Antarctic Geology and Geophysics

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Antarctic Geology and Geophysics
Antarctic Science Section

• Thomas Wagner
• Program Manager
• NSF/Office of Polar Programs

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Antarctica
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Antarctic Geology Geophysics

• All areas of GG
• Microcosm of EAR and OCE/MGG
• Compelling research that can only be done, or is
  best done, in Antarctica
• Many opportunities
• No mosquitoes and no snakes

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Antarctic Ice Sheet
Dynamic ice-sheet system -Interacts with and is
affected by the underlying continent
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Antarctic Subglacial Topography
lt 2 of exposed bedrock -Many intriguing
features are known but much is not known.
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Antarctica and the surrounding sea-floor

• Marine geological records of ice sheet evolution
  implications for a warmer world
• SHALDRIL
• ANDRILL
• Seafloor tectonics global importance

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McMurdo Dry Valleys
Landscape Evolution Periglacial Processes
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Antarctic Geology
Dinosaurs, fossilforests, and marsupials.
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Continental Evolutionand Global Tectonics
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Volcanology and Active Tectonics
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Crary Science and Engineering Center
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Remote Field Research
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Aerogeophysical Research
Bouguer Gravity
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Palmer Station Research
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Marine Research
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International Collaboration

• Diverse array of opportunities within USAP
• Many countries have active research programs that
  encourage partnerships

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What happens after you submit your proposal
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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.h
tml Antarctic Working Group on Geology and
Geophysics http//www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/ANT
WGGG/ 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