Collaborative Research: Hydroacoustic Monitoring of Seismicity in the North Atlantic

1999年2月，在北纬15度至35度之间，利用停泊在遥远海峡内的自主水听器，开始对大西洋中部海脊的地震活动进行长期监测。其目标是对整个地震活动的空间和时间模式以及这一缓慢扩张的山脊的岩浆和构造事件之间的划分有一个第一手的了解。目前的赠款将目前的水力潜水器阵列的部署再延长四年，并使海洋科学界更广泛地获得这些信息。

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.