Collaborative Research: Late Quaternary Framework of the Waipaoa Continental Margin: Quantifying Mass Fluxes and Event Stratigraphy for Integrated Source-to-Sink Studies

PI将分析最近从怀保阿河陆架和斜坡收集的NSF资助的岩芯，作为边际计划的一部分，怀保阿河是一个从源到汇的焦点地点。这些长岩心覆盖的时间间隔一直到最后一次冰盛期，对它们的详细研究将有助于理解该系统的第四纪晚期历史。PIS将建立年龄模型，记录沉积物属性，并研究气候指标，以确定影响这一边缘投入的巨大地质、气候和人为变化。它还将有助于理解自末次冰期以来陆架盆地的演化，以及沉积物输入、构造和沉积物绕过斜坡和盆地之间的相互作用。该项目将支持VIMS的一名女博士生，新西兰学生也将参与。它有一个强大的国际合作部分，与参与怀保阿焦点现场的法国和新西兰科学家合作。

The PIs will analyze recently collected NSF funded cores from the shelf and slope of Waipaoa River which is a Source-to-Sink focus site as a part of the MARGINS program. These long cores cover a interval up to the last glacial maximum and their detailed study will lead to an understanding of the late Quaternary history of this system. The PIs will establish an age model, document sediment properties and study climatic proxies to identify dramatic geological, climatic and anthropogenic changes affecting the input to this margin. It will also lead to the understanding of the evolution of the shelf basin since the LGM and the interplay between sediment input, tectonics and sediment bypassing to the slope and basin.The project will support a female Ph.D. student at VIMS and will involve New Zealand students as well. It has a strong international cooperation component, with collaboration with French and NZ scientist involved at the Waipaoa focus site.