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.

该巴哈盆地本科生研究经验（REU）项目的目标是：（1）学生参与者发展进行和交流科学研究的技能，（2）采用综合实地和实验室研究方法，使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，以解决关于梅西科南下加利福尼亚经济上重要的圣罗萨利亚裂谷边缘盆地的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以及大型隆起的第四纪阶地，可用于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。 加州湾这一段沿着的Santa Rosalía盆地的地质年轻，以及极好的暴露，使其成为解析构造和由此产生的沉积体系发育速率的理想选择。与会者将在冬季闭会期间在梅西科进行为期三周的实地研究，以利用凉爽的天气。 这将允许在为期四周的夏季实验室分析会议之前在密苏里州-堪萨斯堪萨斯城大学校园内进行样品制备。 这个REU网站将招收低年级本科地球科学专业的西班牙裔，双语，退伍军人和女学生的重点。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，以及学术界和工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至关重要。该奖项由国际和综合活动办公室共同资助。