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AAAS Selected Symposia Series

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First published 1978 by Westview Press

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-60678

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01785-9 (hbk)

This volume focuses on the research achievements of the earth sciences in developing the nation's energy resources and on the efforts that still must be made toward solving current and future problems. Contributors point out that efficient exploration for energy resources, evaluation and development of these resources, and effective control of associated environmental factors depend largely on the basic concepts and knowledge developed within the geosciences.

The AAAS Selected Symposia Series was begun in 1977 to provide a means for more permanently recording and more widely disseminating some of the valuable material which is discussed at the AAAS Annual National Meetings. The volumes in this Series are based on symposia held at the Meetings which address topics of current and continuing significance, both within and among the sciences, and in the areas in which science and technology impact on public policy. The Series format is designed to provide for rapid dissemination of information, so the papers are not typeset but are reproduced directly from the camera-copy submitted by the authors, without copy editing. The papers are organized and edited by the symposium arrangers who then become the editors of the various volumes. Most papers published in this Series are original contributions which have not been previously published, although in some cases additional papers from other sources have been added by an editor to provide a more comprehensive view of a particular topic. Symposia may be reports of new research or reviews of established work, particularly work of an interdisciplinary nature, since the AAAS Annual Meetings typically embrace the full range of the sciences and their societal implications.

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American Association for
the Advancement of Science

Creighton A. Burk , director of the Marine Science Institute and professor and chairman of the Department of Marine Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, was previously chief geologist with Mobil Oil Corporation and manager of its Regional Geology Group. His work has concentrated on worldwide tectonics and the geology and geophysics of continental margins, and his extensive publications in these fields include The Geology of Continental Margins (edited with C.L. Drake, Springer-Verlag, 1974). Dr. Burk is U.S. delegate to the US-USSR Protocol in Oceanography, chairman of the Marine Geology Committee of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and a fellow of the Geological Society of America He was U.S. delegate and chairman of the panel discussion on "Global Tectonics and Petroleum Occurrence" for the 1975 World Petroleum Congress and a member of the American Geological Institute Committee on Geoscience and Public Policy.

Charles L. Drake , chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences at Dartmouth College, specializes in marine geology and geophysics, tectonics, structural geology and seismology. He is past-president of the Geological Society of America, president of the Inter-Union Committee on Geodynamics, International Council of Scientific Unions, and chairman of the Committee on Geodynamics of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Drake's publications include Geodynamics: Progress and Prospects (American Geophysical Union, 1976).

Allen F. Agnew is a senior specialist in environmental policy (mining and mineral resources) with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. He is chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Policy of the Geological Society of America, and a former chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Public Statements of the American Geological Institute. His many publications cover a wide range of subjects, including general geology, mineral deposits, water resources, and related public policy topics.

William L. Fisher , director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and chairman of the Council on Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin, is former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Energy and Minerals. He is an American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer and the author of numerous publications on the geology of energy, mineral resources and resource policy.

Peter T. Flawn , professor of Geological Sciences and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, is president of the Geological Society of America (1978) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering . His work has focused on economic geology, environmental geology, and public policy, and his publications include Mineral Resources (Rand McNally, 1966) and Environmental Geology (Harper and Row, 1970).

John D. Moody is an international energy consultant in New York. He is former president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Leon T. Silver , professor of geology at the California Institute of Technology, is vice-president of the Geological Society of America (1978). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of its CONAES Uranium Resource Subpanel, and former chairman of its Board on Mineral and Energy Resources Workshop on Uranium. His numerous publications concern the geology and geochemistry of uranium and the applications of uranium-thorium-lead isotope systems to geochronology, crustal evolution, ore deposits and geological history. Professor Silver has received awards from NASA, the American Institute of Professional Geologists, and the Geological Society of America.

Jack A. Simon , chief of the Illinois State Geological Survey, is also a professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering at the University of Illinois. His work has focused on coal geology, and he has published extensively on many aspects of this topic. He is an honorary life member of the Illinois Mining Institute, a fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a recipient of the Gilbert H. Cady Award from the Geological Society of America for his contributions to coal geology.