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Aeromagnetic Minnesota
Authors: Chandler Val W. , Southwick David L. 
Published: October 2011

The Precambrian terranes of Minnesota are revealed in a new shaded relief image (cover) made using high‐resolution aeromagnetic data. The image dramatically portrays geologic relationships (Figure 1) that are almost completely concealed by glacial drift.In southwestern Minnesota, a complex magnetic signature characterizes the highgrade metamorphic rocks of the 2550‐–550 Ma gneiss terrane; patches of subdued signature delineate overlying basins of 1760–1630 Ma Sioux quartzite. Northeast‐trending aeromagnetic lineaments in the gneiss terrane mark late Archean shear zones.
Water Quality Assessment Program
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A national effort to assess water quality begins this year. The National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) will be undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with other federal, state, and local agencies, and the private sector. Its purpose, said Department of Interior secretary Manuel Lujan, is to “provide the fundamental types of information needed to develop the most technically sound and cost‐effective solutions to many of the nation's pressing water quality issues.”$18 million has been proposed for NAWQA in FY 1991, an increase of $11 million over FY 1990, when the program was in a test phase. The program will include about 60 study units, based on river basins and aquifer systems, and will cost about $60 million per year. The study units will represent various settings across the nation and account for a large percentage of the nation's water use.
U.S. Continental Scientific Drilling Program: Ongoing activities and scientific research strategy
Authors: Kolstad George A. 
Published: October 2011

The Interagency Coordinating Group for Continental Scientific Drilling (ICG/CSD), composed of representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has devised a multiyear, multihole scientific research strategy for the U.S. Continental Scientific Drilling Program (CSDP). Using this strategic plan, the agencies of ICG/CSD expect to establish and maintain a management and operational infrastructure for continental scientific drilling.Phase I is the initial 3‐year, base scientific drilling program beginning in Fiscal Year 1991. Combined funding from the three agencies is expected to be about $3 million per year, to drill 10 to 15 shallow‐ to intermediate‐depth holes over the 3‐year period. The elements of Phase I are: targets of significant scientific importance at shallow and occasionally intermediate depths research using drill holes of opportunity continuing research and development related to CSDP activities archiving, storing and distributing drilling samples collecting, managing and distributing drilling and drilling‐related data.
IRIS Alerts Congress
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Funding for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has decreased 30% since the program was started in 1977 (“Reauthorization of Earthquake Act Urged,” Eos, March 13, p. 330). Alarmed by the continued decline in research on earthquake hazard reduction brought on by the decreased funding, the IRIS Consortium has sent a letter to Congress asking that the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act (Public Law 95–124) be reauthorized to reach the original $200‐million‐a‐year goal by 1993.IRIS, a consortium for seismology, has more than 65 colleges, universities and research institutions as members and undertook the letter to express the concern of the seismological community; 68 individual seismologists have signed (see box). Their message: “We urge you to use the reauthorization of NEHRP to rebuild our deteriorated program of earthquake hazard mitigation.”
Coastal monitoring needs improvement
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Most monitoring of Atlantic and Pacific coastal ecosystems does not “provide the information needed to understand the condition of the marine environment or to assess the effects of human activity on it,” a National Research Council committee has found. The committee reported its work in Managing Troubled Waters: The Role of Marine Environmental Engineering, recently released by the NRC.The ideal comprehensive monitoring syst em would help avert coastal environmental disasters, the committee said, noting that closed beaches, contaminated waters and sediments, restricted shellfish beds, and ailing fisheries persist even though numerous monitoring programs have been in place for some time. Federal mandates for marine environmental monitoring have been in effect since the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1890. The committe noted that “results have usually been disappointing, and many examples of overlapping, fragmentary, and unrelated monitoring efforts remain.” They suggest a stronger national focus, through periodic reports to Congress that evaluate the monitoring program, the state of the nation's marine environment, and policies that protect it.
Acoustical oceanography
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Acoustical Society of America has formed a Technical Specialty Group on Acoustical Oceanography. At ASA meetings the new group will have special sessions where they will give invited and contributed papers and have panel discussions about ocean parameters that are measured effectively by acoustical techniques.The first special sessions will be May 22–23, 1990, at the ASA meeting at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. The focus on May 22 will be acoustical techniques for detection and measurement of internal waves and turbulence; conveners are Robert Pinkel of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif., and Herman Medwin of the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. Acoustical studies of the physical and biological characteristics of ocean mass boundaries are the discussion topic on May 23. The convener is C. S. Clay, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
International hydrological decade
Authors: Johnson A. Ivan 
Published: October 2011

Realization of the vital importance of water led to development of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD) and the subsequent International Hydrological Program (IHP). The increasing importance of water, vital to all life on this planet, can be visualized easily from the estimation that the total world population will increase to 6.5 billion by 2000, with 50% residing in the humid tropics or other warm regions.The largest increases are predicted in developing countries. In 1963 R. L. Nace and L. J. Tison pointed out that these developing countries would not only need to receive hydrology technology, but also need the education and training to develop the hydrologic specialists to put that technology into practice and thus solve their present and future water problems.
Business grants
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Twelve small businesses who are developing equipment and computer programs for geophysics have won Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants from the National Science Foundation for their 1989 proposals. The SBIR program was set up to encourage the private sector to undertake costly, advanced experimental work that has potential for great benefit.The geophysical research projects are a long‐path intracavity laser spectrometer for measuring atmospheric trace gases, optimizing a local weather forecast model, a new platform for high‐altitude atmospheric science, an advanced density logging tool, a deep‐Earth sampling system, superconducting seismometers, a phased‐array Doppler current profiler, monitoring mesoscale surface features of the ocean through automated analysis, krypton‐81 dating in polar ice samples, discrete stochastic modeling of thunderstorm winds, a layered soil‐synthetic liner base system to isolate buildings from earthquakes, and a low‐cost continuous on‐line organic‐content monitor for water‐quality determination.
Young investigators
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Eleven of 211 Presidential Young Investigators for 1990 are scientists in geophysical fields. The awards, administered by the National Science Foundation, are to help universities attract and retain outstanding young faculty members who might otherwise pursue nonteaching careers.The geophysical research of the young investigators includes fluid dynamics, glaciology, ice mechanics, neotectonics, earthquake engineering, geodynamics, planetary science, plasma wave observation, and sedimentation.
Council creates new planetary journal
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

At the AGU Spring meeting held in Baltimore, Md., May 29–June I, AGU's governing Council voted to establish a new section of the Journal of Geophysical Research devoted to the planetary sciences. The Council also selected the site for the Spring 1993 meeting, reaffirmed AGU's position on creationism, and approved a change in AGU bylaws.The new journal, JGR Planets, will draw together papers on planets other than Earth that now appear in the other JGR sections. Proponents of the new journal believe it will also draw papers from planetary scientists currently publishing in other journals. The plan for phasing in this new section of the journal will be made as soon as an editor is appointed. Authors will be able to select which section they would like to publish in.
AWG has funds for lectures
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Association for Women Geoscientists announces that funding is available for the second year of the Phillips‐AWG Distinguished Lectures. Phillips Petroleum has given the AWG Foundation a $9000 grant over 3 years to underwrite travel for women geoscientists participating as speakers.Grants of up to $300 for direct travel costs will be available on a first come, first serve basis to nonprofit, nongovernment institutions or organizations seeking speakers from the AWG Speakers Bureau. The Bureau provides a list of 120 nationally recognized women geoscientists who cover a wide range of topics.
AGU Council assumes duties July 1
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The newly elected members of the AGU Council, the governing body of the Union, assumed their offices on July 1, 1990. The Council has full authority for all AGU affairs and is the official representative of the Union in its external affairs. Composed of the six member Executive Committee and officers of the 10 sections, the Council meets twice a year at the Spring and Fall meetings. The Executive Committee meets two additional times between the annual meetings.The current members of the Council serve two‐year terms through June 30, 1992. Each new section President‐Elect serves 2 years in that capacity and then 2 years as section President. The current Council was elected by AGU members in December 1989 and announced earlier this year.
Iran quake biggest since 1978
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that devastated parts of northern Iran on June 21 was the biggest since 1978 and is another in the history of deadly earthquakes that have been rocking the country for hundreds of years.Gerald F. Wieczorek, Office of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Engineering Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va., noted that seismicity in Iran during at least the last 13 centuries has been associated with several large tectonic zones cutting across the nation. During the past 30 years alone, he added, there have been 54 significant earthquakes in Iran. He defined significant as one with a magnitude of at least 6.5, as well as smaller ones that caused greater numbers of casualties or significant damage.
Venus mapping delayed by Magellan problem
Authors: Cole Steven 
Published: October 2011

The start of full‐scale radar mapping of Venus by NASA's Magellan spacecraft has been delayed until at least September 15 while a task force of mission personnel investigates the cause of two communication losses with the spacecraft during its first week in orbit.The task force, headed by Frank McKinney of the Martin‐Marietta spacecraft operations division, convened August 28 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to review possible causes of the signal losses experienced by Magellan. “The investigation group is looking at all possible causes, including both software and hardware,” said JPL spokesman Jim Doyle.
NASA deadlines announced
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a January 7, 1991, deadline for proposals to the Origins of Solar Systems Research Program, and October 30, 1990, as the deadline for the Space Astronomy Ultraviolet Detector Development Program proposals.Proposals to the Solar Systems Research Program will be evaluated by peer review in May 1991. Primary goals of the program are to complement and extend ongoing efforts in Solar Systems research, in addition to those already sponsored by several divisions within the Office of Space Science and Applications, and to foster effective communications among researchers actively working on this topic. Proposals are encouraged that involve joint research efforts by investigators from different scientific disciplines. Some examples of research appropriate for support under this program are theoretical and observational studies of interstellar clouds, protostars, and comets and of interstellar and nebular chemistry; models of the solar nebula and of star formation; analysis of meteorites and primitive bodies; studies of plasma‐dust interactions and nebular MHD phenomena; research on the processes of planetary accumulation and evolution; and studies to understand the origin of life.
1990 Bacon‐Bercey Scholarship Awarded to Klinedinst
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Peggy L. Klinedinst, a graduate student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), has been selected as the recipient of the 1990 June Bacon‐Bercey Scholarship for Women in Atmospheric Sciences. The scholarship, which is administered by AGU, is provided through a gift from noted meteorologist June Bacon‐Bercey.Klinedinst graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in meteorology from Millersville University of Pennsylvania in December 1987 and went to work on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship.
IHP publications released
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The following publications, sponsored under the International Hydrological Program, have been released recently by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco). The publications are available free of charge from the Division of Water Sciences, Unesco, B.P. 3.07, 75700 Paris, France.Water Erosion, Abridged Proceedings of the International IHP/MAB Symposium on Water Erosion, Varna, Bulgaria, 19–24 September 1988, edited by K. Ivanov and D. Pechinov (Bulgaria) (IHP‐III Project 2.6) 142 pp., Unesco, 1989, English. Publication results from the International Symposium on Water Erosion, organized by the National Committee of Bulgaria for the International Hydrological Program and the Program “Man and the Biosphere” in cooperation with Unesco as a contribution to IHP and MAB.
Groundwater workshops
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Interstate Conference on Water Policy has released an Executive Report of the 1989 Ground Water Information Management Workshops. The report summarizes workgroup findings and recommendations for action as identified at the four workshops conducted in the winter and spring of 1989 in Little Rock, Ark.; Sacramento, Calif.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and Omaha, Nebr. The workshops, cosponsored by ICWP and the U.S. Geological Survey, attracted over 200 participants from local, state, and federal government, academia, and the private sector.The two primary objectives of the workshop series were to provide participants with information about groundwater data management initiatives at all levels of government, and to elicit information and ideas from participants about improving data management and exchange. The report states that although the individual workshops reflected regional concerns and experiences, collectively they provide a solid foundation for developing a national perspective on groundwater information management needs.
New lecture series honors Ackermann
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Illinois State Water Survey's new distinguished lecture series honors the achievements of the late William C. Ackermann, a nationally known hydrologist. The annual Ackermann Lecture “will extend the scholarship Bill Ackermann championed, highlight new developments and accomplishments in the field, and provide a focal point for water resources professionals,” according to Richard G. Semonin, chief of the survey. The first lecture, held October 3 at the University of Illinois, Urbana‐Champaign, featured Leo R. Beard, former civil engineering professor at the University of Texas, Austin and director of the Center for Research in Water Resources.“Many of us involved in water resource issues and professions across the nation and especially in Illinois owe a great deal to the work and dedication” of Ackermann, commented Semonin. “A distinguished lecture series in his name seems most appropriate in that it will give something to all of us, just as he did.”
House Science subcommittee members
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The following is a list of the House Science Subcommittee members for the 103rd Congress. Asterisks indicate freshmen members.Committee on Science, Space and Technology: George E. Brown, Jr. (D‐Calif.), chairman; Robert S. Walker (R‐Pa.), Ranking Republican. Rayburn Office Bldg., Rm. 2321, Washington, DC 20515‐6301; tel. 202‐225‐1067.
In Memoriam
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Erick O. Schonstedt died on March 20 at age 76. He joined AGU (Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism) in 1947 and was an AGU benefactor. He was a member of the 75th Anniversary Committee at the time of his death. Schonstedt had also served on the Membership (1968–1972), Budget and Finance (1972–1974), and Steering (1984–1986) committees and chaired the Subcommittee on Corporate Supporting Membership (1984–1986).Schonstedt began his career in geomagnetics in the 1940s and was the inventor and project engineer for the development of the airborne magnetometer, which measures the complete magnetic vector of the Earth's field from an airplane.
Outstanding student papers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Three presentations were named Outstanding Student Papers in the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section at the 1993 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.Jeff TenPas, who was honored for “Reinterpretation of Paleoclimate from Magnetic Susceptibility on the Chinese Loess Plateau,” is a master's student in soil sciences at the University of California, Davis. His research focuses mmmm on differentiating total soil magnetism into two parts, that due to the parent material and that imparted by soil‐forming processes.
Outstanding student papers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Two presentations were named Outstanding Student Papers in the Geodesy Section at the 1993 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.Susan Owen was honored for her presentation “1990–1993 Surface Displacements on Kilauea Volcano Determined by GPS.” She is a Ph.D. student in the Geophysics department at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. She received a B.A. in Physics from Harvard‐Radcliffe College. Owen's research involves working with GPS data from Kilauea Volcano. She is also interested in active tectonic, crustal deformation, and the earthquake process.
Star struck
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Closer to home, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope recently took a close‐up photograph of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, providing astronomers with their first direct look at the surface of a star besides the Sun.Andrea Dupree of the Harvard‐Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Ronald Gilliland of the Space Telescope Science Institute presented pictures of Betelgeuse revealing an extended atmosphere and a surface marked by a bright spot more than 10 Earths wide and as much as 2000 K warmer than the rest of the surface.
Thinking big
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

They say things are bigger in Texas, and it seems that astronomers in that state want to do their part to add to the mythology.Imagine an optical telescope with a primary mirror more than 5 times the diameter of the legendary 5.1‐m Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory and 8 times the mirror area of the Keck Telescope, currently the largest in operation. Frank Bash, director of the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin, already has. At the winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Bash proposed the development of an Extremely Large Telescope, which will use 169 hexagonal mirror segments to create the equivalent of a primary mirror that is 29 m in diameter.
Stating its case
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Add the National Science Board to the list of scientists and science institutions calling for the protection of science funding in the U.S. federal budget. In a statement adopted on December 15, 1995, and announced on January 25, 1996, the governing body of the National Science Foundation joined several other groups—including the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (Eos, Oct. 24, 1995), the National Academy of Sciences (Eos, Dec. 19, 1995), and NSF Director Neal Lane (Eos, January 30, 1996)—in warning the government of the real cost of cutting science resources.“The challenge confronting the nation today is not only to reduce federal spending, necessary as that is,” the board wrote. “It is also to undergird the strength of those industries in which we are still world leaders, likes computers, telecommunications, chemicals, aerospace, and biotechnology, and to assure our readiness to capitalize on new scientific discoveries, innovative processes, and emerging technologies. These industries and oth‐ ers like them are the foundation of our national prosperity.”
HOV on the information highway
Authors: Carlowicz Michael 
Published: October 2011

Sick of rush‐hour traffic jams? Tired of bottlenecks that keep you from getting where you want to go? Frustrated by sluggish drivers who tie you up on your way to work? The National Science Foundation (NSF) is hoping to put scientists back in the fast lane—of the Internet, that is.The recent boom in the popularity of the Internet has brought traffic on some parts of the information highway to a crawl. Since all packets of information sent across the Internet are treated equally, e‐mail love letters and playful web browsing can interfere with scientific data transfers and high‐performance on‐line experiments and conferences.
Data deluxe
Authors: Carlowicz Michael 
Published: October 2011

Several new web pages from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will allow scientists and nonscientists alike to view graphic displays of weather and space weather data from around the world. Users can select a region of the Earth and a time period to see plots and data sets of everything from severe storms to aurorae.The National Climate Data Center has made available weather data from 8000 stations around the world, 160 satellite images of hurricanes from the GOES satellites, and technical reports about weather events such as the East Coast blizzard of 1996. The web address is http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov.
White washed
Authors: Carlowicz Michael 
Published: October 2011

Io has gotten a makeover, according to the latest photos returned from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. In just 17 years since the twin Voyager spacecraft flew by Jupiter's innermost moon, Io's blotchy orange and white complexion has changed significantly.“The changes we are seeing on Io are dramatic,” said Michael Belton, project scientist for the camera on Galileo. “The colors of material on the ground and their distribution have changed substantially since the Voyager flybysof 1979.”