Geological and Seismic Study of the Pakistan Himalayas, Visit of Two Pakistani Scientists for Collaborative Researchat New Mexico State University and Oregon State University

描述：该项目支持两名巴基斯坦科学家与几所美国大学的科学家合作，研究巴基斯坦喜马拉雅山脉的地壳/地幔结构和形变运动学，并将深层结构与地表的地质特征联系起来。这两名巴基斯坦科学家是白沙瓦大学的R.A.Tahirkheli博士和巴基斯坦水电部门的S.R.Poonegar先生。他们计划拜访俄勒冈州立大学的R.Lillie、R.Lawrence和R.Yeats博士；达特茅斯学院的加里·约翰逊博士，以及南加州大学和内布拉斯加大学的其他科学家。在这些访问期间，科学家们将努力敲定巴基斯坦印度-科希斯坦和欧亚板块西北部的区域地质图。巴基斯坦西北部目前还没有1：100万比例尺的地图，那里是世界上三座山脉--喜马拉雅山脉、喀喇昆仑山脉和兴都库什山脉的交汇点。美国科学家在沉积学、地层学、构造、构造学、地震构造学、古地磁学、放射性测年和裂变径迹测年等领域为探索这一偏远地区做出了贡献。希望区域地质图中包含的信息得到检查并正确无误。范围：该项目支持来自巴基斯坦的两位关键科学家的重要访问，他们可以为拟议的具有广泛科学用途的出版物的准确性做出巨大贡献。这次访问将有助于加强美国和巴基斯坦科学家之间的合作，也有助于在全球地震台网领域开辟研究途径。

Description: This project supports collaboration by two scientists from Pakistan with scientists from several U.S. universities in investigating the crustal/mantle structure and kinematics of deformation of Pakistan Himalayas, and to relate deep structures to geological features at the surface. The two Pakistani scientists are Dr. R.A. Tahirkheli of the University of Peshawar, and Mr. S.R. Poonegar of the Department of Water and Power in Pakistan. They plan to visit Drs. R. Lillie, R. Lawrence, and R. Yeats at Oregon State University; Dr. Gary Johnson at Dartmouth College, as well as other scientists at the University of Southern California and the University of Nebraska. During these visits, the scientists will work to finalize a regional geological map of the northwestern sector of the Indo-Kohistan and Eurasian Plates in Pakistan. A map at 1:1,000,000 scale is currently not available for Northwest Pakistan where three mountain ranges of the world, the Himalayas, Karakorum, and Hindu Kush, meet. U.S. scientists have contributed to exploring this remote region in the areas of sedimentology, stratigraphy, structure, tectonics, seismotectonics, paleomagnetism, radiometric dating, and fission track dating. It is desired that information incorporated into the regional geological map be checked and be correct. Scope: This project supports an important visit by two key scientists from Pakistan who can contribute greatly to the accuracy of a proposed publication that will be of wide scientific use. The visit will help increase collaboration between scientists of the U.S. and Pakistan, and also help with opening avenues to research in the area of global seismic network.