IRES Track 1: Guatemala Geohazards International Research Experiences for Students-Understanding the Long-term Records of Volcanic, Seismic, and Landslide Hazards

IRES Track 1：危地马拉地质灾害国际学生研究经验 - 了解火山、地震和山体滑坡灾害的长期记录

• 批准号: 2153715
• 负责人: Tina Niemi
• 金额: $ 29.77万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Kansas City
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153715&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Guatemala; Geohazards; International

This award is funded in whole under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The goal of this Guatemala Geohazards International Research Experiences for Students (Guatemala Geohazards IRES) project is for U.S. undergraduate students to develop skills in conducting and communicating scientific research, to utilize an integrative field and lab research approach using digital technology and modern analytical lab equipment, and to learn international cooperation by collaborating side-by-side with Guatemalan students, professors, and industrial partners to address research questions on the long-term Quaternary record of geological hazards in the Guatemala City Graben. The plate boundary setting of Guatemala exposes the country to numerous natural hazards including earthquakes from four source areas, volcanic eruptions along the active Central American Volcanic Arc, and landslides and floods that have intensified by more frequent tropical storms and hurricanes in a warming Earth. The Guatemala Geohazards IRES project has the potential of increasing both the number of women and under-represented minorities conducting research, completing a bachelor's degree, and continuing to graduate programs and careers in geosciences. Our IRES also brings diversity to the face of our role models with six Hispanic mentors and three women faculty mentors. Our collaboration with Guatemalan colleagues, industry mining geologists, 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 that will be invaluable for a student's future success in an increasingly global workforce and economy. The Guatemala City (GC) Metro sprawls over a high plateau composed of volcanic tuff and lava flows from active volcanoes that border the region to the south and southwest including Pacaya, Fuego, Acatenango, and Agua, and other volcanic centers along the arc, although the actual volcanic stratigraphy is poorly defined. The GC Metro area is cut by a system of active faults that define the N-S-trending Guatemala City Graben. Steep ravines or barrancos, that are likely fault-controlled, deeply dissect the landscape causing high susceptibility to landslides. This geologic and tectonic setting make it ideal for investigating the interplay of Quaternary volcanic, seismic, and landslide hazards of the region. Field access facilitated by industrial partners and new road cuts provide the ideal location to leverage high-resolution outcrop and satellite-based imagery alongside geochemical, petrographic, and geochronological data that can be used to quantify recent and active geologic processes including the sequence, style, and timing of volcanic eruptions, the kinematic and displacement history of faults and past earthquakes, and study of the underlying properties leading to landslide failure. The Guatemala Geohazards IRES students will have an unprecedented opportunity to develop field and laboratory skills in volcaniclastic stratigraphy, neotectonics, and landslide hazards while building international experiences and collaboration with Guatemalan students, mentors, and professionals.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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》（公共法117-2）的全部资助。这项危险人士的目标是学生（危险人士Geohazards IRES）项目的国际研究经验，该项目是美国本科生的研究，是为了开发与一项整体技术和现代化的分析方法，并与实验室进行沟通，并开发技术的技能危地马拉的学生，教授和工业伙伴解决了有关危地马拉城Graben地质危害的长期第四纪记录的研究问题。危地马拉的板块边界环境使该国遭受了许多自然危害，包括四个来源地区的地震，沿着活跃的中美洲火山弧沿线的火山喷发，以及因更频繁的热带风暴和温暖地球的飓风而加剧的山体滑坡和洪水。危地马拉地球扎兹IRES项目具有增加妇女的数量和代表性不足的少数群体进行研究，完成学士学位，并继续在地球科学领域的研究生课程和职业。我们的国税局还通过六位西班牙裔导师和三位女教师导师为我们的榜样带来了多样性。我们与危地马拉同事，行业采矿地质学家以及野外工作的国际性质的合作将为学生提供无与伦比的文化丰富途径，以及在全球合作方面的经验，这对于学生在越来越多的全球劳动力和经济方面的成功而言是无价的。 危地马拉城（GC）地铁在高原上蔓延，由火山凝灰岩和熔岩流组成，该火山从该地区与南部和西南部的活火山组成，包括Pacaya，Fuego，Acatenango，Acatenango和Agua和Agua和Agua和其他火山中心，以及沿ARC沿着ARC的其他火山中心，尽管实际的火山层面是不明的。 GC都会区被一个主动故障系统削减，该系统定义了N-S趋势危地马拉城市Graben。陡峭的沟渠或Barrancos可能是故障控制的，深刻剖析了景观，从而引起高度易感性滑坡。这种地质和构造环境使其非常适合研究该地区第四纪火山，地震和滑坡危害的相互作用。工业合作伙伴和新的道路削减促进的现场访问提供了理想的位置，以利用高分辨率露头和基于卫星的图像以及地球化学，岩石学和地质学数据以及可用于量化近期和活跃的地质过程，包括范围的范围和范围内的范围和过去的范围，以及范围内的范围和过去的范围，以及范围内的序列和时机，以及范围内的范围，以及过去的范围，以及范围内的范围，以及过去的范围，以及过去的范围，以及过去的范围，范围和过去的范围，这些遗迹和过去的范围是缺陷术语，这些史无前及的缺陷，构成了缺陷的缺陷，这些史无前及的缺陷效果，构成了范围和范围。滑坡故障。危地马拉地球扎华章ires学生将有前所未有的机会，可以在火山碎屑地层，新型危险和山地危害的同时建立国际经验并与危地马拉的学生，导师和专业人士的合作建立国际经验和合作，这些奖项反映了NSF的合法传教士和专业人士，在建立国际经验和合作的同时。 标准。