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The President's Page: The government and geophysics
Authors: Abelson Philip H. 
Published: October 2011

When Will Rogers, famed for his wry wit, once said ‘If you don't like the weather in Washington, stick around for fifteen minutes,’ it is likely that he had something in mind besides the sudden government showers that often pour down at about 5 o'clock during the summer months. At any rate, his remarks seem particularly appropriate when one views the current political scene and its interaction with geophysics. The key agencies dealing with science have experienced heavy weather and anxious moments; some seem to be emerging into fairer days, others are crouching in the storm cellar.During the first Nixon years the administration moved cautiously. There was one major change affecting science in which a number of agencies were merged together in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For most science agencies the financial situation was relatively favorable, though academic geophysics was hit rather badly by a tightness in funds‐especially those for support of fellowships, a continuation of a trend already noticeable in the Johnson years.
Galloping glaciers monitored from space
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

‘Galloping’ or surging glaciers, as well as nonsurging glaciers up to 40 miles in length around Mt. McKinley in south central Alaska, have been identified clearly in images returned from the first experimental Larth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS 1).The images, also revealing the extent of sediment plumes from coastal glaciers, offer considerable promise as a tool for monitoring the behavior of glaciers. The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) program is aimed at applying high‐altitude photographic data to a variety of natural resource and environmental problems.
AAAS Symposium on Sea and Its Resources
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The American Association for the Advancement of Science will sponsor a symposium on the Sea and Its Resources to be held in Mexico City on June 25–28, 1973. The resources of the sea represent a significant potential for the future of mankind. The symposium will try to identify these resources more completely and to determine how they can be used wisely.Topics to be discussed at the symposium include: coastal zone resources and their management; ocean effects on weather and climate; nonrenewable resources; living resources; ocean affairs; coastal zone resources and their management; characteristics and uses of coastal zone; mineral resources (oil, salt, sulfur, etc.); biological resources (fishing, aquaculture, etc.); pollution and impact on resources; management and allocation of coastal resources; ocean effects on weather and climate; long range impact on weather and climate; severe storms; small scale air‐sea interactions; GATE (GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment); satellite surveillance of ocean and weather; numerical modeling of coupled airsea systems; non‐renewable resources; information resources of the sea floor: paleoenvironmental data and investigation regarding the search for non‐renewable resources; shelf exploration—geophysics/shallow exploratory drilling/sampling history, development and trends; sea floor minerals—investigations, resources, exploitation—future; subsurface resources—petroleum, gas, sulfur, other chemical deposits; deep sea drilling program results as related to resources; technology of subsea mineral exploitation; living resources; the living resources in the seas around the Americas; conventional and unconventional methods of assessment of living resources; management of living resources; management of living resources—case histories; pelagic resources, deep, medium, and shallow depths; new technologies for the use of living resources from the sea, both conventional and unconventional; ocean affairs; conduct and management of ocean research; development of oceanographic capabilities; international cooperation in ocean science; and oceanography and the development of living resources.
Pecora Conference on Water at Princeton
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A two‐day conference at Princeton University on ‘Water and the Environmental Crunch’ is planned for April 26–27, 1973.The conference is dedicated to the memory of William T. Pecora, who served most recently as Under Secretary of the Interior and whose overall views on the environment won him praise from all sides. There will be four panels: Environmental Aspects, Industry at Grips with the Water Problem, Research in the Area, and Planning for the Future.
Oceans get 1.3 million tons of sediment daily from U.S. rivers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Rivers in the conterminous United States discharge an average of about 1.3 million tons of sediment every day according to a report released by the U.S. Geological Survey. The report notes that most of this soil and rock debris is dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River alone discharges about 245 million tons of sediment every year into the Gulf, which is almost as much as all other U.S. rivers combined.USGS hydrologist, William F. Curtis, senior author of the report, said: ‘Knowledge of the amount of sediment transported by our rivers is important for a variety of reasons. For example, because sediment yields are an indication of the rates of erosion in a basin, they can be used to assess land use practices and to plan reservoirs with enough space to store the expected sediment accumulations and still function effectively as water reservoirs. Similarly, sediment yields are a good indication of the amount of sediment that must be dredged from harbors and channels to maintain navigation depths.’
New York Bight to be studied
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A 15,000‐square‐mile area of ocean waters and continental shelf off New York and New Jersey will be the subject of the most comprehensive marine ecological investigation ever undertaken. The five‐year investigation of the New York Bight, the portion of coastal waters from Montauk Point, Long Island, to Cape May, New Jersey will be the first regional ecology project conducted by NOAA's Marine Eco‐Systems Analysis program.‘The New York Bight is one of the most complex, heavily‐used coastal marine areas in the United States,’ said Robert M. White, NOAA Administrator. ‘We want to find out what the bight's natural processes are, what organisms live there, and what effect man's present and proposed activities are having on them.’
Circum‐Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A conference to assess the future needs for energy and mineral resources will be held August 26–30, 1974, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Circum‐Pacific area was chosen because it contains the preponderance of the world's population and affords the opportunity for earth scientists to discuss openly the possibilities of mineral resources in this vast area.The conference will be sponsored jointly by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas, and the American Geophysical Union.
International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An International Symposium on Underground Waste Management and Artificial Recharge will be held September 26–29, 1973, at the Fairmont‐Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The symposium is jointly sponsored by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the United States Geological Survey, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.The technical program will include 47 papers presented by leaders in industry, government, and the academic community, with approximately half of these being case histories. The papers will be published as a preprint volume and will be available at the symposium. Session topics include the following: state of the art—an overview, regional histories—recharge and disposal, concepts and investigations, operational case histories , the current problem—impact and resolution, laboratory and field investigations, regionally related case histories, and case histories, decision and evaluation.
IFYGL
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The fifth and fattest IFYGL Bulletin was published in late March by the NOAA/IFYGL Project Office. Itcontinues the policy begun in Bulletin 4 of publishing first‐cut reports on the success of IFYGL field operations.Bulletin 5 also features a threepart appendix prepared by the Canada Centre for Inland Waters: a listing of IFYGL‐related abbreviations, an index of participants in the Field Year, and a subject index for Bulletins 1–4.
Dry Valley Drilling Project
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Dry Valley Drilling Project is designed to investigate the history of Antarctica in the region of McMurdo Sound through the recovery of core. The project, sponsored by the United States, New Zealand, and Japan, has drilled a 201‐m hole and a 179‐m hole on Ross Island and will drill to depths up to 300 m in the dry valleys during the forthcoming field season. In the final drilling season (1974–1975) a 1500‐m hole in McMurdo Sound will be drilled from annual sea ice.During the 1972–1973 austral field season, two holes were drilled to depths of 201.17 m and 179.40 m in the volcanic rocks on Ross Island, Antarctica, as the initial drilling phase of the Dry Valley Drilling Project. The sites were located near McMurdo Station to minimize logistics problems and t o test the feasibility of drilling in broken permafrost volcanic rocks. Within this framework the holes on Ross Island were located so as to maximize scientific returns for geologists, hydrologists, geophysicists, geomorphologists, and others. Previously, drilling in bedrock in Antarctica had been limited to 20 m for foundation studies for the nuclear power plan at McMurdo Station and foundation studies at Scott Base.
International Symposium on the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Australian Academy of Science, under the auspices of the International Association of Geodesy, will sponsor an International Symposium of the Earth's Gravitational Field and Secular Variations in Position, to be held November 26–30, 1973, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (see July 1972 EOS).The aim of the symposium is to review recent achievements in geodesy and to assess the newer techniques of measurement such as laser ranging to both satellites and the moon, VLBI, and high precision determination of absolute gravity.
International Symposium on the Application of Marine Geodesy
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A call for papers is being issued for the International Symposium on the Application of Marine Geodesy, scheduled for June 3–5, 1974, at Battelle's Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio.The symposium, being conducted with the cooperation and support of 12 organizations, has been called in response to the growing interest in the challenges and opportunities of marine geodesy and will be aimed at determination of user requirements and the mechanisms by which they can be achieved.
Sea breeze and coastal processes
Authors: Sonu Choule J. , Murray Stephen P. , Hsu S. A. , Suhayda Joseph N. , Waddell Evans 
Published: October 2011

A diurnal coastal air circulation characterized by alternate sea and land breezes constitutes an important yet poorly understood form of energy supply for nearshore and coastal processes in a number of tropical and subtropical coasts. Although a considerable amount of literature has been accumulated on the characteristics of this mesoscale meteorological phenomenon, little attention has been given to the mechanism of coupling with waves, currents, and beach topography.Owing to the generally modest strength of winds in a sea breeze system, there is a tendency to discount its effects on the dynamic response of the coastal processes. The wind speed in a sea breeze is generally on the order of 5 m/sec, but speeds as high as 10 m/sec or those approaching storm intensity are not uncommon [Defant, 1951]. In areas where the sea breeze prevails for many months of the year, the cumulative effect of its winds, albeit modest, on coastal processes should reach a significant extent.
IHD Coordinating Council “Eighth Session: Paris, France May 23”30, 1973
Authors: Heindle L. A. 
Published: October 2011

In its eighth session the Coordinating Council of the International Hydrological Decade concentrated on completing the work of the Decade and on providing guidance for the organization of Unesco's post‐Decade program in hydrology: the International Hydrological Program.Dr. Mostafa Mozayeny of Iran was elected chairman of the Council for its final two years; Mr. E.L. Hendricks of the U.S.A., Dr. V.I. Korzoun of the U.S.S.R., Dr. Jacob Otnes of Norway, and Dr. J.O. Sonuga of Nigeria were elected vicechairmen. Dr. Mozayeny is the director of the Institute of Hydrosciences and Water Resources at Teheran University, Teheran, Iran.
Sixteenth Meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Sixteenth Cospar Plenary Meeting and specialized symposia, organized jointly with International Scientific Unions and other international bodies, were held in Constance, Federal Republic of Germany, during the period of May 23 to June 5, 1973, at the invitation of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under the high patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gustav W. Heinemann. There were 630 participants from 36 countries.The various Cospar bodies held their meetings as follows: the Bureau met on May 25 and June 2 and 4; Executive Council met on May 26 and June 4; the Plenary met on May 28 and June 5; the Working Groups, their Panels (business and open meetings), and the Advisory Committee on Data Problems and Publications met between May 26 and June 2; and a special meeting between representatives of national institutions and bureau members wasorganized on May 30.
Scientists monitor mountain noises
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Scientists with the U.S. Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are monitoring the world's major mountain ranges' low‐frequency noises in the hope of obtaining a better understanding of the physical world.Using arrays of sensitive microbarographs, Gary E. Greene, a physicist with the NOAA's Wave Propagation Laboratory, and his colleagues have been monitoring the ultra‐lowfrequency vibrations called ‘infrasound’ to determine where they come from, and why.
NOAA, University Scientists Explore Atlantic Ocean Basin, Tropical Atmosphere
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An investigation conducted from the NOAA ship Researcher will examine the geophysical and geological environment along a Trans‐Atlantic corridor, and measure solar radiation and conditions in the atmosphere and ocean in one of the world's great weather factories, the Intertropical Convergence Zone.The project is being led by scientists from the Miami based Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, part of NOAA's Environmental Research Laboratories, with headquarters in Boulder, Colo. Scientists from Texas A&M University, Florida State University, and the Universities of Connecticut, Virginia, and Wisconsin, are participating with National Science Foundation support; University of Southern Florida investigators are being supported by the Office of Naval Research; scientists from Imperial College, London, England, are being supported by that institution.
Origin of Hawaiian Islands believed linked to “melting spot”
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The origin of the chain of more than 50 volcanoes whose eruptions forged the Hawaiian Islands is believed to be linked to a roughly circular ‘melting spot’ about 185 miles in diameter, deep within the earth's mantle at least 40 miles beneath the floor of the Pacific Ocean just northeast of the Island of Hawaii, according to scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey.In a recent American Scientist magazine article, G. Brent Dalrymple, Eli A. Silver, and Everett D. Jackson pinpoint the melting spot as the major source of huge amounts of lava that began to build the Hawaiian group of islands, which range progressively younger in age from northwest to the southeast (from Kauai, 5.6 million years, to Hawaii, less than 0.7 million years).
Third Climatic Impact Assessment Program Conference
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Third Climatic Impact Assessment Program Conference will be held February 25–March 2, 1974, at the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts.The conference, sponsored by the Department of Transportation in cooperation with The American Geophysical Union and The American Meteorological Society, will examine the impact of climatic changes resulting from propulsion effluents of vehicles in the stratosphere as projected to 1990. It brings together researchers who are actively participating in CIAP and other members of the research community to discuss the latest CIAP experimental results and their interpretation.
Water Pollution Control courses offered
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Manhattan College will conduct the Nineteenth Summer Institute in Water Pollution Control, May 20–24, 1974. Two one‐week courses will be offered concurrently for advanced study in biological waste treatment and mathematical modeling of natural water systems. Enrollment, on a preregistration basis, will be limited.This continuing engineering education program is designed to enhance the competence of practicing engineers and scientists in governmental agencies, industrial concerns, consulting engineering offices, research organizations, and academic institutions.
New products
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The new Zeiss Invertoscope M is a compact metallurgical microscope of the Le Chatelier type featuring the strain‐free Epiplan objectives for polarizing microscopy. According to Zeiss, it permits excellent Koehler illumination and observation in brightfield as well as nomarski differential interference contrast.The instrument is reportedly comfortable to use because the very rigid stage is located exactly at eye level and has low‐mounted controls. Many different light sources can be used. For more information write to Carl Zeiss, Inc., 444 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10018.
Acid clouds of Venus
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The upper levels of the brilliant clouds of Venus, long a challenging puzzle to astronomers, consist of droplets of sulfuric acid more concentrated than the acid in an automobile battery.This conclusion was reached by a team of space scientists headed by James B. Pollack from NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. They arrived at the identification by measuring the infrared ‘color’ of Venus from a Learjet aircraft and comparing the results with a computer simulation of the color properties of a wide variety of substances.
Institute scheduled on unsteady flow in open channels
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Engineering Research Center of the Colorado State University will sponsor an Institute on Unsteady Flow in Open Channels at the university in Fort Collins, June 17–28, 1974.The purpose of the institute is to present recent knowledge on unsteady flow in rigid and mobile‐bed, natural and man‐made open channels. Applications of this knowledge to practical engineering problems will be illustrated by presenting the available computational techniques and using them in solving one‐ and two‐dimensional unsteady flow problems.
Correction [to “Igneous and metamorphic rocks recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project, legs 1”31” by W.B. Friesen]
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

An error has been discovered in the reported recovery figures for leg 24 in the abstract 'Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks Recovered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Legs 1‐31' by W.B. Friesen (EOS,54, 972‐985, 1973).A revision of Figure 7 showing the correct recoveries is reproduced below. The leg 24 recovery and the cumulative recovery in Table 1 and the leg 24 recovery in the histogram (Figure 1) should be adjusted to show 74.0 m. Changes in Figure 7 should also be made in the world map (Figure 2).
Carnegie and IUGS sponsor meeting to study oldest Precambrian rocks
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Carnegie Institution of Washington and the International Union of Geological Sciences will sponsor an International Conference on the Geology and Geochemistry of the Oldest Precambrian Rocks from September 29 to October 4, 1974, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the problems of the geochemistry, petrogenesis, and structure of the oldest known rocks of the world. Two days will be devoted to field excursions to look at the old Precambrian of the Minnesota River valley. Strong emphasis will be placed on new data and current research.
Seismometer used to observe surf conditions
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

All‐weather, 24‐hour wave observations for the Pacific Northwest may soon be possible, according to Sea Grant researchers at Oregon State University. A device that measures earth movements caused by ocean waves is already helping to prevent boating accidents and may some day prevent oil spills.Research oceanographer William H. Quinn believes the technique is especially significant in view of the construction of the trans‐Alaskan oil pipeline and the probable increase in oil tanker traffic along the coast. ‘Good wave observations will be essential to oil tankers as they enter our coastal waters and harbors,’ he says.
International Conference on “Red Tide”
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning, known as ‘red tide,’ annually cause several billion dollars' worth of damage around the world.To explore current knowledge about these little‐understood but economically important algal blooms, the Massachusetts Science and Technology Foundation is planning and coordinating an international conference on the nature, occurrence, causes, effects, possible prediction, and prevention of red tide.
Smog study findings subject of meeting
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A workshop‐symposium will be held in Santa Barbara, California, on November 12–14, 1974, to report on the Los Angeles Reactive Pollutant Program (LARPP), an aerial and ground‐level smog study conducted last fall under the joint auspices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), California Air Resources Board, and Coordinating Research Council (CRC), a nonprofit research organization.LARPP is considered significant because it represents the first time that investigators were able to measure chemical reactions in welldefined air parcels.
Report on the Seventeenth Meeting of COSPAR
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

On the invitation of the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, through the Institute de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), the Seventeenth COSPAR Meeting and related activities and the International Symposium on Solar Terrestrial Physics took place in the Anhembi Palace, Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 17 to July 1, 1974.The total number of scientific papers presented during the open meetings of COSPAR working groups and the specialized activities was approximately 230.