Collaborative Research: REU Site: Integrative approach to landscape evolution in a monogenetic volcanic field. San Francisco volcanic field, northern Arizona

位于亚利桑那州北部的旧金山火山场是一个天然实验室，用于研究煤渣锥火山的喷发过程，这些常见但较小的系统的喷发和侵蚀对景观形态的影响，以及火山活动的模式和时间。来自北亚利桑那大学、亚利桑那大学(生物圈2)和新汉普郡大学的多学科团队将在每年夏天由NSF地球科学理事会资助，为10名本科生提供为期8周的夏季REU体验。来自一年级的三分之二的学生将被邀请在第二年返回指导新学生，从而确保在研究方面的长期投资和在教授其他年轻科学家方面的经验。该项目的目标是为所有学生提供(1)对景观和玄武岩火山之间的关系的基本了解，(2)在与学生一起工作的导师的指导下构建研究项目的机会，(3)了解研究项目是如何执行的，从最初的研究提案到最后的成果陈述和发表，(4)在跨学科合作和研究方面的第一手经验，以及(5)支持学生作为学者发展的同事和导师网络。在课程的前两周，学生们将学习玄武岩火山作用理论、第四纪测年方法和景观研究。第一周的高潮将是为期两天的生物圈2号之旅，生物圈2号是亚利桑那州图森附近的一个封闭的地球系统。在第二周结束时，学生将在他/她的导师的帮助下写一份研究说明书，指导接下来五周的目标和实地或实验活动。在对一座特定的火山进行了1-2周的进一步研究后，第四纪测年项目的学生将前往主办实验室进行分析。这些学生将在整个夏天继续与留在弗拉格斯塔夫的人建立联系，在项目的最后一周，学生和导师将聚集在弗拉格斯塔夫制作海报，以制作GSA/AGU海报的模型。在最后一天，学生们将在北卡罗来纳大学与其他REU项目的参与者一起参加一个研究研讨会。这些海报将在秋季的GSA或AGU会议上公布。

The San Francisco volcanic field in northern Arizona is a natural laboratory for investigating the eruptive processes of cinder-cone volcanoes, the effects of eruption and erosion of these common but small systems on landscape forms, and the patterns and timing of volcanism. A multi-disciplinary team from Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona (Biosphere 2), and University of New Hampshire will offer an 8-week summer REU experience to 10 undergraduate students each summer, funded by the NSF Directorate for Geosciences. Two-three students from the first-year cohort will be invited to return in the second year to mentor new students, thus ensuring a long-lasting investment in research and experience in teaching other young scientists. The goals of the project are to provide all students with (1) a fundamental understanding of the relations between landscapes and basaltic volcanism, (2) an opportunity to construct a research project, with guidance from a mentor who will work alongside the student, (3) an understanding of how a research project is executed, from the initial research proposal to the final presentation and publication of results, (4) first-hand experience in interdisciplinary collaborations and research, and (5) a network of colleagues and mentors who will support the student's development as a scholar. In the first two weeks of the program, students will learn theories of basaltic volcanism, Quaternary dating methods, and landscape studies. The first week will culminate in a two-day trip to Biosphere 2, an enclosed Earth system near Tucson, AZ. At the end of the second week, the student, with the assistance of his/her mentor, will write a research prospectus that will guide the goals and field or lab activities of the following five weeks. After a further 1-2 week study of a specific volcano, students in Quaternary dating projects will depart for the host lab to carry out their analyses. These students will continue to network with those who remain in Flagstaff throughout the summer, and, in the final week of the program, students and mentors will gather in Flagstaff to create posters that will model GSA/AGU posters. On the final day, students will join with participants in other REU programs at NAU for a research symposium. The posters will then be presented at GSA or AGU meetings that fall.