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Chishitsu (Geology) News 98,01

CHISHITSU NEWS: Copyright (c) 1998 Geological Survey of Japan

Cover Photo : Anak-Ranakah Volcano (western Flores Is., Indonesia)
---- photo & writing: TAKAHASHI Masaaki

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URAI Minoru, TAKAHASHI Masaaki, MURAOKA Hirofumi: Preliminary study of geothermal area in remote islands in eastern Indonesia.
WAKITA Kouji: A printed example of "Digital geologic map of east and southeast Asia (CD-ROM)" (color around Indo-China).
SAITO Makoto: A mosaic image (OPS) by JERS-1 (Fuyou No.1) at the area of 1/200,000 geological map "Miyazaki" and "Kagoshima".


KODAMA Kisaburo: (A prefacing essay) We should restart based on the original purpose of "Geological Survey of Japan" for the society of 21'th century.

Feature Articles: Geological maps, recently published by Geological Survey of Japan
The newest geological maps published by Geological Survey of Japan.
NARITA E., YAJIMA J., OHTA E., WATANABE Y., HASAKA T., HASAKA N., HIRANO H. and SUDO S.: Introduction of 'Mineral resources map of Eastern and Western Hokkaido area' 1/500,000.
TSUCHIYA Nobuyuki, ITO Junichi, SEKI Yoji and IWAYA Toshimitsu: Introduction of geological map 'Iwagasaki' (Miyagi Pref.) 1/50,000 with text.
MATSUURA Hirohisa: Introduction of geological map 'Kurahashijima and Hashirajima' 1/50,000 with text.
ITO Junichi, HOSHIZUMI Hideo and IWAYA Toshimitsu: Introduction of geological map 'Himejima' 1/50,000 with text.
-- Island of obsidian used by many Jomon people --
YOSHIOKA Toshikazu, HOSHIZUMI Hideo and MIYAZAKI Kazuhiro: Introduction of geological map 'Oita' 1/50,000 with text.
KAMATA Hiroki: Introduction of geological map 'Miyahara' 1/50,000 (Oita and Kumamoto Pref.) with text.
-- Kuju-san still now active with eruption and hot spring --
MATSUI Kazunori and UTO Kozo: Introduction of geological map 'Karatsu' 1/200,000.
UTO Kozo, SAKAGUCHI Keiichi, OKUMURA Kimio and TERAOKA Yasushi: Introduction of geological map 'Kagoshima' 1/200,000.
SAITO Makoto, SAKAGUCHI Keiichi and KOMAZAWA Masao: Introduction of geological map 'Miyazaki' 1/200,000.
TAKAI Yasuaki, BOJO Toshiatsu and HARADA Tanenari: Introduction of coal geology map No.XIV 'Geological map of Amakusa coal field'.
-- Geology and coal deposits of Amakusa coal field in Kumamoto Prefecture --
WAKITA Koji: Introduction of 'Degital geology map of east and southeast Asia'.

MURAOKA Hirofumi, NASUTION Asnawir, URAI Minoru and TAKAHASHI Masaaki: A start of the "Research Cooperation Project on Exploration of small-scale geothermal resources in remote islands in Indonesia".
URAI Minoru, MURAOKA Hirofumi, TAKAHASHI Masaaki and NASUTION Asnawir: JERS-1 satellite images of promising geothermal fields in the Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia.
TAKAHASHI Masaaki, MURAOKA Hirofumi, URAI Minoru and NASUTION Asnawir: Preliminary study of geothermal resources areas in the eastern Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
SUDO Sadahisa and Resources analysis section (Mineral and Fuel Resources Department): Mineral resources maps and database of Geological Survey of Japan.

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