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February 1998 Table of Contents Volume 43 Number 2

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  • Letters
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  • COMMENT

    Predicting the Future of Geoscience Research and Graduate Education
    George D. Klein

    NEWS & FEATURES

    NEWS NOTES
    Kristina Bartlett and Devra Wexler
    Farewell to a Devonian ocean ... Mauna Loa turns 40 ... Water on Mars? ... Earthquakes' fault ... International Geosciences Forum ... Moon: A "late bloomer" ... San Andreas fault cuts through Moho ... Roman mines polluted air ... Yellowstone caldera "breathes" ...



    POLITICAL SCENE
    Scientific Consensus and Political Controversy
    David Applegate


    1997 GEOSCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS


    Education, Information, and Institutional Support


    Geoscience Education: Federal Activities Shirley Malcom ... Undergraduate Geoscience Education P. Geoffrey Feiss ... K-12 Earth Science Education Marsha Barber ... Geoscience Information Barbara DeFelice ... Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Craig Schiffries


    Research: From the Core to the Crust


    Mantle and Core Studies K.C. Creager ... Earthquake Seismology Ruth Harris ... Continental Drilling Dennis Nielson ... Metamorphic Petrology Craig Manning ... Igneous Petrology Rebecca Lange ... Volcanology John Stix ... Geothermal Energy Phillip Wright ... Structural Geology and Tectonics Elizabeth Miller ... Exploration Geophysics Wulf Massell ... Exploration Geochemistry -- Minerals L. Graham Closs ... Petroleum Geochemistry -- Petroleum Joseph Curiale ... Petroleum Engineering Scott Hickman ... Engineering Geology Jerry Higgins ... Clastic Sedimentology Neil Wells ... Carbonates David Budd ... Coal Jack Pashin ... Clays Richard Berry ... Mineral Physics Ron Cohen ... Mineral Chemistry Simon Redfern ... Low-Temperature Isotope Geochemistry Isabel Montanez and Dawn Sumner ... Hydrogeology Chris Neuzil ... Caves and Karst John Mylroie and Arthur Palmer ... Quaternary Geology Vance Holliday and Leslie McFadden ... Geomorphology Carol Harden ... Soil Science Jerry Hatfield



    Life on Earth


    Geomicrobiology Henry Erhlich ... Paleobotany Gar Rothwell ... Palynology Gordon Wood ... Micropaleontology Laurel Collins ... Invertebrate Paleontology Nigel Hughes ... Vertebrate Paleontology Richard Cifelli and Daniel Brinkman ... Archaeological Geology Rolfe Mandel



    Oceans, Ice, and Atmosphere


    Marine Geology Larry Doyle ... Paleoclimatology and Paleoceangraphy Larry Peterson and Lisa Sloan ... Ocean Drilling Program Paul J. Fox and Thomas Davies ... Glaciology W.Tad Pfeffer



    Beyond the Earth


    Satellites and Remote Sensing Earnest Paylor ... Meteoritics Allan Treiman ... Planetary Geology Steven Williams





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