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Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey (1987)

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey

Committee Advisory to the U.S. Geological Survey

Board on Earth Sciences

Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources

National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, D.C.
1987

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Frank Press is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Robert M.White is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and of advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M.White are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

Support for the Committee Advisory to the U.S. Geological Survey was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (14–08–0001-A0468).

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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COMMITTEE ADVISORY TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

M.GORDON WOLMAN,

The Johns Hopkins University,

Chairman

G.ARTHUR BARBER,

Deep Observation and Sampling of the Earth’s Continental Crust, Inc.

LLOYD S.CLUFF,

Pacific Gas & Electric Company

ALLAN V.COX,

Stanford University

DONALD J.DEPAOLO*,

University of California, Los Angeles

CHARLES L.DRAKE,

Dartmouth College

ARTHUR R.GREEN,

Exxon Production Research Company

PRISCILLA C.GREW*,

California Public Utilities Commission (now at Minnesota Geological Survey)

JOHN P.HUNT,

Hunt Exploration, Inc.

CARL KISSLINGER,

University of Colorado

MORRIS W.LEIGHTON,

Illinois Geological Survey

MALCOLM C.McKENNA*,

American Museum of Natural History

MEREDITH E.OSTROM*,

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

FRANK RICHTER,

University of Chicago

LEON T.SILVER,

California Institute of Technology

BRIAN J.SKINNER,

Yale University

JOHN E.TILTON,

Colorado School of Mines

NRC Staff

WILLIAM E.BENSON

JOSEPH W.BERG, JR.

THOMAS M.USSELMAN

U.S. Geological Survey Liaison Representatives

RAYMOND D.WATTS

BENJAMIN A.MORGAN, III

†  

Deceased

*  

Terms ended in 1986

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES

W.GARY ERNST,

University of California,

Chairman

P.ROBIN BRETT,

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston

RANDOLPH W.BROMERY,

University of Massachusetts

LAWRENCE M.CATHLES,

Chevron Oil Field Research Co.

LARRY W.FINGER,

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory

ROBERT N.GINSBURG,

University of Miami

ALEXANDER F.H.GOETZ,

University of Colorado

KATE H.HADLEY,

Exxon Company, U.S.A.

MICHEL T.HALBOUTY,

Michel T. Halbouty Energy Company

JOSEPH V.SMITH,

University of Chicago

SEAN C.SOLOMON,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

STEVEN STANLEY,

The Johns Hopkins University

DONALD L.TURCOTTE,

Cornell University

Ex-Officio Members

PAUL B.BARTON, JR.,

U.S. Geological Survey

DONALD M.HUNTEN,

University of Arizona

Liaison Members

MIRIAM BALTUCK,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JERRY BROWN,

National Science Foundation

PHILIP COHEN,

U.S. Geological Survey

BRUCE R.DOE,

U.S. Geological Survey

BRUCE B.HANSHAW,

28th International Geological Congress

JAMES F.HAYS,

National Science Foundation

JOHN G.HEACOCK,

Office of Naval Research

DONALD F.HEINRICHS,

National Science Foundation

MARVIN E.KAUFFMAN,

American Geological Institute

WILLIAM M.KAULA,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

BEN KELLY,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

GEORGE A.KOLSTAD,

Department of Energy

IAN D.MacGREGOR,

National Science Foundation

ANDREW MURPHY,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

DALLAS L.PECK,

U.S. Geological Survey

JOHN J.SCHANZ, JR.,

Congressional Research Service

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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SHELBY G.TILFORD,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

RAYMOND G.WATTS,

U.S. Geological Survey

KENNETH N.WEAVER,

Maryland Geological Survey

ARTHUR J.ZEIZEL,

Federal Emergency Management Agency

JOSEPH W.BERG, JR., Staff Director

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Geologic Mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11161.
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COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND RESOURCES

NORMAN HACKERMAN,

Robert A.Welch Foundation,

Chairman

GEORGE F.CARRIER,

Harvard University

DEAN E.EASTMAN,

IBM, T.J.Watson Research Center

MAYRE ANNE FOX,

University of Texas

GERHART FRIEDLANDER,

Brookhaven National Laboratory

LAWRENCE W.FUNKHOUSER,

Chevron Corporation (retired)

PHILLIP A.GRIFFITHS,

Duke University

J.ROSS MACDONALD,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

CHARLES J.MANKIN,

University of Oklahoma

PERRY L.McCARTY,

Stanford University

JACK E.OLIVER,

Cornell University

JEREMIAH P.OSTRIKER,

Princeton University Observatory

WILLIAM D.PHILLIPS,

Mallinckrodt, Inc.

DENIS J.PRAGER,

MacArthur Foundation

DAVID M.RAUP,

University of Chicago

RICHARD J.REED,

University of Washington

ROBERT E.SIEVERS,

University of Colorado

LARRY L.SMARR,

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

EDWARD C.STONE, JR.,

California Institute of Technology

KARL K.TUREKIAN,

Yale University

GEORGE W.WETHERILL,

Carnegie Institution of Washington

IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER,

IBM, Data Systems Division

RAPHAEL G.KASPER, Executive Director

LAWRENCE E.McCRAY, Associate Executive Director

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Preface

As a part of its continuing function of advising the Director and Chief Geologist, the Committee Advisory to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), at its meeting of January 10–11, 1985, created a Subcommittee on Geologic Mapping. The decision to form the subcommittee grew from the perceptions of the committee, based on program reviews, that there appeared to be no well-defined geologic mapping program direction in the USGS and that the rate and amount of geologic mapping appeared to be declining.

The subcommittee was charged to determine the status and extent of the geologic mapping program and activities in the USGS and to report back to the committee with a summary of findings and recommendations.

Dr. M.E.Ostrom (chairman), Dr. Priscilla Grew, and Professor Leon T.Silver served on the subcommittee. The subcommittee is grateful to Professor Allan Cox who filled in when Dr. Grew was unable to attend Regional meetings in Denver and Menlo Park. The full committee is responsible for the contents of this report.

Three meetings—in Reston, Denver, and Menlo Park—were held with representatives of the USGS offices of Regional Geology; Mineral Resources; Energy and Marine Geology; and Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering. Programs covered in these discussions included the following:

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Office of Regional Geology

Geologic Framework and Synthesis

COGEOMAP

Eastern, Central, and Western Geology Branch Programs

Isotope Geology Program

Office of Mineral Resources

Wilderness

CUSMAP, AMRAP

Strategic and Critical Minerals

BLM Lands

Eastern, Central, Western, and Alaskan Branch Programs

Office of Energy and Marine Geology

Coal Resources

Marine Geology, Pacific and Atlantic

Oil & Gas Resources

Energy and Minerals

Office of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering

Volcanic Hazards and Geothermal

Engineering Seismology and Geology

Engineering Geology and Tectonism

Igneous and Geothermal Processes

The subcommittee sincerely appreciates the cooperation of the USGS, the Director and his staff, and particularly Drs. Eugene Roseboom, Benjamin Morgan, and Fred Miller who helped to coordinate the agenda and the various staff inputs. We quickly recognized that we are allies in our concern for the character and prospects for geologic mapping in the U.S. Geological Survey.

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