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Recent studies suggest that off-shore and on-shore sedimentary sequences in the Lake Tahoe Basin contain a continuous record of geologic processes, extending back two-million years. Such a record would represent one of the longest and most continuous records in North America, and one that is recoverable with existing coring technology. The purpose of this workshop is to develop a comprehensive plan for scientific coring in the Lake Tahoe basin. The workshop will build on an earlier workshop that identified key questions that could be addressed by coring. These questions deal with the paleoclimate record of the region, the role of earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity in shaping the basin, the history of glaciation in the region, and the subsurface movement of water in the basin. The answers to these questions will give planners and policymakers a firmer basis on which to make decisions about restoration and preservation of Tahoe's unique environment, about mitigation of geologic hazards that threaten Tahoe's inhabitants and structures, and about control and remediation of groundwater contamination.
Participants in the workshop will be expected to work in teams to develop a detailed science plan. This plan will serve as the basis for multi-institutional and multidisciplinary proposals that can be submitted to NSF, EPA, USGS and other funding agencies. Participants will also address technical, logistical and political issues that will arise from a large and complex coring program.
The workshop will be held at Granlibakken Lodge in Tahoe City, California. The organizing committee expects to be able to cover lodging and per diem for all participants as well as travel expenses up to $200.
Any researcher interested in the Tahoe basin is invited to apply to the workshop by sending an e-mail to tahoeworkshop@geology.ucdavis.edu. The e-mail should include the following: name, position, contact information, a brief statement of the reasons for wanting to attend the workshop, and if appropriate, a second brief statement about prior work in the Tahoe basin. The deadline for applications is July 31st. Participants will be notified by August 15th.
Information about the workshop is only being disseminated electronically. Visitors to this site are encouraged to bring it to the attention of others who might be interested.
The workshop is funded by a grant from DOSECC. Additional support for the workshop is provided from the John Muir Institute for the Environment and the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at the University of California-Davis, the Desert Research Institute, the Academy for the Environment at the University of Nevada-Reno, the Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics at University of California-San Diego, and the United States Geological Survey.
The members of the organizing committee for the Workshop on Coring the Lake Tahoe Basin are Gary Acton (UC Davis), Ken Adams (Desert Research Institute), Irina Delusina (UC Davis), Alan Heyvaert (UC Davis), Graham Kent (UC San Diego), Victor Mossotti (USGS), Dave Osleger (UC Davis), André Sarna-Wojcicki (USGS), Geoff Schladow (UC Davis), Rich Schweickert (University of Nevada, Reno), Gordon Seitz (San Diego State University), Scott Starratt (USGS) and Ken Verosub (UC Davis).
Questions about the workshop should be directed to Ken Verosub, chair of the organizing committee (verosub@geology.ucdavis.edu).
