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Neotectonic maps to be unveiled
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

A new series of four neotectonic maps of the entire continent of North America will be presented in a poster session to be held on Friday morning, December 12, at the 1986 AGU Fall Meeting/ASLO Winter Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. The geothermal, stress, seismicity, and geologic (also called neotectonic (sensu stricto)) maps represent the first time that these basic data have been put together on a continental scale, according to Burt Slemmons of the Center for Neotectonic Studies at the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada (Reno), chairman of the session.The new maps, all in at least preliminary form, are being prepared by four groups under the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project of the Geological Society of America, a project undertaken to mark the society's centennial decade. Having the data gathered in such a form “will provide the basis for syntheses” that may lead to new understanding of the tectonics of the continent, Slemmons said. When the maps are published, they will be accompanied by a volume that will provide interpretation and background information.
USGS Water summary
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The abundant surface water resources of the United States are under increasing strain to meet the country's demands, according to the third annual National Water Summary, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In announcing release of the report, Interior Secretary Don Hodel said that “the country's surface water resources need to be fully understood, managed well, and protected for maximum future use.” The Interior Department, Hodel said, is committed to help increase understanding of “the hydrologic processes that control the availability, quantity, and, to some extent, the quality of the country's water supply.”The 506‐page report includes state‐by‐state summaries of the occurrence, use, and management of surface water resources. The summaries feature multicolor maps that show principal river basins and reservoirs, graphs on variations in precipitation and streamflows, and tables of streamflow characteristics. The 1985 National Water Summary also provides a review of hydrologic conditions from October 1984 through September 1985 and articles on a range of major hydrologic events during the year, including a drought in the Delaware River basin, record high levels of the Great Lakes, and the August 1985 flood in Cheyenne, Wyo., which was the worst in 120 years.
AIP appoints New CEO
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer, Kenneth W. Ford, who is to succeed H. William Koch when Koch retires on March 28, 1987. Koch has held the position since 1966.AIP is a not‐for‐profit scientific organization made up of 10 member societies, including AGU, that represent more than 90,000 scientists. Its main activities include scientific publishing and marketing of 76 primary physics journals, including translations of foreign journals, books, conference proceedings, and the magazine Physics Today. AIP also is involved with electronic abstracting and other scientific communications and has active programs in education, public information, manpower statistics, and the history of physics.
Illinois Basin ultradeep drillhole
Authors: Frost Joyce K. , Eidel J. James , Goodwin Jonathan H. 
Published: October 2011

Throughout the Phanerozoic, the depocenter of the Illinois Basin has remained at or above the intersection of the Reelfoot Rift, the Rough Creek Graben, the Cottage Grove Fault System, and the Wabash Valley Fault System. A proposed Illinois Basin Ultradeep Drillhole (IBUD) (Figure 1) will explore the crustal processes that resulted in the deposition of 400,000 km3 of sediment in this mid‐continent region of the North American plate.At a workshop held April 1–4, 1986, in Champaign, Ill., more than 120 geologists, geochemists, geophysicists, and drilling engineers addressed the scientific and economic significance of IBUD and prepared a draft science plan to be incorporated in a later formal proposal. The science plan includes the experiments, expected results, and scientific justifications for investigations of basement age, composition, and evolution; tectonics and structure; rock mechanics; basin analysis, hydrogeology, and brine geochemistry; geophysics and seismology; and hydrocarbon and ore deposit studies in IBUD.
A conversation with Jim Dungey
Authors: Stern David 
Published: October 2011

In a 1975 letter to me, Jim Dungey mentioned that the idea of the “open” magnetosphere came to him in a sidewalk cafe in Montparnasse, France, while preparing a lecture. When the AGU Committee for the History of Geophysics was established, I asked him to tell his story to AGU members, which he did (Eos, May 18, 1982, p. 412, abstract SM31‐1).The Monday after the lecture, Jim visited Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, Md.). Because his brief talk seemed to leave many questions unanswered, I asked him if he would discuss some of them with me and record his answers on tape. Jim agreed, and what follows is a modified version of the transcript, edited by Jim and condensed for Eos. No comments are added, but some key references were traced.
ONR Ocean Wave Dynamics Workshop
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

In anticipation of the start (in Fiscal Year 1988) of a new Office of Naval Research (ONR) Accelerated Research Initiative (ARI) on Ocean Surface Wave Dynamics, a workshop was held August 5–7, 1986, at Woods Hole, Mass., to discuss new ideas and directions of research. This new ARI on Ocean Surface Wave Dynamics is a 5‐year effort that is organized by the ONR Physical Oceanography Program in cooperation with the ONR Fluid Mechanics Program and the Physical Oceanography Branch at the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA). The central theme is improvement of our understanding of the basic physics and dynamics of surface wave phenomena, with emphasis on the following areas:

precise air‐sea coupling mechanisms,
dynamics of nonlinear wave‐wave interaction under realistic environmental conditions,
wave breaking and dissipation of energy,
interaction between surface waves and upper ocean boundary layer dynamics, and
surface statistical and boundary layer coherent structures
.
Norman Stuart heaps 1928”1986
Authors: Cartwright David E. 
Published: October 2011

Dr. Norman Heaps died on June 26, 1986, in a hospital near his native town of Prescot, U.K., a suburb of Liverpool, after a long illness punctuated by bouts of painful medical treatment for lung cancer. He was the pioneer in Britain of the numerical modeling of tides and storm surges in shelf seas.He graduated at the University of Liverpool in 1949 with honors in mathematics with subsidiary physics and oceanography. Many years later the same university awarded him a doctorate on the basis of his published work. Norman's first 10 postgraduate years were spent as mathematician in the aircraft industry, but he never felt at home in the industrial world and sought a more academic career. While lecturing at the Royal College of Advanced Technology at Salford, Manchester (now the University of Salford), he struck a lasting friendship with Clifford Mortimer, FRS, then director of the Freshwater Biological Association laboratory at Lake Windermere, who first interested Heaps in the problem of computing the natural seiche oscillations of that lake. The use of electronic computers was still in its infancy, but Heaps saw that the equations of internal oscillations in such a lake could be solved numerically by methods that he had developed in the theory of wing structures. Heaps worked up a Master's thesis on this problem during his summer vacations, and he later worked with Mortimer at the University of Wisconsin on a more advanced scheme involving the coupled oscillations of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Facets of Hydrology II
Authors: Smigielski Frank J. 
Published: October 2011

The editor states that this book should have a wide appeal to the research hydrologist, to operational hydrologists, and to those who have only a limited knowledge or are beginners in the study of hydrology. I agree with the editor that this publication should appeal to a large cross section of people whose interests lie in the various facets of hydrology.This publication takes a look at the newest interpretational tools available to hydrologists, such as environmental satellites. It considers a diverse menu of topics, such as sediment load of rivers, water resource systems, water quality monitoring, and the physical aspects of lakes. The volume also presents a look at international organizations that are concerned with worldwide water problems. The quality, quantity, and distribution of water over the globe is covered unde the topic headings “Large Scale Water Transfers,” “Technology Transfer in Hydrology,” and “The Organization of Hydrologic Services.”
The SPAN/DSUWG Meeting report
Authors: Baker D. N. , Thomas V. L. , Gallagher D. , Greene J. L. , King J. H. , Zwickl R. D. 
Published: October 2011

On May 8–9, 1986, the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) in Greenbelt, Md., hosted the spring meeting of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Data Systems Users Working Group (DSUWG). Most of the attention of the plenary sessions focused on the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) move to a new configuration in summer 1986 (see sidebar), which builds upon NASA's Program Support Communication Network (PSCN). DSUWG considered the new SPAN project management plan and also heard presentations concerning several other scientific and academic computer networks to which SPAN will be connected.As discussed in the accompanying article concerning SPAN, the network is moving toward a new configuration. Dave Peters (Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Ala.) discussed SPAN's use of and relationship to the PSCN. As part of its deliberations, DSUWG approved the new SPAN physical configuration and the new SPAN management plan.
A scientist's responsibility in the legislative process
Authors: Isherwood Dana 
Published: October 2011

Like past AGU Congressional Fellows, I look back on my year on the Hill as rewarding and challenging. It gave me an opportunity to contribute to the legislative process and time to reflect on my role as a scientist.As a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), I worked on programmatic research funded by the federal government (e.g., nuclear waste disposal) and knew of the impact of congressional decisions on the direction of my research. What I did not know was how Congress came to make these decisions and who provided the technical input. Congress has taken on the role of technical manager, particularly with legislation that deals with the environment (e.g., Superfund, the Clean Water Act). This has been partly in response to the frustrations of dealing with technical problems that resist easy solutions and partly in response to the growing public interest in the impact of technology on their communities. As with any good manager, the result is legislation that is specific in its demand for scientific research and requires adherence to schedules and reporting requirements.
NAS Panel faults export controls
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

A study prepared by a top‐level panel says that current export controls on militarily sensitive U.S. technology may be “overcorrecting” previous weaknesses in that system, resulting in “a complex and confusing control system” that makes it more difficult for U.S. businesses to compete in international markets. Moreover, this control system has “an increasingly corrosive effect” on U.S. relations with allies. The panel recommended that the United States concentrate more effort on bringing about uniformity in the export control policies of countries belonging to the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom), i.e., most of the member nations in NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Japan.The 21‐member panel was appointed by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The panel, composed of administrators, researchers, and former government officials, was chaired by AGU member Lew Allen, Jr., director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, Calif.) and former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. Their report was supported by NAS funds, by a number of private organizations (including AGU), by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, and State, by the National Science Foundation, and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Narrative of an R/V Meiring Naudé Cruise
Authors: Gründlingh Marten Luther 
Published: October 2011

Sailing at night, not a star is in sight, the vessel is rocked without grace. Thick tomes in our hands nor computer commands quell the sea which is white as the cruise leader's face. We find sigmas and t's, giant eddies, and big seas—Watch the XVI Please, SONAR, don't bug me! Thermohaline inversions, unsuspected divergence and at six every day there's beer and TV.We are up before dawn, 'ere night turns to morn/ There is no place here for the lazy. Where's the Mozambique Ridge? SSB on the bridge play our song. Man, we're all going crazy! For 10 days or more, we manage the chore tapping samples and combing the sea. Just work yourself silly—it's not willy nilly
Where are the atmospheric sciences going?
Authors: Bierly Eugene W. 
Published: October 2011

The question of the direction of the atmospheric sciences is a difficult one, and it cannot be answered in a definitive way or with a high degree of certainty. I would like to try to give you my biased viewpoint on the situation in atmospheric sciences today, as far as the research aspect is concerned.The field of atmospheric sciences today is full to overflowing with top‐notch scientific research programs. At the same time, funds for conducting this research are limited and much more difficult to obtain now than in previous years. To paraphrase the words of Charles Dickens in his Tale of Two Cities, “It is the best of times; it is the worst of times.”
South Carolina geologists must register
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The South Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation in 1986 that requires all geologists engaged in the public practice of geology in South Carolina to be registered. To avoid taking a state examination, anyone in the geosciences who mets the academic and work requirements that are set forth in the act (Act 507) is eligible to register before June 10, 1987.Those requirements include graduation from a standard 4‐year curriculum or an advanced degree in geology or a related science, and a minimum of 5 years of full‐time work experience in these areas. To be put on the mailing list for an application package, write to the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Geologists, 1213 Lady Street, Suite 201, Columbia, SC 29201.
Paleomagnetism in Australia: An overview
Authors: Barton C. E. 
Published: October 2011

The pioneering work of John Jaegar and Ted Irving, together with their geochronology colleagues at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, resulted in a substantial contribution to the development of modern concepts in geoscience. Paleomagnetism played a major role in this work, providing strong support for the continental drift theory in its early days and, later, much of the data that led to definition of the geomagnetic polarity time scale.Australia is particularly well suited for paleomagnetic studies in a range of interesting problem areas. Among the most outstanding are

Archaean and Proterozoic tectonics and magnetostratigraphy;
circum‐Pacific terrain studies, notably in the Tasman Fold Belt (the “mountainous” eastern side of Australia) and Australia's active northern margin in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia;
effects of deep weathering on paleomagnetic signatures; and
southern hemisphere characteristics of the geomagnetic field, e.g., secular variation, nature of reversal transitions
. Precambrian rocks dominate the surface exposure over much of Australia and are probably the most extensive and conveniently accessible of anywhere in the world. The Tasman Fold Belt is a major part of a Paleozoic Circum‐Pacific orogenic belt that stretches from the Antarctic Mountains through Australia, New Guinea, and into southeastern Asia. Understanding the macro‐ and micro‐tectonics of this vast region poses a problem whose scale far exceeds that of the corresponding region of western North America.
50 years of membership in AGU recognized
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Recently, 14 AGU members who joined the Union in 1937 received their recognition pins for 50 years of membership in the Union. They join the distinguished ranks of the 50‐ year AGU members, who are listed below by the year that they joined:1937 A.B. Bryan, Leonard B. Corwin, Tate Dalrymple, Richard H. Fleming, Harry L. Frauenthal, Konrad B. Krauskopf, J. Stuart Meyers, Brian O'Brien, Joseph F. Poland, Edward J. Rutter, Noel H. Stearn, John P. Tully, Victor Vacquier, G.H. Westby, and Harvey O. Westby.
1986 AGU Annual Report
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

1986 was a year of steady progress with some very bright spots:

Membership grew at more than 5% annually, continuing a 5‐year trend. This period rivals the significant growth during the IGY and immediately after it and allowed membership to reach more than 20,000 (see Figure 1 and Table 1).
There was a sharp increase in the number of published pages (Figure 2).
A significant increase in meeting participation was seen.
Costs were contained so that the Union finished the year somewhat ahead of its budget, permitting another significant contribution to reserves.
Drillhole results to be discussed
Authors: Katzoff Judith A. 
Published: October 2011

Vattenfall, the Swedish State Power Board, is searching for a predicted reservoir of abiogenic methane beneath the floor of a meteorite crater in central Sweden. Some of the early scientific results from the drilling project at the Siljan Ring impact structure will be presented on Thursday, May 21, at the 1987 AGU Spring Meeting in Baltimore, Md.Thomas Gold of Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) has predicted that large amounts of methane from deep within the earth may move closer to the surface beneath sites where large meteorites have hit the earth, such as the Siljan Ring structure (Eos, July 9, 1985, p. 537). The site is known for its gas seeps, according to Paul Westcott of the Gas Research Institute (GRI, in Chicago, Ill.). The institute is putting up 15% of the costs of the drillhole in return for access to samples and data. Seismic surveys at the site revealed horizontal structures in the granite, which may suggest the presence of gas‐liquid interfaces, Westcott said.
NEDRES: An interactive computer tool for locating geophysical information
Authors: Barton Gerald S. 
Published: October 2011

Imagine that someone mentions that there is a study of surface wind patterns in the Gulf of Mexico. How can the data be located? Who has gravity data for Alaska? Is there a study relating tree rings and carbon dioxide in the Yellowstone area?These and numerous other questions about data can be answered by an environmental data base maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) is a “yellow pages” directory for locating environmental data in the United States. NOAA provides the service as part of its responsibility to archive and document environmental data. The data base is accessed via a local telephone call using a computer terminal or personal computer, and the results can be listed on the user's terminal or printed at the computer site.
Geologists and Ideas: A History of North American Geology
Authors: Millbrooke Anne 
Published: October 2011

Prepared by the History of Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, Geologists and Ideas commemorates the centennial of that society. It is not, however, the traditional history of an organization issued on the occasion of an anniversary, nor is it a survey of the history of American geology. The volume is a collection of 33 articles, intended, according to the introduction, “to spotlight events, ideas, and people, and thus shed light on the history of North American geology as a whole.”The articles, written mostly by geologists, are loosely organized into four categories: the evolution of significant ideas, contributions of individuals, contributions of organized groups, and application of significant ideas. Abstracts, explanatory notes, and lists of references accompany the articles. In general, the authors regularly and heavily cite geological publications and rarely refer to archival and manuscript sources. Most of the articles assume a familiarity with the geology and geologists under discussion. Many of the papers cover an idea from its inception to the present, and most of them focus on the history of ideas, the central theme of the volume.
State of the World 1987
Authors: Reid George C. 
Published: October 2011

As every scientist knows, the behavior of nonlinear systems is hard to predict, and their ultimate fate can be catastrophic. State of the World 1987 is the fourth in an annual series of reports on the impact of the human species on the habitability of the planet, the prospects for the future, and the steps that need to be taken if we are to achieve a long‐term equilibrium with the rest of the biosphere and with the finite resources of the earth itself. This is surely a nonlinear problem of the highest order but one for which some kind of solution needs to be found within the next generation or two if our species is to survive.In 11 chapters, written by seven of the authors in varying combinations, the report presents a sobering and almost frightening picture of what is happening to society and what is likely to happen within the lifetime of many of us. The tone is calm and never hysterical, but the message comes through clearly. The two fundamental problems are that there are too many of us and that we have been too clever at devising new technology and not clever enough at assessing and alleviating its impact.