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Barium Release Experiment
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the German Ministry for Education and Science (BMBW) are planning to release a cloud of barium and strontium in space during the second half of 1970. In this experiment an 18‐kg mixture of barium metal and copper oxide powder will be ignited and released at an altitude of approximately 5 earth radii in the general region of 10°N, 75°W. Launch windows for the release are: August 25 through September 8, 1970; September 23 through October 6, 1970; October 20 through November 3, 1970; and November 18 through December 1, 1970.

The release must be made at a time when the ground observing stations are in darkness, but the cloud must also be illuminated by the sun at this time. The exact time of release varies between launch windows. It is also governed by the final trajectory of the Scout launch vehicle. Consequently, the exact time of release cannot be specified at this time. It will, in general, be around 0300 UT, that is, pre‐midnight local time.
Three‐year contract for CSC
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Computer Sciences Corporation has received a three‐year contract valued at more than $1 million for the first year from the Nevada Operations Office of the AEC. The award was made to Environmental Research Corporation, which is a unit of CSC's Atomic Energy Division. ERC will move from Alexandria, Virginia, to Las Vegas in July. The new contract calls for ERC to continue providing AEC's Nevada Operations Office with predictions of the ground motion to be anticipated from the Government's underground nuclear testing program.
Microseism Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An International Symposium on Microseisms will be held in Paris, France, September 14–20, 1970. It is being sponsored by the Subcommission on Microseisms of the European Seismological Commission and, in part, by the French Committee on Geodesy and Geophysics. The purpose of the symposium is to assemble seismologists working on microseisms with oceanographers and meteorollogists. There is no registration fee, and rooms are available at the University Student Residence in Antony for less than $1.50 per person per day.
Formation of the Earth‐Moon System
Authors: Cameron A. G. W.
Published: October 2011

It is often stated that there are three types of theory concerning the origin of the earth‐moon system. I feel that there are serious objections to each of them. They are; (1) Formation of the moon by fission of the earth. This idea has been attractive in the past because of the low density of the moon, which suggests that the moon might be made out of the terrestrial mantle material. However, we now know that the moon is also very much more depleted in the more volatile mantle elements than is the earth, and in my view this would be difficult to reconcile with such a mechanism.
Bioenvironmental technology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Florida Institute of Technology is implementing a program leading to a Master's Degree in Bioenvironmental Technology.

The program was initiated by the Oceanography and Space Technology departments of F.I.T. in response to recognition by the faculty that the environmental problems confronting public life and industrial development call for persons trained in areas not delineated by the boundaries of classical disciplines, it is intended in this new program to accept people from several disciplines: physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Research will form an integral part of the program; this will initially be based on the contract for river surveying that is currently growing into a full‐Hedged estuary and environment study. Efforts to expand the research facilities are underway through collaboration with various local and national agencies. It is anticipated that graduates will be prepared for employment in governmental agencies and industrial organizations concerned with water and air pollution, environmental health, and ecological conditions.
NSF Grant to the University of Colorado
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The University of Colorado has received a $4,600 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the Lake Missoula floods, which in prehistoric times covered what is now the northwestern United States.

Known geological evidence of floods and some standard hydraulic techniques will be used to reconstruct the floods, including how much water was released in the flood flow and how fast it was moving, and how these flows were related to the transportation of sediments.
Airborne geomagnetic survey
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The United States Naval Oceanographic Office is conducting an airborne geomagnetic survey of ocean areas. The purpose of this program, known as Project MAGNET, is to acquire more accurate and adequate data for the improvement of navigational and world isomagnetic charts. The current flight operations are being conducted as part of the over‐all survey of the world's ocean areas.

The survey aircraft, a modified U.S. Navy transport plane, operated by Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight, is equipped with a vector airborne magnetometer and special navigation equipment. The airborne magnetometer measures the intensity and direction of the earth's magnetic field, thereby providing information for charting all elements of the field.
U.S./IHD contributions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Atomic Energy commission, United States, 1969, Radioisotope Investigative Methods in Engeering Geology and Hydrogeology. Translated from Radioizotopnyye metody issledovaniya v inzhenernoy geologii i gidrogeologii, ATOMIZDAT, Moscow (1968), 304 pp AEC‐tr‐7230, 254 pp.

Changes tn the Biota of Lakes Erie and Ontario, Proceedings in the Conference, in Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York, v. 25. No. 1, 1969, 84 pp.
Short course on hydrologic systems
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The School of Engineering at California State College, Los Angeles, is offering a short course for engineers, ‘Statistical and Probability Analysis of Hydrologic Systems,’ to be held March 4, 11, and 18, 1972 (three consecutive Saturdays).

This course is designed for engineers, hydrologists, and geophysicists interested in the methods of hydrologic system analysis. It has three purposes: (1) to present a comprehensive survey of the statistical and probability theory; (2) to provide in‐depth training in the application of statistical and probability techniques to the analysis, design, and planning of hydrologic systems with emphasis on frequency analysis, correlation and regression systems analysis, hydrologic time series, sequential generation model and computer applications; and (3) to introduce results of current developments and advancements in the application of these techniques.
NATO Advanced Study Institute
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Cambridge University Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics will host a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena in Rotating Fluids June 26 through July 4, 1972. The aim of the meeting will be to provide, through invited lectures, a systematic account of those aspects of the geophysics of the earth–s core and of astrophysics in which both rotation effects and magnetic effects play an important part. In addition, informal presentations and discussion will be strongly encouraged.
IAEA Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Symposium on the Interaction of Radioactive Contaminants with the Constituents of the Marine Environment will be held July 10–14, 1972, in Seattle, Washington. It will be sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The symposium will provide a forum for the dissemination of knowledge and exchange of information on recent progress in the understanding of the behavior of radionuclides in the marine environment. It is aimed at elucidating the influence of radioactivity on the marine ecosystem and providing some background material for estimation of the capacity of the sea to accept radioactive waste without harmful effects on man and the ecosystem.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An FM ionospheric sounder, designed to make both vertical‐ and oblique‐incidence soundings of highfrequency radio paths, has been developed by Barry Research Corporation of Palo Alto, California.

Called the VOS‐1 Chirpsounder, this solid‐state ionosonde employs an FM (‘chirp’) pulse‐compression technique to measure path loss and time delay in the 0.5 to 30 MHz frequency range. Using an output power of only 8 watts and receiver bandwidth of only 350 Hz, the signal‐to‐noise ratio achieved by the VOS‐1 significantly exceeds that achieved by traditional 30 kW pulse, vacuum‐tube ionosondes—and with less interference to other equipment.
Large‐scale concentration and conversion of solar energy
Authors: Hildebrandt Alvin F. , Haas Gregory M. , Jenkins William R. , Colaco Joseph P.
Published: October 2011

According to a report by the Committee on Resources and Man [National Academy of Sciences‐National Research Council, 1969], there is a growing concern in this country of an impending energy crisis in the decades ahead. High quality petroleum reserves within the boundaries of our country are of insufficient quantity to meet our energy requirements for the next 50 to 100 years. Large reserves of coal and oil shale exist, but these are of decreasing quality and involve serious problems concerning pollution. The problems of thermal pollution and radioactive waste disposal in the large‐scale use of nuclear reactors have not been satisfactorily resolved, and, unless the breeder reactor program is successful, only a short range solution has been assured [Cambel, 1969, 1970]. The development of fusion would be a suitable solution, except for thermal pollution, but it is too early to see fusion as a solution for our energy needs now.
New water resources association founded
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An international organization called the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) has recently been established in response to the need for an international focal point to promote interdisciplinary communication between professionals of diverse backgrounds working on all kinds of water resources problems. IWRA has been incorporated as a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The principal objectives of IWRA are: to advance water resources planning, development, management, administration, science, technology, research, and education on an international level; to establish an international forum for planners, administ rators, managers, scientists, engineers, educators, and others who are concerned with water resources; and to encourage coordination and support of international programs in the field of water resources, including cooperation with the United Nations and its agencies and other international and national organizations in activities of common interest.
Metropolitan St. Louis Branch
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Metropolitan St. Louis Branch of AGU met on May 23, 1972. Chairman William Durbin called the meeting to order in the ACIC Dining Hall at 6:30 P.M. There were 46 members and guests in attendance. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by the Secretary. The Treasurer, Melvin E. Shultz, reported a balance of $285.84 in the treasury. Durbin expressed appreciation to Luman E. Wilcox for his work in publishing the new Branch paper, The Gateway Geophysicist. The first issue was published in May 1972.
Lloyd Berkner Symposium
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The first Lloyd Berkner Symposium will be held May 14–17, 1973, at the University of Texas at Dallas. The topic of the symposium is ‘Irregularities in the Equatorial Ionosphere.’

The Lloyd Berkner Memorial was established to honor a man whose genius and leadership in the field of geophysics wefe known by all in the scientific community. The AGU Council has determined that the fund be living, dynamic, and reflective of Lloyd Berkner's personality and interests. Therefore, the fund and its income will be used to initiate a series of international symposia, some to be held in developing countries.
The President's Page: The translation program (guest editorial)
Authors: Landsberg Helmut E.
Published: October 2011

One of AGU's major missions has always been exchange of information among scientists in the geophysical disciplines. Through its journals and meetings the Union has tried to lower the boundaries between differing disciplines, while on the international scene it has helped, through vigorous participation in the affairs of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, to foster scientific exchange across national frontiers. This has been a useful but clearly insufficient effort. Only a limited number of people can attend international meetings, and the foreign literature, in particular, that becomes available often remains a locked treasure because of the language barrier. This has been especially true for material written in Russian.

This communications gap was bridged, starting in 1957, by AGU's Russian translation program, which covered a number of journals either exhaustively or selectively. The National Science Foundation has supported the program since its inception; but in the clamor for funds and rearranged priorities the Foundation took the attitude that the translations should become self‐supporting.
Fly ash used in study of lake pollution
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Notre Dame $49,999 to continue its study of Stone Lake, Michigan. The program, headed by Mark W. Tenney and Wayne F. Echelberger, has been centered about the possibility of using fly ash to cleanse polluted waters and reclaim recreational waterways. Studies have indicated that fly ash can produce significant improvement in the chemical nature of the water, but little is known about how long the improvement will last or how the fly ash will affect living organisms in the lake.
WMO hydrology commission fourth session
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Because the 6th (1971) Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) accepted additional responsibilities in hydrology, this session of its Commission for Hydrology (CHy) was unusually productive. The expanded responsibilities will go a long way toward making hydrology approach meteorology in importance in the WMO.

WMO has established an Operational Hydrology Program that will be directed at meeting the needs of national hydrological services through international cooperation, including: (1) efforts to standardize instruments and observations; (2) promotion of new methods of data collection and analysis; (3) dissemination of information on established solutions to institutional and organizational problems; and, (4) supporting activities in education and training.
Notes and commentary
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Henry S. Santeford has joined the staff of the office of the U.S. National Committee for the IHD as of September 1, 1972. He fills the Staff Associate position formerly held by Charles E. Downs who left in June to return to Stanford University for the completion of his Ph.D. program.
Royal Society meeting on the measurement and interpretation of changes of strain in the Earth
Authors: Nason Robert D.
Published: October 2011

The measurement and interpretation of strain and tilt in the earth is a topic of increasing geophysical interest, both for the study of earth tides and as a means to study earthquakes and other tectonic processes. In the past few years there has been a great growth in the numbers and types of strain and tilt instruments installed in many parts of the world. The instruments and the resulting measurements were the focus of an excellent discussion meeting organized by A.H. Cook, R.V. Jones, R.G. Bilham, and G.C.P. King and sponsored by the Royal Society in London on May 10, 11, and 12, 1972.

The meeting opened with a discussion by A. Cook of periodic and nonperiodic earth strain changes. He pointed out that the existing strain and tilt instruments span a wide frequency range, from seismic waves through free oscillations and earth tides to nonperiodic (zero frequency) deformation. The nonperiodic changes include the steps observed during earthquakes and the long‐term tectonic strains of sea‐floor spreading.
NAS staff fellowships
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new program of postdoctoral staff fellowships at the National Academy of Sciences is being established under a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The $250,000 grant will provide opportunity for approximately eight scientists each year to study selected aspects of science and public policy while participating in staff work of their choosing within the complex of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
IUGG‐COSPAR Commission on Satellite Geodesy
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

At the May 1972 General Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) in Madrid, Ivan I. Mueller of the Department of Geodetic Science was appointed to membership on the Joint IUGG—COSPAR Commission on Satellite Geodesy.

The Commission has thirty‐five members representing the seventeen countries that are active in satellite geodesy. Its field of concentration includes studies on the local or global shape and size of the earth and its gravity field, as determined through the observations of artificial satellites. The observation techniques include photography, laser or radar distance measurement, Doppler shift, satellite‐borne altimetry, interferometry, and so forth.
International Symposium on the Hydrology of Lakes
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An international symposium is being organized within the framework of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD). The symposium is being organized by the Finnish National Committee for the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), in cooperation with the Finnish National Committee for IHD and the IAHS. The meeting will be held at the Otaniemi International Congress Center, near Helsinki, Finland, July 23–27, 1973.

The symposium topics will include physico‐geography, water balance, hydrometeorology, hydraulics, sedimentation, and water management.
JILA's Visiting Fellowships and Postdoctoral Research Associateships
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) is devoted to research, study, and teaching in theoretical astrophysics, low‐energy atomic physics, and other closely related areas. Primary interest now is in the areas of stellar atmospheres, solar physics, stellar stability and the interstellar medium, atomic and molecular collisions, spectroscopy and spectral line broading, and laser physics. Laboratory and theoretical studies conducted at JILA often complement results obtained by observational programs at astronomical and space research facilities.

To enable persons actively contributing to these fields to come to the Institute to continue their studies and research, JILA operates a Visiting Scientists Program. In addition to provision of certain facilities to visitors with independent financial support, approximately seven stipends are available each year for Visiting Fellowships. The Visiting Fellowships are normally awarded to scientists with extensive research experience beyond the doctoral degree. An additional Visiting Fellowship in the field of space physics, jointly sponsored by JILA and the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, is available.
Pacific Northwest Region
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Region was held October 16 and 17, 1972, on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The informal setting provided a very pleasant backdrop for the 79 registrants. The program consisted of 47 contributed papers and 8 invited papers.

A symposium entitled ‘Social and Environmental Aspects of Geophysics’ was arranged and chaired by R.M. Ellis of the University of British Columbia. It examined both some of man's involuntary influences on the atmosphere, oceans and solid earth, and man's conscious activities with beneficial results such as local climate modification and earthquake control. (See below for titles and affiliations of the speakers.)
Symposium on the Chemistry of Sea/Air Particulate Exchange Processes
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A symposium on the Chemistry of Sea/Air Particulate Exchange Processes will be held at the University of Nice, France, October 4‐10, 1973. Sponsoring the symposium will be the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Delegation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, and the French Ministère de l'Environnement. The symposium will center on the following topics: physicochemical properties of sea/air interface; marine atmosphere chemistry; geochemical implications and environmental implications, meteorological implications, pedological implications.
New product
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new series of data scanners that is reportedly capable of sampling outputs from as many as 1000 sensors has been developed by Consolidated Controls Corporation, a subsidiary of Condec Corporation.

Designed for use in digital data acquisition systems to select measurement points one at a time and to connect their outputs, along with channel identification, to data processing and recording equipment, the Series 70GP Scanners are available in two models. Model 70GP3 is for use in systems having 10 to 100 inputs; Model 70GP10, up to 1000 inputs.
U.S. geomagnetic observatories
Authors: Lanzerotti L. J.
Published: October 2011

We are writing to express our concern about the future plans for the United States geomagnetic observatories. It is our understanding that negotiations are presently under way between NOAA (in the Department of Commerce) and the U.S. Geological Survey (in the Department of the Interior) to transfer the jurisdiction of the observatories from NOAA to USGS. Our concern primarily arises because of the great usefulness of a number of the present observatories in solar‐terrestrial research and the importance of the recognition of this usefulness by a department concerned with topics of solid‐earth studies.

We would like to stress that a number of the United States observatories, as presently established, contribute importantly to national and international programs in studying and monitoring solar‐terrestrial phenomena. Measurements at the observatories at San Juan and Honolulu are among those from worldwide nearequatorial stations that are used to compile the extensively used geomagnetic index Dst. The observatories at Fredericksburg and Sitka are included in the worldwide network from which the Kp index is derived. The observatories at College and Barrow in Alaska are the only U.S. stations in the auroral zone. Records from these observatories are extensively used for studies, and monitoring, of magnetic storms and provide data for the auroral electrojet (AE) index.
The President's Page: Scientific communication
Authors: Abelson Philip H.
Published: October 2011

The primary function of scientific societies is to facilitate comunication among their members. A strong vital scientific discipline is unthinkable in the absence of good communication among peers. Most of creative activity is a solitary thing. The individual scientist must have courage and perserverance in pursuing his own course. But from time to time he must interact with others if he is to be fully effective. Much of the needed interaction occurs at the various types of scientific meetings where enthusiasms are exchanged and where a sense of what is significant is sharpened. Meetings are essential, but the form of communication that sets the standards of quality and integrity for a discipline and constitutes the body of its enduring values is journal publication.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The GeoMetrics G‐816 Pushbutton Portable Magnetometer is a simple, low‐cost instrument designed for field survey work. According to news releases, the basic G‐816 system weighs only 1½ pounds, including, battery‐powered console, sensor, cable and 8‐foot aluminum staff, and offers 1‐gamma sensitivity.

As a proton precession magnetometer, the G‐816 reportedly offers absolute, drift‐free measurements of total magnetic field, directly in gammas, anywhere in the world. Measurements are repeatable to the limits of sensitivity throughout the instrument's 20,000 to 90,000 gamma range. Measurements can be made in the field with no compensation for temperature drift, no setup for leveling, and no adjustments for orientation, field polarity or arbitrary reference levels. Each measurement is displayed on a 5‐digit high‐brightness numeric readout. Power is supplied by common D‐cell flashlight batteries in an internal battery pack. Battery life is sufficient for more than 10,000 readings, with replacement signaled in advance by a flashing indicator light. For further information write GeoMetrics, 914 Industrial Ave., Palo Alto, California 94303.
Tunneling by stress and water jet
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A method of high speed underg round tunneling, involving the combination of thermally induced stresses and water jet impact, is being studied by Systems, Science & Software, La Jolla, California, under a contract from the National Science Foundation.

According to T, David Riney, Principal Investigator at Systems, Science and Software, ‘The employment of liquid jets has proven to be of interest and a number of investigations have shown the effectiveness of this type of mechanical disintegration. Initial experimental studies at the U.S. Bureau of Mines have indicated that the combined action of thermally induced stresses and water jet impact will reinforce each other and induce efficient fracture of large blocks of rock. The purpose of the new contract is to perform a theoretical study of these interacting physical phenomena, providing a base on which to correlate and direct allied experimental programs,’ Riney said.
IBM Wallace J. Eckert Visiting Scientist Program (Environmental Sciences)
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center is now accepting applications for appointment as the Wallace J. Eckert Visiting Scientist in Environmental Sciences for the academic year 1974–1975.

The Visiting Scientist Program is specifically intended for persons on sabbatic leave from universities and government laboratories, but applications from any scientist prepared to carry out independent research will be seriously considered. Visiting Scientists will normally be appointed for a period of one year. Their only duty will be to carry out their individual research programs at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. They will receive salaries comparable to those of permanent staff members and in addition will be reimbursed for travel expenses during the tenure of their appointment and for relocation expenses.
NSF Graduate Fellowships for 1974”1975
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation is selecting candidates for the Graduate Fellowships Program. Panels of eminent scientists appointed by the National Research Council will evaluate qualifications of applicants. Final selection will be made by the Foundation, with awards to be announced on March 15, 1974.

Initial NSF Graduate Fellowship awards are intended for students at or near the beginning of their graduate study. In general those eligible to apply will be college seniors or first‐year graduate students this fall; eligibility is limited to individuals who by fall 1974 will have completed not more than one year of full‐time or part‐time graduate‐level study. Subject to the availability of funds, new fellowships awarded in the spring of 1974 will be for periods of three years, the second and third years contingent on certification to the Foundation by the fellowship institution of the student's satisfactory progress toward an advanced degree in the sciences.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new, lightweight earth drill for auger and core drilling, penetration tests, drive‐tube sampling and mud rotary drilling is now available from the Johnson Division, Universal Oil Products Company, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The versatile, all‐hydraulic drill is called the MR‐24 ‘Prospector.’ It can be easily mounted on any light fourwheel drive truck to make it highly mobile and maneuverable, according to the Johnson Division.
First Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Society
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The First Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Society was held on September 25–28, 1973, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. The total registration was 482, of which 59 were students under 26 years of age.

The idea of holding annual meetings for geophysicists in Europe could be traced to a proposal at a geophysical meeting in Madrid some 4 years ago. Keith Runcorn made the first step when he helped organize the First European Earth and Planetary Physics Colloquium at Reading in the spring of 1971. At a general assembly of that colloquium the question of the future was discussed. Although the participants unanimously wished for a periodical gathering of European geophysicists, considerable difference of opinion existed concerning the ways and means of implementing the concept. Idealists argued against an organized society and hoped that future EEPP colloquiums could be organized on an ad hoc basis by volunteers from various countries. However, the majority voted in favor of the proposal to establish a dues‐assessing European Geophysical Society.
Oahu used to measure water motions
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Researchers with the U.S. Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are using Hawaii's island of Oahu to obtain unique measurements of large‐scale water motions in the central North Pacific Ocean area.

Three pairs of electrodes are planted in 105‐foot‐deep holes drilled down to the salt water, which underlies the island's fresh‐water table, on the grounds of NOAA–s Honolulu Observatory site at Ewa Beach. These buried sensors sense the electromagnetic fields produced by electrically conducting sea water moving in the earth's magnetic field. Scientists can translate these sensations into measurements of such large, relatively slow motions as tides, planetary waves, some types of turbulence, and tsunamis.
Biographical sketches of candidates: Elections for the Biennium July 1, 1974”June 30, 1976
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The following biographical sketches are necessarily kept as brief as possible and do not purport to be detailed biographies. Included are six main items: name (followed by the office for which the member is a candidate), present work, place and year of birth, college education and degrees with years granted, principal fields of scientific activity in geophysics, and work and principal connections with the AGU. In many cases, more complete biographies of the candidates can be found in one or more of the standard national and regional biographical reference works.
Graduate Program in Remote Sensing of Coastal Environment offered
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Graduate study programs in remote sensing of coastal resources and environment have been established in the College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware.

Currently six students are working toward M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, performing basic and applied research in interdisciplinary areas such as mapping coastal vegetation, land use, current circulation, and water properties. Satellites, aircraft, helicopters, and boats are used in the student research.
ASTM forms Subcommittee on Meteorology
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new subcommittee on meteorology formed by the American Society for Testing Materials will have as its purpose the definition of meterological variables and formulation of standard methods for sampling and analyzing them. The subcommittee will be responsible for selection of relevant nomenclature and stimulation of research to accomplish its purpose.

Methods of measuring atmospheric pressure, wind velocity, and turbidity will receive the subcommittee's first attention, the ASTM indicates, because these variables ‘are being measured with increasing frequency by people who are not trained in the techniques of making meteorological measurements.’
Laboratory dedicated to noted polar scientist
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation has dedicated the earth sciences laboratory at McMurdo station, Antarctica, to the memory of Edward C. Thiel, a noted polar geophysicist who died in an aircraft accident on the remote continent in November 1961. The laboratory is the center for extensive research on the frozen continent in geology, geophysics, and glaciology.
University of Alaska External Degree Program
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The University of Alaska is offering a graduate level external degree program leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The program includes geophysics and closely related fields, e.g., geology, geochemistry and certain branches of engineering and environmental science.

Under the external degree program, a candidate is not required to attend the university and take a formal program of study. There is no residence requirement.
Thunder signatures
Authors: Few A. A.
Published: October 2011

Geophysicists for a long time have employed acoustics to research problems throughout the solid earth, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere, using in these mediums signals from both natural sources and man‐made sources. Although each of the propagating mediums has its unique problems, there is much similarity in the methods used to measure, record, display, and analyze the acoustic signals. In this article the author describes an application of acoustic techniques to the study of thunderstorms by utilizing thunder as the acoustic signal. My coworkers and I feel that a recounting of these methods with the inherent difficulties and the successes will reach a broad, sympathetic readership in EOS.
International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology are sponsoring an International Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles—Their Science and the Systems They Model, August 28–30, 1974, in Pasadena, Calfornia.

Interest in the science of liquid drops and bubbles extends beyond those who work in fundamental fluid dynamics. Workers in meteorology, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and space processing have an evident and very practical concern with this science. Workers in nuclear physics and in astrophysics use liquid drops and bubbles as models for phenomena in atomic nuclei and in self‐gravitating astronomical systems.
Energy‐related abstracts in new publication
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Engineering Index, Inc., has announced a new monthly publication devoted to abstracts of material dealing with the energy field. The first issue was scheduled for April 1974.

Energy Abstracts is the first publication of its kind in the United States to deal exclusively with energy‐related information and was created to help deal with increasing demands from business, educational, and government sectors for information about energy resources and development.
New products
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A new direct‐reading, portable salinity/conductivity/temperature meter for use in analysis of water and waste water is available from Ecologic Instrument Corporation, manufacturers of water pollution measurement and control instruments, systems, and equipment.

Known as the ECOLAB Model 103 S‐C‐T Meter, the instrument measures conductivity over three selectable ranges: 0–500, 0–5000, and 0–50,000 micromhos. Temperature is measured from 0° to 50°C; salinity is measured from 0 to 40 parts per thousand. All measurements are made with one sensor and incorporate dial‐in temperature compensation to 25°C.
Younger scientists in the EGS
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

One of the main aims of the European Geophysical Society is to destroy the European tradition that young scientists, like little boys should be seen but not heard. This was made quite explicit in early comparisons of the EGS with the American Geophysical Union.

Over two years ago, for example, I wrote (Nature, 230, 213, 1971): ‘The really impressive thing about the AGU annual meeting is the way that both in and out of the formal program the young and comparatively inexperienced mix with the older and more experienced on an equal personal footing to the benefit of both. The research student, for example, is not only supported financially to attend the meeting in the first place but is freely given precious time to present his results and ideas before as critical an audience of his discipline colleagues as he will probably ever find.’
Energy‐Related Research Office established at NSF
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An Office of Energy‐Related General Research has been established at the National Science Foundation to coordinate internally all energyrelated research in the foundation's Research Directorate and to coordinate such research with programs in other federal agencies.

Frederick H. Abernathy, former director of NSF's Division of Engineering,has been named head of the new office. The staff will consist of six task coordinators located in various NSF divisions who will be charged with keeping abreast of scientific problems faced by actual or proposed energy systems.
Joint Oceanographic Assembly 1976 dates announced
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The organizers have announced that the 1976 Joint Oceanographic Assembly will be held September 13–24 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The meeting is the fourth in a series of international oceanographic conferences.

The joint assemblies are sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO), Commission for Marine Geology (CMG), Advisory Committee on Oceanic Meteorological Research (ACOMR), Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources (ECOR), and the Royal Society of London.
Third International Congress on Rock Mechanics
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

An interesting program has been arranged for the Third International Congress on Rock Mechanics to be held in Denver, Colorado, September 1–7, 1974.

Thirty outstanding authorities from around the world have prepared comprehensive reports on the topic Recent Advances in Rock Mechanics. In addition, 250 technical papers have been submitted by engineers and scientists working in the broad field of rock mechanics around the world. Preprints of these have been published and are available in advance of the congress so that participants can prepare for discussions at the meeting sessions.
Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting 1974
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting of AGU was held April 8–12, 1974, at the Sheraton‐Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Total registration was 2775, of whom 2050 were members, 325 were student members, and 400 were nonmembers. Last year's registration was 2502.

The meeting program, including abstracts of papers presented, was published in the April 1974 issue of EOS, pages 209–498. The present report highlights various features of the meeting and delineates postdeadline program changes.
USNC/IHD 14th Meeting Washington, D.C., April 29, 1974
Authors: Heindl L. A.
Published: October 2011

At its fourteenth meeting on April 29, 1974, the U.S. National Committee for the IHD concentrated on the status of its final reports and on preparation for the ninth and last session of the (international) IHD Coordinating Council and the End‐of‐Decade Conference (to be held in Paris, September 2–14, 1974). In the absence of H. Garland Hershey, USNC Chairman, the meeting was chaired by D.F. Peterson, vice‐president for research of Utah State University and former committee chairman.
The President's Page: Law of the Sea Conference: Implications for Research [Guest Editorial]
Authors: Knauss John A.
Published: October 2011

The Consensus of many who attended the Law of the Sea Conference in Caracas this past summer includes the following: (1) the chances of reaching agreement are at best fair when the conference reconvenes in Geneva in mid‐March 1975; (2) if agreement is not reached in 1975, the chances of reaching agreement in subsequent years is even less likely; and (3) scientific research issues received a somewhat more sympathetic hearing in Caracas than during the three years of preparatory meetings that led to the conference.

I do not wish to mislead anyone by the last statement. If a vote had been taken at Caracas, the agreed‐upon regime would have included both an economic zone and an International Seabed Authority. The economic zone would extend 200 miles seaward of national boundaries and encompass 37% of the ocean, an area approximately equal to the emerged land mass of the earth. Within the 200‐mile economic zone it would be necessary to receive explicit permission from the coastal nation to conduct any scientific research. The primary mission of the internationally controlled International Seabed Authority is the regulation of mining manganese nodules in the ocean beyond the economic zone. It is possible that this authority would have been voted at least token control over research on the deep seabed.
IAG General Assembly in Grenoble, France
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Association of Geodesy will hold its 1975 general assembly from August 18 to 23 in Grenoble, France.

The meeting will precede the Sixteenth General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics from August 24 to September 6, 1975, with its administrative meetings and interassociation symposiums.
Sea Grant for research awarded to Woods Hole
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent has announced the award of a $431,700 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Among the Sea Grant research projects being carried out at Woods Hole is one to develop a marine poly‐culture system based on natural food chains and utilizing the effluent from secondary sewage treatment, agricultural wastes, wastes from fisheries, and commercial fertilizer as nutrient sources. Also under study are pheromones, which, along with other natural substances, are used by animals for chemical communication in the marine environment. The aim of the research is to synthesize the compound and to understand its role in the animals' behavior. In another series of studies, tests are being made to determine the effects of petroleum contamination on marine animals.
The place of the geophysical sciences in nineteenth century natural philosophy
Authors: Gillmor C. Stewart
Published: October 2011

The Historiography of the geophysical sciences is far from developed. This is due in part to the relatively small number of historians of science and to the growth rate of science itself. There are perhaps only several dozen persons today whose professional interests touch on the history of geophysics, or the earth sciences, expeditions and exploration, and the historical connections of these fields with other areas of scientific activity. These persons study a world scientific literature that has been growing since the late seventeenth century at a rate that has produced a doubling about every 10 to 15 years. Within the history of science, the literature of the geophysical sciences has simply not received the degree of attention given some other areas, such as the ‘Scientific Revolution’ of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the paucity of secondary materials concerning the history of geophysics reflects this. It may therefore come as no surprise to discover that at present there is no real consensus within the profession as to the major problems in the history of the geophysical sciences in their historical relationships to general physics and ther other physical sciences.
Resolutions adopted at ICSU General Assembly
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

At its Fifteenth General Assembly, held in Istanbul, Turkey, September 23–26, 1974, the International Council of Scientific Unions adopted sixteen resolutions and recommendations, including those quoted below.

“The Fifteenth General Assembly ”Considering(l) the progress made in the field on lunar and planetary research by scientists of different disciplines and (2) the desirability to avoid duplication of scientific activities and meetings of the various bodies of ICSU in this field,

Recommends that (1) the IUCM be dissolved in September 1975 and (2) an ad hoc committee be formed of representatives of IAU, IUGG, IUGS, URSI, IUCr, and COSPAR to discuss the formation of an interunion commission for the moon and planets and define its terms of reference, to be submitted for approval at the 1975 meeting of the General Committee.
300 years of hydrology celebrated in Paris
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology was celebrated during the End‐of‐Decade Conference with a program of historical and prospective papers, and two symposia. Like the End‐of‐Decade Conference, the Tercentenary celebration was held in Unesco House in Paris.
IAH holds Tenth Congress
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Approximately 300 participants from some 25 countries attended the Tenth Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). Principal topics discussed included (1) pollution and protection of groundwater and subsoil, (2) contributions of hydrogeology to the representativity of analog and mathematical models, (3) regional hydrogeology and recent progress in hydrogeology, and (4) remote sensing applied to hydrogeology.

A preprint volume of the papers given at the congress was available under the title: Communications of the Congress of Montpellier, France, 1974, Memoir 10 of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. Memoir 10 was published by the French Committee for IAH with the cooperation of the (French) National Center for Scientific Research. Of the 59 papers included, 19 are in English, and 3 of these were from the United States. All the other papers are in French.
International meetings from WMO Bulletin: USSR Hydrologists Hold Fourth Congress [Three Meeting Reports From the World Meteorological Organization Bulletin]
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Hydrological congresses in the USSR attract large numbers of scientists and experts concerned with the study of surface and groundwater, the planning of water resource utilization and protection, and the design and operation of projects in water resources systems. These congresses represent important stages in the development of hydrology and in the assessment of the present state and determination of trends of hydrological research as applied to the needs of the economic and social development of Soviet society.

The Fourth Congress of USSR Hydrologists took place in Leningrad from October 9 to 13, 1973. It was attended by 1016 delegates and 374 guests, including 20 academicians and corresponding members of the USSR Academy of Sciences and of the Academies of Sciences of the Union Republics. There were 39 guests from Hungary, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Mongolia, and Finland and also representatives of Unesco, WMO, the Danube Commission, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.