Undergraduate Research Projects on the Geology of a Deformed Continental Margin

我们为一个为期两年的夏季研究项目寻求资金，以增加来自科尔盖特大学和其他学院的地质学本科生在实地和实验室的研究机会。我们的目标是让本科生更好地为地质学研究生教育做好准备，并通过让大三和大四本科生参与一个支持性的研究环境，鼓励他们在地球科学和相关领域从事未来的职业。报名参加科尔盖特大学大学预科暑期课程的少数民族学生，以及地质学系为一年级学生和其他学院的学生举办的实地研讨会，我们将强烈鼓励他们参加我们的暑期课程。研究课题为对地质学感兴趣的本科生提供了易于处理的研究问题，这些问题将对我们理解经典变形大陆边缘的地质历史做出重大贡献。在纽约和新英格兰的研究主题将主要集中在塔尼克褶皱/冲断带、阿迪朗达克地块和科特兰杂岩上。在高露洁将有更多的研究机会，涉及与水地球化学、粘土矿物学和地貌学有关的主题，以及在阿拉斯加的古生代碳酸盐的古生物学和沉积学。学生参与者将通过参加为期六周的野外定向练习开始我们的夏季地质学课程，在那里他们将学习野外研究的基础知识，并在各种地理和地质背景下进行独立的测绘练习。在实地项目结束后的七周时间里，学生们将与高露洁的地质学教授密切合作，开展研究项目。学生将在学年期间继续他们的研究作为独立研究项目或高级荣誉论文。我们将教学生如何在地质研究中使用分析仪器，并鼓励他们将部门设备（SEM/EDS， XRF， XRD， AA，离子色谱仪，磁力计，重力仪，电阻率仪和勘探地震仪）纳入他们的研究中。学生将在高露洁的研究研讨会上展示他们的项目成果，并（或）在区域地质学会议上与教师合作。

We seek funding for a two-year summer research program to enhance research opportunities in the field and laboratory for geology undergraduate students from Colgate University and other colleges. Our goals are to better prepare undergraduate students for graduate education in geology and to encourage pursuit of future careers in the geosciences and related fields by involving junior and senior undergraduates in a supportive research environment. Minority students enrolled in Colgate University`s pre-college summer program and in the geology department's field- based seminar for first-year students and students from other colleges will be strongly encouraged to participate in our summer program. Research topics provide undergraduates interested in geology with tractable study problems that will make significant contributions to our understanding of the geologic history of a classic deformed continental margin. Research topics in New York and New England will focus primarily on the Taconic fold/thrust belt, Adirondack massif, and Cortlandt Complex. Additional research opportunities will be available at Colgate on topics related to aqueous geochemistry, clay mineralogy, and geomorphology and in Alaska on the paleontology and sedimentology of Paleozoic carbonates. Student participants will begin our summer geology program by attending a six-week orientation field exercise where they will learn the fundamentals of field-based research and undertake independent mapping exercises in a variety of geographical and geological contexts. For seven weeks following the field program, students will work on research projects in close partnership with geology faculty at Colgate. Students will continue their research as independent study projects or as senior Honors theses during the academic year. We will teach students how to use analytical instrumentation in geologic research and will encourage them to incorporate departmental equipment (SEM/EDS, XRF, XRD, AA, ion chromatograph, magnetometer, gravity meter, resistivity meter, and exploration seismograph) into their studies. Students will present the results of their projects in a research symposium at Colgate and (or) in coordination with faculty at regional geology meetings.