2018 Geochemistry of Minerals GRC/GRS: Waterville Valley, NH, August 4-5, 2018

该奖项将支持矿产资源地球化学领域的第25届戈登研究会议（GRC），以及有史以来第一次针对早期职业科学家的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。资金将显著降低早期职业科学家（这里定义为学生）、获得博士学位五年内的博士后、终身教职和终身教职员工以及少数族裔的出勤成本。矿产资源领域的国内和国际研究人员将聚集在一起讨论有关金属在自然环境中运输和沉积的地球化学问题。这次会议的形式提供了一个极好的机会，指导未来几代科学家，他们将负责确保社会资源的可持续供应，包括关键金属。与会的早期职业科学家将与来自学术界、各种政府机构和实验室以及采矿和地热行业的代表进行接触，这些代表将为小组带来他们在需要实际解决方案的紧迫问题方面的经验和专业知识。GRC和GRS关于矿床地球化学的会议将涵盖从纳米粒子到地壳的所有尺度的广泛主题。GRC将首先讨论矿床与地球水圈和岩石圈演化的关系。上午的课程包括详细评估地球上所有关键成矿环境的成矿过程，包括海洋和盆地、变质和岩浆环境以及活动变形区。晚上的会议将集中讨论矿化过程的时间和持续时间，风化如何增强、掩盖或破坏矿床，矿床地球化学勘探的最新进展，以及矿床地球化学研究的未来方向预测。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support the 25th Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in the field of mineral resources geochemistry, and the first ever Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) that targets early-career scientists. Funding will significantly reduce the cost of attendance for early-career scientists, defined here as students, and post-docs and tenure-track and tenured faculty within five years of having earned their doctoral degree, and for under-represented minorities. National and international researchers in the field of mineral resources will gather to discuss issues concerning the geochemistry of metal transportation and deposition in the natural environment. The format of this meeting provides an outstanding opportunity to mentor future generations of scientists who will be responsible for ensuring the sustainable supply of resources, including critical metals, for society. Participating early-career scientists will engage with representatives from academia and various government agencies and laboratories, as well as from the mining and geothermal industries, who bring to the group their experience and expertise concerning immediate problems requiring practical solutions. The GRC and GRS meetings on Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits will cover a broad range of topics across all scales, from nano-particles to crustal. The GRC will open with a discussion of how ore deposits relate to the evolution of the Earth's hydrosphere and lithosphere. Morning sessions include detailed appraisals of mineralizing processes in all key ore-forming environments on Planet Earth, its oceans and basins, metamorphic and magmatic environments, and areas of active deformation. Evening sessions will focus on the timing and duration of mineralizing processes, how weathering can enhance, obscure or destroy ore deposits, the latest advances in geochemical exploration for ore deposits, and predictions of future directions in ore deposit geochemistry research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.