A Workshop on EarthScope Complementary Geophysics, Fall 2002

0207872 HenyeyEarthScope是一项重大的地球科学研究计划，它将整合来自地震学（美国阵列）、大地测量学（板块边界观测站）、地下取样和测量（SAFOD）、遥感（干涉合成孔径雷达）以及补充地质学和地球物理学的科学信息，以了解大陆尺度的板块变形和演化。目前，国会正在讨论为地球观测计划提供资金的问题，作为国家科学基金会2003财政年度预算的一部分。 地球科学司已将2002财政年度的资金提供给符合EarthScope前活动条件的项目，即一旦由MREFC（主要研究设备设施和建设）账户供资，将促进或使EarthScope的建设、制造、安装或运行成为可能的活动。 这类活动包括会议和讲习班、原型开发、选址或定性。 补充性地球物理学是指不在EarthScope设施倡议核心的地球物理学技术和数据，包括重力学、磁学、大地电磁学、电磁学、岩石物理学、热流、地球物理学测井、遥感数据、TM图像、DEM数据和工业地震学。 主要重点将放在补充地球物理数据的“增值”方面。 应该指出，2002年10月在丹佛举行的全球地质协会年会上将举办一个类似的讲习班，审议补充地质工作。

0207872HenyeyEarthScope is a major earth science research initiative that will integrate scientific information derived from seismology (US Array), geodesy (Plate boundary Observatory), subsurface sampling and measurement (SAFOD), remote sensing (InSAR), and complementary geology and geophysics to understand continental scale plate deformation and evolution. Funding for the EarthScope initiative is currently being discussed in Congress as part of NSF's FY 2003 budget. The Division of Earth Sciences has made FY 2002 funds available for projects that qualify as pre-EarthScope activity, i.e. activities that will facilitate or enable the construction, fabrication, installation or operation of EarthScope once it is funded under the MREFC (Major Research Equipment Facilities and Construction) account. Such activities include meetings and workshops, prototype development, site selection or characterization.This award provides funds to hold a workshop on the role of complementary geophysics in the EarthScope program. By complementary geophysics is meant those geophysical techniques and data that are not at the core of the EarthScope facilities initiative, including gravity, magnetics, magnetotellurics, electromagnetics, petrophysics, heat flow, geophysical well logs, remote sensing data, TM images, DEM data and industry seismics. The principal focus will be on the "value added" aspect of the complementary geophysical data. It should be noted that a similar workshop to consider complementary geologic effors will be held at the GSA Annual Meeting in Denver in October, 2002.***