Three-dimensional (3D) modelling of geological body is an important issue of 3D GIS and 3D Geosciences Modelling, and one of the key technologies of digital mine. GTP model and its components are introduced in this paper. According to the relations between chronolith and rock attribute comprehensively, the modelling region, system, series, group and rock characteristics(RC) are regard as the sc...

The tropical Andes of South America, the world's richest biodiversity hotspot, are home to many rapid radiations. While geological, climatic, and ecological processes collectively explain such radiations, their relative contributions are seldom examined within a single clade. We explore the contribution of these factors by applying a series of diversification models that incorporate mountain bu...

Conditions have fluctuated a good deal in the last 'leaps' but these changes, like waves on the ocean, had little effect on the working up and down of traditional medicine which is the main element of Chinese life itself. Contradictions in a socialist society are fundamentally different from those in the old societies. Traditional medicine, a faithful reflection of Chinese culture, is a first-r...

Sediment budget and routing studies have been useful in dealing with a variety of basic and applied problems over a wide range of scales in time and space. Further research and application is needed to: define and quantify sediment storage; improve knowledge of mechanisms of sediment-transport processes; quantify frequency and magnitude of episodic processes; integrate biological factors into q...

Geological mapping and establishment of stratigraphic relationships provides an overview of geological processes operating on Mars and how they have varied in time and space. Impact craters and basins shaped the crust in earliest history and as their importance declined, evidence of extensive regional volcanism emerged during the Late Noachian. Regional volcanism characterized the Early Hesperi...

15 The geodiversity of Crete is quantified in this study, based on the classification of 16 geomorphometric, geological and climatic factors. A number of geomorphometric variables, 17 extracted from the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER G-DEM) in conjunction 18 with geological and climatic information, are evaluated through various algorithms incorporated 19 into Geographical Informat...