CNIC/Caucasus: Regional Collaboration on Seismology

OISE 11-33000该项目支持密苏里-哥伦比亚大学(Eric Sandvoll)、密歇根州立大学(Kevin Mackey)和俄勒冈州立大学(John Nabelek)的教职员工进行为期两周的计划访问，会见位于奥布宁斯克的俄罗斯地球物理勘探局的科学家以及阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚和亚美尼亚地震勘测的科学家。这次访问的主要目的是为一项重大的多国地震试验奠定基础，这项试验将有助于解决关于这个知之甚少的地区大陆变形性质的根本问题。高加索地区是一个构造和结构复杂的地区。它可能是一个非常年轻的大陆-大陆碰撞带的最好例子。由于缺乏高质量的数据，该地区在很大程度上没有详细的岩石圈地震结构。这些研究人员将开始通过建立一系列合作来解决这个问题，这些合作将利用许多新部署的地震台，这些地震台形成了该地区各种国家地震台网。该项目的更广泛影响包括改进对一个地区的地震危险性评估，在该地区，数千人的生命和数十亿美元面临着反复发生的破坏性地震的风险。

OISE 11-33000This project supports a two-week planning visit for faculty from the University of Missouri-Columbia (Eric Sandvol), Michigan State University (Kevin Mackey) and Oregon State University (John Nabelek) to meet with scientists at the Russian Geophysical Survey in Obninsk and with scientists of the seismic surveys in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The primary goal of the visit is to lay the foundations for a major multi-national seismic experiment that will help address fundamental questions about the nature of continental deformation in this poorly understood region.The Caucasus is a tectonically and structurally complex region. It is perhaps the best example of a very young continent-continent collision zone. Due to a lack of quality data, the region has largely been unexplored in terms of the detailed lithospheric seismic structure. These researchers will begin to remedy this problem by establishing a series of collaborations that will take advantage of the many newly deployed seismic stations that form the various national seismic networks in the region. The broader impacts of this project include improving seismic hazard assessment in an area where thousands of lives and billions of dollars are at risk from recurrent devastating earthquakes.