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The Cornell Saudi Arabia Project: Crustal Studies in Saudi Arabia
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The main objectives of the Cornell Saudi Arabia research project are: (1) study the seismic attenuation characteristics of the crust (Lg) and uppermost mantle (Sn) of the Arabian lithospheric plate, and (2) determine the crustal thickness and map the geometry of the Moho, especially in Saudi Arabia.
Description
The large amount and quality of the databases that we have used are by far the most comprehensive and complete as of 2005.
The results are striking: scientists have carefully mapped the boundaries of the high attenuation zones in the uppermost mantle to show the anomalous nature of the lithosphere beneath most of Iran, Turkey, and surprisingly beneath most of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. In addition, it was determined the relatively rapid transition from an oceanic-type to an average continental crust along the Red Sea margin.
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Moreover, it was argued that there is no significant variations in the crustal thickness between Archean and Proterozoic continental crusts.
Links
Documentation and papers
- The Cornell Saudi Arabia Project homepage atlas.geo.cornell.edu/SaudiArabia/SaudiArabiaProject.htm ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214585974-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214585974-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Crustal Motion · Earthquake Magnitude/Intensity · Fault Movement · MAPS · Plate Boundaries · Plate Tectonics
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214585974-SCIOPS | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/crustal-motion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/earthquakes/earthquake-magnitude-intensity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/plate-tectonics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/plate-tectonics/fault-movement | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/plate-tectonics/plate-boundaries | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:maps | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |