简介:TheearthquakeactivityanddamageinmainlandChinain2003arereviewed.Therewere27earthquakeswithamagnitudeofover5.0,resultingin319peoplekilledand7147peopleinjured.Thetotaleconomiclossofover560millionUSdollarsrepresentsthehighestfigureformainlandChinasince1977,anditiscomparabletothetotallossduringonedecadeinthe1980's.ForthefirsttimeChinaInternationalSearchandRescue(CISAR)teamsweredispatchedtodisasterareasinChina,Algeriaandlran.
简介:IthasbeenatraditiontoorganizeverysuccessfulUNESCOPostgraduateCoursesonGeochemicalProspectingMethodsintheformerCzechoslovakiafrommid70's.Thefirstcertificatedcourse--GEOCHIMPRAHAUNESCO1975waslaunchedonSeptember5,1975andlastedtillOctober25,1975.SincethattimethiscoursehasbeenorganizedbiannuallybytheCzechGeologicalSurveyinPraguetogetherwiththeDionyzSturGeologicalSurveyinBratislavaandsponsoredbytheDivisionofEarthSciences(UNESCO/Paris)andtheInternationalAssociationofGeochemistryandCosmochemistry(IAGS).Thecoursewasspecializedonboththeoreticalandpracticaltraininginclassicalgeochemicalprospectingmethods.AteamofinternationallyexperiencedgeoscientistsasDrs.J.Pokorny,F.Mma,J.Manour,V.LomozovaZ.Sulcek,I.Rubeska,A.Spackova,V.Sixta,J.Juna,J.Veselu,J.Dornicandothers,co-ordinatedbyDr.ZdenekPacalfromtheCzechGeologicalSurveyinPraguehassoonearnedhighinternationalreputationandtheGEOCHIMCSSRUNESCOPostgraduateCoursedevelopedintooneofthemostsuccessfulPostgraduateTrainingProgrammesofUNESCO.
简介:The“9thInternationalSymposiumontheOrdovicianSystem,7thInternationalGraptoliteConference&FieldMeetingoftheInternationalSubcommissiononSilurianStratigraphy”commencedonAugust12,2003,byreceivinginSanJuanCitytoallparticipantsofthepre-symposiafieldtripthroughthePrecordilleraofMendozaandSanJuanprovinces,westernArgentina.OnAugust13,thefieldtripbeganwiththepurposetoshowsignificantLowerPaleozoicoutcropsfromdiversesettingsofthePrecordillerageologicalprovince.ThisfivedaysexcursionwasledbyDrs.S.H.Peralta.