EarthScope

EarthScope was a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that has deployed thousands of seismic, GPS, and other geophysical instruments to study the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the processes that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. EarthScope was an Earth science program to explore the 4-dimensional structure of the North American continent. The EarthScope Program provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep Earth. In addition, EarthScope offers a centralized forum for Earth science education at all levels and an excellent opportunity to develop cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse data set.

EarthScope项目是美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的一项计划，该项目部署了数千台地震、GPS及其他地球物理仪器，旨在研究北美大陆的结构与演化，以及引发地震和火山喷发的机制。EarthScope项目致力于探索北美大陆的四维结构。该计划为地球科学领域提供了一种广泛的、综合性的研究框架，涵盖了断层特性与地震过程、应变传递、地壳与地幔中的岩浆和水流体、板块边界过程、大规模的陆壳变形、大陆结构及演化，以及深部地球的组成与结构等方面的研究。此外，EarthScope项目还为不同层次的地球科学教育提供了一个集中的交流平台，并提供了整合、分发和分析各类数据集的卓越机会。