Workshop: Properties and Processes of Crustal Fault Zones, Erice, Sicily, May 18-24, 2013.

这项提议将为美国研究生、博士后和年轻科学家提供部分支持，让他们参加2013年5月18日至5月24日在意大利西西里岛埃赖斯举行的名为“地壳断裂带的性质和过程”的研讨会。没有终身教员将得到这些资金的支持，并将优先考虑代表性不足的群体。研讨会的目标是将来自地球科学、材料科学和物理学各个子学科的顶尖专家聚集在一起，促进跨典型学科边界的思想、方法和成果的交流和整合，试图提供与地震属性和地面运动有关的断裂带结构和演化的全面检查。拟议的资金为美国学生和早期职业科学家提供了一个重要机会，让他们在非正式环境中与同行和不同领域的领导人见面和互动，获得更深入和更广泛的了解，并为未来的国际跨学科合作奠定基础。

This proposal will provide partial support to U.S. graduate students, postdocs and young scientists to attend the workshop "Properties and Processes of Crustal Fault Zones" to be held in the Erice, Sicily (Italy), from May 18 to May 24, 2013. No tenured faculty will be supported with these funds, and priority will be given to underrepresented groups. The goal of the workshop is to bring together the leading experts from various sub-disciplines of earth sciences, material science, and physics to facilitate the exchange and integration of ideas, methods and results across the typical disciplinary boundaries in an attempt to provide a holistic examination of the structure and evolution of fault zones in relation to earthquakes properties and generated ground motion.The proposed funding provides an important opportunity for U.S. students and early career scientists to meet and interact with their peers and with the leaders in the various fields in an informal setting, gaining a deeper and broader understanding, and forming the basis for future international cross-disciplinary collaborations.