Conference: Support for a Thompson Field Forum on the elevation history of the Sierra Nevada

该提案为参加美国地质学会2022年汤普森现场论坛的14名学生和早期职业科学家提供了支持，该论坛的主题是“内华达山脉的海拔历史”。该论坛将汇集42位科学家，讨论从白垩纪到现在塞拉山脉的地形历史。目标是促进这一主题的下一代研究，这对科学界和公众都有广泛的兴趣。论坛的目标是讨论这个山脉是古老的，在新生代的大部分时间里受到最小的侵蚀，还是相对年轻的，从早期山脉的碎片中升起。这些端元模型的概念具有重要的意义，其意义远远超出了塞拉山脉，因为这些分歧对用于识别造山带表面隆起的技术的应用产生了影响，它们对地球动力学模型和几种全球应用的古海拔代用物的解释具有深远的影响。这次会议是及时的，因为社区需要检查和评估第一手的证据，并开发更好的综合方法来测试这些和其他辩论。人们对这个看似古老的问题一直很感兴趣，但最近的科学进展引发了关于内华达山脉的年龄和形成的争议和新观点。这项活动支持的学生和早期职业专业人员将积极参与塞拉利昂的研究，因此将了解并接受讨论的细微差别。他们还将有机会在一般性讨论中介绍他们的新作品。他们将接触到高水平的综合科学，这可能会改变他们的职业生涯。社会从这项活动中受益包括对STEM教育和教育工作者发展的贡献；发展具有全球竞争力的多元化劳动力队伍；并为扩大代表性不足群体参与STEM做出贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This proposal provides support for the participation of fourteen students and early career scientists in a Geological Society of America 2022 Thompson Field Forum on the “Elevation history of the Sierra Nevada.” The forum will bring together 42 scientists to discuss the topographic history of the Sierra from the Cretaceous to the present. The goal to promote the next generation of research on this subject, which is of broad interest both to the scientific community and the general public. The goal of the forum is to debate whether the range is old, with minimal erosion through most of the Cenozoic, or relatively young having risen from the debris of an earlier range. Both end-member models These end-member conceptualizations have important implications that extend well beyond the Sierra as the disagreements carry implications for the application of techniques used to identify orogenic surface uplift and they have profound implications for geodynamic models and the interpretations of several, globally applied paleoelevation proxies. The conference is timely in that the community needs to examine and evaluate the evidence firsthand and develop better integrated methodologies to test these and other debates. There has been considerable interest in what seems to be like an old subject, but recent scientific advances have provoked controversy and new ideas regarding the age and formation of the Sierra Nevada. The students and early career professionals who will be supported by this activity are actively involved in Sierran research and hence will be knowledgeable and receptive to the nuances of the discussions. They will also get a chance to present their new work for the general discussions. The exposure they will get to high level integrative science will be potentially transformative for their careers. Society benefits from this activity include contributions to STEM education and educator development; development of a diverse, globally competitive workforce; and contributions to the broadening of participation of underrepresented groups in STEM.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.