Steppe Coordinating Office

steppe is an nsf-funded consortium that champions the study of earth's deep-time sedimentary crust and the record of life and climate it archives. steppe strives to: * increase funding for research on the sedimentary crust through infrastructure development and improving access to data, information, and models * communicate the importance of ancient, diverse sedimentary data in maintaining the global economy, a healthy environment, and critical ecosystem functions * facilitate communication and interactions among the diverse components of sedimentary crust research * promote interdisciplinary education and workforce development/diversity consortium members: geological society of america (gsa) supports the professional growth of earth scientists at all levels of expertise from academia, government, business, and industry. society for sedimentary geology (sepm) disseminates information on sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, environmental sciences, marine geology, hydrogeology, and