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Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / D. Pereira, B. R. Marker, S. Kramar, B. Cooper and B. Schouenborg / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 1-4, 23 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.18 --- Procedures and criteria for the definition of Global Heritage Stone Resources / Brian R. Marker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 5-10, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.3 --- The ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ designation: past, present and future / Barry J. Cooper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 11-20, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.5 --- Global stone heritage: Larvikite, Norway / Tom Heldal, G. B. Meyer and R. Dahl / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 21-34, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.14 --- The Hallandia gneiss, a Swedish heritage stone resource / B. Schouenborg, J. Andersson, M. Göransson and Inger Lundqvist / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 35-48, 4 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.17 --- The Kolmården serpentine marble in Sweden: a stone found both in castles and people's homes / Anders Wikström and Dolores Pereira / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 49-56, 28 January 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.22 --- Global Heritage Stone: Estremoz Marbles, Portugal / Luís Lopes and Ruben Martins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 57-74, 15 August 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.10 --- Contribution of Portuguese two-mica granites to stone built heritage: the historical value of Oporto granite / Angela Almeida and Arlindo Begonha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 75-91, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.16 --- Piedra Pajarilla: a candidacy as a global heritage stone resource for Martinamor granite / Dolores Pereira, Ana Gimeno and Santiago Del Barrio / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 93-100, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.6 --- The Sierra Nevada serpentinites: the serpentinites most used in Spanish heritage buildings / Rafael Navarro, Dolores Pereira, Carlos Rodríguez-Navarro and Eduardo Sebastián-Pardo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 101-108, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.7 --- Villamayor Stone (Golden Stone) as a Global Heritage Stone Resource from Salamanca (NW of Spain) / J. Garcia-Talegón, A. C. Iñigo, G. Alonso-Gavilán and S. Vicente-Tavera / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 109-120, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.19 --- Colmenar Limestone, Madrid, Spain: considerations for its nomination as a Global Heritage Stone Resource due to its long term durability / R. Fort, M. J. Varas-Muriel, M. Alvarez de Buergo and E. M. Perez-Monserrat / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 121-135, 3 September 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.8 --- Carrara Marble: a nomination for ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ from Italy / P. Primavori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 137-154, 23 February 2015, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.21 --- Rosa Beta granite (Sardinian Pink Granite): a heritage stone of international significance from Italy / N. Careddu and S. Grillo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 155-172, 21 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.1 --- Pietra Serena: the stone of the Renaissance / F. Fratini, E. Pecchioni, E. Cantisani, S. Rescic and S. Vettori / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 173-186, 3 September 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.11 --- Ornamental stones of the Verbano Cusio Ossola quarry district: characterization of materials, quarrying techniques and history and relevance to local and national heritage / Giovanna A. Dino and Alessandro Cavallo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 187-200, 15 October 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.15 --- Stone materials used for monumental buildings in the historical centre of Turin (NW Italy): architectonical survey and petrographic characterization of Via Roma / Alessandro Borghi, Valentina Berra, Anna d'Atri, Giovanna A. Dino, Lorenzo M. Gallo, Elena Giacobino, Luca Martire, Gianluca Massaro, Gloria Vaggelli, Carlo Bertok, Daniele Castelli, Emanuele Costa, Simona Ferrando, Chiara Groppo and Franco Rolfo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 201-218, 27 November 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.20 --- Podpeč limestone: a heritage stone from Slovenia / S. Kramar, M. Bedjanič, B. Mirtič, A. Mladenović, B. Rožič, D. Skaberne, M. Gutman, N. Zupančič and B. Cooper / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 219-231, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.2 --- Stone heritage in Southeast Slovenia / M. Golež and B. Mirtič / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 233-242, 27 August 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.12 --- Ornamental stone in the history of St Petersburg architecture / A. G. Bulakh / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 243-252, 10 June 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.4 --- Natural stone in the built heritage of the interior of Brazil: the use of stone in Minas Gerais / A. G. Costa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 253-261, 22 July 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.13 --- ‘Piedra Mar del Plata’: An Argentine orthoquartzite worthy of being considered as a ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ / F. Cravero, M. B. Ponce, M. R. Gozalvez and S. A. Marfil / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 407, 263-268, 8 July 2014, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP407.9

Description / Table of Contents: The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link models together, this in turn requires facilities to make models discoverable and also to make the outputs of modelling easily visualized. The vision and challenges for IEM going forward are summarized by leading proponents. Several case studies describe the application of model fusion to a range of real-world problems including integrating groundwater and recharge models within the UK Environment Agency, and the development of ‘catastrophe’ models to predict better the impact of natural hazards. Communicating modelling results to end users who are often not specialist modellers is also an emerging area of research addressed within the volume. Also included are papers that highlight current developments of the technology platforms underpinning model fusion.

Description / Table of Contents: This book covers essential aspects of transmutation technologies, highlighting especially the advances in Japan. The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has caused us to focus attention on a large amount of spent nuclear fuels stored in NPPs. In addition, public anxiety regarding the treatment and disposal of high-level radioactive wastes that require long-term control is growing. The Japanese policy on the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle is still unpredictable in the aftermath of the accident. Therefore, research and development for enhancing the safety of various processes involved in nuclear energy production are being actively pursued worldwide. In particular, nuclear transmutation technology has been drawing significant attention after the accident. This publication is timely with the following highlights: 1) Development of accelerator-driven systems (ADSs), which is a brand-new reactor concept for transmutation of highly radioactive wastes; 2) Nuclear reactor systems from the point of view of the nuclear fuel cycle. How to reduce nuclear wastes or how to treat them including the debris from TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power stations is discussed; and 3) Environmental radioactivity, radioactive waste treatment, and geological disposal policy. State-of-the-art technologies for overall back-end issues of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the technologies of transmutation are presented here. The chapter authors are actively involved in the development of ADSs and transmutation-related technologies. The future of the back-end issues in Japan is very uncertain after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP, and this book provides an opportunity for readers to consider the future direction of those issues

Description / Table of Contents: Alpine—Himalayan Orogens --- Maurice Mattauer and Jacques Henry: Pyrenees / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:3-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.01 --- Harmanus Engbertus Rondeel and Otto Jan Simon: Betic Cordilleras / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:23-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.02 --- Georges Choubert and Anne Faure-Muret: Moroccan Rif / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:37-46, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.03 --- André Caire: Eastern Atlas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:47-59, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.04 --- Giuliano Sestini: Northern Apennines / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:61-84, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.05 --- Daniel Bernoulli, Hans Peter Laubscher, Rudolf Trümpy, and Eduard Wenk: Central Alps and Jura Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:85-108, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.06 --- Ernest Ronald Oxburgh: Eastern Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:109-126, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.07 --- Krzysztof Birkenmajer: Carpathian Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:127-157, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.08 --- Alan Gilbert Smith and Eldridge Morton Moores III: Hellenides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:159-185, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.09 --- Emin Ilhan: Eastern Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:187-197, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.10 --- Norman Leslie Falcon: Southern Iran: Zagros Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:199-211, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.11 --- Jovan Stöcklin: Northern Iran: Alborz Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:213-234, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.12 --- John Bicknell Auden: Afghanistan-West Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:235-253, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.13 --- Ardito Desio: Karakorum Mountains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:255-266, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.14 --- Augusto Gansser: Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:267-278, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.15 --- Rudolf Oskar Brunnschweiler: Indoburman Ranges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:279-299, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.16 --- Cedric Keith Burton: Peninsular Thailand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:301-315, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.17 --- John A Katili: Sumatra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:317-331, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.18 --- Neville Seymour Haile: Borneo / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:333-347, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.19 --- Michael Geoffrey Audley-Charles: Banda Arcs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:349-363, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.20 --- Michael Geoffrey Audley-Charles: Sulawesi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:365-378, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.21 --- Circum-Pacific and Caribbean Orogens --- Colin Peter Summerhayes: Macquarie-Balleny Ridge / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:381-386, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.22 --- George William Grindley: New Zealand / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:387-416, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.23 --- M. P. Hochstein, J. C. Schofield, and G. G. Shor, Jr: Tonga-Kermadec-Lau / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:417-423, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.24 --- Peter Rodda: Fiji / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:425-431, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.25 --- Arthur James Warden and Andrew Harry Gordon Mitchell: New Hebrides / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:433-443, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.26 --- J. H. Guillon: New Caledonia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:445-452, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.27 --- Patrick Joseph Coleman and Brian Douglas Hackman: Solomon Islands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:453-461, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.28 --- John Milsom: East New Guinea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:463-474, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.29 --- Jacobus Jan Hermes: West Irian / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:475-490, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.30 --- Rupert William Roye Rutland and Malcolm Ross Walter: Philippine Archipelago / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:491-500, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.31 --- Chingchang Biq: Taiwan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:501-511, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.32 --- Tatsuro Matsumoto and Toshio Kimura: Southwest Japan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:513-541, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.33 --- Tokihiko Matsuda and Nobu Kitamura: Northeast Japan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:543-552, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.34 --- Ernest Hartwell Lathram: Aleutian Arc / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:553-561, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.35 --- Ernest H. Lathram, Arthur Grantz, David F. Barnes, David A. Brew, A. T. Ovenshine, George Plafker, Robert L. Detterman, Helen L. Foster, Michael Churkin, Jr., William W. Patton, Jr., Joseph M. Hoare, Irvin L. Tailleur, William P. Brosgé, Thomas P. Miller, and C. L. Sainsbury: Alaska / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:563-589, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.36 --- J. O. Wheeler, H. A. K. Charlesworth, J. W. H. Monger, J. E. Muller, R. A. Price, J. E. Reesor, J. A. Roddick, and P. S. Simony: Western Canada / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:591-623, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.37 --- Peter Humphrey Mattson: Cuba / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:625-638, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.38 --- Peter Humphrey Mattson: Puerto Rico—Virgin Islands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:639-661, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.39 --- John Frederick Tomblin: Lesser Antilles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:663-670, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.40 --- John Baverstock Saunders: Trinidad / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:671-682, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.41 --- John Sebastian Bell: Venezuelan Coast Ranges / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:683-703, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.42 --- Colin John Campbell: Colombian Andes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:705-724, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.43 --- Colin John Campbell: Ecuadorian Andes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:725-732, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.44 --- Rupert William Roye Rutland: Andes: Antofagasta Segment (20°–25°S.) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:733-743, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.45 --- Other Orogens --- Walter Brian Harland and William Thornton Horsfield: West Spitsbergen Orogen / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:747-755, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.46 --- Analysis of the Data --- Anthony Mansell Spencer: Analysis of the Data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:757-786, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.47 --- Appendix --- Appendix: The Data for Orogenic Studies Questionnaire / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:787-802, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.48 --- Erratum --- Erratum: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 4:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.004.01.49

Description / Table of Contents: Understanding the behaviour of gases in the context of radioactive waste disposal is a fundamental requirement in developing a safety case for the disposal of radioactive waste. Of particular importance are the long-term performance of bentonite buffers and cement-based backfill materials that may be used to encapsulate and surround the waste in a repository, and the behaviour of plastic clays, indurated mudrocks and crystalline formations that may be the host rocks for a repository. The EC Euratom programme funded project, FORGE, has provided new insights into the processes and mechanisms governing gas generation and migration with the aim of reducing uncertainty. This volume brings together papers on aspects of this topic arising from both the FORGE project and work undertaken elsewhere. This has been achieved by the acquisition of new experimental data coupled with modelling, through a series of laboratory and field-scale experiments performed at a number of underground research laboratories throughout Europe.

Description / Table of Contents: This Special Publication will be an important tool for geoscientists, aimed at increasing the awareness of their societal role and responsibility in conducting education, research and practice activities. What are the responsibilities of a geoscientist ? And what motivations are needed to push geoscientists to practice the Earth sciences in an ethical way? The major environmental challenges affecting human communities require not only a strictly scientific and technical preparation by the geoscientists, but also a reflection on their broader obligations towards society. It is important that geoscientists consider geoethics as an indispensable framework on which to base their training and activity. The principles of geoethics can guide them to pursue the common good by weighing the benefits and costs of each choice, and identifying eco-friendly and society-friendly solutions that guarantee the respect of the right balance between human life and the dynamics of the Earth. Communication and dissemination of geosciences should become core activities in building a knowledge-based society, which is able better to protect itself and the Earth ecosystems in order to guarantee a life in harmony with our planet for future generations.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: concept of TAIGA --- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions --- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems --- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures --- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses --- Quantification of microbial communities in hydrothermal vent habitats of the Southern Mariana Trough and the Mid-Okinawa Trough --- Development of hydrothermal and frictional experimental systems to simulate sub-seafloor water–rock–microbe interactions --- Experimental hydrogen production in hydrothermal and fault systems: Significance for habitability of subseafloor H2 chemoautotroph microbial ecosystems --- Experimental assessment of microbial effects on chemical interaction between seafloor massive sulfides and seawater at 4℃ --- A compilation of the stable isotopic compositions of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in soft body parts of animals collected from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep fields: variations in energy source and importance of subsurface microbial processes in the sediment-hosted systems --- Tectonic background of four hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge --- Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems: seafloor hydrothermal activities, physical and chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids, and vent-associated biological communities --- Petrology and geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the southern Central Indian Ridge --- Petrology of peridotites and related gabbroic rocks around the Kairei-hydrothermal field in the Central Indian Ridge --- Distribution and Biogeochemical Properties of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction --- Vent fauna in the Central Indian Ridge --- The mantle dynamics, the crustal formation, and the hydrothermal activity of the Southern Mariana Trough back-arc Basin --- Seismic structure and seismicity in the Southern Mariana Trough and their relation to hydrothermal activity --- Electrical resistivity structure of the Snail site at the Southern Mariana Trough spreading center --- Asymmetric seafloor spreading of the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin --- Geochemical characteristics of active backarc basin volcanisms at the southern end of Mariana Trough --- Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal minerals collected from hydrothermal vent fields in the Southern Mariana spreading center --- Dating of hydrothermal mineralization in active hydrothermal fields in the Southern Mariana Trough --- Intra-field variation of prokaryotic communities on and below the seafloor in the back-arc hydrothermal system of the Southern Mariana Trough --- Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough --- Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic snail Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough --- Hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough backarc basin -geological background and hydrothermal mineralization- --- Active rifting structures in Iheya Graben and adjacent area of the mid-Okinawa Trough observed through seismic reflection surveys --- ESR dating of barite in sea-floor hydrothermal sulfide deposits in the Okinawa Trough --- Fluid geochemistry of high-temperature hydrothermal fields in the Okinawa Trough --- Sediment‒pore water system associated with native sulfur formation at Jade hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough --- Comparative investigation of microbial communities associated with hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa Trough --- In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough --- Vent Fauna in the Okinawa Trough --- Brief report of side-scan sonar observations around the Yokoniwa NTO massif --- Examination of volcanic activity: AUV and submersible observations of fine-scale lava flow distributions along the Southern Mariana Trough spreading axis --- Brief report of side-scan sonar imagery observations of the Archaean, Pika, and Urashima hydrothermal sites --- The Yoron Hole: the shallowest hydrothermal site in the Okinawa Trough --- The Irabu Knoll: Hydrothermal site at the eastern edge of the Yaeyama Graben --- Tarama Knoll: Geochemical and biological profiles of hydrothermal activity --- Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks drilled from Snail, Yamanaka, Archean, and Pika hydrothermal fields at the Southern Mariana Trough by Benthic Multi-coring System (BMS) --- Pore fluid chemistry beneath active hydrothermal fields in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Results of shallow drilling by BMS during TAIGA11 cruise --- The characteristics of the seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Hakurei Site in the Izena Hole, the Middle Okinawa Trough --- Occurrence of hydrothermal alteration minerals at the Jade hydrothermal field, in the Izena Hole, mid-Okinawa Trough --- Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids collected from active hydrothermal systems in the southern Mariana Trough backarc spreading center --- Gamma ray doses in water around sea floor hydrothermal area in South Mariana --- 226Ra-210Pb and 228Ra-228Th dating of barite in submarine hydrothermal sulfide deposits collected at Okinawa Trough and South Mariana Trough --- OSL dating of sea floor sediments at the Okinawa Trough --- Immediate change of radiation doses from hydrothermal deposits --- Periodic behavior of deep sea current in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal system --- The gelatinous macroplankton community at the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent

Description / Table of Contents: Our understanding of the physical and chemical processes that regulate the evolution of magmatic systems has improved tremendously since the foundations were laid down 100 years ago by Bowen. The concept of crustal magma chambers has progressively evolved from molten-rock vats to thermally, chemically and physically heterogeneous reservoirs that are kept active by the periodic injection of magma. This new model, while more complex, provides a better framework to interpret volcanic activity and decipher the information contained in intrusive and extrusive rocks. Igneous/metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and numerical modelling all contributed towards this new picture of crustal magmatic systems. This book provides an overview of the wide range of approaches that can nowadays be used to understand the chemical, physical and temporal evolution of magmatic and volcanic systems.

Description / Table of Contents: The Mineralogical Society of America on November 8 and 9, 1969, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its founding in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The celebration included the presentation of three special symposia, with Harry H. Hess of Princeton University as chairman of the symposia committee. He personally organized the sessions for a symposium on the Mineralogy and Petrology of the Upper Mantle. A symposium on Sulfides was organized by Gunnar Kullerud of the Geophysical Laboratory, and a symposium on the Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Non-Marine Evaporites was organized by Blair F. Jones of the U. S. Geological Survey.

Description / Table of Contents: This document presents the Policy-maker’s Summary of the 2015 AMAP Assessments of Short-lived Climate Pollutants (Methane, Black carbon and Ozone).