Undergraduate Research in Quaternary Geology at the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska: Research Experiences for Undergraduates

该奖项是继续管理本科生（REU）网站的研究经验。 本科生将在Matanuska冰川上进行为期六周的研究，Matanuska冰川是阿拉斯加中南部的一个大型山谷冰川。 从格伦高速公路可以很容易地到达冰川的终点。 学生们将留在马塔努斯卡冰川研究营，距离冰川的终点约两公里。 该营地由寒冷地区研究和工程实验室维护，该实验室还赞助了一些正在进行的研究。 学生将参加实地工作，将涉及收集水样，维护设备，下载数据，过滤水悬浮泥沙，并制表数据。 每个学生将确定一个研究项目，他/她将每天投入几个小时。 定向研究项目可能是冰川地质学、沉积学、冰川水文学或水文地质学的分支学科。 教师助理将监督学生的研究，以确保适当的项目被定义，学生能够收集必要的信息。 学生将在随后的学年在各自的家庭机构完成他们的本科论文项目，并将被鼓励在全国会议上展示结果。

This award is to continue managing a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site. Undergraduate students will conduct research for six weeks on the Matanuska Glacier, a large valley glacier in south central Alaska. The glacier's terminus is easily accessible from the Glenn Highway. Students will stay at the Matanuska Glacier Research Camp, about two kilometers from the glacier's terminus. The Camp is maintained by the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory which also sponsors some of the ongoing research. Students will participate in field work that will involve collecting water samples, maintaining equipment, downloading data, filtering water for suspended sediment, and tabulating data. Each student will identify a research project to which he/she will devote several hours a day. Directed research projects may be in subdisciplines of glacial geology, sedimentology, glaciohydrology, or hydrogeology. The faculty associates will supervise the students' research to ensure appropriate projects are defined and that the students are able to collect the necessary information. The students will complete their undergraduate thesis projects at the respective home institutions during the subsequent school year and will be encouraged to present the results at a national meeting.