<> RECENT PUBLICATIONS

(The following list is derived from the Lamont Publications Database, which identifies all publications that hold a Lamont contribution number, thereby qualifying the publications as a Lamont paper).

Anderson O.R., T.A. Nerad, and J.C. Cole. Platyamoeba nucleolilateralis n. sp from the Chesapeake Bay Region; Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 50,  1), pp.  57-60,  Jan-Feb,  2003.

Bory,  A.J.M., P.E. Biscaye, and F.E. Grousset. Two distinct seasonal Asian source regions for mineral dust deposited in Greenland (NorthGRIP); Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 4, art. no. 1167, February 21, 2003.

Broecker W.S. and E Clark. Pseudo dissolution of marine calcite; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 208, nos. 3-4, pp.  291-296, March 30, 2003.

Brzezinski, M.A., M.L. Dickson, D.M. Nelson, and R. Sambrotto.  Ratios of Si, C and N uptake by microplankton in the Southern Ocean; Deep-Sea Research, Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 50, nos. 3-4, pp.  619-633, 2003.

Buesseler, K.O., R.T. Barber, M.L. Dickson, M.R. Hiscock, J.K. Moore, and R. Sambrotto; The effect of marginal ice-edge dynamics on production and export in the Southern Ocean along 170 degrees W; Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 50, nos. 3-4, pp.  579-603, 2003.

Chase, Z., R.F. Anderson, M.Q. Fleisher, and P.W. Kubik. Scavenging of Th-230 Pa-231 and Be-10 in the Southern Ocean (SW Pacific sector): the importance of particle flux, particle composition and advection; Deep-Sea Research,  Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 50, nos. 3-4, pp. 739-768,  2003.

Du, W.X., L.R. Sykes, B.E. Shaw, and C.H. Scholz Triggered aseismic fault slip from nearby earthquakes, static or dynamic effect?; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B2,  art. no. 2131, February 28, 2003.

Chen , D.  A comparison of wind products in the context of ENSO prediction; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 3,  art. no. 1107,  February 4, 2003.

Cochran, J.R., G.J. Kurras, M.H. Edwards, and B.J. Coakley. The Gakkel Ridge: Bathymetry, gravity anomalies, and crustal accretion at extremely slow spreading rates; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B2,  art. no. 2116, February 22, 2003.

Fleisher, M.Q. and R.F. Anderson. Assessing the collection efficiency of Ross Sea sediment traps using Th-230 and Pa-231; Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol.  50, nos. 3-4, pp. 693-712, 2003.

Golden, C.E., S.C. Webb, and R.A. Sohn; Hydrothermal microearthquake swarms beneath active vents at Middle Valley, northern Juan de Fuca Ridge; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B1,  
art. no. 2027, January 18,  2003

Holland ,D.M., S.S. Jacobs, and A. Jenkins. Modelling the ocean circulation beneath the Ross Ice Shelf; Antarctic Science, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. \13-23, January,  2003.

Liu, J.P., G.A. Schmidt, D.G. Martinson, D. Rind, G. Russell, and X.J. Yuan. Sensitivity of sea ice to physical parameterizations in the GISS global climate model; Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, vol. 108, no. C2, art. no. 3053,  February 27, 2003

Ou, H.W., C.M. Dong, and D. Chen. Tidal diffusivity: A mechanism for frontogenesis; Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 840-847, April,  2003.

Pekar, S.F., N. Christie-Blick, K.G. Miller, and M.A. Kominz. Quantitative constraints on the origin of stratigraphic architecture at passive continental margins: Oligocene sedimentation in New Jersey, USA; Journal of Sedimentary Research , vol.  73, no. 2, pp. 227-245, March,  2003.

Robertson ,R., A. Beckmann,  and H. Hellmer. M-2 tidal dynamics in the Ross Sea; Antarctic Science, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 41-46, January,  2003.

Santella, N., D.T. Ho, P. Schlosser, and M. Stute. Distribution of atmospheric SF6 near a large urban area as recorded in the vadose zone; Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 37, no. 6,  pp.  1069-1074, March 15, 2003.

Shah, A.K., M.H. Cormier, W.B.F.  Ryan, W. Jin, J. Sinton, E. Bergmanis, J. Carlut, A. Bradley, D. Yoerger.  Episodic dike swarms inferred from near-bottom magnetic anomaly maps at the southern East Pacific Rise; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108., no. B2,  art. no. 2097,  February 14. 2003.

Shaw, B.E. Magnitude dependence of radiated energy spectra: Far-field expressions of slip pulses in earthquake models; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B2,  art. no. 2100,  February18, 2003.

Wang,  X.Z. and K.L. Griffin. Sex-specific physiological and growth responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 in Silene latifolia Poiret; Global Change Biology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 612-618,  April ,2003.

Zheng. Y., B. Weinman, T. Cronin, M.Q. Fleisher, and R.F. Anderson.  A rapid procedure for the determination of thorium, uranium, cadmium and molybdenum in small sediment samples by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: application in Chesapeake Bay; Applied Geochemistry, vol. 18, no. 4, pp.  539-549, April,  2003.


<> RECENT APPOINTMENTS
-New hire list for the month of April 2003

Booma, Gregory
04/14/03
Programmer
CIESIN

Doyle, Michael R.
04/29/03
Casual
Directori's Office

Giannini, Alessandra
04/15/03
Associate Research Scientist
IRI


<> FILE CABINETS

As a result of various renovation/renewal projects underway, there is a surplus number of metal file cabinets (of which no one ever seems to have enough).  While many of these have been in use for a great number of years and may not win any architectural contests, they are serviceable.

The file cabinets are being stored in Tom Eberhard's shipping department and will be made available on a first come first serve basis for transfer to your office (not hallways, please).  Thereafter, they will be available for personal acquisition as long as you bear the responsibility for their timely removal.  Finally, they will be scrapped.  Please give Tom a call (8865) if you are interested.


<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

This week started last Sunday with a great afternoon of meetings and presentations - the Board of the LDEO Alumni Association met, and there was a special Public Lecture given by alumnus Bill Ruddiman.  For the third event in a row the auditorium was packed, and there were more than 20 folks who had to watch the lecture via a video link. I fear next season it will be necessary to implement some scheme to limit attendance to these lectures - we have become the victims of our own success. We hosted Bill and a number of special guests for dinner - our only disappointment was that, at the last minute, Jeff Fox, our Alumni Association President had to cancel his plans to join us. The reasons for this were laudable however, he was finishing off a joint proposal between Texas A&M and LDEO for the next phase of the Ocean Drilling Program. Dave Goldberg's portion of this, as submitted, is the largest single proposal (dollar-wise) that we have ever submitted to NSF - I will not quote the number because it is a real competition in which we are engaged, and our competitors would benefit from knowing just how economically we can operate logging operations for IODP!

Monday and Tuesday were totally devoted to the activities of the Earth Institute External Advisory Board (for your information the membership is listed below) - five members of this Board visited the Lamont Campus on Tuesday morning, ex-NIH head Harold Varmus impressing everyone with his arrival on the Campus by bicycle from Manhattan!

Decisions concerning our recruiting in Coastal and Estuarine processes were completed on Wednesday - we will be contacting the chosen candidates in the next few days and starting the formal appointment processes to the Doherty staff.  This means that our selections in four of our chosen six recruiting areas are essentially complete - Marine Seismic Reflection and Marine Ecosystem Modeling remain and await action. We are extremely happy with this progress - we will be bringing some superb new people onto our staff.

On Monday, we will be hosting (very briefly) Jack Marburger - the Science Advisor to the President of the United States.  On Monday afternoon at 3:00pm, Lerner Hall Room 555 - Dr Marburger will be giving a presentation on Science Policy and Climate - all are invited.

Have a great weekend,

- Mike


The Earth Institute at Columbia University
External Advisory Board

Professor Roy Anderson FRS
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
St. Mary's Campus
London

Professor Kenneth Arrow
Joan Kenney Professor of Economics
Economics Department
Stanford University

Dr. Barry Bloom
Dean
Harvard School of Public Health

Bono
Temple Hill
Co.Dublin, Ireland

Sir Partha Dasgupta
Faculty of Economics and Politics
Cambridge University
Dept. of Applied Economics

Dr. Jared Diamond
Department of Physiology
UCLA School of Medicine

Dr. Nora Lustig
Rectora
Universidad de la Americas Puebla
Sta. Catarina Martir
Mexico

Dr. Peter Raven
Director
Missouri Botanical Garden

Hon. Mary Robinson
Ethical Globalization Initiative
New York, New York

Professor Daniel Schrag
Director
Laboratory for Geochemical Oceanography
Harvard University

George Soros
President
Soros Fund Management

Dr. Harold Varmus
President, CEO
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Walter Willett
Departments of Nutr.and Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Professor Edward O. Wilson
Pellegrino University Professor
Curator of entomology at the
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University

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