Mount St. Helens committee formed

Abstract

The rapidly increasing number of requests from scientific and educational groups to inspect Mount St. Helens has prompted the U.S. Geological Survey staff at Vancouver to ask two Portland geologists to form a coordinating committee to screen all applicants.The committee is headed jointly by John E. Allen, professor emeritus of geology, Portland State University, and Ralph S. Mason, former state geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Advisory members include representatives from Portland State University, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, University of Washington, the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Sciences, and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.