IRES Track 1: Baja Basins International Research Experiences for Students in Mexico

IRES 轨道 1：墨西哥学生的巴哈盆地国际研究经验

• 批准号: 1827180
• 负责人: Tina Niemi
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Kansas City
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827180&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Baja; Basins; International

The goal of this Baja Basins International Research Experiences for Students (Baja Basins IRES) project is for undergraduate student participants to develop skills in conducting and communicating scientific research, to utilize an integrative field and lab research approach using digital technology and modern analytical lab equipment, and 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 economically important rift margin basins in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Each year of this three-year program, a cohort of ten undergraduate students will be hosted by Minera Boleo mine for four weeks in January in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Students will conduct geologic fieldwork in topical groups (basin analysis, volcanology, neotectonics, and mineralogy) that will be co-mentored by Mexican and U.S. faculty. Field samples will be sent for geochemical, petrographic, and geochronological analyses. Then in July of the same year, Baja Basins IRES students will reconvene for collaborative lab work and data analyses at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This will culminate in preparation of student abstracts and poster displays for a local symposium. Clear educational outcomes and career goals will be measured by appropriate assessment strategies. We will recruit junior undergraduate geoscience majors both nationally and regionally near our home institutions, as this will facilitate the participation of under-represented minority, first-time college, and veteran students who often remain close to their hometown when pursuing higher education. Our collaboration with Mexican colleagues and 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 that will be invaluable for a student's future success in an increasingly global workforce and economy.The Baja Basins International Research Experiences for Students (Baja Basins IRES) project will provide ten undergraduate student a year with the opportunity to investigate basins located along the central Gulf of California rift in Baja California Sur Mexico, an area that has not been thoroughly mapped within the framework of tectonics and thus provides an excellent field location to study the progressive evolution of a rifted continental margin and its unique continued magmatic activity and economic mineralization. The young geologic age of the sedimentary basins, excellent exposures, and field access, as well as sedimentary fill with numerous tuffs and uplifted terraces dateable by radiometric and OSL methods, make it ideal for resolving the rates of development of structures and resulting depositional systems. This Baja Basins IRES program will provide students with an unprecedented opportunity to collaborate internationally with mentors from our partner universities in Mexico (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur and Universidad de Guanajuato) and several mining companies. Students will develop field and laboratory skills in basin analysis and tectonics in a volcanic-sedimentary sequence that is geologically interesting, economically important, and culturally diverse.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个巴哈盆地国际研究经验的学生的目标（巴哈盆地IRES）项目是为本科生参与者发展进行和交流科学研究的技能，利用数字技术和现代分析实验室设备的综合实地和实验室研究方法，并通过与墨西哥学生，教授，和采矿专业人员，以解决在墨西哥南下加利福尼亚具有重要经济意义的裂谷边缘盆地的构造演化的研究问题。在这个为期三年的项目中，每年一月，一批10名本科生将在墨西哥南下加利福尼亚的Minera Boleo矿山接受为期四周的培训。学生将在专题组（盆地分析，火山学，新构造学和矿物学）进行地质实地考察，这些小组将由墨西哥和美国教师共同指导。现场样品将被送去进行地球化学、岩相学和地质年代学分析。然后在同年7月，巴哈盆地IRES的学生将重新召集在密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校的合作实验室工作和数据分析。这将最终在准备学生摘要和海报展示当地的研讨会。 明确的教育成果和职业目标将通过适当的评估战略来衡量。我们将在我们的家乡机构附近的国家和地区招收地球科学专业的初级本科生，因为这将有利于代表性不足的少数民族，首次上大学和老学生的参与，他们在接受高等教育时经常靠近家乡。我们与墨西哥同事和采矿专业人士的合作，而实地考察的国际性质将为学生提供一个无与伦比的文化丰富的途径，以及在全球合作的经验，这将是学生在日益全球化的劳动力和经济的未来成功的宝贵。（巴哈盆地IRES）项目每年将为10名本科生提供机会，调查位于墨西哥南下加利福尼亚加州的加州裂谷中央海湾沿着的盆地，该地区尚未在构造框架内进行彻底测绘，因此为研究裂陷大陆边缘的渐进演化及其独特的持续的岩浆活动和经济成矿作用沉积盆地的年轻地质年龄、良好的暴露和野外访问，以及具有众多凝灰岩和隆起阶地的沉积充填，可通过放射性测量和OSL方法确定年代，使其成为解决结构和沉积体系发展速度的理想选择。这个巴哈盆地IRES计划将为学生提供前所未有的机会，与我们在墨西哥的合作伙伴大学（南下加利福尼亚自治大学和瓜纳华托大学）和几家矿业公司的导师进行国际合作。学生将在火山沉积序列中发展盆地分析和构造方面的实地和实验室技能，该序列具有地质意义，经济重要性和文化多样性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。