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The Leading Edge; September 2000; v. 19; no. 9; p. 986-990; DOI: 10.1190/1.1438780
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SAGE

Learning geophysics by immersion

George R. Jiracek

San Diego State University, California, U.S.

W. Scott Baldridge

Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.

Shawn Biehler

University of California, Riverside, U.S.

Lawrence W. Braile

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

John F. Ferguson

University of Texas, Dallas, U.S.

Bernard E. Gilpin

Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California, U.S.

David L. Alumbaugh

University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.

Corresponding author: G. R. Jiracek, jiracek@moho.sdsu.edu

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Combine the bold landscape of northern New Mexico (Figure 1) with a unique educational program that blends teaching and research as a partnership among universities, industry, and federal laboratories and you have SAGE (Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience). SAGE was conceived from a vision that something special would come from pooling the resources and talents of diverse groups. It enables undergraduate and graduate students from large and small schools alike to share the excitement of hands-on, modern field geophysical research and learning. Much more than a summer geophysics field camp, SAGE is an immersion in geophysics, an educational experience that many students say is the most satisfying in their lives. Students participate in every phase of the field program: They collect data with modern equipment; they process, model, and interpret the data with workstations and PCs; and they present their results in both oral and written form. The program is not just about using equipment; it's about understanding what the equipment is measuring and how to make sense of it. The field portion takes place within a four-week format with extremely close interaction among faculty, teaching assistants, industry visitors, and fellow students.


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  		Figure 1. Students gather at lookout site during one of three geologic field trips on which geophysical images are related directly to local geology.

 
Since its inception 18 years ago SAGE has continued to develop its scope, its partnerships, and its technology. The scope has expanded from the original focus on the large-scale structure and tectonics of the Rio Grande rift to include smaller-scale environmental and hydrologic investigations. The field area in northern New Mexico continues to provide a stimulating environment in which to conduct fundamental research into the underlying rift tectonics. SAGE students now also characterize material disposal sites at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) dating to . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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