Undergraduate Research in Quaternary Geology at the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska: Research Experiences for Undergraduates

这一奖项是为了继续管理本科生研究体验(REU)网站。本科生将对阿拉斯加中南部的大型山谷冰川马塔努斯卡冰川进行为期六周的研究。从格伦公路可以很容易地到达冰川的终点。学生们将留在距离冰川终点约两公里的马塔努斯卡冰川研究营地。该营地由寒冷地区研究和工程实验室维持，该实验室还赞助一些正在进行的研究。学生将参与实地工作，包括收集水样、维护设备、下载数据、过滤悬浮泥沙的水以及制作数据表格。每个学生将确定一个他/她将每天投入几个小时的研究项目。定向研究项目可以是冰川地质学、沉积学、冰川水文学或水文地质学的分支学科。教师助理将监督学生的研究，以确保确定适当的项目，并确保学生能够收集必要的信息。学生们将在下一学年在各自的国内机构完成他们的本科论文项目，并将被鼓励在全国会议上展示结果。

This award is to continue managing a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site. Undergraduate students will conduct research for six weeks on the Matanuska Glacier, a large valley glacier in south central Alaska. The glacier's terminus is easily accessible from the Glenn Highway. Students will stay at the Matanuska Glacier Research Camp, about two kilometers from the glacier's terminus. The Camp is maintained by the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory which also sponsors some of the ongoing research. Students will participate in field work that will involve collecting water samples, maintaining equipment, downloading data, filtering water for suspended sediment, and tabulating data. Each student will identify a research project to which he/she will devote several hours a day. Directed research projects may be in subdisciplines of glacial geology, sedimentology, glaciohydrology, or hydrogeology. The faculty associates will supervise the students' research to ensure appropriate projects are defined and that the students are able to collect the necessary information. The students will complete their undergraduate thesis projects at the respective home institutions during the subsequent school year and will be encouraged to present the results at a national meeting.