Mass Redistribution in Continental Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems

该奖项将部分支持将于2004年9月6日至11日在怀俄明州黄石和蒙大拿州巴特举行的美国地质学会彭罗斯会议，该会议将有65名与会者参加，主题是大陆岩浆-热液系统的质量再分布。这次会议是对NSF主办的关于矿床研究未来的为期一天的研讨会的建议的直接回应。彭罗斯会议旨在提供一个论坛，讨论在大陆地壳中运作的大规模岩浆热液系统如何产生巨大的元素地球化学再分布，有时导致经济矿藏。彭罗斯会议的目标是汇集一系列研究人员，提出与岩浆热液系统相关的数据和假设，这些系统（继岩浆之后）导致地壳中最大量的质量转移，从而对地球的化学异质性做出重大贡献。具有不同专业知识的研究人员将研究我们对这些传质过程的了解，我们希望在未来知道什么，以及我们应该如何着手获得和分析所需的新数据。召开这次会议的主要原因是为了加速来自不同子领域的想法的传播，这将增加个人和合作研究的机会。组织者打算将会议作为一次丰富的交流活动，其中对代表质量转移最终产品的岩浆和热液矿石有详细了解的矿床专家可以与专注于关键过程和技术的研究人员进行互动，包括地壳各级的火成岩过程、地壳中流体流动的驱动力和路径，和促进相之间质量传递的物理化学参数。这些研究人员之间交流当前的信息和想法将导致研究工作的协同作用，并导致对重要的新研究方向的见解。为此，组织者邀请了来自广泛学科的研究人员参加会议并为会议作出贡献。所有参与者将被期望给口头，海报，或实地考察报告。目前正在通过纸质和网络媒体进行宣传，会议成果将在会后的GSA Today上发表一篇短文。在更广泛的影响方面，该奖项将支持一些研究生和博士后研究人员的出席，并使他们接触国际研究人员，让他们参与前沿科学辩论，并允许他们为讨论贡献自己的研究。这些资金还将使一些国际专家能够出席会议并作出贡献。

This award will partially support a Geological Society of America Penrose conference for 65 participants on Mass Redistribution in Continental Magmatic- Hydrothermal Systems, to be held September 6 to 11, 2004, at Yellowstone, WY and Butte, MT. The conference is direct response to the recommendations of the one-day workshop on the future of mineral deposits research sponsored by NSF. The Penrose conference is designed to provide a forum for discussion of how large-scale magmatic-hydrothermal systems that operate in the continental crust produce enormous geochemical redistributions of elements that sometimes result in economic mineral deposits. The goal of the Penrose conference is to bring together a spectrum of researchers to present data and hypotheses relevant to magmatic-hydrothermal systems, which (after magmas) result in the largest amount of mass-transfer in the earth's crust, and consequently contribute significantly to the chemical heterogeneity of the earth. Researchers with diverse expertise will examine what we know about these mass transfer processes, what we wish to know in the future, and how we should set about obtaining and analyzing the requisite new data. The primary reason for convening this conference is to accelerate dissemination of ideas from disparate sub-fields that will enhance individual and collaborative research opportunities. The organizers intend the conference as a fertile cross-pollenation, in which mineral deposits experts with detailed understanding of magmatic and hydrothermal ores that represent the end products of mass transfer can interact with researchers who focus on key processes and techniques, including igneous processes at all levels in the crust, driving forces and paths for fluid flow in the crust, and physicochemical parameters that facilitate mass transfer between phases. An interchange of current information and ideas between these groups of researchers will result in a synergy of research efforts and lead to insights into important new research directions. To that end, the organizers have invited researchers from a broad range of disciplines to participate and contribute to the conference. All participants will be expected to give an oral, poster, or field trip presentation. Publicity is currently underway via paper and web media, and conference results will be summarized in a short article in GSA Today after the conference. In terms of broader impacts, this award will support the attendance of some graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, and expose them to international researchers, involve them in cutting edge scientific debates, and allow them to contribute their research to discussions. The funds will also allow some international experts to attend the conference and contribute.