Acquisition of High-Resolution Shallow Seismic Reflection Instruments

该奖项提供了购买高分辨率、浅层地震反射设备所需资金的一半，这些设备将由位于宾厄姆顿的纽约州立大学地质科学系操作。纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校承诺提供所需的剩余资金。该设备将作为一种工具，为研究项目提供近地表地质结构的图像，包括调查地震危害估计的三维现场效应，评估地震台站“接收函数”在为震源确定或地球结构调查建模地震波形时的作用，绘制隐伏断层图。绘制埋藏河流沉积物的痕迹，以及绘制含水层。

This award provides one-half the funding required for the acquisition of high-resolution, shallow seismic reflection equipment to be operated by the Department of Geological Sciences at the State University of New York in Binghamton. SUNY-Binghamton is committed to providing the remaining funds needed. The equipment will serve as a tool to provide images of near- surface geologic structures for research projects including the investigation of 3-d site effects for seismic hazard estimation, evaluation of the role of the seismographic station's "receiver function" when modeling seismic waveforms for earthquake source determinations or earth structure investigations, mapping of buried faults, mapping traces of buried river deposits, and mapping of aquifers.