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Note: Contents: 1. PRIMARY OBJECTIVES. - 2. DYNAMICS OF THE ICE: FIELD STUDIES. - Major Regional Studies. - In Progress. - Newly Proposed. - Continentwide Measurements. - Surface and Bed Topography. - Mass Balance. - Complementary Field Studies. - Glacier and Local Ice-Cap Studies. - Related Studies outside Antarctica. - Development of New Observational Techniques and Instrumentation. - 3. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF FIELD DATA. - Description of the Dynamic State of the Ice Sheet. - Physical Properties of the Ice. - Sea-Ice Modeling. - 4. GLACIAL HISTORY. - Glacial Geology. - Core Studies. - Numerical Modeling. - 5. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION. - Meteorology. - Oceanography. - Geology and Geophysics. - Biology. - Application of New Techniques. - Satellites and Systems. - Automatic stations. - Oceanographic Instruments. - Global Numerical Modeling. - REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. - APPENDIX A. International Antarctic Glaciological Project. - APPENDIX B. The International Antarctic Glaciological Project Standardization Document. - APPENDIX C. Abstracts of Projects Considered by the Glaciology Panel during the Antarctic Planning Exercise, November 11-13, 1971. - Core Drilling and Analysis. - Ice-Thickness Mapping. - Ross Ice Shelf Project (RISP). - Glacial and Periglacial Studies. - Sea Ice. - Ice Streamline Cooperative Antarctic Project (ISCAP). - Sub-Ice-Surface Remote Sensing. - Alpine Outlet Glaciers. - Roosevelt Island. - APPENDIX D. Antarctic Sea Ice Programm. - Differences between the Arctic and Antarctic Ice Packs. - Importance of the Antarctic Pack. - Proposed programs. - Satellite Programs. - Airborne Remote Sensing. - Unmanned Drifting Stations. - Manned Drifting Stations. - Coastal Stations. - Timing. - Conclusion. - Bibliography. - APPENDIX E. Abbreviations and Terms Used in this Report.

Note: Contents: Preface. - List of Plates. - Figures in the Text. - Introduction. - PART I. BASIC CONCEPTS OF GLACIATION AND GLACIER BEHAVIOUR. - Chapter 1 Ice Ages and World Glaciation. - Chapter 2 Glacier Régimes. - Chapter 3 The Physical Properties of Ice and Types of Glacier. - Chapter 4 Ice Motion. - Chapter 5 Some Indirect Effects of Pleistocene Glaciation. - PART II. GLACIAL AND FLUVIOGLACIAL EROSION. - Chapter 6 Small-scale Features of Glacial and Fluvioglacial Erosion. - Chapter 7 Glaciated Valleys. - Chapter 8 Cirques. - Chapter 9 Glacial Erosion in Areas of Low Relief. - Chapter 10 Glaciation in Coastal Environments. - Chapter 11 Quantitative Aspects of Glacial Erosion. - Chapter 12 Erosion by Glacial Meltwater, and Glacial Diversion of Drainage. - PART III. GLACIAL AND FLUVIOGLACIAL DEPOSITION. - Chapter 13 General Considerations of Glacial and Fluvioglacial Deposition. - Chapter 14 Drumlins. - Chapter 15 Moraines. - Chapter 16 Fluvioglacial Ice-Contact Features: Eskers and Kames. - Chapter 17 Ice Stagnation Features. - Chapter 18 Proglacial Features. - Chapter 19 Glacial Lakes and Lacustrine Deposits. - PART IV. PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY. - Chapter 20 The Periglacial Environment: An Introductory Survey. - Chapter 21 Frozen Ground Phenomena. - Chapter 22 Patterned Ground. - Chapter 23 Periglacial Mass Movements and Slope Deposits. - Chapter 24 Altiplanation, Tors, Blockfields, and Stone Streams. - Chapter 25 The Action of Snow. - Chapter 26 Periglacial Wind Action. - Index.

Note: Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. PARTICULAR CONCERNS AND REQUIREMENTS. - Environmental Safeguards. - Topographic Mapping. - Regional Geological and Geophysical Surveying. - Stateside Analyses. - Remote Sensing. - Core Drilling into Bedrock beneath the Ice. - New Techniques. - 3. INTERCONTINENTAL AND INTRACONTINENTAL RELATIONSIDPS. - Present Continental Margins. - Passive Continental Margins. - Active Continental Margins. - Pre-Andean Orogenic Belts. - Gondwanide (Ellsworth) Orogen. - Borchgrevink Orogen. - Ross Orogen. - Relations between East and West Antarctica. - West Antarctic Geochronology and Geophysics. - The Ross Embayment. - Surface-Wave-Dispersion Studies. - 4. ACTIVE CRUSTAL MOVEMENTS AND VOLCANICITY. - Seismicity. - Volcanicity. - Gravity Base Station Ties. - Gravity Surveys. - Establishment of Tide Stations and Bench Marks. - Nonisostatic Crustal Uplift. - 5. STUDIES OF THE LATE CENOZOIC ENVIRONMENT. - Comparative Glacial Geologic Chronologies. - Drilling beneath the Ross Ice Shelf. - Ocean Core Studies. - 6. SPECIAL GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. - Igneous Processes. - Jurassic Basalt. - Active Continental Margin Processes. - Paleontology. - Vertebrate Paleontology. - Invertebrate Paleontology. - Permian and Triassic Floras. - 7. ANTARCTIC MINERAL RESOURCES. - 8. PRIORITY ORDERING. - 9. SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS. - REFERENCES.

Note: CONTENTS SUMMARY 1.1. Objectives of the Study 1.1.1. River Objectives. 1.1.2. The Coastal Objectives 1.2. Scientific Conclusions 1.2.1. Rivers 1.2.2. Coast 1.3. Implications and Reconnnendations 1.3.1. Rivers 1.3.2. Coast 2 INTRODUCTION 2.1. General Nature and Scope of Study 2.2. Specific Objectives 2.2.1. Rivers 2.2.2. Coast 2.3. Relevance to Pipeline Development 2.4. Acknowledgements 3. CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE 4. STUDY AREA 4.1. Physiography 4.2. Climate 4.3. General Geology 5. SOURCES, METHODS, AND RATIONALE OF DATA COLLECTION 5.1. Rivers 5.1.1. Drainage Basin Characteristics Area Shape Hypsometry Hydrograph estimation 5.1.2. River Valleys 5.1.3. River Channels 5.1.4. River Hydraulics and Discharge Estimation 5.1.5. Sediment Transport Bedload Suspended and dissolved load 5.1.6. Channel Stability Bed Scour Lateral Stability 5.2. Coast 5.3. Laboratory Techniques 6. RESULTS 6.1. Rivers 6.1.1. Drainage Basin Characteristics Area Shape Hypsometry Hydrology and hydrograph estimation 6.1.2. River valley and long profiles 6.1.3. Channel pattern and channel form 6.1.4. River hydraulics and discharge estimation 6.1.5. Sediment transport Bedload Suspended and dissloved load 6.1.6 Channel stability Bed scour Lateral stability 6.2. Coast 6.2.1. Sea-ice conditions General pattern during summer season Break-up 6.2.2. Coastal erosion Introduction Alaska borer to mouth of Firth River Herschel Island Herschel Island to the Babbage River delta Kay Point to King Point King Point to Sabine Point Sabine Point to Blow River delta 6.2.3. Coastal sedimentation General patterns of near-shore sediment movement Beaches and spits - general form and sediment types Areal variations and stability of near-shore sediment bodies International border to Komakuk Beach Komakuk Beach to Herschel Island Herschel Island Herschel Island to Babbage River delta Kay Point spit Kay Point to Sabine Point Sabine Point to Blow River delta 6.2.4. Major coastal deltas Firth River fan delta Babbage River delta Running River delta Blow River delta 7. DISCUSSION 7.1. Rivers 7.2. Coast 8. CONCLUSIONS 8.1. Rivers 8.2. Coast 9. IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 9.1. Rivers 9.1.1. General scientific 9.1.2. Matters relevant to pipeline activity 9.2. Coast 9.2.1. General scientific 9.2.2. Matters relevant to pipeline activity 10. NEEDS FOR FURTHER STUDY 11. REFERENCES 12. NOTATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS 13. APPENDIX: HYDRAULIC, SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND GEOMORPHIC DATA FOR EACH RIVER REACH STUDIED

Note: Contents: Preface. - Introduction. - Water samples and water analyses. - Localities and samples. - Taxonomy. - A. Freshwater diatoms. - B. Brackish- and salt-water diatoms. - Literature. - Plates.

Note: Contents: Preface. - Foreword. - Chapter 1 The Planetary Boundary-Layer: Definitions and Equations. - Chapter 2 Some Problems in Modelling the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - The Problem of Closing the System of the PBL-Equations. - Models Based on a Hypothesis for the Profile of the Eddy Viscosity. - Models Based on a Hypothesis for the Mixing-Length. - A Mixing-Length Hypothesis for the Planetary Boundary-Layer Flow in the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 215-226, 1971. - Note on the Upper Boundary Conditions. - A Note on a Method for Solving the Planetary Boundary-Layer Equations - Beitr. Phys. Atm. 44, 293-296, 1971. Chapter 3 The Structure of the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - The Eddy Viscosity in a Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layer as Related to the Turbulent KineticEnergy - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44,127-136, 1971. - Rossby-Number Similarity in the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - A Note on the Rossby Similarity for Flows of Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layers (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 66-71, 1972. - Universal Profiles in the Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 148-163, 1972. - Note on the Energy Budget in the PBL. - Layers with a Reduced Eddy Viscosity Caused by the Baroclinicity (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 267-275, 1972. - The Wind Profile Very Close to the Ground - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 46, 57-63, 1973. - Numerical Study on the Effects Controlling the Low-Level Jet - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 46, 137-154, 1973. - Chapter 4 The Parameterization of PBL - Effects with the Aid of the Resistance Law. - The Resistance Law for the Planetary Boundary Layer. - The Two Constants in the Resistance Law for a Neutral Barotropic Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 43, 133-140, 1970. - Note on a Paper by F. Wippermann "The Two Constants in the Resistance Law for a Neutral Barotropic Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere" by R. J. TAYLOR - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 69, 1971. - Reply by F. Wippermann. - Empirical Formulae for the Universal Functions Mm (μ) and N (μ) in the Resistance Law for a Barotropic and Diabatic Planetary Boundary Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 305-311, 1972. - The Parameterization of the Turbulent Fluxes of Momentum, Heat and Moisture at the Ground in a Baroclinic Planetary Boundary Layer (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 58-65, 1972. - Baroclinic Effects on the Resistance Law for the Planetary Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 244-259, 1972. - A Note on the Parameterization of the Large-Scale Wind stress at the Sea Surface - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 260-266, 1972. - Problems which still have to be solved before the resistance laws can be applied. - Chapter 5 Non-Stationary and/or Horizontally Non-Homogeneous Boundary-Layers. - The Effects of Non-Stationarity on the Planetary Boundary-Layer (with D.ETLING and H.LEYKAUF) - Beitr. Phys. Atm. 46, 34-56, 1973. - Boundary-Layers with a Change in the Roughness - Length and/or in the Temperature: A Bibliographical Survey. - Chapter 6 The Dynamic Instability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. - The Orientation of Vortices Due to Instability of the Ekman Boundary-Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 42, 225-244, 1969. - The Stability of an Ekman Boundary-Layer Flow as Influenced by the Thermal Stratification (in Germ.) by D.ETLING - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 168-186, 1971. - Chapter 7 The Dispersion of Windborne Material in the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - A Perspective for a Routine Prediction of Concentration Patterns (with D. YORDANOV) - Atm. Environm., 6, 877-888, 1972. - Time-Dependent Concentrations of Dispersed Material Compared with those of the Corresponding Stationary Cases (in Germ.) - Meteor. Rdsch., 26, 11-18, 1973. - Meteorological Parameters Relevant in a Statistical Analysis of Air Quality Data. - List of Symbols. - Author Index.

Note: INHALT: Vorwort / K. H. GRASNICK. - Frühjahrs- und Herbstumstellung der Felder der meteorologischen Elemente in der Stratosphäre / E. BORBÉLY. - On the variations of the total amount of ozone in relation to the behaviour of some ionospheric parameters in the winter-time upper atmosphere = (Über Variationen des Gesamtozongehalts der Atmosphäre in Beziehung zum Verhalten einiger ionosphärischer Parameter in der winterlichen Hochatmosphäre) / K. H. GRASNICK, G. ENTZIAN. - Gesamtozongehalt und Temperaturänderungen der 100 mbar-Fläche im europäischen Raum in den Jahren 1967-1968 / J. PICHA. - Zwei einfache Registriergeräte zur Bestimmung des bodennahen Ozons auf der Grundlage der amperometrischen Titration und des coulometrischen Meßprinzips nach Novák / H. MROSE, W. WARMBT. - Vorläufige Meßergebnisse des bodennahen Ozons unter Verwendung von Chromtrioxydfiltern / W. WARMBT, H. MROSE, G. PHILIPP. - Erfahrungen über Ozonmessungen mit dem DOBSON-Spektrophotometer in Potsdam seit den Vergleichsmessungen in Siófok, UVR, im Jahre 1969 / P. PLESSING. - Ozonvariationen über Havanna während der Sonnenfinsternis vom 7. März 1970 unter Berücksichtigung der Randverdunkelung / K. H. GRASNICK, H. WÖRNER, P. PLESSING. - SHORT GONTRIBUTION Ozone measurements data during the solar eclipse on March 7, 1970 = (Daten der Ozonmessungen während der Sonnenfinsternis vom 7. März 1970) / R. S. STEBLOVA, V. G. UTROBIN. -

Note: CONTENTS Preface List of Participants lngrid Olsson: The pretreatment of samples and the interpretation of the results of 14C determinations Robert McGhee: Climatic change and the development of Canadian Arctic cultural traditions J.C.F. Tedrow: Soil morphology as an indicator of climatic changes in the Arctic areas Weston Slake, Jr.: Climatic implications of radiocarbon-dated driftwood in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada Jean Malaurie, Yrjo Vasari, Hannu Hyvarinen, Georgette Delibrias and Jacques Labeyrie: Preliminary remarks on Holocene paleoclimates in the regions of Thule and lnglefield Land, above all since the beginning of our own era Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith: Climatic change and related problems in northern Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada John T. Andrews and Jack D. Ives: Late- and postglacial events (〈10,000 B.P.) in the eastern Canadian Arctic with particular reference to the Cockburn Moraines and break-up of the Laurentide Ice Sheet Anker Weidick: Notes on Holocene glacial events in Greenland M.G. Grosswald: Glacier variations and crustal movements in northern European Russia in late Pleistocene and Holocene times Hannu Hyvarinen: Pollen-analytical evidence for Flandrian climatic change in Svalbard Yrjö Vasari: The history of the vegetation of Iceland during the Holocene J.C. Ritchie: Pollen analysis of late-Quaternary sediments from the arctic treeline of the Mackenzie River delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada llmari Hustich: The influence of climate on the growth of trees Bent Fredskild: Palynological evidence for Holocene climatic changes in Greenland Harvey Nichols: Summary of the palynological evidence for late-Quaternary vegetational and climatic change in the central and eastern Canadian Arctic LV. Firsov, T.P. levina and S.L. Troitskiy: Holocene climatic changes in Northern Siberia Gustaf Siren: Climate in the past and in the future Yvonne Herman, James R. O'Neil and Charles l. Drake: Micropaleontology and paleotemperatures of postglacial SW Greenland fjord cores Eric Olausson: The role of the Arctic Ocean during cool climatic periods B.l. Dzerdzeevskii and V.S. Sergin: A procedure for studying climatic fluctuations on different time scales H.H. Lamb: Atmospheric circulation and climate in the Arctic since the last Ice Age Jacques Labeyrie: Is there a possibility of the modification of polar climates by particle emission from the sun? H.H. Lamb: Concluding remarks

Note: Contents Foreword to the English translation Preface 1 INTRODUCTION 1. A short history of the problem 2. Scales of weather processes 3. The spectrum of atmospheric processes 2 THE HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY OF SHORT-RANGE WEATHER PREDICTION 4. Adiabatic invariants 5. Classification of atmospheric motions 6. Adaptation of meteorological fields 7. The Quasi-geostrophic approximation 8. The Quasi-solenoidal approximation 9. Primitive equations 10. Vertical structure of synoptic processes 11. Difference schemes 12. Weather prediction 3 THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF LONG-TERM WEATHER CHANGES 13. The global nature of long-term weather processes 14. Global observation 15. Nonadiabatic effects 16. Heat sources in the atmosphere 17. The regulating role of clouds 18. Numerical experiments 19. The interaction of the oceans and the atmosphere 20. Predictability 21. Extraterrestrial influences 4 ADDITIONS 22. Modeling the planetary circulation 23. The atmospheres of other planets 24. Planning and forecasts References Index , Aus dem Russischen übersetzt

Note: Contents I. The Scotia Arc and Antarctic Peninsula Review of marine geophysical investigations in the Scotia Sea (Review) / D. H. Griffiths and P. F. Barker Linear magnetic anomalies in southern Drake Passage / R. M. Demenitskaya, A. M. Karasik and N. N. Trubyatchinskiy Magnetic lineations in the Scotia Sea / P. F. Barker Crustal structure of the South Orkney Islands area from seismic refraction and magnetic measurements / P. K. Harrington, P. F. Barker and D. H. Griffiths Geophysical investigation of a section of the south Scotia Ridge / D. G. Watters Marine gravity measurements in Bransfield Strait and adjacent areas / F. J. Davey Large-scale folding in the Scotia arc / I. W. D. Dalziel Recent volcanism and magmatic variation in the Scotia arc / P. E. Baker Examination of the Eltanin dredged rocks from high latitudes of the South Pacific Ocean / N. D. Watkins and R. Self Ichnites from Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands / V. Covacevich and C. Lamperein Sedimentology of submarine deposits from Bahia Chile [Discovery Bay], Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands / E. Valenzuela and J. Varela Geology of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands / E. Valenzuela and F. Herve A Tithonian-Neocomian fauna from Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (Abstract) / J. Tavera Middle Jurassic flora from north-eastern Snow Island, South Shetland Islands / H. Fuenzalida, R. Araya and F. Herve Geomorphological observations and generalizations on the coasts of the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula / E. F. Silva Periglacial phenomena in the South Shetland Islands / R. Araya and F. Herve Patterned gravel beaches in the South Shetland Islands / R. Araya and F. Herve Attempt at reconstructing the ancient coastal geomorphology and littoral environment in the South Shetland Islands (Abstract) / R. Araya and F. Herve Volcanic activity on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands / O. Orheim Recent advances in the geology of the Antarctic Peninsula (Review) / R. J. Adie Geophysical surveys in the Antarctic Peninsula / R. G. B. Renner K-Ar age determinations on volcanic and associated rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula and Dronning Maud Land / D. C. Rex Evolution of volcanism in the Antarctic Peninsula / R. J. Adie Geology of the Lassiter Coast area, Antarctic Peninsula: preliminary report / P. L. Williams, D. L. Schmidt, C. C. Plummer and L. E. Brown Stratigraphical correlation in south-east Alexander Island / B. J. Taylor Ammonite faunas of southeastern Alexander Island and their stratigraphical significance / M. R. A. Thomson II. Western Antarctica Tectonics of the Antarctandes / G. E. Grikurov Seismic refraction shooting in Ellsworth and Dronning Maud Lands / C. R. Bentley and J. W. Clough Distribution, migration and tectonic control of Upper Cenozoic volcanism in west Antarctica and South America / O. Gonzalez-Ferran Late Cenozoic petrographic provinces of the volcanic rocks from the Andes to Antarctica / Y. Katsui Post-Miocene volcanic petrographic provinces of west Antarctica and their relation to the southern Andes of South America / O. Gonzalez-Ferran and M. Vergara Rb-Sr total-rock and mineral ages from the Marguerite Bay area, Kohler Range and Fosdick Mountains / M. Halpern Rb-Sr isotopic ages of intrusive rocks from Thurston Island and adjacent islands / F. Munizaga Geology of Marie Byrd and Ellsworth Lands / F. A. Wade and J. R. Wilbanks Stratigraphy of eastern Ellsworth Land / T. S. Laudon Glacial geomorphology of the Ellsworth Mountains / R. H. Rutford Drainage systems of the Ellsworth Mountains area (Abstract) / R. H. Rutford Unusual Upper Cambrian fauna from west Antarctica / G. F. Webers Tertiary glaciation in the Jones Mountains / R. H. Rutford, C. Craddock, C. M. White and R. L. Armstrong Outline of the geology of Marie Byrd Land and the Eights Coast / B. G. Lopatin and E. M. Orlenko Volcanic record of Cenozoic glacial history of Marie Byrd Land / W. E. LeMasurier The volcanic ranges of Marie Byrd Land between long. 100° and 140° W / O. Gonzalez-Ferran and F. Gonzalez-Bonorino Geology of the Fosdick Mountains, Marie Byrd Land / J. R. Wilbanks Ill. The Transantarctic Mountains Basement Complex of the McMurdo 'oasis', south Victoria Land / B. G. Lopatin Development of augen-gneiss in the ice-free valley area, south Victoria Land / S. B. Smithson, P. R. Fikkan, D. J. Murphy and R. S. Houston Differentiation source for the mafic and ultramafic rocks ('enstatite-peridotites') and some porphyritic granites of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land / D. N. B. Skinner Rb-Sr geochronology of the Nimrod Group, central Transantarctic Mountains / J. Gunner and G. Faure Polyphase deformation of the Precambrian Nimrod Group, central Transantarctic Mountains / G. W. Grindley The Beacon Supergroup of east Antarctica (Review) / P. J. Barrett, G. W. Grindley and P. N. Webb Recent advances in the pre-Permian geology of northern Victoria Land / S. Nathan and D. N. B. Skinner Summary of the geology of lower Rennick Glacier, northern Victoria Land / J. A. S. Dow and V. E. Neall Stratigraphy of the Beacon Supergroup between the Olympus and Boomerang Ranges, Victoria Land / B. C. McKelvey, P. N. Webb, M. P. Gorton and B. P. Kohn Stratigraphy and petrology of the Beacon Supergroup, southern Victoria Land / D. B. Matz, P. R. Pinet and M. O. Hayes Pagoda Formation: evidence of Permian glaciation in the central Transantarctic Mountains / D. A. Coates Stratigraphy and petrology of the mainly fluviatile Permian and Triassic part of the Beacon Supergroup, Beardmore Glacier area / P. J. Barrett Permian-Triassic Beacon Supergroup of the Shackleton Glacier area, Queen Maud Range, Transantarctic Mountains / K. E. La Prade Geology of an area near the mouth of Beardmore Glacier, Ross Dependency / R. L. Oliver Stratigraphy of Triassic tetrapod-bearing beds of Antarctica / D. H. Elliot, J. W. Collinson and J. S. Powell Antarctic Triassic tetrapods (Review) / E. H. Colbert The early Mesozoic volcaniclastic Prebble Formation, Beardmore Glacier area / P. J. Barrett and D. H. Elliot Jurassic geology of the Allan-Battlements-Carapace Nunataks area, Victoria Land (Abstract) / B. A. Hall and H. W. Borns Major oxide chemistry of the Kirkpatrick basalt, central Transantarctic Mountains / D. H. Elliot Weddell orogeny-latest Permian to early Mesozoic deformation at the Weddell Sea margin of the Transantarctic Mountains / A. B. Ford Some observations on the glacial geology of the Beardmore Glacier area / J. H. Mercer Interaction of the east Antarctic ice sheet, alpine glaciations and sealevel in the Wright Valley area, southern Victoria Land / P. E. Calkin and C. Bull Weathering and soil formation in the dry valleys of southern Victoria Land: a possible origin for the salts in the soils / G. O. Linkletter IV. Eastern Antarctica Antarctic tectonics (Review) / C. Craddock Tectonics of Antarctica (Review) / G. E. Grikurov, M. G. Ravich and D. S. Soloviev Main features of Antarctic neotectonics / G. A. Znachko-Yavorskiy Dispersion-wave studies in Antarctica (Review) / R. D. Adams Crustal structure of antipodal regions of the Earth: Antarctic and Arctic / R. M. Demenitskaya and V. I. Rosenberg Results of deep seismic sounding of the Earth's crust in east Antarctica / A. L. Kogan Antarctic geochronology (Review) / A. Ya. Krylov Local earthquakes in Victoria Land / R. D. Adams Gravity determinations in Antarctica / N. P. Grushinsky Project of a gravimetric network and gravity survey in Antarctica / N. P. Grushinsky and G. E. Lazarev Regional metamorphism of the Antarctic platform crystalline basement (Review) / M. G. Ravich Enderbites / E. N. Kamenev The charnockite problem / M. G. Ravich Sequence of metamorphism and deformation in the Mawson charnockite of east Antarctica / K. Kizaki Platform magmatic formations of east Antarctica (Review) / D. S. Soloviev The sedimentary and volcanic sequence of Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land / A. Hjelle and T. Winsnes Age an

Note: Contents: Abstract 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Geographical distribution 4. Localities and samples 5. Biotopics 6. pH 7. Taxonomy 8. Bibliography 9. Acknowledgements 10. Plates