Catastrophist Geology

Founder: Johan B.Kloosterman, field geologist, Caixa Postal 41.003 Rio de Janeiro / BRASIL

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This introductory issue has been composed by the founder. In the future, editorial responsability will be shared; permanent collaborators will be organized in the following groups:

1. an editorial board composed of people working in various branches of geology and palaeontology;

2. a board of advisors composed of people working in non-geo logical sciences: physics, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, history, archaeology, anthropology, etc.;

3. a group of correspondents composed of geologists, palaeonto- logists and others, who have some special knowledge and may occasionally be relied upon for advise or help.

The following persons have manifested their willingness to sit on these boards or to act as correspondents:

Doeko Goosen	pedologist	Enschede/Holland
Alistair Pitty	geomorphologist	Hull/Great Britain
V.Axel Firsoff	astronomer	Glastonbury/Great Br.
Horace C.Dudley	physicist	Chicago/U.S.A.
G.W.van Oosterhout	chemist	Delft/Holland
E.Nunes Pereira	anthropologist	Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Ewoud H. Bon	exploration geologist	Amsterdam/Holland
David J.Thomas	palaeontologist	Oswego/U.S.A.
Ron Middleton	exploration geologist	Rio de Janeiro/Brazil