Seismic studies of Ontario and Quebec - probing the architecture of eastern Laurentia

该研究方案的目的是研究加拿大地盾东部的地壳和上地幔结构。来自大的远距离地震的数据将被用来调查整个感兴趣的地区的地震波速度和上地幔排列的变化。最近对横跨北方和安大略东部的表面波传播的分析揭示了加拿大地盾的复杂结构，并为分析过去和现在的结构排列和地幔流动模式铺平了道路。各种地震分析技术将应用于加拿大的地区，其结构还不是很清楚，以研究三维地震结构在几个尺度。我打算领导对安大略省-魁北克省边界的阿比提比绿岩带的详细研究，并积极参与对哈德逊湾深部结构的合作研究（与哈德逊湾岩石圈实验一起进行）。在整个魁北克扩大POLARIS（便携式岩石圈分析和研究地震活动性观测台）地震仪网络，将能够对加拿大地盾东部的地壳和上地幔进行研究，从而对整个上级省及其周围地区的地震结构有一个更全面的了解。由此产生的3-D模型将与其他地球物理学科的信息相结合，以提供新的见解，加拿大东部和中部的构造历史，以及厚大陆根与区域和全球地幔流动模式的相互作用。

The aim of this research programme is to study the crust and upper mantle structure of the eastern Canadian Shield. Data from large distant earthquakes will be used to investigate variations in seismic wave speed and upper mantle alignments across the regions of interest. Recent analysis of surface wave propagation across northern and eastern Ontario sheds light on the complex structure of the Canadian Shield, and is paving the way for analysis of past and present structural alignments and mantle flow patterns. A variety of seismic analysis techniques will be applied to regions of Canada whose structure is not yet well known, in order to study 3-D seismic structure at several scales. I intend to lead detailed studies of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt across the Ontario-Quebec border, and to take an active part in collaborative research into the deep structure of Hudson Bay (in conjunction with the Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment). Expansion of the POLARIS (Portable Observatories for Lithospheric Analysis and Research Investigating Seismicity) seismograph network throughout Quebec will allow crust and upper mantle studies of the eastern Canadian Shield, resulting in a more complete picture of the seismic structure of the entire Superior Province and its surroundings. The resulting 3-D models will be combined with information from other geophysical disciplines to provide new insights into the tectonic history of eastern and central Canada, and the interaction of the thick continental root with regional and global mantle flow patterns.