William R. Riedel Papers

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Descriptive Summary

Title: William R. Riedel Papers

Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0082

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, California, 92093-0175

Languages: English

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet (1 carton)

Date (inclusive): 1965-1988

Abstract: Correspondence and select subject files of Scripps Institution of Oceanography micropaleontologist William R. Riedel, including JOIDES Planning Committee files related to the Deep Sea Drilling Project.

Creator: Riedel, W. R.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains the correspondence and select subject files of micropaleontologist William R. Riedel, including JOIDES Planning Committee files related to the Deep Sea Drilling Project. The correspondence contains professional letters regarding samples and studies, as well as some data and charts.

Biography

William Rex Riedel (b. 1927) is a micropaleontologist from Tanunda, South Australia. He was educated at the University of Adelaide, where he received his B.Sc. (1947), M.Sc. (1952) and D.Sc. (1976). Riedel began his decades-long career at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in 1951 as a graduate research geologist. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in 1981. Riedel is distinguished for his work on taxonomy and stratigraphy of Radiolaria and marine sediments. He participated in many SIO expeditions, including Northern Holiday (1951) and the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1956-57). Riedel’s work on stratigraphy and on the analysis of sediment cores was especially important to the Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP). He was active on the JOIDES Planning Committee, and later served as chair of the SIO Geological Research Division from 1978-1983. Riedel was named curator of DSDP cores and served on the JOIDES Information Handling Panel beginning in 1990. He was a founder of EURORAD (later INTERRAD), the international community of radiolarian workers. Riedel retired in 2001.

http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/biogr/Riedel_Biogr.pdf

OFF-SITE STORAGE

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Publication Information

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2000.

Preferred Citation

William R. Riedel Papers. SMC 82. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Deep Sea Drilling Project. -- Archives

Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling. -- Archives

Riedel, W. R. -- Archives

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. -- Archives

Micropaleontology

PAPERS

Box 1, Folder 1-16

Correspondence 1980-1988

General note

Includes programs and letters regarding the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) in the early eighties. The bulk of the correspondence is with professional colleagues, commenting on proposals, publications and research opportunities in the field.

Box 1, Folder 17-18

Deep Sea Drilling Project: Core Description Manual 1968 May

General note

Photocopy of provisional edition. Includes Parts 2-4, 5 (shipboard treatment of cores).

Box 1, Folder 19-24

JOIDES Research Vessel Planning Committee 1965-1970

General note

Notes, meeting minutes, draft reports, memoranda.

Box 1, Folder 25

JOIDES - Renewal proposal 1969 June

Box 1, Folder 26

Prospectus for a 2-year study of Paleoic Radiolaria 1983

Box 1, Folder 27

Image-based Paleontologic Information System (COSMI) 1982

General note

Includes objectives and conventions of COSMI (Computer Optics System for Morphologic Information).

Box 1, Folder 28

NATO Advanced Research Institute: Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin abstracts 1982 November

Box 1, Folder 29

IGCP Project 175 working group 1982

Box 1, Folder 30

Testing of Reliability Index 1981