Соколов Б.С. К читателям журнала «Стратиграфия. Геологическая корреляция»

Семихатов М.А. Новейшие шкалы общего расчленения докембрия: сравнение

Чумаков Н.М. Среднесибирский гляциогоризонт рифея

Бибикова Е.В., Грачева Т.В., Макаров В.Л., Ножкин А.Д. Возрастные рубежи в геологической эволюции раннего докембрия Енисейского кряжа

В сборник включены статьи, подготовленные участниками всероссийской научной конференции «Поздне- и постгляциальная история Белого моря: геология, тектоника, седиментационные обстановки, хронология», проходившей на Беломорской биологической станции имени Н.А. Перцова Биологического факультета МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова 14–22 сентября 2018 г. Представлены результаты научных исследований, посвященных геологии и тектонике Беломорского региона, динамике уровня Белого моря в голоцене, береговым процессам, палеоэкологическим реконструкциям, следам древних и исторических землетрясений Беломорья, седиментационным процессам, а также гидрологической эволюции и экологической сукцессии в водоемах, отделяющихся от Белого моря в ходе постгляциального поднятия берега.

First of ail, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to Professor Umberto Giuseppe Gordani and Professor Diogenes de Almeida Campos of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences for their kind invitation to participate in this important project. The unconditional confidence placed in us and the complete autonomy over editorial policy that we had during this period were fundamental to the success of this major undertaking. Between February 1999 when a formal invitation was made to the contributors to this volume and the date this went lo press in August 2000, there has been a year and a half of intense editing procedures. However, the effort dedicated lo this monumental task has been amply rewarded by the quality of ihe final product.

Arabia is one of the most enigmatic and unknown continents on Earth. The vast Rub al-Khali desert, known as the Empty Quarter, occupying most of the landmass of Arabia was one of the last of the great continental extreme environments to be explored. Richard Burton, William Palgrave, Charles Doughty, Gertrude Bell and Freya Stark were a few of the redoubtable explorers who ventured into the vast desert wasteland of the Rub al-Khali, in what is now Saudi Arabia and the frankincense coast of Dhofar, Hadramaut and the Magreb (Yemen) in south Arabia. Although local bedouin certainly made long-distance camel treks across parts of Arabia, the first recorded north–south crossing of the Empty Quarter was achieved by Bertram Thomas in 1930–1931, described in his book ‘Arabia Felix’.

Within the esteemed halls of the University of Oklahoma, our journey into the depths of seismic interpretation began an endeavor that has since blossomed into a comprehensive exploration of fault damage zones through the lens of seismic attributes. Under the guidance of Prof. Kurt J. Marfurt and with the invaluable insights of Prof. Ze’ev Reches, we embarked on a project that not only sought to characterize the strike-slip fault in the Anadarko Basin but also to lay the groundwork for a methodical, quantitative analysis of subsurface structures—a task that was both ambitious and pioneering in 2010. 

Scientists, in general, tend to be reticent in calling attention to their contributions to science. Satisfaction comes from the solution of a problem rather than from any public acclaim they may receive. Once a paper is presented, there is generally reluctance to present it again. The true scientist is never satisfied with past results, and is constantly attacking new problems. He is an entrepreneur in the finest sense of the word, and at the same time a religious zealot in his dedication to his work, and a visionary in his concentration on the unknown. It is, therefore, not surprising that scientists and churchmen have many characteristics in common; that churchmen through the ages have made significant contributions to the advance of science; and that scientists and churchmen, individually, are 'warm' human beings more concerned with their work and others than with themselves.

The initiative for this Memoir arose from a series of field-based geological studies in Sumatra by the Institute of Geological Sciences (later the British Geological Survey) and the University of London Group for Geological Research in Southeast Asia in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Mines, through the Geological Research and Development Centre and the Directorate of Mineral Resources in Bandung, and the Research and Development Centre for Oil and Gas Technology (LEMIGAS) in Jakarta between 1975 and 1995. The Indonesian side selected Sumatra as a suitable area for this programme of scientific and technical assistance in geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys, inventories of mineral potential and the training of geoscientists in pursuance of successive five-year development plans (Pelita). The work culminated in the publication by the Geological Research and Development Centre of a series of 42 1:250 000 Geological Map Sheets with Explanatory Notes covering the whole of Sumatra. In compiling these geological maps the work of the Dutch geologists of the Netherlands Indies Geological Survey, who commenced a systematic programme of mapping in Sumatra before the Second World War, and the work of geologists working for oil companies with concessions in Sumatra, supported by the Indonesian National Oil Company (Pertamina), and published since 1971 in the Proceedings of the Indonesian Petroleum Association, were also incorporated. 

Perhaps no sector in the Himalaya is endowed with so exciting a geological setup as Nepal. Forming a bridge between the Western and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal occupies a pivotal and significant place in the geology of the Himalaya. Stretching from the low lying foothill in south to the highest peak of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) in the north and covering a vast time span from the Proterozoic to Holocene, the Nepal Himalaya preserves unique geological events. Varied kinds of igneous rocks, metamorphosed sequences and sedimentary rocks of disparate environments make a captivating geological mosaic.