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Proposed IUGS/IAGA Interunion Subcomission on Magnetic Polarity Time Scale
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

At the Twenty‐Fourth International Geological Congress (August 1972) a group of geologists and geophysicists interested in the application of the geomagnetic polarity time scale to stratigraphic correlation met to discuss the requirements of the problems involved in setting up a nomenclature system that does not conflict with present stratigraphic terminology and usage.Two meetings were held. As an outcome, a formal membership was set up and was subsequently recognized as a subcommission (on the magnetic polarity time scale) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
“America's inventive genius” Theme of bicentennial exhibition
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission has approved the plans of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to present the principal bicentennial exhibition on the origin, development, and impact of American Science, engineering, and industry.Opened in 1933, the Museum of Science and Industry was the first large American museum devoted entirely to explaining the laws of science and the applications of technology in industry and other fields. It continues to be the world's largest and most popular institution of its type.
The President's Page: Science in the age of aquarius
Authors: Press Frank 
Published: October 2011

Welcome to the age of Aquarius—an era of consciousness, idealism, good will, compassion, sensitivity, self expression, and—in the words of the song from Hair—harmony and understanding. Goodbye to the Piscean age, in which we learned to enjoy materialism too much, neglected the soul, and ended up mechanized, computerized, sanitized—yet polluted, brutalized, alienated, and lonely.Now harmony and understanding are long overdue. Doing one's own thing in the context of communal togetherness is a good substitute for alienation. Unfortunately, the age of Aquarius also manifests a heavy dose of irrationality and anti‐intellectualism. Here I do not allude to the extremist avatars of the new era who threaten to bomb university computing centers and corporate headquarters. The universal opprobrium that has been thrown at these misfits is evidence that they will never be a force in this country. I am more concerned with the view held by humanists, artists, environmentalists, and even some scientists that associates many of the negative aspects of society with scientific and technological progress.
Post offered as visiting scientist in environmental sciences
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center is now accepting applications for appointment as Wallace J. Eckert Visiting Scientist in Environmental Sciences for the academic year 1975–1976.Although the program is specifically intended for persons on sabbatic leave from universities and government laboratories, 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 pursue 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 relocation expenses and for travel expenses during the tenure of their appointment.
New products
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Details of a new interactive graphics system for the collection, classification, and retrieval of mapping information, and the automatic production and revision of maps have been released by Calma Company.The Calma Interactive Mapping System is the only commercially available system that enables a user to organize mapping information in a computer data base to suit almost any application and to retrieve that information selectively in the form of maps of various kinds, according to the firm.
Engineering Seismology Bulletin resumes publication
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Seismic Engineering Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey in San Francisco has announced that it will reinstitute publication of the Quarterly Engineering Seismology Bulletin, which last appeared in December 1965.It is planned that each quarterly issue will include (1) a list of recent changes (instrument additions or deletions) in the national strong‐motion network; (2) a list of the most recently collected strong‐motion records, with maximum acceleration and epicentral distance tabulations for each station at which a ground acceleration of 0.05 g or greater has been recorded; and (3) other pertinent information such as improvements in instrumentation, changes in capabilities of data management, and descriptions of research contemplated or being carried out by the Seismic Engineering Branch.
Celebration held: Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

To celebrate 300 years of scientific hydrology, nearly 400 engineers and scientists from 82 countries attended the Tercentenary of Scientific Hydrology and associated international symposia held at Unesco House in Paris, France, from September 9 to 12, 1974. The celebration was sponsored by Unesco, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) within the framework of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD).During the period September 2–14 an International Conference on the Results of the IHD and on Future Programs in Hydrology also took place at Unesco, and the Bureau (executive board) of the IAHS held meetings to carry out its annual business. R.E. Oltman (Engineer Consultant, Falls Church, Virginia) and A.I. Johnson (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia) were U.S. representatives at the IAHS Bureau meeting; Johnson also served as U.S. coordinator of the tercentenary and its symposia.
Oregon State University assigned new oceanographic research ship
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the assignmen t of a 177‐foot oceanographic research ship now under construction to Oregon State University, Corvallis. The 962‐ton ship is one of the pair of mediumsized research ships being built with NSF support.Selection of Oregon State University to operate and maintain one ship for a five‐year period was made after a review of competitive proposals from several academic institutions. The OSU proposal was judged superior in such areas as the maturity and diversity of the staff of the School of Oceanography, the extent of its ocean‐going programs, it institutional management capability, and the quality of the past performance of its support staff for ship maintenance and operation.
Water data collection handbook planned
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A new, expanded edition of the U.S. Geological Survey's handbook for collecting and reporting data on the quantity and quality of the nation's water resources is being planned by a coordinating council of sixteen federal agencies.According to A.I. Johnson, chairman of the Coordinating Council for Water Data Acquisition Methods, ‘the preliminary edition of the handbook, Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition, was well received; a first and second printing were quickly exhausted, but a third printing is now available. The council met recently to develop organizational guidelnes and work schedules for preparation of the new ten‐chapter handbook.
Antarctic Ice Sheet may be crumbling
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A study of a giant ice sheet covering the western part of Antarctica is being undertaken in an effort to learn why the ice is deteriorating. Recent investigations suggest that the ice is crumbling and is perhaps influencing the world's sea levels and weather patterns.A five‐person team, staffed by the University of Maine and headed by G.H. Denton and H.W. Borns, Jr ., will try to determine how big the ice sheet was at its greatest extent, when it was that big, and what is its rate of deterioration.Covering some 700,000 square miles, the West Antarctic ice sheet has an average thickness of approximately 5000 feet and stretches from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea. The surface is thought to be dropping, possibly because the bottom is being undercut by the sea.
Isotopes in the mantle— Open Working Group Session
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Working Group on Radiogenic Isotopes and Their Geophysical Implications of the International Association of Volcanology and the Chemistry of the Earth's Interior will hold an open technical session on September 1, 1975, in Grenoble, France. The topic of the session will be ‘Lead and Strontium Isotopes in the Mantle.’The past several years have seen major advancements in both analytical and interpretive aspects of radiogenic isotope study. Increasing interest in mantle dynamics and interactionbetween the asthenosphere and lithosphere has prompted an intensive investigation of materials directly and indirectly bearing on the earth's interior regions. Consequently, lead and strontium isotopes now place important constraints on chemical composition, exchange pathways, and residence time for deep reservoirs.
President's page: On freedom and responsibility in research
Authors: Aldrich L. T. 
Published: October 2011

It has been the custom to report the financial statement of the AGU to the council, and there has been little pressure to provide this information more generally. On the other hand the membership should be more aware of the way the union functions, and this report (see back of this page), prepared in my capacity as treasurer of the union, is intended as an educational feature.It will surprise no one to learn that more than 95% of the union's activity is involved with publishing. Our journals constitute 70% of this, the remainder being absorbed by Russian Translations and various monograph series. (The executive director's office has prepared a ‘Report on AGU Publications, Calendar Year 1974,’ which appears in the AGU section of this issue.)
Norwegian institute develops ultrasonic current meter
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Advisory Committee on Continental Shelf Research of the Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (NTNF) has announced development by the Christian Michelsen Institute, Department of Applied Physics, of a current meter of high accuracy and stability. The announcement was made in the NTNF's progress report presented at the ‘Oceanology International 75’ conference held March 17–21, 1975, at Brighton, England.The current meter measures two orthogonal current vectors in the range 0–2.5 mm/s with a bandwidth of less than 15 Hz. Several prototypes have been built.
Architects to study ways to reduce earthquake damage
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Institute of Architects Research Corporation will undertake to determine how architects can help reduce earthquake damage to buildings in the United States estimated at $660 million each year.The seven‐month study will be funded under a $64,100 grant from the National Science Foundation's Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program. A team of AIA investigators will seek information from architects and engineers who have designed buildings in high earthquake risk areas of the country. Emphasis will be placed on the features that architects can influence during the initial stages of design conception planning.
First International Symposium on Induced Seismicity
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The First International Symposium on Induced Seismicity (ISIS) is being organized by the Institute of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, in cooperation with Unesco, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada. It will be held at the university on September 15 to 19, 1975.The main concern of the meeting is to focus attention on the problems of adverse induced seismicity associated with engineering activities such as reservoir impounding, fluid injection, and mining excavation, and to identify future research needs related to induced seismicity.
Transport mechanisms in oceans and lakes: Symposium
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Department of the Environment, Canada, will sponsor a Symposium on Modeling of Transport Mechanisms in Oceans and Lakes in Burlington, Ontario, October 6 to 8, 1975. The meeting will be held at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters.The purpose of the symposium is to evaluate current numericaldynamical models of the physical properties of large natural water bodies, with particular reference to internal distributions of momentum and mass. The theme of the conference will be the implications of water movements and thermal processes with regard to redistribution of dissolved or suspended substances in oceans and lakes. Emphasis will be on the synthesis and integration of individual geophysical and thermodynamic principles toward a simulation of the complete transport characteristics of the aquatic environment.
New products
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Nimbus Instruments' ES‐100 is half the size and is priced at 30% less than existing instruments that have fewer features, say the manufacturers. The improvements in the ES‐100 are made possible through a new design that uses the recent developments in electronic technology.The instrument enhances the displayed wave form by summing the desired signals while averaging out random background noise, thereby providing a clearer, more accurate signal with greater depth penetration. Additional features include a geophone polarity switch for enhancement of shear waves from reversed impacts and controls that allow the wave to be expanded horizontally and vertically, or to be displaced and delayed for detailed examination of particular sections of interest.
Harry Oscar Wood Fund
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Harry Oscar Wood Fund (administered by the Carnegie Institution of Washington), which supports personal research in the fields of seismology and associated physics of the earth, is accepting grant applications. Grants are customarily less than $10,000 and are made without regard to nationality of the applicant. Field studies are rated higher than laboratory studies.Grant applications should be no more than 2 pages long and must indicate any similar proposals by the applicant which are being considered by, or which will be submitted in the near future to, other possible sponsors. Annual accounting is required along with a 1‐ or 2‐ page summary of the scientific results obtained. Use of funds 3 years from the date of the grant will be subject to a new review.
Symposium on inland waterways
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Rivers '76, the Third Annual Symposium on Inland Waterways for Navigation, Flood Control and Water Diversions, will be held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, on August 10–12, 1976, under the joint sponsorship of the National Science Foundation, Colorado State University, and the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The symposium will provide a forum for the discussion of man's utilization of rivers and will cover engineering, economic, legal, and environmental aspects of this topic.Papers will investigate the full range of problems, solutions, and research needs in single‐ and multi‐purpose river developments. Some of the problem areas of navigation, flood control, and water diversions which papers will cover include systems and economic analysis, erosion and sedimentation, flow regulation, channel stability and improvement, hydraulics of flood flows, structural and nonstructural control, channel response, flood routing, diversion and intake structures, and water resources development.
Resmac: The New Mexican array
Authors: Lomnitz Cinna , Gil Jorge 
Published: October 2011

A new seismic array is currently being installed throughout Mexico. Resmac, which stands for Red Sismica Mexicana de Apertura Continental, or Mexican continental aperture seismic array, will use a nationwide microwave communication network as a vital element in a modern, all‐digital, integrated system of seismic data acquisition and processing.The Mexican microwave network spans the country from Tijuana to Cozumel and from coast to coast: hence it is called a ‘continental aperture array.’ Eventual cooperative projects now under the consideration of the Central American nations make a southward extension to Panama a possibility. At present, however, the Resmac project is sponsored exclusively by five agencies of the Mexican federal government, there being no financial or technical contribution from outside sources. The executive agency is the National University of Mexico, which is in close cooperation with the Department of Communications and Transportation of the federal government.
Land subsidence
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Parts of the United States are sinking according to recent reports by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A USGS report (‘Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1972,’ U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 437‐H) prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources states that at least 4300 mi2 of the economically important San Joaquin Valley of California have subsided more than a foot since the 1920's. This has created the largest area of intense land subsidence in the world.About 5200 mi2 of the San Joaquin Valley have been affected by subsidence, and the valleywide volume of subsidence amounts to about 15.6×106 ac ft, or about half the volume of Great Salt Lake. This represents one of the largest environmental changes imposed by man.
AAAS‐Rosenstiel Award
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Nominations are invited for the 1976 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)‐Rosenstiel Award in Oceanographic Science. Consisting of $5000 and a certificate, this annual award is funded by the Rosenstiel Foundation through the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Miami. Its purpose is to honor outstanding achievement and distinction in oceanographic science, including relevant aspects of ocean engineering where significant new principles are concerned, and aspects of atmospheric science with important implications for the understanding of oceanic processes.Because of the multidisciplinary nature of oceanographic science the award recognizes achievement in three broad areas on a rotating basis. In 1976 the award will emphasize biology and living resources; in 1977, physics and chemistry of the water column and the atmosphere; in 1978, geology, physics, and the chemistry of the seabed.
New telescope in Chile
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

On January 13, 1976, the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere was placed in full‐time operation at Cerro Tololo Inter‐ American Observatory, 480 km north of Santiago, Chile. The new instrument will give astronomers their best look yet at objects such as the Magellanic clouds.The telescope, located near the town of La Serena, is housed in a 41‐ m‐high building with a 450‐ton dome that rotates on 32 sets of wheels. The instrument is 14 m long. Its movable portion weighs 270 tons and is so delicately balanced that it can be moved by hand by one person. The mirrors are made of Cer‐Vit, an optical material insensitive to temperature changes. The 13.5‐ton main mirror measures 4 m in diameter and 61 cm in thickness. The secondary mirror is 1.3 m in diameter.
The earthquake disaster mitigation act
Authors: Kisslinger Carl 
Published: October 2011

The scientific study of earthquakes evolved from mankind's need and desire to understand, and perhaps thereby be able to mitigate, a major cause of natural disasters. Of course, a great deal of basic knowledge of the internal structure, composition, and dynamic processes that characterize the planet earth has been gained also during these investigations, and the results of the studies of earthquakes and the waves that they send through the earth are the basis of a major part of our current understanding of the earth.Today we can readily identify a number of problem areas in which seismological research has an opportunity to contribute further to the well‐being of the nation. High among these areas of opportunity is the entire field of earthquake hazards mitigation, and it is to this subject that these remarks are primarily addressed.
Awards presented at the Spring Annual Meeting: Fifteenth Presentation James B. Macelwane Award to Robert L. Parker in Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Geophysical Sciences by a Young Scientist of Outstanding Ability
Authors: Gilbert J. Freeman , Parker R. L. 
Published: October 2011

Robert L. Parker was born in England on February 24, 1942. His academic degrees are from Downing College, University of Cambridge, where he received the B.A. degree in 1962 and the Ph.D. degree in 1966, The world renowned Department of Geodesy and Geophysics was his professional home and Sir Edward Bullard his mentor during his postgraduate years.Most of Parker's early York was concerned with geophysical problems in electromagnetic induction, although he did interrupt this work long enough to write a short paper with Dan McKenzie in 1967. In this paper McKenzie and Parker showed that the lithosphere of the North Pacific is rotating rigidly as a single plate of the crust and upper mantle. This work, along with that of Jason Morgan, established the reality of plate tectonics, a geological concept so simple that it is profound.
NASA solicits proposals for Jupiter mission
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting proposals for scientific investigations of Jupiter. The overall scientific objectives of this mission are to conduct comprehensive investigations of the Jovian system by making in situ and remote measurements of the planet, its environment, and its satellites. Primary emphasis is on direct entry measurements and the characterization of the magnetosphere of the planet and its interaction with the satellites.In the proposed mission a single launch in 1981/1982 would carry a spacecraft to Jupiter which would consist of an atmosphere entry probe and a long‐lived orbiter. Individuals or groups of scientists who are interested in proposing specific investigations for this mission may obtain a copy of this announcement (AO OSS‐3‐76) by writing to M. A. Mitz, Chief, Advance Planning, Lunar and Planetary Programs Office, Code SL, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20546. The announcement will indicate the specific scientific objectives and other details including how to submit a Letter of Intent to propose and obtain the Proposal Preparation Information package. Proposals for the probe investigations are due November 1, 1976, and for the orbiter investigations, December 1, 1976.
President's page: Haicheng and Los Angeles: A tale of two cities
Authors: Spilhaus A. F. 
Published: October 2011

What is AGU to you? Is it a meeting, a subscription to a journal, a professional society? AGU encompasses all of these aspects and many more. Each member has his own view of AGU according to his own needs and vantage point.What do you picture when you think of AGU? How do you explain it to your colleagues, especially those who have had no contact with it? What is our image?