Marine Seismic Reflection and Refraction Study of the Salton Trough

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。美国西海岸容易发生特大地震，人口稠密的南加州由于靠近圣安德烈亚斯断层而特别脆弱。这个断裂系统穿过索尔顿海地区的联系还不太清楚，部分原因是索尔顿海下面的结构还没有确定。该项目与陆上地震台站的部署一起进行，将通过在索尔顿海床部署一组海底地震仪(OBS)并进行旨在对索尔顿海槽下的结构成像的补充性多道地震勘测来解决这一问题。提高对该地区地震灾害的认识具有直接的社会效益。该项目还将为加州的科学教育做出贡献，并支持加州大学洛杉矶分校一名年轻女研究生的博士研究。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The U.S. west coast is subject to significant risk of very large earthquakes, and heavily populated Southern California is particularly vulnerable owing to its proximity to the San Andreas Fault. The linkage of this fault system through the Salton Sea region is poorly understood, in part because the structure beneath the Salton Sea has not been defined. The project, conducted in conjunction with a deployment of on-land seismic stations, will address that problem by deploying an array of ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) on the floor of the Salton Sea, and conducting a complementary multi channel seismic survey aimed at imaging the structure beneath the Salton Trough. Improved understanding of the Earthquake hazard in this region has direct societal benefit. The project will also contribute to science education in California, and support the Ph.D. research of a young female graduate student at UCLA.