U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research: Comparative Stratigraphic/Paleontological Studies of the Cretaceous Period in the Colorado Plateau and the Jindong Formation of South Korea

美韩合作研究：科罗拉多高原和韩国金东组白垩纪比较地层/古生物学研究

• 批准号: 8913324
• 负责人: Martin Lockley
• 金额: $ 1.12万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Denver-Downtown Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-09-15 至 1992-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8913324&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Korea; Cooperative; Research; Comparative

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. Martin G. Lockley, Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, to pursue with Dr. Seong-Young Yang, Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University, Korea, for a period of 24 months, a program of cooperative research to complete the study of the dinosaur track-bearing beds of the Cretaceous, Jindong Formation of South Korea. The study is broad based, involving the analysis of the stratigraphy, depositional environments, and paleontology of the Jindong Formation. Previous work by Dr. Yang has revealed that there are in excess of 150 track-bearing layers in a formation that is a little more than 300 meters in thickness. Current information suggests that the Jindong Formation has a greater concentration of dinosaur tracks than any comparable deposit. This site represents a unique lacustrine depositional environment. Previous studies have demonstrated that the Korean tracks represent a very unusual dinosaur community in which brontosaurs and large ornithopods frequented the same area. Most other tracksites worldwide show these two groups to be mutually exclusive. This project will provide a unique research opportunity for the U.S. scientist. It also will allow him to compare the results of his studies of dinosaur tracks in the Colorado plateau region with those obtained in studies of the Jindong Formation on the southern coast of South Korea. The U.S. and Korean collaborators are highly respected scientists who have a record of successful collaboration. This project will allow them to combine their knowledge and skills for mutual benefit. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Dr. Yang's participation in the project is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). This project will add an international cooperative dimension to Dr. Lockley's research under NSF Grant No. EAR-8618206.

这项提案要求提供资金，允许科罗拉多大学丹佛分校地质学系马丁·G·洛克利博士与韩国京浦国立大学地质学系杨胜英博士进行为期24个月的合作研究计划，以完成白垩纪恐龙足迹承重层的研究，韩国金洞组。这项研究基础广泛，涉及金东组的地层学、沉积环境和古生物学分析。杨博士之前的工作表明，在一个厚度略高于300米的地层中，存在150多个轨道承重层。目前的信息表明，金东组的恐龙足迹比任何可比的沉积物都要集中。该遗址代表了独特的湖泊沉积环境。此前的研究表明，韩国的足迹代表了一个非常不寻常的恐龙群落，雷龙和大型鸟足类经常出现在同一地区。全球大多数其他跟踪网站显示，这两个群体是相互排斥的。该项目将为这位美国科学家提供一个独特的研究机会。这也将使他能够将他对科罗拉多高原地区恐龙足迹的研究结果与对韩国南部海岸金洞组的研究结果进行比较。美国和韩国的合作者都是备受尊敬的科学家，他们有成功合作的记录。这个项目将允许他们将他们的知识和技能结合在一起，实现互利共赢。该项目与美韩合作科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、想法、技能和技术以及通过在互利问题上的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。杨博士参与该项目得到了韩国科学与工程基金会(KOSEF)的支持。该项目将为洛克利博士的研究增加一个国际合作的维度，该研究由美国国家科学基金会资助。耳-8618206。