2007 Interior of the Earth Gordon Conference

戈登地球内部研究会议将于2007年6月10日至15日在马萨诸塞州南哈德利的芒特霍利克学院举行，会议将讨论在我们理解地壳、岩石圈和深部地幔的动力学、成分、结构和演化，以及它们与地表观测的联系方面的主要悬而未决的问题。G“Oran Ekstr”om(PI)和Bruce Buffett(芝加哥大学)分别担任2007年会议的主席和副主席。这次会议将汇集来自不同背景、视角、学科、机构类型、职业阶段和人口统计学的研究人员。-大陆岩石圈：它来自哪里，它去了哪里？-软流圈一：软流圈是什么？-软流圈II：岩石圈、软流圈和更深的地幔是如何相互作用的？-大洋岩石圈从山脊到海沟：组构发展、维护和破坏-俯冲带：什么往下走，什么上来？-为什么过渡带很重要？-冰川消融和海平面变化：地球在多个时间尺度上对负荷的反应-悬而未决的问题这是第六次戈登地球内部研究会议。正如GRC组织所要求的评估所记录的那样，前五个项目非常成功。戈登研究会议为科学思想的交流提供了一个独特的环境，使正式和非正式讨论的机会得到优化。会议通过位于罗德岛的中央办公室管理，不需要任何管理费用；会议基础设施使会议组织者可以自由地专注于会议内容。这次会议将讨论在我们理解地壳、岩石圈和深部地幔的动力学、成分、结构和演化，以及它们与地表观测的联系的前沿领域尚未解决的主要问题。申请的资金将主要用于鼓励和支持可能无法参加的青年科学家的参与，包括研究生和博士后研究员。对于这一群体来说，这次会议是一个极好的教育机会，不仅是为了进行正式的演讲，也是为了有机会与该领域的领导人进行非正式的互动，并以海报的形式介绍他们自己的工作。NSF对以前关于地球内部的会议的支持极大地帮助了不同的与会者群体。

The Gordon Research Conference on the Interior of the Earth, to be held June 10-15, 2007 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, will address major unresolved problems at the frontiers of our understanding of the dynamics, composition, structure, and evolution of the earth's crust, lithosphere, and deeper mantle, and their connections to surface observations. G"oran Ekstr"om (PI) and Bruce Buffett (University of Chicago) are the Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively for the 2007 meeting. The meeting will bring together researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, disciplines, types of institutions, career stages, and demographics. The sessions will be: - The Continental Lithosphere: Where did it come from, where does it go?- The Asthenosphere I: What is the asthenosphere?- The Asthenosphere II: How do the lithosphere, asthenosphere and deeper mantle interact?- Oceanic Lithosphere from Ridge to Trench- Anisotropy: Fabric development, maintenance, and destruction- Subduction Zones: What goes down and what comes up?- Why is the transition zone important?- Deglaciation and Sea-Level Change: Earth's response to loading on multiple time scales- Unresolved QuestionsThis is the sixth Gordon Research Conference on the Earth's Interior. The previous five have been remarkably successful as documented by evaluations required by the GRC organization. Gordon Research Conferences provide a unique setting for the exchange of scientific ideas in which the opportunities for formal and informal discussion are optimized. The conferences are administered through a central office in Rhode Island, which takes no overhead; the conference infrastructure leaves the conference organizers free to focus on the content of the meeting.Intellectual Merit. The conference will address major unresolved problems at the frontiers of our understanding of the dynamics, composition, structure, and evolution of the earth's crust, lithosphere, and deeper mantle, and their connections to surface observations.Broader Impacts. The requested funds will be used primarily to encourage and support the participation of young scientists who might not otherwise be able to attend, including graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The conference is an excellent educational opportunity for this group, not only for the formal presentations, but for the chances to interact informally with leaders in the field, and to present their own work in the form of posters. NSF support of previous conferences on the Interior of the Earth has helped tremendously to facilitate a diverse group of attendees.