May 2003
VGP Section Newsletter #12
Dear Colleagues,
Here is the May issue of the AGU Volcanology, Geochemistry and
Petrology Section newsletter. All issues are archived at
http://vgp.AGU.org, where you can also find plenty of other VGP-related
information. Please submit comments or suggestions for future issues to fagents@hawaii.edu.
In this issue:
(1) Call for Fall Meeting Special Session Proposals
(2) Report from Joint AGU-EGS-EUG Spring Meeting, Nice, 2003
(3) AGU Spring Meeting 2004
(4) Call for Macelwane Medal Nominations
(5) Call for Bowen Award Nominations
(6) Call for Nominations for AGU Fellows from the VGP Section
(1) FALL MEETING SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
Planning for the 2003 Fall meeting begins in the spring. We need YOUR
help in organizing interesting and timely special sessions for the VGP
section. As Chair of the Fall Meeting committee I want to urge you to
consider contributing a proposal for a special session, either at the
Section, Inter-Section or Union level. You may submit your suggestions
to the AGU via your section representative (i.e., me). The deadline for
proposals is May 20.
Marc Hirschmann
VGP Secretary and Fall Meeting Chair
Marc.M.Hirschmann-1@umn.edu
(2) REPORT FROM JOINT AGU-EGS-EUG SPRING MEETING, NICE, 2003
As most of you are aware, AGU, for the first time, met jointly with its
equivalent European societies for this year's spring meeting in Nice,
France. This meeting was historic not only for AGU's participation but
also because it was the first joint meeting of the EUG (European Union
of Geoscientists, equivalent to GSA in the US) and EGS (the European
Geophysical Society, an AGU counterpart). In fact, these two societies
have now merged to form EGU, the European Geophysical Union. The EGU
has a similar structure to AGU; Don Dingwell (former VGP secretary) is
president of their VGP section. As far as I am aware, EGU will meet
annually in April in Nice - I urge VGP members to keep this meeting in
mind as a chance to both interact with European colleagues and enjoy
the French Riviera!
This year's meeting was predictably large, with a meeting attendance of
> 10,000. This number was a bit overwhelming, particularly given the
somewhat cramped meeting space and the security required for entrance
to the building (an amusing note: by the end of the first day of the
meeting I noticed that the security guards had collected an entire box
of Swiss army knives, all carefully labeled and held at the exit to be
returned to their rightful owners!). However, as a result of the large
attendance the meeting program was packed with exciting oral and poster
sessions. VGP also hosted our traditional Daly lecture, this year given
by Claude Jaupart Physical Controls on Volcanic
Eruptions: Challenges for the Future . Claude gave an informative and
stimulating lecture on two important aspects of physical volcanology:
(1) fragmentation and degassing efficiency as related to the stability
of convective columns and (2) the effect of edifice growth and
destruction on the evolution of upper crustal magma storage regions.
Kathy Cashman
VGP Section President
(3) AGU SPRING MEETING 2004
This will be a joint assembly of AGU and the Canadian Geophysical Union
(CGU) in Montreal, Canada during the second half of May [17-21 May 2004
(Monday-Friday)]. Since the driving force for planning the program will
be on the Canadian side, it's not to early to send me a heads-up about
possible sessions and convenors [you may go direct once information
about 2004 is posted on the CGU home page (http://www.cgu-ugc.ca/)].
Mike Brown
VGP Spring Meeting Chair
(4) CALL FOR MACELWANE MEDAL NOMINATIONS
Your help is requested to recognize outstanding VGP scientists. This
medal recognizes significant contributions to the geophysical sciences
by an outstanding young scientist (less than 36 years of age in the
year the award is given). Macelwane, the thirteenth president of AGU
(1953-1956), was renowned not just for his contributions to geophysics
but also for his deep interest in teaching and encouraging young
scientists.
As many as three medals may (but need not) be given annually and up to
five medals may be given annually under exceptional circumstances on
the unanimous vote of the selection committee.
Two VGP nominees, John Eiler and Michael Manga, received the Macelwane Award in 2002.
You must know of outstanding young VGP scientists deserving of this career-enhancing award.
Please send your recommendation with a brief summary of why you think
this person is deserving of the award to the committee at the address
below. Although final nominations are not due until Oct 15, it takes
time to prepare a successful application (which includes letters of
support).
Thanks for your help in this important effort.
Michael Garcia (mogarcia@hawaii.edu)
for the VGP Macelwane Award Committee
(5) CALL FOR BOWEN AWARD NOMINATIONS
We wish to solicit nominations for the Norman L. Bowen Award, which are
due on October 1, 2003. The award is given annually for outstanding
contributions to volcanology, geochemistry or petrology. The
contribution may be: (1) a single outstanding paper published in any
journal; (2) a series of papers which, taken together, constitute an
outstanding contribution; or (3) any other contribution that the
Selection Committee considers worthy. Special consideration is given to
nominees who have not previously received a medal.
The nomination file should include: (1) a nominating letter from a
colleague, (2) a CV for the candidate, (3) a list of publications for
the candidate, (4) three letters of recommendation (no more or less)
from colleagues that are neither from the candidate's current
institution nor from the candidate's Ph.D. institution. Nominations
should be sent to Rebecca Lange, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg, Dept. of
Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063.
(6) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR AGU FELLOWS FROM THE VGP SECTION
Award of AGU Fellowship is an important recognition of scientific
accomplishment within the AGU and to the outside world. It is also a
sign of vitality of a section within the AGU. There have been times
when the VGP section was underrepresented in the Fellowship awards,
although in the most recent years we have done quite well. The only way
to continue to do justice to both our section and its most accomplished
members is to present strong nominations to the VGP Fellows Committee.
In particular, the nominations and supporting letters should be as
specific as possible about the most important scientific
accomplishments of your candidate. For nomination instructions, see
http://www.agu.org/inside/fellnom.html. For a list of all VGP fellows,
see http://vgp.agu.org/fellow_award.html. The deadline for nominations
is October 1, 2003. Nominations should be sent directly to AGU;
nominations meeting AGU guidelines will be forwarded to the Section
Fellows Committees.
Nobu Shimizu
VGP Fellows Committee Chair
This page was last updated
email: vgpweb@giseis.alaska.edu
URL:http://vgp.AGU.org/newsletter_0211.html
