U.S.-France Cooperative Research: New Statistical Techniques for Tectonic Plate Reconstructions and Applications to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and to Hot Spot Reference Frame

9909812这个为期三年的美法应用统计合作奖获得者包括弗吉尼亚大学的Theodore Chang、莱斯大学的Richard Gordon和法国布雷斯特欧洲大学海洋研究所的Jean-Yves Royer。该项目在国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)的联合计划下得到支持，旨在开发改进的统计工具，用于重建构造板块的过去位置并评估这些重建中的错误。要研究的具体地球物理现象是在扩张海脊附近(中大西洋)和跨扩散板块边界(印度洋)的大洋岩石圈的变形，以及热点参考框架的比较。该奖项代表美国方面向NSF和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)提出的联合建议。NSF将支付美国调查人员和研究生的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。张将提供统计方法方面的专业知识。罗耶和戈登负责收集数据和地球物理解释。他们的合作将促进对全球构造过程的理解，并对地球科学未来的方向产生影响。

9909812ChangThis three-year award for U.S.-France collaboration in applied statistics involves Theodore Chang and a graduate student of the University of Virginia, Richard Gordon of Rice University, and Jean-Yves Royer, of the European University Institute of the Sea in Brest, France. The project, supported under the joint program of the National Science Foundation and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), is aimed at the development of refined statistical tools for the reconstruction of the past position of tectonic plates and for the assessment of errors in these reconstructions. Specific geophysical phenomena to be studied are the deformation of the oceanic lithosphere in the vicinity of spreading ridges (Central Atlantic Ocean) and across diffuse plate boundaries (Indian Ocean), and the comparison of hot spot reference frames.This award represents the U.S. side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses of the U.S. investigators and graduate student. The CNRS will support the French researchers' visits to the United States. Chang will provide expertise on statistical methodology. Royer and Gordon are responsible for collection of data and geophysical interpretation. Their collaboration will advance understanding of global tectonic processes and impact on future directions in earth sciences.