U.S.-FSU-EU Geology Field Mapping Course in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan, Central Asia

美国-前苏联-欧盟中亚吉尔吉斯天山地质野外测绘课程

• 批准号: 0209874
• 负责人: Ray Weldon
• 金额: $ 12.54万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-04-15 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0209874&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; FSU; EU; Geology; Field

This international field camp will bring together students from the United States, European Union and Central Asia to learn geologic mapping skills. The principal investigators are Dr. Ray J. Weldon from the University of Oregon Eugene and Dr. Kanatbek Abdrahkmatov from the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology.The Tien Shan Mountains offer superb exposure and complex geology where the students will be able to address some of the most fundamental questions on mountain building and interactions of older and younger deformational events. The Tien Shan will introduce the students to a completely new class of structures that are not well exposed in the US. The mapping projects are designed to answer specific scientific questions about the active deformation in the Tien Shan, as well as to provide excellent learning situations for the students. This project will also further understanding of the geology and geodynamics of the Tien Shan orogen, that currently absorbs half of the shortening caused by the collision of Eurasia and the Indian subcontinent.This project in earth sciences research will train students in field mapping and will enhance the development of ties between the next generation of geoscientists. This project also fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.

这个国际野外夏令营将把来自美国、欧盟和中亚的学生聚集在一起，学习地质测绘技能。主要研究人员是俄勒冈大学尤金分校的Ray J. Weldon博士和吉尔吉斯斯坦地震学研究所的Kanatbek Abdrahkmatov博士。天山山脉提供了极好的曝光和复杂的地质，学生们将能够解决一些最基本的问题，关于山的形成和古老的和年轻的变形事件的相互作用。天山将向学生们介绍一种全新的结构，这在美国是不太常见的。该测绘项目旨在回答有关天山活动变形的具体科学问题，并为学生提供良好的学习环境。该项目还将进一步了解天山造山带的地质和地球动力学，目前天山造山带吸收了欧亚大陆和印度次大陆碰撞造成的一半缩短。这个地球科学研究项目将训练学生进行实地测绘，并将加强发展下一代地球科学家之间的联系。该项目还实现了将美国和中欧/东欧的顶尖专家聚集在一起的计划目标，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在具有强烈共同利益和能力的领域结合互补的努力和能力。