US-Bhutan Workshop: Seismotectonics and its Relationship to Natural Hazards in the Bhutanese Himalaya

0325020Miller该奖项支持一个关于不丹喜马拉雅地区地震构造和自然灾害的研讨会。来自德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的美国科学家Pi Kate Miller和Aaron Velasco将与不丹地质调查局(GSB)的科学家举办研讨会，以确定GSB科学家和一些对该地区合作研究感兴趣的西方科学家之间的共同研究优先事项。不丹位于印度次大陆与亚洲大陆之间多次碰撞形成的山脉地带。持续运动的一个后果是毁灭性的大地震，例如2001年在布吉发生的地震，这是大陆碰撞过程中造成的最近一次灾难性事件。不丹的地震风险很高，直到最近，最高级别的政府官员和GSB的科学家才认识到它的重要性和在其评估中提供援助的紧迫性。范围：这次讲习班是在2001年5月进行了一次规划访问之后举行的，访问的结果是在不丹建立了一个临时地震台网和全球定位系统监测点。这一努力是该地区地质研究的重大突破，此前地球科学家几乎无法接触到该地区。讲习班将从地震监测和自然灾害后果的角度对不丹科学家和工程师进行地震危险评估培训。对不丹人来说，这将有助于强调国家对永久性地震监测网的需求；对美国来说，研讨会将使地球科学家能够确定研究重点，将我们在造山过程中的根本利益与GSB以灾害为导向的优先事项联系起来。这项活动是与地球科学局的大陆动力学方案共同资助的。

0325020Miller This award supports a workshop on seismotectonics and natural hazards in the Bhutanese Himalaya. US PI Kate Miller and Aaron Velasco, both from the University of Texas at El Paso will hold a workshop with scientists from the Geological Survey of Bhutan (GSB) in order to identify common research priorities between GSB scientists and a number of western scientists interested in collaborative research in this region. Bhutan is located in mountain belts formed by episodes of continent-to-continent collisions of the Indian subcontinent with Asia. A consequence of the continuous motion is devastating great earthquakes, such as the one at Bhuj in 2001, which was the most recent catastrophic event caused by the ongoing process of continental collision. Bhutan is at high seismic risk and, only recently, have highest level Government officials and scientists at the GSB come to recognize its significance and the urgency for assistance in its evaluation. Scope: This workshop follows a planning visit carried out in May 2001 that led to the establishment of a temporary seismic network and GPS monitoring site in Bhutan. This effort was a major breakthrough for geologic studies in the region, which had previously been all but inaccessible to earth scientists. The workshop will train Bhutanese scientists and engineers in seismic hazard assessment from the perspective of earthquake monitoring and the natural hazard consequences. For the Bhutanese, it will help in highlighting the national need for a permanent seismic monitoring network; for the U.S., the workshop will enable geoscientists to define research priorities that link our fundamental interests in mountain forming processes to the hazards-oriented priorities of the GSB. This activity is jointly funded with the Continental Dynamics Program of the Directorate for Geosciences.