PostDoctoral Research Fellowship

这个奖项是为博士后奖学金。 调查人员将运用地质学和冰川学技术，重建南极洲福特山脉过去2000年来的冰面高程变化，将现有的地质信息和新的冰川学研究数据合并成一幅更完整的从全新世到现在的冰盖变化图。地貌测绘将确定冰缘的哪些部分是稳定的或正在积极退缩，并扩大现有的暴露年龄组，以包括最近的冰川消退表面。 还将调查边缘冰原的冰川学，这些冰原将大多数确定年代的地点与主要的主干冰川分开。其结果将是更好地了解如何将暴露年龄日期与重要冰川学参数的过去变化联系起来，以及全面了解全新世到目前冰面高程变化的历史。 调查员具有相关冰川地质学和宇宙成因核素地球化学方面的知识，但在冰川学方面的专门知识有限。该项目旨在通过冰川学培训，更好地装备他在南极研究中的跨学科问题，并培养规划和领导南极实地考察的能力。

This award is for a postdoctoral fellowship. The investigator will apply both geological and glaciological techniques to reconstruct the last 2000 years of ice surface elevation changes in the Ford Ranges, Antarctica, merging the existing geological information and data from a new glaciological study into a more complete picture of ice sheet change from the Holocene to the present. Geomorphic mapping will establish which parts of the ice margin are stable or actively retreating, and expand the existing set of exposure ages to include very recently deglaciated surfaces. The glaciology of the fringing ice fields that separate most exposure-dating sites from the major trunk glaciers will also be investigated. The result will be a better understanding of how to connect exposure age dates to past changes in important glaciological parameters, and a comprehensive history of Holocene to present ice surface elevation changes. The investigator is knowledgeable in the relevant glacial geology and cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry, but has limited expertise in glaciology. This project is designed to better equip him to work on interdisciplinary questions in antarctic research through training in glaciology, and developing an ability to plan and lead antarctic fieldwork.