PUBLICATIONS - Short papers for volume B of 1961 Annual Review of the Geological Survey. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water Resources Division Washington 25, D.C. In reply refer to: November 30, 1960 Code: 4053 0001 GROUND WATER BRANCH MEMORANDUM NO. 61.33 To: District Chiefs and Staff Officials, Ground Water Branch From: Chief, Ground Water Branch Subject: PUBLICATIONS - Short papers for volume B of 1961 Annual Review of the Geological Survey. Attached is a copy of Mr. Averitt's memorandum of November 28, which is nearly self-explanatory. Professional Paper 400 has had such an enthusiastic reception that the Division is anxious to contribute to the volumes for 1961 and subsequent years, and has said that top priority will be given to this effort. This memorandum is for the purpose of soliciting titles for short papers, as described in Mr. Averitt's memorandum, for inclusion in volume B of the 1961 professional paper. Please refer to Professional Paper 400 for the type of paper desired. If you find a copy. Time is not available for ordering copies for the individual offices, and it is understood that the available supply is small. These essential criteria are as follows: 1. The paper should describe recent results of geologic and hydrologic investigations that are of interest. It should not be just a description of an investigation and of what is hoped to be learned from it. 2. The paper should describe results that have not been approved for publication and scheduled for delivery of published copies within, or within a few months after, the 1961 fiscal year. 3. The paper is limited to 1,000 words and a few simple illustrations. 4. In view of the short deadline, we want only papers that can be submitted without delaying scheduled project completion dates by more than a week or two. In general this will mean that only an author who has already begun work on a brief paper for another outlet, such as a journal, or who is so familiar with his project that he can write up something interesting very quickly without substantial interference with scheduled completion dates, can be expected to contribute to this year's volume. Federal funds are not available to defray the cost of this work. For each title offered, please give the information requested in item 2 on the second page of Mr. Averitt's memorandum. We want to make as good a showing as we can under the rather stringent conditions described above. Volume B of Professional Paper 400 contains 232 papers. To make a respectable showing, the Ground Water Branch would have to produce at least several tens of papers. I hope that we will be able to meet this goal. (s) Philip E. LaMoreaux Attachment Distribution: A, B, S3, FO3, SL (WRD)