Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, January 4-9, 2018

亚利桑那州立大学构造地质学和构造论坛，亚利桑那州坦佩，2018 年 1 月 4 日至 9 日

• 批准号: 1743564
• 负责人: J Ramon Arrowsmith
• 金额: $ 3.46万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743564&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Structural; Geology; Tectonics; Forum; Arizona

This award will support the fifth biannual Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum, which will be held in January 2018 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The forum will bring together specialists in structural geology and tectonics for oral and poster presentations, field trips, and short courses. The Structural Geology and Tectonics Program provides the framework for the structural geology and tectonics community to communicate, develop, and advance teaching and research among educators and investigators. These forums play a key role in identifying key pedagogical advances and methods applied to structural geology and tectonics, important science questions in structural geology and tectonics, while initiating collaborative relationships to address these questions, and early career geoscientists while supporting them. The meeting will include three days of presentations that will include technical sessions that will include topics such as the evolution of crustal shear zones, new developments in the tectonic evolution of western North America, and effective teaching methods for structural geology and tectonics. 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 field trips to examine the geology of selected areas near Tempe, as well as an optional meeting to examine the geology of the southern San Andreas Fault of California. Short course topics will include use of high resolution topography and Earth observation, digital applications to field geology, geostatistics applied to geological mapping and fieldwork, experimental rock deformation, and structural geology laboratory exercises and software. The Structural Geology and Tectonics 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 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. Continued support for the Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum contribute to the long-term health, vitality, and infrastructure of the Earth Science community. The Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum benefits society and advances desired societal outcomes by its emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education and educator development at a variety of levels, by contributing to the training of the next generation of scientists, by contributing to the broadening of underrepresented groups in STEM, and by contributing to the advancement of scientific literacy of the public. These activities contribute to the increased economic and scientific competitiveness of the United States.

该奖项将支持第五届两年一次的构造地质学和构造学论坛，该论坛将于2018年1月在亚利桑那州坦佩的亚利桑那州立大学举行。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。构造地质学和构造学课程为构造地质学和构造学社区提供了一个框架，以促进教育者和研究者之间的交流、发展和推进教学和研究。这些论坛在确定应用于构造地质学和构造学的关键教学进展和方法，构造地质学和构造学中的重要科学问题，同时启动解决这些问题的合作关系，以及支持他们的早期职业地球科学家方面发挥着关键作用。会议将包括为期三天的演讲，其中包括技术会议，主题包括地壳剪切带的演化，北美西部构造演化的新发展，以及构造地质学和构造学的有效教学方法。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，还将进行实地考察，考察坦佩附近选定地区的地质情况，以及考察加州南部圣安德烈亚斯断层的地质情况。短期课程的主题将包括使用高分辨率地形和地球观测，野外地质学的数字应用，地质统计学应用于地质测绘和野外工作，实验岩石变形，构造地质学实验室练习和软件。构造地质学和构造学论坛旨在促进构造地质学社区不同部门之间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。学生将能够在一个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笔记将通过一个专门的网站向公众发布。对构造地质学和构造学论坛的持续支持有助于地球科学界的长期健康、活力和基础设施。构造地质学与构造学论坛通过强调STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）教育和各级教育工作者的发展，通过促进下一代科学家的培训，通过促进STEM中代表性不足群体的扩大，以及通过促进公众科学素养的提高，造福社会并推进预期的社会成果。这些活动有助于提高美国的经济和科学竞争力。