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

该项目支持第七届两年一度的结构地质学和构造（SGT）论坛，计划于2024年6月在华盛顿的贝灵汉举行。SGT论坛是一个基层的，志愿者运行的，在结构地质学和构造社区会议。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。在地球科学中，结构地质学和构造学领域涵盖了更好地了解板块运动的历史和影响的主题，包括断层带，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活动的影响。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具有丰富多样的活动和古老板块构造环境的区域，大量的地球科学家共同努力，以更好地了解大量的结构和构造问题。西华盛顿大学的校园将是会议地点，会议将招募和邀请各种各样的地球科学家参加，并将积极寻求来自当地和区域2年制学院和其他机构的参与，不同的学生和教师。将强烈鼓励早期职业教师和研究生参与，我们将计划丰富的网络和专业发展机会作为会议的一部分。这次会议的成果将包括更好地确定西北太平洋区域结构地质学和构造问题的优先事项和进展，改进地球科学研究人员的培训和专业发展，并改善参与地球科学家及其工作的不同机构之间的社区联系和沟通以及专业网络。总的来说，这将使我们更好地了解该地区的地震活动和灾害，并提高我们对板块边缘过程历史的理解，这将使该地区乃至整个国家的公民受益。SGT论坛是建立研究联系和非正式指导的平台。召集和邀请具有不同专业经验和背景的与会者将促进更多地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，并分享研究成果和技术的进展，特别是在结构地质学和构造学的问题，2）解决培训和专业发展的研究人员在所有阶段，3）促进网络和社区建设。对于在贝灵汉的会议，他们利用当地的实地机会和专业知识。这种环境也带来了与大型研究计划的自然联系，以及扩大参与的机会。我们的目标是将实地考察和研讨会与几个主题的讲座，海报会议和小组讨论联系起来：镁铁质和超镁铁质岩石的变形。活动包括对双姐妹篇纯岩的实地考察; StraboMicro演示;强调实地和实验室结果的研究报告;以及对研究优先事项的公开讨论。俯冲带地质学活动包括实地考察圣胡安群岛的增生岩;研究报告卡斯卡迪亚增生复合体和弧前变形;展示与美国地质勘探局国家测绘工作的合作机会;讨论SZ 4D GeoArray和CRESCENT社区断层模型倡议。碰撞造山带和挤压造山带。活动包括实地考察瀑布结晶核心，研究报告;讨论：建立在最近的区域和彭罗斯会议。磁组构与古地磁。拟议的会议活动包括一个关于古地磁学和磁组构应用于SGT问题、现场取样、实验室方法和分析工具的短期讲习班。在这些领域的研究报告，并预览StraboMag也将精选。野外地质指导。拟议的会议活动：海报会议和小组讨论：野外营地的未来，野外安全和野外道德; StraboSpot演示;增加野外地质经验和野外数据访问的工具和最佳实践。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 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.