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March 1998 Table of Contents Volume 43 Number 3

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  • Letters
  • Calendar
  • About People
  • Classified Ads
  • Industry Watch
  • Benchmarks
  • Geologic Phenomena
  • Geologic Column
  • Geomedia
  • AGI Announces

  • COMMENT

    Selling the Science Education Standards
    John R. Wagner

    NEWS & FEATURES

    NEWS NOTES
    Kristina Bartlett and Devra Wexler
    Teachers heading for DOE labs ... Unusual Io's hydrogen oddity ... "Big Bird" of the Cretaceous ... Geologic research in the parks ... Uncertainties of climate change ... Fossil pellets surprise geologists ... USGS Geologic Division plans for the 21st century ... How small can they go? ... Ancient Aborigines affected climate ... Agreement reached in Kyoto



    POLITICAL SCENE
    Congress Looks to a Limited Slate of Issues for 1998
    David Applegate


    Protecting Endangered Soils

    FEATURES

    Do Soils Need Our Protection?
    by Ronald Amundson
    A pedologist in California explains why the loss of undisturbed soils should be of concern to all earth scientists. The world's largest depositional basins, where Earth's Quaternary history is most complete, are enticing to urban developers and agricultural interests as well. Unlike living species, undisturbed soils do not reproduce nor can they be recreated.

    Earth Data for the Future
    by Bruce Quirk and Ronald E. Beck
    Since its creation in 1971, the EROS Data Center has received, processed, and distributed Landsat data to a worldwide community of users. A new generation of satellites, to be launched later this year, will soon provide geoscientists and other users with increasingly sophisticated and detailed images of Earth.

    The Florida Water Wars: A Geologic Perspective
    by Mark T. Stewart
    A geology professor at the University of South Florida-Tampa describes the conflicts created when withdrawals of groundwater for municipal use threaten the health of nearby lakes and wetlands. Geologic conditions are the source of the conflict, he explains, and are critical to a successful resolution.


    See the related press release describing the March issue.



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    Cover photo by Janet Sowers.
    Roadside exposure of silica-cemented hardpan and soil in the San Joaquin Valley, near Lockeford, Calif.


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