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Antarctic Geology Antarctic Geology and Geophysicsand Geophysics
Thomas WagnerProgram Manager
NSF/Office of Polar Programs
Antarctic Science SectionAntarctic Science Section
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
AntarcticaAntarctica
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Antarctic Geology & GeophysicsAntarctic Geology & Geophysics
•All areas of G&G
•Microcosm of EAR and OCE/MG&G
•Compelling research that can only be done, or is best done, in Antarctica
•Many opportunities
•No mosquitoes and no snakes
•All areas of G&G
•Microcosm of EAR and OCE/MG&G
•Compelling research that can only be done, or is best done, in Antarctica
•Many opportunities
•No mosquitoes and no snakes
Antarctic Ice SheetAntarctic Ice Sheet
Dynamic ice-sheet system
-Interacts with and is affected by the underlying continent
Antarctic Subglacial TopographyAntarctic Subglacial Topography
< 2 % of exposed bedrock
-Many intriguing features are known – but much is not known.
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Antarctica and the Antarctica and the surrounding sea-floorsurrounding sea-floor
•Marine geological records of ice sheet evolution – implications for a warmer world
•SHALDRIL
•ANDRILL
•Seafloor tectonics – global importance
•Marine geological records of ice sheet evolution – implications for a warmer world
•SHALDRIL
•ANDRILL
•Seafloor tectonics – global importance
McMurdo Dry ValleysMcMurdo Dry Valleys
Landscape Evolution
Periglacial Processes
Landscape Evolution
Periglacial Processes
Antarctic Antarctic GeologyGeology
Dinosaurs, fossilforests, and marsupials.
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Continental Continental EvolutionEvolution
and and Global Global
TectonicsTectonics
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Volcanology and Active TectonicsVolcanology and Active Tectonics
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Crary Science and Crary Science and Engineering CenterEngineering Center
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Remote Field Remote Field ResearchResearch
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Aerogeophysical Aerogeophysical ResearchResearch
Bouguer GravityBouguer Gravity
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Palmer Station ResearchPalmer Station Research
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
Marine ResearchMarine Research
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
International CollaborationInternational Collaboration
•Diverse array of opportunities within USAP
•Many countries have active research programs that encourage partnerships
•Diverse array of opportunities within USAP
•Many countries have active research programs that encourage partnerships
23 – 24 August 2004U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop
What happens after you submit What happens after you submit your proposalyour proposal
ResourcesResources
WAIS: http://igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/
ANDRILL: http://andrill-server.unl.edu/index.htm
SHALDRIL: http://www.arf.fsu.edu/arfhtml/arfpages/shaldril.html
Antarctic Working Group on Geology and Geophysics: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/ANTWGGG/
Antarctic Research Facility (Sediment Core Repository): http://www.arf.fsu.edu
Antarctic Master Directory: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data/portals/amd/
Antarctic Rock Repository: http://bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/rr/samples/
United States Antarctic Resources Center: http://usarc.usgs.gov/
Antarctic Marine Geology (Cambridge 1999) by John Anderson, Rice University