Terrestrial Rare Gases

Physical and chemical studies of the earth and planets along with their sur roundings are now developing very rapidly. As these studies are of essentially international character, many international conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops are held every year. To publish proceedings of these meetings is of course important for tracing development of various disciplines of earth and plane tary sciences though publishing is fast getting to be an expensive business. It is my pleasure to learn that the Center for Academic Publications Japan and the Japan Scientific Societies Press have agreed to undertake the publication of a series "Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences" which should certainly become an important medium for conveying achievements of various meetings to the aca demic as well as non-academic scientific communities. It is planned to publish the series mostly on the basis of proceedings that appear in the Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity edited by the Society of Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity of Japan, the Journal of Physics of the Earth by the Seismological Society of Japan and the Volcanological Society of Japan, and the Geochemical Journal by the Geochemical Society of Japan, although occasional volumes of the series will include independent proceedings. Selection of meetings, of which the proceedings will be included in the series, will be made by the Editorial Committee for which I have the honour to work as the General Editor.

Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Seminar on Rare Gas Abundance and Isotopic Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere, held in Hakone National Park, Japan, June 28-July 1, 1977

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Physical and chemical studies of the earth and planets along with their sur­ roundings are now developing very rapidly. As these studies are of essentially international character, many international conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops are held every year. To publish proceedings of these meetings is of course important for tracing development of various disciplines of earth and plane­ tary sciences though publishing is fast getting to be an expensive business. It is my pleasure to learn that the Center for Academic Publications Japan and the Japan Scientific Societies Press have agreed to undertake the publication of a series "Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences" which should certainly become an important medium for conveying achievements of various meetings to the aca­ demic as well as non-academic scientific communities. It is planned to publish the series mostly on the basis of proceedings that appear in the Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity edited by the Society of Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity of Japan, the Journal of Physics of the Earth by the Seismological Society of Japan and the Volcanological Society of Japan, and the Geochemical Journal by the Geochemical Society of Japan, although occasional volumes of the series will include independent proceedings. Selection of meetings, of which the proceedings will be included in the series, will be made by the Editorial Committee for which I have the honour to work as the General Editor.

Contenu
Experimental Studies.- A Mantle Helium Component in Circum-Pacific Volcanic Gases: Hakone, the Marianas, and Mt. Lassen.- Nitrogen to Argon Ratio in Volcanic Gases.- Rare Gas Abundance Pattern of Fumarolic Gases in Japanese Volcanic Areas.- A Review: Some Recent Advances in Isotope Geochemistry of Light Rare Gases.- Abundances and Isotopic Compositions of Rare Gases in Granites and Thucholites.- Rare Gas Isotopic Compositions in Diamonds.- Rare Gases in Mantle-Derived Rocks and Minerals.- A Comparison of Terrestrial and Meteoritic Noble Gases.- The Composition and History of the Martian Atmosphere.- Theoretical Studies.- Nuclear Components in the Atmosphere.- Trapped Xenon and Cosmic-Ray Effects in Meteorites, in Lunar Sample, and in the Earth's Materials.- Classification and Generation of Terrestrial Rare Gases.- Earth-Atmosphere Evolution Model Based on Ar Isotopic Data.- Terrestrial Potassium and Argon Abundances as Limits to Models of Atmospheric Evolution.- On the Ambient Mantle 4He/40Ar Ratio and the Coherent Model of Degassing of the Earth.- Earth Degassing Models, and the Heterogeneous vs. Homogeneous Mantle.- Lead Isotope Constraints on the Early History of the Earth.- Matter Accretion into the Solar System.