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AN: ED41C-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Undergraduate Student Research with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program on Expedition 301
AU: * Hawkins, L K
EM: lisa.hawkins@gmail.com
AF: Western Washington University, Geology Department 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 United States
AU: Housen, B A
EM: bernieh@cc.wwu.edu
AF: Western Washington University, Geology Department 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 United States
AU: Sager, W W
EM: wsager@ocean.tamu.edu
AF: Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, College Station, TX 77843-3146 United States
AU: Expedition 301 Scientific Party, t
EM: aklaus@iodp.tamu.edu
AF: Intergrated Ocean Drilling Program, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, TX 77845 United States
AB: I was invited to participate as a shipboard scientist on board the JOIDES Resolution during Expedition 301 of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). The scientific objectives of this expedition were to establish borehole observatories to evaluate the hydrogeologic properties within oceanic crust, determine how fluid pathways are distributed within an active hydrothermal system, establish linkages between fluid circulation, alteration, and geomicrobial processes and determine relations between seismic and hydrologic anisotropy. I worked as a paleomagnetics shipboard scientist with William Sager from Texas A&M University. My primary responsibility was to produce the initial paleomagnetic data through alternating field and thermal demagnetization for the sediments and basement rocks recovered during the expedition. The magnetic data obtained from samples recovered from the 220 m basaltic section that was drilled show some consistency with expected normal polarity acquired at high-mid latitudes and some reversed polarity or low inclination values which may be related to alteration. Additionally, I assisted in core curation and processing, the underway geophysics lab, and with core description. I was included in the scientific meetings discussing sample handling, preliminary results, on-going developments, and post-cruise research. My post-cruise project, under the direction of William Sager and Bernard Housen of Western Washington University, investigates magnetic properties of the basaltic rock from the upper oceanic crust. The primary goal of this work will be to refine our understanding of the magnetization process and geomagnetic field geometry recorded by young ($<$ 3.5 Ma) oceanic crust. This experience was invaluable to me as an aspiring scientist. I was participating in cutting edge research with renowned scientists who were working on subjects of global interest and I was not reading chapters out of a textbook. The scientists showed me a glimpse of what the future may be for me, including some of the challenges as well as benefits. I also received guidance for post-baccalaureate study, made contact with professors, post-docs, and graduate students outside my university, and formed life-long friendships. I cherished this opportunity and I look forward to sharing more of my undergraduate research experiences with others.
DE: 4200 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting