Note, deadline for student application is April 21!
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The purpose of the pilot Field Institute is to determine the best approach for promoting broadly collaborative field-based research on subduction-related exhumed terranes. Participants will be studying the Monterey terrane, including the Salinian, Nacimiento, and Sierra de Salinas blocks. Two to three student participants will be selected from among the applications received. The trip will be led by Mihai Ducea and Alan Chapman, and field work will be focused on high pressure native and accreted rocks of the lower arc crust, including mafic granulites underlying the Salinian pluton, Sierra de Salinas pelitic schist, and the Burro Mountain peridotite body. Students will accompany ~12 faculty-level geoscientists, and will assist with sample collection, sample registration, and shipping. Ground transportation, food, and lodging will be covered by ExTerra, and student participants will additionally receive up to $250 reimbursement of travel expenses to California. Ground transportation will depart from Sacramento following the Goldschmidt conference. There will also be a vehicle departing from San Francisco for those not attending Goldschmidt.
Faculty participation in the ExTerra Pilot Field Institute is currently at capacity, but anyone who is interested in attending is invited to contact Maureen Feineman at mdf12@psu.edu or Sarah Penniston-Dorland at sarahpd@umd.edu. We will let you know if a space becomes available.
For an overview of the ExTerra Field Institute, please see:
http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/scd/exterra/2-uncategorised/499-exterra-field-institutes.html
The student participant application is available at: http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/scd/exterra/2-uncategorised/499-exterra-field-institutes.html#student-participant-application
The deadline for student applications is April 21, 2014. Please contact Maureen or Sarah if you have any questions regarding the Field Institute or application process.
Best Regards,
Maureen Feineman (mdf12@psu.edu)
Sarah Penniston-Dorland (sarahpd@umd.edu)