CNIC/Caucasus: Regional Collaboration on Seismology

CNIC/高加索：地震学区域合作

• 批准号: 1133000
• 负责人: Eric Sandvol
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1133000&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNIC; Caucasus; Regional; Collaboration; Seismology

OISE 11-33000This project supports a two-week planning visit for faculty from the University of Missouri-Columbia (Eric Sandvol), Michigan State University (Kevin Mackey) and Oregon State University (John Nabelek) to meet with scientists at the Russian Geophysical Survey in Obninsk and with scientists of the seismic surveys in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The primary goal of the visit is to lay the foundations for a major multi-national seismic experiment that will help address fundamental questions about the nature of continental deformation in this poorly understood region.The Caucasus is a tectonically and structurally complex region. It is perhaps the best example of a very young continent-continent collision zone. Due to a lack of quality data, the region has largely been unexplored in terms of the detailed lithospheric seismic structure. These researchers will begin to remedy this problem by establishing a series of collaborations that will take advantage of the many newly deployed seismic stations that form the various national seismic networks in the region. The broader impacts of this project include improving seismic hazard assessment in an area where thousands of lives and billions of dollars are at risk from recurrent devastating earthquakes.

该项目支持密苏里-哥伦比亚大学（Eric Sandvol）、密歇根州立大学（Kevin Mackey）和俄勒冈州立大学（John Nabelek）的教师进行为期两周的计划访问，与俄罗斯奥布宁斯克地球物理勘探局的科学家以及阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚和亚美尼亚地震勘探局的科学家会面。这次访问的主要目的是为一项重要的多国地震实验奠定基础，该实验将有助于解决有关这个知之甚少地区大陆变形性质的基本问题。高加索地区是一个构造复杂的地区。这也许是一个非常年轻的大陆-大陆碰撞区最好的例子。由于缺乏高质量的数据，该地区在详细的岩石圈地震结构方面基本上没有进行勘探。这些研究人员将通过建立一系列合作来解决这个问题，这些合作将利用该地区许多新部署的地震台站，这些台站形成了不同的国家地震网络。该项目的更广泛影响包括改善该地区的地震灾害评估，该地区数千人的生命和数十亿美元正面临着周期性破坏性地震的威胁。