International Association ofGeochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Newsletternumber 29: November 1996

Contents

Highlights of 1995/96IAGC Business Activities- First Council Meeting

- Treasurer’s Report for 1995- Home Page on the World Wide Web- 1 996 General Assembly- Memberships- New Council for 1996-2000- Second Council Meeting

ingerson Lecture

Highlights of 1995/96

Applied Geochemistry- Agreement with Elsevier Science- Editor’s Report

IAGC Theme SymposiumActivities of Working GroupsUpcoming IAGC-Sponsored MeetingOther Meetings of InterestAddresses of Executive and CouncilAddresses of Working Group Chairmen

• General Assembly at IGC in Beijing.

• Two Council Meetings (old and new) at IGC.

• Imzerson Lecture for 1996 delivered byDr. A. Masuda. Japan.

• Membership continues to increase.

• Finances in good shape.

• Agreement reached with Elsevier Science; royalty tobe paid to IAGC, student subscriptions are reduced,page increase in Applied Geochemistry.

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IAGC Business Activities

Council Meeting (August 6, 1996)

The final meeting of the 1992—1996 Council was held at

the China World Trade Centre. Room B6, in conjunction

with the 30th Annual Geological Congress. Highlights of

the meeting include:

- the need to coordinate Ingerson Lectures with the

Geochemical Society (as they also received a bequest

for sponsored lectures).

— a summary of income and expenses for 1995 was

presented (see below): it was decided that the Treasurer

will investigate putting some IAGC funds into a long

terisi, high—yield interest savings account,

— the IAGC plans to hold its own symposium at the next

meeting of the Geological Society of Amer lea,

— membership for 1 995 has reached an all—time high of

63 I,— one meeting received sponsorship for 1996: the 4th

International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the

Earth Surface, 22-2 8 July 1996, Ilkley, U.K.,

— reports of activities from four Working Groups were

received (see later in this issue, no reports were

received from tour others, one of which (Natural

Waters. Protection and Pollution) wa deemed to he

defunct and was discontinued by unanimous vote of

Council,

— as a result of the new agreement with Elsevier Science,

subscription rates br IAGC members to Applied

Geochemistry would he $35 for 1996 and .S4t) for 1997.

O Statement of Income and Expen.ce.c

January 1, 1995 to December 30, 1995

Beqicnir:q Fence, ,Tennc.y I .199 153,124.

Income’

tIember OjesNar.innel DuesUl’.herInterest

___________

The meeting concluded with a review of ihe agenda and

procedures for the General Assembly to he held on the

following (lay.

General Assembly (August 7, 1996)

The General Assembly of the IAGC was held at 18:00

on August 7, 1996 in the China World Trade Centre,

Room A$, Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 30th

International Geological Congress. Of the 1 8 delegates

in attendance, three were official designates of National

Member countries (Japan, Australia. UK) and 5 others

were accepted as representatives of paid—up National

Members (Russia. Canada. Germany, Norway and

China).

The president (Dr. 1—litoshi Sakai) called the meeting to

order and after introducing the Executive. called for

approval of the minutes of the previous General

Assembly; held in Kyoto. Japan. on August 26, 1992.

The minutes were approved unanimously and there were

no matters arising.

The President then reported on the activities of the

IAGC over the period 1992-1996, summarized as

follows:

IAGC, partly through its working groups. has

co—sponsored the following international scientific

meetings and has given financial support of up to $2000

to each of these meetings:

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HProf. Fijioshi Sakat (Prcstdcnt) welcomino deJeates to the IAGC

Gencial Assembly, Beijing, (‘hina, Aug. 7. lOl)6. Seated are tL)

Mel c;iscoyne (Secretary) and (R) Gunter Paure (Vice-President).

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— Second International Symposium on Thermodynamics ofNatural Processes, Novosihirsk. Russia, Sept. 9-13,1992.

— International Conference for the Society forEnvironmental Geochemistry and Health, New Orleans,USA. July 25.27, 1993,

— First International Symposium on Applied IsotopeGeochemistry. Geiranger. Norway, August 1993,

— IAGC Working Group Meeting on ExtraterrestrialGeochenustry. Prague. Ciech ..Julv 25-29, 1994,

- V.M. Goldschmidt Con ference. Edinburgh, UK. August29-September 2, 1994.

— 16th General Meeting of the International MineralogicalAssociation. Pisa. Italy, September 3-8. 1994 (bothMeeting and a Symposium sponsored.

— Fourth International Symposium on GeochemicalProspecting. irkutsk. Russia. September 8-12. 1994.

— Third International Symposium on EnvironmentalGeochemistry, Krakow. Poland. Scptemher 12— I 5. 1Q94.

— Fifth Annual Goldschmidt Conference. U niversity Park.USA, May 24-26. 1995.

— 8th International Symposium on Water—Rock Interaction,‘vladivostok. Russia. August I 7-22, 1995,

— 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Novosihirsk,Russia. July 30-Aug. 19. 1995.

In addition. IAGC is a co—sponsor of he 30th IGC.

IAGC accepted the new contract with Elsevier ScienceLtd. for IAGC’s continued sponsorship of AppliedGeochemistry. The contract includes, anlong other things.an annual royalty, to he paid to TACIC, which will he agreat benefit for our future activity (for ILirther details. seeNewsletter 2$ and the letter from the President (enclosedwith this Newsletter)). The contract was prepared by theefforts of Gunter Faure over two years intensivenegotiation with Elsevier.

The 1994 and 1995 Council Meetings were held,respectively, on August 28 at Edinburgh and on May 24,at Penn State, in conjunction with the V.M.GoldschniidtConference. Both Meetings met diluiculty with attaining aquorum. due to a lack of Council Members. Although Ialso was not able to attend both of them due to illness.Gunter Faure, as Acting President, organized committeemeetings and important items discussed were later ondistributed to other members for discussion and approval.To encourage the Council members to attend futureCouncil Meetings. the IAGC has decided to provide themwith a partial financial support, if necessary.

Progress on striking a Vernadsky Medal has beensuspended dLie to the existence of a similar award inRuss i a.

The Ingerson Distinguished Lecturer at the 30th IGC isProf. Akitnasa Masuda. University of ElectricCommunication. Chofu. Japan, His talk is entitled“Progress expected in REF. geochemistry”.

The Secretary (Dr. Mel Gascoync) stated in his reportthat the IAGC has seen a steady rise in membershipover this tour—year period, from about 54t) in 1992 to63] in 1995, an average annual growth of 5%. This isan improvement oii the previous four—year period whena decline of 20F was observed. A summary ciimembers and countries of origin is given below.Recently, Dr. David T.ong. IAGC Treasurer, hasdeveloped a ‘home page’ on the Internet and is currentlydesigning it such that new mnenmhers may •join throughthe Internet (since no fees are payable initially) and cantransmit their application form electronically, directly tothe Secretary.

INDIVII)IJA1. MEMBERS

(Status at I995-t2-31)

Argentina I Korea 15Australia 15 Mexico 2Austria 4 Minor Yugoslavia 4Belgium 3 Mozainbique 1Ri azil The Netherlands $Canada 52 New Zeatand 7China 5 Norway IdColombia 2 Poland 2Czech Republic 2 Portugal 2Denmark 4 RornaniaEgypt 2 Saudi ArabiaFinland 3 SloveniaFrance 5 South Africa 6Gambia I Spain 6Germany 25 Sweden IGreece 3 Switzerland It)Hong Kong I Taiwan 2Hungary 2 Turkey 2Iceland 3 United Kingdom 44India 4 USA 299Israel S Venezuelalialy 9 Vietnam 7Japan 22

TOTAL 631

In contrast to the growth in ordinary memberships. (henumber of National Members (i.e. nationalorganizations that are the official representalives ofgeochernists in those countries) has declined somewhatfrom a high of 17 in 1992 to only S in 1995. However,

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INCOME

National Members

individual Members

interestTUGS

UNESCOOther

Total

EXPENSES

Support Symposia, newsletter, etc.

General office

JournalBank

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

5,i67 2.584 4,283 2.360 3,180

5,214 5,760 7,i87 4.280 7.540

2.070 1.684 1,615 673

2,000

4.688 1.586

15.069 12.414 i4.740 8,255 11.393

7,385 9,004 7,995 i3,425

567 523 856 61)2

6,000 6775 lOT 118

7,952 15.602 9,009 i4.i45 5,905

7.117 (3.188) 5.731 (5.090) 5.481

56.369 53,182 58.914 53.024 58.512

NON-VOTING NATIONAL MEMBERS

MexicoCroatia

AFFILIATED SOCIETIES

The Geochemical Society

Difficulty has been experienced over the last four years inholding quol’ate Council Meetings. In fact, (or both theMeetings in 1994 and 1995, a quorum of CouncilMembers (5) could not he obtained and so only ordinarymeetings were held and Council Members polled by mail.Despite this limitation, a good deal ol business has beenconducted by the IAGC in areas such as increasingmembership. stipporting meetings and negotiating a flew’contract with Elsevier Science for the IAGC journal.

Applied Geochemistry.

Four Newsletters were published (numbers 25 to 28) overthe period and distributed to members towards the end ofeach year by regular mail. These have described the main

activities of the IAGC, its financial status, activities ofWorking Groups and sponsored meetings of interest.

Finally, probably the most significant event of the last (‘ouryears has been the negotiation and signing of a newcontract with Elsevier Science for publication of theIAUC’s journal, Applied Geochemistry. Details of thisagreement are given on page 5. Dr. Gunter Faure,Chairman of the Publications Committee, performedoutstanding work in negotiating a contract that is

beneficial to the IAGC.

The Treasurer (Dr. David Long) then reported on the

main changes in l’inancial status of the IAGC at anend-of-year basis, as follows:

I)r. Long also described he IACC Home Page he hascreated on the World Wide Web (address ishttp://www.cnt.msu.edu/.iong/IAGC) which givesinlormation about the IAGC and allows new membersto join through the Internet by transmitting theirapplication form electronically to the Secretary.

Reports of the President. Secretary and Treasurer wereaccepted without further comment by the GeneralAssembly.

The Chairman of the Nominating Committee(Dr. 1-leinrich Wiinke) described the process of work of

the Nominating Committee, made up of H. Winke,

U. Aswathanarayana, R.S. Harmon. SR. Taylor and

R. Volkov. Nominations l’or the Executive and Council

for the period 1996—2000 given below were fullyapproved by vote oI’ Council. The Secretary noted that

he had received no comments from National MembersOfl the proposed slate of officers. Accordingly, it was

proposed by Japan, seconded by Russia, that the report

of the Nominating Committee be accepted and the

Council duly elected for the period 1996—20(0. carried

u nan i til o us ly.

‘i’HE 1996-2000 COUNCIL

[‘resicletit - G. EattrePast-Ptesidettl - Ft. Sakai‘vice-I’residcni — EM. GalimovTreasui’er - I).T. LongSecretary - M. GascoyncCouncit Metohers — J.J. Gurney ) S. Africa)

R.S. Harittitet (t(.S,A.)J. [bets (Gennanv)P. Jakes )C/ech Rep.)NI. Javoy (Frattce)(3. Kurat (Austria)NI. McCulhtc)t ( Aitstralia)NV. Sohctlev (Russia)Ky. Subharao (India)Y. Zeng (CItina)

full payment of 1996 dtmes has been received from 13National Members so far this year. A summary ofNational Members that are paid up for 1996 is givenbelt) w.

NATIONAL MEMBERS

RussiaJapanUKCzech RepublicFinlandGermanyHungary

SwitzerlandCanadaNorwayAustraliaItalyChina

5,415490

Total

Excess income over Expenses

Cash Balance

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In Other Business. Dr. Long gave more detail on the1AGC Home Page (see Treasurers Report above).Dr. Faure. the new President. noted that the Executivehave lots of ideas and enthusiasm for the upcoming termof oflice and planned to act to support geochemistryaround the world by supporting student travel andmeetings and by working more closely with its WorkingGroups. He asked that each of Council try to recruit moremembers. In closing, Dr. Winke thanked H. Sakai for thework he had done during his term as President. despite theillness he had suffered during this period.

Chemistry, University of Electro-Communications,Chofu, Japan. Dr. Masuda, who is well-known for hiswork on rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry. gave alecture entitled Progress Expected in REEGeochemistry” at the 30th International GeologicalCongress, Beijing, China on August 9, 1996.

Applied GeochemistryAgreement with Elsevier Science

The General Assembly was adjourned at 19:30.

Council Meeting (August 8, 1996)

The first meeting of the new Council took place in theChina World Trade Center, Room B5. in conjunction withthe 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing. China.Highlights of the meeting include:

- welcome by the President, Dr. Gunter Faure, indicatingan optimistic and busy future for the IAGC,

- discussion of the status of Working Groups that seemedto be inactive (Geochemistry of Heath and Disease,Extraterrestrial Geochemistry),

- unanimous decisions to create the category of HonoraryMembership of the IAGC for significant contributions tothe IAGC and awarding Honorary Membership toBrian Hitchon, Ernie Angino and Marc Grunenfelcler,

- Dr. Ron Fuge. Executive Editor of AppliedGeochemistry, has become an ex-oflicio member ofCouncil.

- limited funding would he made available to enableCouncil members to attend Council Meetings,

- meetings outside of IAGC Working Groups are floW

eligible for financial support by the IAGC,- guidelines for sponsorship of meetings have been

prepared and will be send out once approved hyCouncil.

Next Council Meetin2:

The next Council meeting will take place on Sunday,October 19, 1997, in conjunction with the GSA Meeting inSalt Lake City. Utah. Contact the Secretary,Mel Gascoyne for details.

The Ingerson LectureThis year. the lngcrson Distinguished Lecturer Award WS

presented to Dr. Akimasa Masudaof the Department of

At its Meeting in Edinburgh on August 28, 1994, theCouncil decided not to exercise the option for IAGC tobecome a 50% co-owner of AG with Elsevier Science.In addition, the Council appointed Dr. Gunter Faure tohe the Interim Chair of the Publications Committee withthe mandate to negotiate a contract with ElsevierScience Ltd. for the continued publication of AG withsponsorship by the IAGC.

Discussions with Mr. Peter Henn of Elsevier began onthe following day and ultimately led to a contract signedon March Ii, 1996, by Dr. Hitoshi Sakai, President ofTAGC and on April 22, 1996, by Dr. Christopher Lloyd,Publishing Director of Elsevier Science Ltd.

The contract which is now in force includes thefollowing provisions:

I. Subscription rates for members will he negotiated forthree-year periods based on the actual costs ofproducing and mailing copies to members. Theannual rate for 1996 is $35.00 and $40.00 for 1997.The rate for 1 998 will he negotiated separately in1997.

2. Elsevier will pay an annual royalty of $10,000 to theTreasurer of IAGC, or 8.0% of the net income frominstitutional subscriptions.

3. Students will receive a 25% discount of the annualsubscription rate for members.

4. Corresponding authors will receive 50 free olfprintsat the time of publication.

5. There will he no page charges to contributors.6. The Officers and Council of TAGC will appoint the

Executive Editor of AG after first presenting thequalifications of the candidate to Elsevier for itsagreement.

7. The Executive Editor serves for an initial term offive years and is solely responsible for the paperspublished in the journal.

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8. The page budget will he set annually by Elsevier inconsultation with the Executive Editor withoutimposing limits.

9. Elsevier will provide adequate financial support to theExecutive Editor as required for rapid handling ofmanuscripts. In addition, Elsevier will provide anhonorarium commensurate with the commitment oftime required to assemble issues of the journal in atimely manner.

Members of the ]AGC may obtain a copy of the full textof the contract from the Secretary.

October 21, 1997, entitled Trace Methods in theEnvironment: Sources, Transport and Fate - A Tribute toErnest E. Angino”. (Dr. Angino was awardedHonourary Membership of the IAGC at the SecondCouncil Meeting in Beijing in August, l99., for hisservices as Treasurer to the IAGC fro 1980 to 1994).For more details, please contact either Dave Long orGunter Faure (see addresses on P 8.)

Activities of WorkingGroups

Students Please Note

Make sure you receive the 25% discount on AppliedGeochemistry subscriptions when invoiced by Elsevier.

Editor’s Report

Applied Geochemistry is thriving and as subscribers willsee is increasing in size with a projected 850 pages in thecurrent volume. The topics covered represent the breadthof the field. Applied Geochemistry has improved itsimpact factor rating from 0.917 in 1994 to 1.288 in 1995,crossing the magic 1 .0 threshold for the first time.

Issues I and 2 in 1995 represented a double issue whichcarried the papers presented at the 3” InternationalConference on Environmental Geochemistry held inKrakow. Poland in September. 1994. Future volumes andthematic issues are planned, including one on lateriticweathering.

During 1995 a total of I 08 manuscripts were received, ofthese 60 have been accepted and for a further six. a finalversion is still awaited. Eight-five manuscripts weresubmitted for possible inclusion in the double issueconference volume and 57 were published. To date, in1996, over 90 manuscripts have been received.

However, some problems have been experienced with thepublication schedule. Change ol editorial staff at thepublishers and some changes in practice have resulted indelays in publication. It seems likely that these problemshave now been rectified and it is hoped that issues 5 and 6will he published before the end 0! the year.

IAGC Theme SymposiumThe IAGC plans to convene its own Symposium at theAnnual Meeting of the Geological Society of America on

1. Global Geochemical Manpin(A.G. Darnicy)

The major product so far of the working group onGlobal Geochemical Baselines has been the report. ‘AGlobal Geochemical Database for Environmental andResource Management: Recommendations forInternational Geochemical Mapping” (UNESCO EarthScience Report 19, Paris). It was out-of-print within 3months of release in 1995. A further 2000 copies (withiTiinor revisions) have been printed in 1996. The reportis attracting attention, attested by the fact that the UNCommittee on Natural Resources has referred itsmessage to the UN Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC). At its July 1996 session in New York,ECOSOC accepted-in-principle the report’srecommendations concerning the need for theestablishment of a global geochemical database as amatter of some urgency. Within the next few monthsthe means of organizing and financing implementationwill he discussed at a meeting of interested UNagencies. These are expected to include FAQ, WHO,UNEP, IAEA and UNESCO. Potential scientificparticipants should keep in touch.

2. Water-Rock Interaction(W.M. Edinunds)

Plans for the Ninth Symposium on Water-RockInteraction (WR]-9) in Taupo, New Zealand, 1998March 30 - April 3, are well advanced. A First Circularhas been issued by the Secretary General,Brian Robinson. Full details can he found under ‘IAGCSponsored Meetings in 1997’ on page 8 of thisNewsletter.

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International Association ofGeochemistry and Cosmochemistry

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

As I begin my tenure as President of the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry I would liketo communicate to you some thoughts I have about the challenges that lie ahead. It seems to me that our Associationhas the opportunity to contribute significantly to the support of geochemistry and cosmochemistry on a global scale.We are prepared to do so by means of our Working Groups, our journal APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, and byoffering individual memberships in the Association to all terrestrial and extraterrestrial geochemists of the world.

The Working Groups are the backbone of the IAGC because they organize meetings on topics of wide interest thatattract large numbers of geochemists. The participants at these meetings benefit from the formal presentations andfrom discussions with their colleagues at informal gatherings. The progress of science requires communication. Themeetings and symposia organized by the Working Groups are our way to stimulate progress in geochemistry andcosmochemistry.

The Association also facilitates scientific communication by means of APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY (AG) which wenow sponsor and for which we have editorial responsibility. I expect that AG will become the premier journal inenvironmental geochemistry and that it will attract a growing number of high-quality papers in this large andimportant subject. The Association will receive a substantial annual royalty from Elsevier Science Ltd. based onincome from institutional subscriptions. These funds will enable us to support meetings of our Working Groups evenbetter than in the past. Therefore, the Association and its Working Groups will benefit as the number of institutionalsubscribers grows. If your institution does not yet have a subscription to APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, pleaseurge your librarians to subscribe now.

Last but not least, the Association offers individual memberships to professional geochemists in all relevant areas ofspecialization, be they terrestrial or extraterrestrial. Membership in the Association qualifies individuals to receiveour journal at a reduced rate and facilitates their affiliation with one or several of our Working Groups. In addition,the role the Association can play on the world stage depends on its membership. At the present time, thegeochemists of the world are fragmented into many small societies based on nationalities or subject areas. TheInternational Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry recognizes no national borders and includes allaspects of our science. Therefore, it seeks to unite the geochernists of the world in order to represent their interestsbefore international bodies, such as the International Union of Geological Sciences.

There are other challenges and opportunities that confront us and I solicit your advice on these. For example, wewould like to support research by graduate students at universities and encourage them to attend the meetings of ourWorking Groups. We have also considered sponsoring scientists who agree to lecture at universities in developingcountries. Another proposal we have discussed is that the Association, in concert with Elsevier, may subsidizeinstitutional subscriptions to AG at a limited number of universities in developing countries. The implementation ofsuch proposals is limited by our ability to pay for them, which brings me back to the start of my letter.

In order to be effective in supporting geochemistry around the world, the Association needs money. We can increaseour income by recruiting new members and by increasing the number of institutional subscriptions. My goal asPresident will be to double our membership, to strengthen our journal, and to support our Working Groups to allowthem to function effectively,

Please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail, fax, or regular mail to discuss the opportunities that confront us. Iwill do my best to respond promptly and hope to hear from you soon.

November, 1996

€e’t awie

At the invitation of Tomas Paces (WRI- I, Prague I 974) abusiness meeting of WRI was held in Prague in early July1996 which was attended hy most of the committeemembers comprised of former WRI Secretaries General.This meeting reviewed the achievements of WRI over thepast 24 years since Don White and others launched theidea of this working group. It was agreed that the WRIformula was still valid within the context of geochemistryas a whole not least because it offers the focus for allaspects of water-rock interaction/hydrogeochernistry to headdressed within a single forum covering the wide rangeof relevant fundamental and applied science. The venueot WRI meetings is also important and WRL-9 in Taupo,New Zealand will he no exception. A decision was madeto invite Italy (Cagliari) to host the first meeting of thenew millennium (2001).

3. Thermodynamics of Natural Processes(C. Kolonin)

A large group of TNP Working Group members took partin the 61h Goldschmidt Conference (in Heidelberg,Germany, April 1996), many of whom took part in the lastTNP-2 symposium in Novosihirsk. It was a usefulopportunity to get together with international colleagues todiscuss luture plans.

During the Goldschmidt Conference. contact was madewith Prof. Schott, the organizer of the 8h GoldschmidtConference in CIrenohle. France, 199X and it wassuggested to arrange a Symposium of Topical Session“Thermodynamics of Sulfides” (together with the TaskGroup of Geothermodynamic Data of CODATA). A draftof the program will be sent to Prof. Schott after contactswith other experts in this area.

IAGC MEMBERS

Is your country registered as a NationalMember of the IAGC? Currently only thefollowing are fully paid-up, voting NationalMembers: Australia, Canada, China,Czech Republic, Finland, Germany,Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia,Switzerland, United Kingdom. However,our ordinary members are derived from asmany as 45 different countries!

A National Member is an organization such as acommittee, society or academy of a country that isdesignated by the IAGC as the official representativeof geochemists in that country. Annual dues to bepaid by that organization depend on the number ofgeochemists represented but start out at $60 per year.

Fully paid-up National Members have the finalauthority and decision-making power of the IAGC andvote on all business activities at the General Assemblyheld every four years.

If you would like your country to haveinternational representation in geochemistry bybecoming a National Member of the IAGC, contactthe Secretary, Dr. Mel Gascoyne (e-mail:gascoyne@aecl.ca or see address on P. 9) forfurther details.

DLlring NATO ASI in .Tulv 1996 initiative letters toDr. Nordstrom (USGS. Boulder), Dr. Wesolowskv(Oak Ridge NL) and Dr. Hemley (USGS, Rcston) weresent out with suggestions to organize the TNP-3Symposium in the USA as a satellite of the 5h

International Symposium on Hydrothermal Reactions(Tennessee, June 1997) or the 7h Goldschmidt Conference(Tucson, JLLIy 997).

Upcoming IAGCSponsored Meetings0 IAGC Symposium: Trace Metals in theEnvironment; Sources Transport and Fate — A Tributeto Ernest E. Angino

At the GSA Meeting. Salt Lake City. Utah, U.S.A.1997 October 21Contact: D.T. LongDepartment of GeologyMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing. MI 48824-1 115Fax: 1-517-353-8787e-mail: l4790dtl@msu.edu

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5th mt. Symp. on Hydrothermal Reactions1997 July 20-24Gatlinburg. Tennessee, U.S.A.Contact: D.A. Palmer, President ISHR 97Oak Ridge National LaboratoryP.O. Box 2008Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6110Fax: .1-423-574-4961e-mail: dclp@ornl.gov

2” hit. Symnp. on Applied Isotope Geochemistry1997 - to he announcedContact: A. Raheim. IFE.P.O. Box 40, N-2007 Kjellcr. NorwayFax: 47-63-81-55-53

O 4nI Symnp. on Environmental (;eoch em istrv997 October 5-10

Vail, Colorado, USAContact: R.C. Severson or L.P. GoughUS Geological Survey, DFC,Box 25046, MS 973Denver, Colorado 80225. USAFax: 1-303-236-3200c-mail: iscg@hclios.er.usgs.gov

7JjJ_9 9,h Jut. Svmnp. on Water-Rock Interaction199$, March 30 - April 3laupo, New ZealandContact: Dr. Brian RobinsonWairakei Research CentrePB. 2000, Taupo, New ZealandFax: 64-7-374-8199c-mail: wri—9@gns.cri.nz

Other Meetings of Interest

O Geofluids II, 2nd In!. Conf on Fluid Ei’olution,

Migration and Interaction in Sedimentary Basins andOrogeizic Belts1997 March 10-14Belfast, Northern IrelandContact: Gcolluids IIDept. of GeologyThe Queens UniversityBelfast BT7 1NNNorthern Ireland, UK

0 34th Ann. Mtg. Clay Minerals Society1997 June 15-21Ottawa. CanadaContact: Dr. H. KodamaAgriculture Canada CEFOttawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6Fax: 613-995-1823e-mail: koclaina@nccot.agr.ca

O 7th Ann. V.M. Goldschmnidt Couf1997 June 2-6Tucson, Arizona. U.S.A.Contact: Dr. Mi. DrakeDepartment of Planetary SciencesUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ 85721Fax: 520-621-4933e-mail: goldconf@ lpl.arizona.edu

Addresses of Executiveand Council (1 996-2000)Gunter Faure (President)Department of Geology and MineralogyThe Ohio State University125 South Oval MallColumbus. Ohio. 43210-1398. USAFAX: 1-614-292-7688e—mail: hheath@ magnus.acs.ohio-staie.edu

Eric M. Galimov (Vice-President)Directors, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry andAnalytical ChemistryRussian Academy of SciencesKosygin Street 19Moscow 117975, GSP-1RussiaFAX: 7-095-9382054e—mail: galimov@ geokhi.msk.su

David T. Lone (Treasurer)Department of Geological SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI 48824-IllsUSAFAX: 1-517-353-8787e-mail: l4790dtl@msu.edu

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Mel Gascoyne (Secretary)Applied Geoscience BranchAECLWhiteshell LaboratoriesPinawa. ManitobaROE ILOCanadaFAX; 1-204-753-2703e-mail; gascoynem@aecl.ca

Hitoshi Sakai (Past-President)1-4-7-1 508. Seishin-ChoEdogawa-KuTokyo 134JapanFAX; 81-3-5676-8183e-mail; fb8h-ski@asahi-net.or.jp

Council

John J. GurneyUniversity of Cape TownPrivate BagRondebo sch7700 Cape TownSouth Africa

Russell S. HarmonU.S. Army Research OfficeP.O. Box 11221Research Triangle ParkNorth Carolina 27709U.S .A.FAX; 1-919-549-4310e-mail; harmon (e aro.ncren.net

Jochen HoefsGeochemisches Institut ncr UniversitactGoettingenGoldschmidtstrasse 1D-37077 GoettingenFAX; 49-551-39-3982e-mail: jhoefs@poppcr.gwdg.de

Petr JakesDepartment of Economic GeologyCharles UniversityAlbertov 6128 43 Prague 2, CzechoslovakiaFAX; 42-2-296084e-mail; jakes@prfclec.natur.cuni.cz

Gero KuratMineralogisch-Petrographische AbteilungNaturhistorisches MuseumBurgring 7A - 1014 WienAustriaFAX; 43-1-52177264e-mail: gero.kurat@univie.ac.at

Marc JavoyInstitut de Physique du GlobeUniversite Paris 7Laboratoire de Eochimie des [sotopesStablesTour 54-64. 1 ER Etage2, Place JussieuF-7525 I Paris Cedex 05FranceFAX: 33-1-44272830e-mail; mja@ccr.jussieu.fr

Malcolm McCullochThe Australian National UniversityReseach School of Earth SciencesGPO Box 4Canberra, ACT 2601. AustraliaFAX; 61-62-490738e-mail; malcolm .mcculloch @ anu.edu.au

NV. SobolevUnited Institute of Geology,Geophysics and MineralogyRussian Academy of SciencesSiberian Branch630090 NovosihirskRussiaFAX; 7-3832-352692e-mail; soholev @ uiggm.nsc.ru

Ky. SubharaoDepartment of Earth Sciencesindian Institute of TechnologyPowai, Mumbai 40(1 076IndiaFAX; 91-22-578-348(1e-mail; suhbu@vircon.geos.iith.ernet.in

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Yishan ZengDepartment of GeologyPeking UniversityBeijing 100871The People’s Republic of ChinaFAX: 86-010-62564095e-mail: gwang@georns.geo.pku.edu.cn

Ron Fuge (Ex-Officio)Geology Dept., UCWLlandinam BuildingAherystwythDyfed SY 23 3DBU.K.FAX: 44-1970-622659e-mail: rrf@aher.ac.uk

Thermodynamics of Natural Processes

G. Kolonininstitute of Geology. Geophysics and Mineralogy630090 Novosihirsk. RussiaFAX: 7-3832-35l35]/352692

Applied isotope Geochemistry

Arne RaheimInstitute for Energy TechnologyBOX 40N-2007 Kjeller. NorwayFAX: 47-63-815553

Geochemistry of Health and Disease

Addresses of WorkingGroup Chairmen

Global Geochemical Mappin

lain ThorntonDirector, Environmental Geochemistry ResearchRoyal School of MinesPrince Consort RoadL.ondon SW7 2BP, United KingdomFAX: 44-171-594-6464

Arthur G. DarnleyGeological Survey of Canada60 I Booth StreetOttawa, Ontario

KIA OEX, CanadaFAX: 1-613-996-3726

Water-Rock Interaction

Geochemical Training in Developing Countries(Co-Chairmen)

Paul LecointeDirection Environment. ATEABP 611945061 Orleans cedex 2, FranceFAX: 33-38-643013

W.M. EdmundsHydrogeological DepartmentInstitute of Geological SciencesCrow in arsh Gi ITo rdWall ingi ord, Ox FordshireOXI 0 8BB. United KingdomFAX: 44-491-825338

U. AswathanarayanaUniversidade Ecluardo MondalneCP25 7Maputo, MoiambiqueFAX: 25$-l-421577/42952i

Geochemistry of the Earth Surface

Robert Berner[)cpartment of Geology and GeophysicsYale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut 065 IIUS AFAX: 1-203-432-3134

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