Conference: Participant Support for a GSA Penrose Conference on the North American Cordillera

该奖项为学生，早期职业专业人士和来自美国代表性不足的团体的参与者的旅行参与提供支持，参加美国地质学会主办的彭罗斯会议：“为白垩纪中期到始新世北美科迪勒拉开发一个新的范例：倾斜会聚的板块边缘。“这次会议汇集了约80名地球科学家，讨论北美西部边缘如何从1.1亿年前到3500万年前演变的地质历史。北美历史的这一部分涉及重大（长达4000公里）的横向（走滑）运动，如目前发生在圣安德烈亚斯断层。 因此，目前在阿拉斯加的地壳块体可能在大约1亿年前就存在于墨西哥近海。与会者将结合新旧观点和这些观点所依据的证据来评估板块边缘的构造演化。更好地了解古代板块边缘对于了解今天具有相似特征的大陆板块边缘以及部分控制现代板块构造的先前存在的构造非常重要。会议汇集了不同性别、职业水平和种族的科学家，并将为这些人，特别是早期职业科学家和学生提供重要的网络机会。彭罗斯会议将激发来自世界各地的社区成员的重要互动，他们正在调查CA的不同部分。通过爱达荷州内的实地考察、主题演讲和演讲后的重点讨论，对北美科迪勒拉山脉和邻近地区的110-35 Ma构造历史进行了研究。NSF的资金将支持学生，早期职业专业人士和来自美国代表性不足群体的参与者参加会议的注册和旅行。这笔资金还有助于制作可广泛访问的视频，直播和由组织的公共实地考察。彭罗斯会议将导致广大地球科学界关于斜向会聚边缘演化的新思想的发展。在地球科学杂志上发表的获奖后摘要将总结关键讨论，主要成果，以及未来成功解开北美科迪勒拉构造历史的计划。一份专业的特别论文或回忆录将传播会议产生的关键研究成果。 最后，该会议汇集了不同性别、职业水平和种族的科学家，并将为这些人，特别是早期职业科学家和学生提供重要的网络机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 provides support for travel participation of students, early-career professionals, and participants from underrepresented groups from the U.S. to attend the Geological Society of America-sponsored Penrose Conference: "Developing a new paradigm for the mid-Cretaceous to Eocene North American Cordillera: an obliquely convergent plate margin." The conference brings together~80 geoscientists to discuss the geologic history of how the margin of western North America evolved through time from 110 to 35 million years ago. This part of North America’s history involves significant (up to 4000 km) lateral (strike-slip) motion, such as that which currently occurs on the San Andreas fault. As a result, crustal blocks currently in Alaska may have existed offshore Mexico about 100 million years ago. Conference attendees will evaluate the tectonic evolution of plate margin by combining new and old ideas and the evidence that these ideas are based on. A better understanding of the ancient plate margin is important for understanding continental plate margins that are active today with similar characteristics, and the pre-existing structures that partially control recent plate tectonics. The conference brings together a diverse group of scientists that range in gender, career level, and ethnicity and will provide significant networking opportunities among these individuals, especially early-career scientists, and students.The Penrose conference will stimulate significant interaction of community members from around the world that are investigating different parts of the ca. 110–35 Ma tectonic history of the North America Cordillera and adjacent areas through a combination of field trips within Idaho, keynote presentations, and focused discussion sessions after the presentations. NSF funding will support registration and travel for students, early-career professionals, and participants from underrepresented groups from the U.S. to attend the conference. The funding also facilitates the production broadly accessible videos, livestreaming, and a public field trip organized by the. The Penrose conference will lead to the development of new ideas by a broad geoscience community about the evolution of obliquely convergent margins. A post award summary for publication in a geoscience journal will summarize key discussions, major outcomes, and the plan for future success in unraveling the tectonic history of the North American Cordillera. A professional special paper or memoir will disseminate key research contributions that arise from the conference. Finally, the conference brings together a diverse group of scientists that range in gender, career level, and ethnicity and will provide significant networking opportunities among these individuals, especially for early-career scientists, and students.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.