Summary of summit meeting of professional society presidents and/or executive directors.

摘要

This paper discusses the second Summit Meeting of presidents and executive officers of earth sciences societies. The meeting was held on February 6, 1987, in Washington, D.C., under the aegis of the Board on Earth Sciences (BES), National Research Council (NRC). The purpose the meeting is to improve coordination among the solid-earth sciences so that they will be better able to serve national needs. In addition to meetings such as this, the Board provides briefings for decision makers, including congressmen and their staffs, on current issues of solid-earth sciences, such as seismic hazards, global geoscience initiatives, volcanic eruptions, and the like.