The ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'', otherwise known as ''BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin'' is a

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covering

Earth sciences Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres ...

. The journal publishes articles, short communications, reviews, comments and replies. It is published by

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and the

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is Laurent Jolivet ( Sorbonne Université, Paris). The journal was established in 1830. It is a publication of the

Société géologique de France The Société géologique de France (SGF) is a French learned society founded on 17 March 1830. As of 2006, it counts 1,200 members. History At its creation, its statutes indicate is to "compete for the advancement of Earth Sciences and Planets, ...

. Most of the older content, published before 1924 is available online at the

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. The journal is a historically important venue for great debates on the various interpretations of the history of the earth and the history of life between 1830 and 1860.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Biological taxa first described in this journal

Many new genera and species have been first described in this journal. For example: * The crocodyliform genus Siamosuchus was first described in the Bulletin in 2007. * The dinosaur genus Atsinganosaurus was first described in the Bulletin in 2010.

Notable scientists who have published in this journal

* The French geologist

Gabriel Auguste Daubrée Gabriel Auguste Daubrée MIF FRS FRSE (25 June 181429 May 1896) was a French geologist, best known for applying experimental methods to structural geology. He served as the director of the École des Mines as well as the president of the Frenc ...

* The French geologist René Chudeau * The taxonomist Robert Hoffstetter * The French palaeontologist

Marcellin Boule Pierre-Marcellin Boule (1 January 1861 – 4 July 1942), better known as merely Marcellin Boule, was a French palaeontologist, geologist, and anthropologist. Early life and education Pierre-Marcellin Boule was born in Montsalvy, France. Car ...

* The French geologist and palaeontologist

Henri Coquand Henri Coquand (1813, in Aix-en-Provence – 1881, in Marseille) was a French geologist and paleontologist. In 1841 he obtained his doctorate in sciences in Paris, and later served as a professor of geology at the University of Besançon, Poiti ...

* The French geologist and palaeontologist Jean Albert Gaudry * The French geologist Pierre-Marie Termier * The French geologist Charles Lory * The Swiss geologist and palaeontologist Hans Georg StehlinStehlin H.G. (1909). – Remarques sur les faunules de Mammifères des couches éocènes et oligocènes du bassin de Paris. – Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 4e série, t. IX, 488–520.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.bsgf.fr/ Publications established in 1830 Open access journals EDP Sciences academic journals Geology journals