U.S.-Argentina Planning Visit: Geologic Evolution of the Central Somoncura Massif, Rio Negro Province, Argentina

小行星9724786 这个美洲计划奖将资助Saini-Eidukat博士短期访问阿根廷，北达科他州州立大学，计划对巴塔哥尼亚东部的硅质火山作用的合作研究项目。 他将与巴伊亚布兰卡南国立大学的埃内斯托·比耶格博士合作。 研究人员有一个工作假设，必须用额外的地球化学和时间限制来验证。这次访问是必要的，以便选择尽可能好的样本来检验地质假设。 拟议的研究将包括岩石学和地球化学分析，以确定同源岩浆组合，目的是为该地区的演变建立一个概念模型。 ***

9724786 Saini-Eidukat This Americas Program award will fund a short term visit to Argentina for Dr. Saini-Eidukat, North Dakota State University, to plan a collaborative research project on the silisic volcanism of eastern Patagonia. He will be collaborating with Dr. Ernesto Bjerg, of the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca. The researchers have a working hypothesis that has to be tested with additional geochemical and temporal constraints. The visit is necessary in order to select the best possible samples to test the geological hypothesis. The proposed research will include petrologic and geochemical analysis to determine comagmatic associations, with the goal of constructing a conceptual model for the evolution of the area. ***