Yukon-Northwest Seismograph Network: Broadband seismology in the northern Canadian Cordillera

育空-西北地震仪网络：加拿大北部科迪勒拉山脉的宽带地震学

• 批准号: 424154-2012
• 负责人: Audet, Pascal
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=551824
• 关键词: Yukon; Northwest; Seismograph; Network; Broadband

The northern Canadian Cordillera, encompassing Yukon and western Northwest Territories, is an ideal natural laboratory for research in observational seismology because of the rich diversity of tectonic structures and earthquake activity taking place in this part of the continent (~130 M>3 earthquakes per year). Unfortunately, current coverage of seismic instrumentation by the Canadian National Seismograph Network is vastly insufficient for the kind of transformative research in seismology that would be afforded by a denser network. This proposal thus seeks funding to support research activities related to the installation and maintenance of a regional network of 10 state-of-the-art broadband seismograph stations in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, referred to as the Yukon-Northwest Seismograph Network (YNSN). In particular, this grant will support expensive annual visits to seismograph station sites accessible by roads and airplanes during peak weather conditions in the summer period.

加拿大北部的科迪勒拉地区，包括育空地区和西北地区的西部地区，是观测地震学研究的理想天然实验室，因为该地区构造结构丰富多样，地震活动频繁（每年约130 M / b / 3次地震）。不幸的是，目前加拿大国家地震仪网络的地震仪器覆盖范围远远不足以进行地震学的变革性研究，而密集的地震仪网络可以提供这种研究。因此，该提案寻求资金支持与在育空地区和西北地区安装和维护10个最先进的宽带地震仪站的区域网络有关的研究活动，称为育空-西北地震仪网络（YNSN）。特别是，这笔拨款将支持每年在夏季天气高峰期通过公路和飞机到达地震仪站点的昂贵访问。