9th InternationalWorkshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics

这份简短的提案要求提供适度的资金，以帮助支持美国的研究生和博士后研究人员参加将于2005年9月8日至14日在西西里的埃托雷马约拉纳科学文化中心举行的第九届地幔对流和岩石圈动力学数值模拟国际研讨会（以下简称IWNMC 2005）。这次研讨会是国际地球物理学院第25期课程。2005年的IWNMC是关于地幔对流和岩石圈动力学的一系列国际会议中最新的一次，该系列会议非常成功。以前的系列会议于1989年举行（La Londe les Maures，法国），1991年（Weilburg/Lahn，德国），1993年（Oleron，法国），1995年（Vlieland，荷兰），1997年（Naurod，德国），2001年（Aussois，法国），最后是2003年（Hruba Skala，捷克共和国）。IWNMC 2001的组织委员会包括David Bercovici（耶鲁大学）、Thorsten Becker（南加州大学）、Cinzia Farnetani（IPG巴黎）、Carlo Giunchi（INGV罗马）和Giorgio Spada（乌尔比诺大学）。研讨会的计划已经完成，与会者的信息可以通过网站http：//www.example.com找到。优点：www.ingv.it/erice2005.Intellectual国际地幔对流研讨会是关于这一科学存在的时间最长的系列会议，在过去的二十年里，它为来自世界各地的科学家和学生提供了一个前所未有的手段，让他们聚集在独特而亲密的环境中，讨论我们科学的艺术状态，并讨论仍然有待解决的问题。此外，讲习班还通过世界上一些专家的讲座和辅导，为学生和年轻研究人员提供国际视野和技术培训。对美国学生和初级科学家的好处也将是持久的，因为他们会遇到来自世界各地的新同事，并形成新的合作，这将激发下一个重要的发现。本次研讨会的重要影响和所要求的资金是它通过促进年轻科学家和学生的智力和专业成长，and by expanding扩大their其interaction互动with schools学校of thought思想from other countries国家.此外，我们与海外同事的联系有助于我们从世界各地招募未来优秀的学生和博士后学者。

This brief proposal requests modest funds to help support the participation ofUS-based graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the 9th InternationalWorkshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics(henceforth IWNMC2005), to be held September 8-14, 2005, in Erice,Sicily at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture. The workshop is totake place as the 25th Course of the International School of Geophysics.The IWNMC2005 is the most recent in an established and highly successfulseries of international meetings on mantle convection and lithospheric dynamics.Previous meetings in the series were held in 1989 (La Londe les Maures, France),1991 (Weilburg/Lahn, Germany), 1993 (Oleron, France), 1995 (Vlieland, Netherlands),and 1997 (Naurod, Germany), 2001 (Aussois, France), and, lastly, 2003(Hruba Skala, Czech Republic). The organizing committee for IWNMC2001 includesDavid Bercovici (Yale University), Thorsten Becker (University of SouthernCalifornia), Cinzia Farnetani (IPG Paris), Carlo Giunchi (INGV Roma), andGiorgio Spada (University of Urbino). The program for the workshop has beencompleted, and information for participants can be found through the website athttp://www.ingv.it/erice2005.Intellectual merit: Mantle and lithospheric dynamics is perhaps one of the mostfundamental and global of the geophysical sciences since it studies the basic enginethat controls the geological behavior of the Earth and terrestrial planets, notonly in terms of their thermal and chemical evolution, but also with regard to ongoingtectonics and volcanism. The International Mantle ConvectionWorkshop isthe longest running series of conferences on this science in existence and has forthe past two decades provided an unprecedented means for scientists and studentsfrom around the world to gather in unique and intimate surroundings, to discussthe state of the art of our science, and to argue about the problems that remain tobe solved. Moreover, the workshop provides students and young researchers withinternational exposure as well as technical training through lectures and tutorialsfrom some of the world's experts. The benefit to US students and junior scientistswill also be long-lasting as they meet new colleagues from around the world, andform new collaborations that will inspire the next important discoveries.Broader impact: The essential impact of this workshop and the requested fundingis the benefit it brings to junior scientists and students by furthering their intellectualand professional growth, and by expanding their interaction with schoolsof thought from other countries. Moreover, the contact that we make with ourover-seas colleagues facilitates our ability to recruit future excellent students andpostdoctoral scholars from around the world.