Physics of Earthquakes Kanamori Symposium

许多与地震物理学有关的基本问题仍然无法理解或达成共识。地震是如何成核和滞留的？断层摩擦的适当描述和参数是什么？热效应，如闪光加热、孔隙流体增压和熔融，如何影响动态破裂传播？是什么支配着地震后的蠕动？断层及其周围地壳的应力状态是什么？如何才能真实地描述地壳形变和构造载荷，并将其纳入地震周期模型？这一丰富而活跃的地震学领域涉及实验室实验、数值模拟和理论研究。这一奖项将有助于支持以地震物理学为重点的研讨会。这次研讨会是为了纪念金森博夫教授最近退休而举办的。它的目的是将Hiroo最亲密的同事、学生、博士生和朋友们聚集在一起，进行为期两天的深入讨论，讨论关于地震物理的当前知识状况。地震预警长期以来一直是Hirroo的研究兴趣之一，也将是会议的另一个主题。几十年来，Hiroo一直是地震地震学的领导者。他的工作获得了许多奖项，包括美国地震学会奖章、美国国家科学院亚瑟·L·戴奖和讲师职位、美国地球物理联合会沃尔特·H·布赫奖章和日本奖。研讨会将于2006年2月23日至24日在加州理工大学贝克曼研究所礼堂举行。研讨会的计划反映了Hiroo的广泛研究兴趣，从大气和岩石圈的相互作用到用于减灾的实时地震学，再到与地震相关的长期地壳过程。研讨会上的演讲者将是初级和资深科学家，包括Hiroo最近的一些学生和博士后。

0606901TrompMany fundamental questions related to the physics of earthquakes still evade understanding or consensus. How do earthquakes nucleate and arrest? What are the appropriate descriptions and parameters of fault friction? How do thermal effects, such as flash heating, pore-fluid pressurization, and melting, influence dynamic rupture propagation? What governs post-seismic creep? What is the stress state on faults and the surrounding crust? How can crustal deformation and tectonic loading be realistically described and incorporated into models of earthquake cycles? This rich and very active area of seismology involves laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, and theoretical investigations.This award will help support a symposium focused on the Physics of Earthquakes. This symposium is organized in honor and recognition of Professor Hiroo Kanamori's recent retirement. Its aim is to bring together Hiroo's closest colleagues, students, posdocs, and friends for a two day in-depth discussion of the current state of knowledge with regards to earthquake physics. Earthquake early warning has long been one of Hirroo's research interests and will be another theme of the meeting. Hiroo has been a leader in earthquake seismology for decades. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Medal of the Seismological Society of America, the Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship of the National Academy of Sciences, the Walter H. Bucher Medal of the American Geophysical Union, and the Japan Prize.The symposium will be held on February 23 & 24, 2006 at the Beckman Institute Auditorium on the Caltech campus. The program for the symposium reflects Hiroo's broad research interests ranging from the interaction of atmosphere and lithosphere to real-time seismology for hazard mitigation to long-term crustal processes associated with earthquakes. Speakers at the symposium will be a balance of junior and senior scientists, including some of Hiroo's most recent students and postdocs.