Lamont Weekly Report – May 13, 2005

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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– Recent Grant Awards –
– Recent Publications –
– Recent New Hires –
– Letter from the Director –
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<> RECENT GRANT AWARDS
For the period 3/1/2005 - 3/31/2005

Susanto, R., SATELLITE SYNTHETIC APERATURE RADAR DETECTION OF OCEAN INTERNAL WAVES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, ONR.
Zappa, C., ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE INFRARED IMAGERY FROM CBLAST-LOW, ONR.

Seager, R., Cane, M., MODELING A MILLENNIUM OF DROUGHT AND FLOODS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, Comer Science & Educational Foundation.

Goldberg, D., Matter Jr., NEUTRALIZING CARBONIC ACID IN DEEP CARBONATE SITRATA BELOW THE NORTH ATLANTIC, Harvard University.

Arko R., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MARINE METADATA INTEROPERABILITY, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Goldberg, D., WELL LOGGING POST-PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS FOR THE CHEVRON-TEXACO JP GAS HYDRATE RESEARCH PROJECT (DOE). Chevron.

Takahashi, T., COLLBORATIVE RESEARCH: PROCESSES DRIVING SPATIAL AND TEMPERAL VARIABLITY OF SURFACE PC02 IN THE DRAKE PASSAGE, NSF.

Schaefer, J., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A PROPOSAL FOR THE COSMIC-RAY PRODUCED NUCLIDE SYSTEMATICS ON EARTH (CRONUS-EARTH) PROJECT, NSF.

Goldstein, S., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF GAKKEL RIDGE BASSALTS. NSF.

Schaeffer, J., Anders, M, Commins, D., - QUANTIFICATION OF EXTENSIONAL FAULT PROCESSES AND LANDSCAPE RESPONSE USING SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING, NSF

Schlosser, P., Ho, D. - HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL TRACER RELEASE EXPERIMENT, NOAA.

McGillis, W., SOLAS OASIS PLATFORM, NOAA.

Kelemen, P., RHEMUM-OSMUMISOTOPE AND PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT SYSTEMATICS OF LOWER OCEANIC CRUST, Woods Hole.

Kelemen, P., ACCOMPLISHMENT BASED RENEWAL: COMPARING THE THERMAL HISTORIES OF FAST-AND-SLOW SPREADING OCEANIC CRUST, NSF.

Kelemen, P., COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VOLATILES IN ALEUTIAN-ALASKA ARC MAGMAS, NSF.

Desherbinin, A., POPULATION, THE URBAN POOR AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, United Nations Population Fund.

<> 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).

Bohnenstiehl, D.R. Earth Science - A different kind of foreshock; Nature, vol. 434, no.7032, pp.445-+, March 24, 2005.

Buck, W.R., L.L. Lavier, and A.N.B. Poliakov. Modes of faulting at mid-ocean ridges; Nature, vol. 434, no. 7034, pp. 719-723, April 7, 2005.

Chillrud, S.N., D. Grass, J.M. Ross, D, Coulibaly, V, Slavkovich, D. Epstein, S.N. Sax, D. Pederson, D. Johnson, J.D. Spengler, P.L. Kinney, H.J. Simpson, P. Brandt-Rauf. Steel dust in the New York City subway system as a source of manganese, chromium, and iron exposures for transit workers; Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 33-42, March, 2005.

Chillrud, S.N., N.G. Hemming, J.M. Ross, S. Wallace, and N. Lolacono. A rapid and precise procedure for Pb isotopes in whole blood by Fe co-precipitation and MC-ICPMS analysis; Applied Geochemistry, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 807-813. April 2005.

Cochran, J.R., Northern Red Sea: Nucleation of an oceanic spreading center within a continental rift; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, vol. 6, Art. No. Q03006, March 8, 2005.

D'Arrigo, R., E. Mashig, D. Frank, R. Wilson, and G. Jacoby. Temperature variability over the past millennium inferred from Northwestern Alaska tree rings; Climate Dynamics, vol. 24, nos. 2-3, pp. 227-236, February, 2005.

Harnik, N., R.K. Scott, and J. Perlwitz. Wave reflection and focusing prior to the major stratospheric warming of September, 2002: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 640-650, March 2005.

Piotrowski, A.M., S.L. Goldstein, S.R. hemming, and R.G. Fairbanks; Temporal relationships of carbon cycling and ocean circulation at glacial boundaries; Science, vol. 207, no. 5717, pp. 1933-1938, March 25, 2005.

Qin, R. and W.R. Buck. Effect of lithospheric geometry on rift valley relief; Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid earth; Vol. 110, no. B3, Art. No. B03404, March 19, 2005.

Robertson, R. Baroclinic and barotropic tides in the Ross Sea, Antarctic Science, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 107-120, March, 2005.

Rutberg, R.L., S.L. Goldstein, S.R. Hemming, and R.F. Anderson. Sr isotope evidence for sources of terrigenous sediment in the southeast Atlantic Ocean: Is there increased available Fe for enhanced glacial productivity?; Paleoceanography, vol. 20, no. 1, Art. No. PA1018, March 30, 2005.

Thompson, W.G. and S.L. Goldstein Open-system coral ages reveal persistent suborbital sea-level cycles: Science, vol. 208, no. 5720., pp. 401-404, April 15, 2005.

Woodhouse, C.A., K.E. Kunkel, D.R. Easterling, and E. R. Cook. The twentieth-century pluvial in the western United States; Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, no. 7, Art. No. L07701, April 2, 2005.

<> RECENT NEW HIRES
For the period 3/1/2005 – 4/30/2005

Lo, Lai Fong
3/21/05
Casual
New Core Lab

Pullen, Randolph
3/7/05
Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics

Weiss, Daniel
3/23/05
Casual
Marine Biology

Kenna, Timothy
04-01-05
Doherty Associate Research Scientist
Geochemistry

Mathieu, Guy
04-22-05
Project Coordinator - Geochemistry

Rinaldi, Christopher
04-04-05
Sr. Electronic Technician
Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics

<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

The highlight of the day was the ceremony to acknowledge the recipient of the Fifth Annual Mentoring award - an activity designed to bring increased awareness to the importance of quality mentoring. The future success of Lamont lies with the graduate students, the post docs and the junior members of staff, - junior members of staff across ALL segments of the observatory including the engineers, the technicians and the administrators. So if we want a great Lamont then we need to redouble our efforts in supporting and helping – in mentoring – our junior colleagues. From among a fabulous set of nominees this year, the award was presented to Marc Spiegelman - congratulations Marc.

Thank you to Chris Zappa and all the members of his committee for the great work in organizing this competition and award event.

I was at a three day panel at NSF last week and have spent one a half days carrying out the performance reviews of all the Doherty staff, not to mention a Faculty meeting, the annual budget meeting with the provost, an ad hoc and the Earth institute's Global Change Round table. So there has not been much free time…

This Sunday our public lecture features one of our Alumni, Jeff Fox, Director of the Ocean Drilling Program at Texas A&M – we expect a capacity crowd, so if you want a seat please come early - 3pm Monell Auditorium.

If you see a crowd of folks wandering the campus next Tuesday, do not panic - they are architects. We are starting the process of architect selection for our planned new Geochemistry building and this is a first step that allows prospective bidders to review the site. We still have some way to go before this project moves from being a plan to a reality - but we remain on a very positive path right now.

The sun is shining, the river actually looks blue - so its time for the weekend - have a great one,

– Mike

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