Collaborative Research: Developing a Further Quantitative Understanding of Clinoform Formation, Gulf of Papua

该合同是对一年额外资金的奖励，用于完成巴布亚海湾(GOP)水下床床的利润率从源到汇的调查。由于幸运的情况，他们获得了超过6800公里的高分辨率地震数据(2300公里的水面拖曳Edgetech和4500公里的船体安装的Knudsen)和46个活塞和重力岩心，累计岩心长度为432米。这第三年的资金将用于完成数据的分析、数值模拟和综合。额外的辐射年龄、特定透镜的地震测绘、较低海平面海洋环流的数值模拟以及通过地球化学和岩石学分析确定沉积物来源，将使私营部门能够检验基金头两年提出的假设。更广泛的影响包括研究生的参与以及在巴布亚新几内亚和斯克里普斯水族馆开展的外联活动。

This award is for one year of additional funding to complete a MARGINS Source-to-Sink investigation of the subaqueous clinoform in the Gulf of Papua (GoP). Due to fortunate circumstances they acquired more than 6800 km of high-resolution seismic data (2300 km of surface-towed Edgetech and 4500 km of hull-mounted Knudsen) and 46 piston and gravity cores for a total cumulative core length of 432 m. This third year of funding will be used to complete the analysis of the data, numerical modeling, and synthesis. Additional radiometric ages, seismic mapping of specific lenses, numerical modeling of ocean circulation at a lower sea level, and identification of sediment sources through geochemical and petrographic analysis will allow the PIs to test the hypotheses developed during the first two years of funding.The broader impacts include the participation of graduate students and the outreach activities carried out in Papua New Guinea and the Scripps Aquarium.