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

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