1940. Amongst other places the magnificent range of quarries in the Ordovician volcanic rocks of Llanelwedd, near Builth, was examined. Beyond the western end of the quarries a striking boulder bed was observed which promised to give an insight into a remarkable episode in the history of the district. This bed is shown on the I in. Geological Survey Map, Old Series, Sheet 56, S.W.

The Geologists At Prague: August 1968. History of the International Union of Geological Sciences

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecil Schneer
Keyword(s):  
Field Trips ◽  
International Union ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Global Science ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Major Transformation ◽  
International Geological ◽  
International Geological Congress ◽  
Geological Sciences

In August, 1968 nearly 3000 geologists from 91 countries gathered in Prague for the XXIIIrd International Geological Congress. Geology was in a state of major transformation and the Congress was the opportunity for the nascent International Union of Geological Sciences to involve the world geological community. But a brutal invasion of Czechoslovakia by its Communist allies frustrated all plans. Over 500 papers, more than 50 field trips, dozens of colloquia, meetings of affiliated societies etc. were canceled. Thousands of geologists who might have disseminated a uniquely global science to the classrooms and boardrooms of 91 countries's, were scattered by the winds of war. In rump sessions within the dying Congress and immediately after, a handful of West bloc geologists, committed agents of the new developments, struggled to pick up the pieces. The IUGS had to wait four years for another plenary session with the world geological community.

3. The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Islands

1889 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 344-348
Author(s):  
Archibald Geikie
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Introductory Section ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Tertiary Period

In an introductory section of the paper, a sketch is given of the literature of the subject, and reference is made to the labours of Jameson, Macculloch, Berger, Boue, Oyenhausen, Von Dechen, Necker, Zirkel, Judd, and other observers. The author then mentions the progress of his own investigations, which were begun some thirty years ago, and of which the first published part appeared in the Transactions of the Society for 1861. A journey into Western America in 1879 gave him new insight into the problems presented by the youngest volcanic rocks of Britain. Since that time he has devoted every available interval to the prosecution of this research, and he now offers the completed results to the Society, which encouraged him by printing his earliest communication on the subject.

scholarly journals IACS: past, present, and future of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Ian Allison ◽  
Charles Fierz ◽  
Regine Hock ◽  
Andrew Mackintosh ◽  
Georg Kaser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Association ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Earth System ◽  
10Th Anniversary ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Association ◽  
International Geological ◽  
International Geological Congress ◽  
Key Events

Abstract. The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) became the eighth and most recent association of IUGG at the general assembly in Perugia, Italy, in July 2007. IACS was launched in recognition of the importance of the cryosphere within the Earth system, particularly at a time of significant global change. It was the first new association of the union to be formed in over 80 years and IACS celebrated its 10th anniversary only a year before the IUGG centennial. The forbearers of IACS, however, stretch back even further than IUGG, starting with the formation of the Commission Internationale des Glaciers (CIG) by the International Geological Congress in 1894. Here we record the history of the transition from CIG to IACS, the scientific objectives that drove activities and changes, and some of the key events and individuals involved.

Notes from the Editors, October 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
The Editors
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Atomic Weapons ◽  
Fallout Radionuclides ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Global Signal ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Geological ◽  
International Geological Congress

buy this issueOn August 29, in a historic moment in the history of the planet, the 35-member Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) reported to the International Geological Congress that the Anthropocene epoch in geological history is "stratigraphically real" and should be dated as arising around 1950, displacing the Holocene epoch of the last 12,000 years. The AWG has yet to arrive at a formal decision that would adopt a definite global "signal" (though ten of the thirty-five members currently support using fallout radionuclides from atomic weapons testing as the signal), which would be followed by the designation of a "golden spike" or actual location in the rock, sediment, or ice strata. Yet the general parameters of the onset of the new epoch are clear.… As Colin Waters, secretary of the AWG, explained: "Being able to pinpoint an interval of time is saying something about how we have had an incredible impact on the environment of our planet. The concept of the Anthropocene manages to pull all these ideas of environmental change together." Most importantly, it tells us that the world economy has generated an anthropogenic rift in the Earth system threatening millions of species, including our own, requiring fundamental changes in the way in which society relates to the earth through production.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

The Subaltern Speak- A Study On The Culture Of The Arunachalis With Special Reference To Mamang Dai’s The Legends Of Pensam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Ms. Cheryl Antonette Dumenil ◽  
Dr. Cheryl Davis
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Small World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into

North- East India is an under veiled region with an awe-inspiring landscape, different groups of ethnic people, their culture and heritage. Contemporary writers from this region aspire towards a vision outside the tapered ethnic channel, and they represent a shared history. In their writings, the cultural memory is showcased, and the intensity of feeling overflows the labour of technique and craft. Mamang Dai presents a rare glimpse into the ecology, culture, life of the tribal people and history of the land of the dawn-lit mountains, Arunachal Pradesh, through her novel The Legends of Pensam. The word ‘Pensam’ in the title means ‘in-between’,  but it may also be interpreted as ‘the hidden spaces of the heart’. This is a small world where anything can happen. Being adherents of the animistic faith, the tribes here believe in co-existence with the natural world along with the presence of spirits in their forests and rivers. This paper attempts to draw an insight into the culture and gender of the Arunachalis with special reference to The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai.

Collected Documents on the History of the Pskov Orthodox Mission: A Recent Publication

2018 ◽  
pp. 306-312
Author(s):  
Veniamin F. Zima ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Data ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
History Of ◽  
Underground Resistance ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Church ◽  
Insight Into

The reviewed work is devoted to a significant, and yet little-studied in both national and foreign scholarship, issue of the clergy interactions with German occupational authorities on the territory of the USSR in the days of the Great Patriotic War. It introduces into scientific use historically significant complex of documents (1941-1945) from the archive of the Office of the Metropolitan Sergius (Voskresensky) of Vilnius and Lithuania, patriarchal exarch in Latvia and Estonia, and also records from the investigatory records on charges against clergy and employees concerned in the activities of the Pskov Orthodox Mission (1944-1990). Documents included in the publication are stored in the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Estonia, Lithuania, Leningrad, Novgorod, and Pskov regions. They allow some insight into nature, forms, and methods of the Nazi occupational regime policies in the conquered territories (including policies towards the Church). The documents capture religious policies of the Nazis and inner life of the exarchate, describe actual situation of population and clergy, management activities and counterinsurgency on the occupied territories. The documents bring to light connections between the exarchate and German counterintelligence and reveal the nature of political police work with informants. They capture the political mood of population and prisoners of war. There is information on participants of partisan movement and underground resistance, on communication net between the patriarchal exarchate in the Baltic states and the German counterintelligence. Reports and dispatches of the clergy in the pay of the Nazis addressed to the Metropolitan Sergius (Voskresensky) contain detailed activity reports. Investigatory records contain important biographical information and personal data on the collaborators. Most of the documents, being classified, have never been published before.

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