A U.S. Arctic Marine Geology and Geophysics Workshop

该奖项支持一个为美国北冰洋海洋地质和地球物理研究计划的研讨会。一群美国地质学家和地球物理学家将在伍德霍尔海洋研究所（Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution）召开研讨会，为美国在北冰洋地球科学方面的进展起草一份计划。讲习班的具体目标是：1)衡量美国海洋地质和地球物理学界对解决北冰洋地球科学问题的兴趣程度；2)明确北冰洋重要的地球动力学和古海洋学问题；3)提出具体的研究目标和解决这些问题的地球物理和钻井技术；4)解决地震现场调查的区域和方法问题，这对今后科学钻探的成功至关重要；5)起草“美国北冰洋地质和地球物理计划”，作为美国国家科学基金会和其他资助北极研究的美国机构的长期规划文件。＊＊＊

This award supports a workshop to plan for U.S. marine geology and geophysics research in the Arctic Ocean. A group of US geologists and geophysicists will be assembled for a workshop at the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, in order to draft a plan for US progress in Arctic Ocean geosciences. Specifically the workshop will be aimed at: 1) Gauging the level of interest of the US marine geology and geophysics community in addressing geoscience problems in the Arctic Ocean; 2) Defining the important geodynamic and paleo-oceanographic problems in the Arctic Ocean; 3) Proposing site-specific research objectives and geophysical and drilling techniques to solve these problems; 4) Addressing the region of and method of seismic site survey, which is essential to the success of future scientific drilling; and 5) Drafting of a "US Plan for Geology and Geophysics in the Arctic Ocean" for use as a long term planning document by the National Science Foundation and other US agencies engaged in funding Arctic research. ***