U.S.-France Cooperative Research: High-Resolution Plate Reconstructions and Lithosphere Deformation

小行星9314549 这个为期三年的奖项支持美国-法国地球科学合作研究：全球板块构造和重建问题。 美国科学家是西北大学的理查德·戈登、威斯康星州大学的查尔斯·德梅茨和一名研究生。 法国科学家是来自滨海自由城水下实验室的让-伊夫·罗耶和一名研究生。 研究人员将研究印度洋的板块重建，并应用于印度和澳大利亚之间变形带的运动学和构造学。 这位美国研究人员为这次合作带来了对板块运动进行定量分析的专门知识，并将其应用于全球构造问题。 法国调查员是一名海洋地质学家，具有板块重建技术及其在海洋构造中的应用方面的专门知识。 研究印度洋独特的板块变形带对于大陆板块构造研究及其预测地震的能力具有重要意义。 ***

9314549 Gordon This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in earth sciences on problems of global plate tectonics and reconstructions. The U.S. scientists are Richard Gordon, Northwestern University, Charles DeMets, University of Wisconsin and a graduate student. The French scientists are Jean-Yves Royer of the Underwater Laboratory, Villefranche-sur-Mer and a graduate student. The investigators will examine plate reconstructions in the Indian Ocean with applications to the kinematics and tectonics of the deforming zone between India and Australia. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in quantitative analysis of plate motions as applied to problems of global tectonics. This complemented by the French investigator, a marine geologist with expertise in plate reconstruction techniques and its application to marine tectonics. Studying the unique plate deforming zone in the Indian Ocean is important for continental studies of plate tectonics and their capabilities in predicting earthquakes. ***