Workshop Proposal: Participant Support for GSA Penrose Conference

2002年8月18日至24日，彭罗斯会议将在瑞士阿斯科纳的蒙特维里塔举行，主题为“变形岩石中的三维流动、结构发展和应变及其对造山过程的意义：新方法”。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 Luneburg （PI应此要求，西乔治亚州立大学，乔治亚州）。召集人正在使用阿尔卑斯山脉作为模板，使会议在三维空间上集中讨论非国家和非国家进程的空间和时间复杂性。主题包括多重非稳态岩石的非均质应变模式，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，非稳态系统的微观力学和动态边界条件。主题演讲和研究报告的结合将在六个独立会议的框架内进行，代表不同的方法和采用的技术。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微观力学的颗粒尺度变形。在6天的会议中，有3天将用于实地考察，其余时间将用于讲座和海报展示。PI还计划在会议前进行一次可选的实地考察，将横贯西阿尔卑斯山。在该提案中，PI请求资助研究生，青年职业科学家和资深科学家参加会议。特别是，他们想让来自经济较弱国家的科学家有机会参加，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。年轻科学家和更成熟的科学家的良好结合对于促进新的和正在出现的思想与现有知识的结合是至关重要的，并且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组成部分，也是彭罗斯会议的一个关键要素。该预算将支持15名研究生、6名青年职业科学家和4名高级科学家，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.