WORKSHOP: Tibetan Plateau: Exploring aspects of uplift and climate change.

【摘要】青藏高原研讨会：探讨山地隆升、气候变化、冰川作用、剥蚀作用和景观演化与动态地貌学和景观动力学中最近发展和令人兴奋的研究领域之一是研究气候变化、冰川作用、剥蚀作用、构造和景观演化之间的联系。该项目旨在通过探索气候、冰川、构造和景观演变之间的关系来研究与这些联系相关的关键问题。为了实现这一目标，已邀请领先的研究人员总结感兴趣的主要主题并制定研究议程。这些研究人员将于2006年9月在西藏参加一个国际研讨会。本次研讨会是国家自然科学基金会（NSF）国际项目和国家科学研究协会（INQUA）资助项目的一部分，协办单位包括中国科学院青藏高原研究所、青海盐湖研究所和国际科学研究协会第四纪冰川和亚洲季风年代学工作组。本次研讨会的重点是研究末次冰期循环期间山地冰川推进的时间和性质。研讨会将包括：3天的工作会议（其中一天的重点是冰川、剥蚀和构造之间的联系）；并在西藏进行为期5天的实地考察。组委会成员包括Glenn Thackray（爱达荷州立大学）、Lewis Owen（辛辛那提大学）、Chaolu Yi（中国科学院青藏高原研究所）、shang喆Zhou（华南师范大学）和马海洲（中国科学院青海盐湖研究所）。研讨会将包括来自美国、中国、英国、澳大利亚、德国、新西兰和印度的50名与会者。这个项目将通过允许参与者在研讨会上检查控制景观演变的复杂环节来加强主研讨会。此外，它将有助于促进美国、中国和其他地方的研究人员之间的新研究和合作，并将提供有关这些主题的现有知识的综合。

ABSTRACTTibetan Plateau Workshop: Exploring aspects of uplift, climate change, glaciation, denudation and landscape evolution and dynamics inmountainsOne of the most recently expanding and exciting research areas in geomorphology and landscape dynamics is the examination of the links between climate change, glaciation, denudation, tectonics and landscape evolution. This project aims to examine key issues pertinent to these links by exploring the relationships between climate, glaciation, tectonics and landscape evolution. To achieve this, leading researchers have been invited to summarize the main topics of interest and develop a research agenda. These researchers will join an international workshop in Tibet during September 2006. The main workshop is organized as part of an International Program of NSF and an INQUA funded project, in association with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and the Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the INQUA Working Group on Quaternary Glaciations and Chronology in Monsoonal Asia. This workshop focuses on examining the timing and nature of mountain glacier advances during the last glacial cycle. The workshop will consist of: 3 days of working sessions (including a day focused on the links between glaciation, denudation and tectonics); and a 5-day traverse of the Tibet to examine key field sites. The organizing committee includes Glenn Thackray (Idaho State University), Lewis Owen (University of Cincinnati), Chaolu Yi (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shangzhe Zhou (South China Normal University) and Ma Haizhou (Qinghai Institute of Salt Lake, Chinese Academy of Sciences). The workshop will include 50 participants from the USA, China, UK, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and India. This project will enhance the main workshop by allowing participants at the workshop to examine the complex links that control landscape evolution. Furthermore, it will help stimulate new research and collaboration between researchers in the USA, China and elsewhere, and will provide a synthesis of the current knowledge on these topics.