《相》雜志發表了關于通過最廣義的相分析解釋古代和現代生物巖和碳酸鹽沉積環境的論文。相分析曾經是油氣勘探研究的核心內容，它綜合了地球變化的現代和古代生物地質過程。特別強調古生物學和生態學、盆地演化、沉積學(包括成巖作用和地球化學)以及強調生命對地球歷史影響的研究

The journal Facies presents papers dealing with the interpretation of ancient and modern biotopes and carbonate depositional environments by means of facies analysis in its broadest sense. Once the central part of research in hydrocarbon exploration, facies analysis integrates modern and ancient biogeological processes of a changing earth. Special emphasis is placed on paleobiology and -ecology, basin evolution, sedimentology including diagenesis and geochemistry, as well as studies emphasizing the impact of life on earth history