2011 Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference

该奖项将部分支持2011年戈登研究会议(GRC，6月5日至10日)和首次戈登-凯南地球内部研究研讨会(GRS，6月4日至5日)，该研讨会将在马萨诸塞州南哈德利的芒特霍利奥克学院举行。GRC是一系列非常成功的戈登研究会议中的第八次，这些会议专注于地球内部的结构、动力学和演化。在2011年戈登地球内部会议之前，将首次举行戈登-凯南研究研讨会(http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2011&amp；program=grs_inter)，)，这是一个为研究生、博士后和其他具有类似经验和教育水平的科学家提供和交流新数据和尖端思想的独特论坛。美国国家科学基金会的资金将用于吸引来自不同机构、背景和科学学科的年轻科学家。今年的戈登会议将聚焦于浅层地球，特别强调内部和地表过程之间的联系。将从多学科的角度讨论广泛的主题。来自地球化学、地球动力学、矿物物理和地震学领域的特邀演讲者将定义最前沿的知识，并为自由讨论和辩论最紧迫的科学问题奠定基础。具体专题包括地幔动力学与海平面之间的联系、大地震、俯冲带的动力学、上地幔的挥发分循环、软流圈的性质和动力作用以及大陆的起源和演化。会议还将为初级科学家和研究生提供机会，以海报的形式介绍他们的工作，并与领先的研究人员交流想法。后者将得到前面的全球资源报告的极大促进，该报告将侧重于软流圈的性质，提供与全球资源中心的特别协同作用。

This award will partially support the 2011 Gordon Research Conference (GRC, June 5-10) and the first ever Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar (GRS, June 4-5) on the Interior of the Earth, which will be held at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The GRC is the eighth in a series of highly successful Gordon Research Conferences that focus on the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Earth's interior. For the first time, the 2011 Interior of the Earth Gordon Conference will be preceded by a Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar (http://www.grc.org/ programs.aspx?year=2011&program=grs_inter), a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. NSF funds will be used to attract young scientists from a diverse range of institutions, backgrounds and scientific disciplines.This year's Gordon conference will focus on the shallow Earth with a particular emphasis on the link between the interior and surface processes. A wide range of topics will be addressed from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Invited speakers from the fields of geochemistry, geodynamics, mineral physics and seismology will define the forefront of knowledge and set the stage for a freewheeling discussion and debate of the most pressing scientific questions. Specific session topics include the link between mantle dynamics and sea level, great earthquakes, dynamics of subduction zones, volatile recycling in the upper mantle, the nature and dynamical role of the asthenosphere, and the origin and evolution of continents. The conference will also provide the opportunity for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leading researchers. The latter will be greatly facilitated by the preceding GRS, which will focus on the nature of the asthenosphere providing particular synergy with the GRC to follow.