Present--Day Kinematics And Dynamics Of The Eastern Mediterranean/Caucasus: Interaction Of The Arabian, African, And Eurasian Plates

东地中海/高加索地区的当今运动学和动力学：阿拉伯板块、非洲板块和欧亚板块的相互作用

• 批准号: 9909730
• 负责人: Robert Reilinger
• 金额: $ 42.4万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-01 至 2004-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9909730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Present; Day; Kinematics; Dynamics; Eastern

Reilinger 9909730 This project is a continuation of MIT's collaboration with international partners to define plate motions and intra-plate deformations in the eastern Mediterranean region using the Global Positioning System (GPS). This work will follow three principal directions, including, 1) continuing to use GPS to monitor deformation in the zone of interaction of the Arabian, African, and Eurasian plates with a focus on specific tectonic features such as triple junctions, active faults, and the eastern Turkey/Caucasus collision zone, 2) incorporating other geological and geophysical information to determine the relationship between present-day deformation and deformation on geologic time scales, and to characterize the principal forces driving deformation and the physical nature of the lithosphere responding to these forces, and 3) developing detailed numerical models to test alternative hypotheses. It is anticipated that this research will add substantially to our understanding of the basic principles that govern continental deformation in zones of active plate interactions, and will provide an improved physical basis for estimating and mitigating future earthquake hazards.

Reilinger 9909730这个项目是MIT与国际合作伙伴的合作，以使用全球定位系统（GPS）定义地中海东部地区的板块运动和板内变形。 This work will follow three principal directions, including, 1) continuing to use GPS to monitor deformation in the zone of interaction of the Arabian, African, and Eurasian plates with a focus on specific tectonic features such as triple junctions, active faults, and the eastern Turkey/Caucasus collision zone, 2) incorporating other geological and geophysical information to determine the relationship between present-day deformation and deformation on geologic time scales, and为了表征驱动变形的主要力和岩石圈对这些力的响应的物理性质，3）开发详细的数值模型来检验替代假设。 可以预料，这项研究将大大增加我们对主管板相互作用区域大陆变形的基本原理的理解，并将为估计和减轻未来地震危害的物理基础提供改进的基础。