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NSF0944600  

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  • The Antarctica-centered project achieved: 1) the development of a GIS database as a repository for ten geological data sets from the Ford Ranges, West Antarctica, acquired through NSF-OPP funded research from 1989 to 2010; and 2) computation of digital elevation models (DEMS) using newly-available high resolution stereographic imagery provided by the Polar Geospatial Center. Undergraduate interns and research students received GIS training and undertook these activities as a means to acquire fundamental skills and analytical experience in GIS through original research focused on a contemporary question in Antarctic science. The topics for original research for undergraduates were determined on the basis of priorities determined by the international ANTscape: Antarctic paleotopography working group (antscape.org) formed under the auspices of the Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) initiative. DigitalGlobe imagery was integrated in the GIS and draped upon DEMS in order to examine and quantify aspect of areas determined to be of significance for climate, ice sheet, or tectonics. The database management and construction component educated students and provided a framework for acquisition of fundamental skills through use of ArcGIS, ENVI, and GlobalMapper. Students learned about a tectonically active region of Earth that is undergoing deglaciation and climate change. The students used the GIS and satellite imagery for inquiry and interpretation of a geological-glacial setting within the region of West Antarctica, a dynamic region that had never been examined within a single geospatial framework such as that provided by LIMA (http://lima.usgs.gov/). During the time of the award, seven undergraduates developed proficiency in GIS to aid their future employment or academic pursuits, while exploring research questions relating to bedrock structure and Antarctic climate evolution. Four of these completed internships at the Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota, who supported the research. Server configuration and internet formats are being finalized in 2013-14, in preparation to provide electronic access to the scientific community in USA and abroad will gain access to the on-line repository of Ford Ranges geological data and digital elevation models that provide the first accurate elevation data for this region. The host institution is in the process of reconfiguring servers in 2013; once this is completed URLs for access to the online geology GIS and DEMs will be provided at this site. (en)

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  • 2014-01-03 09:59:28.0 [aaleman] Insert Concept add broader relation (NSF0944600 [0195e50b-7039-41aa-9fac-70bedd0304a2,106085] - M - O [a31c2828-9b6d-44e9-b6ad-7ae81030f322,77513]);
  • 2014-01-03 09:59:59.0 [aaleman] added project insert AltLabel (id: null text: NSF0944600 language code: en);
  • 2014-01-03 11:19:24.0 [aaleman] updated alternate label update AltLabel (Research at Undergraduate Institutions: Development of an On-line GIS Repository of Geological Data from the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land Application to Cenozoic Paleogeography);

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