REU Site: Collaborative Research: Field-Based Research on the Gulf of California Rift Margin, Baja California Sur (Mexico)

REU 站点：合作研究：南下加利福尼亚州加利福尼亚湾裂谷边缘的实地研究（墨西哥）

• 批准号: 1551120
• 负责人: Cathy Busby
• 金额: $ 11.09万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2018-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1551120&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Collaborative; Research; Field

The goal of this Baja Basins Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project is: (1) for student participants to develop skills in conducting and communicating scientific research, (2) to employ an integrative field and lab research approach, using digital technology and modern analytical lab equipment, and (3) to learn international cooperation by collaborating side-by-side with Mexican students, professors, and mining professionals to address research questions on the tectonic evolution of the economically important Santa Rosalía rift margin basin in Baja California Sur, México. Few places in the world expose volcanic and marine sedimentary sequences and large uplifted Quaternary terraces that can be used to understand the processes involved in the progressive stages of continental breakup, including magmatic activity and economic mineralization. The geologic youthfulness of the Santa Rosalía basin along this segment of the Gulf of California, as well as excellent exposures make it ideal for resolving the rates of development of structures and resulting depositional systems. Participants will spend three weeks in México conducting field research during the winter intersession to take advantage of cooler weather. This will allow time for sample preparation to be done before the four-week summer laboratory analysis session is conducted, on the campus of the University of Missouri-­Kansas City. This REU site will recruit junior undergraduate geoscience majors with an emphasis on Hispanic, bilingual, veteran, and women students. The collaboration with Mexican scientists, mining professionals, and the international nature of the fieldwork will provide an unparalleled avenue for cultural enrichment for the students as well as an experience in global cooperation between academia and industry that will be invaluable for a student's future success in an increasingly global workforce and economy.This award is being co-funded with the Office International and Integrative Activities.

巴哈盆地本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目的目标是：(1) 让学生参与者培养开展和交流科学研究的技能，(2) 采用综合现场和实验室研究方法，利用数字技术和现代分析实验室设备，以及 (3) 通过与墨西哥学生、教授和采矿专业人员并肩合作来学习国际合作，解决有关重要经济体构造演化的研究问题。 墨西哥南下加利福尼亚州圣罗莎利亚裂谷边缘盆地。世界上很少有地方暴露出火山和海洋沉积序列以及大型隆起的第四纪阶地，可以用来了解大陆分裂的渐进阶段所涉及的过程，包括岩浆活动和经济矿化。 沿着加利福尼亚湾的圣罗莎莉亚盆地的地质年轻性以及良好的暴露度使其成为解析结构发育速率和由此产生的沉积系统的理想选择。参与者将在冬季休会期间在墨西哥度过三周时间进行实地研究，以利用凉爽的天气。 这将为在密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校校园内进行为期四周的夏季实验室分析会议之前完成样品准备提供时间。 该 REU 网站将招收地球科学专业的大三本科生，重点是西班牙裔学生、双语学生、退伍军人和女学生。与墨西哥科学家、采矿专业人士的合作以及实地考察的国际性将为学生提供无与伦比的文化丰富途径，并获得学术界和工业界之间的全球合作经验，这对于学生未来在日益全球化的劳动力和经济中取得成功非常宝贵。该奖项由国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。