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Published November 1975 | Published
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Earthquake research in China

Abstract

A visit to China of an American seismological delegation, which took place October 5 to November 5, 1974, is covered in this report. The Americans were sponsored by the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC), and the hosts in China were the Scientific and Technical Association and the State Seismological Bureau. The CSCPRC is sponsored jointly by the National Academy of Sciences, the Social Science Research Council, and the American Council of Learned Societies. The visit had its origins in an invitation extended in January 1973 by Carl Kisslinger, as President of the Seismological Society of America, to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to send representatives to a Symposium on Earthquake Prediction Research. Although the Chinese declined to participate, this invitation was one step towards a reciprocal exchange of seismologists between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Several months after Kisslinger's letter the CSCPRC visited Peking. Their purpose was to arrange an exchange program with the Chinese Scientific and Technical Association. Prompted by Kisslinger, the committee's proposals for American delegations included seismology. Not only was this particular exchange accepted, but the Chinese in turn suggested that a Chinese seismology group visit the United States.

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© 1975 American Geophysical Union. This report was prepared by the following members of the American Seismology Delegation. Part 1: Frank Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Mary Bullock, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, Washington, D. C. Part 2: Robert M. Hamilton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. Part 3: William F. Brace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Carl Kisslinger, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Part 4: Carl Kisslinger, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Part 5: Manuel G. Bonilla, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California; Clarence R. Allen, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Part 6: Clarence R. Allen, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Part 7: Lynn R. Sykes, Columbia University, New York, New York; C. Barry Raleigh, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Part 8: Leon Knopoff, University of California, Los Angeles, California. Part 9: William F. Brace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Part 10: Ray W. Clough, University of California, Berkeley, California. Part 11: Roy Hofheinz, Jr., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Members of the American Seismology Delegation were Frank Press, Chairman; Clarence R. Allen, Vice-Chairman; Manuel G. Bonilla, William F. Brace, Carl Kisslinger, Robert M. Hamilton, C. Barry Raleigh, Ray W. Clough, Lynn R. Sykes, Leon Knopoff, Roy Hofheinz, Jr., Peter G. Smith, and Mary Bullock. Although the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China sponsored the visit of the delegation, this report does not necessarily reflect its viewpoint or the viewpoints of its sponsors.

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