Research Experiences in Appalachian Geology for Undergraduate Majors

本科专业阿巴拉契亚地质学研究经验

• 批准号: 9424210
• 负责人: Kenneth Sargent
• 金额: $ 8.8万
• 依托单位: Furman University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-04-01 至 1998-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9424210&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Appalachian; Geology; Undergraduate

9424210 Sargent Faculty from Furman University and the University of South Carolina-Aiken will cooperate to provide a nine-week research experience for eight undergraduate geology majors each year. Students will be drawn from two consortia of predominantly undergraduate schools in the southeast. All of the research projects deal with some aspect of southeastern Appalachian geology. Two involve geologic mapping in the Inner Piedmont and Carolina Arc Terranes, both complex and poorly understood areas. The third tackles the problem of provenance of the Middle Ordovician Bays Formation in east Tennessee and the history of terrane accretion in that area. Although the filed areas are somewhat dispersed, the students will meet at regular intervals to visit field sites, share research ideas, build a common understanding of Appalachian geology, and discuss readings in scientific philosophy and ethics.

来自福曼大学和南卡罗来纳大学艾肯分校的9424210名萨金特学院将合作，每年为8名地质学专业本科生提供为期9周的研究体验。学生将来自东南部两个以本科为主的学校联合体。所有的研究项目都涉及阿巴拉契亚东南部地质的某些方面。其中两项涉及内皮德蒙特和卡罗莱纳弧形地体的地质测绘，这两个地区都很复杂，但人们对此知之甚少。第三部分讨论了田纳西州东部中奥陶统海湾组的物源问题和该地区的地体增生史。尽管实地考察的地区有些分散，但学生们将定期会面，参观实地考察地点，分享研究想法，建立对阿巴拉契亚地质学的共同理解，并讨论科学哲学和伦理学方面的读物。