U.S.-FSU-EU Geology Field Mapping Course in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan, Central Asia

这次国际野外夏令营将汇集来自美国、欧盟和中亚的学生，学习地质填图技能。主要研究人员是俄勒冈大学尤金分校的Ray J.Weldon博士和吉尔吉斯斯坦地震研究所的Kanatbek Abdrahkmatov博士。天山山脉具有极好的曝光率和复杂的地质条件，学生们将能够在那里解决一些关于造山和古老和年轻变形事件相互作用的最基本的问题。天山将向学生介绍一种全新的结构，这些结构在美国并没有很好地暴露出来。测绘项目旨在回答有关天山活动变形的具体科学问题，并为学生提供良好的学习环境。该项目还将进一步了解天山造山带的地质和地球动力学，目前天山造山带吸收了欧亚大陆和印度次大陆碰撞造成的一半缩短。这项地球科学研究项目将培训学生野外测绘，并将促进下一代地球科学家之间的联系的发展。该项目还实现了将美国和中东欧的顶尖专家聚集在一起，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同利益和能力强的领域结合互补努力和能力的计划目标。

This international field camp will bring together students from the United States, European Union and Central Asia to learn geologic mapping skills. The principal investigators are Dr. Ray J. Weldon from the University of Oregon Eugene and Dr. Kanatbek Abdrahkmatov from the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology.The Tien Shan Mountains offer superb exposure and complex geology where the students will be able to address some of the most fundamental questions on mountain building and interactions of older and younger deformational events. The Tien Shan will introduce the students to a completely new class of structures that are not well exposed in the US. The mapping projects are designed to answer specific scientific questions about the active deformation in the Tien Shan, as well as to provide excellent learning situations for the students. This project will also further understanding of the geology and geodynamics of the Tien Shan orogen, that currently absorbs half of the shortening caused by the collision of Eurasia and the Indian subcontinent.This project in earth sciences research will train students in field mapping and will enhance the development of ties between the next generation of geoscientists. This project also fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.