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On July 30, 1971, the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon passed over the 4000 m Apennine Mountain front and landed at one of the most geologically diverse sites selected in the Apollo program, the Hadley‐Apennine region. Although this event occurred 14 years ago, its unique nature makes the site an important target of continued scientific investigatio

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00721

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Since 1979, the Geothermal Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has carried out a multidisciplinary research effort in the Cascade Range. The goal of this effort is to understand the tectonics, geology, and hydrology of the Cascades as a framework for characterizing and quantifying its geothermal resources. In May 1985, 5 years after an initial USGS‐sponsored Cascades conference [Bacon, 1980], the Geothermal Research Program again sponsored a workshop on geothermal resources of the Cascade Range. Motivation for the workshop came primarily from the conviction within the Geothermal Research Program that the Cascade effort had advanced sufficiently that a forum with an explicitly geothermal focus was needed to promote the synthesis of ideas from diverse research projects. In addition, it was thought that research drilling plans in the Cascades that were being formulated by various other agencies also could benefit from the examination and evaluation that a workshop would foster. Accordingly, the workshop was designed to develop a common understanding of the status of various investigations among USGS and other scientists working in the Cascades, to stimulate renewed interest in understanding the geothermal regime of this volcanic chain, and to encourage the tectonic, geologic, and hydrologic synthesis necessary for a quantitative assessment of geothermal resources of the Cascades, a major objective of the USGS Geothermal Research Progra

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00722-01

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Widespread starvation resulting from changes in climate in the aftermath of a large‐scale nuclear war could kill far more people than would the bombs themselves. That prediction was made in a recent study by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), an a rm of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). “Noncombatant and combatant countries alike” would risk mass starvation; SCOPE predicted that all told, 2.5 billion people could die as a result of crop failures and breakdowns in food distribution after a nuclea

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00727-02

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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When teaching “space physics” to graduate students 2 years ago, I soon realized that an up‐to‐date comprehensive textbook for theoretical space physics was not available. In the book Solar‐Terrestrial Physics the editors attempt to provide the theoretical foundations that apply to the various components and processes of the solar‐terrestrial system. They are partially successful in fulfilling

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00728

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Eos has carried biographies and photographs of candidates for President‐Elect of the Union and for President‐Elect and Secretary of each section. In addition, statements by the candidates for Union and Section President‐Elect have appeared. T h e material for the petition candidate for President‐Elect of the Solar‐Planetary Relationships Section and a correction to the biography of one candidate for President‐Elect of t h e Geodesy Section appear below. The material for the original slate for Solar‐Planetary Relationships appeared in the August 6 issue, that for the Seismology Section in the August 13 issue, that for the Geodesy Section in the August 20 issue, that for the Atmospheric Sciences Section in the August 27 issue, that for the Hydrology Section in the September 3 issue, that for the Tectonophysics Section in the September 10 issue, that for the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section in the September 17 issue, that for the Planetology Section in the September 24 issue, that for the Ocean Sciences Section in the October 1 issue, that for the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Section in the October 8 issue, and that for Union President‐Elect in the October 15 issue. T h e slate of candidates for all offices was carried in t

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00731-01

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Mercer [1978] pointed out that a climatic warming, caused, for instance, by an increasing atmospheric CO2concentration, may lead to a very rapid deglaciation (within a few hundred years) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, resulting in a sea level rise of about 5 m. The effect of this paper was an enhanced interest in one of the most complex problems in glaciology, namely the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Fortunately, the need for further research was acknowledged by governmental institutes in various countries, who provided scientists with the necessary funds. In order to obtain a conspectus of recent developments in this field and to give a survey of problems that are still unsolved, an international workshop was hosted by the Institute for Meteorology and Oceanography of the State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 6–8, 1985. This workshop was cosponsored by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, the Ministery of Education and Science, and the Ministery of Health and Environmental Protection. In the following, the main discussion topics and conclusions will be summarize

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO066i043p00732

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY