Boulder, CO, USA - The Geological Society of America is pleased to announce
the newest addition to its collection of premier peer-reviewed,
earth-science journals. Lithosphere is scheduled to launch in early 2009 and
will focus on the tectonic processes that affect Earth's crust and upper
mantle. Content will highlight research that addresses how the surface,
crust, and mantle interact to shape the physical and chemical evolution of
the lithosphere at all spatial and temporal scales.
Three distinguished science editors have been appointed for the journal.
James P. Evans is a professor in the Department of Geology at Utah State
University. Evans studies deformation and fluid flow in the upper 10 km of
the Earth's crust using mapping, laboratory measurements, geochemistry,
computer graphics, and structural analysis. He served as associate editor of
the Journal of Structural Geology from 1992 to 1997 and was chief editor
from 1997 to 2002.
Jon D. Pelletier is associate professor in the Geosciences Department of the
University of Arizona. Pelletier's research interests include landforms on
Earth's surface that are sculpted by flowing water in the form of rivers and
glaciers and by wind and windborne particles, with a focus on the
integration of computer model results with field and remote-sensing data.
Raymond M. Russo, assistant professor in the Department of Geology at the
University of Florida (Gainesville), studies tectonics and seismology, with
emphasis on upper mantle flow and lithosphere-asthenosphere interactions.
Lithosphere welcomes contributions from a variety of earth science
disciplines, including structural geology, geodynamics, tectonic
geomorphology, petrology, and geochemistry, as well as results from
integrative, interdisciplinary projects (e.g., Canada's Lithoprobe and
EarthScope in the United States). The journal particularly encourages
articles that address how complex systems in the solid Earth operate and how
coupling between those systems occurs. Formats can include short research
contributions that present new and innovative ideas, longer research
articles with complete presentations of field-based data, and review
articles. GSA will publish Lithosphere every other month both in print and
online.
GSA is also a member of GeoScienceWorld, a Web-based consortia of scientific
societies dedicated to providing scientists throughout the world with access
to a range of scientific journals on a cost-effective basis.
Lithosphere will be available to UK universities and colleges through the
NESLi2 Small and Medium Publishers initiative. The GSA journals packages
provide significant discounts and are tiered according to the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) banding.
Related links:
Lithosphere author information:
http://www.geosociety.org/pubs/lithosphere/lsGuide.htm
Other GSA Journals: http://www.gsajournals.org
NESLi2 website: http://www.nesli2.ac.uk/smp-information.html
GeoScienceWorld website: http://www.geoscienceworld.org/
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