The 30th International Geological Congress was held in Beijing, China in August 1997. Leading scientists convened to present their findings and views to the international geological research community. Volume 2 and 3 focus on geosciences and human survival, enviornment, natural hazards and global changes. All articles in the proceedings have been refereed and keynote papers have been included in Volume 1. These proceedings aim to present a view of contemporary geology and should be of interest to researchers in the geological sciences.
Part 1 Geosciences and human survival, environment, natural hazards: monitoring of dangerous geodynamical processes in high-land areas, I.T. Aitmatov et al; analysis of geo-environmental system of Dongting Lake, Zhang Renquan et al; Eastern Asia natural hazards mapping project, Hirokazu Kato; computer intelligence decision support system of geological hazards for prediction and prevention and treatment in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan region (GHIDSS), Liu Yifen et al; the spatial information system to predict regional debris flow, Li Dongtian et al; impact of the oil field development on environment - geothermal study, A.V. Khristoforov and N.N. Khristoforova; anthropogenic material flow - a geologic factor, P. Neumann-Mahlkau; geochemistry of fluorine in shallow ground water - a case study in the Xingtai piedmont plain, Hebei, China, Zeng Jianhui; the problems of study and assessment of the geoenvironmental state in Russia, G.S. Vartanyan et al; recent advances in environmental geoscience, Yan Tongzhen et al; geoecological environmental type and qualities and predict on their evolutions in 21st century in China, Lu Yaoru et al; application of mineral resource assessments to regional screening for potential environmental hazards related to bedrock mineral concentrations, S.H.B. Clark; the earth sciences and society - the needs for the 21st century, W.S. Fyfe; urban geology of Xi'an - analysis on the ground fissures, Momikura Yoshimasa et al; preliminary geotechnical assessments of the potential for underground space development in Hong Kong, K.J. Roberts; the preliminary study of potential contamination related to the combustion of coal in thermal power plant, Zheng Rongshu et al; groundwater resources development of urban areas in China, Wang Zhaoxin and Ji Chuanmao; study of land subsidence in Tianjin, Qu Huanlin and Guo Zhangrong; secondary pollution mechanism of aerated zone in geological environmental evolution of mountain city, Wang Lansheng et al; Earth fissure, land subsidence and their geo-environmental effects, Wang Lansheng et al; geoenvironmental problems of urban development in China, Wang Sijing; urban construction planning and aerial remote sensing information system of Shanghai, Sun Jianzhong et al; geosites and their protection in China, Pan Jiang et al; geoscience for sustainable development - the next decade, E.F.J. de Mulder and U.G. Cordani; the underground municipal information system (UMIS), E.F.J. de Mulder et al. Part 2 Global change: spectral analysis of a grainsize record of the loess deposits in central China, J. van Huissteden et al; climate variations near Beijing over the last 1130 years - evidence from annual layers in a stalagmite from Shihua Cave, China, T.S. Liu et al; large shifts in late Cenozoic East Asian monsoon circulation deducted from loess-palaeosol sequences in China and sediments in Japan, J.L. Xiao et al; a review of quaternary aeolian deposition in central and southeastern Australia, X.Y. Chen.