REU Site: Collaborative Research: Field-Based Research on the Gulf of California Rift Margin, Baja California Sur (Mexico)

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项目编号	1551120
	REU Site: Collaborative Research: Field-Based Research on the Gulf of California Rift Margin, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
	Cathy Busby
主持机构	University of California-Davis
项目开始年	2015
	2015-03-01
项目结束日期	2017-07-31
资助机构	US-NSF
项目类别	Standard Grant
项目经费	110876(USD)
国家	美国
语种	英语
英文摘要	The goal of this Baja Basins Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project is: (1) for student participants to develop skills in conducting and communicating scientific research, (2) to employ an integrative field and lab research approach, using digital technology and modern analytical lab equipment, and (3) to learn international cooperation by collaborating side-by-side with Mexican students, professors, and mining professionals to address research questions on the tectonic evolution of the economically important Santa Rosalía rift margin basin in Baja California Sur, México. Few places in the world expose volcanic and marine sedimentary sequences and large uplifted Quaternary terraces that can be used to understand the processes involved in the progressive stages of continental breakup, including magmatic activity and economic mineralization. The geologic youthfulness of the Santa Rosalía basin along this segment of the Gulf of California, as well as excellent exposures make it ideal for resolving the rates of development of structures and resulting depositional systems. Participants will spend three weeks in México conducting field research during the winter intersession to take advantage of cooler weather. This will allow time for sample preparation to be done before the four-week summer laboratory analysis session is conducted, on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This REU site will recruit junior undergraduate geoscience majors with an emphasis on Hispanic, bilingual, veteran, and women students. The collaboration with Mexican scientists, mining professionals, and the international nature of the fieldwork will provide an unparalleled avenue for cultural enrichment for the students as well as an experience in global cooperation between academia and industry that will be invaluable for a student's future success in an increasingly global workforce and economy. This award is being co-funded with the Office International and Integrative Activities.
来源学科分类	Geosciences - Earth Sciences
文献类型	项目
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/67608
专题	环境与发展全球科技态势
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cathy Busby.REU Site: Collaborative Research: Field-Based Research on the Gulf of California Rift Margin, Baja California Sur (Mexico).2015.