November 24 - November 31, 2000 vol. 37 no. 47

Calendar

Thurs. & Fri., November 23 & 24

ADMINISTRATIVE HOLIDAY - Gobble, gobble, gobble! Be thankful today
and everyday.......

Tuesday, November 28

NSCORT/EXOBIOLOGY & CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCES -
Adam Burrows, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, will
present "Theory of Substellar Mass Objects" in 329 SERF (Bldg. 930 on
UCSD Campus Map) at 2 p.m. (Cheryl Matson, x43460, cmatson@ucsd.edu)

Wednesday, November 29

ECOLOGY LUNCHEON SEMINAR - Mia Tegner, SIO, will present "Kelp
Forests, Grazers, El Nino Events, and Regime Shifts: Implications
for Fisheries Management" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12:15 p.m. (Bonnie
Becker, bjbecker@ucsd.edu)

Thursday, November 30

AOS SEMINAR - Leroy Dorman will present "Viewing 3-dimensional Images
in a Web Browser and A New Implosive Seismic Source for Seafloor Use"
and Tuncay Akal will present "Research Activities of the NATO SACLANT
Undersea Research Centre" in 330 NTV Building at 4 p.m. (Amber
Rieder, arieder@ucsd.edu)

Notices

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - (Friends, I decided to include the whole
story....it's delightful!) "It was just one of those things." That's
how Wendell Gayman describes his fascinating and bizarre trip en
route to receiving his doctoral degree from Scripps. Gayman, a
retired oceanographer and marine geologist, defended his thesis
"Barrier Formation in the Gulf of California" at Scripps on August
11, 1970. He officially received his diploma on October 28, 2000.
What happened? After his defense, Gayman had every intention of
completing the steps necessary to "officially" receive his Ph.D. This
included filing a copy of his thesis typewritten on high-quality
paper. In the days before word processors and computers, however,
that meant hiring a typist to do the job professionally. But with a
family to support, Gayman didn't have the extra money to pay for the
service. He left San Diego to start a career in marine mining and
environmental consulting that took him to Washington D.C., Alaska,
Thailand, Israel, Fiji, and other locations around the globe. Gayman
had every intention of coming back to get his paperwork filed, but
weeks turned into months and into years. "I thought about it a lot
throughout my career in marine science," said Gayman. But he never
got around to finishing the last steps. Along the way, Theodore
Chamberlain, a Scripps graduate and professor at Colorado State
University, and a boyhood friend of Gayman's, kept after his friend
to get it done. The issue was rushed into urgency in fall 2000, when
Gayman was hospitalized with a grave illness. Chamberlain took it
upon himself to get the process moving, and engaged Gayman's eldest
daughter, Jennifer Sittel, and the Scripps Graduate Department to
investigate how Gayman could finally receive his diploma. The action
included Sittel and her husband Richard digging through Gayman's
house to uncover an unopened envelope postmarked in 1970 concerning
Gayman's dissertation. The document turned out to be the original
signature page signed by members of Gayman's doctoral committee,
including Scripps Professors Douglas Inman and Edward Goldberg.
Marcelle Young in the Scripps Graduate Office juggled a handful of
administrative requirements, including commissioning a fresh
reproduction of Gayman's thesis for submission to the UCSD University
Archivist. Finally, at a small ceremony at his daughter Teresa
Pearce's house in Orange County, Calif., Gayman received his degree.
"I'm very happy-it's really gratifying finally getting this-I should
have done it sooner," said Dr. Gayman. "I learned science at Scripps.
I've always been impressed with the professors at Scripps and I've
always tried to follow the scientific methods I learned there.
Certainly California and the nation need more schools like Scripps."

ITRAX XRF MICROSCOPE DEMONSTRATION - Cox Analytical Systems, Sweden,
and SIO, invite you to a demonstration of the new Itrax CXRF
microscope for elemental and density analysis. Two demos will be
held in 10 Old Scripps Building on Wednesday, December 6.......one at
10 a.m. and one at 2 p.m. Please RSVP to Kevin Walda,
kwalda@ucsd.edu, x43558. Refreshments will be served.

SCRIPPS IN THE NEWS - Join your SIO pals on Thursday, December 14 for
"Scripps In the News 2000," a showcase of SIO's worldwide news
coverage. Drop by 114 Scripps Building any time throughout the day
for delicious snacks and drinks, and an opportunity to see the TV,
magazine, and newspaper clips about you & SIO from 2000. Here are
the top 3 reasons you should attend:
(3) News clips will be clearly readable, unlike those confusing
Florida butterfly ballots.
(2) We promise there will be no news coverage of "pregnant chads,"
"hanging chads," "dimpled chads," or "disgruntled chads."
And the #1 reason that you should attend Scripps in the News 2000...
(1) This event will take place no matter what opinion the Florida
Supreme Court renders!

CHECK OUT OUR WHALES - Thanks to a grant from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, the whales in front of the aquarium have
undergone a transformation. John Griswold, a conservator who
specializes in preservation of bronzes, was retained to assess the
condition of the whales and recommend a conservation strategy. At
his recommendation, the whales were cleaned and all the holes were
repaired. Then a stabilizing chemical patina was applied and a
routine maintenance program initiated. Over time, the whales should
essentially remain the way you see them today, depending on the
moisture in the air. Please stop by and see our "new" whale fountain.
(Janice Olen, x44086)

DISCOVER AWARDS - Discover Magazine is now accepting nominations for
the 12th Annual Discover Magazine Technology Awards program,
presented by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. Discover
is looking for new, breakthrough technological innovations developed,
released or launched after January 1, 2000. Categories include:
Aerospace, Electronics, Transportation, Communications, Health,
Entertainment, and Environment. Final deadline for all entries is
Friday, December 29, 2000. Winners will be featured in the July issue
of Discover Magazine, reaching more than 6.4 million readers. One
entrant will win a $100,000 prize bestowed by the Christopher
Columbus Foundation. You are invited to nominate yourself or others
for this award and multiple nominations will be accepted (one per
technology, please). Nominations will only be accepted online at
www.discover.com. Link to the Discover Awards (top of home page)
where you will find eligibility requirements, rules, and video
highlights of recent Discover Awards events.

CHiPS COMES TO THE RESCUE AGAIN - Clean out your closets for the 2nd
Annual CHiPS Food and Clothing Drive, December 4-8! Stay tuned for
details on locations to place items (it will be a building near
you!). Items accepted will be new and used men's, women's, and
children's clothing and toys (especially new toys wrapped as
presents). Non-perishable food, and new household cleaners, and
even female cosmetics will be accepted. Used costume jewelry, baby
items, household goods......are fine. Everything must be in good
condition, please. Your donations will be given to two shelters, The
Alpha Project (www.alphaproject.org) and My Sister's Closet (YWCA).
There will be two marked boxes at each location, one will be for
men's used/new clothes and the other for everything else. December 8
will culminate the drive at a Surfside TG. Rock Bottom will
graciously give one beverage for every 3 items donated!! Please,
remember to thank Rock Bottom next time you visit. (meriah@ucsd.edu)

Ship News

Science report #1 COOK-4 Expedition - Melville sailed on time from
Papeete, Tahiti to begin Leg 4 of Expedition COOK. Leg 4 will focus
on Seabeam, magnetics and gravity mapping of the trace of a
paleo-triple junction in the southwest Pacific Basin that connected
the Pacific, Farallon and Phoenix plates in mid-Cretaceous time. The
plate tectonic history of this area is poorly known as the
mid-Cretaceous was a time of large volcanic events (LIPs) and no
magnetic reversals. The former introduced discontinuities into the
evolving plate tectonic pattern while the latter makes it impossible
to map these discontinuous patterns with magnetic anomaly lineations
due to field reversals. Thus, we are relying mainly on the changes in
direction of the tectonic/topographic fabric that we can map with
Seabeam as we cross the former triple junction trace from one
spreading system to the next. Changes in crustal thickness sensed by
gravity and low amplitude magnetic lineations due to uniformly
magnetized topography are serving as ancillary tools. Our first
crossing of the proposed triple junction trace revealed an obvious
change in tectonic fabric as well as a striking ridge and trough and
a large magnetic anomaly. We are now heading south to verify the
anomaly 34 magnetic lineation generated at the former Pacific/Phoenix
plate boundary.

Science report #2 COOK- 4 Expedition - All science systems are now
working well after some adjustments to the Seabeam 2000 during the
first week. In order of accomplishment, we have made one triple
junction crossing on the way south to our anomaly 34 survey,
confirmed anomaly 34 on two crossings just west of the triple
junction (tj) and, by implication, extended the Tula Fracture Zone
out at least to anomaly 34. After the anomaly 34 survey, we began a
stitching pattern back and forth across the tj working back to the
north. We have confirmed two tj crossings on this stitching survey
and have probably just crossed it again for a third time. The
rupture of one of the ship's two thruster shafts last Saturday has
reduced our speed from about 11.7 kts to about 7.7 kts, as we are now
powered by only the remaining thruster shaft. The broken shaft
cannot be repaired without a port call as parts are not available on
the ship. Thus, on the assumption of the same end port/time as
previously scheduled, we shall accomplish, at maximum, considerably
less than what was originally planned.

CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ CH SCI/INSTITUTION/ PORTS DAYS/AGENCY/
DATES PURPOSE/ PROPOSAL NO./ STATUS/CLEAR
CAPTAIN/CHIEF ENGINEER/STS TECH
==================================================
R/V ROGER REVELLE

11 NOV NP12/Off Hawaii/ Hildebrand, J./ Honolulu 29/NSF/F
07 DEC Sea Floor Geodesy SIO/OCE98-19708 Hilo
Nov. 23 intermediate stop in Hilo

07 DEC NP12// Lonsdale/n/a/ Hilo 09/NSF/F
16 DEC Transit n/a San Diego

17 DEC NP9/San Diego/ n.a/n/a/ San Diego 38(Non-Op)//
23 JAN SIMRAD EM-120 installa n/a San Diego

R/V MELVILLE

11 NOV SP1/SP1-5/20S, 150W/ Larson, R./URI/ Papeete 47/NSF/F
22 DEC SEA BEAM OCE98-18776 Apia France,
23,24 Samoa,
Cook
Islands,
Kiribati
25, 26
27 DEC Port for repair to be determined. Ship will end up in Guam by
06 FEB 6 December 2001. Yayanos to be posponed until later in 2001.

R/V NEW HORIZON

06 NOV NP9// // San Diego 0(Non-Op)/
06 DEC Overhaul San Diego Other/P

09 DEC NP9/Off San Clemente Taylor, P./NAVO/ San Diego 10/NAVY/F
19 DEC 33N 118W/Acoustics n.a. San Diego
NP9/Off San Clemente 3
/Marine Mammal Monitor /N00014-00-1-0572

R/V ROBERT GORDON SPROUL

28 NOV NP9/Off San Diego/ Checkley, D./SIO/ San Diego 01/NAVY/F
28 NOV MOCNESS N00014-00-1-0172 San Diego--

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