Physical Properties of Rocks from the Southern Sierra Nevada Region: A Critical Link Between Geology and Geophysics

小行星9317522 南内华达州山脉大陆动力学项目（SSCDP）涉及横跨和沿着内华达州山脉的多学科穿越，以确定该山脉下的地壳和上地幔结构。 本研究的目的是解决的原因，内华达州山脉的隆起和这个隆起的关系，毗邻的死亡谷伸展省和南部圣华金盆地。 为了实现这些目标，该项目涉及到一项合作努力，以表征沿着这些横贯线系统收集的样品的物理特性。 这些数据将大大有助于限制由于遥感方法而提出的地震模型，并将直接补充正在进行的对该地区现存可变岩性的岩相分析。 ***

9317522 Christensen The Southern Sierra Nevada Continental Dynamics Project (SSCDP) involves multidisciplinary traverses across and along the Sierra Nevada Range in order to ascertain the structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath this terrane. The objectives of this research are to resolve the cause of uplift of the Sierra Nevada cordillera and the relationship of this terrane to the adjoining Death Valley extensional province and the southern San Joaquin Basin. Complimentary to these goals, this project involves a collaborative effort to characterize the physical properties of systematically collected samples along these traverses. These data will make a significant contribution to constraining seismic models proposed as a result of remote sensing methods and will directly complement the ongoing petrographic analysis of the variable lithologies extant in this region. ***