GEOSCIENCE (ISSN1000-8527) is a geological magazine sponsored by China University of Geosciences from 1987; the journal is now published bimonthly in Chinese with English abstracts. The Journal aims to publish the most topical and highest quality papers, summarizing the results of recent research across the full range of the geosciences, including stratigraphy, paleontology, petrology, mineralogy, mineral deposits, structure geology, mathematical geology, geochemistry, applied geophysics, earth resource sciences, environmental science, geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, exploration engineering and remote-sensing techniques, etc.