Table of Contents

• The MARGINS Initiative
• Scientific Objectives of the MARGINS Initiative
• Strategies for Achieving the Objectives
• Notional Experiments
• Implementations during 1996-1997
• Appendix A. Mechanics of Lithosphere Deformation: The Initiation, Evolution, and Destruction of Continental Margins
• Appendix B. Sedimentation and the Stratigraphic Record
• Appendix C. Magmatism and Mass Fluxes at Continental Margins
• Images of the Initial Science Plan

Acknowledgements

This document presents the result of deliberations by the MARGINS Science Committee following a series of five open workshops over the period 1988 to 1993. The report was compiled and edited by Dale S. Sawyer based on input from the convenors. Lee Wilson of Rice University provided significant assistance. Dale Sawyer acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through grant OCE-9503815 to Rice University.

The report was produced by and is available from:
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Printed December 1996