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次的构造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。论坛将汇集构造地质学和构造学方面的专家，进行口头和海报报告、实地考察和短期课程。会议将包括为期三天的演讲，其中包括六场技术会议，包括地球科学学习和空间认知等主题；岩石圈变形和流变学；构造与地表过程（包括新构造）的关系；构造地质学与自然资源之间的联系；以及结构分析的定量方法，以及地球科学教育。每次会议将突出当前研究和/或教育的一个重要领域，将由一位著名的主旨演讲者主持，并将展示与该主题相关的工作。每次会议都会有海报会议，有充足的时间让参与者充分互动。论坛的组织将最大限度地促进与会者在公开讨论中交换意见。会议将提供充足的机会向个人演讲者提问，评估我们的知识现状，并考虑未来研究的生产领域。除了正式会议之外，还将在会议前后进行实地考察，以检查科罗拉多前山脉及其周围选定地区的地质情况。短期课程主题将包括：线性代数和简单计算的教学结构实验；剪切感指标在剪切带中的应用地面激光扫描技术（Ground-Based LiDAR）在地球科学研究中的应用大地测量资料在构造地质学和地球物理学本科课程中的应用教学和研究应变计划；为地球科学的学术生涯做准备。该论坛旨在促进构造地质社区不同领域的社区建设和个人互动。它将汇集研究型大学、文理学院、社区和两年制学院以及少数族裔服务机构的教员。重要的是，将有小组讨论在构造地质学和构造学的关键发展，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，并有助于向研究生和高级本科生介绍构造地质学和构造学学科。这种环境对研究生来说特别有用，他们将能够利用论坛的场地和非正式的性质来了解其他机构正在进行的研究，结识各种各样的教师，并建立有用的联系，这对他们未来的职业生涯将有很大的价值。学生也将能够在一个友好的环境中展示他们自己的工作，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笔记将通过一个专门的网站向公众发布。

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.