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Objectives of the Office and MSC:
- To facilitate science planning leading to quality proposals
- To foster growth of truly interdisciplinary communities and proposals
- To encourage synthesis of observation, theory and modeling
- To publish quality books which reflect such synthesis
- To educate the community about MARGINS science
- To expand the community of scientists engaged with MARGINS
- To evaluate implementation of the Science Plans
- To develop and nurture international cooperation
- To communicate MARGINS science and opportunities worldwide
- To guide development of effective MARGINS databases
- To support, help, and coordinate event response and the science it produces
- To support undergraduate and post-graduate education
- To develop and sustain an Education and Public Outreach program
- To provide logistical assistance to MARGINS scientists (e.g., workshop assistance)
Priorities for the Next Three Years:
- Accelerating implementation of the RCL and S2S science plans
- Consolidation of scientific gains in SEIZE and SubFac, leading to a thoughtful second phase of implementation
- Increasing integration between initiatives, e.g.:
- S2S and SubFac: Nicaragua sedimentation, C. America fluid flow & ocean chemistry
- RCL and SEIZE: Faulting processes and material properties
- SubFac and SEIZE: Hydration, dehydration and metamorphism of the slab
- SubFac, RCL and SEIZE: Relationship between seismic observations and composition, fluids and rheology
- Increasing cooperation with other programs/agencies, e.g.:
- EARTHscope, for joint onshore-offshore seismic experiments
- RIDGE, for scientific and EPO collaborations
- USGS, for hazards research and a possible internship program
- NOAA, for scientific and EPO collaborations
- Continuing support for 10DP drilling proposals
- Database development and data policy enforcement
- EPO (Education and Public Outreach) development
- Seek to improve MARGINS funding levels
MARGINS Office History:
- 1996-1997: Dale Sawyer, Chair, Rice University
- 1997-2000: Brian Taylor, Chair, University of Hawaii
- 2000-2003: Garry Karner, Chair, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- 2003-2006: Julie Morris, Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
MARGINS Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Meetings:
Multiple AGU Town Meetings
Numerous special sessions at AGU and GSA
Initiative Workshops:
- SEIZE Workshop, Hawaii, 1997
- SubFac Workshop, La Jolla, 1998
- S2S Workshops, Lake Quinault, 1999, Lake Tahoe, 2000
- RCL Workshop, Snowbird, 2000
- EPO Workshop, projected for late 2004 to early 2005
Implementation Workshops:
- Puerto Vallarta Workshop for Gulf of California/Salton Trough, 2000
- Sharm el Sheik Workshop for Red Sea/Gulf of Suez, 2001
- Central America SEIZE and SubFac Workshop, Costa Rica 2001
- S2S Workshop: Community Sedimentary Model Science Plan, 2002. Whitepaper: Building a Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System
- NanTroSEIZE Workshop, Boulder, 2002
- Izu-Bonin-Mariana Workshop, joint with IFREE, Honolulu, 2002
- Waipaoa Source to Sink Workshop, 2003
- Field Workshop On The Chemistry And Fluxes Of Volatiles from the Central American Volcanic Arc: Nicaragua and Costa Rica, 2003
- Costa Rica SEIZE, Keil Germany, 2003
Scientific meetings, Theoretical and Experimental Institutes:
- TEI: Rheology and Deformation of the Continental Lithosphere, Snowbird, 2000. Publication: Rheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins, G. D. Karner, B. Taylor,
N. W. Driscoll, and D. L. Kohlstedt (eds.) MARGINS Theoretical and
Experimental Earth Science Series, Volume 1, Columbia University Press,
384pp, 2004
- TEI: Inside the Subduction Factory, SubFac, Eugene OR, 2000. Publication: Inside the Subduction Factory, John Eiler (ed.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 138, 138pp, 2004
- Subduction Zone Dynamics and Thermal Structure, Michigan, 2002
- TEI: The Seismogenic Zone Revisited, Snowbird, 2003. Publication: (working title): Interplate Subduction Zone Seismogenesis, MARGINS Theoretical and Experimental Earth Science Series, Volume 2, Columbia University Press, (planned for 2005)
- Inter-MARGINS Workshop: Modeling the Extensional Deformation of the Lithosphere, Switzerland 2004
- S2S TEI anticipated, September 2005
MARGINS Website: (~5000 hits/month, margins.wustl.edu)
Includes:
- All planning documents and science plans
- Upcoming meeting information
- Meeting planning and report sites with program, abstracts, and, recently, presentations (PowerPoint)
- MARGINS Newsletters through #12
- Focus area information
- NSF Public Information (NSF MARGINS Program announcement, data policy, searchable database of MARGINS funded proposals)
- Links to MARGINS Databases, related programs and PI websites
- EPO pages (appearing Spring/Summer 2004)
- Research Activities pages (appearing Spring 2004)
- Topical news section (to be extended Summer 2005)
MARGINS Mailing List and E-list:
As of May 1, 2004, the mailing list had around 1300 recipients, about 40% of whom were non-U.S.
Recipients receive:
- Newsletters
- Published Science Plan
- Job announcements
- Meeting and special session announcements
- MARGINS related international news
- Educational opportunities
Event Response:
Anatahan's first historic volcanic eruption, May 2003, occurred while USGS and MARGINS-supported seismometers were installed. Scientists were in place within four days.
Products:
- Website (www.margins.wustl.edu/SF/Anatahn/Anatahan2003.html)
- Sample collection and dissemination to MARGINS-IBM funded scientists for analysis
- Press release
- MARGINS Special Session at AGU, with ~20 posters and a discussion meeting
- Joint MARGINS-USGS Newsletter article, Spring 2004
- Special volume of JVGR, D. Hilton, ed.
Data Management:
- Established MARGINS data policy, 2002, requiring archiving of metadata 60 days after expedition, and data archiving two years after completion of expedition. Updated policy expected Spring/Summer 2004
- Newsletter #9, Fall 2002, focused on data policies and database issues
- Established MARGINS Data Oversight Committee, 2003
- First Database proposal funded 2003: Bill Ryan, Suzanne Carbotte (Lamont), Tom Shipley (UTIG) and ODP/IODP
- Established liaison to NSF-OCE Data Management Oversight Committee
- Database presentation by Ryan and Shipley to MSC, with extensive discussion, April, 2004
- MARGINS Database open to public via link on MARGINS website, Spring, 2004
Education and Public Outreach (EPO):
NSF-MARGINS Post-doctoral Fellows:
- James Conder: “A numerical investigation of the relative importance of different melting mechanisms at volcanic arcs” (Mentor: D. Wiens, Washington University)
- Allison Shaw: “Collaborative Research: Constraining the volatile and slab flux in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana MARGIN, using geothermal fluids, phenocrysts and melt inclusions” (E. Hauri, Carnegie Inst. Washington)
- Glenn Spinelli: “Collaborative research: Frictional and mineralogical properties of sediments entering subduction zones: Controls on stress state and earthquakes” (M. Underwood, U. of Missouri Columbia, lead PI)
- New awards coming out of the March 2004 panel meeting have not yet been made public
MARGINS Prize for Outstanding Student Presentation at AGU
Open to all students—via the MARGINS website—with a statement linking their research to some aspect of a MARGINS Science Plan
Recipients of First Annual Prize in 2003:
- Sylvia Nordfjord, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics: "Geomorphologic Comparisons of Shallowly Buried, Dendritic Drainage Systems on the Outer New Jersey Shelf with Modern Fluvial and Estuarine Analogs," Nordfjord, S., Goff, J. A., Austin, J. A., Fulthorpe, C. S., Gulick, S. P., Sommerfield, C., Alexander, C., Christensen, B., & Schock, S., Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v.84(46) Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS52B-0906, 2003.
Donna Shillington, University of Wyoming: "Seismic Characterization Of Crust On The Newfoundland Non-Volcanic Rifted Margin: Prestack Depth Migrations of the SCREECH Survey Around ODP Leg 210 Sites 1276 and 1277," Shillington, D. J., Holbrook, W. S., Tucholke, B. E., ODP Leg 210 Scientific Party, Hopper, J. R., van Avendonk, H., Louden, K., & Larsen, H. C., Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T12A-0431, 2003.
MARGINS EPO emphasis on undergraduate and informal education
- Conversion of MARGINS science graphics to a teaching library of graphics and captions
- Website links to MARGINS scientists with Educational pages (e.g., Hilton at Scripps, Fryer at SOEST)
- MARGINS interaction with DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education)
- MARGINS Office collaboration with the St. Louis Science Center
- Workshop to develop a MARGINS EPO Implementation Plan - anticipated late 2004 to early 2005
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