2008 Gordon Research Conference on Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits

2008年戈登矿床地球化学研究会议

• 批准号: 0830484
• 负责人: John Muntean
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-01 至 2009-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0830484&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2008; Gordon; Research; Conference; Geochemistry

This grant will provide financial support for a Gordon Conference on the Geochemistry of Mineral Resources. Mineral resources have always been an essential foundation of human civilization. Current and projected economic growth, especially in China and India, highlight an increasing worldwide need for metals, as reflected by prices that are near historic highs for a wide range of mined commodities. Even with greater recycling and substitution, increasing demand requires that metals and other rare elements will continue to be mined from ore deposits. Such deposits can only be utilized in an environmentally responsible manner if the ore elements are highly enriched by natural chemical and physical processes. These processes operate over a great range of spatial and temporal scales in the Earth's interior or at its surface, from the earliest geological records of our planet to the present day. A major emphasis of the 2008 Gordon Conference on the Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits will be on assessing global-scale processes that generate large metal provinces during distinct periods of Earth's evolution. Specifically, questions remain regarding how metal resources can be linked to evolution of the lithosphere, magmatic processes at convergent plate margins, time scales for the formation of large ore deposits, and how common crustal fluids and non-conventional fluids may lead to unexpected types of ore deposits. In this Gordon Conference, it is planned to identify future directions for research that will not only address the pressing issue of resource supply, but also will continue to shed light on how ore deposits act as indicators of large-scale tectonic, magmatic, sedimentary, metamorphic and other processes in earth?s history. This Gordon Conference will bring together a diverse group of geoscientists from the resource industry, academia and government. Not only are the leading thinkers in ore deposits expected to attend, but speakers will include experts in crustal evolution, igneous petrology and geochemistry, enabling interdisciplinary discussion on a wide range of processes that lead to ore formation. This conference provides a unique opportunity for junior scientists and students to meet and interact with recognized experts to examine cutting edge topics and discuss future directions of research in an intimate, informal environment, which is a hallmark of Gordon Conferences. This grant will provide partial support for participants, particularly students and early career scientists who can cover only a portion of their expenses from other sources. It is expected that the enhanced attendance facilitated by this award will help bring a diverse set of ideas to the meeting and that the interaction of early-career and more established scientists help forge directions for future research in this field. The meeting will also provides the opportunity to establish collaborative projects among researchers.

这笔赠款将为戈登矿产资源地球化学会议提供财政支持。 矿产资源一直是人类文明的重要基础。目前和预计的经济增长，特别是中国和印度的经济增长，突出表明全球对金属的需求日益增加，这反映在各种开采商品的价格接近历史高点。即使有更多的回收和替代，不断增长的需求也要求继续从矿床中开采金属和其他稀有元素。只有在矿石元素通过自然化学和物理过程高度富集的情况下，才能以对环境负责的方式利用这些矿床。这些过程在地球内部或表面的大范围空间和时间尺度上运行，从地球最早的地质记录到今天。2008年戈登矿床地球化学会议的一个主要重点将是评估在地球演化的不同时期产生大金属区的全球规模进程。具体而言，仍然存在的问题是，如何将金属资源与岩石圈的演化、会聚板块边缘的岩浆过程、大型矿床形成的时间尺度联系起来，以及常见的地壳流体和非常规流体如何可能导致意外类型的矿床。在这次戈登会议上，计划确定未来的研究方向，不仅要解决资源供应的紧迫问题，而且还要继续阐明矿床如何作为地球大规模构造，岩浆，沉积，变质和其他过程的指标？的历史。这次戈登会议将汇集来自资源行业，学术界和政府的地球科学家的不同群体。不仅是在矿床的领先思想家预计将出席，但发言者将包括地壳演化，火成岩学和地球化学的专家，使跨学科的讨论，导致成矿的广泛过程。本次会议为初级科学家和学生提供了一个独特的机会，与公认的专家会面并互动，以研究前沿课题，并在亲密，非正式的环境中讨论未来的研究方向，这是戈登会议的标志。该补助金将为参与者提供部分支持，特别是学生和早期职业科学家，他们只能从其他来源支付一部分费用。 预计该奖项促进的出席人数增加将有助于为会议带来多样化的想法，并且早期职业和更成熟的科学家的互动有助于为该领域的未来研究制定方向。会议还将为研究人员之间建立合作项目提供机会。