ORDOVICIAN

NEWS

 

 

Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy

International Commission on Stratigraphy

 

      

 

Nº 21

 

2004

 

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEOLOGIAL SCIENCES

 

President: E. F. J. DE MULDER (The Netherlands)

Vice-President: P. T. BOBROWSKI (Canada)

Secretary General: W. JANOSCHEK (Austria)

Treasurer: A. BRAMBATI (Italy)

Past-President: R. BRETT (USA)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHY

 

Chairman: F. GRADSTEIN (Norway)

1st Vice-Chairman: H. R. LANE (USA)

2nd Vice-Chairman: S. C. FINNEY (USA)

Vice-Chairperson at Large: D. RIO (Italy)

Secretary General: J. OGG (USA)

Past-Chairman: J. REMANE (Switzerland)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SUBCOMMISSION

ON ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY

 

Chairman: S. C. FINNEY (USA)

Vice-Chairman: CHEN XU (China)

Secretary: G. L. ALBANESI (Argentina)

F. G. ACEÑOLAZA (Argentina)

C. R. BARNES (Canada)

S. M. BERGSTRÖM (USA)

D. L. BRUTON (Norway)

R. A. COOPER (New Zealand)

A. V. DRONOV (Russia)

O. FATKA (Czech Republic)

R. A. FORTEY (UK)

J. C. GUTIÉRREZ MARCO (Spain)

W. D. HUFF (USA)

C. E. MITCHELL (USA)

R. S. NICOLL (Australia)

A. W. OWEN (UK)

F. PARIS (France)

L. E. POPOV (Russia)

S. H. Williams (Canada)

WANG XIAOFENG (China)

ZHOU ZHIYI (China)

 

 

 

 

Copyright © IUGS

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

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NOTE FOR CONTRIBUTORS                                                                                                                                                            iii

EDITOR'S NOTE                                                                                                                                                                                   iii

CHAIRMAN´S AND SECRETARY´S ADDRESSES                                                                                                                       iii

CHAIRMAN´S REPORT                                                                                                                                                                       1

SOS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2001                                                                                                                                                     2

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES                                                                                                                  5

PROJECTS                                                                                                                                                                                             12

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS                                                                                                                                                                        12

HONORARY NOTES                                                                                                                                                                           13

The Changing Face of the Subcommission                                                                                                                                      13

Awards                                                                                                                                                                                                   17

MISCELLANEA                                                                                                                                                                                   18

Books & Journals                                                                                                                                                                                 18

CURRENT RESEARCH                                                                                                                                                                       19

RECENT ORDOVICIAN PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                                       31

NAMES AND ADDRESS CHANGES                                                                                                                                               45

 

 

 

URL: http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/ISOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover: A panoramic view of Nanjing City, China, the elected venue for the 10^th ISOS 2007 (up), and the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (down).

 

Errata: The picture of the Global Stratotype Section and Point included in the cover of previous number (nº 20, 2003) actually corresponds to the Diabasbrottert quarry, Mount Hunneberg, Sweden.