Collaborative Research: Late Quaternary Framework of the Waipaoa Continental Margin: Quantifying Mass Fluxes and Event Stratigraphy for Integrated Source-to-Sink Studies

PI将分析最近从Waipaoa河的陆架和斜坡收集的NSF资助的岩心，Waipaoa河是源到汇的重点地点，作为MARGINS计划的一部分。这些长岩心覆盖了末次冰期最大期的一段时间，对其进行详细研究将有助于了解该系统的第四纪晚期历史。研究所将建立一个年龄模型，记录沉积物特性，并研究气候代用指标，以确定影响该边缘输入的重大地质、气候和人为变化。该项目还将有助于了解末次盛冰期以来陆架盆地的演变以及沉积物输入、构造和沉积物绕过斜坡和盆地之间的相互作用。学生在VIMS，并将涉及新西兰学生以及。它有一个强有力的国际合作组成部分，与参与Waipaoa重点地点的法国和新西兰科学家合作。

The PIs will analyze recently collected NSF funded cores from the shelf and slope of Waipaoa River which is a Source-to-Sink focus site as a part of the MARGINS program. These long cores cover a interval up to the last glacial maximum and their detailed study will lead to an understanding of the late Quaternary history of this system. The PIs will establish an age model, document sediment properties and study climatic proxies to identify dramatic geological, climatic and anthropogenic changes affecting the input to this margin. It will also lead to the understanding of the evolution of the shelf basin since the LGM and the interplay between sediment input, tectonics and sediment bypassing to the slope and basin.The project will support a female Ph.D. student at VIMS and will involve New Zealand students as well. It has a strong international cooperation component, with collaboration with French and NZ scientist involved at the Waipaoa focus site.