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

Elliot，Collinson，Hammer在过去35年中对横贯南极山脉中部和南部的地球科学研究提供了大量关于该大陆罗斯海部分地质演化的新信息。 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含盐冰川沉积物。 该奖项支持一个研讨会，旨在通过制定一份关于未来可能的研究方向的白色文件，并确定可以解决的关键科学问题，来利用这些过去的进展。 研究目标分为四个总的主题领域：晚前寒武纪-早古生代的发展;冈瓦纳古生物和古气候;中新生代构造演化;和新生代景观演化和古气候。 讲习班还将讨论在后勤能力的新时代执行偏远外地项目所需的支助。 研讨会将产生一份报告，为跨南极山脉中部和南部的未来研究制定科学目标。

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.