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

9724786 Saini-Eidukat这一美洲项目奖将资助北达科他州州立大学Saini-Eidukat博士对阿根廷的短期访问，以计划一个关于巴塔哥尼亚东部硅质火山活动的合作研究项目。他将与巴伊亚·布兰卡国立大学的埃内斯托·布耶格博士合作。研究人员有一个有效的假设，必须用额外的地球化学和时间约束来检验。为了选择最好的样本来检验地质假设，这次访问是必要的。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，目的是构建该地区演化的概念模型。***

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. ***