COCORP Seismic Reflection Exploration of the U.S. - Continental Lithosphere: Buried Precambrian Interior, Cratonic Moho, and Crustal Anisotropy

该合同将为COCORP继续在美国大陆基底进行深层地震反射调查提供资金。具体地说，在本授权期内，主要活动将涉及在威利斯顿盆地内获取实验性爆炸性化学气相沉积剖面，具体目标是描述该区域的莫霍面和上地幔反射率，作为正在进行的了解克拉通内盆地起源的努力的一部分。更广泛的目标是测试“超级多通道”接收器阵列的低折叠爆炸剖面图是否可以提供一种实用和成本效益高的手段，对克拉通大片区域的下地壳和上地幔进行成像。该项目将涉及康奈尔大学的人员以及关键的外部调查人员。该计划将继续利用Amoco配备SGR(地震组记录仪)的研究地震反射小组的先进能力，并将首次涉及与美国政府合作收集爆炸数据。

This award provides funds to continue COCORP's program of deep seismic reflection investigation of the continental basement within the United States. Specifically, during this award period the main activity will involve the acquisition of an experimental explosive CMP profile within the Williston basin, the specific goal being to characterize Moho and upper mantle reflectivity in the region, as part of an ongoing effort to understand the origin of intracratonic basins. The broader goal is to test whether low-fold explosive profiling with "super multi-channel" receiver arrays can provide a practical, and cost-effective means of imaging the lower crust and upper mantle over wide regions of the cratons. The project will involve Cornell personnel as well as key outside investigators. The program will continue to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of Amoco's SGR (Seismic Group Recorder) - equipped research seismic reflection crew, and for the first time will involve collaboration with the U.S.G.S. for the collection of explosive data.