Some Topics in English Newsmagazines in 2018, with Special Reference to Mineral Resources, Regional Geology, and Anthropocene

Information collected from geological newsmagazines in 2018 is reviewed. First topic is mineral resources such as mineral commodity summary in USA and gold deposits in Ethiopia. Second topic is regional geology. Visiting points of Corsica and Oman are introduced. The Qinling orogenic belt is reviewed in detail. As third topic, the Anthropocene is overviewed, especially discussion whether the Holocene was over. In addition, the meeting on future of national geological survey is introduced.