MARGINS Workshop: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere: Synthesis and New Perspectives; April 2009, South Carolina

该项目将于2009年4月在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿举办一次MARGINS研讨会。研讨会的主要目的是：1）整合MARGINS断裂大陆岩石圈（RCL）倡议的研究成果，主要是在死海和加州湾进行的研究成果; 2）规划未来的岩石圈延伸倡议。这两个近端元焦点网站的结果进行比较，将有助于开发破裂过程的新观点。由该讲习班主持的研究人员之间的讨论将为知识交流提供一个健康的场所，从而更好地确保区域合作倡议的目标得以实现。更广泛的影响：讲习班将有来自学术界和工业界的国际研究人员参加，他们是加州湾裂谷系的公认专家。研讨会将促进这些参与者之间的交流和对话，这对规划未来的研究工作和分析至关重要。研讨会召集人将编写一份进度报告，总结RCL计划的成就。

This project will host a MARGINS workshop in April 2009 in Charleston, SC. The main purpose of the workshop is to 1) integrate the research results from studies from the Rupturing Continental Lithosphere (RCL) initiative of MARGINS, primarily from studies conducted in the Dead Sea and the Gulf of California, and 2) to plan future lithospheric extension initiatives. Comparing of results from these two near-endmember focus sites will help develop new perspectives on rupture processes. Discussions among researchers mediated by this workshop will provide a healthy venue for intellectual exchange and thus better assure that the goals of the RCL initiative are achieved. Broader Impacts: The workshop will involve an international community of researchers from academia and industry who are recognized experts of the Gulf of California rift system. The workshop will facilitate cross exchange and dialogue amongst these participants, which will be vital for planning future research efforts and analyses. The workshop conveners will compile a progress report that summarizes the accomplishments of the RCL program.