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

位于亚利桑那州北方的圣弗朗西斯科火山场是一个天然实验室，用于研究火山灰锥火山的喷发过程、这些常见但规模较小的系统的喷发和侵蚀对景观形式的影响以及火山活动的模式和时间。 来自北方亚利桑那大学、亚利桑那大学（生物圈2号）和新罕布什尔州大学的多学科团队将在每年夏天为10名本科生提供为期8周的夏季REU体验，由NSF地球科学理事会资助。 第一年的两三名学生将被邀请在第二年返回指导新生，从而确保对研究的长期投资和教授其他年轻科学家的经验。 该项目的目标是为所有学生提供（1）景观和玄武岩火山活动之间的关系的基本理解，（2）有机会构建一个研究项目，从导师谁将与学生一起工作的指导，（3）如何执行一个研究项目的理解，从最初的研究建议到最终的演示和结果的出版，（4）跨学科合作和研究的第一手经验，以及（5）同事和导师的网络，他们将支持学生作为学者的发展。在该计划的前两周，学生将学习玄武岩火山作用，第四纪测年方法和景观研究的理论。 第一周将在为期两天的生物圈2号之旅中达到高潮，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，学生在他/她的导师的帮助下，将撰写一份研究计划书，指导接下来五周的目标和现场或实验室活动。 在对一个特定的火山进行1-2周的研究后，第四纪测年项目的学生将前往主实验室进行分析。 这些学生将继续与那些谁留在弗拉格斯塔夫整个夏天的网络，并在该计划的最后一周，学生和导师将聚集在弗拉格斯塔夫创建海报，将模型GSA/AGU海报。 在最后一天，学生将与NAU其他REU项目的参与者一起参加研究研讨会。 这些海报将在秋季的GSA或AGU会议上展示。

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.