REU: Fluids in the Earth from Surface to Core

Kohlstedt 9987969 REU研究中心对地质流体进行实地、分析、实验和理论研究。 研究范围将从地表和近地表流体系统到地幔再到地核。 每年面向全国招收14名本科生。 学生们将调查与地球流体的共同主题的主题。 实习生将参与各种研究活动，包括人类活动对地下水水质的影响，主要是在岩溶和断裂岩石含水层，通过盆地规模的水文地质建模，湖泊地质学研究，以了解区域环境动态，在变质和火成岩系统中流体的化学和机械效应的评价，熔体对地幔岩石流变学的影响，以及使用科学可视化技术进行地幔对流和核心动力学的数值实践经验。 此外，他们将通过参加中西部地区的实地考察，接触夏季研究之外的学科（洞穴，冰川湖泊/河流特征，中大陆裂谷熔岩），通过参观各种实验室设施（岩石磁学，同位素地球化学，岩石力学，电子显微镜）在明尼苏达大学和附近，并参加大学暑期实习计划，在广泛的领域（化学，生物学，物理学，界面工程，环境科学）。

Kohlstedt9987969The REU Site involves a field, analytical, experimental, and theoretical study of geological fluids. Research will range from surface and near-surface fluid systems to the mantle to the core. Fourteen undergraduate students will be recruited nationally each year. The students will investigate topics with the common theme of fluids in the Earth. The interns will be involved in various research activities, including the impacts of human activities on groundwater quality primarily in karst and fractured rock aquifers, the role of fluids in crustal processes through basin-scale hydrogeologic modeling, limnogeology research on lakes to understand regional environmental dynamics, evaluation of the chemical and mechanical effects of fluids in metamorphic and igneous systems, the effect of melt on rheology of mantle rocks, and numerical hands-on experience with mantle convection and core dynamics using scientific visualization. In addition, they will be exposed to disciplines outside their summer research by participating in field trips to mid-western sites (caves, glacial lake/river features, mid-continent rift lavas), by touring a wide range of laboratory facilities (rock magnetism, isotope geochemistry, rock mechanics, electron microscopy) at the University of Minnesota and vicinity, and by taking part in university summer internship programs in a wide range of fields (chemistry, biology, physics, interfacial engineering, environmental sciences).