Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, June 16-18, 2014

该奖项将支持第三届两年一度的结构地质学和构造学论坛，该论坛将于2014年5月在科罗拉多州戈尔登的科罗拉多矿业学院举行。该论坛将汇集结构地质学和构造学的专家，进行口头和海报介绍，实地考察和短期课程。会议将包括为期三天的专题介绍，其中包括六场技术会议，议题包括地球科学学习和空间认知;岩石圈变形和流变学;构造和地球表面过程之间的关系，包括新构造;构造地质学和自然资源之间的联系;以及结构分析的定量方法和地球科学教育。每场会议将突出当前研究和/或教育的一个重要领域，将由一位杰出的主旨发言人主持，并将展示有关该主题的工作的相关性。海报会议有充分的时间充分参与互动将伴随着每一个会议。该论坛的组织将最大限度地促进参与者在公开讨论中交换意见。会议将提供充足的机会向个别演讲者提问，评估我们知识的现状，并考虑未来研究的生产领域。除了正式会议外，还将在会前和会后进行实地考察，考察科罗拉多前线山脉及其周围选定地区的地质情况。短期课程的主题将包括：教学结构实验与线性代数和简单的计算;剪切方向指示器在剪切带中的应用;介绍地面激光扫描（陆基激光雷达）用于地球科学研究;在本科结构地质学和地球物理学课程中使用大地测量数据;教学和研究的应变计划;该论坛旨在促进结构地质学社区不同部分的社区建设和个人互动。它将汇集来自研究型大学、文理学院、社区和两年制学院以及少数民族服务机构的教师。重要的是，将有关于结构地质学和构造学的关键发展的小组讨论，以及未来的研究重点应该是什么。这种社区建设的努力将有助于创造一个更强大，更有活力的科学家群体，并帮助介绍研究生和高级本科生的结构地质学和构造学科。该设置将是特别有用的研究生，谁将能够使用的场地和论坛的非正式性质，以了解什么样的研究正在发生在其他机构，满足广泛的教师，并开发有用的接触，这将是非常有价值的，他们未来的职业生涯。学生还将能够在友好的环境中展示自己的工作，在那里他们可以获得周到和有用的反馈，并提供建立新的科学合作的机会。摘要、实地指南和短期课程说明将通过一个向公众开放的专门网站分发。

This award will support the third biannual Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, which will be held in May 2014, at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. The forum will bring together specialists in structural geology and tectonics for oral and poster presentations, field trips, and short courses. The meeting will include three days of presentations that will include six technical sessions, including topics such as geoscience learning and spatial cognition; lithospheric deformation and rheology; the relationship between tectonics and earth surface processes, including neotectonics; linkages between structural geology and natural resources; and quantitative approaches towards structural analysis, and geoscience education. Each session will highlight an important area of current research and/or education, will be anchored by a distinguished keynote speaker, and will showcase relevance of work on the topic. Poster sessions with abundant time for full participant interaction will accompany each session. The forum will be organized to maximize the exchange of ideas between participants in open discussions. Sessions will provide ample opportunity to ask questions of individual presenters, assess the current state of our knowledge, and consider productive areas for future research. In addition to the formal meeting, there will be pre- and post-meeting field trips to examine the geology of selected areas in and around the Colorado Front Range. Short course topics will include: teaching structure lab with linear algebra and simple computing; the application of shear sense indicators in shear zones; introduction to terrestrial laser scanning (Ground-Based LiDAR) for Earth science research; using geodesy data in undergraduate structural geology and geophysics courses; strain programs for teaching and research; and preparing for academic careers in the geosciences.The forum is designed to facilitate community building and personal interaction within different segments of the structural geology community. It will bring together faculty from research universities, liberal arts colleges, community and two-year colleges, and minority-serving institutions. Importantly, there will be group discussions on critical developments in structural geology and tectonics, and what future research priorities should be. This community building effort will help create a stronger, more vibrant group of scientists and help introduce graduate students and advanced undergraduates to the structural geology and tectonics disciplines. The setting will be particularly useful for graduate students, who will be able to use the venue and informal nature of the forum to find out what research is taking place at other institutions, meet a wide range of faculty, and develop useful contacts which will be of great value to their future careers. Students will also be able to present their own work in a friendly environment where they can obtain thoughtful and useful feedback, as well as providing opportunity to build new scientific collaborations. Abstracts, field guides, and short course notes will be disseminated through a dedicated website that will be publicly accessible.