Collaborative Research: Hydroacoustic Monitoring of Seismicity in the North Atlantic

1999年2月，开始使用系泊在SOFAR通道内的自主水听器对北纬15度至35度之间的大西洋中脊地震活动进行长期监测。 其目标是获得一个整体地震活动的空间和时间模式的一阶理解，并在这个缓慢扩展的脊岩浆和构造事件之间的分区。 目前的赠款将现有水文阵列的部署延长四年，并使海洋科学界更广泛地获得信息。

In February 1999 long-term monitoring of Mid-Atlantic Ridge Seismicity was begun between 15 and 35 degrees north using autonomous hydrophones moored within the SOFAR channel. The goal is to obtain a first-order understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns in overall seismicity, and the partitioning between magmatic and tectonic events at this slow-spreading ridge. The current grant extends the deployment of the current hydropone array for an additional four years, and makes the information more widely available to the ocean science community.