Travel Support for U.S. Participation in the XII Congress, INQUA, Beijing, China, August 2-9, 1991

各国对全球变化和减轻自然灾害的迫切关切正导致对最近地质历史环境的研究变得更加重要。国际合作对于分析与这些问题有关的重要科学问题至关重要。该项目将支持包括新职业学者在内的主要美国研究人员参加1991年8月2日至9日在北京举行的国际第四纪研究联盟第十三届大会，中国。由于其深厚的多学科传统，INQUA与NSF内的七个项目直接相关。这次会议所取得的科学联系和相关的科学实地考察，对于在关键时刻增进对动态地球系统的了解将是非常宝贵的，因为在这一了解的基础上，地球的宜居性将取决于地球的宜居性。该项目将为32名美国第四纪科学家参加这一非常重要的国际会议提供必要的支持。

Pressing national concerns with global change and the mitigation of natural hazards are leading to increased importance for research on the environments of the recent geological past. International collaboration has become essential for the analysis of important scientific problems related to these issues. This project will support the participation of key U.S. researchers, including new-career scholars, at the XIII Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) in Beijing, China, August 2-9, 1991. Due to its strong multidisciplinary tradition, INQUA has direct relevance to seven programs within NSF. The scientific contacts achieved at this meeting and the related scientific field excursions will be invaluable for enhancing understanding of the dynamic earth system at a critical point, when upon that understanding will depend the habitability of the planet. This project will provide the necessary support for 32 U.S. Quaternary scientists to participate in this very significant international meeting.