Celebration 2000: A Seismic Investigation of Lithospheric Structure in the Trans-European Suture/Carpathian Mountains Region

INT 0001356 Keller这个合作研究项目“庆祝2000年：横贯欧洲缝合线/喀尔巴阡山脉地区岩石圈结构的地震调查”是一个雄心勃勃的区域项目，涉及美国、波兰、斯洛伐克共和国、匈牙利和捷克共和国的地球物理和地质界的研究人员。 来自丹麦、芬兰和瑞典的研究人员也将为这一项目作出贡献。 主要研究者是G博士。得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的Randy Keller和来自波兰科学院地球物理研究所、华沙大学、布达佩斯的Eotvos Lorand地球物理研究所、斯洛伐克地质调查局、布拉迪斯拉发（斯洛伐克）地球物理研究所和布拉格（捷克共和国）地球物理研究所的同事们。 其中三个特征是跨欧洲缝合带（TESZ），喀尔巴阡山脉和潘诺尼亚盆地。 1997年，PI和他的同事们与来自波兰的研究人员一起进行了一次非常大的地震实验（POLONAISE '97），目标是TESZ地区的北方部分。 该项目非常成功，并在主要期刊上发表了一系列科学论文。 PI现在建议将这种合作扩大到该地区的邻国，以便进行另一项实验（CELEBRATION 2000 -中欧基于折射的岩石圈实验），目标是TESZ的南部以及喀尔巴阡山脉和潘诺尼亚盆地。 这项研究将加强PI在美国正在进行的两项研究工作。 一个是北美克拉通南缘的构造历史。 另一个是对落基山脉南部的结构和演变的研究。 对喀尔巴阡山脉和落基山脉的联合研究预计将为造山过程提供更多的见解。这个地球科学研究项目实现了将美国和中欧/东欧的主要专家聚集在一起的计划目标，在平等，互惠，互利互惠。

INT 0001356KellerThis cooperative research project, "CELEBRATION 2000: A Seismic Investigation of Lithospheric Structure in the Trans-European Suture/Carpathian Mountains Region" is an ambitious regional project involving researchers from the geophysical and geological communities in the US, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Researchers from Denmark, Finland and Sweden will also contribute to this project. The principal investigators are Dr. G. Randy Keller from the University of Texas at El Paso and colleagues from the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Warsaw, Eotvos Lorand Geophysical Institute in Budapest, the Slovak Geological Survey, the Institute of Geophysics in Bratislava (Slovakia) and the Geophysical Institute in Prague (Czech Republic).Eastern Europe contains a variety of interesting and important tectonic features. Three of these features are the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ), the Carpathian Mountains, and the Pannonian basin. In 1997, the PI and his colleagues joined researchers from Poland in a very large seismic experiment (POLONAISE '97) that targeted the northern portion of the TESZ region. This project was very successful and has yielded a series of scientific papers in major journals. The PI now proposes to expand this collaboration to neighboring countries in the region in order to undertake another experiment (CELEBRATION 2000 - Central Europe Lithospheric Experiment Based on Refraction) that targets the southern portion of the TESZ as well as the Carpathian Mountains and Pannonian basin. This research will augment two of the PI's ongoing research efforts in the US. One deals with the tectonic history of the southern margin of the North American craton. The other involves a study of the structure and evolution of the souther Rockies. The joint study of the Carpathian Mountains and Rocky Mountains is expected to provide additional insight into the processes involved in mountain building.This project in earth sciences research fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Central/Eastern Europe to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.