Japan (JSPS) Postdoctoral Program: Plate Tectonics and Convergent Margin Geology in Southwest Japan

该奖项将提供补充支持，使蒂莫西博士 布朗大学的伯恩博士进行合作研究。 Asahiko Taira在大学海洋研究所工作一年 东京，日本。 他们将调查 板块构造和大陆演化的比较 从海洋盆地的观测中推断出的板块运动， 与活跃大陆边缘的地质历史相吻合 具体- 此外，他们还将记录（对收集的数据进行结构分析 从大陆岩石从适当的时间段）是否或 日本的地质历史没有记载板块的重大变化 皇帝-夏威夷的弯曲证明了这种运动 海山链 尽管板块构造理论已经得出了相对清晰的结论， 对于海洋盆地的演化，我们知之甚少 关于大陆的进化或者它们的进化是如何 与岩石圈板块的运动有关 平博士的专业知识 海洋研究所的设施和数据 研究所将对伯恩博士的研究有重大价值 板块构造与板块演化的关系 大洲

This award will provide supplementary support to enable Dr. Timothy Byrne of Brown University to conduct collaborative research with Dr. Asahiko Taira for one year at the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan. They will investigate the relationship between plate tectonics and the evolution of the continents by comparing plate motions, as inferred from observations in the ocean basins, with the geologic history of an active continental margin. Specific- ally, they will document (using structural analyses on data collected from continental rocks from the appropriate time period) whether or not the geologic history of Japan records the major change in plate motions that is evidenced by the bend in the Emperor-Hawaiian seamount chain. Although the theory of plate tectonics has led to a relatively clear understanding of the evolution of the ocean basins, little is known about the evolution of the continents or how their evolution is related to the motion of lithospheric plates. Dr. Taira's expertise, and the facilities and data available though the Ocean Research Institute will be of significant value to Dr. Byrne as he investigates the relationship between plate tectonics and the evolution of the continents.