North Atlantic rifting and evolution of the passive continental margins of the Pearya Terrane/Ellesmere Island (NE Canada) and Svalbard - Field work and sampling

本建议书适用于参加BGR到埃尔斯米尔岛（加拿大东北部）Pearya Terrane的CASE 11（北极圈结构事件）考察的旅行补助金。Pearya位于北极地区的一个关键位置，因为它定义了Pangea分裂之前斯瓦尔巴特群岛/欧洲，格陵兰岛和主要埃尔斯米尔岛/北美之间的中心轨迹，因此代表了我们理解北大西洋开放的关键。在案例11期间进行的实地工作和取样将为随后的热年代学和热方法提供基础，如磷灰石裂变径迹、铀/钍-氦、粘土矿物和镜质体反射率分析以及陆地原位宇宙成因核素分析。后续研究的主要目的是调查Pearya地体的中生代浅地壳动力学和长期景观演化，有四个具体目标：（a）泛大陆内北极地区解体前的重建，（B）埃尔斯米尔岛的尤里卡构造作用，（c）北方埃尔斯米尔岛的被动边缘发展，以及（d）气候、构造和岩性之间的区域相互作用，和气候影响。

This proposal applies for a travel grant to participating on the CASE 11 (Circum Arctic Structural Events) Expedition of the BGR to the Pearya Terrane of Ellesmere Island (NE Canada). Pearya is situated in a crucial position within the Arctic region since it defines the central locus between Svalbard/ Europe, Greenland and main Ellesmere Island/ North America before Pangea breakup, and therefore represents a key for our understanding of the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Field work and sampling carried out during CASE 11 will provide the basis for subsequent thermochronological and thermal methods, such as apatite fission track (FT), U/Th-He, clay mineral and vitrinite reflectance (VR) analyses, and terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) analysis. The principle aim of the subsequent research is to investigate the Phanerozoic shallow crustal dynamics and long-term landscape evolution of the Pearya Terrane, with four specific objectives: (a) pre-breakup reconstruction of the Arctic region within Pangea, (b) Eurekan tectonism on Ellesmere Island, (c) passive margin development of northern Ellesmere Island, and (d) the regional interplay between climate, tectonics and lithology, and climatic implications.