US-India Workshop: BHUJ Earthquake: Seismological, Geodynamic and Engineering Implications of the M=7.6, 26 January BHUJ Earthquake, India

该奖项支持将于2001年10月3日至5日在新德里举行的美印关于布吉7.6级地震的地震学、地球动力学和工程影响的研讨会。科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的罗杰·比勒姆教授将为科学家和工程师召开为期三天的国际会议，讨论这次地震的科学发现和影响。死亡人数超过2万人，这是印度有记录以来最灾难性的事件。讲习班的第一天将专门讨论地震学、地质学和大地测量调查，第二天将专门讨论加速度和工程效应，以及印度地震风险的特征，第三天将专门讨论印度近期地震的地震构造影响及其与板块边界过程和板块动力学的关系。范围：布吉地震有许多特征，类似于19世纪北美大陆中期的地震。预期讨论将有助于深入了解布吉地震和整个中克拉通事件的原因。这将是印度和外国科学家的一个论坛，他们已经进行了相关的震后和理论研究，以比较他们的发现。印度科技部共同资助了这次研讨会；它由美国国家科学基金会国际项目部和地球科学部共同资助。

0128805Bilham Description: This award supports a US-India workshop on Seismological, Geodynamic and Engineering Implications of the M=7.6, 26 January, Bhuj Earthquake that will be held October 3-5, 2001 in New Delhi. Professor Roger Bilham, University of Colorado Boulder will convene a three-day international meeting for scientists and engineers to discuss the scientific findings and implications of this earthquake. With fatalities exceeding 20,000, this was the most disastrous event in India's recorded history. The first day of the workshop will be devoted to seismological, geologic and geodetic investigations, the second to acceleration and engineering effects, and to the characterization of seismic risk in India, the third to general discussions on the seismotectonic implications of recent earthquakes in India and to their association with plate boundary processes and underlying plate dynamics. Scope: The Bhuj event had a number of features that resemble the mid-continent 19th century earthquakes of North America. The expectation is that discussions will provide insights into the causes of the Bhuj earthquake and of mid-cratonic events in general. This will be a forum for Indian and foreign scientists that have undertaken relevant post-seismic and theoretical investigations to compare their findings. The Indian Department of Science and Technology is cofunding this workshop; it is jointly funded by NSF's Division of International Programs and Division of Earth Sciences.