Alan G. Jones: Professional Activities
- 1987 - 1998: Member, Electromagnetism and Other Geophysics subcommittee
- 1989 - 1993: Chairman, Electromagnetism and Other Geophysics subcommittee
- 1989 - 1993: Member, Lithoprobe Scientific Committee
- 1993 - 1996: Chairman, Lithoprobe Scientific Committee
- 1997 - 2003: Member, Pan Lithoprobe Subcomittee
- 1987 - 1991: Member, Working Group I.2, Electromagnetism Induction
in the Earth
- 1991 - 1995: Co-Chair, Working Group I.2, Electromagnetism Induction
in the Earth
- 1995 - 1999: Chair, Working Group I.2, Electromagnetism Induction
in the Earth
- 1999 - 2004: Past Chair, Working Group I.2, Electromagnetism Induction
in the Earth
- 1999 - 2003: Co-Chair, Division 1, Internal Magnetic Fields
- 1998 - 1999: Second Vice-Chair, Geophysics Division
- 1999 - 2000: First Vice-Chair, Geophysics Division
- 2000 - 2001: Chair, Geophysics Division
- 2001 - 2003: Past Chair, Geophysics Division
- March, 1990: Member, Committee of Visitors review of the Geophysics and Seismology small grants programs
- 1993 - 1998: Member, Continental Dynamics Panel
Editorial Duties
- 1989 - 1990: Guest Editor; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors Special Issue
Electromagnetic Induction Studies,
vol. 60, nos. 1-3, April 1990
- 1992 - 1993: Guest Editor; Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Special Issue
Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
vol. 45, no. 9, 1993
- 1992 - 1993: Guest Editor; Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors Special Issue
The V.R.S. Hutton Symposium: Electromagnetic Studies of the Continents,
vol. 81, nos. 1-4, December 1993
- 1995 - 1996: Guest Editor, Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
Special Issue Magnetotelluric Data Interpretation Workshop - II,
published in early 1997
- 1996 - 1997: Guest Editor (with Prof. Volker Haak) of
a Special Section of Journal of Geophysical Research devoted to the
results of the German KTB drilling program
- 1991 - 1997: Associate Editor,
Journal of Geophysical Research
- 1995 - 2001: Editorial Board Member,
GEOLOGY
- 2001 - 2003: Guest Editor (with Rick Carlson and Herman Grutter) of a special issue of Lithos
devoted to the Slave-Kaapvaal Workshop.
- 2003 - 2004: Guest Editor (with Yasuo Ogawa and Andreas Junge) of a special issue of
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors devoted to the 2002 Santa Fe EM Induction Workshop.
- 1997 - ____: Overseas Editor,
Earth, Planets and Space
- 2006 - 2008: Associate Editor,
Journal of Geophysical Research
Meetings and Sessions Organised, Convened or Chaired
- 1987: Co-convener of IAGA session on
Comparison of Electrical Conductivity Models with Results from Other
Geophysical Techniques, also
Co-convener of Interdisciplinary Symposium on
Lower Crust Properties and Processes
at 16th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, Vancounver, Canada.
- 1992: Principle organiser. First MT Data Interpretation
Workshop. Wellington, New Zealand
- 1993: Convenor, Session on
Interpretation of conductivity models of the continental lower crust:
Fluids or carbon - can we tell the difference?
at the 7th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Exeter, England, 1993
- 1994: Principle organiser. Second MT Data Interpretation
Workshop. Cambridge, England
- 1994: member, Program Committee, 12th Workshop on
Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Brest, France, August 8 - 13, 1994.
- 1995: Convenor, Session on
Multidimensional currents over multidimensional
Earth structures: theory and observations
also: Chairman, Symposium on
Lithospheric anisotropy: observations and interpretation
at the 21st General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, Boulder, U.S.A., July, 1995.
- 1996: Chairman, Program Committee,
13th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Hokkaido, Japan, July 12 - 18, 1996.
- 1997: Convenor, Session on
Electromagnetic induction studies
at the 8th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997
- 1998: Chairman, Program Committee,
14th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Sinaia, Romania, August 16 - 23, 1998.
- 1998: Convenor, Keynote symposium on
Deep Crustal Processes
at 1998 meeting of the Geological Society of America,
Toronto, Canada, October/November, 1998.
- 1999: Convenor, Symposium on
Characteristics of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary
at 22nd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, Birmingham, England, July 19 - 30, 1999.
- 2000: Member, Program Committee,
15th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Cabo Frio, Brazil, 2000.
- 2001: Principle Organizer: Slave-Kaapvaal Workshop
held in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada, September 5-9, 2001.
- 2002: Member, Program Committee,
16th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Santa Fe, USA, 17-22 June, 2002.
- 2004: Member, Program Committee,
17th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
Hyderabad, India, 18-23 October, 2004.
- 2006: Member, Program Committee,
18th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth,
El Vendrell, Spain, 17-23 September, 2006.
Others
- June, 1990: Presented lecture course on MT in India at a
national two-week seminar on EM induction
- September, 1990: Member of a six-person international committee
which reviewed geophysics at Swedish academic institutions. This committee
is struck every ten years
- January, 1992. Member, Ad-Hoc External Advisory Appointments
Committee, Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution. Boston, Mass.
- 1992 - 1999: Member, Canadian National Committee for the
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- September, 1993: Member, U.S. Dept. of Energy panel to assess
programs funded by the DoE during the period 1991-1993
- 1993 - 1997: Chief Delegate for Canada to IAGA at
Buenos Aires (1993), Boulder (1995), Uppsala (1997), and Sapporo (2001) Scientific Assemblies
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