Collaborative Research: Climate and Anthropogenic Control on Sediment Dispersal Along the Indus Continental Margin

0623766和0623237吉桑和穆伦巴赫摘要PI们将参加一次已经出资的邮轮，调查印度河三角洲的大陆架。其目的是了解水下三角洲在其早期阶段是如何发展起来的，克服了海平面的快速上升，这是由于在最后一次冰盛期之后，去冰期的沉积物通量急剧增加。PIS还将调查过去半个世纪上游筑坝对三角洲的影响。这项研究将提供有关世界上一条主要河流的泥沙扩散系统以及气候和泥沙输入如何在构造驱动下影响三角洲建筑的新信息。更广泛的影响包括与英国和巴基斯坦的强大国际合作，以及美国和巴基斯坦的广泛教育努力。

0623766 and 0623237Giosan and MullenbachAbstractThe PIs will participate in an already funded cruise to investigate the shelf of the Indus Delta. The objective is to learn how in its early stages the subaqueous delta developed overcoming rapid sea-level rise, due to highly increased sediment flux in the deglacial phase following the last glacial maximum. The PIs will also investigate the effect of upstream damming on the delta for the last half century. The study will provide new information on sediment dispersal system on a major river of the world and how climate and sediment input, driven by tectonics, influences the deltaic architecture. Broader impacts include strong international collaboration with both UK and Pakistan and extensive educational efforts in the US and Pakistan.