I.A.G. NEWSLETTER INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOMORPHOLOGISTS
NEWSLETTER NO. 11(3/1994)
MARIE MORISAWA
We write with deep sadness about the tragic death of Marie Morisawa. With Don Coates she built the Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology into probably the best known annual meeting for geomorphologists. She will be remembered for her constructive editorship of Geomorphology from its beginning; her association with the Department of Geological Sciences at the State University of New York, Binghamton; and her long involvement in research in the field of fluvial geomorphology, which started in the 1950s with the study of drainage basins on the Appalachian Plateau. She wrote two very popular textbooks: Streams: their dynamics and morphology (1968) and Rivers: form and process (1985). Most of us last saw her at the IAG conference in Hamilton about a year ago. We will remember Marie Morisawa whenever we read Geomorphology or the proceedings of any of the Binghamton Symposia.
INTERNATIONAL PERMAFROST ASSOCIATION: WORKING GROUPS
The International Permafrost Association has established the following two working groups: Periglacial Processes and Environments, and Mountain Permafrost.
The objectives of the'group on Periglacial Processes and Environments are: (1) to investigate the frequency and magnitude of periglacial processes, especially those occurring within the active layer; (2) to evaluate different methodologies and techniques for process measurements; and (3) to predict the effects of potential climatic change on periglacial environments.