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体验(REU)网站，每年将有8名学生在格陵兰参加国际地质实地体验。学生们将在格陵兰西海岸的一个野外地点呆上五周，同时绘制新设立的联合国教科文组织世界遗产AasivIsit-Nipisat的地质结构图。这一独特的位置将使学生能够学习重要的野外测绘和采样技能，有助于更好地了解这个重要的位置，并与当地社区建立联系。将提供该项目的旅费和格陵兰实地考察的后勤支持。学生将获得津贴，以支持他们的工作，同时在他们所在的机构完成最终分析、报告和出版物准备。这个项目从地质学的角度解决了地震动力学中的一个前沿问题。通过绘制和采样沿走向暴露超过34公里的假玄武岩系统，REU的学生将检验关于多断层地震破裂起源的新假说，并产生一个地质数据集，将为多断层破裂过程的地球物理和地球动力学调查提供独特的补充。学生将在偏远的国际环境中参加密集的实地研究体验。REU将由一个主要是本科生的机构主办，招生将集中在历史上处于不利地位的学生或来自地球科学中代表性不足的群体。实地研究将在格陵兰西部的AasivIsit-Nipisat教科文组织世界遗产遗址内进行；因此，该项目将纳入关于该地区土著遗产的课程，学生将与格陵兰当地的教育工作者和社区成员分享科学成果。该项目得到了地球科学部和地球科学局极地计划办公室的支持。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.