U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Geodynamics and Eustasy atan Active Plate Boundary in the Pacific Atolls

这个为期两年的奖项支持美国-法国合作研究 海洋地质学之间的唐纳德F。芝加哥大学的麦克尼尔 迈阿密和巴黎大学（南部）的Djafar Aissaoui。 的 他们研究的目的是校准和完善 与活动俯冲板块有关的地球动力学事件 边界研究人员将使用碳酸 在洛亚蒂群岛的一个隆起的环礁的磁性地层学 南太平洋 麦克尼尔博士为这次合作带来了 岩石磁学和磁性地层定年的经验 浅水碳酸盐 他建造了一个超导 磁性实验室进行数据分析。 之形成补充的是 Aissaoui博士对环礁地质的了解， 地层学 碳酸盐岩磁性地层学是一种新的计时技术， 确定活动板块边界的运动速率， 提取过去海平面事件的数据。 本研究的结果 将确定其在活动板块边界研究的可行性 并可能导致其广泛用于地球动力学研究 和板块构造

This two-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in marine geology between Donald F. McNeill of the University of Miami and Djafar Aissaoui of the University of Paris (South). The objective of their research is to calibrate and refine the timing of geodynamic events associated with an active, subducting plate boundary. The investigators will apply carbonate magnetostratigraphy to an uplifted atoll in the Loyalty Islands of the South Pacific. Dr. McNeill brings to this collaboration experience in rock magnetics and magnetostratigraphic dating of shallow-water carbonates. He has constructed a superconducting magnetics laboratory for data analysis. This is complemented by Dr. Aissaoui's knowledge about the Atoll's geology and stratigraphy. Carbonate magnetostratigraphy is a novel technique for timing and determining rates of motion at active plate boundaries and for extracting data on past sea level events. Results from this research will determine its feasibility for studies at active plate boundaries and could lead to its widespread use for research in geodynamics and plate tectonics.