Japan Long-Term Research Visit: Earthquake Potential of Folds in Japan

该奖项将支持罗伯特教授的长期访问 叶芝，地球科学系，俄勒冈州州立大学， 日本与Yoshi Kinugaso博士合作研究项目 地质调查局地震构造研究部 日本在Tsukuba 该研究将包括一项关于 孕震盲冲断层的识别与评价 发生在褶皱带的地震可以利用地表 地质和地下测井和地震线，特别是 那些发生在石油生产地区。 更好的 了解褶皱、断层和地震成因之间的联系 近年来，部分原因是人们越来越意识到 断层传播褶皱系统造成的极端危险， 加州人口稠密的地区。 研究将包括 研究地震断层的结构方面， 切割表面，但似乎被容纳， 区域尺度褶皱作用 研究结果有可能扩大美国的 在地表以褶皱表示的孕震带数据库。 此外，这项研究可能会导致 通过考虑可能性来限制地震规模 断层和褶皱分段以及滑动速率。 地质 日本的调查是众所周知的，他们正在进行的研究， 评估地表断层地震风险的领域。 他们的 专业知识，再加上叶芝教授在该领域的专业知识， 地震风险的盲断层，应该提供一个富有成效的 协作 预计这一合作努力 在正式协议终止后继续有效。

This award will support a long-term visit by Professor Robert Yeats, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, to Japan for a cooperative research project with Dr. Yoshi Kinugaso of the Seismotectonic Research Division at the Geological Survey of Japan in Tsukuba. The Research will include a study of the recognition and evaluation of seismogenic blind thrusts. Earthquakes that occur in fold belts can be studied using surface geology and subsurface well logs and seismic lines, particularly those that occur in petroleum-producing regions. A better understanding of the tie between folds, faults and seismegenesis in recent years is partly the result of a growing awareness of the extreme hazards posed by fault propagation fold systems in highly populated regions of California. Research will include a study of the structural aspects of earthquake faults that do not cut the surface but instead appear to be accommodated by regional-scale folding. Results of the research have the potential of broadening U.S. databases on seismogenic zones expressed at the surface as folds. Additionally, the research could lead to the possibility of constraining earthquake size by considering the possibility of fault and fold segmentation as well as slip rate. The Geological Survey of Japan is well known for their ongoing research in the area of evaluating seismic risks from surface faulting. Their expertise, coupled with Professor Yeats' expertise in the area of seismic risks from blind faults, should provide a fruitful collaboration. It is expected that this collaborative effort will continue after the formal agreement has terminated.