American Earth Scientists to Attend a Conference and Field Trip on the Xianshuihe Fault in Western China

美国地球科学家将参加中国西部鲜水河断裂带会议和实地考察

• 批准号: 9018356
• 负责人: Peter Molnar
• 金额: $ 1.52万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-08-15 至 1991-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9018356&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: American; Earth; Scientists; Attend; Conference

This grant supports travel for U.S. scientists to attend a symposium and field trip related to the Xianshuihe fault in Chengdu, China. The symposium and field trip are a part of the Protocol for Earthquake Studies between the PRC and the USGS/NSF. The symposium was motivated by the importance of the Xianshuihe fault both as a hazard and as the best analog in the world to the most active coterminous US fault, the San Andreas. Because slip rates on the Xianshuihe may be up to 4 times those on the San Andreas, research results could be available in a much shorter time for fulfilling goals of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP) of which NSF is a lead agency. The Xianshuihe would serve as a highly desirable testing ground for theories developed in San Andreas studies. One of the objectives of the trip is to develop joint US/PRC investigations of the Xianshuihe under the Protocol. This research is a component of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.

这笔赠款支持美国科学家参加一个 年鲜水河断裂专题讨论会和野外考察 中国成都。 研讨会和实地考察是 中华人民共和国与美国地质勘探局/国家科学基金会地震研究议定书。 这次座谈会的动机是鲜水河的重要性 作为一种危险，也是世界上最好的模拟， 美国最活跃的同界断层圣安地列斯断层 因为滑倒 鲜水河的利率可能高达San Andreas，研究结果可以在更短的时间内获得 完成国家地震灾害目标的时间 国家科学基金会是其牵头机构。 的 鲜水河将成为一个非常理想的试验场， 在圣安德烈亚斯研究中发展起来的理论。 目标之一 此行的主要目的是发展美国和中国对 鲜水河根据议定书。 这项研究是 国家地震减灾计划。