Workshop Proposal: Participant Support for GSA Penrose Conference

彭罗斯会议题为“变形岩石中的三维流动、组构发展和应变以及造山过程的意义：新方法”。将于2002年8月18日至24日在瑞士阿斯科纳的蒙特维里塔举行。召集人是John Ramsay(法国克拉图尔)，Peter Hudleston(明尼苏达大学，双子城，@)，Hermann Lebit和Catalina Lumeburg(应要求，PI，西乔治亚州立大学，佐治亚州)。召集人正在以阿尔卑斯山为模板，将会议的重点放在三维防御性进程的空间和时间复杂性上。主题包括多层围岩中的非均匀应变模式、二维和三维剪切带运动学和动力学、构造分析的尺度依赖性、围岩系统的细观力学和动态边界条件。主旨演讲和研究报告的结合将形成六个单独会议的框架，代表不同的方法和所采用的技术。这些会议将涵盖广泛的主题和方法，从岩石圈过程的大范围观点到变形颗粒尺度的微观力学。在六个会议日中，三个将保留用于实地考察，其余将用于讲座和海报演示。PI还计划进行一次可选的会前实地考察，横跨西部阿尔卑斯山。在这项提案中，国际和平研究所要求提供资金，以支持研究生、青年职业科学家和资深科学家参加会议。特别是，他们希望让来自经济薄弱国家的科学家有可能参加，因此预算的很大一部分专门用于帮助这些人。彭罗斯会议的主要目标是促进关于前沿研究主题的科学交流和讨论。青年科学家和更成熟的科学家的良好结合将是促进新的和新兴的想法与现有知识相结合的根本，并将有助于确保在会议上进行有启发性的讨论。这种讨论是科学进步的重要组成部分，也是彭罗斯会议的关键要素。该预算将资助15名研究生、6名年轻的职业科学家和4名资深科学家，其中约三分之一将来自经济困难的国家。

A Penrose Conference entitled "Three-dimensional flow, fabric development and strain in deformed rocks and the significance for mountain building processes: new approaches." will be held at Monte Verita, Ascona (Switzerland) on August 18 - 24, 2002. Conveners are John Ramsay (Cratoule, France), Peter Hudleston (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, @), Hermann Lebit and Catalina Luneburg (PI's on this request, State University of West Georgia, GA). The conveners are using the Alps as a template in which to focus the conference on the spatial and temporal complexities of defon-nation and defon-nation processes in three-dimensions. Topics include heterogeneous strain patterns in multiply defon-ned rocks, shear zone kinematics and dynamics in 2D and 3D, scale dependency of structural analysis, micro-mechanics and dynamic boundary conditions of defon-nation systems. A combination of keynote talks and research presentations will fon-n the framework for six separate sessions representing different approaches and techniques employed. The sessions will cover a broad range of subjects and methodology from a large-scale view of lithospheric processes down to the micro-mechanics at the grain scale of deformation. Of the six conference days, three will be reserved for field excursions, while the rest will be devoted to lectures and poster presentations. The PI's also plan an optional pre-conference field trip that will transect the Western Alps. In this proposal the PI's request funding to support the participation in the conference of graduate students, young career scientists and senior scientists. In particular, they want to give scientists from economically weak countries the possibility to attend, and a large part of the budget is therefore dedicated to the assistance of such individuals. The major goal of a Penrose conference is to foster scientific exchange and discussion on frontier research topics. A good mixture of young scientists and more established ones will be fundamental to facilitating integration of new and emerging ideas with present knowledge and will help ensure stimulating discussion at the conference. Such discussion is a vital part of scientific progress and a key element of a Penrose Conference. The budget will support 15 graduate students, 6 young career scientists and 4 senior scientists, of whom about one third will come from economically disadvantaged countries.