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IIAAMMGG No. 55 December 1997 NNeewwsslleetttteerr Official Newsletter of the International Association for Mathematical Geology Contents IAMG‘97 as Teleconference Call for award nominations 1 This issue of the IAMG Newsletter contains several items More Eigen 1 about this year‘s Annual IAMG Conference in Barcelona, as New IAMG award system 2 well as reports on other meetings of interest. And our meeting President‘s Forum 3 calendar is full again (p.15). We have commented before on IAMG‘ 98 Ischia, Italy 4 the difficulty of keeping up with travel to meetings; therefore, Journal Report 6 it seemed especially appropriate when IAMG‘97 made a start C&G Contents 6 in the direction of becoming From the Editor a teleconference. IAMG‘97 Barcelona Report 7 From the Editor Fieldtrip Report 10 From the Editor Due to urgent business at his IAMG‘97 Meeting Statistics 10 institute in Warnemünde, Conference Reports 11 session co-chairman Jan Harff could not personally attend Networking 11 his session on the Darss Sill Data in Barcelona. No problem Recent Books of Interest 12 — CIMNE set up an internet connection from Barcelona to Mathematische Geologie 12 Rostock and Harff was virtually present and able to moderate Upcoming Meetings 15 long distance together with his in situ co-chairman John Davis. In fact, the first paper was also given by a Urgently needed: Nominations for IAMG geographically divided team. W. Lemke spoke from Awards !!! Nominations are needed by February 15, 1998, for all four awards that are to be presented at the forthcoming annual meeting of the IAMG on the Island of Ischia, Gulf of Naples, Italy, from October 5 to 9, 1998. Each nomination should be accompanied by a statement outlining the nominee's qualifications for the award, as well as a short resume containing significant factual details. Nominations, statements, and resumes should be sent to the CHAIRMAN OF THE IAMG AWARDS COMMITTEE John W. Harbaugh Department of Geological Sciences Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-2115, USA or transmitted by email to Warnemünde, projected on a large screen in Barcelona, while F. Tauber changed the overhead slides in Barcelona and [email protected] . Other members of the pointed to the features on the graphs. The quality of Awards Committee are John C. Davis, John M. Cubitt, transmission was ok, but was somewhat reminiscent of the Vera Pawlowsky, and Heinz Burger. sequences from the Mir space station (no, not upside down scientists) with occasional odd noises and jerky movements. See descriptions of the awards and necessary qualifications of candidates on page 2. Especially relaxing during the second talk, given by Zhou Di, was to see on the screen the group in Warnemünde drinking coffee with rum (or what was that bottle on the conference Another sighting ? table? Well — perhaps it was just a bottle of wine), and to As for Eigen - I saw a piece of an old movie on TV the other day hear their conversational comments, because the mike was as part of an ad for Pontiac. It showed what I am sure was Eigen still open. After several papers the connection was severed in a winter trek at the end of the single file line followed closely and the meeting continued locally. The demonstration by a large and hungry polar bear. The last scene shows the bear closing in on Eigen who had fallen in the snow - this may be the showed that IAMG with the help of CIMNE is a high tech clip that started the rumor that he was eaten on one of his polar organization well poised for the 21st century, and that urgent expeditions, but as you know, that was not true. I will check that business doesn't have to keep a scientist away from a meeting. for you and let you know. Dan Merriam Harald S. Poelchau IAMG Newsletter No. 55 International Association for Mathematical Geology Officers Councilors President: Ricardo A. Olea, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Olivier Dubrule, Elf Geoscience Research Centre, 30 Avenue, Campus West, Lawrence, KS 66047-2598, Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6NN, UK, Phone: 44 171 E-mail: [email protected] 963 5041, fax: 44 171 963 5061, E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Carol A. Gotway Crawford, Center for Disease Cedric Griffiths, National Center for Petroleum Geology and Control and Prevention, Statistical Analysis Branch, Building 12, Geophysics, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, AUSTRALIA, Corporate Square Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30329, Phone: 61 8 303 3080, fax: 61 8 303 4345, E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected], http://www.ncpgg.adelaide.edu.au/ncpgg.html Secretary General: Thomas A. Jones, Exxon Production Research Co., P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, USA, Phone: 713 966 Stephen Henley, Resources Computing International, Unit F4, 3046, fax: 713 966 6336, E-mail: [email protected] Lutomer House, 100 Prestons Road, London E14 9SB, UK, Phone: 44 171 987 1438, fax: 44 171 515 7088, Treasurer: Daniel M. Tetzlaff, Western Atlas Logging Services, P. O. E-mail:[email protected], http://www.rci.co.uk Box 820050, Houston, TX 77282-0050, USA, Phone: 713 972 5435, fax: 713 972 4855, E-mail: [email protected] Ute C. Herzfeld, Universität Trier, FB VI, Geographie/Geowissenschaften, Geomathematik, Editors D-54286 Trier, GERMANY, Phone: 49 651 201 4611, Computers & Geosciences: Graeme F. Bonham-Carter fax: 49 651 201 381, E-mail: [email protected] Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario K1A Danie G. Krige, P. O. Box 121, 1716 Florida Hills, SOUTH 0E8, Canada, Phone: (613) 996-3387, fax: (613) 996-3726, AFRICA, Phone: 27 11 475 4479, fax: 27 11 475 4926, E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mathematical Geology: Michael Ed. Hohn Tetsuya Shoji, Department of Geosystem Engineering, School West Virginia Geological Survey, P. O. Box 879, Morgantown, WV of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, 26507-0879, USA, E-mail: [email protected] Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, JAPAN, Phone: 81 3 3812 2111, ext. Nonrenewable Resources: Richard B. McCammon 7018, fax: 81 3 5800 6917, E-mail: [email protected] U.S. Geological Survey, National Center 920, Reston, VA 22092, Special IGC Councilor: E-mail: mccammon@usgsresv Hernani A. F. Chaves, LABCG, Faculdade de Geologia, IAMG Newsletter: Harald S. Poelchau Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Sao Francisco Research Center Juelich, ICG-4, Postfach 1913, D–52425 Jülich, Xavier, 524, Sala 4007 Bloco A, Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Germany, E-mail: [email protected] BRAZIL, CEP 20559-999, Phone: 55 21 587 7102, fax: 55 21 587 7704, E-mail: [email protected] IAMG Archivist/Historian: Daniel F. Merriam Kansas Geological Survey,1930 Constant Avenue, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047-2598,E-mail: [email protected] MAJOR CHANGES IN IAMG'S HONORS AND AWARDS Committee will publicize awards, seek nominations, and select The IAMG has revised it system of honors and awards. There are recipients. Committee members generally will be appointed for four awards, each to be presented every two years. The William terms of four years, although initially terms that differ from four Christian Krumbein Medal remains as the IAMG's highest years will be established to ensure a regular progression of award, and will be presented in even years beginning in 1998. The members to and from the committee . Felix Chayes Prize for Excellence in Research in Mathematical Contrasts between awards: Petrology is a new award, and will be presented initially in 1998, followed afterwards by presentation in odd years. The Chayes The Krumbein Medal is awarded to senior scientists for career Prize will provide a cash prize each time it is awarded. The John achievement, which includes distinction in application of Cedric Griffiths Teaching Award is also new, and will be mathematics, computing, or informatics in the Earth sciences, presented in even years beginning in 1998. Finally, the Andrei service to the IAMG, and support to professions involved in the Borisovich Vistelius Research Award, formerly known as the Earth sciences. There is no stipulated preference for fields of President's Prize, will be presented in odd years, although it too application within the Earth sciences. The Krumbein Medals will be presented in 1998 before assuming an odd-year schedule in honors William Christian Krumbein, who died in 1979. 1999. The Chayes Prize honors Felix Chayes, who died in 1993, and All awards will be presented at annual meetings of the IAMG, with will be given to recipients of exceptional potential and proven travel expenses of recipients paid. Each recipient is expected to research ability, with focus on outstanding contributions to attend the IAMG annual meeting as a keynote speaker when an statistical petrology or related applications of mathematics or award is presented. Except for the Krumbein Medal, membership informatics to petrology. Prospective recipients should be at least in the IAMG is not an essential condition, although membership is in mid-career. encouraged for prospective recipients. The Griffiths Teaching Award will be presented to honor Recipients for all awards will be selected by a newly established outstanding teaching, with preference for teaching that involves IAMG standing committee, the Awards Committee, which will be application of mathematics, computing, or informatics to the composed of five members of the Association (John W. Harbaugh, Earth's nonrenewable natural resources or to sedimentary chairman, John C. Davis, John M. Cubitt, Vera Pawlowsky, and geology. Age, IAMG membership, or academic status are not Heinz Burger, and the President as member ex officio).