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Geodynamics Project: Initial developments in the U.S. Program
Author(s) -
Drake Charles L.,
Heirtzler James R.,
Oliver Jack E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg013i003p01105
Subject(s) - geodynamics , scope (computer science) , library science , research council , political science , geology , earth science , geophysics , seismology , computer science , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , tectonics , programming language
The remarkable developments in geophysics and geology in the 1960's—the revolution in earth sciences—were the springboard of U.S. planning for the Geodynamics Project. The U.S. Geodynamics Committee was organized in the National Academy of Sciences under the Geophysics Research Board in collaboration with the U.S. National Committee for IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics), IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences), and SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research). After 3 years of extensive consultation the U.S. Geodynamics Committee issued a report in 1973, U.S. Program for the Geodynamics Project: Scope and Objectives . In 1974 the Federal Council for Science and Technology established a committee on the International Geodynamics Project to coordinate activities of the federal agencies in the Geodynamics Project.