CAREER Development in Geomodeling: Seeing and Creating Connections in Earth Science

将进行大陆构造、地幔动力学和地表过程的耦合模拟，以探索大陆碰撞期间的地表变形和深部流体流动。地表侵蚀将被纳入模型，以探索构造和大气过程之间的相互作用。模型预测将与碰撞背景下的数据进行比较，以更好地了解大陆碰撞。还将探讨大陆生长和地球热演化之间的联系。理论、数值模拟和实验室实验的结合将被用来提供对行星冷却和大陆生长耦合的深入了解。地球化学数据将提供大陆生长的制约因素。为模拟导电大陆和对流地幔之间的相互作用而开发的方法也将用于解决隔热盖层下方的热液对流和热岩中岩浆房的冷却历史。PI在地球科学子领域的建模将在他的教学和研究之间提供统一。讲座示范，即，为教育而设计的模型，可以传达一般的基本思想，然后学生联系起来，解决一系列地球科学问题。这将使学生在入门课上看到，科学思想不是孤立的信息位。更广泛的影响是，一部分不会进入科学领域的学生将对科学有更清晰的认识。演示也将以反向模式使用。将开发一个研讨会，高级学生将建立自己设计的演示和简单实验，以传达他们的主要地球科学领域的关键思想。在相互介绍他们的工作时，他们会看到许多关键概念并不关心人为的子领域边界。他们会看到联系，并更好地准备建立新的联系。该空间还将容纳一个科学可视化工作室，学生将在那里进行科学思想的有效视觉交流。工作区/工作室将提供给休斯顿地区的K-12教育工作者同事。

Modeling of coupled continental tectonics, mantle dynamics, and surfaceprocesses will be undertaken to explore surface deformation and deepermantle flow during continental collision. Surface erosion will beincorporated into the models to explore the interaction between tectonicsand atmospheric processes. Model predictions will be compared to data fromcollisional settings to provide a better understanding of continentalcollision. The links between continental growth and the Earth's thermalevolution will also be explored. A combination of theory, numericalsimulations, and lab experiments will be used to provide insight intocoupled planetary cooling and continental growth. Geochemical data willprovide constraints on continental growth. The methodologies developed tomodel the interaction between conducting continents and the convectingmantle will also be used to address hydrothermal convection belowinsulating cap rock and the cooling history of magma chambers within hostrock. The PI's modeling across earth science sub-fields will provide unitybetween his teaching and research. Lecture demonstrations, i.e., modelsdesigned for education, can convey general foundational ideas that studentsthen link to approach a range of earth science problems. This will allowstudents in introductory classes to see that scientific ideas are not isolatedbits of information. The broader impact is that a portion of the studentpopulation that will not go into science will have a clearer view of whatscience is. Demonstrations will also be used in a reverse mode. A workshopwill be developed where advanced students will build demonstrations and simpleexperiments of their own design to convey key ideas from their primary earthscience field. In presenting their work to each other they will see how manykey concepts do not care about artificial sub-field boundaries. They willsee connections and be better prepared to make new ones. The space will alsohouse a scientific visualization studio where students will work on effectivevisual communication of scientific ideas. The workspace/studio will beavailable to K-12 educator colleagues in the Houston area.