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./ Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences-Graduate School HOOSIER GEOLOGIC CORD Vol. II, No. 1 Alumni Newsletter of the Department of Geology Summer 1982 WHAT'S NEW IN THE DEPARTMENT?. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Currently,. faculty members of the De From February 19 81 until March 1982., partment of Geology are engaged in more Cornelis Klein had a visiting research international professional activity than associate in Bloomington from Tsukuba ever before in the Department's history. University, Japan. Dr. Takashi Miyano and Abhijit Basu, curator of petrology, pre Dr. Klein did joint research on theoretical sented two invited lectures in India at the aspects of metamorphic iron silicates and Presidency College am Lady Brabourne on diagenetic riebeckite. Abstracts on these College of Calcutta University. He also subjects were given at the GSA annual presented a paper at the annual meeting of meetings in Cincinnati. the Meteoritical Society in Bernt' Switzer In the summer of 1982 Professors Cornelis land, during August 1981. Klein and John Hayes along with Howard Jeremy D. Dunning, assistant professor, Gest (of Biology) will participate in a geo presented two papers at the NATO Advanced logic field excursion in western Australia. Study Institute on Adsorption and Surface Others who will also be part of this trip are: Mobility held in Les Arcs, France, during Professors J. William Schopf of UCLA, September 19 81. ( Continued on next page) A MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING CHAIRMAN To I. U. Geology Alumni and Friends: larger society. Although we think we are During the past year Haydn Murray has performing well, we are never satisfied. been taking a well-deserved sabbatical leave, We c:ll.ways strive to do better. But doing and I have been pinch-hitting for him as better is becoming increasingly difficult department chairman. This has been a because of limited funds from the state. The very busy year for geology at Indiana geology department is more fortunate than University. Our long-term increase in most departrne nts in having generous alumni the number of undergraduate geology majors and corporate coutnbutors. This allows us is continuing; we continue to attract an to carry out many projects that would not excellent group of graduate students, all be possible if we depended solely on university of whom find good jobs when they complete funding. Such contributions are more their degrees; our faculty and graduate important now than ever if we are to proceed students continue to produce important with our efforts to make geology at Indiana research, mu ch of it with the aid of external University better than ever. funding; and we continue our service role Sincerely, to our profession, the university, and the J. Robert Dodd DEPARTMENT NEWS, continued David Chapman of UCLA, and James C. G. on rivers and river sediment held at the Walker of the Univ. of Michigan. Dr. Mal- University of Keele. colm Walters of the Baas Becking Labs in Professor Emeritus Charles Vitaliano Canberra will be the Australian partner. and Dorothy Vitaliano traveled to the People's This excursion, which will be funded by a Republic of China in April 1982 as members NASA grant to Walker, Hayes, Klein of a mining and economic geology delegation. and Schopf, is part of continued joint The delegation was sponsored by the People- research on Precambrian paleobiology. to-People Citizen Ambassador program Prior to going to western Australia. initiated by Dwight Eisenhower during his Dr. Klein will spend two weeks in the field presidency to promote good.will between the in South Africa as a guest of Professor United States and various foreign countries. Nicolos' Beukes of Rand Afrikaans Univer- Some 15 non-ferrous metals mines, mainly sity in Johannesburg. This trip will allow a in eastern China, were visited and topics geologic overview and sampling of the major of mutual interest were discussed with Precambrian iron-formations in South Chinese geologists. Professor Vitaliano Afric4. This research is supported by Klein's, presented a talk entitled "Tungsten ongoing NSF grant on "Comparative studies ' minerali~ation in contact metamorphic of Precambrian iron- and manganese form- zones in the United States. 11 at ions. 11 Robert P. Wintsch, associate professor, Noel C. Krothe, associate professor, spent his sabbatical leave during the fall gave a paper in October 1981 at the Inter semester 1981 at the Geologisches Institut, national Association of Hydrologists Karst ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, and was at the Conference held ,at Moscow, Sukhumi, and University of Leeds in England during spring Tbilisi, USSR. 1982. Enrique Merino, associate professor, MORE FACULTY NEWS presented four lectures in Spain during David L. Dilcher, professor of paleo June 19 81 at the University of Madrid and botany, has been elected president of the Es cuela de Ingenieros de Minas I Oviedo. International Association of Angiosperm Haydn H. Murray, professor and chair- Paleobotany. man, gave talks and visited government Albert J. Rudman, professor, has been laboratories and universities in Tierra del selected to participate in the Standard Oil Fuego, Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba, Company of California Visiting Professor and La Plata, Argentina, during July 1981. Program in 1982. He will be visiting lab Later in the summer he presented papers oratories and offices in La Habra, San and chaired a technical session at the Francisco, Denver, and New Orleans in a Seventh International Clay Conference, program designed to allow professors to AIPEA, in Rome, Italy. During Spring 1982 become more familiar with the present he was in the W eipa region of Queensland, state of the oil industry. Australia, studying kaolin and bauxite Robert H. Shaver, professor, is field deposits. trip chairman for the 1983 national meeting Edward M. Ripley, associate professor, of the Geological Society of America. He visited Norway, Sweden, and Finland in also is the regional coordinator for the July 1981 to participate in the Nickel Sulfide American Association of Petroleum Geol Field Conference and International Geological ogists to manage and produce a Precam Correlation Program on sulfide deposits brian-to-Recent correlation chart for the in mafic and ultramafic rocks. eight-state Midwestern-Southern area. Lee J. Suttne r, profess or, visited Lee J. Suttner, professor, has been England during September 1981 to participate elected president of the National Associa in the International Fluvial Sedimentology tion of Geology Teachers. Conference, an interdisciplinary conference ( Continued on next page) 2 DEPARTMENT NEWS, continued N. Gary Lane, professor, along with INDUSTRIAL FELLOWSHIPS AND recent doctoral degree recipients Thomas GRANTS TO THE DEPARTMENT Kramer and William Ausich, received the The Department is most appreciative of SEPM outstanding paper award in the the substantial investment by a number of Journal of Paleontology at the AAPG meeting companies and individuals in our graduate in San Francis co in June 19 81 for their paper and undergraduate programs. In these dif on the fossil communities of the Borden ficult financial times for higher education, Delta in Indiana. their support along with that of our generous alumni arrl friends has greatly enriched the STUDENT AW ARDS scope and quality of education in geology In April, the Department honored its and geophysics at Indiana University. outstanding undergraduate and graduate Texaco, Inc. has renewed its graduate students at our annual awards ceremony. fellowship ($8,000). Texaco (Geophysics) The awards and recipients thereof are: also awarded the Department $2,000 in Undergraduate unrestricted funds. Faculty Senior Awards - Elizabeth Blair, Chevron U.S. A. has renewed its graduate Mark Nearing fellowship in geophysics ($7,000 plus fees). Junior Award - John Hidore Chevron also presented the Department with Undergraduate Research Award, Natural a grant of $2,500 for undergraduate scholar and Mathematical Sciences, College of ships. Arts & Sciences - Elizabeth Blair Shell has a new graduate fellows hip of Undergraduate Research Awards, Honc,.•rs $7,500. Division - Elizabeth Blair, Kathleen We continue to award the Lowe's and Kordesh Grassman Fellowships {each $4,800 plus NASA, Lunar and Planetary Institute fees) in industrial minerals. Summer Internship - Kathleen Kordesh In addition, the Department has received USGS-NAGT Cooperative Summer Trainee grants from Cities Service {$3,000), Exxon ship - Margaret Wang ($7,000), and Mobil ($2,000). Charles F. Deiss Award - Sean Rooney . Sohio Petroleum Company supported our NAGT-Cities Service Summer Scholarships program in sedimentary geology this year - Barbara Bagby, William Boone, with a grant of $6,,000 to provide a series of William Giles, Rebecca Sayer research seminars and short courses. Dr. Phi ~eta Kappa - Cole Abel, Barbara Bagby Bruce Wilkinson of the University of Mich Elizabeth Blair igan and Dr. Robert Folk of the University Sigma Xi - Elizabeth Blair of Texas were the distinguished visitors Arco Awards - James Ferry, John Hidore, during the past academic year. Sohio has Kathleen Kordesh, Sean Rooney, Rebecca renewed this highly successful program Sayer Graduate with a grant of $7,000 for 1982-83. Outstanding Associate Instructors - Chris- topher Maules, Martin Yates RECENT FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS Estwing Award - Christopher Maples Eleven grants to i~dividual faculty have Cummings Award - Peggy Visher recently been awarded to Professors Basu Sigma Xi - Marcus Johnson, Christopher