UNAVCO GPS Measurements of Plate Interactions and Active Tectonics of the "Anatolian Plate" and Surrounding Regions in the Middle East

这是一个利用联合国难民事务高级专员办事处全球定位系统终端和水 监测区域形变和断层的蒸汽辐射计 在安纳托利亚和周围的活动所造成的收敛， 阿拉伯板块挤压欧亚大陆。 这项研究将是一项 麻省理工学院与欧洲地球科学家合作， 地震研究网络的建立）， 科罗拉多大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地质观测站和 土耳其的合作机构。 的主要目标 该项目是：1）直接测量现代相对 非洲、阿拉伯、安纳托利亚和欧亚板块的运动。 这个目标是WEGENER/NASA地球动力学的一个扩展 项目2)为了确定应变积累和释放沿着 土耳其的主要断层系统，由 阿拉伯-非洲板块对欧亚大陆的挤压 3)确定 内部变形量（弹性和非弹性） 以主要断层为界的块体或小片体。 构造 条件、时间和后勤安排是理想的， 这个项目的启动。 在其地理边界内， 土耳其包括阿拉伯、非洲和欧亚大陆的部分地区， 板块，以及板块之间高度变形的会聚区 板块（安纳托利亚）。

This is a project to use UNAVCO GPS terminals and water vapor radiometers to monitor regional deformation and fault activity in and around Anatolia caused by the convergence of the Arabian plate against Eurasia. The proposed research will be a cooperative effort between MIT, European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for Earthquake Research), the University of Colorado, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and collaborating institutions in Turkey. The primary objectives of this project are: 1) to measure directly present-day relative movements of the African, Arabian, Anatolian and Eurasian plates. This objective is an extension of the WEGENER/NASA Geodynamics Project. 2) To determine strain accumulation and release along the major fault systems in Turkey, caused by the convergence of the Arabian-African plates against Eurasia. 3) To determine the amount of internal deformation (elastic and non-elastic) within the blocks or platelets bounded by major faults. The tectonic conditions, timing and logistical arrangements are ideal for the initiation of this project. Within its geographic boundaries, Turkey includes parts of the Arabian, African and Eurasian plates, and the highly deformed convergency zone between these plates (Anatolia).