NSF-BSF: Earthquake temporal occurrence variability (clustering) observed in the longest d — NSF Award to Florida International Un
The Dead Sea Fault (DSF) in Israel provides a unique opportunity to study the long-term history of earthquakes along a major fault: in some places it passes under the Dead Sea, and evidence of past earthquakes is recorded in layers of seafloor sediments. When a large earthquake occurs, the violent shaking deforms the s
| Award title | NSF-BSF: Earthquake temporal occurrence variability (clustering) observed in the longest d |
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| Award ID | 2344420 |
| Awardee | Florida International University |
| City | MIAMI |
| State | FL |
| Amount obligated | $375,718 |
| Principal investigator | Shimon Wdowinski |
| Program | Tectonics, Geophysics, SPSE-Study of Physics of Earth, XC-Crosscutting Activities Pro |
| Start date | 09/01/2024 |
| Abstract | The Dead Sea Fault (DSF) in Israel provides a unique opportunity to study the long-term history of earthquakes along a major fault: in some places it passes under the Dead Sea, and evidence of past earthquakes is recorded in layers of seafloor sediments. When a large earthquake occurs, the violent shaking deforms the softest shallow sediments, forming “seismites”. Over 200,000 years worth of seismites have been documented in rocks and in core samples taken from a deep drill hole in the Dead Sea. |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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