The Continental Margins Initiative--Phase II

为国家研究理事会海洋研究委员会在大陆边缘倡议规划方面的持续活动提供资金。这项规划是通过海洋研究委员会和核研究委员会地球科学和资源委员会下的一个委员会进行的。早些时候的一次讲习班认识到，有必要在边缘确定面向过程和跨学科的研究问题，以便进一步了解岩石圈的汇聚和分歧。资金将用于在核子研究中心主持下于1990年底和1991年举办讲习班，以进一步规划和完成科学和业务计划。研讨会的费用将由NSF、NOAA、USGS和ONR分担。一半的资金是由NSF提供的。

Funds are provided for continued activities of Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council in the planning of the Continental Margins initiative. The planning is being undertaken through a committee under the Ocean Studies Board and Board on Earth Science and Resources of the NRC. An earlier workshop recognized the need to identify research issue on the margins that are process oriented and interdisciplinary in order to further the understanding of lithospheric convergence and divergence. Funds will be used for workshops to be held under the NRC aegis in late 1990 and 1991 for further planning and completion of a Science and Operational Plans. The cost of workshops will be shared by NSF, NOAA, USGS and ONR. Half of the funds are provided by NSF.