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APEX: The Arctic Polynya Experiment
Authors: Muench Robin D. , Pease Carol H.
Published: October 2011

A field experiment has been initiated to address the mesoscale oceanographic, sea ice, and meteorological processes associated with a polynya, or high‐latitude area of semipermanent open water and vigorous new ice growth. This experiment, called the Arctic Polynya Experiment (APEX), is taking place in and around the St. Lawrence Island Polynya on the northern Bering Sea shelf. This polynya was selected for study because it typifies many such features found throughout the Arctic and Antarctic, is relatively accessible, and lies in a region that is of considerable interest due to projected resource development.

A polynya is an open water area which persists despite environmental conditions which would seem to dictate formation of an ice cover. Such areas may be due to a variety of causes. The majority appear to occur, however, when a physical barrier, such as a coastline or a channel constriction, allows prevailing winds or currents to sweep newly formed ice away while at the same time preventing existing ice from moving into the area. The St. Lawrence Island Polynya occurs along the southern, or lee, coastline of St. Lawrence Island as the prevailing northerly winds sweep ice away toward the south. Polynyas are of oceanographic interest because they are sites for vigorous, continuous ice formation and are therefore sources both of new ice and of dense, brine‐enriched water. They are of interest meteorologically because the associated strong sea‐air heat fluxes modify the atmospheric boundary layer.
NRC associateships available
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Research Council (NRC) has announced that some 2500 new full‐time associateships will be awarded in 1985 for research in the sciences and engineering. Most of the positions are open to both U.S. and non‐U.S. nationals and to both recent Ph.D. holders and senior investigators. Applications must be postmarked no later than January 15, 1985. The announcement of initial awards is expected in March and April 1985.

The associateships will be awarded on a competitive basis for research in chemistry, engineering, and mathematics and in the earth, environmental, physical, space, and life sciences. More than 20 federal agencies or research institutions located throughout the United States will participate.
NASA guest investigators
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is now seeking guest investigators to participate in the International Sun‐Earth Explorer (ISEE) and International Cometary Explorer (ICE) programs. The ISEE/ICE project is a joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) venture. A budget of approximately $500,000 to support the ISEE/ICE Guest Investigator Program is expected for fiscal year 1985, and a similar amount is expected for FY 1986.

Although NASA welcomes proposals at any time, proposals must be received by mid‐October in order to be considered in the initial selection. Those arriving after mid‐November may be held for another selection period.
Space station proposals
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

NASA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for definition and preliminary design of a permanently manned space station. The station is to be operational in low earth orbit early in the 1990s. According to NASA, the station will “support scientific and commercial endeavors in space, stimulate new technologies, and enhance space‐based operational capabilities.” Proposals are due November 15, 1984.
The Mineral Physics Committee
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Mineral physics is a diverse field that includes the study of crystal structure, thermochemical properties, physical properties, equations of state, and phase equilibria of minerals and mineral analog compounds. All of these mineral parameters are interrelated, yet they have been traditionally studied and reported by members of different AGU sections. Equations of state and elastic constants are usually included in Tectonophysics, magnetic properties of minerals are often treated in Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, and crystal structure and phase equilibria routinely appear in sessions of Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology. Other subjects of interest to the mineral physics community may be reported in Oceanography, Planetology, or Seismology. As a result, many closely related topics have been presented in conflicting sessions at AGU meetings. The extent of this problem was highlighted during the 1983 Spring AGU meeting, when at one point aspects of silicate mineralogy and petrology were discussed concurrently in seven different sessions sponsored by five different sections.
Call for Mineral Physics Papers
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The editors of Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) are attempting to increase submission rates in the fields of solid earth geophysics, and in particular in mineral physics. GRL, which is noted for its record of rapid publication, welcomes short, original articles of new results presented in a way that will make their significance apparent to the general geophysics community.
Mineral physics news: Call for contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Mineral Physics News will appear biannually in Eos. News, notes, reviews, or other material of general interest to AGU and the mineral physics community are welcome. Please send information to the editor of Mineral Physics News.
Conservation of Water and Related Land Resources
Authors: Caldwell Lynton K.
Published: October 2011

The author was quite clear about the purpose of this book and clearly achieved his intent. In his preface, the author states, “The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with a broad understanding of the topics relevant to the management of the nation's water and related land resources.” The book is a product of the author's 20 years of work as a teacher, consultant, researcher, and student of watershed management and hydrology and has served as a text for a course entitled Soil and Water Conservation, which the author has taught at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, New York. But it was also written with the intent to be of use “to informal students of water and land related resources on the national level as well.” The objectives of Black's course at Syracuse and its larger purpose define the scope of the book which, again in the author's words, have been “(1) to acquaint students with principles of soil and water conservation; (2) to stimulate an appreciation for an integrated, comprehensive approach to land management; (3) to illustrate the influence of institutional, economic, and cultural forces on the practice of soil and water conservation; and (4) to provide information, methods, and techniques by which soil and water conservation measures are applied to land, as well as the basis for predicting and evaluating results.” The book is written in straightforward nontechnical language and provides the reader with a set of references, a table of cases, a list of abbreviations, and an adequate index. It impresses this reviewer as a very well edited piece of work.
Continental drilling
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) now is considering a proposal to begin initial studies on a 10‐km drill hole, deeper than any drilled in the United States to date, to be located in the southern Appalachians. Earlier this year a National Research Council (NRC) committee recommended that this area—a thin‐crust overthrust region—should be a first priority if and when monies are made available for deep drilling projects.

If NSF accepts the proposal, funding, reportedly $2 million, will be made available to pinpoint the specific drill location and to develop the necessary base of regional information needed to conduct the drilling operations and scientific investigations. NSF is expected to reach a decision soon.
In Congress: Drilling resolution
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The following is the text of the resolution on continental scientific drilling passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives and signed into law by President Reagan on October 12.“…That to express the sense of the Congress that the Continental Scientific Drilling Program is an important national scientific endeavor, benefiting the commerce of the Nation, which should be vigorously pursued by government and the private sector.
Alaskan oceanography
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Physical oceanographers, chemists, and biologists will soon begin studying the seas around northern Alaska as part of an international effort to learn how increased fishing, oil and gas drilling, and land‐based farming will affect marine life. The $2.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF)‐ funded study, called ISHTAR (Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling in the Bering and Chukchi Seas), will involve scientists from the United States, Belgium, and Denmark.

According to NSF, previous studies suggest that, despite a short growing season, the seas around the Bering Strait produce more plant life than most marine areas of the world. However, the source of mineral nutrients for this plant life and its destination in the food web or organic sediment is not well understood. The researchers will trace nutrients from the Yukon River and the deeper waters of the Bering Sea to the continental shelves of the Bering and Chukchi seas in an attempt to better understand what happens to land and marine organic matter when it enters this continental shelf ecosystem.
Proceedings in Atmospheric Electricity
Authors: Hale Leslie
Published: October 2011

It is widely accepted that atmospheric electricity is a fundamental discipline of great importance; it is equally true that progress in some parts of this field has been erratic. It has frequently attracted bright young people who have left for “hotter” areas. Specifically, it supplied much of the talent in cosmic ray physics, and, more recently, the field was decimated by the literally greener pastures in space science. Still, there remains a hard core of serious workers who are convinced of the ultimate scientific importance of their field including relevance to other areas (meteorology, space science, and possible relationships between them).
Coalinga's caveat
Authors: Stein Ross S.
Published: October 2011

No one had foreseen that a shock as large as Ms 6.7 could strike at the eastern edge of the California Coast Ranges near the town of Coalinga. No faults of any age cut the gently folded sediments at the earthquake focus, and equally astonishing, no ground breakage accompanied the earthquake. A month would pass before surface rupture did occur, in a sequence of large aftershocks (see cover: large blue circles west of the yellow main shock) on a minor adjacent fault.

The May 2, 1983, earthquake, which caused $31 million in damage and took one life, alerted the seismological community to the earthquake potential of active folds. Leveling surveys demonstrated that Anticline Ridge (whose fold axis plunges southeast through the main shock) uplifted 0.5 m during the event, while adjacent Pleasant Valley (see cover: red and white squares immediately southwest of the aftershocks) subsided half that amount. The surface deformation is best explained by a fault that slipped over a depth of 4–12 km but does not reach the surface. Identification of earthquake risk has proceeded almost exclusively on the premise that faults capable of generating large shocks must extend to the surface. Surface faults that do not cut young deposits are not deemed active, even if the faults displace older beds at greater depth. At Coalinga, on the other hand, the fault, the seismic slip, and the aftershocks are confined to deeper and therefore older strata. The fault is invisible on seismic reflection profiles, but it is indisputably active. The surface fold which built Anticline Ridge appears to have formed as a consequence of repeated slip events at depth. From the pattern of earthquake deformation, R. Stein and G. King have argued that many folds mask subsurface thrust faults and that these folds may largely deform elastically in jumps, rather than through steady and aseismic ductile deformation. In retrospect, a number of large thrust earthquakes over the last 30 years have uplifted anticlines, dropped synclines, and produced little or no ground rupture, such as the 1964 Ms 7.5 Niigata shock in Japan. Thus, despite the paucity of bounding faults, the folded eastern margin of the California Coast Ranges must now be regarded as a possible target for large thrust events. The uplift rate of the folds should guide judgments of relative activity. Ominously, the Kettleman Hills anticline, which abuts the Coalinga aftershocks to the southeast, is rising at twice the rate of Anticline Ridge. (These processes will be discussed at the AGU Fall Meeting in the Tectonophysics session entitled “Mechanics of Large‐Scale Faulting and Earthquakes,” scheduled for Friday morning, December 7; see abstracts in this issue for more information.)
Rings of Uranus
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Using sophisticated computer enhancement techniques, two astronomers have been able to clearly “photograph” the rings of Uranus (Figure 1). The photographs show that the rings are made of particles that are perhaps the darkest found in the solar system. Creating clear images of the rings is a feat that has proved extremely difficult in the past because the rings are darker than charcoal and are very close to the much‐brighter Uranus.

The astronomers, Bradford A. Smith of the University of Arizona and Richard J. Terrile of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), used a camera equipped with a charge‐coupled device (CCD) to record the image at the Carnegie Institution's Las Companas Observatory in the Andes mountains in Chile.
WOCE: Abyssal circulation studies
Authors: Reid Joseph L. , Bryden Harry L.
Published: October 2011

A meeting of oceanographers from 11 institutions was held March 19–21, 1984 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) to discuss plans and methods for studying the general circulation of the ocean. This planning meeting for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and arranged by J.L. Reid of SIO and Harry Bryden of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This report includes not only items discussed at the meeting, but also items submitted afterward by participants and other interested parties.

The purpose of the meeting was to identify needs. The conveners did not expect or attempt to arrive immediately at a consensus on which of the areas were most important but tried to assure that all ideas were presented for consideration. Although the projects listed here are meant to be general and comprehensive, they strongly reflect the major interests of those attending and are not meant to exclude other plans or suggestions that may arise. The list presented is, of course, far beyond our present capacity to carry out in its entirety. We hope that it will stimulate even more ideas and that some parts of it can be used to assemble an effective and coherent set of programs to be carried out as part of WOCE.
Friends of science
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Ten members of Congress have been presented with the Friends of Science Award by the National Coalition for Science and Technology (NCST). The awards, honoring significant contributions to science, engineering, and science education, are made every 2 years at the end of the congressional session. The recipients this year are Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R‐N.M.), Rep. Joseph D. Early (D‐Mass.), Rep. Bill Frenzel (R‐Minn.), Rep. Albert Gore, Jr. (D‐Tenn.), Rep. Judd Gregg (R‐N.H.), Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D‐Hawaii), Rep. Stan Lundine (D‐N.Y.), Sen. Sam Nunn (D‐Ga.), Rep. Henry Waxman (D‐Calif.), and Rep. Ed Zschau (R‐Calif).

Except for Sen. Inouye, whose term expires in 1986, all of this year's recipients were up for reelection in the national elections held November 6. All were successful in securing another term in Congress. In addition, Albert Gore was successful in his bid for a Senate seat, filling the vacancy left by the retiring Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker (R‐Tenn.)
September streamflow
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Streamflow decreased seasonally in September but remained in the normal or above‐normal range in about 80% of the country, according to the regular end‐of‐month check of the nation's surface and groundwater resources by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior. From 174 key index stream‐gaging stations, USGS hydrologists reported average flows at 110 sites (63%), well‐above average flows (i.e., in the upper 25% of long‐term record) at 34 locations (20%), and well‐below average flows (in the lowest 25% of record) at 30 stations (17%).

By geographic location, streamflows were well above average in most western states, including all key stations in Utah (6) and Colorado (4), and in parts of the central and southeastern United States. Streamflows were well below average at all key stations in Hawaii (4), Connecticut (4), Maine (3), and New Hampshire (1) and in parts of Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, and the east‐central United States.
JGR‐Space Physics editors: 1986”1989
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

AGU is seeking candidates to succeed Bengt U.O. Sonnerup as JGR—Space Physics editor. His term as editor ends December 1985.

The successful candidate will handle original contributions on aeronomy, magnetospheric physics, planetary atmospheres and magnetospheres, interplanetary and external solar physics, cosmic rays, and heliospheric physics.
AGU Hydrology Section Committees
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The following is a list of officers and committee members.

President: R. Allan Freeze, Department of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (telephone: 604‐228‐6462) (Sabbatical address: August 1, 1984–May 31, 1985; Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (telephone: 602‐621‐7609)).
Reduced liquid movement subject of Denver Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Reduction of subsurface movement of liquids was the subject of a 1‐day symposium sponsored by Committee D‐18 on Soil and Rock of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and cosponsored by the U.S. Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD) of the International Commission on Large Dams. The Symposium on Impermeable Barriers for Soil and Rock, the first specialized symposium of its kind, was held in Denver, Colorado, on June 25, 1984. The program emphasized the interaction of the environmental system of soil and rock containment, impermeable barriers, and enclosed liquids. The theory, testing, and design considerations of such interactive systems was explored in relation to slurry walls and clay and earth additive linings as applied to geotechnical engineering projects such as tailings and waste containment ponds, landfills, solar and biomass ponds, ditches, canals, and reservoirs. A number of papers presented research results on the interaction of various chemical and hazardous wastes with the soil and rock materials and lining or slurry materials.
NOAA satellite set for launch
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The latest in a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorological satellites is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on December 1, 1984. High surface winds delayed the launch from the originally scheduled date of November 8. The 1712‐kg satellite, the NOAA‐F, is to be launched to an altitude of approximately 870 km into a circular near‐polar orbit. The satellite is the sixth in the current series of 11 NOAA satellites that collect meteorological readings and transmit the data to ground stations for local weather analysis and forecasting.
Comet quest
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

To begin the celebration of the return of Comet Halley, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has created a new planetarium show called “Comet Quest.” The show explores the recorded history of comets, first studied 24 centuries ago in ancient China, and highlights what has become known as Halley's Comet, which will become visible in late 1985.
U.S. space strategy
Authors: Robb David W.
Published: October 2011

Following the formal announcement of a national space strategy in August, President Ronald Reagan is moving ahead on many of his administration's declared objectives for strengthening the U.S. role in space‐based research and space exploration.

Possibly the most significant long‐term aspect of the administration's national space strategy is its emphasis on international cooperation. While the U.S. space program in the 1960s and 1970s was fueled by intense competition in the race to be the first to put a man on the moon, it may very well be characterized through the beginning of the next century by the spirit of international collaboration. The national space strategy calls for “increased international cooperation in civil space activities,” particularly in the “development and utilization” of the space station. In addition, in late October, President Reagan announced the possibility of a joint U.S.‐Soviet simulated space rescue mission. In his statement, Reagan said that the U.S. “is prepared to work with the Soviets on cooperation in space in programs which are mutually beneficial and productive.”
A multidisciplinary oceanography program on the southeastern U.S. continental shelf
Authors: Blanton J. O. , Yoder J. A. , Atkinson L. P. , Lee T. N. , McClain C. R. , Menzel D. W. , Paffenhofer G. A. , Pietrafesa L. J. , Pomeroy L. R. , Windom H. L.
Published: October 2011

Since 1976, the U.S. Department of Energy has sponsored a multidisciplinary research program to determine the physical processes which drive circulation and control the chemistry and biology of the continental shelf waters off the southeastern United States (Figure 1). This area extends from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to Cape Canaveral, Fla. (often called the South Atlantic Bight (SAB)). Knowledge gained about water circulation across the shelf and at the western edge of the Gulf Stream has been used by cooperating investigators (Table 1) and others to describe the circulation of shelf water, to determine where and how certain trace elements are transported and transformed, and to relate the circulation regime to biological production. The following description of the program is presented under three headings: circulation, trace element geochemistry, and food chain dynamics.
E&HR Committee reports
Authors: Sancetta Constance
Published: October 2011

The E&HR (Education and Human Resources) Committee engages in a variety of activities of direct interest to members. This report is to acquaint you with current and future activities of the committee and with the membership of the committee itself. We welcome your suggestions and comments on any relevant topics.

Ongoing activities of the committee include oversight of the AGU Minority and June Bacon‐Bercey scholarships, job centers and evening panel sessions at meetings, and response to various requests from the AGU Council. The committee maintains a liaison with the Scientific Manpower Commission and with the Association for Women Geoscientists.
[Comment on “A new interdisciplinary focus on precipitation research”] Precipitation research
Authors: Rodda John C.
Published: October 2011

I am writing concerning the lead article in the June 5, 1984, Eos, entitled “A new interdisciplinary focus on precipitation research,” particularly the paragraph headed “Measurement of Precipitation.” Measurement of precipitation is a subject of which I know a little. My knowledge comes largely from experimental work in the 1960s and 1970s and committee work subsequently (I even attended one meeting of the 1970 AGU committee). I imagined that, at that time and subsequently, it had become an acknowledged fact in the United States and elsewhere that measurements of precipitation are not easy to make.
Water Resources Research Grants
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking proposals for water resources research for dollar‐for‐dollar matching grants under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Public Law 98‐242). Approximately $2,500,000 of federal funds is expected to be available for roughly 25 projects. Successful proposals will be funded in the range of $25,000 to $150,000 (federal share per project), lasting from 1 to 3 years in duration.
31st Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting
Authors: Duncan Robert A.
Published: October 2011

The 31st annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Branch of AGU (PNAGU) was held September 7 and 8 at Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis. Collisional plate tectonics again dominated the subjects of the 40 papers presented. The evolution and geometry of the Cascade volcanic arc and the effects of volatile recycling during subduction were interpreted in quantitative convergence models. Structural lineaments were recognized that may mark the pre‐Tertiary margin of North America.
Volcanic Blasts Workshop
Authors: Erlich Edward
Published: October 2011

A Workshop on Volcanic Blasts, sponsored by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) Working Group on Explosive Volcanism and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cascade Volcano Observatory, was held at Mount St. Helens, August 13–17, 1984. In spite of its modest title, “workshop,” the meeting was really an international conference. Among its 65 participants were prominent volcanologists from the United States, Italy, New Zealand, Germany, Britain, Martinique, Japan, and even one formerly from Kamchatka, U.S.S.R. The conference was organized in an unusual way, not as a series of meetings with boring reports but as excursions to deposits erupted by Mount St. Helens during 1980. Technical sessions with reports were held at the beginning and end of the workshop. Another innovative feature of the workshop was the combination of volcanology/ petrology with physical and mathematical models of eruptive processes. This reflects a trend in geological sciences today. Authors from the different fields may not always understand each other, but the trend itself is important.
STORM Program
Authors: Robb David W.
Published: October 2011

The first field experiment of the National STORM (Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology) Program is scheduled to get underway this spring in southern Oklahoma. Called PRE‐STORM (for Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM‐Central), the investigation will help scientists to evaluate new meteorological forecasting equipment and techniques and to gather a preliminary data base for STORM‐Central, the first multiscale field experiment proposed for STORM.
France invests in the development of New Caledonia
Authors: Burt Wayne V.
Published: October 2011

This manuscript is a revised and updated version of an article that appeared in a publication with a limited circulation [Burt, 1984]. Because of the present high level of interest in what is now happening in New Caledonia, it was felt to be worthwhile to bring the article up to date and present it to a wider audience.
Solar‐terrestrial relations
Authors: Dessler A. J. , Hill T. W. , Russell C. T
Published: October 2011

The term “solar‐terrestrial relations” (or “solar‐terrestrial physics”) has, in recent years, assumed a wide range of meanings. In its broadest interpretation it encompasses the full gamut of space plasma physics (or solar system space physics); in particular, it encompasses the interaction of solar system plasmas with all the planets and their atmospheres, not just the earth and its atmosphere. In its narrowest interpretation it refers to the series of links through which solar activity influences the earth's magnetosphere, upper atmosphere, and troposphere. The term “space plasma physics” refers explicitly to the former, broader topic, i.e., the physics of solar system plasmas and magnetic fields, their myriad manifestations, and their interactions with solar system bodies and their atmospheres.
Arctic water pollution research
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, will be the site for an International Conference on Arctic Water Pollution Research: Applications of Science and Technology, April 28–May 1, 1985. This conference is a regional and specialized conference sponsored by the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control (IAWPRC) and organized by the Canadian National Committee of IAWPRC, with the assistance and cooperation of a number of other interested organizations.

The topics for discussion will include the sources and transport of pollutants in arctic regions, the processes of pollutant interaction and movement in hydrochemical or biological systems near or below the freezing point, and questions of prevention, detection, and management of pollution in arctic conditions. Terrestrial, coastal, and marine environments will be considered.
Urban drainage models
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

On April 9–11, 1986, in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, an International Symposium on Comparison of Urban Drainage Models with Real Catchment Data will be held. The symposium is sponsored by the International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR), the International Association for Water Pollution Research Control (IAWPRC), the Yugoslav Association for Hydraulic Research (YAHR), ISKRA‐DELTA, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, and the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The aim of the symposium is to provide a fo rum for presenting the results of research on the acquisition and processing of data for verification and prediction by urban drainage runoff models.
AGU Hydrology Section minutes
Authors: Maddock Thomas
Published: October 2011

The Executive Committee of the AGU Hydrology Section met in regular session at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 5, 1984, in Room 320 of the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California. Present were 23 Board members, with section president, R. Allan Freeze presiding.
Degradation, retention, and dispersion of pollutants in groundwater
Authors: Arvin Erik
Published: October 2011

A specialized seminar on this subject was sponsored by the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control (IAWPRC) on September 12–14, 1984, in Copenhagen. Arranged by the Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, the purpose of the seminar was to focus on the basic mechanisms for degradation, retention, and dispersion of pollutants in groundwater. These mechanisms are the building blocks for the development of groundwater quality models, describing the concentration of pollutants in space and time in the subsurface. If these basic mechanisms are poorly understood and quantified, the predictions from the models are also poor.
USSR/USA Bering Sea Experiment
Authors: Muench Robin D.
Published: October 2011

This book presents the results from the joint USSR/USA Bering Sea Experiment (BESEX), which took place in the central Bering Sea marginal ice zone in February–March 1973. The BESEX program was conceived following the 1971 preliminary Soviet‐American negotiations on scientific cooperation in the observation of meteorological phenomena from space. The primary purpose of the experiment was to advance the development of techniques for microwave remote sensing of atmospheric, oceanic, and sea ice parameters. The experimental results were subsequently discussed in May 1974 at a symposium that was held in Leningrad. The 20 papers contained in this book are the proceedings from this symposium.
First Workshop on the European Geotraverse
Authors: Galson D. A. , Mueller S. , Munsch B.
Published: October 2011

The First Workshop on the European Geotraverse (EGT) Project (Eos, July 19, 1983, p. 458) was held October 28–30, 1983, at the Institute of General Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and was organized by A. Berthelsen and N. Springer, with support from the Secretariat of the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, France. The focus of the workshop was the northern segment of the EGT, which comprises the Precambrian Baltic Shield of Fennoscandia and the southern off‐shield region of concealed Caledonian and Precambrian basement. About 70 European geoscientists were brought together with the following aims: to summarize and discuss existing data, and in particular, data along the FENNOLORA (Fennoscandian Long Range Project, 1979) geotraverse which crosses the shield in a north‐south direction; and to prepare for future cooperative research projects, especially the proposed EUGENO‐South (European Geotraverse Northern Segment‐Southern Part, 1984) traverses across both the southern margin of the shield and the off‐shield region (the Fennoscandian Border Zone) and the south Scandinavian traverses (tentatively planned for 1986). Twenty‐five scientific talks were given, dealing with various aspects of the regional geology, geophysics, geochemistry and tectonics.
1984 Fall Meeting: Largest AGU meeting ever held
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

For the first time ever the scientific sessions of the AGU Fall and ASLO Winter Meeting were held in the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography joined AGU once again this year, guaranteeing the largest AGU meeting ever held. The Civic Auditorium provided the necessary space to accommodate all oral sessions, poster sessions, and exhibits in one facility. The advantages and disadvantages of this facility were reviewed at the end of the meeting by the Program Committee, and several improvements for the future were recommended. The Meetings Committee will also be reviewing the results of a survey on the meeting.
Fulbright Awards available
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Competition begins this month for Fulbright Scholar Awards in research and university lecturing abroad. The awards for 1986–1987 include 300 grants in research and 700 grants in university lecturing for periods ranging from 3 months to a full academic year. There are openings in more than 100 countries and, in a few cases, opportunities exist for multicountry research.
Career and family: Making it work
Authors: Sancetta Connie
Published: October 2011

About 150 people at the 1984 AGU Fall Meeting attended an evening panel session on combining professional and family lives. Panelists were Tanya Atwater (University of California, Santa Barbara), Laurie Brown (University of Massachusetts), Silvia Garzoli (Lamont‐Doherty Geological Observatory), and Jimmy Diehl and Suzanne Beske‐Diehl (Michigan Technological University). The session was sponsored by the AGU Education and Human Resources Committee. The panelists had been asked to describe their own lives and decisions and to pass on advice or experience that they had gained.
February streamflow
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Flows of most of the nation's streams were average to well above average for February, while well below average flows persisted in parts of the Northeast and the far Northwest, according to a regular end of the month check on water resources conditions by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior.

USGS hydrologists said that 82% of the key index stream‐gaging stations reporting for February recorded flows that were average to well above average. Of the 174 stations, 34% (60 stations) reported well above average flows, 48% (83 stations) reported average flows, and only 18% (31 stations) reported flows that were well below average for February.
Chairman's corner
Authors: Anderson Orson L.
Published: October 2011

The response of the geophysical community to the establishment of the AGU's Committee on Mineral Physics has been most gratifying. The Executive Committee and the Council of the AGU have been generous in support of the several activities launched by the committee, and without that support, our committee's activities would be severely curtailed.

The committee is a working organization; it is not content to hold perfunctory gatherings. The committee's organizational structure was explained in the last‐issue of the Mineral Physics News: essentially, it consists of panels, each of which has an assigned mission in support of the future well‐being of the mineral physics community. The Membership and Publicity Panel, for example, primarily discharges its mission by publishing this report semiannually in Eos. The chairman of this panel is also the editor of the Mineral Physics News.
NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Three of the 50 persons receiving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science will study geophysics or a geophysics‐related discipline. The fellowships, recently announced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of State, are awarded to young scientists for full‐time postgraduate study abroad at institutions and laboratories in NATO countries or in neighboring countries that cooperate with NATO.
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 10(2), February 28, 1985, a publication of the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Event Alert Network. The complete bulletin is available in the microfiche edition of Eos as a microfiche supplement or as a paper reprint. For the microfiche, order document E85‐004 at $2.50 (U.S.) from AGU Fulfillment, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. For the paper reprint, order SEAN Bulletin (giving volume and issue numbers and issue date) through AGU Separates at the above address; the price is $3.50 for one copy of each issue number for those who do not have a deposit account, $2 for those who do; additional copies of each issue number are $1. Subscriptions to SEAN Bulletin are available from AGU Fulfillment at the above address; the price is $18 for 12 monthly issues mailed to a U.S. address, $28 if mailed elsewhere, and must be prepaid.
Report from the President
Authors: Dalrymple G. Brent
Published: October 2011

I am pleased to report that the VGP section is alive, well, and growing. We are the second fastest‐growing section in the Union and our membership is increasing at a rate 75% above that of the Union as a whole. During the 4 years from December of 1979 to December of 1983 the membership of the section grew from 1178 to 1819, an increase of 54.4%. For comparison, Union membership during the same period increased by 31%. The growth of VGP was exceeded only by the Tectonophysics Section, which grew 61%. Of the total AGU membership, 11.0% have chosen to affiliate with VGP, up from 9.4% since 1979.
VGP Award to Newton
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The VGP Award will be presented to Robert C. Newton of the University of Chicago at the combined luncheon of the Planetology/Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Sections at the 1985 AGU Spring Meeting in Baltimore, Md. The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 29. Newton is being cited for his contributions to the studies of highpressure phase equilibria.
Dredging with the Blake
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

In the early part of the 19th century it was commonly thought that marine life existed only in the upper levels of the oceans. In later years, animals were recovered from successively greater depths, so that by the time of the Challenger expedition in 1873, life seemed to exist almost everywhere in the ocean and on the sea floor. The remarkable abundance of the deep sea fascinated naturalists world‐wide, and in 1877 the U.S. Coast Survey steamer Blake was outfitted for deep dredging and trawling, to be done in conjunction with sounding surveys of the eastern U.S. continental shelf and slope. With a waterline length of only 140 feet (43 m), the Blake was a rather small vessel for such arduous service, but these limitations were more than compensated for by Alexander Agassiz, who directed the first dredging survey, and Lieutenant Sigsbee, who commanded the vessel.
Ionospheric research opportunity
Authors: Rickel Dwight
Published: October 2011

Ground‐based explosions have been exploited successfully in the past as a relatively controlled source for producing ionospheric disturbances. On June 25, the Defense Nuclear Agency will conduct a high explosives test on the northern section of the White Sands Missile Range. Approximately 4,800 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (ANFO) will be detonated at ground level, producing an acoustic shock wave with a surface pressure change of approximately 20 mbar at a 6 km range. This shock front will have sufficient strength to propagate into the ionosphere with at least a 10% change in the ambient pressure across the disturbance front in the lower F region. Such an ionospheric perturbation will give ionospheric researchers an excellent opportunity to investigate acoustic propagation at ionospheric heights, shock dissipation effect, the ion‐neutral coupling process, acoustic‐gravity wave (traveling ionospheric disturbance) generation mechanisms, and associated RF phenomena.
Recent Ph.D.'s
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Eos periodically lists information on recendy accepted doctoral dissertations in the disciplines of geophysics. Faculty members are invited to submit the following information, on institution letterhead, above the signature of the faculty advisor or department chairman: (1) the dissertation tide, (2) author's name, (3) name of the degree‐granting department and institution, (4) faculty, advisor, (5) month and year degree was awarded.

If possible, include the current address and telephone number of the degree recipient (this information will not be published).
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

The following hearings and markups have been tentatively scheduled for the coming weeks by the Senate and House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing or markup; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).

June 27: Hearing on legislation to impose user fees for some of the services provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by the Coast Guard Subcommit‐tee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Room 1334, Longworth Building, 9:30 A.M.
Charles A. Whitten Medal
Authors: Bossier John D.
Published: October 2011

The Charles A. Whitten Medal of Honor was established in May 1984 by the American Geophysical Union for the purpose of acknowledging outstanding contributions to the development of geodesy and its applications to the form and dynamics of the earth and the planets. The Charles A. Whitten Medal subcommittee has unanimously agreed to award this, its first honor, to Dr. Charles A. Whitten, a man held in high, even reverential, regard by the geophysical community.
John Adam Fleming Medal
Authors: Johnson Francis S. , Hanson William B.
Published: October 2011

William B. Hanson has made numerous important contributions to the field of ionospheric and space physics, not only for the planet earth, but also for Mars and Venus.

Dr. Hanson was born in Warroad, Minn., on December 30, 1923. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in physics. He received his Ph.D. degree from George Washington University in Washington, D. C. His earliest scientific work was in the field of low‐temperature physics at the National Bureau of Standards, but he abandoned that field of research in 1956 and entered into the field of ionospheric and space research at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. In 1962 he went to the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies in Dallas, which in 1969 became the University of Texas at Dallas. There he is the Director of the Center for Space Sciences and Professor of Physics.
Mineral find highlights cruise
Authors: Katzoff Judith A.
Published: October 2011

Heavy minerals with potential commercial value were discovered last month by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in seafloor deposits off the coasts of Virginia and Georgia. The USGS sent the research vessel J. W. Powell on a 25‐day cruise along the East Coast to assess the concentrations of commercially important minerals in that segment of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Robert Broadbent called the findings of the Powell “promising” and said they served as a “reminder of just how little we do know about the seafloor resources just a few miles offshore.”
Geomagnetism‐Paleomagnetism Committee
Authors: Banerjee Subir K.
Published: October 2011

I n response to strong member concerns about the future of geomagnetism, Neil D. Opdyke, President of the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section, has appointed an ad hoc Committee for the Future of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism consisting of Subir K. Banerjee (chair; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), Joseph Cain (U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.) and Rob Van der Voo (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). The committee seeks, from the membership at large, perceptions of future directions of research, help in identifying a few expanding research areas that show a promise of delivering significant results in the next 5 to 10 years, and guidance in generating a strategy to bring these about.
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

The following hearings and markups have been tentatively scheduled for the coming weeks by the Senate and the House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing or markup; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐ 3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, August 28, 1984, p. 669).
Remote Sounding of Atmospheres
Authors: Gille John C.
Published: October 2011

One of the first applications proposed for earth‐orbiting satellites was the observation of the atmosphere. A glance at any television weather report shows how far things have come. Pictures taken from geostationary orbit show cloud distributions over a large part of the globe, and credible forecasts utilizing satellite temperature soundings extend several days into the future. These data have had a profound influence on research as well. A recent article (“Breaking planetary waves in the stratosphere,” by M. E. Mclntyre and T. N. Palmer, Nature, vol. 303, pp. 593–600, 1983.) stated that “Satellite‐borne IR radiometers are turning the Earth's stratosphere into one of the best available outdoor laboratories for observing the large scale dynamics of a rotating heterogeneous fluid under gravity.” Remote sounding data have revolutionized our understanding of the atmospheres of this and other planets.