Preface Continental Dynamics Squeeze-up of the Dabie UHP rocks:an extrusive exhumation model Wang Qingchen Orogenic processes of the Qinling Meng Qingren,Zhang Guowei,Yu Zaiping and Mei Zhichao Geophysical/geological features of the Nansha block in southern South China Sea and their tectonic implications Xia Kanyuan Conventional U-Pb age of the high-grade metamorphic rocks in the Larsemann Hills,East Antarctica Zhang Liansheng,Tong Laixi,Liu Xiaohan and Urs Scharer Structural styles of the NW Zhejiang foreland fold and thrust belt in SE China Xiao Wenjiao,Sun Shu and Li Jiliang Relationship between wave velocity and physical property of porous mediums Shi Xingjue and Wu Yonggang The crust-mantle transition zone and its geological processes Lin Ge and Fan Weiming Pre-melting effects of ice Xu Yousheng,Xie Hongsen,Song Maoshuang,Guo Jie,Zhang Yueming and Zheng Haifei Environmental Geology Correlation of climatic periodicities between loess and deep sea records in the past 2.5M Ding Zhongli Microtektites in 0.7Ma B.P.loess and geochemistry of the microtektite-bearing layers Li Chunlai,Ouyang Ziyuan and Lin Wenzhu A preliminary study of vegetation history since Pliocene in Xizang Shen Caiming and Tang Lingyu Famennian calcareous algal mound at Zhaijiang,Guilin,South China Shen Jianwei Biostratigraphy and sedimentary environments of Carboniferous-Permian boundary section of western Yunnan Zhou Zhicheng Antitropicality of the Mesozoic bivalves Sha Jingeng Quaternary environmental changes as recorded in coral reefs of Nansha Islands,South China Sea Zhao Huanting,Sun Zongxun,Zhu Yuanzhi,Wen Xiaoshen and Sha Qingan Unloading characteristics of rock mass in shiplock slope of Three Gorge project,China Wu Xingchun,Wang Sijing and Chen Changyan Basic experimental research on earthquake prediction by remote sensing technique Cui Chengyu,Zhang Jinkai Zi Yiqiao,Deng Mingde,Geng Naiguang,Fan Zhenfang,Ji Quanquan and Wang Tinghui C,O and Sr Isotopic variations of early Paleozoic strata in Kalpin area,Xinjiang Wang Zongzhe and Yang Jiedong Neoproterozoic fossil records of algae and organic-walled microphytoplankton in China,and their implications Yin Leiming and Yuan Xunlai Mineral and Energy Resources Argon and hydrogen diffusion compensation in natural minerals Zheng Yongfei,Zhou Gengtao and Xu Baolong The FixAl method applied to Zhangzhou geothermal system,Southeast China Pang Zhonghe Geochemistry of Shaxi-Changpushan porphyry copper(gold)deposit from Anhui Province,East China Wang Kuiren and Yang Xiaoyong Geochemistry and metallogenetic model of Dongping type gold deposit related to alkalisyenite Bao Zhiwei,Zhao Zhenhua,Zhou Lingdi and Zhou Guofu The distribution of trace elements in solid bitumen and crude oil in China Geng Ansong,Fu Jiamo,Sheng Guoying and Liu Dehan 29Si and 27Al MAS NMR study of the kaolinite-mullite reaction series Guo Jiugao,He Hongping,Wang Fuya,Wang Deqiang,Zhang Huifen and Hu Cheng Fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence for the origin of mineralizing fluids in the Xiongershan belt,central China Fan Hongrui,Xie Yihan and Wang Yinglan Analysis of remote sensing imagery for the search of large and superlarge ore deposits Lin Qizhong and Yan Shouxun A sedimentary spectrum of Mn,P,Ba and Fe deposits under anoxic environments Wang Zhongcheng