Collaborative Research: Glacial Marine Stratigraphy in the Eastern Ross Sea and Western Marie Byrd Land, and Shallow Structure of the West Antarctic Rift

该奖项支持加州大学圣巴巴拉分校和阿拉巴马大学之间的海洋地质和地球物理合作项目，研究东罗斯海和西南极洲玛丽伯德地边缘的冰川和构造历史。 该项目的目标是（1）进行地震成像和活塞取心，以开始解开该地区大陆架近期沉积物中记录的南极西部冰盖的历史；（2）获取新生代冰川沉积物下方声波基底的地震图像，以了解该地区大陆地壳裂谷结构与新生代冰川沉积物之间的关系。 这项研究将绘制出东罗斯海和玛丽伯德地边缘的测深图、结构图、沉积物等厚图、重力图和磁力图。 这些信息将被纳入对该地区主要冰川和结构特征的解释中。 该项目将有助于更好地了解东罗斯海和玛丽伯德地边缘的冰川海洋地层和冰川历史，因此，它将为实现西南极冰盖倡议的目标做出重大贡献。

This award supports a collaborative marine geological and geophysical project between the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Alabama to study the glacial and tectonic history of the eastern Ross Sea and the Marie Byrd Land margin of West Antarctica. The goals of the project are (1) to conduct seismic imaging and piston coring to begin unraveling the history of the West Antarctic ice Sheet as recorded in the recent sediments of the continental shelf of the region, and (2) to acquire seismic images of the acoustic basement beneath the Cenozoic glacial deposits toward an understanding of the relationship between rift structure of the continental crust and Cenozoic glacial deposits of the region. This research will result in bathymetric, structural, sediment isopach, gravity and magnetic maps of the eastern Ross Sea and the Marie Byrd Land margin. This information will be integrated into an interpretation of the major glacial and structural features of the region. This project will result in a better understanding of the glacio-marine stratigraphy and glacial history of the eastern Ross Sea and Marie Byrd Land margin and, consequently, it will represent a significant contribution to the goals of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet initiative.