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

9317522 Christensen南内华达山脉大陆动力学项目（SSCDP）包括跨内华达山脉和沿内华达山脉的多学科穿越，以确定该地块下地壳和上地幔的结构。本研究的目的是解决内华达山脉科迪勒拉隆起的原因，以及该地体与邻近的死亡谷伸展省和南部圣华金盆地的关系。为了实现这些目标，该项目涉及到一个协作的努力，以描述沿着这些路径系统收集的样品的物理特性。这些数据将对遥感方法提出的约束地震模型做出重大贡献，并将直接补充该地区现有可变岩性的岩石学分析。＊＊＊

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. ***