Research at Undergraduate Institutions: Development of an On-line GIS Repository of Geological Data from the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, & Application to Cenozoic Paleogeogra

本科院校的研究：开发来自福特山脉、玛丽伯德地的地质数据的在线 GIS 存储库

• 批准号: 0944777
• 负责人: Christine Siddoway
• 金额: $ 4.95万
• 依托单位: Colorado College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-15 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0944777&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Undergraduate; Institutions; Development; line

Intellectual Merit: This work will create a GIS-based repository of geological data sets from the Ford Ranges that will be made available via the Internet in both GIS and interactive web format. The proposed project will integrate the products of geological research with WorldView imagery and high resolution TMA photography available from the Antarctic Geospatial Information Center. The aims of the project are: 1) to develop an internet-based system for sharing of geological data, 2) associate these data with high resolution photography and imagery to extend analysis from areas of rock exposure to completely glaciated areas, and 3) to provide undergraduates with an exciting context in which to acquire fundamental skills and analytical experience in GIS together with an understanding of physical-chemical principles. The research will use GIS for inquiry and interpretation of a geological-glacial setting that has significance for climate, ice sheet, or tectonics in West Antarctica, augmented by in-depth study of published geological literature, through which students will learn to think critically, problem-solve, and experiment with methods and data sets in order to find solutions to contemporary scientific questions. This compilation of geological data and bedrock physical parameters is needed for the quantitative analysis of past paleotopography by ANTscape and Antarctic Climate Evolution scientists, and may be used as input data for continually more refined climate evolution and ice sheet models.Broader impacts: As part of this work three undergraduates pursing senior theses will develop proficiency in GIS while exploring research questions about Antarctic climate evolution. This work will enable the scientific community to access an on-line repository of geological data from the Ford Ranges, West Antarctica that will be placed within the larger geospatial framework offered by satellite imagery. Interpretations of paleoelevations for selected regions and time intervals will be of broad use for climate/ice sheet modelers and glacial geologists. Petrological, geochronological, and structural data will be of value for solid earth scientists conducting work in segments of the former accretionary margin of Gondwana.

知识分子优点：这项工作将从福特范围内创建基于GIS的地质数据集存储库，该存储范围将以GIS和Interactive Web格式通过Internet提供。拟议的项目将将地质研究的产品与世界观图像和高分辨率TMA摄影相结合，可从南极地理空间信息中心提供。该项目的目的是：1）开发一种基于Internet的系统来共享地质数据，2）将这些数据与高分辨率摄影和图像相关联，以将分析从岩石暴露的领域扩展到完全冰川的区域，3）为本科生提供令人兴奋的环境，在这种情况下，以了解GIS的基本技能和分析经验，并了解物理化原理的理解。这项研究将使用GIS来探究和解释地质冰川环境，该环境对西南极西部的气候，冰盖或构造具有重要意义，并通过对出版的地质文献的深入研究增强，通过该研究，学生将学会进行批判性的思考，问题，问题解决方案，并实现与当代科学问题有关的方法和数据集，以实现现代科学问题。 This compilation of geological data and bedrock physical parameters is needed for the quantitative analysis of past paleotopography by ANTscape and Antarctic Climate Evolution scientists, and may be used as input data for continually more refined climate evolution and ice sheet models.Broader impacts: As part of this work three undergraduates pursing senior theses will develop proficiency in GIS while exploring research questions about Antarctic climate evolution.这项工作将使科学界能够从福特范围内的南极洲福特范围访问地质数据的在线存储库，该存储库将放置在卫星图像提供的更大的地理空间框架内。对选定区域和时间间隔的古平均解释将在气候/冰盖建模者和冰川地质学家中广泛使用。岩石学，年代学和结构数据对于在冈瓦纳（Gondwana）以前的增生边缘的细分市场中进行工作的固体科学家将具有价值。