Primary Recipient

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC

Amount

$164,576.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Technical Description: In the shallow crust, most of the strain at plate boundaries is relieved during sudden rare large earthquakes. Below the shallow locked portion, strain has often been thought as being relieved through steady creep, or, in the case o