国际大陆边缘地质科学讨论会于1986年10月21—27日在南京大学召开。出席这次会议的有来自全国各地的中国学者专家、教授和来自美国、加拿大,英国、西德、法国、澳大利亚、日本等国的地质学家等共百余各代表。日本著各大地构造学家上田城也和美国著名地体学家HoweII等参加了会议。近些年来,随着板块构造理论对大陆内部的实践和探索,大陆边缘地质的研究得到了迅猛的发展。这不仅因为它对发展地质理论有着极为重要的意义,而且对促进固体矿产和油气资源的开发,也具有非常现实的意义。在这次讨论会上,各国学者着重就大陆边缘构造及地球物理学、大陆边缘岩石学及大陆 International continental margin geological science seminar was held in Nanjing University from October 21 to 27, 1986. More than 100 delegates from Chinese scholars, professors and geologists from the United States, Canada, Britain, West Germany, France, Australia, Japan and other countries attended the conference. Ueno Ueda, a major Japanese structuralist, also joined the famous American somatologist HoweII. In recent years, with the theory and practice of plate tectonics on the mainland, the research on continental margin geology has been rapidly developed. This is not only because it is of great significance to the development of geological theories but also of great practical significance in promoting the development of solid minerals and oil and gas resources. At the symposium, scholars from various countries focused on the continental margin tectonics and geophysics, the marginal continental petrology and the mainland