Just over 50 years ago, a group of prominent marine scientists of their day agreed to begin work on a digest of existing knowledge on the Gulf of Mexico. The eff ort was proposed by Lionel A. Walford of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Waldo L. Schmitt of the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, during a meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute in Miami. Paul S.

«Биостратиграфия палеозоя Саяно-Алтайской горной области» представляет трехтомное издание, предпринятое Сибирским научно-исследовательским институтом геологии, геофизики и минерального сырья. В работе для каждой системы приводятся стратиграфические очерки, стратиграфическая характеристика отдельных групп организмов и описания важнейших представителей органического мира. Весь материал расположен посистемно. В первом томе приводятся материалы по нижнему палеозою, во втором — по среднему и в третьем — по верхнему палеозою.
Работа рассчитана на широкий круг геологов-стратиграфов и палеонтологов, занимающихся изучением палеозойских отложений как в Саяно-Алтайской области, так и за ее пределами.

Монография правящей а характеристике природы северо-востока Известнякового Севера Среднерусской возвышенности. В работе рассматриваются «стория исследования региона, развитие ландшафтов, их особейности и место в системе физико-географического районирования. Описы-ваются ландшафты заповедника «Галичья гора», Задонской петли, карстовых комплексов и овражно-балочных скстем региона.
Книга рассчитана на научных работников, учителей, студентов, учащихся старших классов, краеведов, туристов.

The Bergell Alps offer not only a magnificent landscape with impressive mountains that attract many tourists, but also they document a unique geological history, first explored by Bernhard Studer (1851) and since then studied and documented in many publications. In this book, we try to connect visitors with scientific curiosity with remarkable geological features observed in the Bergell Alps, such as a young granite that intrudes into an older stack of nappes (thrust sheets) that represent the European continental plate at the base overthrust by the African plate, causing gradients in temperature and pressure that can be explored by looking at outcrops of rocks in the field. 

The Hoggar, which forms the Algerian part of the Tuareg shield, is an ideal site for geoscientific studies. As the site of successive orogenies, it offers a single example of the problems that arise on a continental scale, whether in terms of magmatism, metamorphism, structure, metallogeny or geophysics.

The monograph Geology of Cuba addresses different facets of Cuba’s geological knowledge: cartography, marine geology, fossil record, stratigraphy, tectonics, classification of its ophiolites, quaternary deposits, metallogeny, and minerageny. The contributions are not linked by a common thread, being free versions according to the scientific positions of the authors; therefore, logically, there are contradictory opinions in many cases. However, it is a fabulous scientific work that puts in the hands of the most diverse readers all the wealth of geological knowledge of Cuba, essential for any type of application, exploration, teaching, research, or patrimonial. In itself, it constitutes a notable contribution to the advancement of knowledge of the Geology of Cuba.

. Based upon early field studies within the Macarena range and the Roraima tepuis, Augusto Gansser documented the puzzling relationships between the Guiana Shield and the Andean belt, in the process formulating the “Roraima Problem” from a geomorphologic-stratigraphic standpoint.

Sometimes interest in the problem of the Moon’s genesis seems exaggerated. Why does this small celestial body, one of many in the solar system, attract so much attention?

First of all, the Moon genesis is part of the Earth genesis problem. Knowledge of our own planet, understanding of how and when its oceans and atmosphere came into existence, how and when the crust and the core of the Earth were formed, and how life originated on the Earth are not just academic issues; these are profound issues of human self-consciousness. Understanding the Earth’s genesis is impossible without solving simultaneously the Moon genesis problem.