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.

这个面向本科生的巴哈盆地研究体验(REU)项目的目标是：(1)培养学生进行和交流科学研究的技能；(2)利用数字技术和现代分析实验室设备，采用综合野外和实验室研究方法；以及(3)通过与墨西哥学生、教授和采矿专业人士并肩合作，学习国际合作，解决经济上重要的圣罗萨利亚裂谷边缘盆地构造演化的研究问题。世界上很少有地方暴露出火山和海洋沉积序列和大型隆起的第四纪阶地，可以用来了解大陆解体的渐进阶段所涉及的过程，包括岩浆活动和经济成矿作用。圣罗萨利亚盆地沿加利福尼亚州海湾这一段的地质年轻，以及良好的暴露，使其成为解决构造发育速度和由此产生的沉积系统的理想选择。参与者将在冬季间歇期在墨西哥进行为期三周的实地研究，以利用较凉爽的天气。这将在密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校举行为期四周的夏季实验室分析会议之前，为样品准备工作留出时间。这个REU网站将招收地学专业的大三学生，重点是西班牙裔、双语、退伍军人和女性学生。与墨西哥科学家、矿业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，以及学术界和产业界之间的全球合作经验，这对学生未来在日益全球化的劳动力和经济中取得成功将是无价的。该奖项由国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。