Workshop on Earth Science Investigations of the Central and Southern Transantarctic Mountains

在过去的35年里，南极横贯山脉中部和南部的地球科学研究为南极罗斯海板块的地质演化提供了丰富的新信息。其中许多进展对全球地球科学界具有重要意义，例如脊椎动物动物群，解剖学上保存完好的植物化石，以及表明气候条件截然不同的年轻化石冰川沉积物。该奖项支持一个旨在利用这些过去的进展的研讨会，通过编写一份关于未来可能的研究方向的白皮书，并确定可以解决的关键科学问题。研究目标大致分为四个主题：晚前寒武纪-早古生代发育；冈瓦纳古生物学与古气候；中新生代构造演化；新生代景观演化与古气候。讲习班还将讨论在这个后勤能力的新时期执行远程外地项目所需的支助。该研讨会将产生一份报告，该报告将为未来在南极横贯山脉中部和南部的研究制定科学目标。

Elliot, Collinson, Hammer OPP 9710357 Earth science research in the central and southern Transantarctic Mountains during the last 35 years has provided a wealth of new information on the geologic evolution of the Ross Sea sector of the continent. Many of these advances have had significance to the global geosciences community, such as the vertebrate faunas, anatomically well preserved plant fossils, and the young fossiliferous glacial deposits indicating radically different climatic conditions. This award supports a workshop aimed at capitalizing on these past advances by developing a white paper on possible future research directions and identifying key scientific questions that can be addressed. Research goals fall into four general topic areas: Late Precambrian-Early Paleozoic development; Gondwana paleontology and paleoclimate; Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution; and Cenozoic landscape evolution and paleoclimate. The workshop will also address the support required to carry out remote field projects in this new ear of logistic capabilities. The workshop will lead to a report that will lay out scientific goals for future research in the central and southern Transantarctic Mountains.