Conference: 7th Biennial Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at WWU

该项目支持计划于2024年6月在华盛顿州贝灵汉举行的第七届双年度结构地质与构造(SGT)论坛。SGT论坛是一个由志愿者举办的关于构造地质学和构造学的草根社区会议。在过去的十年中，SGT论坛为研究人员和教育工作者提供了一个交流、发展和推进该学科研究和教学的场所。在地球科学领域，构造地质学领域涉及更好地了解板块运动的历史和影响的主题，包括对断裂带、地震和地震灾害的研究，确定过去板块运动的历史及其对火山过程和造山事件的影响。会议地点提供了一个理想的机会，让感兴趣的地球科学家聚集在一个拥有丰富多样的活动和古代板块构造环境的环境中，该地区有大量的地球科学家共同努力，以更好地了解一大套构造和构造问题。会议将在西华盛顿大学校园举行，会议将招募和邀请一批不同的地球科学家参加，并将积极寻求当地和地区两年制学院以及其他拥有不同学生和教师的机构的参与。我们将强烈鼓励职业生涯初期的教师和研究生参加，我们将在会议期间规划一系列丰富的网络和专业发展机会。本次会议的成果将包括更好地确定太平洋西北地区构造地质学和构造问题方面的优先事项和进展，改进地球科学研究人员的培训和专业发展，以及改善社区联系以及与会地球科学家和他们工作的不同机构之间的交流和专业网络。总体而言，这将导致更好地了解该地区的地震活动和灾害，并提高我们对其板块边缘过程历史的了解，这将共同造福于该地区和整个国家的公民。SGT论坛是一个建立研究联系和非正式指导的平台。聚集和征集来自不同专业经验和背景的与会者将促进更多地接触和参与地球科学和结构/构造研究和活动。SGT论坛的三个主要目标：1)确定优先事项并分享针对构造地质学和构造学问题的研究成果和技术方面的进展；2)解决所有阶段研究人员的培训和专业发展问题；3)促进联网和社区建设。对于在贝灵汉举行的会议，他们利用了当地的实地机会和专业知识。这一背景也带来了与大型研究计划的天然联系，并提供了扩大参与的机会。其目标是将实地考察和研讨会与演讲、海报会议和小组讨论联系起来，讨论几个主题：镁铁质和超镁铁质岩石的变形。活动包括对孪生姐妹会的实地考察；StraboMicro演示；强调实地和实验室成果的研究报告；以及关于研究优先事项的公开讨论。俯冲带地质学。活动包括：对圣胡安群岛增生的地体进行实地考察；对卡斯卡迪亚增生杂岩和弧前变形进行研究介绍；展示与美国地质调查局和国家制图工作的合作机会；讨论SZ4D地理阵列和新月社区断层模型倡议。碰撞造山带和扭压造山带。活动包括对喀斯喀兹水晶核心的实地考察，研究报告；讨论：在最近的区域和彭罗斯会议的基础上再接再厉。磁性组构和古地磁。拟议的会议活动包括举办一次关于古地磁和磁性组构在SGT问题上的应用、现场采样、实验室方法和分析工具的短期讲习班。还将介绍这些领域的研究报告，以及StraboMag的预览。野外地质学指导。拟议的会议活动：海报会议和小组讨论：野战营地的未来、野战安全和野战伦理；StraboSpot演示；增加获取野战地质经验和野战数据的工具和最佳实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 project supports the 7th Biennial Structural Geology and Tectonics (SGT) Forum, planned for June 2024 in Bellingham, Washington. The SGT Forum is a grassroots, volunteer-run, community meeting in structural geology and tectonics. Over the past decade, the SGT Forum has provided a venue for investigators and educators to communicate, develop, and advance research and teaching in the discipline. Within the geosciences, the field of Structural Geology and Tectonics covers topics that deal with gaining a better understanding of the history and effects of plate motions, and includes studies of fault zones, earthquakes and seismic hazards, determining the history of past plate motions and their influence on volcanic processes and mountain-building events. The meeting location provides an ideal opportunity to gather interested geoscientists in a setting that has a rich and varied array of active and ancient plate tectonic environments in a region with a large number of geoscientists working together to better understand a large set of structural and tectonic issues. The campus of Western Washington University will be the meeting location, and the meeting will recruit and invite a diverse array of geoscientists to participate and will actively seek participation from local and regional 2-year colleges and other institutions with diverse students and faculty. Early career faculty and graduate students will be strongly encouraged to participate, and we will plan for a rich set of networking and professional development opportunities as part of the meeting. Outcomes that stem from this meeting will include better identification of priorities and advances in structural geology and tectonic problems for the Pacific NW region, improvements in training and professional development of geoscience researchers, and to improve community ties and communication and professional networking among the participating geoscientists and the different institutions they work for. Overall, this will result in better understanding of seismic activity and hazards of the region, and improve our understanding of its history of plate-margin processes, which together will benefit the citizens of the region and the nation at large.The SGT Forum is a platform for building research connections and informal mentorship. Gathering and soliciting meeting participants from a diverse range of professional experience and background will foster greater engagement and participation in geosciences and structural/tectonic research and activities. Three principal goals of the SGT Forum: 1) To identify priorities and share advances in research findings and techniques particular to problems in structural geology and tectonics, 2) To address training and professional development for researchers at all stages, 3) To facilitate networking and community building. For the meeting in Bellingham, they take advantage of local field opportunities and expertise. The setting also brings a natural connection to large research initiatives, and a chance to broaden engagement. The goal is to connect field trips and workshops to talks, poster sessions, and panel discussions across several themes:Deformation of mafic and ultramafic rocks. Activities include a field trip to Twin Sisters dunite; StraboMicro demonstration; research presentations highlighting results from field and lab; and open discussion of research priorities. Subduction zone geology. Activities include a field trip to San Juan Islands accreted terranes; research presentations Cascadia accretionary complex and fore-arc deformation; showcase collaborative opportunities with USGS & State mapping efforts; discussion of SZ4D GeoArray and CRESCENT Community Fault Model initiatives. Collisional and transpressional orogens. Activities include a field trip to Cascades crystalline core, research presentations; discussion: building on recent regional and Penrose meetings. Magnetic fabrics and paleomagnetism. Proposed meeting activities include a short workshop on applications of paleomagnetism and magnetic fabrics to SGT problems, field sampling, lab methods and analytical tools. Research presentations in these areas, and a preview of StraboMag will also be featured. Field geology instruction. Proposed meeting activities: poster session and panel discussion: the future of field camp, field safety and field ethics; StraboSpot demo; tools and best practices for increasing access to field geology experiences and field data.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.