RCN: Inundation Signatures on Rocky Coastlines (ISROC)

世界各地多岩石的海岸线经常显示出风暴或海啸淹没的迹象，表现为长期存在的沿海巨石沉积。然而，他们的解释仍然存在争议。仍然不可能准确地推断洪水的规模，在某些情况下，甚至无法确定沉积物是由风暴或海啸产生的。落基海岸线上的淹没签名(ISROC)研究协调网络将把来自美国和世界其他国家的研究人员聚集在一起，定义整个领域，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，都依赖于安全协议。在这个五年期项目中，学生培训将是一个优先事项，维尔京群岛的HBCU大学将作为三年级学生会议和讲习班的主办地，并于五年级在另一个地点举办第二个讲习班。短期的研究交流和学生访问将在整个项目中进行。海岸巨石沉积(CBD)是在世界各地许多岩石海岸线上发现的极端海洋淹没的特征。然而，它们的解释仍然存在争议，争论延伸到碎屑是由风暴海浪还是海啸沉积的，以及对风险和规划的直接影响。导致CBD产生的水动力条件和气候的重建具有更大的不确定性。然而，这些长寿的沉积物有时提供了历史和史前洪水的唯一记录，因此重建对了解过去和现在的状况有直接应用，并对未来的洪水制度具有很高的预测价值。在这里，岩石海岸线淹没信号(ISROC)研究协调网络被提议：(1)通过发展来自不同学科、地点和背景的研究人员网络来定义整个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STEM中未被充分代表的在发现CBD的地点的群体；(3)为收集和归档数据制定CBD学科标准；(4)为研究人员开发和实施网络基础设施以上传、可视化和分析CBD数据；以及(5)为跨学科、面对面和在线合作和交流创造机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.