Abstract:The lithology of the Carboniferous of eastern Yunnan is highly varied,vertical and horizontal changes of facies being very strong. Thus a study ofCarboniferous sedimentation and its controlling factors seemed to be ofinterest, more so since large bauxite and also some coal deposite of economicvalu

Abstract:In Yunnan, upper Permian has so far been known only from the easternborder of the province whence it extends into Kueichou etc. In westernYunnan, this formation has not been observed anywhere, until during thelatest of six journeys undertaken from 1939 to 1946 I met at last with some

Abstract:The geology of the region of Malung and Kutsing was first studied byV. K. Ting in 1914 and the Silurian fossils collected therefrom were describedby A. W. Grabau in 1926. Grabau and Ting subdivided the Silurian into theMientien formation (Niagaran=L. Silurian of Grabau) and the Miaokao

Abstract:This paper is concerned with a block of petrified woods collected byMessers. C. S. Pien and H. H. Lee of the Geological Survey of China at thelocality Hulustai (about 106°4°E., 39°15′N.), northwest along the Alashanin the Ninghsia province, northern China. Like the great majority ofpetrified woods

Abstract:In 1941 S. Miki published in Japanese Journal of Botany Vol. XI. 261, anew genus Metasequoia based on the old species Sequcia disticha Heer andSequoia japonica Endo. According to the author the genus Metasequoia isdistinguished from Sequoia in the cone which has decussate arrangement of

Abstract:The rock for the petrofabric analysis is a quartz-mica schist collectedfrom Bakunntehshuei of Wutai Shan. Shansi province by Dr. Yang-Kieh towhom I am much indebted. The specimen shows distinct foliations, which

Abstract:About 15km. southwest of Hengshan Station on the Canton-HankowRailway. there looms the sacred mountain, generally known as the Hengshan.It is mainly formed by intrusive granodiorite, which was formerly designatedas biotite granite by some geologists. On account of the abundance of its

Abstract:It is well-known that a fairly large tract of country of Sikang (ChineseTibet) is occupied by various kinds of metamorphic rocks; but our knowledgeof their nature and origin is as yet far from complete. In thi8 connexion, the

Abstract:We get acquainted with the Nanshan by chance. but it is not by mere chancethat we like it. The majestic range, perpetually crowned with snow, has oftendelighted our amazed gaze. The scenic interest gradually develops into sucha curiosity that we pay more than its due share to the forms of the moun

Abstract:Among the outstanding and systematically arranged tractures, which areobserved in the earth's crust, three dominant groups are classified as follows:(a) split, (b) joint and (c) fault. Each of these fractures assumes its owndefinite position in relation to the other structural elements, has its ow

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