Tephra 2014 - Maximizing the potential of tephra for multidisciplinary science

这项奖励将为2014年8月4日至7日在俄勒冈州波特兰的波特兰州立大学举行的以非洲茶的跨学科研究为重点的研讨会提供部分资金。这次研讨会的讨论将对理解地质灾害、气候变化和人类起源产生影响。其目标是让不同的社区在他们的研究中使用Tephra，相互学习彼此的实践和科学兴趣。与会者将包括火山学家、古年代学家和考古学家、地质年代学家、古气候学家、古生态学家、古湖学家、冰川学家、岩石学家、大气科学家、第四纪科学家、数据管理员、统计学家等。讲习班的三个目标将包括：1)讨论火山地层学和沉积学中使用的现代技术；2)讨论火山年代学的现代进展；3)开始开发大气传输和非洲大陆、冰川和海底分布的模式。与演讲(摘要和视频)有关的材料将通过开放获取的论坛Vhub.org提供。该讲习班的参与者将包括来自不同国家的不同职业生涯阶段的科学家，他们将通过在不同科学界的名单上发布公告和向一些科学家发出邀请来招募他们。这次研讨会的成果之一将是一本非洲茶研究的参考资料书。研讨会将从对圣海伦斯山的实地考察开始，随后是演讲、小组讨论和动手培训课程。

This award will provide partial funding for a workshop focus on the interdisciplinary study of tephra to be held at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon on August 4-7, 2014. The discussions at this workshop will have implications for the understanding of geologic hazards, climate change and human origins. The goal is to bring different communities that use tephra in their research to learn from each other's practices and scientific interests. The participants will include volcanologists, tephrochronologists, and archeologists, geochronologists, paleoclimatologists, paleoecologists, paleolimnologists, glaciologists, petrologists, atmospheric scientists, Quaternary scientists, data managers, statisticians, among others. The three objectives of the workshop will include: 1) to discuss modern techniques used in volcanic stratigraphy and sedimentology; 2) to discuss modern advances in tephrochronology; and 3) to begin to develop a model of atmospheric transport and terrestrial, glacial, and submarine distribution of tephra. Materials related to presentations (abstracts and videos) will be made available via the open-access forum Vhub.org. Participants at this workshop will include scientists at different stages of professional careers from different countries, and will be recruited via announcements in listservs for the different scientific communities and invitations to some scientists. One of the outcomes of this workshop will be a resource book for tephra studies. The workshop will start with a field trip to Mount St. Helens, followed up by presentations, group discussions, and hands-on training sessions.