Review of EarthScope integrated science / Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences--Research--North America.

Earth sciences.

Earth sciences--Research--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

EarthScope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as "a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the North American continent by exploring its three-dimensional structure through time". The initiative proposes to cover the United States with an array of instruments created to reveal how the continent was put together, how the continent is moving now, and what lies beneath the continent. The initiative is made of four components, three of which are funded by the Major Research Equipment program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and one of which is mostly associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In response to a request by the NSF, the National Research Council (NRC) established a committee to review the science objectives and implementation planning of the three NSF components, United States Seismic Array (USArray), the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), and the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). The committee was charged with answered four specific questions: Is the scientific rationale for EarthScope sound, and are the scientific questions to be addressed of significant importance? Is there any additional component that should be added to the EarthScope initiative to ensure that it will achieve its objective of a vastly increased understanding of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the continental crust of North America? Are the implementation and management plans for the three elements of EarthScope reviewed here appropriate to achieve their objectives? Have the appropriate partnerships required to maximize the scientific outcomes from EarthScope been identified in the planning documents? Review of EarthScope Integrated Science presents the committee's findings and recommendations. To reach its conclusions the committee reviewed extensive written material and listened to presentations by members of the EarthScope Working Group and other interested scientists. The recommendations encompass science questions, management, education and outreach, and partnerships. Overall the committee was impressed by the EarthScope initiative.

Contents:

REVIEW OF EARTHSCOPE INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE AND SCIENCE QUESTIONS

IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND COMMUNICATION

APPROPRIATE PARTNERSHIPS

SUMMARY COMMENTS

1 Introduction

2 Scientific Rationale and Science Questions

OVERVIEW

THE EARTHSCOPE INITIATIVE

EarthScope Components: United States Seismic Array (USArray)

EarthScope Components: San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)

EarthScope Components: Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)

EarthScope Components: Interferometric Synthetic Aperature Radar (InSAR)

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

3 Implementation and Management

4 Appropriate Partnerships

5 Summary Observations and Recommendations

SUMMARY

Appendixes

Appendix A Meeting Participants and Presentations

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

PRESENTERS AND PARTICIPANTS

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF

PRESENTATION TITLES AND PRESENTERS

Appendix B Committee Biographies

NRC STAFF

Appendix C Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-309-18328-6

1-280-18416-7

9786610184163

0-309-56578-2

OCLC:

614640240