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Conference on Gulf of California Planned
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A Penrose Conference on The Implications of the Gulf of California Rift System for the Tectonics of Western North America, is being convened by Wilfred Elders and Shawn Biehler at Lake Arrowhead, in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California, June 16–21, 1974.Discussion will focus on the transition from divergent to transform plate boundaries as exemplified by this part of the western edge of the North American plate. In the Gulf of California and its landward extension, the Salton trough, the San Andreas fault system, a strike‐slip system affecting continental crust, joins the East Pacific rise, a spreading system within oceanic crust. The conference will permit confrontation hopefully leading to integration, between land‐based geological and geophysical studies of the southern San Andreas fault system and the Salton trough with complementary marine geophysical and geological investigations of the Gulf of California and the adjacent East Pacific rise.
NOAA offers new service in technical information
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A new service known as Oasis (Oceanic and Atmospheric Scientific Information System) has been announced by the Technical Information Division (TID) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The service offers computer searches of citations to published literature and references to research in progress or recently completed in the fields of atmospheric, marine, and earth sciences and of marine resources. Data bases that can be searched by making a request to the TID include both NOAA and non‐NOAA bibliographic files. Current awareness (periodic search for new information) as well as one‐time retrospective searches (everything available to date) are offered.
Thermal Pollution Study undertaken by CERI
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

With funding from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Clean Energy Research Institute (CERI) of the University of Miami, Florida, has launched the first phase of research to develop a means of detecting and predicting thermal pollution.A mathematical model will be developed on the basis of studies of hot water discharges into ocean waters from a fossil fuel plant and discharges of saline water from nuclear plant cooling canals. In addition to on‐site measurements, data will be gathered by NASA aircraft and satellites using infrared and laser remote sensing techniques.
Antarctic Oceanographic Research Program begins in 1975
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A new phase of physical oceanographic research in the Antarctic will begin in 1975 with the start of a coordinated sequence of ocean dynamics and monitoring experiments in the Southern Ocean in a program known as the International Southern Ocean Studies (ISOS). The research is supported by the office for the International Decade of Oceanic Exploration (I DOE) of the National Science Foundation.The long‐range goal of the program is to determine the relationship of circumpolar dynamics to global ocean circulation and its possible influence on world weather and climate. The first major field operation will be a two‐ship expedition to the Drake Passage—Scotia Sea region to carry out the First Dynamic Response and Kinematic Experiment.
1976 Geographical Congress will meet in Soviet Russia
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

At the invitation of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the International Geographical Union will hold its Twenty‐Third International Geographical Congress in the Soviet Union.The congress proper will be held in Moscow from July 27 to August 3, 1976. This meeting will be preceded by symposiums of the IGU commissions and working groups to be held July 12–26 in Moscow and Leningrad. Excursions are being organized to follow the congress from August 4 to 13.
U.S. plans contribution to United Nations University
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

On December 6, 1973, the United Nations Assembly, by a vote of 118 member governments, established the United Nations University, which will consist of a network of regional research and training centers around the world, with headquarters in Tokyo.The U.N. University is committed by its charter to ‘devote its work and research to the pressing global problems of human survival, development, and welfare…’ U.N. officials, U.S. Government scientists, and representatives of a number of U.S. universities have met twice during the past few months to organize one possible response by the United States to the need for competent U.N. Unversity centers.
Eastern Snow Conference 1975 dates announced
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Thirty‐Second Annual Eastern Snow Conference will be held on February 6 and 7, 1975, at the Sheraton‐Wayfarer Motor Inn, Bedford, New Hampshire.The meeting is sponsored by the Eastern Snow Conference, an international organization in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States concerned with the origin, precipitation, accumulation, character, melt, and runoff of snow from the viewpoint of meteorology, power generation, conservation, engineering, forestry, hydrology, and related fields.
ASCE Symposium and Conference will consider irrigation, drainage, watershed management
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Society of Civil Engineers, in cooperation with Utah State University and several allied professional societies, in sponsoring a Symposium on Watershed Management in Logan, Utah, from August 13 to 15, 1975. The symposium will be followed by the regular ASCE Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference on August 13–15.The symposium theme will be ‘Operational Watershed Management: Research to Application.’ Papers are solicited on the general subjects of applied watershed management, critical reviews, state of the art, new techniques, outlooks and methodologies, and field or planning experiences. Specific topics suggested include timber, grazing, or agricultural management; weather modification; strip mining; diffuse pollution sources; sediment and water yield; on‐site flood control; and environmental impact. However, all submissions will be seriously considered, regardless of the topics listing.
President's page: AGU questionnaire
Authors: Press Frank 
Published: October 2011

Polls are expensive when one considers the time required to fill out the questionnaire and process and evaluate the answers (not to mention the postage and handling). However, there is no better way for the officers and Council of AGU to discover the sentiments of the membership on the important issues facing our society. We must avoid falsely perceiving the wishes of our membership through the voices of a few outspoken individuals.Our recent poll is remarkable in many ways. Some 40% of our membership responded, an unusually large fraction for a survey of this kind. Most pollsters claim that they can achieve statistically valid results with only a few percent response. The results are summarized in this issue of EOS.
Earthquake research in China
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A visit to China of an American seismological delegation, which took place October 5 to November 5, 1974, is covered in this report. The Americans were sponsored by the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC), and the hosts in China were the Scientific and Technical Association and the State Seismological Bureau. The CSCPRC is sponsored jointly by the National Academy of Sciences, the Social Science Research Council, and the American Council of Learned Societies.The visit had its origins in an invitation extended in January 1973 by Carl Kisslinger, as President of the Seismological Society of America, to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to send representatives to a Symposium on Earthquake Prediction Research. Although the Chinese declined to participate, this invitation was one step towards a reciprocal exchange of seismologists between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Several months after Kisslinger's letter the CSCPRC visited Peking. Their purpose was to arrange an exchange program with the Chinese Scientific and Technical Association. Prompted by Kisslinger, the committee's proposals for American delegations included seismology. Not only was this particular exchange accepted, but the Chinese in turn suggested that a Chinese seismology group visit the United States.
South Pole ice moves 30 feet/yr
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

South Pole ice is moving 27–30 feet/yr toward 40°W longitude according to preliminary new calculations by the USGS, Department of the Interior. This new estimate is based on measurements using U.S. Navy navigational satellites, a much more accurate technique than the gravity technique used for the 1967 estimate (i.e., 150 feet/yr) or the astronomical observations used for the 1970 estimate (i.e., 65 feet/yr).Determining the rate of flow of ice and the direction of movement is difficult, since the ice moves constantly and since there are no fixed reference points, such as mountains. The new Doppler receiver monitoring method, however, enables topographic engineers to map the mountainless parts of the south polar ice cap and to measure a geodetic position to within 3 m. By taking repeated readings from various places on the ice at and near the South Pole, one can pinpoint the location of the pole and also measure how far various spots on the ice cap move over periods of time. In addition, it was possible to measure the elevation of the ice surface, 9370 feet, for the first time precisely.
President's page: Energy and geothermal resources
Authors: Press Frank 
Published: October 2011

Haicheng is a small town of 100,000 population in Liaoning Province of northeast China. It was totally destroyed in an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 which occurred on February 4, 1975. The epicentral region contained more than 1 million people. Not far from Haicheng, the southeast portion of the Liaotung Peninsula experienced an uplift of some 5 cm over the previous decade, with a corresponding subsidence of the northeast end.The San Andreas fault cuts diagonally across the northeast corner of Los Angeles County. In a paper published in Science a few weeks ago, Robert Castle of the U.S. Geological Survey reports that an uplift of some 25 cm has occurred over a region of about 10,000 square km, mostly in Los Angeles County. The axis of the elliptically shaped uplift coincides with a 150‐km stretch of the San Andreas fault which broke in the last great earthquake in southern California, an event of magnitude 8 or larger, in 1857.
Soil and water conservation
Authors: Ackermann William C. 
Published: October 2011

Water has been called ubiquitous, which may be a small exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that it is intimately associated with soil. In the never‐ending hydrologic cycle, rain falls upon the soil, and whether the soil is shielded by vegetation or otherwise protected is much of what soil and water conservation is all about.The story of soil and water conservation through our 200‐year history could be told in many ways. I have chosen to do so by citing, quoting, and commenting upon three giants in American history: Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Hugh Bennett. To this will be added a modest, personal footnote as to where we are presently trending.
Land use classification system adopted
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A new system for classifying land use and land cover has been adopted by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, for its national land use mapping program, following 4 years of testing, review, and revision of a system proposed in 1972.The system was developed also to meet the needs of other federal, regional, state, and local agencies for an up‐to‐date, uniform, and standardized method of classifying land use and land cover at a time when land, resources, and the environment are critical issues facing land planners, administrators, and decision makers.
Deep‐sea waste disposal
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Deep‐sea sediments recovered during a just‐concluded North Pacific expedition appear to have been undisturbed by either cataclysmic or chronic occurrences in the earth's history. This degree of stability could make such sediments suitable for disposal of high‐level radioactive waste from nuclear power reactors.The red clay sediments were recovered from a site about 965 kilometers north of Honolulu during a recent scientific expedition directed by Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque. The expedition is part of a research program which Sandia is conducting for the Energy Research and Development Administration. Its long‐range objective is to determine the technical and economic feasibility of providing terminal storage of high‐level radioactive waste in canisters buried in geologic formations beneath the ocean floor.
Gravity mapping and interpretation in Ghana
Authors: Hastings David A. 
Published: October 2011

Ghana, about the size of Oregon (238,000 km2), is located in the area of about 1°E–3°W longitude and 5°N–11°N latitude, on the West African Gulf of Guinea. The southern part of the country is primarily equatorial rain forest, partially cleared for farming in many areas. Northern Ghana and some narrow rain shadow zones along the coast are savannah, as West Africa tends to be progressively drier northward into the Sahel and into the Sahara itself.There are few rock outcrops, especially in the southern portion of the country, where beneath the thick vegetation lies up to 60 m of lateritic soil and weathered rock overlying bedrock. Surface geological mapping is thus very difficult over most of the country, as outcrop searches and trenching, perhaps even boring through the overburden, take a great deal of time and effort, not to mention the cost in funds and manpower to a developing country.
Huge south Atlantic submarine canyons found
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Recent deep‐sea discoveries in the South Atlantic Ocean reported by J. G. Slater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provide dramatic additional evidence of global plate tectonics. A spectacular V‐shaped submarine canyon, one of the largest geological features in the deep sea, was discovered and mapped during two National Science Foundation sponsored research cruises. The canyon lies about 2200 km southwest of Cape Town, South Africa, and about 1920 km off the coast of Antarctica.The canyon is 700 km long, 30 km wide, and 3–4 km deep and is part of a series of major fracture zones in the earth's crust.
New investigation of east coast mystery booms
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An independent study, sponsored by the MITRE Corporation, shows that a majority of the East Coast mystery booms were caused by the operation of supersonic aircraft but that a substantial number have an unknown natural origin.Intense booming sounds heard during the 1977–1978 winter and spring in New Jersey, South Carolina, and Nova Scotia generated wide public concern. The study found that of the 594 separate events reported between December 1977 and June 1978,413 could be associated with the operation of supersonic aircraft but that 181 were not related to any known aircraft operation. The study concludes, after examining other man‐made sources of booms, that many of the unknown 181 events have a natural origin. This conclusion is in accord with hundreds of well‐documented historical accounts of booming noises reported along the East Coast and throughout the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
UCAR board elects new officers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

At its annual meeting in Boulder on January 11–12 the University Corporation for Atmosphere Research (UCAR) Board of Trustees elected new officers. Elected were William Gordon (Rice University), chairman; Robert White (National Academy of Sciences), vice chairmen; Thomas Donahue (University of Michigan), secretary; John Dutton (Pennsylvania State University), treasurer; and A. Ray Chamberlain (Colorado State University), member‐at‐large of the Executive Committee.Under UCAR bylaws these five officers compose the board's Executive Committee. In recent years they have also served as the board's Budget and Program Committee, which examines UCAR and NCAR plans and budgets and recommends actions to the board.
Research opportunities in 1980
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The National Research Council is pleased to announce the NRC Research Associateship Programs for 1980. These programs provide opportunities for research in many fields of atmospheric and earth sciences, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences, life sciences, mathematics, physics, and space sciences.Approximately 250 new awards will be made on a competitive basis to recent recipients of the doctorate and, in some programs, to senior investigators as well. Certain programs are open to non‐U.S. nationals as well as to U.S. citizens. Stipends (subject to income tax) will be individually determined and will begin at $18,000 a year. Grants will be provided for family relocation and for limited professional travel during tenure.
Slosh: Early warning of storm surges
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A series of computer models constitutes the basis for a weather analysis system called Slosh (sea, lake, and overland surges from hurricanes). These models are being developed for east and Gulf coastal areas to assist in forecasting the effects of hurricane storm surges.Although the opportunity to test Slosh in the extreme occurrence of maximum storm surges where water levels may rise 20 feet or more has not yet occurred, first test results of one of the models during a minimal force hurricane indicate that the system will work. The model developed for the New Orleans area, for example, was used during Hurricane Bob, in July 1979. The information generated by computer, based on data gathered from ships, satellites, aircraft, and radar observations, was helpful in preparing local warnings of potentially dangerous flooding.
Lunar sample budget in squeeze
Authors: Greathouse Lee 
Published: October 2011

With the FY 1980 budget, funding for NASA's lunar sampling program recovered from a precipitous drop, but some researchers feel the program has been stunted.From a high of over $10 million in 1971, when Apollo missions were bringing the first rocks back from the moon, funding for lunar sample research tapered to a little less than $6 million per year in the mid 1970's, according to NASA figures.
Double ash tracks from Mount St. Helens
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

Maps that show the volcanic plume track for the May 18 Mount St. Helens eruption indicate that the debris from subsequent eruptions, including the June 12 explosion, may follow a different path. Two major eruptions of the Mount St. Helens volcano, at 8:30 and 10:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time on May 18, injected ash into the atmosphere to about 18 km above sea level. During the eruptions, and for several days thereafter, brisk upper‐level winds (between 6096 m and 12,192 m) swept volcanic debris over the central states in two to three days, while winds below 3,048 m carried ash over southern Canada for a period of 3 to 4 days.Meteorologist Roland Draxler of the NOAA Air Resources Laboratories reports that, ‘Based on these surface observations, the ash progressed eastward to about [16 to 32 km/h] across the northern United States and southern Canada.’
Geophysical events
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Mount St. Helens Volcano, Cascade Range, southern Washington, U.S.A. (46.20°N, 122.18° W). All times are local (GMT − 7 h). A major eruption destroyed the summit of Mount St. Helens, projected ash into the stratosphere, devastated the north and northwest flanks, and killed dozens of people last May 18. The initial explosion was heard more than 350 km away. Substantial ashfalls occurred hundreds of kilometers downwind, closing roads, schools, and businesses, and threatening crops in the northwestern United States.Mount St. Helens had begun to erupt on March 27, after a week of local seismicity. During the first 10 days, small to moderate steam and ash explosions ejected ash to as much as 3 km above the summit. A little ash fell as far away as Spokane, Washington, 500 km to the northwest. Small debris flows and cold ash avalanches moved down the flanks of the volcano. By April 12, the two initially separate explosion vents had coalesced into a single crater that was at least 500 m long, 350 m wide, and 300 m deep. Both explosions and ash content decreased in size through mid‐April, then episodic explosions were replaced by continuous steaming late in the month. Explosions, similar to those of early to mid‐April, resumed on May 6 and continued until at least May 14. Several tens of earthquakes per day of magnitude 3 or greater continued to be recorded through May 17. Total seismic energy release remained relatively constant through late April, then declined slightly.
1980 AGU Fellows Citations
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Charles S. Cox. For his impact on the development of modern oceanography, his development of instruments for measuring the ocean microstructure, and his concepts concerning the eddy diffusion associated with this microstructure.Cesare Emiliani. For his contributions to our knowledge of Quarternary history, Pleistocene geology, and deep‐sea stratigraphy.
South Africa to build Landsat station
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An agreement to establish a Landsat ground station at Hartebeesthoek, near Johannesburg, South Africa, was recently signed by U.S. and South African officials. The Memorandum of Understanding will permit the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to operate a ground station that will receive, process, archive, and disseminate Landsat data. The South African Council was an early user of Landsat data.The agreement, signed by Robert A. Frosch, NASA Administrator, and Favid H. Jacobson, vice‐president of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, mandates that the Council will make the Landsat data it receives available on a public, nondiscriminatory basis. Current and prospective Landsat users in southern Africa will therefore be able to obtain regular, timely coverage of their region. This data can make a valuable contribution to the national development efforts of the southern African countries.
Team for volcano mission
Authors: Bell Peter M. 
Published: October 2011

NASA and a university research team are joining forces this month to mount what could become one of the most significant research missions ever undertaken to understand how volcanos affect the earth's atmosphere, weather, and climate, and their target is Mount St. Helens.The mission will use a NASA applications satellite, an aircraft crammed with the latest in laser and electronic remote—and near‐sensing technologies, and the expertise of scientists from two NASA centers—Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, and Wallops Island Flight Center, Wallops Island, Virginia. The university research team will have investigators from Drexel University in Philadelphia; the Universities of Maryland, Arizona, and Alaska; Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Michigan Technological University, Houghton; and the Oregon Graduate Center.