Record

RefNoTG/1/15/49
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Gold to Dr Grobecker, Head, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, National Sciences Foundation, 1800 G Street, Washington DC
Date24 February 1978
DescriptionIs enclosing their paper on the recent East Coast explosions. Gold considers this a very serious matter, both in relation to the increased probablility of a major earthquake, and also to aircraft safety. Very massive explosions are occurring in the vicinity of Charleston, S.C.

In view of the urgency of investigting this phenomenon while it lasts (from all the points of view outlined in Gold's paper on 'Sources of Terrestrial Carbon....) he is tempted to submit a proposal to their division, but this would make sense only if it could be evaluated very rapidly and really treated as an emergency situation. Asks them to let him know if this is seen as a possibility.

Gold's plan would be to locate some of the natural gas seeps, collect samples for analysis and determine the quantities involved. This would be in cooperation with Mitre and with NCAR.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
AccessStatusOpen
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