technicians for the purpose of improving the understanding of mapping programs and cartographic applications. The work is being done in response to requests from the U.S. Customs Service and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), and will provide the latest available aerial photography and maps of the border. It will meet the IBWC's legislative requirement for updating map coverage on a 10-year cycle of the border formed along the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers. Attached to this statement is a listing of the various countries with which the Geological Survey has undertaken scientific activities, with a brief description of the types of these activities. I would be pleased to provide more detailed information on the international projects of the USGS if you wish. Somewhat apart from the discussion of the international activities of the USGS, as they relate to individual countries or regions, is the upcoming International Geological Congress to be held in Washington, D.C., in 1989. The USGS is hosting this event, which will involve scientists from all over the world, and it happens that I am serving as the Secretary General of the Congress. In summary, the Geological Survey has in the past and continues to be very active in working productively with other nations in the earth sciences. This concludes my prepared statement. I would be happy to respond to any questions you may have. ATTACHMENT B: International scientific activities conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1985, listed by country or region Technical Assistance Activities Bangladesh.....Training of Geological Survey personnel. Colombia.......Stream flow modeling related to dam operations; training in earthquake risk assessment. Costa Rica.....Coal resources assessment; mineral resources assessment. Dominican Republic.......Offshore geologic studies; phosphate resource assessment. ..Mapping of subsurface geologic features by remote sensing; training in map preparation and publication. Egypt..... El Salvador....Earthquake hazards reduction. Ethiopia.......Training in mineral resources study. Fiji...........Study of coastal sediment distribution. Guatemala......Earthquake hazards reduction. Haiti..........Coal resource investigations. Indonesia......Volcanic research and hazards mitigation; negotiations for consultancies in marine geoscience program. Italy..........Seismic and volcanic monitoring program. Jordan.........Seismic systems; water resources. Kenya..... ..Regional remote sensing facility; Landsat imagery; map publication. Liberia........Analytical laboratory consultancy; mineral resources project development. Mauritania.....Mineral and energy resources project development. Mexico.........Surface water resources. Morocco........Landsat base-map compilation; mineral deposit assessments; geophysical investigations. Oman...... ...Mineral resources studies. Pakistan.......Coal resources assessment; water sediment tranport. Panama ...Earthquake hazards reduction; coal geology program development. Papua New .Mineral resources data systems and assessment. Paraguay....... Hydrologic hazards related to floods. Peru..... .Mineral resources assessment; flood hazards in Cuzco. Philippines....Volcanic hazards analyses and mitigation; coal resource assessments. Qatar..... .. Water resources-artificial recharge of ground water. Saudi Arabia...Geologic mapping and mineral resource assessment; hydrologic studies; Landsat image base maps; seismic studies. Sri Lanka......Ground-water resources assessment. Sudan.... ...Landsat base map compilation; map publications. Turkey......... Karst geophysics consultancy. Venezuela......Hydrology and water resources of Orinoco Basin. Caribbean......Seismic hazards workshop in Puerto Rico. Central America........ Workshop on development of minerals, energy, and water resources and mitigation of geologic hazards. East Asia...... Critique multinational coal information system; consultancies on remote sensing program; U.S. Government representation at UN Regional meetings. Latin America..Earthquake disaster mitigation in Andean region. Southeast Asia..... .Earthquake engineering and hazards mitigation; South Pacific..Marine cruise for hydrocarbon resources studies; workshop on coastal processes mapping; cobalt crust studies on Marshall Island seamounts; crater studies in Marshalls; mineral reconnaissance in Palau. Worldwide......Global seismic network; hydrologic training course; remote sensing training workshop. Scientific Cooperative Activities Antarctica.....Topographic and satellite image mapping; marine geological and geophysical surveys; mineral resources studies. Australia......Antarctic mapping; tectonics and resources of South Pacific. Bolivia........Subvolcanic intrusions related to ash-flow tuff terranes and tin resources. Brazil...... .Mineral resources studies; river sediment studies; technology transfer in remote sensing. Canada. Chile.... ..Strategic minerals inventory; sea-floor mineral exploration; borehole geophysics; continental deep seismic reflection; cartographic data exchange; techniques for hydrologic data analysis. .Volcanic and seismic risk investigations; 3/3/85 earthquake studies. Costa Rica.....Geothermal energy consultation; magnetic observatory instrumentation; volcanic studies. France... Germany. ...Marine hydrothermal mineralogy; mineral deposit modeling. .Strategic minerals inventory; marine seismic studies of Greece... .Geochemistry of petroleum; structural geology studies. Iceland........Volcanic, geothermal, and glacial studies. India..........Science and technology review for possible cooperative program development. Italy..........Seismology and seismic risk assessment; geochemistry, volcanology, marine geology. Japan..........Joint panels on earthquake prediction, marine geology, and marine mining; ore deposit research; landslide studies; geodetic leveling. Mexico.........Volcano studies; geochemical and geophysical exploration; mineral and metallogenic map analyses; regional structure and stratigraphic studies; tectonostratigraphic terrane studies; base map compilation of U.S. border area. New Zealand....Antarctic mapping. People's .Surveying, mapping, and geographic information systems; surface South Africa...Strategic minerals inventory; seismic studies. South Korea....Offshore petroleum resources and geothermal resources assessments. Spain...... ..Ground water resources; remote sensing for mineral deposits; earthquake research; marine geology of continental margins. Sweden.........Nuclear waste disposal; subsurface water transport. United Kingdom...... Marine geology; world coal resources; strategic minerals inventory. U.S.S.R........Joint committee on earthquake prediction. Yugoslavia..... Crustal structure research; seismology and earthquake hazards; subsidence research; geochemical surveys; remote sensing; engineering geology; geophysics. East- .Base map preparation (1:2 million-scale); sedimentary basin Pacific region.........Circum-Pacific mapping program; chromite resource studies. Worldwide...... International Strategic Minerals Inventory; The World Energy Resources Program; geologic and hydrologic hazards mitigation training. |