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Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites
Authors: Prinz Martin
Published: October 2011

Since the Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions (JARE) of the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Tokyo began finding abundant meteorites in 1969, they have established a highly impressive record of developing the science of meteoritics in Japan on a broad international scale. As a part of this effort they have held annual symposia in Tokyo, involving mainly Japanese scientists, some already well established in other areas, and an impressive array of younger ones. Some scientists from the United States and other countries also attend. The seventh symposium was held on February 19 and 20, 1982, at the NIPR.
Science policy studied in Congress
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The House Science and Technology Committee will initiate a comprehensive study of science policy in the United States. Although the study will not formally begin until January, when the 99th Congress convenes for its 2‐year term, a newly appointed task force has begun to develop the agenda for the committee's work and has begun to prepare background information for the study.

Don Fuqua (D‐Fla.), chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, said that the health and vitality of American science unquestionably has been a major factor in the strong performance of the American economy over the last 35 years. However, the committee is concerned that present policies and practices may not be fully adequate to the new environment facing U.S. science in the coming decades.
Space telescope studies
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Definition studies for the Advanced X Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), an orbiting X ray telescope to be launched from the space shuttle in the early 1990s, have been initiated by NASA. The space agency selected two California aerospace companies—TRW and Lockheed Space and Missiles—to conduct the 2‐year studies of spacecraft hardware and science instrument requirements, after which time one of the two will be awarded a contract to build the telescope.

The AXAF facility will be the newest and most sophisticated in a series of X ray astronomical satellites dating back to the Uhuru satellite launched in 1970. Because the earth's atmosphere absorbs most incoming X ray radiation, telescopes sensitive to those wavelengths must be placed in orbit to be of value to astronomers. The AXAF will weigh ap‐ proximately 9000 kg and will measure 4.26×13 m. Orbiting the earth at an altitude of 515 km, it will carry a number of instruments suited to the study of astronomical X ray sources, among which are active galaxies and suspected black holes. The observatory is expected to see X ray sources 100 times fainter than those seen by the HEAO‐2 (High Energy Astronomy Observatory) launched in 1978, and will represent a significant improvement over the European EXOSAT now in earth orbit, particularly in its long operational lifetime, which is now expected to be about 15 years.
New directions for the National Ocean Service
Authors: Wolff Paul M.
Published: October 2011

The National Ocean Service, which I've headed since December 1983, is one of the major line components of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA, in turn, is part of the Department of Commerce and is the leading federal agency in the oceanic and atmospheric sciences. Other agencies are involved in the earth sciences, such as the Department of the Interior's Geological Survey, or are in the business of environmental regulations, like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but NOAA is the one federal agency charged specifically with analyzing and predicting oceanic and atmospheric components of the earth's environment as a whole. The importance of this global, integrated air‐sea approach is reflected in the five NOAA line offices.

This past December, NOAA line offices were reorganized to consolidate programs as part of the Reagan Administration's general government‐wide belt tightening (see Figure 1). The idea was for NOAA to grow leaner but stronger. The main thrust of the work of the Weather Service and the Marine Fisheries Service remained the same. The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research continued to provide research support to the other NOAA components. A trimmed down Environmental Data and Information Service merged with the National Environmental Satellite Service to become today's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Also, this past December the NOAA Office of Coastal Zone Management joined forces with the National Ocean Survey to become the National Ocean Service.
Seismometer washes ashore
Authors: Walker Daniel
Published: October 2011

An ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) recently washed ashore at Wake Island and was shipped to the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics. It appears to be instrument number 4 of the Texas Instrument Mark III series, built in 1964 for the Air Force Technical Applications Center. Some leakage into the sphere is indicated by moderate corrosion of the internal components. About half of the tape was pulled across the head.

Several such instruments were used and lost in experiments (recording of earthquakes and underground explosions) off the Kuril and Aleutian islands in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some instruments (serial numbers unknown) in the Mark II series may have been lost as early as 1964. Of the 13 Mark III instruments, 11 had been lost as of July 1968; we are unaware of their use (or the use of Mark IV's or V's) in recent years.
NSF atmospheric science review
Authors: Changnon Stanley A.
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) is doing extremely well, according to a recently completed review of two of its grant programs by an outside advisory committee. As a major part of NSF's activities in the physical sciences, ATM is responsible for providing more than $89.3 million annually in support of principal university research, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the Upper Atmosphere Facilities radar network.

The Advisory Committee for Atmospheric Sciences (ACAS) has both external and internal functions. The committee addresses several internal objectives including provision of oversight of program management required by NSF of individual programs within the division; provision of guidance on both shortand long‐range planning including advice on priorities of scientific needs and opportunities; and advice on the impact of ATM research support programs on the atmospheric sciences community.
Reduced journal rates
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) offers reduced rates for subscriptions to its journals to individual members of affiliated societies, including AGU. The offer is limited to one subscription per person to each journal.

Rates for 1985 for AGU members are listedbelow
Moving AGU Meetings sites [Comment to “Fall Meeting site”]
Authors: Lanzerotti L. J. , Maclennan C. C.
Published: October 2011

A recent letter to Eos by AGU member Dan Baker (March 13, 1984, p. 98) suggested that a method of reducing the attendance at the Fall AGU meeting would be to move it from San Francisco to his namesake, namely Bakersfield. He cited as a precedent the probably reduced attendance at the (at that time) upcoming Spring Meeting to be held in Cincinnati. While neither of us is promoting cities with names similar to ours, nevertheless we both believe that the recent meeting held in Cincinnati was a great success, even with the reduced number of registrants. The arrangements in the Convention Center, as well as the proximity of the hotels to the convention center and the amenities in the hotels were all excellent, and easily matched or surpassed the facilities in any of the cities in which the major meetings have been held to this time. Furthermore, we would like to make a qualitative judgment that the number of attendees at the individual sessions were perhaps as large as in a Baltimore or Washington meeting. In those meetings the number of registrants may have been larger, but the number of attendees at the given session may have been smaller; a significant proportion of the attendees at any given time would likely be visiting the offices of their contract monitors. Admittedly, the Spring Meeting has been an ideal opportunity to both attend scientific sessions and to lobby for additional research support. However, such lobbying does not necessarily make for increased attendance at the scientific sessions.
The cut and recorrelated gravity map of the United States
Authors: Kinsland Gary L.
Published: October 2011

Cover. (a) Filtered gravity map of the 48 contiguous states. Produced by Hildenbrand, Simpson, Godsen, and Kane as USGS Map GP‐953(A). (b) The map cut and recorrelated. Gravity signatures of the following major features are aligned. (1) Central North American Rift System, Hartville Uplift; (2) Precambrian/Early Paleozoic Rift Passive Margin underneath the Appalachians, Precambrian/Early Paleozoic Rift Passive Margin underneath the Quachitas. Though this offset was independently recognized by the author, it is similar to that proposed by S. W. Carey (The Expanding Earth, Dev. in Geotonics, vol. 10, pp. 378–380, Elsevier, New York, 1976). These alignments are interpreted to indicate that a strike‐slip fault system (transform fault?) offset these features probably concurrent with rift passive margin formation leaving the Palezoic Iapetian Eastern‐Southern continental margin bounded as follows: rift passive margin—transform passive margin—rift passive margin. Late Palezoic continental collision resulted in major overthrusting of the margin forming the Appalachians; lesser overthrusting, because of relatively recessed position, forming the Quachita's and minor thrusting with considerable shearing, because of the orientation of the transform boundary with respect to the closing vector, forming the buried Appalachian‐Quachita connection in Mississippi and Alabama (G. L. Kinsland, Transcontinental strike‐slip fault across North America, paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Oct. 1983). Features south and east of the rift passive margins were not in place at the time faulting occurred and would not a priori be expected to correlate in (b). The small features which do correlate in (b) from north Louisiana northeast along the Atlantic coast are believed to be signatures of portions of collapsed Late Palezoic island arc complexes which correlate due to similar structural relationships to the rift passive margins. Florida does not correlate with southern Mississippi and Louisiana. At this time, no reason for extending the cut through Florida other than necessity to illustrate the other correlations is given. A signature similar to the rift passive margin signatures is noted in southern Mississippi, southern Louisiana, and coastal Texas and is interpreted as the Mesozoic Gulf Coast rift passive margin signature (G. L. Kinsland, Basement Structure of the Gulf Coast: Interpretation of gravity anmalies supported with structural, magnetic and seismic data, Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc, in press, 1984).
Important Congressional committees
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

Here is a list of congressional committees that have direct jurisdiction in geophysics, general science, and science education. Chairmen and ranking minority members listed are for committees of the 98th Congress. Eos will update this list after committee assignments are made for the 99th Congress, which begins in January 1985.
Goals of the Union
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The objects of the Union are defined in the statutes as follows: (a) To promote the scientific study of the earth and its environment in space and to make the results of such studies available to the public. (b) To promote cooperation among scientific organizations whose objectives include the furtherance of knowledge in the geophysical disciplines. (c) To initiate and participate in geophysical research programs, including those that depend upon international cooperation. (d) To advance the various geophysical disciplines.
AGU‐GIFT Fund
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The AGU‐GIFT appeal is in its fourth year. The May 8, 1984, Eos contains the information that was used to make the report presented to the Council at its meeting in Cincinnati. More than 40% of the membership have participated thus far. Our sincerest thanks to all of you. If we are to achieve our goal, we must continue to seek a greater participation with even greater support. Remember, it is a 5‐year program ending in 1985, so you have two more opportunities for seeking major tax deductions.
AGU Fellows
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A Fellow of the American Geophysical Union shall be a scientist who has attained acknowledged eminence in a branch of geophysics. The total number of Fellows elected each shall not exceed 0.1% of the total membership at the time of election. Recipients of AGU medals and awards are also accorded Fellowship in the Union.
Reviewing NASA research
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A recent report by NASA's Space and Earth Science Advisory Committee cautions against assigning the space agency's research and analysis efforts a lower priority than flight operations. If pre‐ and post‐mission science continue to take a back seat to the actual building and launching of spacecraft, the report warns, it may eventually compromise NASA's ability to ensure U.S. leadership in space science.

The report was written by a working group consisting of both NASA personnel and earth and space scientists from the academic community. The group was asked in May 1983 to examine the health of the research and analysis (R&A) program conducted by NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA) in the earth and space sciences. While the group found that the quality of research management by scientists at NASA Headquarters was “impressive,” it also identified a critical shortage of cash for R&A programs. According to the report, “the immediate requirements involve an increase of about $10 million in each of the Astrophysics, Earth Science and Applications, and Solar System Exploration divisions, thereby establishing a new base funding level for these activities.”
Special JGR‐B issue: Mapping the seafloor
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

JGR‐B will publish a special issue in 1985 focusing on the results obtained by using a variety of new seafloor mapping tools (e.g., SEA BEAM, SEA MARC I and II, GLORIA, GEOS 3, and Seasat radar altimetry). Liberal use of color and large‐format black and white figures is encouraged. Special reduced rates for color will apply. Papers describing results obtained by using these new techniques in a variety of tectonic environments (e.g., mid‐ocean ridges, active margins, passive margins, seamounts) are solicited as well as papers describing instrumentation and data processing and interpretation techniques. Submission deadline is September 30, 1984. Publication is planned for July or August 1985.
Kisiel Memorial Lectures
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The third Kiesiel Memorial Lecture was given on February 23, 1984, by John D. Bredehoeft of the U.S. Geological Survey. The title of his talk was “Water Management: Who are the Managers?”

The text of the second Kisiel Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by Myron Fiering of Harvard University on March 10, 1983, is now available from the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. The cost of the 20 page booklet is $3.00 per copy, and checks should be payable to the University of Arizona. The title of Fiering's talk was “The Real Benefits from Synthetic Flows: Reflections on 25 Years With the Harvard Water Program.” According to the foreword by Nathan Buras of the University of Arizona, “The second Kisiel Memorial Lecture captures, in a sense, the kernel of the quantum jump which occurred in the late fifties and early sixties in our perception of the complexities of the hydrological phenomena and man's relation to them.” According to Buras, “In the sixties, young Ph.D.s sallied forth from their universities into the real world spreading the good news that, at last, complex water resource problems in which imperfectly understood natural phenomena affected by anthropogenic interventions can be neatly dissected by the application of systems analysis and the use of mathematical models. … The second Kisiel Lecture presents and discusses a philosophical basis which underlies the discipline called ‘water resources.’ The philosophical basis, together with the scientific foundation provided by hydrological sciences, are the conceptual framework within which the development and utilization of regional water resources take place.”
On the evolution in history of the concept of the auroral oval
Authors: Brekke Asgeir
Published: October 2011

It is shown in this review that the concept of auroral arcs forming one or more complete rings encircling the polar cap was very well accepted in the 18th century. This idea was elaborated further throughout the 19th century but then disappeared from the scientific scene for almost 80 years owing to the promotion of the auroral zone as a better frame of reference in auroral research. It is pointed out that the auroral zone was a dead end more influenced by the prevailing ideas of the last century than a product of profound physical reasoning. Finally, the importance of historical reviews in the field of science is stressed to learn to appreciate the often well‐developed ideas of our predecessors and thereby avoid long periods of wandering in darkness, as had happened in the auroral zone.
Award honors Duggal
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Shakti P. Duggal, a widely respected member of the international cosmic ray community, was a member of the scientific staff of the Bartol Research Foundation for 22 years prior to his untimely death in 1982 at the age of 50. In his memory an award has been established by his colleagues and friends to honor outstanding work by a young scientist in the field of cosmic ray physics. The first biennial award, consisting of $1,000 and a plaque, will be presented at the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), to be held in La Jolla, Calif., August 10–24, 1985.

The intent of this award is to inspire young cosmic ray scientists at an early stage of their careers. The recipient will not have attained the age of 36 on January 1 of the year of the ICRC at which the award will be presented. Subject to this limitation, any person from anywhere in the world who has contributed to the field of cosmic ray physics is eligible for consideration. Selection of the prize winner will be made by an international committee consisting of John Simpson, University of Chicago; Peter Fowler, University of Bristol; Michelle Casse, Center for Nuclear Studies, Saclay, France; Arnold Wolfendale, University of Durham; and Martin Pomerantz, Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware.
Crystal Symmetry: Theory of Colour Crystallography
Authors: Burnham Charles W.
Published: October 2011

Geophysicists concerned with physical properties of crystalline solids ought to have a working familiarity with space group symmetries, especially as the symmetries of atomic arrangements affect the directional behavior of these properties. While an understanding of the operational characteristics o f the 230 three‐dimensional space groups will suffice for most applications, magnetic properties can reflect more complex symmetries that hinge not only on atomic position but on orientation of magnetic moment as well. With “spin” variability included, the total symmetry can fall into any one of 1191 magnetic—or color, black and white, or Shubnikov—space groups distributed among 58 magnetic point groups.
ESA/NASA Solar Polar Mission renamed Ulysses
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The International Solar Polar Mission (ISPM), a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has been renamed “Ulysses.” The primary mission of the project, which has not changed with its name, is to investigate the properties of the solar wind, the structure of the sun/wind interface, the heliosphere magnetic field, the interplanetary magnetic field, the solar wind plasma, solar and galactic cosmic rays, and cosmic dust.

Scheduled for launch from the space shuttle in May 1986, the Ulysses mission will make a 14‐month journey to Jupiter. That planet's gravitational effect will deflect the probe into a high‐inclination orbit toward trie sun. Reaching the sun about 2.5 years later, the satellite will take measurements over the sun's poles. The entire mission will last 5 years.
Drifting derelict trajectories in the North Atlantic
Authors: Richardson Philip L.
Published: October 2011

In December 1883 the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, a branch of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, began to publish monthly Pilot Charts. Earlier, oceanographer M.F. Maury had produced some summary survey charts showing ocean currents, winds, sailing routes, and the locations of whales. The new charts were unique in that they showed updated positions of derelict vessels and other drifting debris. From this series of positions of identified derelicts the first ocean trajectories were obtained. Much of this information has been forgotten during the last 100 years, and good collections of the Pilot Charts are rare. (The only complete collection that I could find is held by the Defense Mapping Agency.) This article is a recompilation and description of these early trajectories and a reminder of the usefulness of the Pilot Charts. It also provides a glimpse of a little known part of maritime history, the last days of wooden sailing vessels.
Nonlinear Waves
Authors: Papadopoulos Dennis
Published: October 2011

The book Nonlinear Waves edited by L. Debnath is a collection of papers on the theory and applications of nonlinear wave phenomena. The book is an outgrowth of an NSF‐CBMS regional research conference on nonlinear waves and integrable systems, convened in June, 1982 at East Carolina University. The book aims at bringing together recent developments on the theory of nonlinear waves and solitons, with selective applications in the areas of fluid dynamics and plasma physics. The field had an explosive growth during the last decade, and it is, correctly, expected that it will exert a major influence on future research directions of many fields of physics and engineering.
Upcoming hearings in Congress
Authors: Richman Barbara T.
Published: October 2011

The following hearing has been tentatively scheduled by the House of Representatives. The date and time should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing; 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).
NSF Fellowships
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that 650 fellowships will be awarded next spring for advanced study in science, mathematics, and engineering, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas. The fellowships are available to citizens and nationals of the United States and will be awarded on the basis of merit for full‐time study. Fellowships are available in three categories, including 540 graduate fellowships, 60 minority graduate fellowships, and 50 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) postdoctoral fellowships.

The graduate fellowships include a stipend of $11,000 for a 12‐month tenure and a cost of‐education allowance of up to $6,000 per year to be provided to the educational institution in lieu of tuition and fee charges. These fellowships are renewable for up to 3 years, depending on availability of NSF funds. Application deadline is November 21. Fellowships will be awarded mid‐March 1985. For more information and applications, contact the Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418 (telephone: 202‐334‐2872).
Vannevar Bush Award
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The National Science Board (NSB) has announced that nominations for the Vannevar Bush Award are now being accepted. The award is given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to science and technology through public service activities. Nominations are due January 1, 1985. Information and guidelines are available from the National Science Board, 1800 G St., N.W., Washington, DC 20550.

The award was established in 1980 by the Science Board in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Vannevar Bush, acting on advice from President Roosevelt, recommended in 1945 that a foundation be established to be a focal point for the federal government's activities in science and technology. NSF was created 5 years later by Congress.
WRR editor Ronald Cummings
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

It has been nearly a year since Ronald Cummings took over as policy sciences editor of Water Resources Research (WRR), and in that time he has worked to make the journal live up to its role as “an interdisciplinary journal integrating research in the social and natural sciences of water.” Cummings takes the “interdisciplinary” part seriously. “I'd like to see a much broader range of policy issues presented to readers,” he says. “I would hope it would then stimulate interchange between our colleagues concerning evolving issues of the '80s and '90s.”

Cummings brings a solid background as a resource economist to his 4‐year term as editor, which began last January and runs until December 1987. Cummings succeeds Jared Cohon as policy sciences editor. Stephen J. Burges is the WRR editor for hydrological, physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Now a Professor of Economics and Director of the Program in Natural Resources Economics at the University of New Mexico, Cummings is a past president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He has been a consultant in matters of water resources management, forestry management, and energy policy for more than a decade, working on projects in both the United States and Latin America. Since joining the faculty at New Mexico in 1975, he has, among other things, worked with engineers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in developing operation'management models for hot, dry rock geothermal systems.
Guidelines for giving a truly terrible talk
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Strict adherence to the following time‐tested guidelines will ensure that both you and your work remain obscure and will guarantee an audience of minimum size at your next talk. Continuity of effort may result in being awarded the coveted 5:00 P.M. Friday speaking time at the next national meeting.
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

This is a summary of SEAN Bulletin, 9(9), September 30, 1984, a publication o f 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 E84–010 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.
Advances in Infiltration
Authors: Mansell Robert
Published: October 2011

During December 12–13 of 1983, in Chicago, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) convened the National Conference on Advances in Infiltration. The stated purpose of the conference was to report and evaluate recent developments in the movement of water into soil. Ninety papers were presented at the conference, but only 36 manuscripts are included in this volume, which represents the proceedings for the conference. Six manuscripts each are presented under the designated topics of physics of infiltration, parameters in infiltration equations, special problems and phenomena, measurement of infiltration, applications in agriculture, and applications in watershed hydrology. Brief abstracts are included for 23 papers presented in poster sessions at the conference.
The Morphostructure of the Atlantic Ocean Floor: Its Development in the Meso‐Cenozoic
Authors: Hayes Dennis E.
Published: October 2011

The Morphostructure of the Atlantic Ocean Floor is a useful review of the principal morphologic, tectonic, sedimentary, and geophysical features of the Atlantic Ocean. The treatment of these topics is primarily a descriptive one based mostly upon data collected by Soviet scientists. The book is a recent translation of a 1980 edition published in Russian and as such suffers in two important ways: (1) The material and views presented take virtually no cognizance of research done since the mid‐1970s and (2) the actual translation is often awkward (for example, platform tectonics instead of plate tectonics; ocean bottom spreading instead of seafloor spreading; bathography instead of bathyorographical or, better still, morphology).
SPAN Pilot Project Report
Authors: Green J. L.
Published: October 2011

Nearly 40 scientists, space physics data system managers, and NASA Headquarters personnel, all members of the Data System Users Working Group (DSUWG), met at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on May 2 and 3, 1984, to discuss the status and future direction of the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) pilot project. SPAN was recently established by Code EI and Code T at NASA Headquarters as a pilot project based on the recommendations of the DSUWG (see Eos, February 7, 1984, p. 46) and the urging of many scientists of the space plasma physics community. SPAN will use as its foundation the SCAN (Space‐Plasma Computer Analysis Network) system managed by Marshall Space Flight Center. Code EE at headquarters has chartered the DSUWG, currently chaired by D.N. Baker of Los Alamos, to provide the scientific user guidance for the future development of the SPAN. SPAN will continue to be managed by MSFC but funding and policy review will be handled by Code EI to coordinate all the headquarters space science activities on the system.
Tropospheric chemistry research
Authors: Robb David W.
Published: October 2011

To answer basic science questions about man's influence on the Earth's troposphere and how to protect it, a National Research Council (NRC) panel has proposed a longterm international research program to study global tropospheric chemistry. The panel estimates that initial funding of $10–$20 million per year will be required, increasing yearly for the program's minimum 10‐year life.

According to the panel, this proposed effort would be different from existing atmospheric chemistry programs, such as those concerning acid precipitation, for two reasons: First, the proposal calls for a long‐term effort, not a short‐term reaction to political pressures or, as noted by one member of the panel, “crisis response.” Second, the panel emphasized the global framework and international cooperation requested in the proposal. According to panel members, many existing studies are urban or regional in nature and do not have the scope required to gain an overall understanding of the complex troposphere. Existing programs are seen as a foundation for what is envisioned as an allencompassing program.
AGU lost members
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Mail to the following members has been returned, and we are unable to locate forwarding addresses. If you have information on any of them, please contact AGU by mail or call toll free at 800‐424‐2488.
Precambrian Sulphide Deposits
Authors: Doe Bruce R.
Published: October 2011

This book is dedicated to Howard S. Robinson, who was born and educated in the United States, but who spent his professional career in Canada with McIntyre Porcupine Mines, concentrating on Precambrian mineral deposits. Although his career in mineral exploration was distinguished, his major contribution to earth science was probably as one of the founders of the Geological Association of Canada, an institution to which he made a bequest in his will. With this background, the strong emphasis on Canadian Precambrian mineral deposits should come as no surprise; of the 23 papers in this book, 21 are solely or primarily devoted to Canadian deposits. The two exceptions—those describing the Balmat, N.Y., zinc mines (at times the largest zinc producer in the United States) and the Crandon, Wisconsin, volcanogenic zinc‐copper massive‐sulfide deposit (the largest deposit of its kind found in the 1970s)—are each within a couple of hundred kilometers of the Canadian border. Although the title of the book is more expansive than the actual topics discussed, Canada is rich in Precambrian rocks and ore bodies, and Canadian scientists have been especially alert to tectonic influences in the formation of mineral deposits. These features, plus the fact that the country contains a very well exposed expanse of Archean rocks which is the largest in the world, facilitate the study of early crustal evolution and make the book of particular interest to geophysicists.
PASSCAL science planning
Authors: Ellsworth Bill , Braile Larry
Published: October 2011

The Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) is one of two major scientific initiatives organized this year under Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). PASSCAL is a cooperative program open to the whole earth science community. Participation is through PASSCAL committees, which are open to all interested scientists.

The Science Planning and Coordination Committee of PASSCAL will hold an experiment planning meeting at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 4, 3–5 P.M. in Room 327 of the Convention Center. All interested earth scientists are encouraged to participate in this meeting and to help develop plans for cooperative experiments for studying the continental lithosphere. Experiments that can be realized with existing instrumentation, as well as with the PASSCAL instruments currently under development, are encouraged. Topics to be discussed at the meeting include review of science planning and coordination activities of PASSCAL, review of ongoing lithospheric seismology experiments, discussion of proposed experiments, and general discussion of science plan ning activities.
AGU Hydrology Awards: Horton, Horton, and Horton
Authors: Freeze R. Allan
Published: October 2011

There are three individual awards available to hydrologic researchers through the AGU. All three bear the name of Robert E. Horton, and because of this there appears to be considerable confusion among the membership as to the purpose of the awards, eligibility for them, and the method of their adjudication.

The Horton Medal is a Union award. It is given in alternate years to a senior scientist for outstanding research contributions in hydrology made over a period of many years. The selection committee is a subcommittee of the AGU Committee of Fellows. The chairman and the members of the subcommittee are appointed by the President of AGU. The executive committee of the Hydrology Section is usually asked for recommendations for the membership of the Horton Medal subcommittee; in recent years the chairman and all members have come from this section. 1985 is an off year for the Horton Medal, and it will next be awarded at the AGU Spring Meeting in 1986. Nominations are solicited through notices in Eos that appear well before the deadline date.
On the waterfront: Meinzer Award and Birdsall Lecturer
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Frank Schwartz of the University of Alberta and Leslie Smith of the University of British Columbia have been presented with this year's Meinzer Award by the Geological Society of America (GSA). The Meinzer Award is presented annually by the Hydrogeology Division of GSA to recognize the author or authors of one of the best papers to appear within the last 5 years.

Charles W. Kreitler of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, has been named the Eighth Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer. The Birdsall Lectures are funded, in part, by an endowment from the late John M. Birdsall. This funding permits the Birdsall Lecturer to visit a selected number of universities in North America in order to acquaint students with distinguished professionals in the field of hydrogeology. The titles of Kreitler's talks are “Hydrogeology: The Interaction Between Hydrologic and Geologic Processes” and “Hydrologic Characterization of a Sedimentary Basin: The Palo Duro Basin as an Example.”
Streamflow abundant in 1984
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Water was generally plentiful in much of the nation during the 1984 water year, as reflected by the average to above‐average streamflows for the 12‐month period at 93% of the key index stream‐gaging stations acrosi the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). USGS hydrologists said that for the 174 key stations reporting information during the water year, 53% (92 stations) reported flows that were well above average (within the highest 25% of historic record), 40% (70 stations) reported average flows, and only 7% (12 stations) reported streamflow that was well below average (within the lowest 25% of record).
Satellites over Antarctica
Authors: Rycroft M. J. , Zwally J. L.
Published: October 2011

Observations of the polar regions from space have led to significant contributions in a variety of scientific disciplines: geophysics, geodesy, geology, glaciology, meteorology, climate, oceanography, biology, and the physics of the upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. Some results in these diverse fields were described in papers presented at the recent joint COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) and SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Antarctic: Past, Present, and Future. Other results were presented at the COSPAR Symposia on Space Observations for Climate Studies and on Achievements of the International Magnetospheric Study. Each of these meetings was held during the 25th Plenary meeting of COSPAR, which took place in Graz, Austria, from June 25 to July 7, 1984.
Geophysics films
Authors: Sancetta Contance
Published: October 2011

The Education and Human Resources Committee is planning to compile a listing of films (including videotapes) of interest to geophysicists. This list will be available to individuals and institutions and will include information such as film title, length, cost of rental, and address of source.
Eutrophication and Land Use: Lake Dillon, Colorado
Authors: Kratz Timothy K.
Published: October 2011

How and why a body of water responds to nutrient enrichment have been major questions facing aquatic ecologists for the past several decades. This book presents a 2‐year case study of Lake Dillon, a mesotrophic reservoir in Colorado which is likely to receive higher nutrient input in the future. The authors claim three goals for the study: (1) to provide a comprehensive set of limnological data on the lake, (2) to detail present nutrient sources of the lake and how they relate to land use, and (3) to construct a model capable of predicting the trophic status of the lake given likely changes in land use. The authors are successful in accomplishing the first goal, do moderately in accomplishing the second, but leave the reader wondering about the third.
Arctic science input wanted
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The Arctic Research and Policy Act (Eos, June 26, 1984, p. 412) was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan this past July. One of its objectives is to develop a 5‐year research plan for the Arctic. A request for input to this plan is being issued this week to nearly 500 people in science, engineering, and industry.

To promote Arctic research and to recommend research policy in the Arctic, the new law establishes a five‐member Arctic Research Commission, to be appointed by the President, and establishes an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, to be composed of representatives from nearly a dozen agencies having interests in the region. The commission will make policy recommendations, and the interagency committee will implement those recommendations. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been designated as the lead agency of the interagency committee.
EGS directory compiled
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The European Geophysical Society (EGS) has compiled a directory of interest to external geophysicists. Entitled The External Geophysics EGS—Directory, it contains 400 addresses, telephone and telex numbers, and facsimile and electronic mailboxes. The directory can be ordered from the EGS Secretariat, Department of Physics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, U. K. (telex: 21563b).
European Geophysical Society
Authors: Davies Peter A.
Published: October 2011

The 10th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) took place from July 30 to August 3, 1984 at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium. Over 320 papers were presented at the Assembly, and an encouraging sign for the EGS was the continued and increased attraction of the meeting to scientists from outside Europe (particularly from North America, Australia, and Japan).

The assembly witnessed several exciting developments within the EGS: for example, the recent innovation of a special interest group (Chairman: F. Neubauer, University of Köln, Federal Republic of Germany) in Planetary Physics stimulated the convening of a special symposium in Louvain La Neuve on planetary exploration and future planetary missions, at which the objectives of the special interest group were formulated in the light of the most recent developments in the field. A panel discussion during the symposium supported the Kepler mission to Mars as the next logical step in a European program of planetary exploration.
Nuclear Winter Revisited
Authors: Robb David W.
Published: October 2011

A “major nuclear exchange” between the United States and the Soviet Union could inject enough smoke and dust into the atmosphere to cause significant temperature drops over the northern temperate zone that could last from weeks to months, according to a new study by the National Research Council (NRC).

The results of the NRC study are “consistent with the results that came out of the TTAPS study” released late in 1983, according to George Carrier, chairman of the NRC study committee. The TTAPS study—named for authors R. P. Turco, O. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack, and Carl Sagan—investigated the potential global atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war.
Gulf of Mexico Mapping Project
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The U.S. Geological Survey has signed an agreement with the British Institute of Oceanographic Sciences for reconnaissance mapping of nearly 390,000 km2 of seabed in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will take place next summer and will involve sonar scanning of the deep water Gulf Coast portion of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
1983”1984 AGU Congressional Science Fellowship: Final Report
Authors: Fellows Jack D.
Published: October 2011

It seems like only yesterday that I walked through the oppressive summer humidity in Washington, D.C., to the first day of my fellowship orientation. As it turned out, this was a very important day for me, because my fellowship has had a great influence on my career goals. Prior to the fellowship, I had completed my doctorate at the University of Maryland. At that time I was seeking an academic position to teach and to conduct research that would utilize remotely sensed data in hydrologic modeling.
Michael O'Hara Wins VGP Award
Authors: Walker David , Dalrymple Brent , Brett Robin , O'Hara Michael
Published: October 2011

To many, the study of volcanism is a window into the condition of the mantle. Subtle (and not so subtle) variations in time and space of basalt chemistry may simply reflect variations in the mantle source regions of basalt. To some, however, it is not so simple.

Our awardee today, Michael J. O'Hara, has been an early leader in exploring the “information content” of basaltic volcanism by using the methods of experimental petrology and geochemical variation. Significantly, he was among the earliest to reject the notion that basalts tell us very much directly about the mantle. Mike has not dismissed basalts as being devoid of information about the evolution of the earth. Rather, he has presented us with a comprehensive view of basalts as agents in a complex crust‐building process. Gone is the easy connection between a basalt and its source region. Instead, this connection is replaced by a melodrama of geochemical adventures leading to eruption or intrusion within the crust. Indeed, there is now more and more field and petrographic evidence for some of the many complicating activities to which Mike has drawn our attention. Mike has shown that the processes responsible for crust building are interesting and important in their own right, even though they may cloud some interpretations of the significance of basalts.
The recent revision of the AGU index set
Authors: Tsurutani Bruce T. , Landwehr Jurate Maciunas
Published: October 2011

Index terms are those keywords attached to journal articles and geophysical abstracts in press (GAP) that facilitate their categorization and consequently allow for rapid searches of the published literature by topical areas. AGU published an index set in 1973 that became a standard in the geophysical sciences in that other organizations also incorporated this set into their index schemes.
Satellite oceanography update
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

The TOPEX (Ocean Topography Experiment) spacecraft, originally scheduled for a 1989 launch, has now been rescheduled for launch in October 1990. Budgetary pressures are cited as the primary reason for the 20‐month launch delay. The new launch date hinges on the administration giving the mission the green light in the Fiscal Year (FY) 1986 budget, which is expected to be released in early February.
New position at Lamont‐Doherty
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

Three scientists at the Lamont‐Doherty Geological Observatory have been appointed to the position of Doherty Senior Research Scientist, newly created to recognize members of the observatory's senior research staff who have demonstrated “the highest levels of scholarship, scientific leadership, and promise of continuing excellence.”

William Ruddiman, associate director of the observatory's Oceans and Climate Division, Taro Takahashi, associate director of the Geochemistry Division, and Dennis Kent, known for his research in paleomagnetics and rock magnetism, were each appointed to 5‐year terms as Doherty Senior Research Scientists.
Special rate–Color section of JGR‐Solid Earth and Planets
Authors: Anonymous
Published: October 2011

A special section of the Journal of Geophysical Research that will feature liberal use of color at special reduced rates is being planned for September 1985, not July 1985 as stated earlier. The first goal is to determine the need for color graphics from authors' and readers' viewpoints. The second goal is to gain experience with economies of scale so that realistic page charges can be set.
Appalachian Hole Site Survey
Authors: Robb David W.
Published: October 2011

Federal funding is expected to be officially approved soon for a 2‐year, $2 million proposal to conduct the initial site survey for the proposed Appalachian continental drill hole as part of the Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CSDP), according to Robert Hatcher of the University of South Carolina and project director for the proposal. Three federal organizations—the Department of Energy, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation—are participating jointly in CSDP.