Acquisition of a Ground Penetrating Radar Environmental Imaging System

这笔赠款的资金将用于支持肯特州立大学地理系购置配备多天线（频率为150、100和200 MHz）的探地雷达系统。 探地雷达系统将促进教师和学生的研究，需要近地下成像的能力，以研究劳伦泰德冰盖的冰川河流床型（例如，冰下隧道山谷），海啸沉积物的测绘，评估北方俄亥俄州受地震影响的浅层含水层的面积范围，以及尤卡坦半岛玛雅结构的考古研究。 GPR将支持本科生和研究生的教学和研究培训，PI与国际同行的合作，以及研究生和本科生的国际研究经验将得到培养。

Funding from this grant will support acquisition of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system equipped with multiple antennas (at frequencies of 150, 100 and 200 MHz) by the Department of Geography at Kent State University. The GPR system will facilitate faculty and student research requiring the capability for near subsurface imaging for studies of glaciofluvial bedforms of the Laurentide ice sheet (e.g., subglacial tunnel valleys), mapping of tsunami deposits, assessing the areal extent of anthropogenically impacted shallow aquifers in northern Ohio and archaeological studies of Mayan structures in the Yucatan Peninsula. The GPR will support undergraduate and graduate teaching and research training and PI collaborations with international colleagues and international research experiences for graduate and undergraduate students will be fostered.