The Second International Conference on Geophysics of the Earth and the Oceans, January 15–19, 1973, Sydney

The Second International Conference on Geophysics of the Earth and the Oceans was held at Sydney University in January. Over 450 delegates attended the Conference froti all over Australia and from many overseas countries. The undoubted success of this Second Conference has established it as a continuing series of Conferences. A particularly wide range of topics were covered both in the Invited Papers and in the many excellent contributed articles. The rapid development of the field of geophysics was reflected in the introduction of several topics that were not discussed at the First Conference in 1970.