U.S.-El Salvador Collaborative Research: Volcanic Hazard Mitigation

小行星9613647 该美洲计划奖将支持密歇根理工大学的William Rose博士和James Vallance博士以及萨尔瓦多的Comision Ejecutiva del Rio Lempa（CEL）的Eric Casamiquela博士之间的合作研究项目。 来自美国其他大学和美国地质调查局以及中美洲大学（UCA）和萨尔瓦多大学（UES）的科学家也将在该项目中合作。 该奖项包括支持 为几名美国研究生和一名博士后研究员。 这项研究将侧重于萨尔瓦多的活火山。 主要目标是通过标准实地方法了解重大火山灾害，并建立应对和减轻该区域火山灾害的基础设施。 这项建议针对的是萨尔瓦多，因为那里有大量出色的研究问题，而且地质记录表明，历史上前所未有的火山活动类型和规模可能在该地区重现。 因此，有必要了解此类事件的可能性质，以便成功地减轻未来潜在的危害。 ***

9613647 Rose This Americas Program award will support a collaborative research project between Drs.William Rose, and James Vallance, Michigan Technological University, and Eric Casamiquela, Comision Ejecutiva del Rio Lempa (CEL), El Salvador. Scientists from other U.S. Universities and from the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), and Universidad de El Salvador (UES), will also collaborate in the project. The award includes support for several U.S. graduate students and a post- doctoral researcher. The study will focus on the active volcanoes of El Salvador. The chief goals are to achieve an understanding of significant volcanic hazards through standard field methods, and to build an infrastructure for responding to, and mitigating, volcanic hazards in the region. The proposal is aimed at El Salvador because of the abundance of excellent research problems there, and because the geological record indicates that volcanism of types and on scales unprecedented during historic time may recur in the region. Thus, an understanding of the possible nature of such events will be necessary in order to mitigate potential future hazards successfully. ***