US-USSR Workshop on Geodynamics and Ecology of Lake Baykal, Southeastern Siberia:Perspectives for Global Change Research(Columbia and Charleston, SC: October 17-25, 1990)

除了是世界上最深、体积最大的淡水湖之外，西伯利亚南部的贝加尔湖对地质学家和生物学家来说都具有本质上的重要性，因为它位于构造活跃的贝加尔湖裂谷带的中心位置，其悠久的地层记录包含了西伯利亚东南部的古气候历史，并有丰富的特有动植物，使其成为重要的生态系统。这次美苏联合研讨会的目的是为贝加尔湖和贝加尔湖裂谷区的国际地质、地球物理和生态合作研究确定科学优先事项。会议将于1990年10月17日至25日在南卡罗来纳州的哥伦比亚和查尔斯顿举行。会议将特别关注贝加尔湖地区对全球变化、全球构造、沉积盆地演化和生物多样性研究的重要性。它还将为美国、苏联和第三国科学家就贝加尔湖地区的共同研究目标进行讨论，并为合作研究制定具体的计划和建议提供机会。美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey）也为这次会议提供了费用。该项目通过使美国和苏联的主要研究人员在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同感兴趣和有能力的基础科学研究领域结合互补的努力和能力，实现了推进科学知识的计划目标。

In addition to being the deepest and largest (by volume) freshwater lake in the world, Lake Baykal in southern Siberia is intrinsically important to both geologists and biologists because of its central position in the tectonically active Baykal Rift Zone, its long stratigraphic record containing the paleoclimatic history of southeastern Siberia, and its rich endemic flora and fauna, establishing it as an important ecological system. The purpose of this joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. workshop is to identify scientific priorities for international geological, geophysical, and ecological cooperative research on Lake Baykal and in the Baykal Rift Zone. The meeting will be held October 17-25, 1990 in Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina. Particular attention will be focused on the importance of the Baykal region to research in global change, global tectonics, the evolution of sedimentary basins, and biodiversity. It will also provide opportunities for discussions between U.S., Soviet, and third-country scientists about common research objectives in the Baykal region and to develop specific plans and proposals for cooperative research. The U.S. Geological Survey is also contributing to the cost of this meeting. This project fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading researchers in the United States and the U.S.S.R. to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence in the field of basic scientific research on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.