COCORP Seismic Reflection Exploration of the U.S. - Continental Lithosphere: Buried Precambrian Interior, Cratonic Moho, and Crustal Anisotropy

该奖项将为中国石油公司继续开展美国大陆基底深地震反射调查项目提供资金。具体来说，在此期间，主要活动将包括在威灵顿盆地内获取实验性爆炸性CMP剖面，具体目标是表征该地区的莫霍和上地幔反射率，作为了解克拉通内盆地起源的持续努力的一部分。更广泛的目标是测试“超级多通道”接收器阵列的低褶皱爆炸剖面是否能提供一种实用、经济的方法，对克拉通广大地区的下地壳和上地幔进行成像。该项目将涉及康奈尔大学的人员以及关键的外部调查人员。该项目将继续利用Amoco公司配备的SGR（地震组记录仪）的先进能力，并将首次与美国地质勘探局合作收集爆炸数据。

This award provides funds to continue COCORP's program of deep seismic reflection investigation of the continental basement within the United States. Specifically, during this award period the main activity will involve the acquisition of an experimental explosive CMP profile within the Williston basin, the specific goal being to characterize Moho and upper mantle reflectivity in the region, as part of an ongoing effort to understand the origin of intracratonic basins. The broader goal is to test whether low-fold explosive profiling with "super multi-channel" receiver arrays can provide a practical, and cost-effective means of imaging the lower crust and upper mantle over wide regions of the cratons. The project will involve Cornell personnel as well as key outside investigators. The program will continue to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of Amoco's SGR (Seismic Group Recorder) - equipped research seismic reflection crew, and for the first time will involve collaboration with the U.S.G.S. for the collection of explosive data.