Horizons in Earth science research. Volume 5 / Горизонты в исследованиях в науках о Земле. Выпуск 5

Modeling Approaches to Understand the Dynamics of Continental Deformation: Perspective from Rifting and Collision Tectonics Sunil Kumar Dwivedi and Daigoro Hayashi

Archaeological Charcoal Signals from Upper Palaeolithic Sites: taphonomical Approaches Laurent Marquer

Plate Tectonics as a Component of Geodynamics of Hierarchically Subordinate Geospheres M. A. Goncharov

The Earth and Moon Developed at the Close Scenario?

E. V. Sharkov

Olivine: Its Role in Chemical Evolution and in the Origin of Life

Maria Colin-Garcia, Jose Luis Garcia-Martinez,

Alicia Negron-Mendoza, Fernando Ortega Gutierrez,

Sergio Ramos-Bernal, Monica Sanchez-Roman and Julio Ernesto Valdivia-Silva

Great Lakes - Form and Function, as Exemplified Using Data from Lake Vanem, the Fourth Largest Lake in Europe Lars Hakanson

Volcanic Ash Soils in Taiwan: Properties, Genesis and Ecology Chen-Chi Tsai and Zueng-Sang Chen

The Impact of Melting Arctic Ice on Commercial Shipping Miaojia Liu and Jacob Kronbak

The Use of the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Data as Global Reference Observations in Orbit and Their Applications in Meteorology Shu-peng Ho, Ying-Hwa Kuo, Xinjia Zhou and Patrick CallaghanShort History of CharcoalErich Robens and Shanath Amarasiri A. JayaweeraFinite Half-Space Model of the Oceanic Lithosphere Roberto R. Cardoso and Valiya M. HamzaManifestations of Upwelling Mantle Flow on the Earth’s SurfaceKoichi Asamori, Koji Umeda, Atusi Ninomiya and Tateyuki NegiFlash Flood from the Space: A Case Study from Wadi El-ArishCatchment, Sinai Peninsula, EgyptElSayed Hermas and Mohammed El BastawesyOlivine: Its Importance in Shaping Up the Earth Surface, and as a Major Contributor to its Natural Wealth Robert F. MahfoudRadiometric Ages from Tonsteins and Geochronological Datum for the Early Permian Coal Succession in Southern Parana Basin, BrazilMargot Guerra-Sommer, Miriam Cazzulo-Klepzig,Rualdo Menegat and Joao Orestes Schneider SantosThe Solar System: Our Home G. P. G las byOlivine in Primitive Meteorites: A Record of Asteroidal Thermal Metamorphism Tasha L. DunnFactors and Events Which Resulted in the Development of a Skeleton in Early Cambrian Marine AnimalsP. N. KolosovProbing Gravitational Physics with Lunar Laser Ranging” Caterina Lops, Manuele Martini, S. Dell 'Agnello, D. G. Currie,G. O. Delle Monache, C. Cantone, M. Garattini, A. Boni,S. Berardi, M. Maiello, L. Porcelli, G. Patrizi, N. Intaglietta,R. March, G. Bellettini, R. Tauraso, G. Bianco,T. W. Murphy, J. B. R. Battat.J. F. Chandler, Duncan McElfresh, M. Tibuzzi and C. Graziosi