Date

Circum Arctic Paleo-River Discharge and Its Geological Record

Special Issue "Geologische Rundschau"

First Circular (December 1998)

Dear colleague,

We plan to publish a special issue of "Geologische Rundschau", International
Journal of Earth Sciences, titled "Circum Arctic Paleo-River Discharge and
Its Geological Record". The title already shows that this issue will
concentrate on the reconstruction of ancient river discharge and its change
through geological times. Original and review papers based on studies of
marine sediment cores as well as land sections from the western (Canadian)
Arctic and the eastern (Eurasian) Arctic are welcome. Papers dealing with
circum-Arctic studies are of special interest. Although we will focus on
paleo-river discharge, a few selected synthesis papers about modern Arctic
river discharge and its geological signature in surface sediments may be
included.

If you or your coworkers are interested in submitting a manuscript to be
included into this special issue of "Geologische Rundschau", please send a
tentative title and list of authors to

Ruediger Stein
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Columbusstrasse
27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Fax: +49 471 4831 580
Email: rstein [at] awi-bremerhaven.de

Based on the response to this first circular, a tentative table of content
will be produced and all potential authors will be informed and asked for
submitting a manuscript (for deadlines see below). Before being accepted for
publication, all manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

As discussed with the Editor-in-Chief of "Geologische Rundschau", Christian
Dullo, GEOMAR Kiel, Germany, the deadlines of this special issue are the
following:

January 31, 1998 Deadline for response to this first circular
(Submission of tentative title of a manuscript)

February 15, 1999 Compilation of tentative table of content and
call for papers

September 30, 1999 Deadline for submission of the manuscripts

 Oct-Dec, 1999   Review of manuscripts

 December 1999   Reviews to be sent to the authors

February 29, 2000 Deadline for submission of revised manuscripts

     Fall 2000   Publication of the special issue

If you would like to have further information about the "Geologische Rundschau" we refer you to http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00531/index.htm.

Information about the Arctic Paleo-River Discharge Programme (APARD) initiated by the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) can be obtained from http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/GEO/APARD/index.html.