The Geologic Time Scale and the Italian stratigraphic record

The construction of the Geologic Time Scale (GTS) is a titanic scientific challenge that has been under way for two centuries and will require much dedicated effort in the future. Italy preserves a paramount stratigraphic record of Mesozoic and Cenozoic marine sediments that have been significant in the development of the modern GTS. The Italian stratigraphic record has been histori-cally important in introducing and defining the standard Chronostratigraphic Units (CUs) of the Neogene and Quaternary. Pelagic successions from Northern Apen-nines and Southern Alps have been used in the seventies for integrating the late Cretaceous-Paleogene Geomag-netic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS) with planktonic microfossil biostratieraohv and standard CUs. This was a major contribution to the construction of a new gener-ation of GTS based on integrated magnetobiochronol-ogy. The middle Miocene to early Pleistocene marinerecord from Sicily and southern Italy has been funda-mental for establishing the recently developed Astro-nomical Time Scale (ATS). In prospect, there are many potentials still to be exploited in the Italian marine stratigraphic record for implementing the GTS by defin-ing GSSPs of various CUs, improving magneto-biochronology and extending downwards the ATS.     

浓浓山水情--记我国著名水文地质学家、中科院资深院士陈梦熊

采访陈老,似乎在翻阅一本情节生动、内容丰富、内涵十分深刻的书,他不断地吸引着我去叩开一位科学家的心扉,去探寻久远岁月中那一篇篇动人的故事。 ——作者手记     

中央投20亿元启动地质勘查基金——着重用于重点矿种、重点成矿区带的前期勘查

为了加大国家财政对矿产资源勘查投入力度，鼓励和引导社会资金投入，建立矿产资源勘查投入良性循环机制，财政部、国土资源部近日发布《中央地质勘查基金（周转金）管理暂行办法》。这是贯彻落实《国务院关于加强地质工作的决定》的第一个配套文件。     

庆祝中国共产党建党八十五周年——山东省地质科学研究院“七一”活动纪实

近期，山东省地质科学研究院为庆祝中国共产党建党85周年开展了一系列丰富多彩的纪念活动。6月29日，组织全院党员、团员到莱芜战役纪念馆学习参观，缅怀了革命先烈的丰功伟绩，游览了溪水潺潺、层峦叠翠的“九龙大峡谷”。7月1日，全院隆重召开了庆祝中国共产党建党85周年大会暨“树立社会主义荣辱观”演讲交流会。院党委书记、院长王君仁作了重要讲话。来自院属各单位的14位代表围绕“学党章、知荣辱”主题，联系实际畅谈了学习体会和收获。该次学习活动对全院干部职工树立“八荣八耻”道德观，推动全院精神文明建设起到了积极的作用。     

The Lagoon of Venice： geological setting,evolution and land subsidence

The paper deals with the geological setting, history and subsidence of the Venetian Plain. Major attention is paid to the Pleistocene-Holocene stratigraphic sequence in the Lagoon of Venice, in relation to its origin that datesback to 6-7 kyr BP. Geological land subsidence, which played an important role in the origin and the evolution of the lagoon, and anthropogenic subsidence, that has recently assumed a major importance for the Venetian environment, are discussed. Considering also the sealevel rise, 23 cm loss in land elevation has occurred in the last century, leading to increased flooding events and environmental problems that require protective works.     

湖南省地质环境监测总站（湖南省遥感中心）

湖南省地质环境监测总站（湖南省遥感中心）成立于一九八五年，隶属湖南省国土资源厅，为两块牌子，一套人马的公益性、科研性事业单位。主要职责是“为国土资源管理提供业务基础支撑，为经济社会发展提供公益性服务”。     

三峡重庆库区深部地球物理特征与断裂构造

为了深入研究三峡重庆库区岩石圈动力学特征及其对断裂构造活动的控制和影响．并为之提供基础资料，为三峡重庆库区地震、地质灾害的监测与防治提供基础依据，在已有地球物理资料的基础上，从综合地球物理研究角度出发，通过实测地震测线资料的再解释．采用新的处理技术方法，对本区的东西向主剖面和南北向支测线的地震测深资料进行二维射线追踪处理、Pg波成像；选用场分离技术、位移数字成像技术重新处理了重力和航磁资料，通过联合反演来建立深部二维构造剖面，对剖面所揭示的基底构造特征和地壳结构特征、主要断裂构造特征以及莫霍面的起伏特征进行了精细分析和细致研究．从地球物理平面场特征出发建立了岩石圈构造三维框架。研究结果表明，这样的研究思路准确、方法得当．结论可靠；沿该剖面，把可解译的断裂分为Ⅲ级：Ⅰ级为超岩石圈断裂；Ⅱ级为壳断裂；Ⅲ级为盖层断裂。依据地球物理特征，准确揭示了库区的断裂构造特征，达到了预期效果。     

河南地调院：青藏高原创佳绩

近日，中国地质调查局局长孟宪来在视察河南地调院西藏那曲工作站时，称赞该院为“我国地质大调查队伍的一支劲旅、省级地质调查院的一面旗帜”，对该院青藏高原地质大调查工作取得的一系列重要成果给予了高度评价。