International Geological Congress 1998

This special issue contains 8 papers that were PAGES contributions to the International Geological Congress in Beijing in August 1998.

> Editorial [p.77]
Dodson JR & Guo ZT

> Interannual polar motion with relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation [p.79]
Zhou Y, Zheng D, Zhao M & Chao BF

> Neogene–Quaternary variations of the `Pole–Equator' temperature gradient of the surface oceanic waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific [p.85]
Nikolaev SD, Oskina NS, Blyum NS & Bubenshchikova NV

> Climate extremes in Loess of China coupled with the strength of deep-water formation in the North Atlantic [p.113]
Guo Z, Liu T, Fedoroff N, Wei L, Ding Z, Wu N, Lu H, Jiang W & An Z

> Origin and derived courses of eolian dust quartz deposited during marine isotope stage 2 in East Asia, suggested by ESR signal [p.129]
Ono Y, Naruse T, Ikeya M, Kohno H & Toyoda S

> The effect of source area and atmospheric transport on mineral aerosol collected over the North Pacific Ocean [p.137]
Arnold E, Merrill J, Leinen M & King J

> Timing and response of vegetation change to Milankovitch forcing in temperate Australia and New Zealand [p.161]
Dodson JR

> Onset of aridity in southern Western Australia—a preliminary palaeomagnetic appraisal [p.175]
Zheng H, Wyrwoll K-H, Li Z & Powell CM

> Past and future carbon balance of European ecosystems from pollen data and climatic models simulations [p.189]
Peng CH, Guiot J & Campo EV