GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
January 12,
1966
The
877th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 12, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
The
president opened the program with an invocation from Ecclesiastes, setting a
precedent. The Secretary, not being familiar with the reference, and not
hearing guitar music, assumes it was an invocation and not a folk song.
The
president introduced the new Program Chairman, James P. Owens
Watson
Monroe introduced Pete Briggs, U.S.G.S.,
The
minutes of the 876th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following people:
Margaret Myers and Eda Gurian,
of the American Geological Institute; Harold W. Lynde,
Jr. of the U. S. Bureau of Mines
Two
informal communications were given:
William
E. Davies, Frost-riven rock,
Brian
Skinner gave a 5 minute communication, taking 12 minutes to do it, The
Structure of Opal.
The
regular program followed:
James
P. Minard, U.S.G.S., "Cretaceous-Tertiary
Boundary in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain", discussed by Martin
Norman
F. Sohl, U.S.G.S., "The Importance of being Well
Preserved — or New Jersey Cretaceous Molluscs",
discussed by Mamay.
Donald
Langmuir, U.S.G.S., "Geochemistry as a Key to
the Origin and Potential of an Aquifer System in
Attendance
was l60. The meeting adjourned at 9:41.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
January 26,
1966
The
878th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 26, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
The
president opened the meeting and congratulated the large turn-out for the
meeting in spite of the snow storm.
The
members were introduced to Vinton Gwinn,
The
minutes of the 877th meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following people: John A.
Grow, U.S.A.F.; Karen Wier, U.S.G.S.; Phoebe E. Bernat, U.S.G.S.,
Leo
Heindl gave an informal communication on his trip to
Priestley
Toulmin announced a meeting of the Pick and Hammer for February 3, at the
Presidential Arms, 1320 "G" St., N.W.,
The
regular program followed:
Robert
L. Smith, U.S.G.S., "The Bandelier Tuff: A study of ash flow eruption cycles from
zoned magma chambers", discussed by Ericson, Henbest (translated
by the president and tossed to Dave Stewart) Rubin and Zen.
. . .
James
Gilluly, U.S.G.S., "Geochronology and Orogeny", discussed by James, a double pun by Stewart,
Cohee,
Attendance
was 128. The meeting adjourned at 9:48 p.m.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 9,
1966
The
879th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, February 9, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
The
president opened the meeting and welcomed Bill Menard, Office of Science and
Technology,
The
president also announced the deaths of Jewell Glass, Gilbert Grosvenor and John G. Fairchild.
The
minutes of the 878th meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the selection to membership of the following: A. S. Nelson,
Margaret
E. Hall, U.S.G.S.
The
regular program followed:
J.
A. Calkins and T. W. Offield, U.S.G.S.,
"Structure of the Southern Himalayas, Hazara
Area, West Pakistan and Western Kashmir", discussed by Woodring,
Gabelman, and Phil Guild.
Bruce
B. Hanshaw, Meyer Rubin, William Back, and Irving
Friedman, U.S.G.S., "Radiocarbon Determinations Applied to Ground Water
Hydrology", discussed by Altschuler, Long, Back,
Cox, and Rubin.
George
E. Ericksen, U.S.G.S., "Salars
in
Attendance
was 170. The meeting adjourned at 9:47 p.m.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 23,
1966
The
880th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, February 23, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack
presiding.
The
president welcomed John Sanders, Hudson Research Laboratory to the assembled
members.
The
minutes of the 879th meeting were read.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: John E. Parkes, U.S.G.S.;
Austin
Long, Smithsonian Institution; Gary W. Horton, U.S.G.S.; Bernard J. O'Neill,
Pennsylvania Geological Survey; Joseph E. Upson, U.S.G.S.
An
informal communication - "The Rodadero, a
squishy fault", was delivered by George Ericksen,
discussed by Kinkel and Shaw.
The
regular program followed:
Charles
R. Warren, U.S.G.S., "Antarctic Jokulhlaup?",
discussed by Thayer and Tweeto.
Blair
F. Jones, U.S.G.S., "Trends in the Major Anion Composition of Closed Basin
Waters", discussed by Ericksen, Skinner, Davis,
Sato, and Ericksen.
Jack
Evernden, AFTAC, "Sierra Nevada Batholith; An Example of Uninterrupted Granite Emplacement
for Over 100 Million Years", discussed by Herz, Neuman, Kinkel, Thayer, Shaw, and
Rubin.
Attendance
was 140. The meeting adjourned at 9:52 p.m.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
March 9,
1966
The
881st meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, March 9, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
The
president welcomed Paul Keller,
The
minutes of the 880th meeting were read.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Johannes H.
Schroeder, Graduate Student at GW University; Emery T. Cleaves, Maryland
Geological Survey; Larry Nutter, Water Resources Division, U.S.G.S.; Edmond G. Otton, Water Resources Division, U.S.G.S.
Bill
Newman gave an informal communication calling for speakers for the Joint Board
for Education, Washington Academy of Science.
Edwin
Roedder reported on fluid inclusions in crystals from Salars
in
The
regular program followed:
Douglas
W. Rankin, U.S.G.S., "Late Precambrian Ash Flow Sheets Amid Thrust Sheets
in the
W.S.
Burbank and Robert G. Luedke, U.S.G.S.,
"Volcanism and Cauldron Development in the Western San Juan Mountains
Colorado", discussed by McKelvey, Woodring,
Hack, Henbest, Thayer and Guild.
Attendance
was 200. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.
Meyer
Rubin, Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
March 23,
1966
The
882nd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, March 23, at 8:00 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
The
President welcomed Paul Sartenaer, Paleontological Lab., National Museum of Belgium,
The
minutes of the 88lst meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Joe D. Sides,
National Science Foundation; F.J. Pettijohn, R.N.
Ginsburg, Lawrence A. Hardie, Owen P. Bricker, H. P. Eugster, Johns Hopkins University; Fernando Munizaga,
Chile, Institute of Geology; Paul Keller, Walter Johnson High School; Francis
John Webber, ITEK Corp., Alexandria; James Hedges, U.S. Marine Band, trombone.
The
regular program followed:
Jack
B. Epstein, U.S.G.S., "Origin of Wind and Water Gaps in
Walter
Adey, U.S. National Museum, "Crustose
Coralline Ecology”, discussed by Yochelson, Roedder, Fernow, McKelvey, Barton, Zen, Rucker, McKnight.
Frank
E. Senftle, U.S.G.S., "Mineral Exploration Using
an "in situ" Neutron Activation Technique", discussed by
Roedder, Wright, Benson, Kiilsgaard, Cox, Barton,
Bryson and McCallor.
Attendance
was 150. The meeting adjourned at 9:32 p.m.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 13,
1966
The
883rd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, April 13, 1966, at 8:00 P.M. with President John Hack
presiding.
The
president welcomed Bernard Mamet,
The
minutes of the 882nd meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Simon Cargill,
Pete
Toulmin invited interested members to join in a Pick and Hammer field trip on
Saturday, May 14-, in the vicinity of
The
regular program followed:
B.
D. Martin, Maryland Dept. of Water Res., and R. W. REX, Chevron Research Corp.
- "Clay minerals formed by submarine ‘weathering’ of. Granodiorite"
discussed by Ross, Harbour, and Zen.
Margarita
Menzel, U. N.B.A., "Nickel Selenide
solid solutions: A tool for measuring selenium fugacities
in the laboratory" discussed by Barton, Toulmin, Zen, Hardie,
and Page.
Allen
Heyl, U.S.G.S, "The 38th Parallel Lineament and
its relationship to ore deposits" discussed by Toulmin, Guild, Zen, Kiilsgaard and Hack.
Attendance
was 106. The meeting adjourned at 9:38 P.M.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 27,
1966
The
884th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, April 27, 1966, at 8:05 P.M. with vice-President Josh Tracey
presiding.
The
following visitors were introduced to the Society; Ron Donaldson, Garrett
Johnson, and Hal Linde. Acting President Tracey welcomed them and
invited them to return, join up, and pay dues.
The
minutes of the 883rd meeting were read and approved.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of Suzanne Spaine,
a student at
Vice-president
Tracey reminded the Society that according to the recent Pick and Hammer show program,
Dr. Roedder was going to announce his cure for positive and negative Roedder
syndromes as an informal communication at the next GSW meeting.
Ed
Roedder, who was going to give an informal communication anyway, said he was
caught somewhat unprepared, but that he would rise to the challenge and present
a possible cure. He then showed us
water-filled vesicles in obsidian and a very bubbly piece of water-soluble
man-made glass which had liquid-filled inclusions which demonstrated the
Roedder syndrome. This glassy object had
a thin birch-dowel handle and, in fact, was a lollipop. He postulated that if the right foul-tasting
fluid could be put into the bubbles he might be on the trail of a cure. Roedder put his lollipop in his mouth and
left the stage. Josh asked for
discussion of the communication. There being no suckers in the audience, he got
none.
The
regular program followed:
J.
J. Rowe, G. W. Morey and C. C. Silber, U.S.G.S.,—
"Crystallization-Differentiation of the Gnome Melt: The System NaCl-K2SO4-MgSO4-CaSO4,
presented by Rowe.
This
system is so involved that the last Illustration was a quaternary diagram
presented in 3-D. The audience had to
cross their eyes to view the illustration.
Rowe admitted that this was really the best way to study such a cockeyed
system.
Sherman
K. Neuschel, U.S.G.S., "Airborne Geophysical
Surveys: A Valuable Aid in Geologic Mapping in the Eastern Virginia
Piedmont" discussed by Stewart, Zen, Roedder, Page, and Bromery.
H.
T. Millard, U.S.G.S., "Activation
Analysis as Applied to Geochemical Problems" discussed by Roedder.
Attendance
was 85. The meeting adjourned at 9:40
P.M.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Acting
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON SECRETARY'S REPORT
October 12,
1966
The
885th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
October 12, 1966, at 8:05 P.M. with President John Hack presiding.
The
following visitors were introduced to the Society: Robert Ruhe,
Phil King, and Messrs. Pribil and Janout
of the Czechoslovakian Embassy.
The
minutes of the 884th meeting were read and approved.
The
President announced the deaths of A. William Postel
and Jane Titcomb.
Josh Tracey made an announcement concerning the Leverson
award of the AAPG. The President asked
members delinquent in dues to pay up, and forecast a great drought if the
treasury wasn’t replenished.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: M. Grant
Gross, U. S. National Museum; Richard Robison, U. S. National Museum; Thomas H.
Waller, U. S. National Museum; Charles H. Buddenhagen,
U. S. National Museum; Harvey E. Belkin, Astrogeol. USGS; Virgil A. Trent, USGS; Louise G.
Overstreet, USGS; Harry Klemic, USGS; J. Munoz, Geophysical Lab; G. Kuckenholz, Geophysical Lab.; T. Krogh,
Geophysical Lab.; W. Scott, Geophysical Lab.; G. M. Brown, Geophysical Lab.; H.
Mitterer, Geophysical Lab.; W. Schreyer, Geophysical
Lab.; N. Güven, Geophysical Lab.; H. Meyer,
Geophysical Lab.
Doug
Kinney gave an informal communication describing the new building of the
Geological Survey of Saxony.
Ellis
Yochelson announced that a plane has been chartered
for the International Geological Congress meetings in Prague, 1968, at the
ridiculously low price of $300 round-trip New York to Prague.
The
regular program followed:
Buzas,
Martin A., U.S. National Museum - "Comparison of Foramiferid
Population from Central Texas Coast along Canonical Axes", discussed by
John Hack.
Cuttitta,
Frank, U.S.G.S. - "Application of Atomic Absorption and X-ray Fluorescence
Spectroscopy to Geochemical Problems", discussed by Roedder, Barton, Sato,
Hack, and Bethke.
Vorhis,
Robert, U.S.G.S. - " Relation of Seismic Seiches
to the Tectonic Features of the U. S.", discussed by Hubbard, Cohee, Benson, Bradley, Rubin, Warren, King and Hack.
Attendance
was 140. The meeting adjourned at 9:42 P.M.
Meyer
Rubin
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON SECRETARY'S REPORT
October 26, 1966
The
886th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
October 26, 1966, at 8:03 p.m. with President John Hack presiding.
Dr.
and Mrs. Jung of Switzerland were introduced to the Society.
The
minutes of the 885th meeting were read and approved.
President
Hack announced the pick and Hammer field trip to be held oh November 5th. Jack
Reed will lead the trip and the subject is the Great Falls gold district.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Edward C.
Hanson, of the Carnegie Geophysical Lab; David Harwood, Robert Finkleman, and George A. Desborough
of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The
regular program followed:
Alfred
M. Pommer, Georgetown University, "Modification
of selectivity of a silicate glass." Discussed by Woodring,
Jones, and Roedder.
Edward
C. T. Chao, U.S. Geological Survey, "Shock
effects in quartz and plagioclase." Discussed by Czamanske
and Zen.
Richard
A. Krushensky and Ralph L. Miller, U.S. Geological
Survey, "Recent volcanism in Central America." Presented by Ralph
Miller and discussed by Neuechel, Woodring,
Warren, G. M. Brown, and Hack.
Attendance
was 145. The meeting adjourned at 9:55 P.M.
C.
Ervin Brown
Acting
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON'SECRETARY'S REPORT
November 9,
1966
The
887th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell auditorium,
November 9, 1966, at 8:03 p.m. with President Hack presiding.
The
following people were introduced to the society: Dr. Richard Bergenback, Department of Geology, Howard University, Louis
S. Kornicker, U. S. National Museum, and Dr. Tetsuro Hanoi of the University of Tokyo.
The
minutes of the 886th meeting were read and approved.
President
Hack announced the slate of officers selected by the nominating committee which
consisted of Ed. McKnight, Chairman, Wilmot Bradley, and Norman Sohl.
The
slate is:
President
- Michael Fleischer
1st
Vice President - Ralph L. Miller
2d
Vice President - George S. Switzer
Secretary
- William A. Oliver, Jr.
Treasurer
- Jane Wallace
Council
members: B. Carter Hearn, Blair F. Jones, E-an Zen
Delegate
to Washington Academy of Science - George Cohee.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of Michael A. Smith of the
Marine Geology Unit, U. S. Geological Survey.
The
regular program followed:
"Minerals,
X-rays, and electrons: Present and Future" by Harry Rose, Jr., U. S.
Geological Survey, discussed by Barton and Hack.
"Ostracoda, microconcretions, and
pseudo-microfossils" by I. G. Sohn, U.S.
Geological Survey and Louis Kornicker, U.S. National
Museum. Presented by Sohn.
"Phosphate
in the Georgia-Florida field," C. W. Sever, G. Tifton, J. B. Cathcart, and S. H. Patterson. Presented by Patterson and
discussed "by Milton, McKelvey, and Woodring.
Attendance
was 95 and the meeting adjourned at 9:l6 p.m.
The
drought that was threatened one month ago because some members have not paid
their dues arrived after the meeting. We ran out of beer! The President predicted a much wetter period
at the annual meeting.
C.
Ervin Brown
Acting
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY OF WASHINGTON SECRETARY'S REPORT
December 14, 1966
The
888th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell auditorium,
December 14, 1966, at 8: P.M., with President John Hack presiding.
Charles
Denny introduced to the Society a very large contingent of visitors, geography
students from the Johns Hopkins University, obviously coerced to attend by
their Professors, who were also there to take attendance.
John
Hack introduced a woman named Clare Ferriter, whom he
alleged was his wife. Not to be outdone, Wendell Woodring
also introduced his wife, a Mrs. Wendell Woodring.
The
minutes of the 887th meeting were read and approved.
President
Hack announced the deaths of Henry Ferguson and Istvan
Ferenczi.
The
President turned the Chair over to Vice President Josh Tracey. Tracey observed
that high office and stature had not affected our President in the least, but
that his previous talk to the Society entitled "Gully-Washers in the Appalachians"
had now become the Presidential address "Geomorphic Analysis by Means of
Stream Gradients Using the Blue Ridge as an Example". President Hack
delivered his talk and was protected by the traditional Presidential immunity
of no questions following a Presidential address. Attendance 200: meeting
adjourned at 8:51 for refreshments.
Meyer
Rubin
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY OF WASHINGTON SECRETARY'S REPORT
74th Annual
Meeting December 14, 1966
The
74th Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell
Auditorium, Wednesday evening; December 14, 1966 at 9:18 P.M., with President
John Hack presiding.
The
minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read by Secretary Meyer Rubin.
The
treasurers report, fiscally abbreviated, was given by Treasurer Jane Wallace.
Total receipts as of December 14, 1966, $2,243; total disbursements, $2178.95,
net cash balance $172.16. Endowment fund, $3016.10 and net assets of the
Society is $3188.26.
The
auditing committee, Dallas Peck, chairman, intent on finding graft and
corruption, was disappointed to find the books in good order. Treasurer Jane
Wallace was heard to give an inaudible sigh of relief.
The
Finance Committee, Pete Toulmin, Chairman and Chief underwriter, announced
changes in the insurance policy to the members’ advantage.
The
Annual Report of the Secretaries was read by Council Secretary Ervin Brown.
The
Awards Committee, Thor Kiilsgaard, Chairman, selected
Robert Luedke for 1st prize for presenting the best
paper, "Volcanism and Cauldron Development in the Western San Juan
Mountains, Colorado", by W. S. Burbank and Robert Luedke.
The genuine simulated silver bowl, which goes along with the cash award, was
not presented to the winner, as the previous year's winners, Smith and
Steinhart, had not relinquished possession of it. Since they had received it 2
months late from Carter Hearn, they have the rights to it for another 2 months.
The heavy metals group of the USGS is looking into the situation.
2nd
prize - Bruce B. Hanshaw—for the paper by Bruce Hanshaw, Meyer Rubin, William Back and Irving Friedman;
Radiocarbon determinations applied to ground water hydrology.
Honorable
mention-- The committee wished to commend James P. Minard
for his paper—Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The
Great Dane Award went to Ed Roedder, for his informal communication on positive
and negative Roedder syndromes, a study on lollipops. Dr. Roedder accepted the
prize gracefully,
The
Sleeping Bear Award was made by Frank Whitmore, who headed an anonymous
committee consisting of Charles Denny and Mentis Klepper.
The committee members stood four square behind their decision, or at least
three round. Dr. Whitmore, (Harvard '42) explained to Mr. Skinner, who had made
last year's award, that there are criteria published for selecting the
winner. "Mr. Skinner, who is now at
an unnamed lesser institution which does not recognize the Ph. D. degree, assumes
as all lab men do, that nobody had done anything before him". Dr. Whitmore said he wasn't there to act the
Jester and to verbally assassinate as many as possible during the presentation
of the award, and reminded Mr. Skinner that '''Beauty was in the eye of the
beholder". He then produced the cup from its mundane container, a shoe
box, and revealed a glistening, highly-wife-polished Sleeping Bear cup and in
modest mien told of the struggle he had wresting it from Ed Roedder, the
previous owner. Roedder had made three futile attempts during the year to
retain possession, but only succeeded in winning the Great Dane award. In
addition to pointing out Ericson as a comer, Dr.
Whitmore regretted he couldn't give the award to any of score of young
geochemists who commented on Margarita Menzel's
paper, because “I couldn't tell them apart". He inquired of Charlie Warren
"on whom was the Jokulhlaup?", and gave a
passing nod to a quote of Meyer Rubin's concerning kidney stones and Sam Goldich. He then broke precedent, and gave the award to an
out-of-towner; the self-proclaimed father of hydroseismology,
Robert Vorhis for his anthropomorphic description of
"if the Rayliegh wave don't get you, the Love
wave will". Lee McGuinness a former supervisor
of his acted as his proxy and made an arthritic imitation of the movements, in
accepting for Vorhis.
The
reports requiring approval were approved.
President
Hack presented the slate new officers chosen by the nominating committee, Ed
McKnight, Chairman, Wilmot Bradley and Norman Sohl. Earl Brabb moved
the nominations be closed; seconded and approved. Earl Brabb moved
the slate be adopted by acclamation; which was done. President Hack called the
new officers to the fore for introduction. In closing the meeting and the year,
he thanked Jim Owens, program chairman, for the good work he had-done in
organizing the year's meetings. Meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M. Attendance 160.
Meyer
Rubin,
Secretary