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The Quaternary Times Announcements
ESH Announcement of Opportunity The NSF and NOAA program managers for ESH (Earth System History) are issuing a new Announcement of Opportunity for ESH 2000 and 2001. The Announcement now defines six areas of emphasis and states that priority will be given to proposals that address those areas:1. Paleoclimate Variability at Annual to Decadal Resolution (PAGES-CLIVAR). Emphasis is on two time streams (a) last 2000 years and (b) older intervals for which at least decadal resolution can be achieved. 2. Rapid (Abrupt) Climate Change. Any time scale, provided case is made for understanding either the cause of or response to a "rapid" change 3. Extreme Warm Conditions. Refers to climates warmer than the present; may include characterizing conditions, addressing processes at beginning and end of warm phases and feedbacks that sustain the warm period. 4. Spatial Patterns of Climate Change. Long, high-resolution records that contribute to large-scale (regional) aspects of climate change, such as teleconnections (tropical-high latitude, interhemispheric). Relevance to PAGES efforts such as PEP, PANASH, IMAGES and continental drilling is stressed. 5. Arctic Paleoclimate. Sensitivity of the Arctic system; see recent publication on Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences for major themes. 6. Data/Model Interactions. Using models to understand sensitivity of the Earth system, or testing a model against geologic data. In addition to these areas, proxy development, improved chronology, and proposals to develop/apply new statistical techniques to deal with multivariate data are encouraged. A copy of the new announcement can be downloaded at:http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf0011/nsf0011.html Desert Soil- Geomorphology Project A field study tour will be held in May 22-26, 2000 at the Desert Soil- Geomorphology Project Area in southern New Mexico. The tour is held in honor of Leland H. Gile, Project co-founder, who will be completing 45+ years of soil- geomorphic research. The tour features fundamentals in soil classification, soil morphology, soil genesis, and soil- geomorphic relations as they pertain to arid and semiarid regions will be stressed. Soils of a number of great groups in the Entisols, Aridisols, and Mollisols will be studied in the field. They will be illustrated in large trenches and arroyo exposures, some of which extend through several kinds of soils and illustrate soil boundaries. The Desert Project Guidebook and its supplement will be used on the tour. The tour will be led by John Hawley, H. Curtis Monger, Leland Gile, Robert Grossman, and Greg Mack. For fees and other information, contact H. Curtis Monger (Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, MSC 3Q, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 88003; 505-646-1910; fax: -6041; cmonger@nmsu.edu) or see: http://soil-physics.nmsu.edu/DesertProjectTour/. The tour will be limited to 100 people. "The Arctic Paleosciences in the Context of Global Change Research-PARCS, Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences," published by the Earth Systems History (ESH) Secretariat at the American Geophysical Union, is now available. The report was developed through a workshop sponsored by NSF in Boulder, CO, on 8-9 October 1998. It is intended to build on the Paleoclimates from Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) component of the ESH and Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Programs to delineate research directions and an effective management structure that will enable the community's contribution to a more complete understanding of the Arctic's paleoenvironmental history and how arctic environmental processes are related to the global environment. Copies of the plan are available at: http://www. arcus.org/ parcs/fr_parcs.html or in printed form at: Earth Systems History Secretariat, Deptartment of Education and Research, American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA; 202-939-3220; fax: 202-328-0566; JGiesler@agu.orgGeoarchaeological Field School This field school will be held at the Gault Clovis Site, TX on January 20-April 30, 2000. It includes training in site excavation procedures and geoarchaeology, techniques for photographing and recording archaeological data, laboratory processing and sorting of archaeological materials, and evening lecture series on the application of archaeological theory to field archaeology. Contact: Harry Shafer, or Michael Waters, Anthropology Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; 409-845-5242; h-shafer@tamu.edu; mwaters@ tamu.eduMicromorphology of Glaciogenic Sediments This course (February 14-18, 2000Surrey, UK) will involve instruction in the techniques of sampling, preparation of thin sections including microscopic and image analysis of thin sections and their interpretation. The course will explore processes involved in the formation of the glaciogenic deposits. A presentation session will allow those attending to outline their own area of research interest. For further details see: http://glacier. gg.rhbnc.ac.uk/ Contact: Jim Rose, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK; 00 44 1784 443 807; Fax: 00 44 1784 443 736; j.rose@rhbnc.ac.uk Vigil Network: Internet Data Archival The Vigil Network was established in the early 1960s to address the need for long-term, broad-spectrum data collection to facilitate geomorphic studies and the study of global climate change. The Vigil Network is a system of small sites and drainage basins where geomorphic, hydrologic, and biological data are periodically collected (Leopold, 1962). Observation periods are intended to be greater than the life span of a single individual so that long-term variations in landscape characteristics may be recognized. Data are intended to be archived in a readily retrievable format to allow study by future generations of scientists. There are currently 82 study sites in the Vigil Network representing the United States, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Israel, and Botswana. Landscape features of interest at a site are permanently benchmarked and are periodically resurveyed to observe changes in the features. The current archival method for the Vigil Network data base makes it difficult for scientists to access the data. Researchers must either visit a repository in person to view and print the data and reports contained on the microfiche, or they must request hard copies of site records from the repositories. A project is now underway at the USGS Project Office on Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona, to publish the Vigil Network data on the World Wide Web. The Vigil Network home page eventually will allow researchers with Internet connectivity to easily access data for any Vigil Network site. This will allow the Vigil Network to become a widely-known, convenient resource for scientists interested in studying the effects of global climatic change. Information on the requirements for including a site in the Vigil Network should be addressed to W. Osterkamp (wroster@usgs.gov); questions specific to the Vigil Network home page operation should be addressed to Tade Orr (tworr@usgs.gov). The Vigil Network home page is at http://wwwpaztcn.wr. usgs.gov/vigil/ Reference: Leopold, L.B., 1962, A national network of hydrologic bench marks, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 460-B, 4 pp.
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