Review

1. Some new thoughts of definitions of terms of sedimentary facies: Based on Miall's paper(1985)

Lithofacies palaeogeography and sedimentology

1. Lagoonal carbonate deposition preceding rifting-related uplift: evidence from the Bartonian-Priabonian (Eocene) of the northwestern Gulf of Suez (Egypt)
2. Bioturbation enhanced petrophysical properties in the Ordovician carbonate reservoir of the Tahe oilfield, Tarim Basin, NW China
3. Giant ooids of microbial origin from the Zhangxia Formation (Cambrian Miaolingian Series) in North China

Biopalaeogeography

1. A radical reinterpretation of the growth and form of the stromatolite Conophyton lituus(Maslov) from evidence of syngenetic biofilm mineralisation
2. Silurian ostracods from the Nyalam region,southern Tibet,China and their implications on palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography

Palaeoclimatology

1. Middle Jurassic climate oscillations from paleosol records of the Sichuan Basin,SW China
2. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction for the Permian (lower Gondwana) succession of the Godavari Valley Coalfield in southern India based on a combined palynofacies, carbon isotope, and biomarker study

Book review

1. Book Review on River Planet:Rivers from Deep Time to the Modern Crisis by Martin Gibling