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

这个国际野外营地将汇集来自美国、欧洲联盟和中亚的学生，学习地质测绘技能。主要研究人员是来自俄勒冈州大学尤金的Ray J. Weldon博士和吉尔吉斯斯坦地震研究所的Kanatbek Abdrahkmatov博士。天山山脉提供了极好的曝光和复杂的地质，学生将能够解决一些关于山脉建造和新旧变形事件相互作用的最基本问题。 天山将向学生介绍一种在美国没有很好接触的全新结构。 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，该造山带目前吸收了欧亚大陆和印度次大陆碰撞造成的缩短的一半。该地球科学研究项目将培训学生野外测绘，并将加强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/东欧的领先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联合收割机互补努力和能力。

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.