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Conference on Applied Remote Sensing of Arid Lands Resources and Environment
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Office of Arid Lands Studies will sponsor a Conference on Applied Remote Sensing of Arid Lands Resources and Environment to be held November 14–16, 1973, at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Papers on the application of remote sensing in the management of arid lands resources will emphasize mineral and soil resources; rangeland, forest, and agricultural resources; water resources; environmental quality; and land use.
Hydro‐Analyses for the Engineer
Authors: Santeford H. S.
Published: October 2011

This text, like many European textbooks, would have to be considered by American standards as a ‘cookbook’ approach to engineering hydrology. The major methods used in the engineering analysis of hydrologic data are clearly presented and well illustrated with examples. How ever, the only information given is how to perform these analyses.

The book is an authorized translation from the Czech language edition of Nemec's text Inženýrská Hydrologic first published by SNTL, Prague, in 1964. Although not specifically stated, some updating has been done, consisting mainly of insertions in the text of references to WMO publications. (Nemec is presently Chief of the Hydrology and Water Resources Department of the World Meteorological Organization.)
Toward Uniform Hydrological Measurements
Authors: Santeford H. S.
Published: October 2011

Recognizing the need for uniform measurement techniques in performing integrated analyses in glaciology, the Working Group of the Inter national Commission of Snow and Ice of the International Association of Scientific Hydrology prepared this guide. It is published with the intention of providing a basis for inter national cooperation in attaining standardized measurements of all three glacial balances‐heat, ice, and water.

Recommendations concerning the types of measurements, equipment, and precision and frequency of observations are presented for both ‘standard stations’ and ‘special stations.’ Generally, these recommendations represent a realistic evaluation of what data are required as well as the precision that can be obtained from conventional techniques. Comments on sophisticated techniques and ‘other observations’ are also quite appropriate.
Annual sea level summary
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Knowledge of long‐period sea level variations is extremely important in the management and engineering fields of coastal zone management, beach erosion, harbor and waterway construction, pollution abatement and control, shore and sea boundaries, and wetlands preservation; as well as in specialized aspects of tectonics, glaciology, physical and geological oceanography, geodesy, meteorology, and climatology.

Since the uses to which long‐period sea level data may be applied vary widely with the above subjects, specialized data reductions and interpretations are impractical as a standard product. Conversely, raw sea level data discourage all but the enthusiastic time series analyst. As such, there is a great need for a basic reduction and presentation of sea level data in a form readily understandable and usable by this wide variety of management, engineering, and scientific interests.
Gordon Research Conferences
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Gordon Research Conferences for the summer of 1973 will be held in New Hampshire. The conferences were established to stimulate research in universities, research foundations, and industrial laboratories. This purpose is achieved by an informal type of meeting consisting of scheduled speakers and discussion groups. Sufficient time is available to stimulate informal discussion among the members of reach conference. Meetings are held in the morning and in the evening, Monday through Friday, with the exception of Friday evening. The afternoons are available for recreation, reading, or participation in discussion groups, as the individual desires. This type of meeting is a valuable means of disseminating information and ideas to an extent that could not be achieved through the usual channels of publication and presentation at scientific meetings. In addition, scientists in related fields become acquainted and valuable associations are formed that often result in collaboration and cooperative efforts among laboratories.
Symposium on Management of Municipal Watersheds
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A symposium on the Management of Municipal Watersheds will be held September 11–12, 1973, at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and at the New England Center for Continuing Education of the University of New Hampshire, Durham, on September 19–20, 1973. The symposium will focus on the results of research and practical applications in the management of municipal watersheds. The areas of greatest emphasis will be: effects of management practices on water quality and quantity; current management practices on municipal watersheds; multiple‐use management on municipal watersheds; income from forest management; recreation problems and opportunities; impact of construction and cultural activities; chemicals in timber and reservoir management programs; meeting future drinking‐water quality standards; state technical assistance programs; consultant's role in municipal watershed management. For further information write William E. Sopper, Symposium on Municipal Watershed Management, Land and Water Research Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802.
The President's Page: The next fiscal year
Authors: Spilhaus A. F.
Published: October 2011

Small meetings, publication backlogs, a permanent headquarters for the Union, and a group life insurance program for the membership were but a few of the many topics discussed at the spring meeting of the AGU Council. The February President's Page on topical conferences (‘An Additional Mode of Communication for AGU’) elicited considerable response. A program of four meetings in various areas of solar‐planetary relationships and one in petrology was approved for the coming year, and it is expected that the Executive Committee will be asked to approve several more before the next meeting of the Council. An increased flow of manuscripts had contributed to longer delays in publication and concern that JGR might go several thousand pages over its budget in 1973. The editors expressed reluctance to increase rejection rates, but everyone recognized that an increase in the projected deficit by as much as $60,000 was unacceptable. Increased page charges, longer backlogs, and higher subscription rates were all offered for solution of the problem. Finally, in a compromise, the editors were asked to be more highly selective in their acceptance of manuscripts, and an additional deficit of $20,000 was voted to allow publication of 1000 unbudgeted pages. The headquarters staff was ordered to publish all backlogged material as quickly as possible in order that the interests of the journal user could best be served.
NOAA Earthquake Programs to USGS, NSF
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The engineering seismological and earthquake research programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been moved to the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and the National Science Foundation.

The move, which involved about 75 scientists, engineers, technicians, as well as property and equipment at NOAA labs and offices in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Boulder, represents the first phase of an effort to consolidate federal research in earthquake prediction, earthquake control and modification, hazards assessment and reduction, and earthquake strong‐motion monitoring.
Undergraduate Program in Geomechanics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The University of Rochester has established a new undergraduate program in geomechanics. The program, which leads to the bachelor of science degree, is a joint effort of the University's Department of Geological Sciences, and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences.

According to Alfred Clark, chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences, ‘The course will emphasize a quantitative approach to the natural sciences.’ Clark believes the course will prove especially valuable for students who want training that will enable them to attack environmental problems.
Call for Papers for the Fifth International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fifth International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity will be held September 2–7, 1974, in Garmisch‐Partenkirchen, West Germany. Topics to be considered for papers include cloud physics, non‐convective clouds and precipitation; thunderstorms and showers; physics of lightning; atmosphere‐space coupling, solar‐terrestrial relation; global circuit and the Ten‐Year Program ions, basic research; ions, applied research; atmospheric electricity and meteorology; other celestial bodies, other atmospheric influence of the moon; and the principles and problems of instrumentation and data processing.

Deadline for the submission of papers, in three copies, is September 15, 1973. They should be no longer than two double‐spaced typewritten pages. These concepts should contain the problem to be treated, the significance or importance or urgency of that problem, methods applied, result or expected result, and the discussion of significance of result in a broader scope. References and figures are not yet required. A condition for the acceptance of papers is that the International System of Units be used.
Scientists suggest link between magnetic and atmospheric storms
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Scientists have speculated for many years that a dynamic link exists between sun‐induced storms in the earth's magnetic field and global weather patterns. Now two atmospheric scientists in Boulder, Colorado, have taken another small but significant step toward identifying that link.

The two investigators, Walter Orr Roberts, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Roger H. Olson, an Environmental Data Service research meteorologist with NOAA, appear to have confirmed a statistical relationship between the behavior of certain atmospheric features over the Gulf of Alaska and geomagnetic storms.
Tercentenary of scientific hydrology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The year 1974 will mark the end of the International Hydrological Decade. By coincidence, 1974 will be the 300th anniversary of the birth of scientific hydrology. The Coordinating Council of the International Hydrological Decade, at its third session, has recommended that a meeting be held in Paris in 1974 to celebrate the tercentenary of scientific hydrology, paying special tribute to the hydrologists who, by their work in the Seine River basin, founded the modern concept of water balance and set hydrology on the scientific path of experimentation and measurement.

Unesco, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences have agreed to hold the celebration in connection with the International Conference on the Results of the International Hydrological Decade and on Future Programs in Hydrology, which is to evaluate the results of the IHD and to consider long‐term programs in the field of hydrology to be conducted by Unesco and WMO after the end of the IHD.
Fifty‐Fourth Annual Meeting 1973
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fifty‐Fourth Annual Meeting was held April 16–20, 1973, at the Sheraton‐Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Total registration was 2502, 1717 of which were members, 342 student members, and 443 nonmembers. Last year's registration was 2504.

During the five‐day meeting 167 invited papers and 1291 contributed papers were scheduled in 137 scientific sessions. The total number of papers, 1458, is 18% larger than the previous all‐time high of 1230 papers that were presented at the Golden Anniversary Meeting of 1969.
Awards presented at Fifty‐Fourth Annual Meeting
Authors: Langbein Walter , Wollard George P. , Elsasser Walter M. , Vacquier Victor , Todd David K. , Freeze R. Allan
Published: October 2011

George P. Woollard is a man of huge and cheerful vitality, with an infectiously lively and critical interest in every aspect of geophysics. He has stimulated not only his students but his colleagues and collaborators all over the world. Not only does he, often without knowing it, spur them all to fresh efforts by his enthusiasms, but he has also always participated himself in the travels and the troubles and the tiresome reductions of mountains of data; and each time in the end he has surprised most of them by his quietly purposeful interpretations in terms of structural geology, his life‐long interest.

For a few years, physical oceanography at Woods Hole expanded his interests to global dimensions. Then for many years, from his home base at Wisconsin, he and his men flew with gravity instruments of every conceivable type to every continent and to every island airport in the world, seeking first the most trustworthy gravity measurements, and next the most thoroughly reliable interpretation of the gravity maps they drew together.
U.S./IHD Contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Clarke, F.E., and B.F. Jones, Significance of ground‐water chemistry in performance of north Sahara tube wells in Algeria and Tunisia, U.S. Geol. Surv. Water Supply Pap. 1757‐M, 1972 (prepared in cooperation with the governments of Algeria and Tunisia).
Surveying the Natural Wealth of the World
Authors: Taylor G. C.
Published: October 2011

Although prepared in its original Spanish‐language version primarily as a natural resources training aid for Latin America and available since mid‐1970 in the English language, this publication has not received the wider attention it deserves. The Case book is a compendium based on the 6 years of experience of a team of specialists in the Organization of American States (OAS) engaged in the design and execution of development‐oriented surveys of natural re sources. Unquestionably, the Case book has wide applicability through out the developing world, as well as in the developed countries, among those concerned with project design for integrated natural resources surveys and development.
Magnetic breath of lunar rock
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The following information was received from Vadim Levsky, a correspondent from the Novosti Press Agency.

During the Soviet Lunokhod‐2 mission, several characteristic parts of the lunar surface have been given names, so far unofficial. The name ‘Borozda Pryamaya’ (Straight Furrow) is the most frequently repeated nowadays. This furrow has been the source of constant argument while the Lunokhod had been moving in its direction. The furrow presents a great tectonic fracture. According to initial estimates its width is just under 1000 feet, its depth several dozen feet, and its length… This is where the selenologists first made a mistake. The fracture extends almost strictly in the north‐south direction and seems to be located entirely within the sea area, ending in a fan of crevices in the Circular (Kruglaya) Bay. Simulation has enabled the scientists to determine that the fracture extends far into the continental part of the lunar surface (to a distance of not less than 9.5 miles). The length of the open part of the fracture in the sea area is approximately the same. This brings the total length close to 20 miles. Selenologists are inclined to regard this figure as approximate, believing that further investigations will introduce corrections.
U.S.‐Soviet Agreement on world ocean
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The U.S. and USSR Agreement on Cooperation in Studies of the World Ocean, signed by Secretary Rogers and Foreign Minister Gromyko, augments and expands cooperation between the two countries in joint efforts to study the world ocean. During the past year many discussions of cooperative studies of the world ocean have taken place under both the U.S.‐USSR Agreement on Exchanges and Cooperation for 1972–1973 and the U.S.‐USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology (signed May 24, 1972).

The cooperation envisioned under this agreement will focus on the areas of large‐scale ocean‐atmosphere interaction, including laboratory studies, oceanic experiments, and mathematical modeling of the ocean‐atmosphere system; ocean currents of planetary scale and other questions of ocean dynamics; geochemistry and marine chemistry of the world ocean; geological and geophysical investigations of the world ocean, including deep sea drilling for scientific purposes; biological productivity of the world ocean and the bio‐chemistry of the functioning of individual organisms and whole communities in the world ocean; and intercalibration and standardization of oceanographic instrumentation and methods.
Conference on the Relationship between Linear Volcanic Chains, Melting Spots, and Plate Motions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Penrose Conference on The Relationship between Linear Volcanic Chains, Melting Spots, and Plate Motions will be convened by Marvin A. Lanphere and G. Brent Dalrymple, May 19–24, 1974, at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, on the Monterey Peninsula, California.

The purpose of the conference is to examine in detail the relationships between major linear volcanic chains, their proposed melting spots, and plate motions and t o evaluate the validity of the melting spot hypothesis. Primary emphasis will be on the petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of volcanic chains, the geophysical characteristics of proposed melting spots, melting spot models a n d the adequacy of theoretical mechanisms to account for the observed geologic, geochemical, and geophysical features of the chains, and the relations between relative plate motions deduced from linear volcanic chains and from magnetic anomaly patterns at spreading ridges. An important goal of the conference will be to promote interaction between earth scientists concerned mainly with the relationship of plate geometry to melting spot mechanisms, and those concerned primarily with detailed field, petrologic, and geochemical studies.
AGU editorial endorsement
Authors: Spilhaus A. F.
Published: October 2011

By now you have received a letter reviewing a life insurance policy that I believe will be of great benefit to you and your families

Why should the AGU become involved in announcing a life insurance plan? Because we are able to afford you something that would be difficult for you to obtain in any other way. We are able to provide you with ‘group’ membership.
Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
Authors: Spilhaus Athelstan
Published: October 2011

The following remarks were made at a press conference on May 21, 1973, at the Grosvenor estate, the proposed site for the complex of association headquarters to be built by the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF). The American Geophysical Union is one of the 11 member societies of RNRF; the others are the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, American Association of Conservation Information, American Fisheries Society, American Water Resources Association, Association of Interpretive Naturalists, Ecological Society of America, Society of American Foresters, Society of Range Management, Institute of Ecology, and Wildlife Society (Ed.).
The President's Page: Changes in the policy advisory structure
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

Geophysics has long enjoyed a favorable environment for support. This has been largely due to unfolding opportunities. Geophysics relates to many important national and international matters–raw materials, the sea, weather, natural disasters, and nuclear test detection to name a few. The favorable environment for geophysics also resulted from great leadership, e.g., the activities of such giants as Lloyd Berkner. These leaders were influential in the small elite group of science advisers whose recommendations dominated science decision‐making for two decades. They operated effectively through the President's Science Advisory Committee (P.S.A.C.) and through committees of the National Academy of Sciences.
Lunar Petrology Conference
Authors: Ridley W. I. , Reid A. M. , Brett P. R.
Published: October 2011

A Lunar Petrology Conference, sponsored by the Lunar Science Institute under NASA contract NSR‐09‐051‐001 and attended by nearly 100 scientists, was held from July 24 to 26, 1973, in Houston, Texas.

The principal aim of the conference was to bring together penologists and geochemists active in lunar research to discuss the present status of lunar petrology. The emphasis was placed on discussion with a minimum of formal presentations. In each session two or three keynote speakers reviewed present knowledge and highlighted problem areas in order to encourage discussion. The 3‐day meeting was characterized by lively, broad‐ranging, often humorous discussion of a variety of problems. The following is a short synopsis of the major areas of discussion.
Distance to Moon measured more accurately
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A team of U.S. scientists has succeeded in measuring variations in the 235,000‐mile distance to the moon with an accuracy of about 6 inches. In the next year or so, they hope to narrow this accuracy to about 1 inch.

‘Our purpose is to provide better data on the relative motions of the earth and moon,’ says James Faller, Chairman of the Lunar Ranging Experiment (LURE). ‘This information then can be used to study continental drift, to measure the wanderings of the earth's poles, to learn more about the complex phenomena inside the earth, and to determine the mass distribution in the interior of the moon.’
Patent Office gives priority to patent applications relating to energy
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent has announced that in response to a directive from President Nixon, the Commerce Department's U.S. Patent Office has instituted procedures for speeding up the processrng of patent applications relating to energy.

Effective immediately, Dent said the Patent Office will, on request, accord special status to all patent applications for inventions that materially contribute to the discovery or development of energy resources and to the more efficient utilization and conservation of energy resources.
Marine pathology services established
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Marine Pathology Services, for public use as well as for research and education, were established November 1 by the University of Miami Sea Grant Program.

In remarks made recently, Richard Bader, director of the UM Sea Grant Program said, ‘The increasing occurrences of fish kills, the pollution of shellfish, and the frequent appearance of diseased fish in catches has become a topic of national as well as South Florida interest. The public demands an explanation for the loss of these natural resources as well as recommendations for corrective action.’
Merger further clarified
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

In August 1973 the New York University School of Engineering and Science, including its Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, was merged into the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn to form the Polytechnic Institute of New York (see October News section).
“Planning for the year 2020” Theme of Civil Engineers' Meeting
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Society of Civil Engineers will meet at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, January 21–25, 1974. The meeting's theme is ‘20/20 Planning for the Year 2020.’ The program will focus on water resources planning and management in such areas as automatic management and control of water systems, systems analysis of the coastal environment, and earthquake risk in water resources planning. Sessions on electric power will cover hydroelectric plant design and siting with special reference to seismic considerations and to trends in design of circulating water systems.
Oceanexpo–Offshore
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Oceanexpo—Offshore ′74, the Second International Conference and Exhibition on Ocean Farming and Industrial Offshore Techniques, will be held in Bordeaux. France, from October 1 to 6, 1974.

As in 1971 Oceanexpo—Offshore will bring together several exhibitions, such as an international exhibition of ocean equipment; a working demonstration of marine and submarine engines and equipment; an international scientific and technical conference; and an industrial film festival on ocean farming and offshore techniques.
Conference to study results of Skylab Project
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Scientific results of the Skylab project will be the subject of the AIAA/AGU Space Science Conference to be held in Huntsville, Alabama, October 30–November 1, 1974.

The meeting is sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics technical committees on space and atmospheric physics and on atmospheric environment, the AIAA Alabama section, NASA‐G.C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and the AGU.
1976 Symposium on Metalogenesis organized
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Federation of Economic Geologists is organizing a symposium on ‘Metalogenesis in the Light of the New Global Tectonics’ to be held in Sydney, Australia, in 1976.

The symposium is being organized under the auspices of the International Union of Geological Sciences and the Organizing Committee of the Twenty‐Fifth International Geological Congress (see International Geophysics).
Contract for air pollution study awarded
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A contract to analyze and predict the quality of air in and surrounding a proposed 9.2‐mile freeway section near Portland, Oregon, has been awarded to Systems, Science and Software of La Jolla, California, by the Oregon State Highway Department.

The purpose of the three‐month study is to predict the future air quality in terms of the projected concentrations of carbon monoxide, nonreactive total hydrocarbons, and lead for the years 1978, 1985, and 1990. The study will provide information on pollution expected under calm wind and light wind conditions with highly stable air masses.
Direct measurement of water movement in the zone of aeration
Authors: Nielsen D. R. , Corey J. C.
Published: October 2011

A perusal of published papers dealing with the theory and technology of direct measurement of soil water movement in the zone of aeration indicates that several promising measurement methods have been developed but remain essentially untested. Only a relatively small number of investigators throughout the world have yet taken the opportunity to try these methods.

Knowledge of the effects that events at the soil surface may have on the rate of water movement through the zone of aeration can be an important tool in managing the quality and quantity of groundwater through control of the recharging waters.
Project to test windmill generator
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have announced an agreement for the design, building, and testing of an experimental 100‐kW wind turbine generator.

The project, which is a part of the Wind Energy Conversion Systems research program of the NSF, will be implemented by NASA's Lewis Research Center at Cleveland, Ohio. The experimental system, equipped with a 125‐foot‐diameter rotor blade mounted atop a 125‐foot tower, will be erected and tested at the NASA Lewis Plum Brook test area at Sandusky, Ohio.
Icelanders' battle with dead volcano continues
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Of the twenty or so volcanoes that erupted in 1973, Eldfell volcano on Heimaey Island in Iceland was by far the most destructive. According to scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey, it also represents man's most successful attempt at volcanic control.

The volcano was officially declared dead by Icelandic scientists on July 3, 1973. A year later the inhabitants are still laboring to uncover their farmlands and rebuild their homes. That there is so much left to salvage is thanks to the ingenuity of scientists who devised a technique to abate the lava flow as well as to the courage and determination of the islanders.
New mineral data nomenclature adopted
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

New definitions for such crucial terms as ‘reserves’ and ‘resources’ in minerals have been jointly adopted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey. The new definitions are more accurate than those they supersede in describing the estimated production potential of mineral deposits, including fuels.

Because the Bureau of Mines and the USGS both collect important information about minerals, a common terminology is essential to evaluate the data for government planning. The classification system agreed upon is based on two key criteria: the extent of geological knowledge about the resource and the economic feasibility of its recovery. The new definitions are listed below.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new version of the Graf/Pen Sonic Digitizer, used to convert graphic information into digital form for data processing, has been developed by Science Accessories Corporation.

Although the new Model GP‐3 incorporates major improvements in operation, flexibility, and serviceability, it is priced lower than previous models, according to Rolf Kates, SAC's marketing vice president.
Awards presented at Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting: Walter H. Bucher Medal to Maurice Ewing
Authors: Gilluly James
Published: October 2011

Maurice Ewing was born in Texas in 1906. He had all his collegiate and university training at Rice University, where he received the doctorate in physics in 1931.

He first taught at Pittsburgh and Lehigh Universities in the days when research grants were few, small, and hard to come by. He was able, though, to wangle some support for seismic profiling of the Coastal Plain, with fascinating but tantalizing results. What does the continental shelf look like?
Water percolation in the oceanic crust?
Authors: Lister C. R. B.
Published: October 2011

There is growing evidence that water percolates throughout the crust at an oceanic spreading center. Perhaps it is time to think about how to use the deep ocean floor drill holes planned by the International Program for Ocean Drilling to test this hypothesis.

Interpretations of heat flow data and of the surface sediment composition near mid‐ocean ridge crests are beginning to suggest that water percolates to substantial depths in the fresh oceanic crust. The heavy metal content of the uppermost sediment increases as the ridge crest is approached and peaks spectacularly if it is expressed as a ratio to alumina concentration [Piper, 1973]. The purpose of using alumina as the inorganic invariant is to remove the effect of dilution by biogenic carbonate and silica, for this introduces a large scatter into the absolute concentrations of inorganically deposited material.
Current status of understanding quasi‐permanent fields associated with earthquakes
Authors: Brune James N.
Published: October 2011

Many of the basic concepts relating to displacement fields associated with earthquakes were lucidly described by H.F. Reid in his discussion of the mechanism of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, originally published in 1910 and recently republished [Reid, 1969]. His presentation is a natural beginning point for a modern discussion.
The President's Page: Building for the future [Guest Editorial]
Authors: Spilhaus A. F.
Published: October 2011

Penrose, Day, and Horton are names familiar to many earth scientists. Although they contributed actively to the earth sciences during their lifetimes, they are today perhaps better known for the work done in their names and through funds set aside by them. Penrose Place in Boulder, Colorado, is the site of the beautiful building housing the Geological Society of America; administered by the National Academy of Sciences the Arthur L. Day Fund provides for grants to individuals who are working for the advancement of study of the physics of the earth; the Horton Fund of AGU's section of Hydrology was first used to provide capital for starting Water Resources Research and is now used principally for small grants in support of research.

Nonprofit organizations rely on gifts and bequests for acquiring capital to free them from a hand‐tomouth existence and to permit the establishment of innovative programs. Some programs, such as scholarships and research grants, require continuing funds; other programs, such as buildings, require substantial initial support, since they will not begin to pay back their costs for many years. A nonprofit scientific society may never build the financial reserves for such undertakings.
Radioactive waste storage in the arid zone
Authors: Winograd Isaac J.
Published: October 2011

By the turn of the century, nuclear power may generate more than one‐half of the electric energy, and about one‐third of the total energy consumed in the United States [Thompson, 1971; Chapman et al., 1972]. By 2020, the total quantity of high‐level radioactive wastes (HLW) generated as a byproduct of nuclear fuel reprocessing for such power generation may total about 900,000 m3 as liquid or 70,000 m3 as solid [Gera and Jacobs, 1972]; the radioactivity of long‐lived nuclides in the HLW will total about 8.7×1010 Ci [Gera and Jacobs, 1972]. (High‐level wastes are defined as wastes containing at least 1 Ci of radioactivity per liter of liquid, or 70 Ci/kg of solid [American Institute of Chemical Engineering, ANSI Standard N5.8‐1967]. Wastes from chemical processing of irradiated nuclear fuels typically contain several hundred to several thousand curies per gallon [Fox, 1969].)
Satellite images of United States now available to public
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Virtually cloud‐free space images of all parts of the 48 conterminous United States have been taken by NASA's Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Erts 1) and are now available for public sale.

Erts 1 was launched on July 23, 1972, and although it was designed to last only one year, it is still sending back picture images. Erts 2 is scheduled for launching in 1975.
Groundwater Association Annual Meeting plans
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Association of State Groundwater Officials (NASGO), a nonprofit organization of representatives of state government agencies substantially concerned with groundwater, will hold its annual meeting on October 21–23, 1974, in Boise, Idaho.

The association lists the following purposes in its Articles of Association, adopted in 1973: to be informed of current trends and problems related to groundwater; to review and analyze methods and techniques used in studying groundwater problems; to analyze, propose, and influence relevant state and national legislation and policy; to develop coordinated plans of action to meet interstate and regional needs; to evaluate and propose policy and procedure with respect to land treatment and waste disposal; to examine relationships between local, state, and federal agencies concerned with groundwater and make recommendations, taking cognizance of the potential in advice and services offered by private individuals and institutions; to encourage utilization of groundwater reservoirs in the development and management of water resources.
GSA Penrose Conference on Plio‐Pleistocene Geochronology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Geological Society of America will sponsor a Penrose Conference on Plio‐Pleistocene Geochronology in Mammoth, California, from June 8 to 13, 1975.

Partial financial support of attendance for student and international participants will be available.
Application of mathematical models in hydrology and water resources systems–Symposium and Workshops
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Association of the Hydrological Sciences, with the support of Unesco and the World Meteorological Organization, will convene a symposium and workshops on the Application of Mathematical Models in Hydrology and Water Resources Systems in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, from September 8 to 13, 1975. The meeting is being organized by the Czechoslovak National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme in cooperation with the IAHS.

Attention will be focused on the practical application of deterministic, stochastic, and system models in hydrology; the gap between theory and practice in the modeling of catchment behavior and of water resources systems; and exploration of the relationship between catchment models and water resource system models.
EPA publishes field year reports
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A 336‐page compendium of the first annual reports of investigators on ten IFYGL biological studies has been published by the Environmental Protection Agency. The studies are being performed under grants administered by that agency's Grosse Ile (Michigan) Laboratory.

The First Annual Reports of the EPA IFYGL Projects is part of EPA's Ecological Research Studies Series (EPA 660/3‐73‐021, December 1973). It does not cover the lake chemistry program, which was conducted through the Rochester (New York) field office of EPA's Region 2.
IFYGL Symposium at AGU Meeting
Authors: Ragan R.
Published: October 2011

A half‐day Symposium on the International Field Year for the Great Lakes was held as part of the hydrology and meteorology program of the Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Approximately 140 persons attended the symposium, which was organized as a joint United States–Canadian contribution to the International Hydrological Decade.

The organizing committee consisted of T.L. Richards and E.J. Aubert, the Canadian and U.S. co‐chairmen of the Joint Management Team; H.S. Santeford of the U.S. IHD Secretariat; and E.L. Peck, chairman of the Committee on Precipitation, Section of Hydrology, AGU. The committee is to be congratulated for their organization and especially for ensuring that advance copies of the papers were available at the meeting.
Notes and commentary
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Advanced Concepts and Techniques in the Study of Snow and Ice Resources is the title of the 790‐page proceedings volume from the symposium of the same name held at Asilomar Conference Grounds, Monterey, California, in December 1973. The volume was published by the National Academy of Sciences in July 1974.

The book contains the full text and illustrations of 70 of the 71 papers presented at the interdisciplinary symposium, organized under the 7 section topics of the meeting: Information Needs and Distinguishing Characteristics, Snow and Ice—Distinguishing Characteristics, Information Systems, Radar Techniques, Remote Sensing Techniques, Nuclear Techniques, and Miscellaneous Techniques.
Books: The marriage of Soil and Water, and Wrestling With Mother Nature
Authors: Evans D. D. , Schneider W. J. , Maddock Thomas , Gladwell J. S.
Published: October 2011

Field Soil Moisture Regime, edited by R. Russell Taylor, Klaus W. Flack, and Howard M. Taylor. SSSA Special Publication 5, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wis., 224 pp., 1973.

This publication consists of the eleven papers presented at a symposium held on August 16, 1971, during the annual meetings of the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. As the title implies, emphasis in each of the papers is on the quantitative or qualitative description of soil moisture regimes under field conditions. Certainly, no attempt was made to include all aspects of the subject, but the papers provide a broad spectrum of approaches and results and offer excellent bibliographies.
Processing and interpreting geophysical data: Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An interassociation Symposium on Processing and Interpretation of Geophysical Data will be held at the Sixteenth General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, August 24–September 6, 1975, in Grenoble, France.

The symposium is tentatively organized into three sessions: (1) assimilation/compression, quality evaluation, and representation or display of large quantities of data (emphasis on computer techniques); (2) techniques of spectral analysis, filtering/smoothing, and correlation; (3) data inversion; application of mathematical/computer techniques to physical problems.
USGS Earthquake Research Center solicits research proposals
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey is soliciting proposals for research grants/contracts under its Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, with headquarters at the USGS National Center for Earthquake Research in Menlo Park, California.

The general areas of interest are (a) evaluation and mapping of geologic hazards associated with earthquakes, (b) earthquake prediction research and implementation, (c) physics of crustal deformation and failure, and (d) ground motion prediction and related studies.
Symposium on Ozone for Water and Waste Water Treatment: Call for papers
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A call for papers has been issued by the organizers of the Second International Symposium on Ozone for Water and Waste Water Treatment, to be held at the Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, May 11–14, 1975.

In addition to papers on the major theme of the conference, contributions are solicited in other related fields of ozone technology, e.g., ozone generation, analytical chemistry of ozone, air treatment, industrial and municipal deodorizing, and atmospheric ozone studies.
The President's Page: Working together
Authors: Spilhaus A.F.
Published: October 2011

It is Almost a part of our culture to organize an association whenever we are faced with a problem or objective. The myriad of environmental groups that have sprung up in recent years are an example of this tendency. The association makes sense; it can concentrate resources on specific problems, improve communications, eliminate duplication of effort and present the views of like‐minded individuals with a voice much greater than the sum of its parts. But does it? There are so many individual associations that many of the benefits that could be derived from them are negated by their blundering across each other's paths. With science and scientists held in general disrepute by the public it is important to avoid apparent conflicts and waste of our resources and to build as many pillars of strength as possible. Strong scientific societies that are able to act in harmony can be one such pillar.
AAAS announces Mass Media Intern Program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Association for the Advancement of Science announces a program supporting up to 10 outstanding advanced graduate students in the social and natural sciences as intern reporters, researchers, or production assistants in a variety of media for the summer of 1975. In a few exceptional cases junior, senior, or postdoctoral candidates will be considered.

Candidates who can present convincing reasons for extending their interships through the fall may be permitted to do so. The students will work for specific media organizations in an existing intern program operated for undergraduates and recent graduates who are planning journalism careers.
AAAS Annual Meeting
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The 141st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held January 26–31, 1975, at the Americana Hotel in New York, continues a recent pattern of AAAS meetings consisting of holding a series of symposia organized around a central theme so as to better communicate the results of science across disciplines and across the ‘two‐culture’ barrier that seems to separate science from the rest of society.

The program this year explores ‘Science and the Quality of Life.’ It consists of about 125 separate symposia on the role of science in human health, human imagination, human environment, and, in deference to the host city as one of the world's largest urban areas, in the metropolis. A preliminary program appears in the September 27, 1974, issue of Science.
Pacific science congress meets in Canada
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Thirteenth Pacific Science Congress will be held on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from August 18 to 30, 1975. The theme of the congress is ‘Mankind's Future in the Pacific.’

The Pacific Science Association, sponsor of the congress, was founded in 1920 and now numbers 46 countries or areas as members and 7 as honorary members.
Scientific and technical communications guidebook
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A guidebook for innovations in scientific and technical communication is being developed under the aegis of the National Science Foundation. Under contract with the NSF's Office of Scientific Information Service, Applied Communication Research in Stanford, California, and Capital Systems Group in Rockville, Maryland, have begun gathering information from selected individuals and organizations.

For some time the NSF has been concerned over the slow rate of improvement in the state‐of‐the‐art of conveying scientific and technical information dissemination systems, devices, and practices for subsequent listing, description, and evaluation. The guidebook, to be titled ‘Innovation in the Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information,’ is intended for use by publishers, editors, writers, and individuals of allied responsibilities.
Quantitative magnetospheric models: Topic of conference in May
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A topical Conference on Quantitative Magnetospheric Models will be sponsored by AGU from May 6 to 8, 1975. Locations in southern California are being considered for the meeting.

The purpose of the conference is to determine which magnetospheric models are available, to discuss their limitations, and to decide which models would be most useful. Discussions will be augmented by papers on the descriptions of various observational data. The uses of observational data for the development of quantitative models and models for organizing such data will be discussed.
IHD Coordinating Council holds last session
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The ninth and last session of the Coordinating Council for the International Hydrological Decade was held at Unesco House in Paris a few days before the End‐of‐Decade Conference and Celebration of the Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology. The council session ended on a note of nostalgia for the IHD's ten‐year effort and‐a note of hope for the succeeding International Hydrological Program (IHP).

The principal accomplishments of the session were the termination of the mandates of the existing working groups, the submission of recommendations to the Unesco General Conference for the completion of publications begun but not yet issued, and the preparation of recommendations to the Intergovernmental Council of the IHP concerning the operations of working groups and panels.
U.S./IHP plan
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

United States participation in the post‐Decade International Hydrological Program (IHP) is being organized in general accordance with the recommendations made by the Panel on Post‐Decade Procedures established by the U.S. National Committee for the International Hydrological Decade (USNC/IHD).

One of the principal recommendations of the report ‘United States Participation in the International Hydrological Program, 1975—’resulted in the acceptance by the U.S. Geological Survey, at the request of the Department of State, of lead‐agency responsibility for U.S. participation in the IHP. Selection of the USGS (a part of the Department of the Interior) for this task was made by the Department of State after consultation with representatives of federal agencies with interests in international water‐related programs.