We apply a shock-capturing numerical model based on the single-layer shallow water equations to an idealized geometry of the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara in order to test the implications of a suggested sudden Black Sea infill 8400 years ago. The model resolves the two-dimensional flow upstream and downstream of the hydraulic jump provoked by the cascade of water from the Sea of Marmara into the Black Sea, which would occur during a sudden Black

Candidates from Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the Ukraine are eligible to apply for 10 new scholarships to follow degree courses in medicine, science, and engineering and others at the University of Edinburgh. Contact the University for further details - the deadline posted is not clear.

Brussels, 04 April 2003 Important questions for the future of science in an enlarged Europe are raised by the first major Commission survey in the Candidate Countries published today. More than half of all people questioned had little interest in science and technology, with young men in Cyprus and Hungary the most likely to value science, and older women in Bulgaria and Turkey the least. Young people are turning their backs on scientific careers,

A aparut numarul 44 al Curierului de Fizica pentru martie 2003. Revista este o publicatie trimestriala care se adreseaza intregii comunitati a cercetatorilor si universitarilor din tara si diaspora; este editata nonprofit de Fundatia Horia Hulubei si Societatea Romana de Fizica. Continutul numarului aparut se ocupa cu cercetarea stiintifica romaneasca, diferitele sale aspecte fiind vazute din mai multe puncte de vedere. Versiunea electronica se gaseste

Yearly all open positions of Professor or Lecturer (= maître de conférence) are published on the website of the Ministery for Education and Research: http://www.education.gouv.fr/sup/perssousmenu.htm (see "Actualités" and "Recrutement des enseignants-chercheurs")

A process-based facies model for asymmetric wave-influenced deltas predicts significant river-borne muds with potentially lower quality reservoir facies in prodelta and downdrift areas, and better quality sand in updrift areas. Many ancient barrier-lagoon systems and "offshore bars" may be better re-interpreted as components of large scale asymmetric wave-influenced deltaic systems. The proposed model is based on a re-evaluation of several modern

Abyssal mud waves (or fine-grained sediment waves) are often cited as evidence for deep current activity because subbottom profiles show that the wave form has migrated with time. The migration history of a fine-grained sediment wave on the Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge (ODP Site 1062) has been studied through the analysis of multiple ODP holes spaced across the wave. Additional information about wave migration patterns comes from 3.5-kHz records and

A major MIT initiative "to advancing education by increasing access to [...] academic materials" is active in its pilot phase for "public review and feedback". Check the site at http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html In the words of Charles Vest, MIT's president, the initiative is hoped "to propagate throughout many institutions and create a global web of knowledge that will enhance the quality of learning and, therefore, the quality of life worldwide".

Ten ODP sites drilled in a depth transect (2164¯4775 m water depth) during Leg 172 recovered high-deposition rate (>20 cm/kyr) sedimentary sections from sediment drifts in the western North Atlantic. For each site an age model covering the past 0.8¯0.9 Ma has been developed. The time scales have a resolution of 10¯20 kyr and are derived by tuning variations of estimated carbonate content to the orbital parameters precession and obliquity. Based

European Research 2002 The European Research Area and the Framework Programme Brussels, 11-12-13 November 2002 From 11 to 13 November 2002 the European Commission will hold a major conference to mark the launch of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for research, which will cover the period from 2002 to 2006. The major features of this three-day event are as follows. Sessions addressing all the main thematic priorities of the Framework Programme as