Student Support for participation in a Penrose Conference - Linkages and feedbacks in orogenic processes: a conference honoring the career of Robert D. Hatcher, Jr

该提案为学生参与美国地质学会彭罗斯会议--一个纪念小罗伯特·D·哈彻职业生涯的会议--提供支持，该会议将于2014年3月30日至4月4日在北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔举行。这次会议将提供一个论坛，以综合我们对造山系统的理解，特别强调一致地整合表征过程联系的多个数据集，并协调理论-数值模型与野外派生模型。例如，在许多造山带中，断层运动学控制了生热物质的重新分布和驱动平流，进而建立了造山带的热结构。热结构控制着岩石圈的流变性，从而决定了变形和应变局部化的性质和分布。构造结构支配着断层运动学，断层运动学与气候共同作用，集中于侵蚀和折返过程。因此，明确描述这些联系及其相关的反馈对于理解造山系统的演化至关重要。这次会议为研究生提供了一次独特的机会，让他们在一个集中的科学场所展示他们自己的研究成果，并与正在进行碰撞造山带创新研究的科学家互动和建立网络。对参加会议的学生的支持将通过提高与会者整合实地、分析和基于模型的科学的意识和能力，直接加强科学教育。参与者将处于向研究界和公众传播这些想法的绝佳地位，这些经验将极大地促进他们未来的科学事业。

This proposal provides support for student participation for students to participate in the Geological Society of America Penrose Conference "Linkages and feedbacks in orogenic processes - a conference honoring the career of Robert D. Hatcher, Jr, which will be held 30 March?4 April 2014 2014 in Asheville, NC. The conference will provide a forum to synthesize our understanding of orogenic systems, with specific emphasis placed on the consistent integration of multiple datasets that characterize process linkages and reconciliation of theoretical-numerical vs. field-derived models. For example, in many orogens, fault kinematics control the redistribution of heat-producing material and drive advection, which in turn sets up the thermal structure of the orogen. Thermal structure controls lithospheric rheology, which determines the nature and distribution of deformation and strain localization. The structural architecture governs fault kinematics, which act in conjunction with climate to focus erosional and exhumation processes. Therefore, explicit characterization of these links and their associated feedbacks are critical for understanding the evolution of orogenic systems. This conference represents a unique opportunity for graduate students to present their own research results within a focused scientific venue and to interact and network with scientists who are conducting innovative research on collisional orgogenic belts. Support for students in the conference will directly enhance science education through the participants increased awareness and ability to integrate field, analytical, and model based science. Participants will be in an excellent position to disseminate these ideas to the research community and the general public, and the experience will greatly enhance their future scientific careers.