Research Experiences for Undergraduates: The Owyhee Uplands: A REU Site in a Miocene Volcanic Province

波特兰州立大学俄勒冈州立大学高等教育系统，非常适合在俄勒冈州东部的Owyhee湖火山进行野外和实验室项目。学生将对火山岩、火山碎屑岩、碎屑岩和热液蚀变岩进行地质测绘和专题研究。这些研究将集中在火山作用、断层控制盆地的沉积作用和中新世大陆裂谷环境中的热液活动之间的关系。学生们将在暑期参加为期10周的活动。前六个半星期将用于实地工作，后两个星期用于实验室研究，最后几个星期将用于撰写和修改已经部分在实地编写的报告。这些报告将总结研究主题、实地数据，并将根据现有文献讨论调查结果。后续活动将侧重于修改学生报告，为在学生家庭部门的研讨会上提交调查结果做准备，并在科学会议上作为论文/海报。有特别有趣发现的学生将被鼓励准备共同撰写的论文发表。

Portland State University of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, is ideally suited to conduct a field and laboratory project in the Lake Owyhee volcanics in eastern Oregon. Students will conduct geologic mapping and topic-specific research on volcanic, volcaniclastic, clastic, and hydrothermally altered rocks. The studies will focus on relations among volcanism, sedimentation in fault-controlled basins, and hydrothermal activity in a Miocene continental rift environment. Students will participate for 10 weeks during the summer. The first six and one-half weeks will be spent on the field portion, the next two on laboratory studies, and the final weeks will be spent in writing and revising reports already partially prepared in the field. The reports will summarize the research topic, field data, and will discuss the findings in light of available literature. Follow up activities will focus on revision of the student reports in preparation for presentation of the findings in a seminar in the student's home department and as a paper/poster at a scientific meeting. Students with particularly interesting findings will be encouraged to prepare jointly authored papers for publication.