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

该项目支持第七届两年一次的构造地质学和构造学（SGT）论坛，该论坛计划于2024年6月在华盛顿贝灵汉举行。SGT论坛是一个以构造地质学和构造学为主题的基层、志愿者组织的社区会议。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，构造地质学和构造学涵盖了更好地理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。会议地点为聚集感兴趣的地球科学家提供了一个理想的机会，在一个拥有丰富多样的活跃和古老板块构造环境的地区，大量的地球科学家一起工作，以更好地理解大量的构造和构造问题。会议将在西华盛顿大学校园举行，会议将招募和邀请各种各样的地球科学家参加，并将积极寻求当地和地区的两年制学院和其他拥有不同学生和教师的机构的参与。强烈鼓励早期职业教师和研究生参加，我们将计划提供丰富的网络和专业发展机会，作为会议的一部分。这次会议产生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的优先事项和进展，改善地球科学研究人员的培训和专业发展，以及改善参与的地球科学家和他们工作的不同机构之间的社区联系、交流和专业网络。总的来说，这将使我们更好地了解该地区的地震活动和危险，并提高我们对其板块边缘过程历史的理解，这将使该地区和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。聚集和邀请来自不同专业经验和背景的与会者将促进更多的参与和参与地球科学和构造/构造研究和活动。SGT论坛的三个主要目标是：1)确定优先事项并分享研究成果和技术的进展，特别是在构造地质学和构造学问题上；2)为各个阶段的研究人员提供培训和专业发展；3)促进网络和社区建设。在贝灵汉的会议上，他们利用了当地的实地机会和专业知识。这种环境也为大型研究项目带来了自然的联系，并有机会扩大参与。目标是将实地考察和研讨会与几个主题的会谈、海报会议和小组讨论联系起来：基性和超基性岩石的变形。活动包括实地考察孪生姐妹dunite；StraboMicro示范;重点介绍现场和实验室的研究成果；公开讨论研究重点。俯冲带地质学。活动包括到圣胡安群岛的实地考察；研究成果：卡斯卡迪亚增生杂岩与弧前变形；展示与美国地质勘探局和各州测绘工作的合作机会；讨论了SZ4D GeoArray和CRESCENT社区断层模型方案。碰撞造山带和挤压造山带。活动包括实地考察喀斯喀特水晶核心，研究报告；讨论：以最近的区域会议和彭罗斯会议为基础。磁性结构和古磁学。提议的会议活动包括一个关于古磁学和磁性结构在SGT问题中的应用、现场采样、实验室方法和分析工具的简短讲习班。这些领域的研究报告和StraboMag的预览也将成为特色。野外地质指导。建议的会议活动：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;增加获取现场地质经验和现场数据的工具和最佳实践。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 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.