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International meetings from WMO Bulletin: USSR Hydrologists Hold Fourth Congress [Three Meeting Reports From the World Meteorological Organization Bulletin]
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Hydrological congresses in the USSR attract large numbers of scientists and experts concerned with the study of surface and groundwater, the planning of water resource utilization and protection, and the design and operation of projects in water resources systems. These congresses represent important stages in the development of hydrology and in the assessment of the present state and determination of trends of hydrological research as applied to the needs of the economic and social development of Soviet society.The Fourth Congress of USSR Hydrologists took place in Leningrad from October 9 to 13, 1973. It was attended by 1016 delegates and 374 guests, including 20 academicians and corresponding members of the USSR Academy of Sciences and of the Academies of Sciences of the Union Republics. There were 39 guests from Hungary, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Mongolia, and Finland and also representatives of Unesco, WMO, the Danube Commission, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
AGU/IFYGL Symposium Proceedings Published
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The papers of the IFYGL Symposium held in conjuction with the Fifty‐Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (Washington, D.C, April 1974) have been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in a 165‐page volume.This report presents one of the first comprehensive summaries of the scientific results of the Field Year, presented by the principal investigators. The symposium, entirely of invited papers, was cosponsored by the Sections of Hydrology and Meteorology of the AGU and by the American Meteorological Society.
Grabgrass in the Greek
Authors: Timmons F. L. 
Published: October 2011

Aquatic Vegetation and Its Use and Control, D.S. Mitchell, J.J. Gaudet, T.O. Robson, R.D. Blackburn, F.D. Bennett, and C.E. Boyd. Unesco, Paris, 135 pp., 1974.This book is the latest of many valuable publications that have been contributed by Unesco to the IHD (1965 1974). It provides a brief but comprehensive summary and analysis of aquatic vegetation in its various aspects as they are related to man's management and use of surface fresh water resources. The publication was prepared in response to a recommendation by the ad hoc panel of world experts on the ecology and management of aquatic vegetation convened at Paris in December 1968.
Probability and statistics in atmospheric science: Fourth conference
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Meteorological Society's Fourth Conference on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Science will be held in Tallahassee, Florida, November 18 to 21, 1975.The conference will stress recent developments in probability and statistics of importance to atmospheric scientists and innovative uses of probabilistic and statistical methodology in atmospheric science. Invited papers will be presented on several topics of particular importance. A preprint volume containing the invited and contributed papers will be prepared and distributed to all participants before the conference.
USNC/URSI meeting call for papers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A call for papers has been issued by the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science for its meeting to be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, October 20 to 23, 1975. Various societies of the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are cooperating in the meeting.Topics on which papers are especially desired include measurement standards for radio noise, biological effects of electromagnetic fields, wave measurements to sense hidden structures, extraterrestrial techniques for measuring present crustal movements, remote sensing, radio oceanography, radar meteorology, radiometry, turbulence, space telecommunications, millimeter waves and beyond, ionospheric scintillations, ELF propagation, interference to radio astronomy, ranging accuracy for future planetary orbiters, communication via optical fibers, integrated optics, man‐made noise, subsurface communications, information theory, and application of telecommunication science to problems of CCIR and CCITT.
IAH Conference on Karst
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The International Association of Hydrogeologists Conference on Karst, scheduled for September 21 to 27, 1975, will be convened by the U.S. National Committee of IAH in Huntsville, Alabama. Hosts for the meeting will be the Geological Survey of Alabama, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the City of Huntsville, and Madison County.Themes of the technical sesssions will be (1) the published report of the IAH Commission on Karst Hydrogeology, (2) karst hydrogeology of the Caribbean and eastern Mediterranean, (3) karst hydrogeology of southeast and central United States, and (4) current hydrogeological research around the world.
President's page: Concerning the new AGU committees
Authors: Press Frank 
Published: October 2011

Earthquakes are among mankind's most feared scourges. In a sense they represent the small price earthlings must pay to enjoy their beneficent environment, for it is the same internal heat energy that has provided us with atmosphere, oceans, and mineral wealth that is the source of the stresses that periodically fracture the crust.Earthquake prediction is a subject as old as soothsaying and astrology; men who could pretend to foretell catastrophes exercised considerable sway in their time. In recent years, research in earthquake prediction has become scientifically respectable. Hundreds of geophysicists and geologists principally in the United States, the USSR, Japan, and the People's Republic of China are engaged in research with earthquake prediction as the direct goal. Most of these investigators believe that the goal is attainable. The Chinese claim that they have saved lives by predicting ten earthquakes in the past four years. News dispatches from China indicate that the destructive earthquake (M = 7.2) of February 4, 1975, in northeast China was predicted by Chinese scientists.
Geothermal Energy Resources: Three‐day conference
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A three‐day conference on Geopressured Geothermal Energy Resources: Research and Development will be sponsored by the Center for Energy Studies and the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, June 2 to 4, 1975. The site of the meeting is the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, Austin.Six sessions will be held under the following titles: Fundamentals and Review Tutorial, Resource Assessment, Reservoir Research and Technology, Surface Technology and Power Systems, Legal and Environmental Aspects, and Summation and Future Projections.
Applied glaciology: Symposium Topic
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The International Glaciological Society will hold a Symposium on Problems of Applied Glaciology in Cambridge, England, from September 12 to 17, 1976.The symposium will be concerned with the application of fundamental properties of snow and ice to the solution of engineering problems. Among the topics to be discussed are ice forces, bearing capacity, strength and deformation of ice, avalanches, ice in and on the ground, ice and snow hydrology, mechanical properties of ice, snow handling, ice accretion on and around structures, and properties of and techniques for producing unusual snow and ice materials used in industrial processes.
Wanted: Interest in the young people: President' page
Authors: Newell Homer E. 
Published: October 2011

Recently I had an interesting and pleasurable but puzzling experience. It was interesting and pleasurable because it involved enthusiastic young people who were considering the possibility of entering upon careers in the earth sciences or their practical application. It was puzzling because I found that the American Geophysical Union had no brochures, booklets, or other background information to offer me to help in preparing for the encounter.The event was a panel discussion sponsored by the International Gem and Mineral Show at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., this past April. The subject of the discussion was ‘Careers and Opportunities in Geology,’ where the term geology was taken to mean broadly the various earth sciences and their application to practical problems. The program was aimed at the high school students and their teachers and sought to answer for them questions about existing opportunities in the field, which and where are the best colleges and universities at which to study, what would be the nature of the required courses, and what kind of high school preparation would be desirable. The panel consisted of an instructor in meteorology at a nearby community college, a junior high school teacher, an undergraduate college student in geology, and myself, a geophysicist.
Ozone shield changes reported by NOAA study
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The ozone shield over the United States and Great Britain has thinned slightly during the last four years. Although nuclear explosions may not destroy ozone to the extent that has previously been thought, volcanic eruptions and solar flares may have some effect on ozone amount. These are among the conclusions of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study of ozone records from stations around the world.Instruments at these stations look upward through the atmosphere and derive the total ozone in the entire vertical column. The study used ozone data for the period 1970–1974 to delineate recent trends, and longterm data to compare variations in the shield with the occurrence of nuclear explosions, volcanic eruptions, and solar events, all of which have been suspected as possible causes of ozone depletion.
U.S. world chart model coefficients for 1975
Authors: Fabiano E. B. , Peddie N. W. 
Published: October 2011

The 1975 U.S. World Magnetic Chart Model (AWC/75| will be the basis for the 1975 edition of the World Magnetic Chart series to be published by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office.The model consists of a degree 12 spherical harmonic series of 168 internal main‐field coefficients and a degree 8 series of 80 secular change coefficients. The coefficients, presented in the accompanying table, are of the Schmidt quasi‐normalized type and are to be used with a reference sphere of radius 6371.2 km.
Continental drilling
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Continental Drilling, a 56‐page report of the Workshop on Continental Drilling at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico, June 10–13, 1974, has been published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The workshop was convened to prepare a report for submission to the U.S. Geodynamics Committee in response to one of the committee's initial priorities in the U.S. program for the Geodynamics Project: to investigate the contribution that could be made by land drilling to resolve major problems of geodynamics. The report recommends a continental drilling program calling for an extensive application of short holes (30–300 m) and the selective application of a few intermediate to deep holes (300–9000 m).The report recommends a continental drilling program calling for an extensive application of short holes (30–300 m) and the selective application of a few intermediate to deep holes (300–9000 m).
Seismogram exchange instituted
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Recent modifications to the seismology portion of the ICSU ‘Guide to International Data Exchange through the World Data Centers’ provide for the exchange of copies of seismograms by participating observatories under several circumstances. One provision, the routine exchange of seismograms for all earthquakes of magnitude 7½ or above (magnitude 6 if there is reason to believe it will be of special interest), has resulted in the collection of over 700 seismograms from 291 participating observatories for the first eight qualifying earthquakes from January 1974, when the provision was activated, through October 1975.The participating stations include those of the World‐Wide Standard Seismograph Network (WWSSN), the 34 stations of the Canadian network, and 49 stations from the USSR network as well as numerous independent observatories. The program provides an unusually large collection of high‐quality microfilm copies of seismograms available from any of the World Data Centers for large magnitude or high‐interest earthquakes. The records become available to users in large batches, and the World Data Center exchange scheme relieves the observatories of the burden of repeated requests for copies of the same high‐interest seismograms. Original seismograms sent to World Data Center A are microfilmed on the high‐resolution panoramic cameras used for filming the WWSSN seismograms.
Magnetic stratigraphy
Authors: Oriel Stephen S. , Macqueen Roger W. , Wilson John A. , Dalrymple G. Brent 
Published: October 2011

The Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section has been asked by the American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature to publish the appended discussion and recommendations for comment by the AGU membership. In doing so, we recognize that the questions raised are not likely to be resolved quickly. Indeed, the recommendations of similar proposals have recently been discussed by the joint IAGA/IUGS (International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy/International Union of Geological Sciences) Subcommission on Magnetic Polarity Time Scale (SPTS), and no agreement was reached (see the report by N. D. Watkins on pages 26–27 of June 1975 Geotimes; also see pages 583–584 of September 1975 EOS). Presumably, the formal recommendations to the American Commission will now need to be dealt with by the international group.Those interested in this subject should contact either the American Commission or the international committee, whose chairmen are listed here: N. D. Watkins, Chairman, IAGA/IUGS Committee on the Magnetic Polarity Time Scale, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881; Steven S. Oriel, former chairman, acting for American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, USGS/MS 913, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.
Earthquake engineers open membership
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), a national professional association devoted to finding better ways to protect people and property from the effects of earthquakes, is now accepting applications for membership. In past years, membership in the EERI was possible by nomination only.Members of EERI receive a newsletter containing news and announcements of meetings and publications as well as guest editorials on topics of special concern. The EERI also sponsors meetings, conferences, and seminars on all aspects of earthquake engineering. By participation on EERI committees, by personal contact with other members, and through EERI liaison with other organizations, EERI members have an opportunity to participate in charting the future course of earthquake engineering practice and research.
National science and technology goals
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The United States may have its first set of national science and technology goals this year if Congress clears a bill which has been inpreparation for five years. The House Science and Technology Committee has turned over its finished National Science and Technology Policy and Organization Act of 1975 for House consideration after compiling some 2500 pages of expert testimony and analyses of the nation's scientific and technological priorities.Congressman Olin E. Teague, cosponsor of the bill and chairman of the Science and Technology Committee which shaped it, said the bill would provide the nation with unified objectives and priorities for science and technology and would help prevent future crises of energy, food, and material shortages. It would also establish a new Office of Science and Technology Policy to assist the President and a Federal Science and Technology Survey Committee to monitor the new federal science and technology activities.
Fall Annual Meeting 1975
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The 1975 Fall Annual Meeting was held at the Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, California, December 8–12, 1975. Some sessions were held at the Holiday Inn‐Golden Gateway. During the 5‐day meeting, approximately 1050 papers were presented, an increase of about 100 papers from the previous year.Total registration was 1635, of whom 1066 were members, 154 were students, and 315 were nonmembers. Included in these figures are approximately 100 complimentary registrants of spouses, press, and exhibitors. Registration for 1974 was more than 1800.
Preventive medicine for urban lakes
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Man's activities can needlessly hasten the process of extinction in urban lakes according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report (USGS Survey Circular 601‐K) that suggests preventive measures for slowing the aging process of lakes.Designed to introduce urban planners and residents to the life and care of urban lakes, the illustrated report is the latest in the layman‐ oriented USGS series on water in the urban environment.
Is JGR obsolescent?
Authors: Hill Thomas W. 
Published: October 2011

The time delay for publication of papers in the Space Physics section of the Journal of Geophysical Research has doubled in the past 10 years. This trend ought to cause some concern among the journal's publishers, contributors, and readers. JGR has played a vital and innovative role in the communication of research in the adolescent field of space physics. However, if the instrument of communication fails to keep pace with the research being communicated, both the instrument and the research must suffer.Rapid publication should not be the single overriding goal of a research journal; the need for prompt communication of new results is appropriately served by conferences, preprints, letter journals, and other less formal mechanisms. On the other hand, the purpose of a research journal should be to communicate not merely to chronicle the results of scientific research. As its name implies, the function of a research journal is to publish research while it is still research, not when it has become history.
Transport models and their application in geochemistry
Authors: Frantz J. D. , Rumble D. , Vidale R. J. 
Published: October 2011

An intense effort has been devoted in recent years toward gaining an understanding of mass transport models and their applications to geochemical problems. Because the investigators participating in this effort are from broadly differing fields and have not had an opportunity to interact, the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington held a series of three conferences in the fall of 1974 and spring of 1975 on (1) transport models, (2) application of models to natural rocks, and (3) application of models to ore deposits. In each conference the participants were chosen to represent a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints. The attendance at the conferences was kept small (about 20) in order to promote informal discussion.The conferees considered the meetings very successful at prompting interaction between theoreticians and field and laboratory workers. The meetings provided a participant with the opportunity to discuss with other investigators the exact details of the approach he is taking toward geochemical kinetics and the assumptions on which his approach is based. Subtle aspects of an approach (particularly subtle differences between two approaches) are commonly glossed over in papers, and face‐to‐face discussion was effective in settling or at least sharply defining these questions.
Seismic research observatories: Upgrading the worldwide seismic data network
Authors: Peterson Jon , Orsini Nicolas A. 
Published: October 2011

The World‐Wide Standard Seismograph Network (WWSSN) was established in the 1960's to provide the data needed for fundamental research in seismology and global tectonics. It has served this purpose well over the past decade, contributing essential data during a period of accelerated progress in the understanding of earthquake and tectonic processes. The WWSSN will be the principal source of earthquake data for years to come, but some improvements are needed if the network is to keep pace with the data needs of the seismological community.These needs have grown with advances in the development of theoretical models of the earth and its processes and with the capacity and versatility of digital computers and display devices. Today, most of the data used in seismological research, excluding oil exploration, continue to be recorded in analog form; the chief interfaces between modern computative machines and seismic data sources are the metric scale or a hand‐guided digitizing device. There exists a fundamental gap between the available means of manipulating seismic data and the primitive form of most of the data.
New radar system helps astronomers study Jupiter's moons
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Using a new 2380‐MHz (12.6‐cm wavelength) S band radar transmitter near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, astronomers of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have confirmed that the surfaces of Europa and Ganymede, two of Jupiter's moons, are covered with ice or a mixture of ice and rock many meters thick. Many astronomers believe that the crystals are composed of frozen water, methane, and ammonia, three of the primary constituents of Jupiter's atmosphere, but the radar measurements cannot distinguish this possibility.Jupiter interests astronomers because of its size and dominant position in the solar system. Not only is it the largest planet, but it has almost 2½ times the mass of all the other planets lumped together. The planet itself cannot be studied by radar because its thick atmosphere does not reflect radar beams, but information about Jupiter can be inferred from radar studies of some of its moons. The continuing radar studies are aimed at obtaining more precise information on the orbits of both Jupiter and its moons, the size, composition, and shape of the moons, and eventually whether they have been or are subject to tectonic activity. Another objective is to study Jupiter's magnetosphere and its electron plasma by directing radio waves through the magnetic field to one of the moons and then observing changes in the polarization of the radar echoes.