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Zambia awards contract for minerals survey
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

K.C.M. Nyalugwe, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development of the Republic of Zambia, recently announced the award of a contract for a 500,000‐square‐kilometer airborne magnetic and gamma ray survey for geological mapping. The contract was awarded to GeoMetrics, an international geophysical instrument and services company with headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

The contract covers an aerial survey program for the Geological Survey of Zambia. GeoMetrics will collect aeromagnetic and airborne gamma ray spectrometer data in digital form over the entire central African nation. The data will be computer processed and mapped by GeoMetrics, and the results will be integrated with data from Zambia's countrywide geochemical and geological mapping program.
Las Vegas laboratory designated as National Environmental Research Center
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency's Western Environmental Research Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been designated as the Agency's fourth National Environmental Research Center. It will be concerned with environmental monitoring.

The Las Vegas Center was founded in 1959 as a radiological health laboratory of the U.S. Public Health Service. Throughout its history it has developed and used new techniques for monitoring and sampling radioactive pollutants in the environment. In December 1970 it was made a part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency and was soon incorporated into the EPA's Office of Research and Monitoring, being renamed the Western Environmental Research Laboratory.
[Comment on “Large‐scale concentration and conversion of solar energy” by Hildebrandt, et al.] Comment on “solar energy”
Authors: Lister Clive R. B.
Published: October 2011

In the July issue of EOS, Hildebrandt, Haas, Jenkins, and Colaco have presented an interesting technical exercise by developing the design for a solar‐powered electrical generating system using steerable Fresnel mirrors and a fixed boiler [‘Large Scale Concentration and Conversion of Solar Energy,’ p. 684]. They suggest that such an arrangement could be capable of supplying the bulk of United States energy needs in the year 2000, but their economic analysis has not considered several important aspects of the overall logistics. For want of a better source, this note will draw upon the applicable numbers in their paper and will be confined largely to re‐examination of certain aspects of the overall feasibility.
1973 Eclipse Cruise
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An African Eclipse Cruise to observe and study one of the three longest eclipses since 699 A.D. has been scheduled for June 1973.

Sponsored by Cunard Line and Eclipse Cruises, the fifteen‐day voyage will combine scientific research and educational opportunities with the pleasures of a luxury cruise.
Sixteenth meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On the invitation of the Deutsche Forschungagemeinschaft, the Sixteenth Meeting of the Committee on Space Research will be held in Konstanz, West Germany, May 23–June 6, 1973. Before the regular meeting of COSPAR three symposia will be held. Scheduled for May 23–25 is a symposium oh Approaches to Earth Survey Problems through the Use of Space Techniques; May 23–25 there will be a symposium on the Methods of Measurement and Results of Lower Ionosphere Structure; and on May 24–25 there will be a symposium on Noctilucent Clouds and Interplanetary Dust. Throughout the symposia there will also be meetings of working groups.
CIRES Visiting Fellowship Program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) promotes research and teaching in the physical sciences related to the earth and its environment. CIRES is jointly supported by, the University of Colorado and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and serves as a center for multidisciplinary collaboration of research workers from the numerous scientific laboratories in Boulder and elsewhere. Currently, the principal research interests are in the mechanics of the solid earth, earthquakes, the geomagnetic field and paleomagnetism, electrical and electro‐magnetic phenomena within the earth, its atmosphere and the space around it, and the dynamics of the atmosphere.
The National Research Council's research associateship program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Research Council has announced the Research Associateship program for 1973. The Associateship programs enable postdoctoral investigators to conduct research, largely of their own choice, in selected federal laboratories. Participating in the program are the Air Force Systems Command, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Naval Research Laboratory, Smithsonian. Astrophysical Observatory, Feltman Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agricultural Research Service, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (U.S. Navy), Bureau of Mines, National Bureau of Standards, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Naval Undersea Center, Naval Weapons Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Possible lethal volcanic hazard on the Moon
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

University of Hawaii scientists have concluded from studies of Hawaii's volcanic activity that, in the high vacuum on the moon's surface, vapors from lava flows would present a lethal hazard.

The studies were headed by John J. Naughton, professor of chemistry and senior researcher in the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics.
Doppler radar identifies birds in flight
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are developing a doppler radar technique for identifying birds in flight.

Once perfected, the technique may be applied to airport safety in areas where birds are a hazard. It also may help solve the mysteries of bird migration and other ornithological questions.
Summer Advanced Study Institute in Physics and Chemistry of Atmospheres
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

There will be a Summer Advanced Study Institute on Earth's Particles and Fields August 13–24, 1973, at the University of Sheffield, England. The purpose of the Institute is to present and adequately discuss experimental and theoretical results and to help educate a number of pre‐ and post‐doctoral students and new researchers in the physics and chemistry of atmospheres. The Institute will serve to identify important areas of agreement and disagreement and will focus attention on multi‐disciplinary research and key problems of the future. The two week Institute will have about 40 one‐hour lecture periods with adequate time for discussions.
The President's Page: The government and geophysics
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

When Will Rogers, famed for his wry wit, once said ‘If you don't like the weather in Washington, stick around for fifteen minutes,’ it is likely that he had something in mind besides the sudden government showers that often pour down at about 5 o'clock during the summer months. At any rate, his remarks seem particularly appropriate when one views the current political scene and its interaction with geophysics. The key agencies dealing with science have experienced heavy weather and anxious moments; some seem to be emerging into fairer days, others are crouching in the storm cellar.

During the first Nixon years the administration moved cautiously. There was one major change affecting science in which a number of agencies were merged together in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For most science agencies the financial situation was relatively favorable, though academic geophysics was hit rather badly by a tightness in funds‐especially those for support of fellowships, a continuation of a trend already noticeable in the Johnson years.
Galloping glaciers monitored from space
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

‘Galloping’ or surging glaciers, as well as nonsurging glaciers up to 40 miles in length around Mt. McKinley in south central Alaska, have been identified clearly in images returned from the first experimental Larth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS 1).

The images, also revealing the extent of sediment plumes from coastal glaciers, offer considerable promise as a tool for monitoring the behavior of glaciers. The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) program is aimed at applying high‐altitude photographic data to a variety of natural resource and environmental problems.
AAAS Symposium on Sea and Its Resources
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Association for the Advancement of Science will sponsor a symposium on the Sea and Its Resources to be held in Mexico City on June 25–28, 1973. The resources of the sea represent a significant potential for the future of mankind. The symposium will try to identify these resources more completely and to determine how they can be used wisely.

Topics to be discussed at the symposium include: coastal zone resources and their management; ocean effects on weather and climate; nonrenewable resources; living resources; ocean affairs; coastal zone resources and their management; characteristics and uses of coastal zone; mineral resources (oil, salt, sulfur, etc.); biological resources (fishing, aquaculture, etc.); pollution and impact on resources; management and allocation of coastal resources; ocean effects on weather and climate; long range impact on weather and climate; severe storms; small scale air‐sea interactions; GATE (GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment); satellite surveillance of ocean and weather; numerical modeling of coupled airsea systems; non‐renewable resources; information resources of the sea floor: paleoenvironmental data and investigation regarding the search for non‐renewable resources; shelf exploration—geophysics/shallow exploratory drilling/sampling history, development and trends; sea floor minerals—investigations, resources, exploitation—future; subsurface resources—petroleum, gas, sulfur, other chemical deposits; deep sea drilling program results as related to resources; technology of subsea mineral exploitation; living resources; the living resources in the seas around the Americas; conventional and unconventional methods of assessment of living resources; management of living resources; management of living resources—case histories; pelagic resources, deep, medium, and shallow depths; new technologies for the use of living resources from the sea, both conventional and unconventional; ocean affairs; conduct and management of ocean research; development of oceanographic capabilities; international cooperation in ocean science; and oceanography and the development of living resources.
Fifteenth Annual Western Resources Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fifteenth Annual Western Resources Conference—‘Salinity: A Critical Review of Causes and Control,’ will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, July 9–11, 1973. The conference, through speakers and workshop groups, will assess the state of the art of diagnosing causes and designing efficient controls over growing salinity in water supplies. National and international problems will also be addressed. For further information, write to the Bureau of Conferences and Institutes, Division of Continuing Education, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302.
International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

New Orleans, Louisiana, will be the site for an International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge to be held September 26–30, 1973. Sponsored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, the symposium will include papers on the theory and practice of subsurface waste disposal and the artificial recharge of aquifers. Hydrogeological, geochemical, environmental and regulatory aspects related to these subjects will be considered for acceptance on the program. Interesting field trips are planned in New Orleans and the surrounding area.
Pecora Conference on Water at Princeton
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A two‐day conference at Princeton University on ‘Water and the Environmental Crunch’ is planned for April 26–27, 1973.

The conference is dedicated to the memory of William T. Pecora, who served most recently as Under Secretary of the Interior and whose overall views on the environment won him praise from all sides. There will be four panels: Environmental Aspects, Industry at Grips with the Water Problem, Research in the Area, and Planning for the Future.
Oceans get 1.3 million tons of sediment daily from U.S. rivers
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Rivers in the conterminous United States discharge an average of about 1.3 million tons of sediment every day according to a report released by the U.S. Geological Survey. The report notes that most of this soil and rock debris is dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River alone discharges about 245 million tons of sediment every year into the Gulf, which is almost as much as all other U.S. rivers combined.

USGS hydrologist, William F. Curtis, senior author of the report, said: ‘Knowledge of the amount of sediment transported by our rivers is important for a variety of reasons. For example, because sediment yields are an indication of the rates of erosion in a basin, they can be used to assess land use practices and to plan reservoirs with enough space to store the expected sediment accumulations and still function effectively as water reservoirs. Similarly, sediment yields are a good indication of the amount of sediment that must be dredged from harbors and channels to maintain navigation depths.’
The Ninth American Water Resources Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Water Resources Association announces its Ninth Annual Conference to be held in Seattle, Washington, October 21–26, 1973. The theme of the conference is The Changing Environment for Water Resources. Papers are invited in any aspect of water resources research, planning, development, management, education and information systems. Special attention will be given to the topics listed below: Population Growth Policies and Water; Land Use Activity and Allocation; Canadian‐U.S. Water Policy Relationships; National Environmental Act and Water; Recent Federal Legislation and Water; Water Transportation; Surface Water Management; The Closed System of Water Supply, Treatment and Re‐Use: How far can we go?; Water Diversion; National Energy Policy and Water; River and Stream Management: for water supply, fish, recreation; River Basin Modeling as a Decision Tool; Indian Rights and Water; and Socio‐Economic Aspects of Water.
International Colloquium on Mars
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology will host an International Colloquium on Mars in Pasadena, California, from November 28 to December 1, 1973. Sponsoring organizations will be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the American Astronomical Society, and the American Geophysical Union. The Organizing Committee, which contains international representation, is under the chairmanship of B. C. Murray. Attendance will be limited to approximately 400 American and foreign scientists who are active in the exploration of Mars.
Interdisciplinary Symposium on Advanced Concepts and Techniques in the Study of Snow and Ice Resources
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Symposium on Advanced Concepts and Techniques in the Study of Snow and Ice Resources will be held on December 2–6, 1973, at the Asilomar Conference Grounds at Monterey, California. The symposium is being organized to discuss new concepts and techniques that may be applicable to the effective management of snow and ice resources. The special focus is on measurement; on data accumulation and information dissemination systems; and on how new techniques from electronics, nuclear, remote sensing, telemetric, and other allied fields are or may be applied to the study of the four major subdivisions of the subject of snow and iceseasonal snow cover, permanent snow cover, sea ice, and freshwater ice.
The President's Page: U.S. magnetic observatories
Authors: Zmuda Albert J.
Published: October 2011

Transition periods are always marked with anxieties, and there is no exception in the imminent transfer of magnetic observatories from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce to the Geological Survey of the Department of Interior. The transfer comes at a time when science and technology are on the defensive in a climate for dramatic national change and as new political‐economic constraints intensify competing pressures on the orientation of budgetary priorities and allocation of resources. Goals must be more vigorously defended and defined with respect to relevance and importance to society. Clearly, the time has come for the geophysical community to state its case for a national commitment to sustain and improve observatories. In this way the geophysicists can supply needed information to the administrators responsible for the difficult decisions in selecting programs given imposed restrictions.
Meeting to the International Geodynamics Program's Working Group 6
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Working Group 6 of the International Geodynamics Program will meet September 17–22, 1973, in Budapest, Hungary. The theme of the meeting will be ‘Processes in the Earth's Interior and Their Relation to Present Surface Tectonics and Observed Physics Fields.’ Voluntary and invited papers will be accepted on topics connected with the research activities of Working Group 6. Interested persons should contact A. Meskó, Department of Geophysics, L. Eötvö University, 1983 Budapest Kun Bélatér 3, Hungary.
International Conference on Weather Modification
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The World Meteorological Organization and the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics will hold an International Conference on Weather Modification, October 1–7, 1973, in Tashkent, USSR. The conference will be concerned with the concepts of the different types of weather modification, the technical and operational aspects of modification experiments, and the evaluation of the results. For further information write WMO Secretariat, Case postale No. 1, CH‐1211 Genève 20, Switzerland.
New ring around Saturn is possible
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Two Cornell University electrical engineers, Thomas R. McDonough and Neil M. Brice, have discussed the possibility of another ring around Saturn shaped like a slightly squashed doughnut and, in absolute dimensions, larger than the sun. Their research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their findings will be published in an up‐coming issue of Nature.
New York Bight to be studied
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A 15,000‐square‐mile area of ocean waters and continental shelf off New York and New Jersey will be the subject of the most comprehensive marine ecological investigation ever undertaken. The five‐year investigation of the New York Bight, the portion of coastal waters from Montauk Point, Long Island, to Cape May, New Jersey will be the first regional ecology project conducted by NOAA's Marine Eco‐Systems Analysis program.

‘The New York Bight is one of the most complex, heavily‐used coastal marine areas in the United States,’ said Robert M. White, NOAA Administrator. ‘We want to find out what the bight's natural processes are, what organisms live there, and what effect man's present and proposed activities are having on them.’
Circum‐Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A conference to assess the future needs for energy and mineral resources will be held August 26–30, 1974, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Circum‐Pacific area was chosen because it contains the preponderance of the world's population and affords the opportunity for earth scientists to discuss openly the possibilities of mineral resources in this vast area.

The conference will be sponsored jointly by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas, and the American Geophysical Union.
International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge will be held September 26–29, 1973, at the Fairmont‐Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The symposium is jointly sponsored by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the United States Geological Survey, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.

The technical program will include 47 papers presented by leaders in industry, government, and the academic community, with approximately half of these being case histories. The papers will be published as a preprint volume and will be available at the symposium. Session topics include the following: state of the art—an overview, regional histories—recharge and disposal, concepts and investigations, operational case histories , the current problem—impact and resolution, laboratory and field investigations, regionally related case histories, and case histories, decision and evaluation.
IFYGL
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The fifth and fattest IFYGL Bulletin was published in late March by the NOAA/IFYGL Project Office. Itcontinues the policy begun in Bulletin 4 of publishing first‐cut reports on the success of IFYGL field operations.

Bulletin 5 also features a threepart appendix prepared by the Canada Centre for Inland Waters: a listing of IFYGL‐related abbreviations, an index of participants in the Field Year, and a subject index for Bulletins 1–4.
Perspectives on the Study of Groundwater Hydrology
Authors: Remson I.
Published: October 2011

Patrick A. Domenico presents the main ideas of groundwater hydrology within the framework of an ordered systems approach. He develops a re freshing, integrated perspective of the overall subject and introduces the reader to an impressive array of techniques and theory, making this book .‘must’ reading for every groundwater hydrologist. On the other hand, a number of difficulties will limit its intended use as a textbook for stu dents.‘with little previous experience in the subject.’
Dividing the Waters—An Advanced Text
Authors: Butcher W. S.
Published: October 2011

This book fills a need that has been evident for some time, namely a need for a synthesis of the present state of the art of applying systems analysis techniques to water resource allocation problems. The book is aimed at the senior undergraduate or first‐year graduate student. It as assumes that the reader is familiar with the common techniques of systems analysis, such as linear programing and dynamic programing, and so the author concentrates his attention on using these and other related methods in the water resource allocation field, using examples drawn from the literature, which includes many of his own publications.
Power production in the Soviet Union
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A recent agreement between the United States American Association for the Advancement of Science and Russia's All‐Union Society Fuaniye established an exchange of four scientists for lecture tours in the other nation. One of the first Russians to arrive gave an assessment of Russian energy resources and power production to an audience at the University of Maryland. Academician V. I. Popkov, laboratory director of the Krzhizhanovskiy Power Institute, first surveyed the Russian share of the world's energy resources: 54% of the coal, 61% of the peat, 40% of the natural gas, 37% of the oil, and 25% of the hydroelectric resources (in economic terms). Russian energy production is predicted to shift increasingly away from coal to gas and oil. Coal was some 59% of the production source in 1960, while gas and oil were 37%; these ratios are predicted t o be 31% and 67%, respectively, in 1975. As a result, the 67,000 km of pipeline existence in 1970 would increase by 50% by 1975.
Dry Valley Drilling Project
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Dry Valley Drilling Project is designed to investigate the history of Antarctica in the region of McMurdo Sound through the recovery of core. The project, sponsored by the United States, New Zealand, and Japan, has drilled a 201‐m hole and a 179‐m hole on Ross Island and will drill to depths up to 300 m in the dry valleys during the forthcoming field season. In the final drilling season (1974–1975) a 1500‐m hole in McMurdo Sound will be drilled from annual sea ice.

During the 1972–1973 austral field season, two holes were drilled to depths of 201.17 m and 179.40 m in the volcanic rocks on Ross Island, Antarctica, as the initial drilling phase of the Dry Valley Drilling Project. The sites were located near McMurdo Station to minimize logistics problems and t o test the feasibility of drilling in broken permafrost volcanic rocks. Within this framework the holes on Ross Island were located so as to maximize scientific returns for geologists, hydrologists, geophysicists, geomorphologists, and others. Previously, drilling in bedrock in Antarctica had been limited to 20 m for foundation studies for the nuclear power plan at McMurdo Station and foundation studies at Scott Base.
Whispering gallery mode
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

High altitude balloon platforms positioned a thousand miles apart have been used successfully in an experiment to establish the feasibility of a technique for propagating medium length radio waves through the D layer, the lower layer of the ionosphere.

The new technique is called the D‐Layer Whispering Gallery Mode because of its similarity to the phenomenon of sound waves traveling long distances along the inside of a curved surface.
International Symposium on the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Australian Academy of Science, under the auspices of the International Association of Geodesy, will sponsor an International Symposium of the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position, to be held November 26–30, 1973, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (see July 1972 EOS).

The aim of the symposium is to review recent achievements in geodesy and to assess the newer techniques of measurement such as laser ranging to both satellites and the moon, VLBI, and high precision determination of absolute gravity.
International Symposium on the Application of Marine Geodesy
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A call for papers is being issued for the International Symposium on the Application of Marine Geodesy, scheduled for June 3–5, 1974, at Battelle's Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio.

The symposium, being conducted with the cooperation and support of 12 organizations, has been called in response to the growing interest in the challenges and opportunities of marine geodesy and will be aimed at determination of user requirements and the mechanisms by which they can be achieved.
The rotation of the Earth and polar motion: Report on the Second Geop Research Conference
Authors: Kaula W. M. , Lambeck Kurt , Markowitz Wm. , Mueller Ivan I. , Smylie D. E.
Published: October 2011

The Second GEOP Research Conference was attended by about 80 persons, 34 invited and 46 observers. The conference was opened by W.H. Munk, general chairman of the conference, followed by M.G. Rochester of the University of Newfoundland, who delivered the keynote address. The keynote address in its entirety is printed on page 769 of this issue. This address and the following summaries of the sessions constitute a report on this conference.
Sea breeze and coastal processes
Authors: Sonu Choule J. , Murray Stephen P. , Hsu S. A. , Suhayda Joseph N. , Waddell Evans
Published: October 2011

A diurnal coastal air circulation characterized by alternate sea and land breezes constitutes an important yet poorly understood form of energy supply for nearshore and coastal processes in a number of tropical and subtropical coasts. Although a considerable amount of literature has been accumulated on the characteristics of this mesoscale meteorological phenomenon, little attention has been given to the mechanism of coupling with waves, currents, and beach topography.

Owing to the generally modest strength of winds in a sea breeze system, there is a tendency to discount its effects on the dynamic response of the coastal processes. The wind speed in a sea breeze is generally on the order of 5 m/sec, but speeds as high as 10 m/sec or those approaching storm intensity are not uncommon [Defant, 1951]. In areas where the sea breeze prevails for many months of the year, the cumulative effect of its winds, albeit modest, on coastal processes should reach a significant extent.
International Symposium on Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Australian Academy of Science will sponsor an International Symposium on the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position under the auspices of the International Association of Geodesy, November 26–30, 1973, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
IHD Coordinating Council “Eighth Session: Paris, France May 23”30, 1973
Authors: Heindle L. A.
Published: October 2011

In its eighth session the Coordinating Council of the International Hydrological Decade concentrated on completing the work of the Decade and on providing guidance for the organization of Unesco's post‐Decade program in hydrology: the International Hydrological Program.

Dr. Mostafa Mozayeny of Iran was elected chairman of the Council for its final two years; Mr. E.L. Hendricks of the U.S.A., Dr. V.I. Korzoun of the U.S.S.R., Dr. Jacob Otnes of Norway, and Dr. J.O. Sonuga of Nigeria were elected vicechairmen. Dr. Mozayeny is the director of the Institute of Hydrosciences and Water Resources at Teheran University, Teheran, Iran.
Sixteenth Meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Sixteenth Cospar Plenary Meeting and specialized symposia, organized jointly with International Scientific Unions and other international bodies, were held in Constance, Federal Republic of Germany, during the period of May 23 to June 5, 1973, at the invitation of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the high patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gustav W. Heinemann. There were 630 participants from 36 countries.

The various Cospar bodies held their meetings as follows: the Bureau met on May 25 and June 2 and 4; Executive Council met on May 26 and June 4; the Plenary met on May 28 and June 5; the Working Groups, their Panels (business and open meetings), and the Advisory Committee on Data Problems and Publications met between May 26 and June 2; and a special meeting between representatives of national institutions and bureau members wasorganized on May 30.
Scientists monitor mountain noises
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Scientists with the U.S. Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are monitoring the world's major mountain ranges' low‐frequency noises in the hope of obtaining a better understanding of the physical world.

Using arrays of sensitive microbarographs, Gary E. Greene, a physicist with the NOAA's Wave Propagation Laboratory, and his colleagues have been monitoring the ultra‐lowfrequency vibrations called ‘infrasound’ to determine where they come from, and why.
NOAA, University Scientists Explore Atlantic Ocean Basin, Tropical Atmosphere
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An investigation conducted from the NOAA ship Researcher will examine the geophysical and geological environment along a Trans‐Atlantic corridor, and measure solar radiation and conditions in the atmosphere and ocean in one of the world's great weather factories, the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

The project is being led by scientists from the Miami based Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, part of NOAA's Environmental Research Laboratories, with headquarters in Boulder, Colo. Scientists from Texas A&M University, Florida State University, and the Universities of Connecticut, Virginia, and Wisconsin, are participating with National Science Foundation support; University of Southern Florida investigators are being supported by the Office of Naval Research; scientists from Imperial College, London, England, are being supported by that institution.
Origin of Hawaiian Islands believed linked to “melting spot”
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The origin of the chain of more than 50 volcanoes whose eruptions forged the Hawaiian Islands is believed to be linked to a roughly circular ‘melting spot’ about 185 miles in diameter, deep within the earth's mantle at least 40 miles beneath the floor of the Pacific Ocean just northeast of the Island of Hawaii, according to scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey.

In a recent American Scientist magazine article, G. Brent Dalrymple, Eli A. Silver, and Everett D. Jackson pinpoint the melting spot as the major source of huge amounts of lava that began to build the Hawaiian group of islands, which range progressively younger in age from northwest to the southeast (from Kauai, 5.6 million years, to Hawaii, less than 0.7 million years).
Third Climatic Impact Assessment Program Conference
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Third Climatic Impact Assessment Program Conference will be held February 25–March 2, 1974, at the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The conference, sponsored by the Department of Transportation in cooperation with The American Geophysical Union and The American Meteorological Society, will examine the impact of climatic changes resulting from propulsion effluents of vehicles in the stratosphere as projected to 1990. It brings together researchers who are actively participating in CIAP and other members of the research community to discuss the latest CIAP experimental results and their interpretation.
The President's Page: The energy crunch
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

This winter, most of the citizens of the United States will experience some degree of inconvenience due to shortage of energy—mainly hydrocarbons. The extent of the annoyance will depend on the weather, foreign supplies, effectiveness of governmental regulations, and self‐discipline of the public. If the weather is mild and foreign supplies become available soon, the immediate emergency will not be so acute. However, in any event, we have passed an important turning point in human history. We can no longer contemplate continued exponential growth in the use of petroleum hydrocarbons. To the public, this is shocking. Indeed, even such large corporations as the major automobile manufacturers have been caught napping.
Study shows increase in Earth sciences doctorates
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A recent report from the National Research Council, part of a series issued annually, summarized the academic careers of the 33,000 recipients of 1972 research doctorates from United States universities. One category included in the summary is degrees in earth sciences, interpreted as including geophysics, oceanography, and meteorology, as well as more traditional areas. Some comparative figures for earth sciences doctorates in 1972, versus all doctorates and versus 1967 earth sciences doctorates, are tabulated below. (Since these statistics are based on field of doctorate rather than on field of subsequent employment, many who may now be members of AGU and working in geophysics are not included in the earth sciences category but rather are considered under physics and astronomy, chemistry, or environmental sciences.)
Water Pollution Control courses offered
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Manhattan College will conduct the Nineteenth Summer Institute in Water Pollution Control, May 20–24, 1974. Two one‐week courses will be offered concurrently for advanced study in biological waste treatment and mathematical modeling of natural water systems. Enrollment, on a preregistration basis, will be limited.

This continuing engineering education program is designed to enhance the competence of practicing engineers and scientists in governmental agencies, industrial concerns, consulting engineering offices, research organizations, and academic institutions.
Engineering Geologists' Annual Meeting planned
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The 1974 Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists will be held October 14–19 in Denver, Colorado. The Association is an international organization of earth scientists who apply geologic principles and practices to civil engineering works.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The new Zeiss Invertoscope M is a compact metallurgical microscope of the Le Chatelier type featuring the strain‐free Epiplan objectives for polarizing microscopy. According to Zeiss, it permits excellent Koehler illumination and observation in brightfield as well as nomarski differential interference contrast.

The instrument is reportedly comfortable to use because the very rigid stage is located exactly at eye level and has low‐mounted controls. Many different light sources can be used. For more information write to Carl Zeiss, Inc., 444 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10018.
Statutes and Bylaws
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The American Geophysical Union which was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and for more than 50 years operated as an unincorporated affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences, is now a corporation chartered under the laws of the District of Columbia. The Union is dedicated to the furtherance of the sciences of geophysics through the individual efforts of its members and in cooperation with other national and international scientific organizations.
IFYGL: EPA reissues 1965 Lake Report
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency has published a report, originally written in 1966, entitled Lake Ontario Environmental Summary 1965, as a contribution to the International Field Year for the Great Lakes.
Acid clouds of Venus
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The upper levels of the brilliant clouds of Venus, long a challenging puzzle to astronomers, consist of droplets of sulfuric acid more concentrated than the acid in an automobile battery.

This conclusion was reached by a team of space scientists headed by James B. Pollack from NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. They arrived at the identification by measuring the infrared ‘color’ of Venus from a Learjet aircraft and comparing the results with a computer simulation of the color properties of a wide variety of substances.
The President's Page: Geophysical Research Letters
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

The Council of the American Geophysical Union has approved the creation of a new monthly journal, Geophysical Research Letters. The new periodical fills a void in AGU's program. We have good coverage of many facets of geophysics but have not had a medium especially designed for fast publication of short communications.
The geoid: Definition and determination
Authors: Rapp Richard H.
Published: October 2011

The determination of the geoid has been one of the prime goals of geodesy. Knowledge of geoid undulations with respect to some reference surface was needed for the determination of the figure of the earth, for the precise reduction of distance measurements to a reference ellipsoid, and for the determination of the geocentric location of points on the surface of the earth. Currently and in the future, undulation information can also be used in geophysical studies related to crustal structures and in oceanographic studies related to sea surface topography. The actual determination of global geoids has been carried out by using gravimetric data, satellite‐derived information related to the gravitational field of the earth, or a combination of the two techniques. Regional geoid determinations have been made by astrogeodetic techniques. For some applications of undulation information, undulation standard deviations of the order of ±5 m would be sufficient. Such an accuracy can be obtained by using data currently available. In the past few years, renewed interest in the geoid arose when the concept of satellite altimetry was proposed to measure the distance from the satellite to some area on the ocean surface.
Tenth American Water Resources Conference planned
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

‘Development and Environment—Conflicts and Resolutions’ will be the theme of the Tenth American Water Resources Conference to be held in Puerto Rico on November 18–22, 1974.

The purpose of the annual conference is to review the water resources field each year and to provide a comprehensive report.
U.S./IHD Contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Chow, Ven Te, and Arie Ben‐Zvi, The Illinois Hydrodynamic Watershed Model III (IHW Model III), Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series 26, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign. Urbana, Illinois, September 1973.
Possible relationships between solar activity and meteorological phenomena
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A symposium on Possilbe Relationships Between Solar Activity and Meteorological Phenomena was held at the Goddard Space Flight Center, November 7–8, 1973. It was sponsored by NASA in cooperation with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the American Meteorological Society. The 200 scientists who attended the symposium included meteorologists, aeronomers, solar and plasma physicists, and astrophysicists, attesting to the truly interdisciphnary nature of this area.
Institute scheduled on unsteady flow in open channels
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Engineering Research Center of the Colorado State University will sponsor an Institute on Unsteady Flow in Open Channels at the university in Fort Collins, June 17–28, 1974.

The purpose of the institute is to present recent knowledge on unsteady flow in rigid and mobile‐bed, natural and man‐made open channels. Applications of this knowledge to practical engineering problems will be illustrated by presenting the available computational techniques and using them in solving one‐ and two‐dimensional unsteady flow problems.
[Comment on “The sneak preview abstract” by S. A. Morse] Support for GAP
Authors: Fritz Richard B.
Published: October 2011

With all due respect to Dr. Morse of Massachusetts, I must submit an opinion quite opposite to the one he expressed in the March 1974 EOS Forum page. I find the advance publishing of abstracts one of the most valuable aspects of EOS. GAP (Geophysical Abstracts in Press) emphasizes the value of a well‐written abstract, which should convey the most important results. Second, it expedites publication of those essential details. Finally, few of us can afford personal subscriptions to all the journals of AGU, and the abstracts tell us which issues in a library are worth tracking down.
Correction [to “Igneous and metamorphic rocks recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project, legs 1”31” by W.B. Friesen]
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An error has been discovered in the reported recovery figures for leg 24 in the abstract 'Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks Recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Legs 1‐31' by W.B. Friesen (EOS,54, 972‐985, 1973).

A revision of Figure 7 showing the correct recoveries is reproduced below. The leg 24 recovery and the cumulative recovery in Table 1 and the leg 24 recovery in the histogram (Figure 1) should be adjusted to show 74.0 m. Changes in Figure 7 should also be made in the world map (Figure 2).
Carnegie and IUGS sponsor meeting to study oldest Precambrian rocks
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Carnegie Institution of Washington and the International Union of Geological Sciences will sponsor an International Conference on the Geology and Geochemistry of the Oldest Precambrian Rocks from September 29 to October 4, 1974, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the problems of the geochemistry, petrogenesis, and structure of the oldest known rocks of the world. Two days will be devoted to field excursions to look at the old Precambrian of the Minnesota River valley. Strong emphasis will be placed on new data and current research.
Seamap – A postmortem
Authors: Orlin Hyman
Published: October 2011

Early in the development of an ocean program by U.S. government research agencies, it was recognized that the systematic collection of meaningful data would contribute tremendously to our knowledge of the oceans. The list of proponents of this approach to ocean investigations read like a Who's Who in Oceanography. Out leading the pack was Harris B. Stewart, Jr., as godfather to this country's Seamap (Scientific Exploration and Mapping Program) efforts. But these scientific greats have gone on to more challenging arenas, and no one has come forward to assume the helm. Hence, after more than a decade of valiant effort, Project Seamap was finally laid to rest in 1973.
Awards presented at Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting: William Bowie Medal to A.E. Ringwood
Authors: Boyd Francis R. , Ringwood A. E.
Published: October 2011

A. E. Ringwood believes that many of the major problems we face in understanding the nature of the earth's interior and of the moon's interior and of the origin of the earth‐moon system can be solved in his lifetime. It is just possible that he is correct, and reasons for such optimism are not hard to find. Progress in understanding the earth and the moon has been immense in the eighteen years that have elapsed since Ted Ringwood received his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He has played a major role in the development of this understanding through his personal research. Moreover, he has stimulated and inspired colleagues in Canberra and throughout the world to work with him in seeking solutions to these problems that will meet the tests that geophysics and petrology can supply.
Minority participation in Earth science
Authors: Claymore D. E. , Gardner J. , Pakiser L. C. , Vallejos L. , Ward D. E.
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey has been making intensive efforts to increase the numbers of members of minority groups (especially Blacks, Chicanos, and American Indians) and women qualifying for professional employment as earth scientists. The USGS Central Region Committee on Minority Participation in Earth Science, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has initiated many projects designed to attract more members of these groups to enroll in college earth science courses, with the hope that some will decide to become earth science majors and seek careers in earth science. Many of these projects were included in an earlier report, ‘Geological Survey Activities in the Earth Sciences Minority Program’ (E0S, 54, 850–851, 1973). Summer employment of minority high school and college students has become a major part of that program.
Seismometer used to observe surf conditions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

All‐weather, 24‐hour wave observations for the Pacific Northwest may soon be possible, according to Sea Grant researchers at Oregon State University. A device that measures earth movements caused by ocean waves is already helping to prevent boating accidents and may some day prevent oil spills.

Research oceanographer William H. Quinn believes the technique is especially significant in view of the construction of the trans‐Alaskan oil pipeline and the probable increase in oil tanker traffic along the coast. ‘Good wave observations will be essential to oil tankers as they enter our coastal waters and harbors,’ he says.