Quaternary Glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere. Report of the International Geological Correlation Programme: Project 24 (International Union of Geological Sciences and UNESCO)

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Steven L. Forman ◽  
V. Sibrava ◽  
D. Q. Bowen ◽  
G. M. Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Geological Correlation ◽  
International Union ◽  
International Geological ◽  
Geological Sciences ◽  
Quaternary Glaciations

Symposium on the Precambrian—Cambrian Boundary

1978 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Cowie
Keyword(s):  
International Project ◽  
Project Leader ◽  
Geological Correlation ◽  
International Union ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
International Geological ◽  
International Geological Congress ◽  
Geological Sciences ◽  
Sydney Australia

At the International Geological Congress held in Sydney, Australia, in August 1976 a Symposium of papers and discussion on ‘The Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary Problem’ was organized by the author in his capacity as Project-Leader/Chairman of the international Project 29 Working Group on the Precambrian–Cambrian Boundary. The following seven papers arose from this symposium. Project 29 is part of the current research under the auspices of the International Geological Correlation Programme (I.G.C.P.). which is sponsored jointly by the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization (U.N.E.S.C.O.) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (I.U.G.S.).

scholarly journals Not "Just A Petrographer": The Life and Work of Felix Chayes (1916-1993)

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Howarth
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Carnegie Institution ◽  
Igneous Petrology ◽  
International Union ◽  
Geological Interpretation ◽  
Ratio Data ◽  
Ratio Correlation ◽  
International Geological ◽  
Geological Sciences

Felix Chayes's life and career, largely spent at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, are described. His principal motivation was to improve the reliability of geological interpretation and decision-making through the use of quantitative techniques and the application of statistical methods: e.g., as discussed in his monograph Petrographic Modal Analysis (1956b). He attempted to raise the awareness of the geological community concerning the inherent problems connected with the interpretation of percentaged- and ratio-data, in both petrography and geochemistry, and to develop approaches to their solution (as discussed in his monograph Ratio Correlation, 1971a), although these were never wholly successful. From the mid-1960s onwards, he was deeply involved in the development and application of geochemical databases for igneous petrology (International Geological Correlation Programme—1GCP—Projects 163 and 239). From 1984 he was Chair of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on Electronic Databases for Petrology. Emphasis is placed on Chayes's early research as this established the motivation for his statistical approach to petrology.

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.

scholarly journals What If the ‘Anthropocene’ Is Not Formalized as a New Geological Series/Epoch?

Quaternary ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentí Rull
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
International Union ◽  
Quaternary Stratigraphy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Geological Sciences

In the coming years, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) will submit its proposal on the ‘Anthropocene’ to the Subcommission of Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) and the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) for approval. If approved, the proposal will be sent to the Executive Committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) for ratification. If the proposal is approved and ratified, then the ‘Anthropocene’ will be formalized. Currently, the ‘Anthropocene’ is a broadly used term and concept in a wide range of scientific and non-scientific situations, and, for many, the official acceptance of this term is only a matter of time. However, the AWG proposal, in its present state, seems to not fully meet the requirements for a new chronostratigraphic unit. This essay asks what could happen if the current ‘Anthropocene’ proposal is not formalized by the ICS/IUGS. The possible stratigraphic alternatives are evaluated on the basis of the more recent literature and the personal opinions of distinguished AWG, SQS, and ICS members. The eventual impact on environmental sciences and on non-scientific sectors, where the ‘Anthropocene’ seems already firmly rooted and de facto accepted as a new geological epoch, are also discussed. This essay is intended as the editorial introduction to a Quaternary special issue on the topic.

Northern Glacial Chronology: Quaternary Glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere.

Science ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 236 (4808) ◽  
pp. 1581-1582
Author(s):  
H. E. WRIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Northern Hemisphere ◽  
Glacial Chronology ◽  
Quaternary Glaciations

scholarly journals 1977 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Episodes ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-36
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Statement ◽  
International Union ◽  
Geological Sciences

scholarly journals 1978 Financial Statement of the International Union of Geological Sciences

Episodes ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Statement ◽  
International Union ◽  
Geological Sciences
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