由经济古生物学家与矿物学家协会(SEPM)建立的指导委员会认为,在全球范围内研究观代沉积物与沉积岩的时机已成熟。随着全球观点的逐渐增强及沉积学与地层学折进展的不断获得,现在建立一个在世界范围内研究地球历史基本问题的新计划已成为可能。国际全球沉积地质学十年规划将促使各国沉积学家、地层学家、古生物学家 The Steering Committee, established by the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), believes that the time has come to study the evolution of sediments and sedimentary rocks worldwide. With the gradual increase of the global view and the continuous gain of sedimentology and stratigraphy, it is now possible to establish a new plan to study the basic problems of the history of the earth in the world. International Depositional Geology 10-year plan will prompt national sedimentologists, stratigraphy, paleontologists