Seismotectonics and Lithospheric Structure of the Intracontinental Atlas Mountain Belts of Morocco: Continental Delamination

本项研究是为了研究岩石圈结构和活动 摩洛哥阿特拉斯山脉的构造。 产生的数据 最近安装的现代化遥测数字地震仪 康奈尔大学和其他研究所共同努力， 摩洛哥将参与这项工作。 阿特拉斯山脉是 具有丰富的主动褶皱的主动转换系统， 逆冲断层和走滑断层 它的演变和结构是 与大多数位于 沿着会聚的板块边界，如喜马拉雅山，扎格罗斯， 安第斯山脉和阿尔卑斯山。 不同的岩石圈模型将通过 地震和重力数据来解释 在阿特拉斯山脉下 这项研究是一个组成部分， 国家地震减灾计划。

This research is to study the lithospheric structure and active tectonics of the Atlas mountain system in Morocco. Data produced by a recently installed modern, telemetered, digital seismic network in a joint effort by Cornell University and institutes in Morocco will be used in the effort. The Atlas mountain belt is an active transpressive system with abundant active folding and thrust and strike-slip faulting. Its evolution and structure is fundamentally different from that of most mountain belts located along convergent plate boundaries, such as the Himalayas, Zagros, Andes, and Alps. Different lithospheric models will be tested by seismic and gravity data to explain an apparent excess of mass beneath the Atlas mountains. This research is a component of the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.