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Energy, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, all of
which have programs impacted by earthquake hazards and continental deformation
related to topics such as carbon sequestration, geothermal energy, fracking for shale-
gas recovery, nuclear power plant siting, and building code development.
Figure 2.12
One of the goals of EarthScope is to resolve the upper-mantle
structure beneath the North American continent using seismic signals and to
interpret the dynamical processes by which the continent has evolved. The
example shown here is the high-resolution determination of the 3D structure
under the Great Basin. Source: Reprinted from West et al. (2009) by
permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
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