Antarctic Research Series
Antarctic Research Series JUDY C. HOLOVIAK American Geophysical Union Washington, D.C. 20009
The Antarctic Research Series is a book series designed to serve scientists and graduate students actively engaged in antarctic or closely related research and others versed in the biological or physical sciences. It provides a continuing, authoritative medium for the publication of extensive and detailed reports on antarctic research that are too lengthy or comprehensive for inclusion in standard disciplinary journals. The series has been published by the American Geophysical Union since 1963 with continuing grant support from the National Science Foundation (currently grant DPP 85-20816). The series is designed to complement antarctic field work, much of which is in cooperative, interdisciplinary projects. The series encourages the collection of papers on specific geographic areas. Many volumes focus on particular disciplines. The Antarctic Research Series has provided for rapid publication both through hardbound volumes and through soft-cover minibooks (each assigned to a thematic volume) that allows papers to publish as they are completed or as results become available. Generally, several volumes are in production simultaneously. Work in five volumes was or will be published in 1985 and 1986. Volume 36, Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains, is edited by Mort D. Turner and John F. Splettstoesser. Papers by Stump and by Wade and Cathey include studies of some of the oldest rocks in the Transantarctic Mountains, those below the Paleozoic rocks of the Beacon Supergroup. Studies of younger rocks, and also of current recent glacial events, are included in the other papers published in this volume in 1985 and 1986. Volumes 41 and 45 (Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI and XVII, edited by Louis S. Kornicker) comprise biological studies of antarctic and subantarctic protozoans (Radiolaria), sea anemones (Coelenterata), jelly fish (Scyphozoa), brittle stars (Echi nodermata), pelagic shrimps (Crustacea), and marine birds. Volume 43 (Oceanology of the Antarctic Continental Shelf, edited by Stanley S. Jacobs) was published in 1985. Interactions between the ocean, ice, and seafloor in this climatically important region of the world ocean are emphasized in analyses of a wide variety of physical and chemical data. Sixteen papers focus on related aspects of the ocean circulation, including water mass formations, currents, tides, sea ice, polynyas, bathymetry, and bottom sediments. Volume 44 (Geological Investigations in Northern Victoria Land, edited by Edmund Stump) is in press; it comprises 18 articles, including contributions from geologists in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. The volume summarizes results of participants in the 1981-1982 international northern Victoria Land project. The Board of Associate Editors for the Antarctic Research Series sets priorities for publication and works with the editors of each volume to assure that the objectives of the series are met, that the best possible papers are presented, and that publication is achieved in a timely manner. All papers in the series are subject to peer review. After scientific review and revision are complete, papers are checked 1986 REVIEW
by an American Geophysical Union copy editor for style, consistency, and general publication requirements. After the author has confirmed that changes made by the copy editor are satisfactory, the paper is typed to American Geophysical Union specifications. Authors who have access to electric typewriters or to word-processing equipment are urged to undertake the preparation of the final typescript. Special rates for reprints are available for authors who provide final typescript to American Geophysical Union specifications. Individuals wishing to develop a thematic volume for the Antarctic Research Series must prepare a proposal for review by the Board of Associate Editors. Authors of individual papers should contact a Board member through the American Geophysical Union to determine whether a volume in a specific field is in process and whether the work is appropriate for inclusion. Proposal forms, information for contributors, and catalogues of books in print are available from the American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; the telephone number is (202) 462-6903. Antarctic Research Series publications, 1985-1986 Volume
Title
Vol. 36 Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains Mort D. Turner and John F Splettstoesser, editors 1985 Paper 8. Structure of the Transantarctic Mountains Determined from Geophysical Surveys Edwin S. Robinson and John F Splettstoesser 1985 Paper 9. Climate, Geomorphology, and Glaciology of the Shackleton Glacier Area, Queen Maud Mountains, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Kerby E. LaPrade 1985 Paper 10. Potassium-Argon Age Determinations of Ferrar Group Rocks, Central Transantarctic Mountains David H. Elliot, Robert J. Fleck, and John F Sutter 1985 Paper 11. Stratigraphy of the Ross Supergroup, Central Transantarctic Mountains Edmund Stump 1985 Paper 12. Glacial Events in the Transantarctic Mountains: A Record of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Paul A. Mayewski and Richard P Goldthwait 1985 Paper 13. Late Paleozoic Glacial Patterns in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Donald A. Coates 1986 Paper 14. The Beacon Supergroup (Devonian-Triassic) and (forth- Ferrar Group (Jurassic) in the Beardmore Glacier Area, coming) Antarctica PJ. Barrett, David H. Elliot, and John F Lindsay 1986 Paper 15. Geology of the Basement Complex, Western (forth- Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica coming) F Alton Wade and Carl A. Cathey Vol. 41 Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI Louis S. Kornicker, editor 1986 Paper 3. Pelagic Scyphomedusae (Scyphozoa: Coronatae and Semaeostomeae) of the Southern Ocean Ronald J. Larson 1986 Paper 4. Further Studies on the Phaeodaria (Protozoa: Radiolaria) of the Antarctic Seas John Francisco Tibbs and Sally Deck Tibbs
287
Antarctic Research Series publications, 1985-1986--Continued Volume
Title
Vol. 43 Oceanology of the Antarctic Continental Shelf 1985 Stanley S. Jacobs, editor Vol. 44 Geological Investigations in Northern Victoria Land 1986 Edmund Stump, editor (forthcoming)
Who is interested in Current Antarctic Literature? C. T. THURONYI
Science and Technology Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540
The Antarctic Bibliography Project staff at the Library of Congress provides continuing information on journal articles, books, technical reports, and other types of documents in the form of citations, abstracts, and indexes. Current awareness is
served by the monthly bulletin
Current Antarctic Literature (CAL)
and retrospective searching by the Antarctic Bibliography, which cumulates CAL into a single volume every 18 months. The Antarctic Bibliography is available for purchase from the Government Printing Office, while CAL is distributed free of charge to individuals or institutions involved in antarctic research, after approval by the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. The CAL mailing list has grown steadily over the years and is now approaching 800 recipients. This relatively large number, for such a specialized publication, suggests that a structural analysis of the list is warranted. First, the distribution of recipients by country was determined. Not surprisingly, 518 out of 770 recipients, or 67 percent, are in the United States. The foreign recipients are distributed as shown in table 1. It must be borne in mind, that CAL is more actively promoted in the United States than elsewhere, because participants in the U.S. Antarctic Program are encouraged at their annual briefings to request that their names be added to the mailing list, resulting in a significant increase in U.S. mailings on those occasions, not paralleled by similar increases in foreign mailings. No additional breakdown of the statistics for foreign countries was found necessary, because the numbers for any one country are relatively small. For domestic destinations, however, some further breakdown was believed to be of interest. Of the 518 recipients in the United States, 432 are individuals (most of them associated with an institution) and 86 are institutional addresses without designation of an individual recipient (for the most part libraries). This is in keeping with our dis288
Volume
Title
Vol. 45 Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVII 1986 Louis S. Kornicker, editor (forthcoming)
semination policy—derived from the very nature of CAL, a current awareness bulletin—to place the monthly issues directly into the hands of the research scientist. Another count showed that 322 copies of CAL go to universities (272 designated individuals associated with universities and 50 libraries or departments), 82 to government agencies (60 individuals and 22 institutional designations), 59 to private (commercial or nonprofit) organizations (45 individual and 14 Table 1. Foreign recipients of Current Antarctic Literature Country Australia Canada United Kingdom New Zealand France Chile Federal Republic of Germany Japan Norway Argentina Brazil South Africa The Netherlands German Democratic Republic India Italy China USSR Austria Denmark
Number of copies
32 30 30 22 14 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 6 6 4 3 3 2 2
Finland Qatar Spain Sweden Belgium Iceland Israel Monaco Peru Poland Portugal Uruguay
ANTARCTIC JOURNAL
The Antarctic Research Series is a book series designed to serve scientists and graduate students actively engaged in antarctic or closely related research and others versed in the biological or physical sciences. It provides a continuing, authoritative medium for the publication of extensive and detailed reports on antarctic research that are too lengthy or comprehensive for inclusion in standard disciplinary journals. The series has been published by the American Geophysical Union since 1963 with continuing grant support from the National Science Foundation (currently grant DPP 85-20816). The series is designed to complement antarctic field work, much of which is in cooperative, interdisciplinary projects. The series encourages the collection of papers on specific geographic areas. Many volumes focus on particular disciplines. The Antarctic Research Series has provided for rapid publication both through hardbound volumes and through soft-cover minibooks (each assigned to a thematic volume) that allows papers to publish as they are completed or as results become available. Generally, several volumes are in production simultaneously. Work in five volumes was or will be published in 1985 and 1986. Volume 36, Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains, is edited by Mort D. Turner and John F. Splettstoesser. Papers by Stump and by Wade and Cathey include studies of some of the oldest rocks in the Transantarctic Mountains, those below the Paleozoic rocks of the Beacon Supergroup. Studies of younger rocks, and also of current recent glacial events, are included in the other papers published in this volume in 1985 and 1986. Volumes 41 and 45 (Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI and XVII, edited by Louis S. Kornicker) comprise biological studies of antarctic and subantarctic protozoans (Radiolaria), sea anemones (Coelenterata), jelly fish (Scyphozoa), brittle stars (Echi nodermata), pelagic shrimps (Crustacea), and marine birds. Volume 43 (Oceanology of the Antarctic Continental Shelf, edited by Stanley S. Jacobs) was published in 1985. Interactions between the ocean, ice, and seafloor in this climatically important region of the world ocean are emphasized in analyses of a wide variety of physical and chemical data. Sixteen papers focus on related aspects of the ocean circulation, including water mass formations, currents, tides, sea ice, polynyas, bathymetry, and bottom sediments. Volume 44 (Geological Investigations in Northern Victoria Land, edited by Edmund Stump) is in press; it comprises 18 articles, including contributions from geologists in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. The volume summarizes results of participants in the 1981-1982 international northern Victoria Land project. The Board of Associate Editors for the Antarctic Research Series sets priorities for publication and works with the editors of each volume to assure that the objectives of the series are met, that the best possible papers are presented, and that publication is achieved in a timely manner. All papers in the series are subject to peer review. After scientific review and revision are complete, papers are checked 1986 REVIEW
by an American Geophysical Union copy editor for style, consistency, and general publication requirements. After the author has confirmed that changes made by the copy editor are satisfactory, the paper is typed to American Geophysical Union specifications. Authors who have access to electric typewriters or to word-processing equipment are urged to undertake the preparation of the final typescript. Special rates for reprints are available for authors who provide final typescript to American Geophysical Union specifications. Individuals wishing to develop a thematic volume for the Antarctic Research Series must prepare a proposal for review by the Board of Associate Editors. Authors of individual papers should contact a Board member through the American Geophysical Union to determine whether a volume in a specific field is in process and whether the work is appropriate for inclusion. Proposal forms, information for contributors, and catalogues of books in print are available from the American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; the telephone number is (202) 462-6903. Antarctic Research Series publications, 1985-1986 Volume
Title
Vol. 36 Geology of the Central Transantarctic Mountains Mort D. Turner and John F Splettstoesser, editors 1985 Paper 8. Structure of the Transantarctic Mountains Determined from Geophysical Surveys Edwin S. Robinson and John F Splettstoesser 1985 Paper 9. Climate, Geomorphology, and Glaciology of the Shackleton Glacier Area, Queen Maud Mountains, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Kerby E. LaPrade 1985 Paper 10. Potassium-Argon Age Determinations of Ferrar Group Rocks, Central Transantarctic Mountains David H. Elliot, Robert J. Fleck, and John F Sutter 1985 Paper 11. Stratigraphy of the Ross Supergroup, Central Transantarctic Mountains Edmund Stump 1985 Paper 12. Glacial Events in the Transantarctic Mountains: A Record of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Paul A. Mayewski and Richard P Goldthwait 1985 Paper 13. Late Paleozoic Glacial Patterns in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica Donald A. Coates 1986 Paper 14. The Beacon Supergroup (Devonian-Triassic) and (forth- Ferrar Group (Jurassic) in the Beardmore Glacier Area, coming) Antarctica PJ. Barrett, David H. Elliot, and John F Lindsay 1986 Paper 15. Geology of the Basement Complex, Western (forth- Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica coming) F Alton Wade and Carl A. Cathey Vol. 41 Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI Louis S. Kornicker, editor 1986 Paper 3. Pelagic Scyphomedusae (Scyphozoa: Coronatae and Semaeostomeae) of the Southern Ocean Ronald J. Larson 1986 Paper 4. Further Studies on the Phaeodaria (Protozoa: Radiolaria) of the Antarctic Seas John Francisco Tibbs and Sally Deck Tibbs
287
Antarctic Research Series publications, 1985-1986--Continued Volume
Title
Vol. 43 Oceanology of the Antarctic Continental Shelf 1985 Stanley S. Jacobs, editor Vol. 44 Geological Investigations in Northern Victoria Land 1986 Edmund Stump, editor (forthcoming)
Who is interested in Current Antarctic Literature? C. T. THURONYI
Science and Technology Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540
The Antarctic Bibliography Project staff at the Library of Congress provides continuing information on journal articles, books, technical reports, and other types of documents in the form of citations, abstracts, and indexes. Current awareness is
served by the monthly bulletin
Current Antarctic Literature (CAL)
and retrospective searching by the Antarctic Bibliography, which cumulates CAL into a single volume every 18 months. The Antarctic Bibliography is available for purchase from the Government Printing Office, while CAL is distributed free of charge to individuals or institutions involved in antarctic research, after approval by the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. The CAL mailing list has grown steadily over the years and is now approaching 800 recipients. This relatively large number, for such a specialized publication, suggests that a structural analysis of the list is warranted. First, the distribution of recipients by country was determined. Not surprisingly, 518 out of 770 recipients, or 67 percent, are in the United States. The foreign recipients are distributed as shown in table 1. It must be borne in mind, that CAL is more actively promoted in the United States than elsewhere, because participants in the U.S. Antarctic Program are encouraged at their annual briefings to request that their names be added to the mailing list, resulting in a significant increase in U.S. mailings on those occasions, not paralleled by similar increases in foreign mailings. No additional breakdown of the statistics for foreign countries was found necessary, because the numbers for any one country are relatively small. For domestic destinations, however, some further breakdown was believed to be of interest. Of the 518 recipients in the United States, 432 are individuals (most of them associated with an institution) and 86 are institutional addresses without designation of an individual recipient (for the most part libraries). This is in keeping with our dis288
Volume
Title
Vol. 45 Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVII 1986 Louis S. Kornicker, editor (forthcoming)
semination policy—derived from the very nature of CAL, a current awareness bulletin—to place the monthly issues directly into the hands of the research scientist. Another count showed that 322 copies of CAL go to universities (272 designated individuals associated with universities and 50 libraries or departments), 82 to government agencies (60 individuals and 22 institutional designations), 59 to private (commercial or nonprofit) organizations (45 individual and 14 Table 1. Foreign recipients of Current Antarctic Literature Country Australia Canada United Kingdom New Zealand France Chile Federal Republic of Germany Japan Norway Argentina Brazil South Africa The Netherlands German Democratic Republic India Italy China USSR Austria Denmark
Number of copies
32 30 30 22 14 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 6 6 4 3 3 2 2
Finland Qatar Spain Sweden Belgium Iceland Israel Monaco Peru Poland Portugal Uruguay
ANTARCTIC JOURNAL
