U.S. Participation in the International Geological Correlation Program 1991-92

国际地质对比计划是由国际地质科学联合会（IUGS）和联合国教育、科学及文化组织（Unesco）共同发起的一个多学科科学计划，以目前的形式建立于1973年。IGCP的主要目标是促进全球地质问题研究方面的国际合作，重点是重大地质事件、地质灾害以及能源和矿产资源的性质和顺序。项目工作通过59个单独的研究项目进行，其中20个有美国工作组。自IGCP成立以来，美国在其中发挥了突出作用。美国地球科学家帮助设计了该计划，并且是IGCP董事会和科学咨询委员会的成员。USNC/IGCP提供美国IGCP活动的协调和监督。美国地质调查局（USGS）每年为该委员会提供3万美元的旅费和行政支持费用。NSF基金资助美国项目工作组的国内会议，美国代表参加项目会议和国外实地考察的旅行，以及工作组主席的一般文书和技术援助。

The International Geological Correlation Program is a multidisciplinary scientific program established in its present form in 1973, sponsored jointly by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Unesco). The principal goal of IGCP is to promote international cooperation in research on global geologic problems, with emphasis on the nature and sequence of major geologic events, geologic hazards, and energy and mineral resources. Program work is carried out through 59 individual research projects, 20 of which have U.S. working groups. The United States has played a prominent role in IGCP since its establishment. U.S. geoscientist helped design the Program and are members of the IGCP Board and Scientific Advisory Committee. The USNC/IGCP provides coordination and oversight of U.S. IGCP activities. Support for this role is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the amount of $30,000 annually for travel expenses for the Committee and administrative support costs within the USGS. NSF Funds underwrite domestic meetings of U.S. project working groups, travel by U.S. representatives to project conferences and field excursions abroad, and general clerical and technical assistance to the working group chairman.