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February 1997 Table of Contents Volume 42 Number 2

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    Probing the Planets
    T. Huntress Jr.

    NEWS AND FEATURES

    NEWS NOTES
    Janice O. Childress Science "season" in Antarctica ... USGS studies hormones in fish ... Seeing through coastal fog ... Lakes in Death Valley -- no mirage ... Field camps in jeopardy ... Early birds rise from China fossil beds ... Looking forward from the past ... Fiscal support drops for university R&D facilities ... Leg 170 drills off Costa Rica ... Advanced tiltmeters aid oil exploration

    POLITICAL SCENE
    David Applegate Carl Sagan's Legacy: Making Science Popular

    1996 GEOSCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

    OUTLOOK
    Basic Research * Ian MacGregor
    Board on Earth Sciences and Resources * Craig M. Schiffries
    Geoscience Education * Luther S. Williams
    Earth Science Education Reform * Marilyn J. Suiter & Charles G. Groat
    Geoscience Information * Nancy Blair
    Professional Registration * Robert G. Corbett
    SURFICIAL STUDIES
    Planetary Geology * James R. Zimbelman
    Meteoritics Edward * R.D. Scott
    Quaternary Science and Geomorphology * Bruce L. Rhoads
    Glaciology * John T. Andrews
    Caves and Karst * Harvey R. DuChene
    Soil Science * H.H. Cheng
    Mapping Applications * John A. Kelmelis
    PALEOBIOLOGY
    Micropaleontology * R. Mark Leckie
    Palynology * Jan Jansonius
    Paleobotany * Leo J. Hickey
    Invertebrate Paleontology * David J. Bottjer
    Vertebrate Paleontology * Kenneth D. Rose & Hans-Dieter Sues
    RESOURCES
    Exploration Geophysics * Kay Dautenhahn Wyatt
    Exploration Geochemistry * Karen D. Kelley
    Petroleum Geochemistry * Barry Katz
    Hydrogeology * Thomas E. Reilly & William M. Alley
    Geothermal Energy * Patrick R.L. Browne
    Oil and Gas * M.K. Horn
    Petroleum Engineering * Peter Gaffney
    Coal * James R. Staub and James C. Hower
    Metals and Mining * Robert R. Beebe
    Aggregate * Ken Nelson
    ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
    Environmental Geoscience * Tanya Furman
    Biogeochemistry * William H. Schlesinger
    Paleoclimate Modeling * Eric J. Barron
    Satellites and Remote Sensing * Earnest D. Paylor II & Timothy L. Gubbels
    Engineering Geology * Eldon M. Gath
    ROCKS AND MINERALS
    Mineral Chemistry * Charles K. Shearer
    Mineral Physics * Russell J. Hemley
    Igneous Petrology * Attila Kilinc
    Metamorphic Petrology * Tracy Rushmer
    Carbonates * Charles Kerans
    Clastic Sedimentology * Christopher Paola
    Clays * Ray E. Ferrell Jr.
    SOLID EARTH
    Earthquake Seismology * Gregory C. Beroza
    Structural Geology and Tectonics * Carol Simpson
    Volcanology * Stanley N. Williams
    Sequence Stratigraphy * Keith W. Shanley & Peter J. McCabe
    Continental Drilling * Grant Heiken, Dennis L. Nielson, & Roland P. Lawrence
    Low-Temperature Isotope Geochemistry * Jay L. Banner
    Mantle and Core Studies * Guy Masters & Adam M. Dziewonski
    OCEANOGRAPHY
    Marine Geology * Donn S. Gorsline


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