Seafloor Strain Patterns:  Measurement System Validation
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This is an award to carry an at sea validation of a system              for measuring patterns of seafloor strain accumulation with                     centimeter accuracy over distances of kilometers.  The system is                particularly suitable to ridge crest studies and will help                      describe the manner in which the seafloor makes the transition                  from episodic motion to the more or less steady state motion that                                                                                               is characteristic of the entire plate.                                                  The method involves the emplacement of benchmarks on the                seafloor on which transponders can be placed with great accuracy.                                                                                               The transponders are interrogated from a towed vehicle to which                 is also mounted a high accuracy sound velocity meter to convert                 travel times to distances.  Most of the equipment has been built                with other funds (non-NSF); and this award grants funds for a                   two week experiment in the San Nicolas Basin off S. California as                                                                                               the first seagoing test of the apparatus. This is an important                  experiment because it will test a new technique for making                      geodetic measurements on the sea floor; the development of such                 techniques are an important step in understanding sea floor                     tectonics and evolution.
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{'Code': '1620', 'Text': 'Marine Geology and Geophysics'}
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