Lamont Weekly Report – October 3, 2003

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

– Recent Grant Awards –
– Publications –
– Current B & G Projects –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS
For the period 8/1 – 8/31/2003

Chayes, D. Development and implementation of a prototype metadata management system for the USCG Healy, Allied Technology Group.

Goldberg, D., Chevron Texaco's Gulf of Mexico gas hydrates JIP RFP'S #2 - DRILLING CORING WELL PLAN. - Joint Oceanographic Institution

Anders, M., the normal fault paradox: using fault zone deformation to test extensional models; American Chemical Society.

<> 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).

Bohnenstiehl D.R., M. Tolstoy, D.K. Smith, C.G. Fox, and R.P. Dziak. Time-clustering behavior of spreading-center seismicity between 15 and 35 degrees N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: observations from hydroacoustic monitoring; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 138, no. 2, pp 147-161, July 16, 2003.

Broecker, W.S, and E. Clark CaCO3 dissolution in the deep sea: Paced by insolation cycles; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 4: Art. No. 1059, July 15, 2003
Broecker, W.S., E. Clark, and A.W. Droxler Shell weights from intermediate depths in the Caribbean Sea; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 4, Art. No. 1060, July 15, 2003

Chen, D., W.T. Liu, W.Q. Tang, and Z.R. Wang. Air-sea interaction at an oceanic front: Implications for frontogenesis and primary production; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 14, Art. No. 1745, July 23, 2003.

Elliot, M., P.B. deMenocal, B.K. Linsley, and S.S.Howe. Environmental controls on the stable isotopic composition of Mercenaria mercenaria: Potential application to paleoenvironmental studies; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 4, Art. No. 1056, July 11, 2003.

Fye, F.K., D.W. Stahle, and E.R. Cook. Paleoclimatic analogs to twentieth-century moisture regimes across the United States; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 84, no. 7), 901-+ JUL 2003.

Jacoby, G., N. Pederson, and R. D'Arrigo. Temperature and precipitation in Mongolia based on dendroclimatic investigations; Chinese Science Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 14, pp. 1474-1479, July, 2003.

Kent, D.V., and C. Dupuis Paleomagnetic study of the Paleocene-Eocene Tarawan Chalk and Esna Shale: Dual polarity remagnetizations of Cenozoic sediments in the Nile Valley (Egypt); Micropaleontology, vol. 49, pp. 139-146, Suppl. 1, 2003.

Krahmann, G. and M. Visbeck. Arctic Ocean sea ice response to Northern Annular Mode-like wind forcing; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 15, Art. No. 1793, August 5, 2003

Longhi, J. A new view of lunar ferroan anorthosites: Postmagma ocean petrogenesis; Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, vol. 108, no. E8, Art. No. 5083, August 7, 2003.

Liu, T.Z. Blind testing of rock varnish microstratigraphy as a chronometric indicator: results on late Quaternary lava flows in the Mojave Desert, California; Geomorphology, vol. 53, nos. 3-4, pp. 209-234, July 15, 2003.

Nedimovic, M.R., R.D. Hyndman, K. Ramachandran, and G.D. Spence. Reflection signature of seismic and aseismic slip on the northern Cascadia subduction interface; Nature, vol. 424, no. 6947, pp. 416-420, July 24, 2003.

Persaud, P., J.M. Stock, M.S. Steckler, A. Martin-Barajas, J.B. Diebold, A. Gonzalez-Fernandez, and G.S. Mountain. Active deformation and shallow structure of the Wagner, Consag, and Delfin Basins, northern Gulf of California, Mexico; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 108, no. B7, Art. No. 2355, July 31, 2003.

Rousseau, D.D, D. Duzer, G.V. Cambon, D. Jolly, U. Poulsen, J. Ferrier, P. Schevin, and R. Gros Long distance transport of pollen to Greenland; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 14, Art. No. 1765, July 26, 2003.

Ryan, W.B.F., C.O. Major, G. Lericolais, and S.L. Goldstein. Catastrophic flooding of the Black Sea; Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 31, pp. 525-554, 2003.

Spiegelman, M. and P.B. Kelemen. Extreme chemical variability as a consequence of channelized melt transport; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4: Art. No. 1055, July 9, 2003.

West, M., W. Menke, and M. Tolstoy. Focused magma supply at the intersection of the Cobb hotspot and the Juan de Fuca ridge; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 14. Art. No. 1724, July 16, 2003.

<> CURRENT B&G PROJECTS

• Roofing Projects:
  Only minor punch list items remain on the Oceanography, Geochemistry, and Core Lab roofs.
  
  
• Greenhouse Project:
  Basic shell complete. Main components installed but electric, gas, water service connections and computer controlled systems remain.
  
  
• Administrator 2nd floor renovation:
  Modular furniture for Accounting installed. Accounting personnel moved back into room 202 and purchasing moved to room 204 from Geoscience. Job complete.
  
  
• Oceanography Emergency Generator:
  The application to NYSERDA for two mini-turbine generators was rejected. The original plan has been reinstated and the engineering is substantially complete on the design and specifications for an emergency generator.
  
  
• Room 13 Marine Biology:
  Preparing space for new Mass Spec. Remainder of room to be renovated after Mass Spec. is installed.
  
  
• Miscellaneous:
  – Renovated rooms 217 Seismology, 205D Oceanography, and 19 Geochemistry.
  – Paleomagnetics exterior painting complete.
  – Childcare Center exterior painting. Job complete.
  – Replaced boiler in Guest House #6.
  – New refrigeration system for walk-in box room 3 Marine Biology.

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Monday was spent at an Earth Institute retreat downtown where discussions focused on turning the newly completed EI Strategic Plan into reality by determining a set of implementation steps. I am sure you will be hearing much more about this in the coming weeks.

At 3:00 pm on Tuesday afternoon NSF signed a contract worth more than $620M over ten years with Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc. who will manage an alliance between Texas A&M University and Lamont-Doherty to carry out non-riser drilling and logging operations for the new integrated Ocean Drilling Program. For us this means that Dave Goldberg's Borehole research lab will have solid support for the next ten years, providing a stability to his operations that will be greatly welcomed after the past year or two of uncertainty. We won this contract because of the record of accomplishment that Dave and his staff established over the past decade. All the members of the Borehole Research Group deserve our hearty congratulations.

For more than two years, we have been in discussion with NOAA about the establishment of a NOAA Joint Institute, partnering the Observatory and Columbia with the NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) at Princeton. This week we heard that it was at last approved and the designated Director, Yochanan Kushnir will be working to get this new entity established and functioning over the next few months.

I met the new Provost Alan Brinkley for the first time on Tuesday, during a meeting discussing our plans for the future of our research vessel - this was a very constructive and successful meeting.

I am in San Francisco all next week running a workshop, with Dave Karl, to help NSF with their planning for the Ocean Observatory initiative.

And tomorrow try looking at our brand new web page, in between your tours of the exhibits at Open House -

Wishing for sunshine,
Have a great weekend,

– Mike
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