自1963年出版以來，這本月刊是世界上最受尊敬的地球科學出版物之一。它的研究范圍廣泛，涉及地球物理、經濟地質學、古生物學、生物地層學、第四紀地球科學、構造地質學、構造學、沉積學、礦物學、巖石學、地球化學、地層學和冰川地質學。

Published since 1963, this monthly journal is one of the most respected earth science publications in the world. It is recognized for its wide-ranging coverage of research in geophysics, economic geology, paleontology, biostratigraphy, Quaternary geoscience, structural geology, tectonics, sedimentology, mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, stratigraphy, and glacial geology.