Conference: Support for a Thompson Field Forum on the elevation history of the Sierra Nevada

会议：支持关于内华达山脉海拔历史的汤普森现场论坛

• 批准号: 2204247
• 负责人: Craig Jones
• 金额: $ 2.35万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2204247&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Support; Thompson; Field; Forum

This proposal provides support for the participation of fourteen students and early career scientists in a Geological Society of America 2022 Thompson Field Forum on the “Elevation history of the Sierra Nevada.” The forum will bring together 42 scientists to discuss the topographic history of the Sierra from the Cretaceous to the present. The goal to promote the next generation of research on this subject, which is of broad interest both to the scientific community and the general public. The goal of the forum is to debate whether the range is old, with minimal erosion through most of the Cenozoic, or relatively young having risen from the debris of an earlier range. Both end-member models These end-member conceptualizations have important implications that extend well beyond the Sierra as the disagreements carry implications for the application of techniques used to identify orogenic surface uplift and they have profound implications for geodynamic models and the interpretations of several, globally applied paleoelevation proxies. The conference is timely in that the community needs to examine and evaluate the evidence firsthand and develop better integrated methodologies to test these and other debates. There has been considerable interest in what seems to be like an old subject, but recent scientific advances have provoked controversy and new ideas regarding the age and formation of the Sierra Nevada. The students and early career professionals who will be supported by this activity are actively involved in Sierran research and hence will be knowledgeable and receptive to the nuances of the discussions. They will also get a chance to present their new work for the general discussions. The exposure they will get to high level integrative science will be potentially transformative for their careers. Society benefits from this activity include contributions to STEM education and educator development; development of a diverse, globally competitive workforce; and contributions to the broadening of participation of underrepresented groups in STEM.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.

该提案为 14 名学生和早期职业科学家参加美国地质学会 2022 年汤普森现场论坛提供了支持，该论坛的主题是“内华达山脉的海拔历史”。该论坛将汇集 42 名科学家，讨论内华达山脉的地形历史。从白垩纪到现在，该论坛的目标是促进该主题的下一代研究，这引起了科学界和公众的广泛兴趣。最小的侵蚀通过大多数新生代或相对较年轻的物种都是从早期范围的碎片中崛起的。这两种最终成员模型这些最终成员概念化具有远远超出内华达山脉的重要影响，因为分歧对用于识别的技术的应用产生了影响。造山地表隆起，它们对地球动力学模型和几个全球应用的古海拔代理的解释具有深远的影响，这次会议是及时的，因为界需要直接检查和评估证据，并开发更好的综合方法来测试这些和其他证据。人们对这个看似古老的话题产生了很大的兴趣，但最近的科学进步引发了关于内华达山脉的年龄和形成的争议和新的想法，这些活动将受到这项活动的支持。积极参与 Sierran 研究，因此将了解并接受讨论的细微差别，他们还将有机会在一般性讨论中展示他们的新作品，他们将接触到高水平的综合科学，这将具有潜在的变革性。社会从中受益。该活动包括对 STEM 教育和教育工作者发展的贡献；培养多元化、具有全球竞争力的劳动力队伍，以及为扩大 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体的参与做出贡献。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。