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

2. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Antarctica

3. 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

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

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

6. 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

7. McMurdo Dry Valleys Landscape Evolution Periglacial Processes

8. Antarctic Geology Dinosaurs, fossil forests, and marsupials.

9. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Continental Evolution and Global Tectonics

10. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Volcanology and Active Tectonics

11. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Crary Science and Engineering Center

12. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Remote Field Research

13. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Aerogeophysical Research Bouguer Gravity

14. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Palmer Station Research

15. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop Marine Research

16. 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

17. 23 – 24 August 2004 U.S. Antarctic Program, New Investigators workshop What happens after you submit your proposal

18. Resources 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/http://usarc.usgs.gov/ Antarctic Marine Geology (Cambridge 1999) by John Anderson, Rice University