U.S.-Azerbaijan Cooperative Research: Geochemistry and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Maikop Series, Azerbaijan--Climatic and Tectonic Signals in the Sedimentary Record

这是一个为美国和阿塞拜疆长期合作研究阿塞拜疆Maikop系列的地球化学和层序地层学而计划的项目。主要研究人员是犹他大学的Cari Johnson和阿塞拜疆国家科学院地质研究所的Malakhat Efendiyeva。Maikop系列是一组页岩，可能是20和21世纪最丰富的石油资源之一——南里海盆地的烃源岩。如果我们能够解释为什么南里海盆地拥有最快的沉积速度和最厚的沉积序列，并且拥有大量的石油源岩和储集岩，这将是我们对各地沉积盆地的理解的重大进步。这个地球科学研究项目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，在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的努力和能力。

This is a project to plan for long-term U.S.-Azerbaijan collaborative research on the geochemistry and sequence stratigraphy of the Maikop series in Azerbaijan. The principal investigators are Cari Johnson from the University of Utah and Malakhat Efendiyeva from the Geological Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. The Maikop series is a set of shales, which are likely the source rock for one of the most prolific petroleum resources of the 20th & 21st centuries, the South Caspian Basin. If we can explain why the South Caspian Basin contains the most rapidly deposited and thickest sedimentary successions anywhere and one that contains substantial source and reservoir rocks for petroleum, this would be a major advancement in our understanding of sedimentary basins everywhere. This project in earth sciences research 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.