Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Thomas Wagner Program Manager NSF/Office of Polar Programs Antarctic Science Section.

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Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Thomas Wagner Program Manager NSF/Office of Polar Programs Antarctic Science Section

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Antarctica

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Antarctic 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

Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamic ice-sheet system -Interacts with and is affected by the underlying continent

Antarctic Subglacial Topography < 2 % of exposed bedrock -Many intriguing features are known – but much is not known.

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Antarctica and the surrounding sea-floor Marine geological records of ice sheet evolution – implications for a warmer world SHALDRIL ANDRILL Seafloor tectonics – global importance

McMurdo Dry Valleys Landscape Evolution Periglacial Processes

Antarctic Geology Dinosaurs, fossil forests, and marsupials.

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Continental Evolution and Global Tectonics

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Volcanology and Active Tectonics

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Crary Science and Engineering Center

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Remote Field Research

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Aerogeophysical Research Bouguer Gravity

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Palmer Station Research

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Marine Research

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop International Collaboration Diverse array of opportunities within USAP Many countries have active research programs that encourage partnerships

23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop What happens after you submit your proposal

Resources WAIS: ANDRILL: SHALDRIL: Antarctic Working Group on Geology and Geophysics: bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/ANTWGGG/ Antarctic Research Facility (Sediment Core Repository): Antarctic Master Directory: Antarctic Rock Repository: United States Antarctic Resources Center: Antarctic Marine Geology (Cambridge 1999) by John Anderson, Rice University