由美國地質(zhì)學(xué)會出版。ISSN: 1553-040X。Geosphere是GSA進軍電子出版物領(lǐng)域的雄心壯志。這項工作的主要目標(biāo)是以傳統(tǒng)格式無法處理的方式處理及時出版研究成果、數(shù)據(jù)、軟件和教育發(fā)展的明確和日益增長的需要。第二個目標(biāo)是與科學(xué)界的其他努力建立接口，這些努力尋求改進數(shù)據(jù)的訪問和保存，以及方便地訪問GIS數(shù)據(jù)庫和建模結(jié)果等資源。與傳統(tǒng)的模式相比，Geosphere并不尋求取代傳統(tǒng)模式，它將是創(chuàng)新的、進化的。

Published by The Geology Society of America. ISSN: 1553-040X.Geosphere is GSA’s ambitious entry into electronic publication. The primary goal of this effort is to address the clear and growing need for timely publication of research results, data, software, and educational developments in ways that cannot be addressed by traditional formats. A secondary goal is building an interface with other efforts within the scientific community that seek improvement of access to and preservation of data along with easy access to resources such as GIS databases and modeling results. Compared to traditional formats, which it does NOT seek to replace, Geosphere will be innovative and evolutionary.