The ' ( en, Journal for the Geological Sciences) is a

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German

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established in 1973, that publishes preferably original papers in

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and

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dealing with

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

and related sub-disciplines. Since 2005 the journal has been published bimonthly by the Verlag für Geowissenschaften Berlin. The journal was formerly an official periodical of the national

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Gesellschaft für Geologische Wissenschaften, the East German geological sciences society, and was published by the scientific and academic publishing house

Akademie Verlag :''There also were unrelated publishing houses in Stuttgart and in (East-)Berlin, and there is the (JAVG).'' Akademie Verlag (AV) is a German scientific and academic publishing company, founded in 1946 in the Soviet-occupied eastern part ...

. The journal was regarded as the most important geological sciences periodical in East Germany with an international reputation. The journal is indexed in:

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Journal contents and structure

The journal publishes articles in the following categories: * ''Articles'', longer scientific reports of national or international interest * ''Short Communications'' used for rapid publication of preliminary scientific results, finding information, or descriptions of outcrops * ''Discussions'' on papers previously published in the journal

References

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