Support for Activities of the President of the Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

首席研究员将担任国际- 联合岩石圈委员会是 国际科学联合会理事会。 总统 将主持委员会的会议，并监督 委员会闭会期间的活动。 委员会的工作是 致力于发展国际 跨学科的研究计划的起源，进化， 和地球岩石圈的动力学，特别是大陆 利润率 总统还将指导 委员会秘书处，确保编写文件 对于会议，报告总结了这些会议和其他 委员会的活动是准备和分发的， 委员会的工作与科联理事会其他有关机构的工作协调 委员会和工会。 主席还将代表 委员会与科联理事会其他机构进行互动。

The principal investigator will serve as President of the Inter- Union Commission on the Lithosphere, a major component of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The President will chair meetings of the Commission and oversee the Commission's intersessional activities. The Commission's work is directed towards development of an international interdisciplinary program of research on the origin, evolution, and dynamics of the earth's lithosphere, especially continental margins. The President will also direct the operations of the Commission's Secretariat, assuring that documentation is prepared for meetings, that reports summarizing these meetings and other commission activities are prepared and distributed, and that the Commission's work is coordinated with those of other related ICSU commissions and unions. The President will also represent the Commission in interactions with these other ICSU bodies.