Environmental Geology : Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress, Volume 24

This volume includes all aspects of environmental geology, i.e. the impact of different geological processes, the geological problems in large river development, trace elements and human health, geology of waste disposal, and environmental geology mapping. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface Geological Processes and Human Environment A Scenario of Climate Change and its Impact on the Future Behaviour of a Deep Geological Repository for Nuclear Spent-Fuel Study of the Crustal Stability of the Beishan Area, Gansu Province, China - The Preselected Area for China's High Level Radioactive Waste Repository Groundwater Pressure Changes Associated with Earthquakes at the Kamaishi Mine, Japan - A Study for Stability of Geological Environment in Japan Study on Tianchi Volcano, Changbaishan, China Recent Soil Erosion on the Loess Plateau through Geochemical and Palaeomagnetic Studies on the Huanghe Estuarine Sediment in the Bohai Sea, China Effects of Runoff Characteristics on the Difference in Drainage Density in Soya Hills, Northern Japan Karst and Environment (IGCP379 "Karst Processes and the Carbon Cycle") Karst Cave Development from the Bedding-Plane Point of View (Skocjanske Jame Caves, Slovenia) An Analysis on Formation of the Karst Fengcong Depressions in China The Geochemical Cycle of Carbon Dioxide in a Carbonate Rock Area, Akiyoshi-Dai Plateau, Yamaguchi, Southwestern Japan The CO2 Regime of Soil Profile and its Reflection to Dissolution of Carbonate Rock Studies on Oxygen Isotope Thermometry of Cave Sediment and Paleoclimatic Record Geological Problem in Large River Development Development and Harnessing on China's Rivers and Environmental Geology Experience of Studies of Geoenvironmental Consequences of Hydropower Development on Volga River Environmental Geological Problems in the Development and Harnessing of the Yangtze River Environmental Geology in Developing and Harnessing the Yellow River Feature of the Geoscientific Environment in the Area of Poyang Lake and the Strategy of its Development and Control Trace Elements and Human Health Geochemical Character of Selenium Fluorine and Human Health Heavy Metals Pollution in Anzaly Lake Sediments, Northern Iran Distributing Pattern of Iodine and Selenium in the Daba Mountain Area, Shaanxi, P.R. China Heavy-Metal Contamination in the Grand Canal, People's Republic of China Geology Related to Waste Disposal The Impact of Excavation and Landfilling on the Hydrogeology of a Clay Pit Hydro-Fraise Diaphragm-Wall Encapsulating Bitterfeld Hazardous Waste Sites Redox Condition in the Vadose Zone Intermittently Flooded with Waste Water Environmental Geology Mapping Mapping Units on São Sebastião Geohazards Prevention Chart, Northshore of São Paulo State, Brazil Presentation of a Methodology to Produce Geological Hazard Map to Evaluate Natural Risks, using GIS: State of the Art of the Study in the Serchio-Gramolazzo River Basin (Tuscany - Italy) Geological Hazards and their Provincial Atlas in China v. 1. Origin and history of the earth v. 2-3. Geoscience[s] and human survival, environment, natural hazards. Global change v. 4. Structure of the lithosphere and deep processes v. 5. Contemporary lithospheric motion. Seismic geology v. 6. Global tectonic zones. Supercontinent formation and disposal v. 7. Orogenic belts. Geological mapping v. 8. Basin analysis, global sedimentary geology, and sedimentology v. 9. Energy and mineral resources for the 21st century. Geology of mineral deposits. Mineral economics v. 10. New technology for geosciences v. 11. Stratigraphy v. 12. Palaeontology and historical geology v. 13. Marine geology and palaeoceanography v. 14. Structural geology and geomechanics v. 15. Igneous petrology v. 16. Mineralogy v. 17. Precambrian geology and metamorphic petrology v. 18, pt. A. Geology of fossil fuels : oil and gas v. 18, pt. B. Geology of fossil fuels : coal v. 19. Geochemistry v. 20. Geophysics v. 21. Quaternary geology v. 22. Hydrogeology v. 24. Environmental geology v. 25. Mathematical geology and geoinformatics v. 26. Comparative planetology, geological education, history of geology The proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress held in Beijing, China in August 1997. These two volumes focuses on geosciences and human survival, environment, natural hazards and global changes. They aim to present a view of contemporary geology. The proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress held in Beijing, China in August 1997. This volume focuses on environmental geology. It aims to present a view of contemporary geology to researchers interested in the geological sciences.