RUI: Collaborative Research: Paleontology and DepositionalEnvironments of a Lower/Middle Triassic Continental Red Bed Sequence (Moenkopi Formation, Southern Colorado Plateau)

RUI：合作研究：下/中三叠世大陆红层序列（Moenkopi 组，南科罗拉多高原）的古生物学和沉积环境

• 批准号: 8613560
• 负责人: Ronald Blakey
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-05-01 至 1989-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8613560&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Collaborative; Research; Paleontology; DepositionalEnvironments

With the end of the Paleozoic most major seaways had closed and an enormous landmass "Pangea" had developed. Little detail of the environment of this land mass is known for the following period (the Triassic). The Principal Investigators propose here a collaborative approach using both paleontology and sedimentology to examine one of the classic formations of this land mass, the Moenkopi. The study is set apart from others in this area by the collaborative effort. Study of sediments as well as fossil vertebrates is an excellent approach to understanding paleoenvironments. Curiously, although the presence of vertebrate fossils in this formation was recorded late in the 19th century, only sporadic work on the faunas has ensued. Similarly, after initial work on the stratigraphy beginning with its description, only limited detailed work has been completed.

随着古生代末期，大多数主要航道都关闭了，巨大的陆地“盘古大陆”已经发展起来。 对于接下来的时期（三叠纪），这片陆地的环境细节知之甚少。 主要研究人员在此提出了一种利用古生物学和沉积学的协作方法来研究这片陆地的经典地层之一——摩恩科皮 (Moenkopi)。 该研究通过协作努力而与该领域的其他研究区分开来。 对沉积物和脊椎动物化石的研究是了解古环境的绝佳方法。 奇怪的是，尽管在 19 世纪末就记录到了该地层中存在脊椎动物化石，但随后仅对动物群进行了零星的研究。 同样，在从描述开始的地层学初步工作之后，只完成了有限的详细工作。