US-Central America Joint Workshop: Integrate MARGINS Studies in Central America; Costa Rica, March 2001

这个美洲项目奖将支持一组美国研究生和中美洲科学家和学生参加在中美洲举行的为期4天的研讨会的旅费和相关费用。讲习班的目的是综合作为边缘方案的一部分在中美洲南部已经和正在进行的陆地和海洋地质和地球物理资料。这些研究都集中在发震带和俯冲工厂的目标上，旨在提高我们对地球活动和被动边缘内和附近的地质、化学和生物过程的理解。研究初步结果的介绍将为中美洲科学家提供一个绝佳的机会，为解释提供他们的意见，并讨论深层立管钻探的潜力，以更好地回答有关这些过程的最基本问题。

This Americas program award will support travel and related expenses for the participation of a group of US graduate students and Central American scientists and students in a 4 day workshop to be held in Central America. The purpose of the workshop is to integrate the land and marine geological and geophysical information that has been, and is being carried out in southern Central America as part of the Margins program. These studies are focused on both the seismogenic zone and subduction factory objectives and aim to advance our understanding of geological, chemical and biological processes within and near the earth's active and passive margins.The presentation of the preliminary results of the research will provide an excellent opportunity for the Central American scientists to contribute their input on the interpretation, and discuss the potential for deep, riser drilling to better answer the most fundamental questions concerning those processes.