HR: 1340h
AN: G33A-0906    [Abstracts]
TI: PBO Facility Construction: Basin and Range and Rocky Mountain Regions Status
AU: * Friesen, B
EM: friesen@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Dr, Boulder, CO 80301,
AU: Jenkins, F
EM: jenkins@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Dr, Boulder, CO 80301,
AU: Kasmer, D
EM: kasmer@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Dr, Boulder, CO 80301,
AU: Feaux, K
EM: kfeaux@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Dr, Boulder, CO 80301,
AB: The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), part of the larger NSF-funded EarthScope project, will study the three- dimensional strain field resulting from active plate boundary deformation across the western United States. PBO is a large construction project involving the reconnaissance, permitting, installation, documentation, and maintenance of 875 permanent GPS stations in five years. 163 of these stations lie within the Basin and Range and Rocky Mountain Regions consisting of the states of Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. During the fourth year of the project, the Basin and Range and Rocky Mountain regions of PBO completed reconnaissance and nearly all permitting activities, and maintained a fast pace of station installations. The fall of 2006 and spring of 2007 were devoted to the construction of a large push of 50 stations, most located on Bureau of Land Management controlled public lands in Nevada. This transect is located along Highway 50 and will profile the extension of the Basin and Range province. The Yellowstone area, including surrounding National Parks and Forests was the target of summer 2007, during which time 10 remote stations with difficult logistics were installed. To date, construction is complete for 135 of 163 GPS stations.
DE: 1200 GEODESY AND GRAVITY
DE: 1209 Tectonic deformation (6924)
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting