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THE GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY NEWS The Geochemical Society Council Meeting, November 18, 1974 The Annual 7:30

Meeting

of the

p.m. by President

Hotel,

Miami

Helgeson,

Beach,

Huebner,

Council

C. Wayne Florida.

of the

Geochemical

Burnham Members

Kvenvolden,

Society

in the Dominion present

were:

was called to order

West

Room

Angino,

of the

Burnham,

at

Carillon Fournier,

Shaw, Siever and Wetherill.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were approved

as submitted

(with

corrections)

to D. M.

Shaw on June 15,1974. 2. A request

from the Environmental

D. Langmuir)

Salt Lake City, Solubility

Utah, was approved.

Controls

on Heavy

discussion ensued regarding each Annual

Geochemistry

for a one half day symposium

Meeting.

The title

Metal

Committee

(presented

at the next Geochemical of the symposium

Concentrations

in Aquatic

representative

to the

meeting

is ‘Sorption

Environment’.

limits set by G.S.A. of46 sections (exclusive

The Society

by Chairman

Society

J.C.T.P.

in

versus A brief

of symposia) for will

request

this

symposium. 3. Funds for the Goldschmidt-Minami from

Dr.

Lester

Strock.

Fund for the Goldschmidt

Adverse

health

will

not

Medallist

permit

Dr.

were

Strock

received

to attend

the

presentation. 4. Actions the

by the President

Circum-Pacific

Halbouty

of that organization

been requested Burnham

regarding letter

ment

in giving

bodies

that G.S. was one ofthe Energy

Minerals

special

(the Society

7, 1974 requesting

INQUA-controlling

group:

member:

Resources.

committee

the Council

needs in Geochemistry. He stated

to goals identified is international). nominations

that

approved.

as national

Society

Dr. D. Kester

was proposed.

(b) President replied

should

to C. Drake

through

proceed

needs by appropriate

(c) Responded

for appointment

M.

of Earth Sciences of

The Council the

sponsors of

President

in which the G.S. has

from H. S. Joder jr. of the Assembly

of June 7, 1974. support

and

has set up a permanent

to a letter

NAS-NRC prudence

(a) acknowledging on

to be a participating

responded

Burnham’s

August

include:

Conference

with

govern-

in a letter

as G.S. representative (d) Acknowledged

of

on the a letter

from a member requesting data on geochemicai experiments: the response noted that the Education Committee was discharged last year. The Council felt no need for such a collection term

of experiments

on the USNRC,

President,

in line with

at this time.

President

Burnham

(e) Since this year H. D. Holland becomes the Society

the usual policy. i

member

completes

his

as the new Past

ii

Geochemical 5. Council

accepted the report

approved Hayes:

the President

action on two files for

a copy

discussed:

6. Council

matters

with

was requested

Pergamon

the Editor,

review

a symposium

to the Editor

reported

Council.

report

encountered improved

with

AGU

and a solution approved

underlined

members

of Natural

and (b) accepted Council

send

will set priorities Council

also

Gases for the

a nomination

next

of Peter

H.

at the end of K. Kvenvolden’s and symposium

were

II) was presented

Ist, the Society maintenance

of the

to the problem

by J. S. Huebner

had 1392 members. membership

is expected.

and accepted

Some problems

list;

service

by

were

has, however,

Discussion of a dues increase will

until the Spring Meeting.

a change in By-Law

1. This By-Law

reads at present

as follows

and

parts are to be omitted.

“Effective (US.

of

of OGD is being prepared.

soon be necessary, but was deferred 8. Council

OGD

the chairman

Geochemistry

to the Society

(Appendix

As of November

and the

OGD would then send

It was agreed that

that the OGD 1974 Florida field trip

successful and that a history 7. The Treasurer’s

contract;

in his judgement

giving the OGD the input they desire.

by S. Silverman,

Given as the OGD representative Kvenvolden

took

that GSA abstracts on organic

as well as to GSA:

on Organic

to be organized

a publishing

of a book review,

and setting of priorities:

to JTPC for consideration.

and send these on to JTPC, thereby meeting,

Council

for publication.

copies of abstracts to OGD chairman (a) approved

Dr. J. M.

to check the Society

regarding

the author

gave a vote of confidence

be sent to OGDfor

recommendations

of G.C.A. and

to replace

of thanks for service to Dr. Hayes.

between

appropriate

Editor

Dr. J. R. Maxwell

discussed a request from the OGD representative

geochemistry

term.

Editor

(a) the Secretary

of any agreement controversy

of a book, the Council

scientific

I) of D. M. Shaw, Executive

of Associate

will send a letter

matters

(b) in a current author

(Appendix

the appointment

Society News

January

1, 1975, the annual

$15.00 or equivalent

in other

paid by the Society to the American monthly

journal

Geotimes

paid by the Society monthly

journal

calendar

years.

October

Ist,

Geochimica

Institute.

All member shall receive the

Ten dollars

($10.00) of the dues shall be

and payment

Press, for which

the

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members

Memberships

year will

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January 31st or the member

dollars

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et Cosmochimica

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acceptable

for

on or about

by the following

Reinstatement

penalty

the

run

during that

of U.S. 83.00 In addition

to the $15.00 dues.” 9. Council

accepted the Secretary’s

new members 10. Council

were accepted

accepted the report

K. K. Tureklan;

report

of the Nominating

Vice-President,

E. Roedder;

Tilton and P. H. Given (OGD). 11. Council discussed and then confirmed need not be members 12. Council incoming Appendix

approved President Ill.

and Committee

reports.

One hundred

and four

in 1974. Committee, Treasurer,

the policy

that

with

nominees:

G. R. Helz; members

President,

Councillors,

of Society

G. R.

committees

of the Society.

appointments

of new

G. Wetherill.

A list of committees

members

of committees and members

as appointed is presented

by as

Geochemlcal

Society News

APPENDIX Report

on Geochimica

et Cosmochimica

October 1. The number month

I

of papers (136) and number

period

are both fewer

because of the publication

Acta for the period

1 19734eptember

than

30 1974

of pages (1989) published during the last 12 Last year’s figures were unusually high

last year.

of the long Luna 20 issue.

2. The number of papers submitted (236, or 193 excluding book reviews, etc.) is similar to last year: the number of rejections and withdrawals (20%) is also similar to last year. 3. Breakdown

of subject

decrease

fields

in the lunar

is again very

similar

papers (again attributable

to the last year,

except

to the large number

for a slight

published

in the

Luna 20 issue). 4. Most of the workload conscientious

job.

of editing

is carried

Pressure of other

Hayes, D. W. Spencer and J. D. Vine: sedimentary

geochemistry,

and D. S. Cronan, 5. There

with

Editors,

has nevertheless

lost us the services of J. M.

their

respectively,

copies

to the

to

North

conditions

places in the fields of organic,

some shift of responsibilities

Further

typesetting, In part, America.

at the

Pergamon

printer

details

collective

will

among the latter

and delivery

two.

of issues in recent

months.

there have been interminable delays in mailing these problems seem to have arisen from the

and, after

repeated

and will

probably

wishes about

oceanic and G. Thompson

complaints

and correspondence

a decision has just been reached to change to another

are awaited

available. 6. Change of printer should

slow

Press in Oxford,

who do a fine and

have been taken by 1. R. Maxwell,

have been many delays in the publication

In addition

be disseminated

necessitate

as soon as firm

some format

page size, paper quality,

type,

information

changes, so if Council Figures,

with printer. is

has any

etc., such information

be passed on now.

7. Another to

by the Associate

work

matter

reproduce

preparation

relative Tables

to format

in future

is a very recent decision by a photo-offset

of Tables by authors,

and editorial

by Pergamon

process.

instructions

This will will

Press, Oxford, necessitate

be prepared

final

as soon as

details are finalised. 8. The new procedure and publications

for Letters

9. A special issue on chromium T. N. Irvine

to the Editor

of this kind are becoming geochemistry

of the Geophysical

seems to be gathering is planned

Laboratory,

papers arising out of a symposium

a little

momentum

more frequent. for 1975.

Washington,

The special editor

and the

issue will

is

contain

on the same subject about a year ago.

10. The corporate structure of Pergamon Press and its associated companies was reorganised during the year. Captain Robert Maxwell is Chairman of the Board and Mr. G. F. Richards is now Managing 11. The revised

membership

tributed

to most members

separate

mailing

12. There review review. whether

Director. list of the Society with the October

we printed,

Outside

between concerning

advice from competent

any useful

purpose

would

Press and dls-

received

the list by

now has a copy.

the author the

by Pergamon

issue: some members

but it is hoped that everyone

has been a controversy which

was prepared

of a book and the author

alleged

and eminent

be served

harshness

geochemists

by publishing

of a

and inaccuracies a

was obtained,

book

in the to see

Letter frotn the bbbk

Geochemical

IV

author

pointing

out

the alleged

Society News Legal implications

inaccuracies.

of the

matter

need

consideration. 13. I recently came across the following of G.C.A. quite well: “Publishing

in a scientific

journal

the establishment;

rather

something

of their

worthy

quotation,

which seemed to fit the publication

is not a process of receiving

it is the serving attention

of notice

a seal of approval

on the community

and scrutiny”.

policy from

that there

Editorial,

Nature,

Geochemical

Society

is

251, p. 560

(1974).

Organic Summary Miami

Geochemistry

of Minutes,

Beach, Florida.

approximately I. Report

Annual

Division-the

Business Meeting,

Members

19 November,

Robinson

1974, at Deauville

(Chairman),

Hotel,

Swanson (Secretary)

plus

Editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, reported

that

present:

27 others.

of activities

during past

A. K. A. Kvenvolden, of250 total

Associate

papers submitted,

accepted, five rejected, resignation

annual meeting

C. The history

and other

independent submitted

Appreciation

leaders for their

reported

geochemists

efforts

their

the following

being circulated

response has been favorable

slate of nominees

to P. H. Given,

J. H. Reuter

for OGD

officers

venture.

completion.

in the formation

(J. B. Smith, Chairman;

to the

Both were co-sponsored

was extended

and is now nearing

interest

The preliminary

Committee

prior

paleobotany,

in the successful joint

on a questionnaire

to ascertain

of OGD.

the past four years. field trip

during the meeting.

Division.

his

as a replacement.

and to the full-daysymposium,‘Geology,

of OGD is still being compiled

E. The Nominating

J. M. Hayes submitted

was selected

to Dr. Hayes for his efforts during

of peat accumulation’,

D. K. A. Kvenvolden organic

Of these, eleven were

response to the Okefenokee-Everglades

and Coal Geology

A. D. Cohen,

and eleven pending.

and J. R. Maxwell

(70 participants)

and geochemistry by OGD

Editor

was extended

was excellent

28 were in organic geochemistry.

one withdrawn

as Associate

Appreciation B. There

year

among

European

of an organization to this proposal. and D. E. Anders)

to take

office at this

meeting: S. R. Silverman-Chairman W. M. Sackett-Chairman-Elect R. M. Mitterer-Secretary No other nominations was elected.

were

received

and, in accordance

with

the by-laws,

the slate

II. New business A. OGD

will

entitled

organize ‘Organic

a full-day Geochemistry

Sackett as co-Chairmen. Members OGD

for next

of Natural

year’s

Gas’ with

meeting

at Salt Lake City

S. R. Silverman

and W. M.

A separate general session will consist of contributed

are urged to submit

representative

symposium

their

abstracts

in advance of the deadline

can advise on the selection.

papers. so that

an

Geochemical B. The Award award

Society News

V

for Best Paper in 1973 in organic geochemistry

ceremony

two-paper

at this meeting.

This year’s

award

will be presented

is presented

at the GS

for the following

series:

BAILEY N. J. L., JOSSON A. M. and ROGERS M. A. (1973) Bacterial crude oil:

comparison

of field and experimental

data.

degradation

of

Chem. Geol. 11,203-221.

BAILEY N. ]. L., KROUSE H. H., EVANS C. R. and ROGERS M. A. (1973) Alteration of evidence from geochemical and isotope studies. crude oil by waters and bacteriaBull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. 57,1276-1290. Members

are invited

committee

chairman

to submit

nominations

for

Best Paper in 1974 to the awards

(1. Palacas, USGS, Denver).

of two reference samples (Green River Shale from Colorado and Lajuun C. Availability shale from Jordan) for organic geochemical analyses was noted. It was proposed that the Standards and submit compiled

Committee

(G. Schrayer,

them to selected and made available

at a suitable

forum.

E. Miscellaneous announcements GS will sponsor asymposium OGD

Langmuir

or J. H. Reuter

Nriagu, chemistry

Symposium

Committee

expires

for

of these samples

The data will then be appointment

as GS

next year. Geochemistry

to

participate

at the Salt Lake City and

may contact

D.

on Environmental

8-11 April

1975.

Biogeochemistry

Information

is available

will

be

from

J. 0.

on Organic

Geo-

for Inland Waters.

Branch will

at Madrid,

aliquots

analyses.

for information.

Ontario,

Canada Centre

term

are encouraged

The Second International

The European

Executive

on Environmental

members

held at Burlington,

obtain

for routine

D. P. H. Given was selected by the Councillor when K. A. Kvenvolden’s

meeting.

Chairman)

laboratories

host the 7th International

Spain, in September

1975.

Meeting

Specific dates will

be announced

later. F. S. R. Silverman, the incoming chairman, accepted the gavel from the outgoing chairman and expressed appreciation on behalf of OGD to Chairman Robinson, K. A. Kvenvolden and V. E. Swanson for their

leadership

and service during

APPENDIX

the past year.

II

GEOCHEM~CAL SOCIETY STATUS AS OF OCTOBER 3 I, I974 Assets Operating Fund Checking Account

3090.47 31.43 0.88

StarnDS

Petty’ Cash Total, Operating Strock-Minami Fund Awards Fund Savings Account Total Assets

Fund

3122.78 1073.60 686.17 7790.99 12.673.54

Geochemical Society News liabilities Operating Fund Members’ Equity Accounts Payable Strock-Minami Fund Members’ Equity Awards Fund Members’ Equity Savings Account Members’ Equity

2126.23 996.55 1073.60 686.17 7790.99 12,673.54

Total Liabilities STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME AND EXPENSESOCTOBER 16,

197%OCTOBER 3 I,

I974

Income 22,376.58 471.98 478.01 289.23

Dues, incl bank collections Label sales Interest Contributions, Royalties

23.615.80

Total Income Direct Contribution, Expense 500.00 500.00

To Strock-Minami Fund From Strock-Minami Fund Expenses

Subscriptions Awards, Medallists luncheon Editor A.G.I. dues Transfer to Awards Fund Secretary’s expenses (clerical, printing) Postage (treasurer) Council Meetings Refunds I.A.G.C. Dues Bank Debit Memos Membership services Total Expenses Operating Fund Balance October 161973

Beginning balance Income* Expenses End balance

October 31.1974

14,050.00 951.94 1000.00 2968.00 289.23 395.99 60.39 118.05 294.00 30.00 110.19 2563.39 22,831 .I 8 +2783.86 +23,137.79 -22,831 .I8 -3090.47

Net ConsolidotedFunds

0.08

Bolonce

October 16.1973

Beginning balance Income Expensest End balance

October 31,1974 Net

t-11,567.38 +23,615.88 -22.541.95 -12641.23 0.08

* Omits interest, stamps, petty cash. t Omits transfer of contributions and royalties from the Operating to the Awards Fund.

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Society

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GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY FUNDS BALANCES, OCTOBER 16, 1973-0~~0~~~

3 I, 1974

October 16, 1973 Operating Fund Checking Account Savings Funds Account Strock-Minami Fund Awards Fund

2783.86 7392.54 1019.90 371.08 Total

11,567.38

October 31, 1974 Operating Fund Checking Account Savings Funds Account Strock-Minami Fund Awards Fund

3090.47 7790.99 1073.60 686.17 Total

12,641.23

Net change

;1073.85

Adjustments Anticipated bills for 1974 services Clark Medal for 1973, paid in 1974

-1650.00 fl36.50

Total adjustments

-1513.50

Anticipated

net change attributable

to 1974

APPENDIX

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GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY I975 COMMITTEES Nominating C. Moore H. Taylor G. Anderson C. Ponnamperuma S. Hart D. Langmuir

Ariz. State Univ. Caltech Univ. of Toronto Univ. of Md. DTM, Carnegie Inst. of Wash. Penn State (currently at Desert Research Inst., Reno, Nevada)

Chairman

Univ. of Chicago Univ. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany McMaster Univ. ETH, ZOrich Univ. of Illinois

Chairman

Harvard U.S.G.S., Menlo Park U.S.G.S., Denver U.S.G.S., Reston, VA U.C.L.A. Yale

Chairman

Goldschmidt Medal E. Anders C. A. Salotti W. Schreyer D. M. Shaw M. GrOnenfelder D. Graf Clarke Medal H. D. Holland I. Barnes R. 0. Rye D. R. Wones J. T. Wasson R. Berner 11

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Standards F. J. Flanagan A. A. Chodos B. R. Doe R. A. Robie Norman Suhr Calvin Alexander

U.S.G.S., Reston, VA Caltech U.S.G.S., Denver U.S.G.S., Reston, VA Penn State U. of Minn.

Chairman

W. T. Back F. J. Pearson B. F. Jones

U.S.G.S., U.S.G.S., U.S.G.S.,

Chairman

Book Translations J. W. Clarke John M. Hunt A. Lehrman F. Manheim E. lngerson

U.S.G.S., Reston, VA Woods Hole Northwestern Woods Hole Univ. of Texas at Austin

Auditing Committee

Environmental

Reston, VA Reston, VA Reston, VA

Chairman

Geochemistry

D. Langmuir E. Angino G. Billings G. Eglinton A. G. Everett A. M. Langer E. A. Jenne J. 0. Nriagu R. Wollast

Penn State (currently at D.R.I., Chairman Reno, Nevada) Univ. of Kansas New Mexico Inst. of Tech. Bristol, England Rockville, Md. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York U.S.G.S., Menlo Park Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario Universiti Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Program Committee G. K. Czamanske W. R. Van Schmus

U.S.G.S., Menlo Park University of Kansas, Lawrence