Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of Victoria
$120,000.00
Geophysics
FY 2021-22
Summary
This research program seeks to characterize geohazards across the northern Cascadia subduction zone and fore-arc. A new wave of spaceborne and airborne sensors are transforming our ability to map surface deformation and topography associated with earthquake faulting, enabling the rupture extents of future subduction events to be assessed and shallow, upper plate faulting to be identified. The project is motivated by a recent global surge in megathrust events (e.g. the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami) and complex upper plate ruptures (e.g. the 2016 Kaikoura, NZ, earthquake) which are rapidly overturning previous consensus on subduction zone behaviour.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2016-00085
Name nom
NISSEN, EDWIN
Department département
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences - University of Victoria
Organization id
7
Institution établissement
University of Victoria
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
120000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4300
Research subject group en
Geophysics
Research subject group fr
Géophysique
Research subject en
Geophysics
Research subject fr
Géophysique
Installment
inst:5-1
Partie
1
Nb partie
5
Application title
Geophysics
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This research program seeks to characterize geohazards across the northern Cascadia subduction zone and fore-arc. A new wave of spaceborne and airborne sensors are transforming our ability to map surface deformation and topography associated with earthquake faulting, enabling the rupture extents of future subduction events to be assessed and shallow, upper plate faulting to be identified. The project is motivated by a recent global surge in megathrust events (e.g. the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami) and complex upper plate ruptures (e.g. the 2016 Kaikoura, NZ, earthquake) which are rapidly overturning previous consensus on subduction zone behaviour.
