REU Site: Collaborative Research: Architecture of Earthquakes in the Deep Crust: International Arctic Expedition Science for Students

康科德大学和蒙大拿州立大学将组织一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站，每年将有8名学生在格陵兰岛的国际地质实地经验。学生们将在格陵兰岛西海岸的一个实地考察地点度过五周，同时绘制新建立的Aasivissuit - Nipisat联合国教科文组织世界遗产地的地质结构。这个独特的位置将使学生学习重要的实地测绘和采样技能，有助于提高对这个重要位置的理解，并与当地社区建立联系。将提供该方案的旅费和在格陵兰实地工作的后勤支助。学生将获得津贴，以支持他们的工作，而在外地，同时完成最终分析，报告和出版物的准备在他们的家乡机构。本项目从地质学角度探讨地震动力学的前沿问题。通过映射和采样的pseudotachylyte系统暴露超过34公里沿着走向，REU学生将测试一个新的假设的起源多断层地震破裂，并生成一个地质数据集，将提供一个独特的恭维地球物理和地球动力学调查多断层破裂过程。学生将在偏远的国际环境中参加密集的实地研究体验。REU将由一个主要的本科院校主办，招聘将集中在历史上处于不利地位的学生或来自地球科学代表性不足的群体。实地研究将在格陵兰西部的Aasivissuit-Nipisat教科文组织世界遗产遗址内进行;因此，该项目将纳入有关该地区土著遗产的课程，学生将与格陵兰当地教育工作者和社区成员分享科学成果。该项目由地球科学司和地球科学理事会极地项目办公室支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Concord University and Montana State University will organize a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site that will involve a total of eight students each year in an international geologic field experience in Greenland. Students will spend five weeks at a field site on the west coast of Greenland while mapping geologic structures in the newly established Aasivissuit - Nipisat UNESCO World Heritage site. This unique location will allow the students to learn important field mapping and sampling skills, contribute to an improved understanding of this important location and make connections with the local communities. Travel expenses to the program and logistic support for fieldwork in Greenland will be provided. Students will receive stipends to support their work while in the field and while completing final analysis, reporting and preparation of publications at their home institutions. This project addresses a cutting-edge question in earthquake dynamics from a geologic perspective. By mapping and sampling a pseudotachylyte system exposed for more than 34 km along strike, REU students will test a new hypothesis for the origin of multi-fault earthquake rupture and generate a geologic data set that will provide a unique compliment to geophysical and geodynamic investigations for multi-fault rupture processes. Students will participate in an intensive field research experience in a remote international setting. The REU will be hosted by a primarily undergraduate institution and recruitment will focus on students who are historically disadvantaged or from groups underrepresented in the geosciences. The field research will take place within the Aasivissuit - Nipisat UNESCO World Heritage site in western Greenland; thus, the project will incorporate lessons about the indigenous heritage of the region and students will share science findings with local educators and community members in Greenland. This project is supported by the Division of Earth Sciences and the Office of Polar Programs in the Geoscience Directorate.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.