Collaborative Research: Teleseismic Receiver Structure of the Rio Grande Rift: Implications for the Development of Continental Rifts

本研究将使用PASSCAL数字记录仪和三个- 与永久IRIS一起沿着的分量宽频带地震仪 在阿尔伯克基车站 数据将用于执行接收器- 地壳上地幔结构的函数法反演 沿着新墨西哥州的格兰德河裂谷。 疑问待 讨论的内容包括中地壳过渡的性质， 可能的低速层和上部的结构 地幔 研究结果将为深入了解 岩性结构与这一活动的演化之间的关系 大陆裂谷，并提供各种构造约束 大陆裂谷的模型

This research will use the PASSCAL digital recorders and three- component broadband seismometers along with the permanent IRIS station at Albuquerque. Data will be used to perform receiver- function-method inversion for crustal and upper mantle structure along the Rio Grande Rift in New Mexico. Questions to be addressed include the nature of the mid-crustal transition and possible low-velocity layer and the structure of the upper mantle. The results would provide insights into the relationship between lithologic structure and evolution of this active continental rift and provide constraints on various tectonic models of the continental rift.