Collaborative Research: Enhanced 3-D tomography of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Gulf Extensional Province and Baja California

智力价值拟议的工作是为加利福尼亚州海湾/巴哈地区的大片地区制作上地幔速度异常的高分辨率图像。这些图像将确定下加利福尼亚半岛下方俯冲板块的范围，并确定地幔在加利福尼亚州海湾下方上升的位置。边缘社区对这一地区非常感兴趣，这项研究的结果将与那些研究加利福尼亚州海湾火山活动的时空变化的人以及那些试图了解下加利福尼亚构造历史的人相关。广泛的影响包括对研究生的支持和本科生在夏季几个月的参与。这一结果将引起广大地质学家和地球物理学家的兴趣。

Intellectual MeritThe proposed work is to produce a high resolution image of the upper mantle velocity anomalies for a large area of the Gulf of California/Baja region. These images will define the extent of the subducted slab beneath the Baja California Peninsula and define where the mantle is upwelling beneath the Gulf of California. This region is of high interest to the MARGINS community and results from the study will be relevant to those studying the spatial and temporal variations in volcanism in the Gulf of California, and those trying to understand the tectonic history of Baja California.Broader ImpactsThe broader impacts include support of a graduate student and involvement of an undergraduate during the summer months. The results will be of interest to a broad community of geologists and geophysicists.