<strong>Permophiles</strong> #38 had a long discussion regarding Kungurian/Wordian correlations by Kozur et al., (p. 15-21) and a short replyby myself in which I indicated a longer reply for the next<strong>Permophiles</strong>. Instead, both authors have submitted papers to aspecial issue of PPP related to the Oman conference, which willallow readers to better assess the opposing positions.Our database is missing a number of e-mail addresses so ifyou haven’t written to me recently I would appreciate receiving avery short e-mail after receiving <strong>Permophiles</strong> 39 (if you didn’t doso after #38 or if any data has changed) so that I can check myrecords for addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses.Send to henderson@geo.ucalgary.ca.Notes from the SPS ChairBruce WardlawProgress1. Cisuralian.—New material is being distributed to many ofthe members of the working group and a formal workshop will beheld in November this year to finalize the definitions of thosestages that we have proposals for (Sakmarian and Artinskian)and to develop/finalize whatever is necessary to establish theKungurian. Though the progress of this working group is notapparent to most <strong>Permophiles</strong> readers, it is significant and a fullreport stemming from the formal workshop will appear in nextWinter’s issue.2. Guadalupian.—The formal article for Episodes will be distributedto the authors in March for submittal to Episodes in April.3. Lopingian.—Jin, Henderson, and Wardlaw held a very fruitfulplanning meeting and appear to have settled all issues involvingthe bases of the Lopingian and Changhsingian. Proposals forboth will be distributed shortly.4. <strong>Permophiles</strong> should be back on track for more regular Winter/Summer distribution.Stratigraphic DatabasesThe Chair of SPS has gotten very involved in stratigraphicdatabases and has participated in a couple of workshops, takinga prominent roll in developing Chronos—interactivechronostratigraphy and stratigraphic databases to produce adynamic, global timescale to frame Earth history events and processesfor societal benefit. The principal goals of Chronos systemare:1. Assembly, integration, and distribution of data relevant togeologic time.2. Maintenance of a consensus geological timescale.3. Public Outreach—Communicate to public the importance ofunderstanding rates in natural processes using the geologicaltimescale.4. Research Outreach—Provide a fundamental research tool forgeoscience community and a temporal framework for understandingthe 4 th dimension (rates and processes).Please contact the Chair if you are interested in this dynamicmovement to coordinate and utilize chronostratigraphic information.<strong>Permophiles</strong> Issue #39 20012SUBMISSION GUIDELINESFOR ISSUE 40It is best to submit manuscripts as attachments to E-mail messages.Please send messages and manuscripts to my E-mail addressfollowed by hard copies by regular mail. Please only send asingle version by E-mail and in the mail; if you discover correctionsbefore the deadline, then you may resubmit, but indicate thefile name of the previous version that should be deleted. Manuscriptsmay also be sent to the address below on diskettes (3.5” orzip disks) prepared with a recent version of WordPerfect orMicrosoft Word; printed hard copies should accompany the diskettes.Word processing files should have no personalized fontsor other code and should be prepared in single column format.Specific and generic names should be italicized. Please refer torecent issues of <strong>Permophiles</strong> (Glenister et al., <strong>Permophiles</strong> #34, p.3) for reference style (comma after the date and colon after the titleplease), format, etc. Maps and other illustrations are acceptable intif, jpeg, eps, bitmap format or as CorelDraw files. The preferredformats for Adobe Pagemaker are Microsoft Word documents andtif files for images. We use Times Roman 12 pt. bold for title andauthor, 10 pt. for addresses and text, and 10 pt. bold for subheadings(flushright). Indents for paragraphs are .2”; do not do theseusing the space bar. Word processing documents may includefigures embedded at the end of the text, but these figures shouldalso be attached as separate attachments in tif format or asCorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator files. Do not include figure captionsas part of the image; include the captions as a separate sectionwithin the text portion of the document. If only hard copies aresent, these must be camera-ready, i.e., clean copies, ready for publication.Typewritten contributions may be submitted by mail asclean paper copies; these must arrive well ahead of the deadline, asthey require greater processing time. Any versions that requiretranslation must also be submitted well ahead of the deadline. Allpaper versions of articles for <strong>Permophiles</strong> will be destroyed afterthe deadline of the subsequent issue, unless a request is made forreturn.Please note that articles with names of new taxa are not normallypublished in <strong>Permophiles</strong>. Readers are asked to refer to the rules ofthe ICZN. All manuscripts will be edited for consistent use of Englishonly.I currently use a Windows 2000 PC with Corel Word Perfect 10,Corel Draw 10, Adobe Page Maker 6.5, Adobe Illustrator 9, andMicrosoft Office 2000 programs; documents compatible with thesespecifications will be easiest to work with.E-Mail:henderson@geo.ucalgary.caMailing Address:Dr. Charles M. HendersonDepartment of Geology and GeophysicsUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, AlbertaCANADA T2N 1N4SUBMISSION DEADLINE FORISSUE 40 IS AUGUST 1, 2002
<strong>Permophiles</strong> Issue #39 2001INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCESINTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHYAnnual Report 2001Subcommission on Permian StratigraphyUpperSeriesLopingianStage*GSSP (Tr)ChanghsingianWuchiapingianPermian Middle GuadalupianCapitanian*GSSPWordian*GSSPRoadian*GSSPKungurianLowerCisuralianArtinskianSakmarianAsselian*GSSP1. TITLE OF CONSTITUENT BODY: Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy, ICS2. OVERALL OBJECTIVES: To establish a reliable chronostratigraphic timescale for and subdivisions of the Permian and to promoteand refine regional correlation.3. FIT WITHIN IUGS SCIENCE POLICY: To promote an international chronostratigraphy.4. ORGANIZATION: The SPS has 4 officers, a Chair, a Secretary, and two Vice-Chairs. The subcommission is comprised of 16 votingmembers and 280 corresponding members from all regions of the world. The officers are listed below and the full list of voting membersfollows this report.Chairman: Bruce R. Wardlaw1 st Vice Chairman: Ernst Ya. LevenU.S. Geological Survey Geol. Inst. RAS 10917926A National Center Pyjevskyi per. 7Reston, VA, 20192-0001 USAMoscow, Russiabwardlaw@usgs.goviloewen@uniinc.msk.ruSecretary: Charles Henderson2 nd Vice Chairman: Clinton B. FosterDept. of Geology and GeophysicsAustralian Geological Survey Org.University of Calgary GPO Box 378Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4Canberra 2601, Australiahenderson@geo.ucalgary.cacfoster@selenite.agso.gov.au5. EXTENT OF NATIONAL/REGIONAL/GLOBAL SUPPORT FROM SORCES OTHER THAN IUGS:The SPS receives strong support from Russian, Chinese, and American governments and individuals when working on the specificSeries and Stages proposed in each country. The marine-terrestrial correlation activity, especially for the Upper Permian receives strongsupport from European countries, specifically from Italy, Germany, Russia and France. The University of Calgary (Canada) and BoiseState University (USA) helped support our operations. Russia and the Kazan government help support efforts for the regional Volgastandards for the Middle and Upper Permian and their correlation to the international standard. Individual donors and the U.S.Geological Survey strongly supported the activities of SPS this year.6. INTERFACE WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:3
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