NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in New Zealand

这一行动资助了斯坦福大学的Noel M.Bartlow于2012年夏天在新西兰惠灵顿下赫特市的GNS Science开展了一个名为《新西兰Hikurangi俯冲带慢地震的迁移》的研究项目。主持研究的科学家是约翰·比万博士。该研究项目的智力价值在于研究Hikurangi的慢滑事件如何随着时间的推移而变化，并将其与日本和美国卡斯卡迪亚的类似事件进行比较。监测和研究这些事件对评估同一俯冲断层上的大型逆冲地震的危险性具有重要意义，因为它们指示了大地震破裂将向内陆延伸的程度，一些理论模型表明，在大地震之前，慢滑事件可能会变得更大。此外，由于目前还不清楚在一个俯冲带上的发现是否也适用于其他地方，所以研究尽可能多的俯冲带是很重要的。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍各自所在地的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及了解社会、文化和语言。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。该项目开始了斯坦福大学和GNS Science地震科学家之间的新合作，包括向GNS Science传输新的GPS分析代码。

This action funds Noel M. Bartlow of Stanford University to conduct a research project, entitled "Migration of slow earthquakes in the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand," during the summer of 2012 at GNS Science in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. The host scientist is Dr. John Beavan.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is to study how slow slip events change over time in Hikurangi and compare them to similar events in Japan and Cascadia in the US. Monitoring and studying these events has implications for evaluating the hazard of large megathrust earthquakes on the same subduction faults, since they indicate how far inland a large earthquake rupture will go, and some theoretical models show that slow slip events may become larger just before a big earthquake. Also, because it is unclear if discoveries made in one subduction zone apply elsewhere it is important to study as many subduction zones as possible. The Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. This project begins a new collaboration between earthquake scientists at Stanford and GNS Science, including transferring a new GPS analysis code to GNS Science.