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Irav •C, ‘eten l egr# liasl. 'esci ier ft re onal tain tweei yin the !1 11-— ^ f Juli Reynolds and Travis King, Texas A&M KUniversity students, show off a trophy won ) ^Muring a Snow Ski Club trip to Colorado, ment lFifty volunteers, including Reynolds and club lateftl THE BATTALION Page 7 TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1977 Earthquakes predicted What was previously considered an act of God may become the dominion of Texas A&M University researchers. A team of geophysicists and geologists headed by Dr. John M. Logan of A&M’s Center for Tec- tonophysics are getting a line on physical properties of faults that apply to earthquake prediction as well as the production of oil and gas. “Most earthquakes take place along existing fault zones which are composed of country rock (wall rock) with a gouge zone between,” explained Dr. Logan. “In order to make predictions of earthquakes, we need to know the properties of the material in the gouge and its in teraction with the country rock.” “Our first step is to simulate the fault materials by mixing real min erals together in the laboratory and deform these at pressure, tempera ture and time conditions that are experienced in nature,” Logan said. “The intuitive feeling of most geologists is that gouge material is weak and poorly consolidated,” he noted. “One of the main results so far of our research is that, simulat ing conditions from the surface to 15 kilometers, although it starts as A&M professor emeritus to study the Soviet poultry boiler situation president King, skied the downhill slalom. There were 48 finishers with times good enough for the Continental Airlines trophy. nary i cts ski Labs to be models for Peru Dr. J. H. Quisenberry from the Texas Agriculture Experiment Sta tion is becoming a recognized au thority on the Soviet poultry indus try. The researcher, now professor emeritus with the Texas A&M Uni versity poultry science department, is on his fourth trip to the Soviet Union. Quisenberry says the purpose for these latest missions is to record poultry broiler data and to discuss the possibilities of using larger vol umes of U.S. feed grains in Russian broiler rations. He says the U.S. Feed Grains Council, actually an international organization, is composed of leaders in the feed grain shipping industry. The council seeks a more even flow of grain in an effort to level out erratic supplies and prices. It also sponsors seminars to show import ing countries how to use grain more efficiently. American grain producers should benefit from the Council’s pro grams, Quisenberry said. He said Soviet poultry production research and production emphasis is now on broilers because the gov ernment recognizes poultry meat as a quick and efficient source of pro tein for human nutrition. Quisenberry described Soviet poultry scientists and producers as “progressive-minded.” “They generally know what is re quired in poultry rations to get de sired results, but their problem is that they don’t always have access to ingredients at economical prices. This is where the U.S. Feed Grains Council can help,” he said. poorly consolidated aggregate mate rial, the gouge material soon be comes compacted and made rock like as a result of the movement of the country rock.” As a result, the gouge material in the fault becomes stronger than would be suspected,” Logan said. What we hope is that a knowl edge of the mechanical properties of fault gouges will allow us not only to predict but possibly, someday, to control earthquakes,” he added. “One method of control that has been proposed is to pump fluids into existing fault zones. This changes stress, producing a small release of energy rather than the quick sudden release we see in an earthquake.” To this end we are looking at properties of fluid flow in fault gouges,” Logan said. “This has ap plications not only in earthquakes but also in the production of oil and gas which should be of considerable interest to the energy industry.” ■S it new Anthropological laboratories at |msA&M University were toured the head of one of Peru’s leading earch centers who said his coun- k wants to use the labs as a model br facilities planned there. ■ Dr. Carlos Lopez-Ocana said he ■ also exploring the possibility of a Indent exchange between KcM and the National Agrarian Jniversity in Lima. Lopez-Ocana drects the Peruvian university’s enter for Investigation of Arid jmes (CIZA). Establishment of an ethno- kleobotanical lab in Peru would ve South America its first such [cility, Lopez-Ocana said. His ntry hopes to have this lab work- |g by the end of 1978. [Although CIZA is concerned with larly all scientific disciplines from Iriculture to zoology, its director ide the Thursday stop specifically consult with A&M researchers Vaughn Bryant and Dr. Glen- Weir about equipping a lynological laboratory. Peruvian researchers were ex- Ised to A&M’s reputation in the pi of palynology after Weir par- tipated in a project late last year |nded by the National Science oundation and operated by the National Agrarian University and ing data on meteorology, physics, the University of Missouri. chemistry, human and social sci- To study how best to conserve, ences, soil science, agriculture, hy- renew or efficiently utilize their re- drology, biology, zoology, geog- sources, CIZA scientists are gather- raphy and anthropology. GUESS WHAT? Iwi FREE-U CLASS REGISTRATION TODAY 9 A.M. - 9 P.M. 2nd Floor Rudder Tower L m/c The decor at 3-C might cause some ques tions — but no question, the Bar-B-Q, Chicken Fried Steak or Catfish with all the trimmings is the greatest at 3*C CORRAL 1808 BARAK LANE — JUST EAST OF 29th ST. Imp 'o Fall/Winter 1976-1977 vP Get today's kind of look. Brenda Will Offer A Free Thermal Condi tioner With Purchase of A Regular Sham poo, Set & Haircut. 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