NanTroSEIZE: The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
| Autor: | Tobin, H. J., Kinoshita, M. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | Scientific Drilling, Vol 2, Pp 23-27 (2006) Scientific Drilling, Iss 2, Pp 23-27 (2006) Scientific Drilling |
| ISSN: | 1816-3459 1816-8957 |
| Popis: | The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) will, for the fi rst time ever, attempt to drill into, sample, and instrument the seismogenic portion of a plate-boundary fault or megathrust within a subduction zone. Access to the interior of active faults where in situ processes can be monitored and fresh fault zone materials can be sampled is of fundamental importance to the understanding of earthquake mechanics. As the December 2004 Sumatraearthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami so tragically demonstrated,large subduction earthquakes represent one of the greatest natural hazards on the planet. Accordingly, drilling into and instrumenting an active interplate seismogenic zone is a very high priority in the IODP Initial Science Plan (2001). Through a decade-long series of national and international workshops, a consensus emerged that the Nankai Trough is an ideal place to attempt drilling and monitoring of the seismogenic plate interface. The fi rst phase of NanTroSEIZE drilling operations has now been scheduled for the late summer of 2007. It involves parallel deployment of both the new U.S. Scientifi c Ocean Drilling Vessel (SODV, this volume) and the riser drilling vessel Chikyu. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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