1. Editorial

   • G. D. Garland

   EditorialNotes Pages: 294 - 298

2. The XVIIIth General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) at Humburg, FR Germany, 1983

   • Franz Goerlich
   • Wolfgang Torge

   IUGG Union Lectures 1983 Pages: 299 - 300

3. The International Geophysical Year (1957–1958): Great achievements and minor obstacles

   • Nicolet Marcel

   IUGG Union Lectures 1983 Pages: 303 - 320

4. Waters of the Earth

   • Dooge J. C. J.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 340

5. The contribution of satellite geodesy to the geosciences

   • Sigl Rudolf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 362

6. Rotating fluids in geophysics and planetary physics

   • Hide R.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 377

7. Subduction zones: Their diversity, mechanism and human impacts

   • Uyeda S.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 406

8. International symposium on spatial data handling

   The International Geographical Union Reports Pages: 407 - 409

9. XIII^th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography Congress Centrum Hamburg, 9–18 August 1984

   Announcement Pages: 409 - 410