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

9317522克里斯滕森南内华达山脉大陆动力学项目涉及跨越内华达山脉和沿内华达山脉的多学科穿越，以确定该地体下地壳和上地幔的结构。这项研究的目的是解决内华达山脉隆升的原因，以及该地体与毗邻的死亡谷伸展省和圣华金盆地南部的关系。作为对这些目标的补充，该项目涉及一项合作努力，以表征沿这些路线系统收集的样本的物理性质。这些数据将对由于遥感方法而提出的地震模型作出重大贡献，并将直接补充正在进行的对该地区现有各种岩性的岩石学分析。***

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. ***