RCN: Inundation Signatures on Rocky Coastlines (ISROC)

世界各地的岩石海岸线经常以长期存在的沿海巨石沉积物的形式显示出风暴或海啸淹没的迹象。然而，其解释仍有争议。目前仍无法准确推断洪水泛滥的程度，在某些情况下，甚至无法确定沉积物是由风暴波还是海啸产生的。该研究协调网络将汇集来自美国和世界其他国家的研究人员，以确定该领域的整体，建立标准，将现有和新的数据汇集到一个中央数据库中，并确定优先研究主题。协作可以是虚拟的，也可以是面对面的，所有这些都取决于安全协议。学生培训将是这个5年项目的优先事项，维尔京群岛HBCU大学将作为3年级学生会议和研讨会的主场，并在5年级在不同地点举办第二次研讨会。短期研究交流和学生访问将在整个项目期间进行。海岸巨石沉积物（CBD）是世界各地许多岩石海岸线上发现的极端海洋淹没的标志。然而，他们的解释仍然存在争议，争论延伸到碎屑是否由风暴波或海啸沉积，以及对风险和规划的直接影响。重建导致CBD生成的水动力条件和气候学具有更大的不确定性。然而，这些长期存在的沉积物有时提供了历史和史前洪水的唯一记录，因此重建可以直接应用于了解过去和现在的情况，并对未来的洪水状况具有很高的预测价值。在这里，建议建立落基山脉上的淹没签名（ISROC）研究协调网络，以（1）通过开发来自不同学科，地点和背景的研究人员网络来定义整体CBD问题链和相关的研究差距;（2）扩展和培训研究人员社区，特别是包括在CBD发现的地方STEM中代表性不足的群体;（3）制定收集和归档数据的CBD学科标准;（4）开发和实施网络基础设施，供研究人员上传，可视化和分析CBD数据;和（5）为跨学科，面对面，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

Rocky coastlines around the world often show signs of storm or tsunami inundation in the form of long-lived coastal boulder deposits. However, their interpretation remains controversial. It is still not possible to infer the magnitude of inundation with any accuracy, or in some cases even to determine whether the deposits were generated by storm waves or by tsunamis. The Inundation Signatures on Rocky Coastlines (ISROC) Research Coordination Network will bring together researchers from the United States and other countries around the world to define the field as a whole, establish standards, bring together existing and new data into a central database, and define priority research topics. Collaborations may be both virtual and in-person, all dependent on safety protocols. Student training will be a priority during this 5 year project, with the HBCU University of the Virgin Islands serving as the home site for the Year 3 Student Conference and Workshop, and a second Workshop in Year 5 at a different site. Short-term research exchanges and student visits will take place throughout the project. Coastal boulder deposits (CBD) are signatures of extreme marine inundation found on many rocky shorelines worldwide. However, their interpretation remains contentious, with debate extending to whether clasts were deposited by storm waves or tsunamis, and the immediate implications for risk and planning. Reconstruction of the hydrodynamic conditions and climatology leading to CBD generation has even greater uncertainty. Nevertheless, these long-lived deposits provide what are sometimes the only records of historic and prehistoric inundation, so reconstructions have direct application to understanding past and present conditions, and high predictive value for future inundation regimes. Here, the Inundation Signatures on Rocky Coastlines (ISROC) Research Coordination Network is proposed to (1) Define the overall CBD problem chain and associated research gaps by developing a network of researchers from different disciplines, locations, and backgrounds; (2) Extend and train the community of researchers, in particular to include groups underrepresented in STEM at locations where CBDs are found; (3) Develop CBD disciplinary standards for gathering and archiving data; (4) Develop and implement cyberinfrastructure for researchers to upload, visualize, and analyze CBD data; and (5) Create opportunities for cross-disciplinary, in-person, and online collaboration and exchange.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.