Acquisition of Geophysical Field Instrumentation and Computers for Integrated Studies of Continental Geodynamics

这笔拨款为密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校（UMC）的大陆构造和地球动力学综合多学科研究的现场设备（现场地震仪和GPS接收器）和计算基础设施的采购提供部分支持。这些研究是由UMC的三位pi （Gomez、Sandvol和Liu）密切合作进行的，他们分别代表新构造学、地震地震学和地球动力学建模。总的来说，这个团队的目标是阐明多时间地壳运动学、岩石圈和上地幔结构以及大陆流变学之间的关系。除了促进未来的研究外，这种支持还直接促进了三个正在进行的、涉及所有三个项目的合作努力：(1)山西裂谷带和天山东部的板块内构造和地球动力学，(2)地中海东部地区（土耳其、黎巴嫩和叙利亚）非洲板块边界的活动构造和地球动力学，以及(3)美国中东部的应力演化和地震。除了科学贡献之外，这些正在进行的研究项目的结果也对评估每个地区的地震危险性具有重要意义。这些仪器和设施也将增加UMC本科生和研究生的教育机会。这将涉及学生参与正在进行的和计划中的研究活动，以及在课堂上使用这些仪器，包括在怀俄明州兰德的UMC地质野外营地增加一个重要的新地球物理组成部分，每年吸引来自全国各地的约30名学生

0345538GomezThis grant provides partial support for the acquisition of field equipment (field seismographs and GPS receivers) and computational infrastructure for integrated, multi-disciplinary studies of continental tectonism and geodynamics at the University of Missouri - Columbia (UMC). These studies are being conducted through close collaboration of three PIs (Gomez, Sandvol and Liu) at UMC representing neotectonics, earthquake seismology, and geodynamic modeling, respectively. Collectively, this team aims to elucidate the relationship between multi-temporal crustal kinematics, lithospheric and upper mantle structure, and rheology of the continents. In addition to facilitating future research, this support directly contributes to three ongoing, collaborative efforts involving all three PIs: (1) Intraplate tectonics and geodynamics in the Shanxi rift zone and eastern Tien Shan (China), (2) Active tectonism and geodynamics of the African plate boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean region (Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria), and (3) Stress evolution and earthquakes in the Central-Eastern United States. In addition to the scientific contributions, results of these ongoing research projects also have significant implications for assessing the earthquake hazard in each of the regions. These instruments and facilities will also increase educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students at UMC. This will involve the participation of students in the ongoing and planned research activities, as well as utilization of these instruments within the classroom, including the addition of an important, new geophysical component to the UMC geology field camp in Lander, Wyoming, that attracts ~30 students from different parts of the country every year.***