2013 年 42 巻 5 号 p. 232-241
Information collected from geological newsmagazines in 2012 is reviewed. First topic is overview of mineral resources such as mineral commodity summary of 2011 in USA, lead pollution of artisanal mining in Nigeria, dating Australia's uranium deposits and surface materials map of Afghanistan using broad scale hyperspectral data. Second topic is regional geology. This topic includes metamorphic rocks of Cape Denison in Antarctica and geology and geomorphology of Yosemite Valley. Third topic is new geologic map of Vermont.