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、结构发展和应变以及对造山过程的意义：新方法。“将于2002年8月18日至24日在瑞士阿斯科纳的Monte Verita举行。 召集人是约翰·拉姆齐（法国图卢兹）、彼得·胡德雷（明尼苏达大学，双城，@）、赫尔曼·莱比特和卡塔利纳·卢内堡（PI的这一要求，西格鲁吉亚州立大学，佐治亚州）。 会议召集人以阿尔卑斯山为模板，将会议重点放在防御和防御进程的三维空间和时间复杂性上。 主题包括多重变形岩石中的非均匀应变模式，二维和三维剪切带运动学和动力学，结构分析的尺度依赖性，变形系统的微观力学和动态边界条件。 主题演讲和研究报告的组合将形成六个独立会议的框架，代表不同的方法和技术。 这些会议将涵盖广泛的主题和方法，从岩石圈过程的大尺度观点到变形颗粒尺度的微观力学。 在六天的会议中，三天将用于实地考察，其余时间将用于讲座和海报展示。 PI还计划一个可选的会前实地考察，将横切西阿尔卑斯山。 在该提案中，PI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前沿研究课题的科学交流和讨论。 青年科学家和更有地位的科学家的良好组合对于促进新的和正在出现的想法与现有知识相结合至关重要，并将有助于确保在会议上激发讨论。 这种讨论是科学进步的一个重要部分，也是彭罗斯会议的一个关键要素。 该预算将资助15名研究生、6名青年职业科学家和4名资深科学家，其中约三分之一将来自经济落后国家。

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.