CRATON EDGES AND SUTURES IN THE AUSTRALIAN MANTLE

一个使用远距离地震记录的重大地震实验将被用来提供沿前寒武纪澳大利亚盾边缘长度的地壳和地幔的三维结构图像，以及穿过盾内南澳大利亚克拉通和北澳大利亚克拉通之间的缝合线的图像。来自不同类别地球动力学模型的地震结构将与来自各种类型的数据解释的地震结果进行比较，包括地震层析成像。这项实验将提高对与裂谷和大陆建造相关的物理过程范围的理解。

A major seismic experiment using recording of distant earthquakes will be used to provide images of 3-D structure in the Earth's crust and mantle along the length of the edge of the Precambrian Australian Shield and across the suture between the South and North Australian cratons within the Shield. Seismic structures derived from different classes of geodynamic models will be compared with seismic results derived from a variety of styles of data interpretation, including seismic tomography. The experiment will improve understanding of the range of physical processes associated with rifting and building of continents.