Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/B505997/1
Acquisition of Linux cluster computer for seismological research.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JH Woodhouse, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Tectonic Processes
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- Seismological research aims to address the linked problems of (i) elucidating the source process of earthquakes - the initiation and propagation of rupture and the field of ground shaking that is produced and (ii) elucidating the complex structure of the earth - the pattern of high and low velocities, wave attenuation, anisotropic properties These problems are intimately linked since it is necessary to know the detailed earth structure in order to calculate the seismic motion due to a given source process and, conversely, it is necessary to have accurate information about earth structure in order to ascertain the source process from analysis of seismic data essentially inaccuracies in earth structure act as a distorting lens in the attempt to image the seismic source. Much progress has been made on these problems. leading to large catalogues of source parameters and to the current generation of images of earth structure on both global and regional scales. Progress has been made possible by using a variety of approximate techniques to calculate the nature of wave propagation in heterogeneous media, but further progress will require more accurate methods of wave synthesis end new methods of analysis to carry out source and structural imaging. The main tool by which such next-generation imaging techniques can be developed will by direct numerical calculation of wavefields in heterogeneous structures. The proposed equipment purchase will enable the PI and the Oxford research group to embark upon the development of such next-generation techniques.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/B505997/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Capital Equipment Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Capital Equipment
This grant award has a total value of £228,968
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| £52,260 | £2,384 | £24,041 | £150,283 |
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