Afric
- journal_title：The Leading Edge
- Contributor：Andrew Nyblade ; Paul Dirks ; Ray Durrheim ; Susan Webb ; Michael Jones ; Gordon Cooper ; Gerhard Graham
- Publisher：Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Date：2008-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1190/1.2996547
- journal_abbrev：The Leading Edge
- issn：1070-485X
- volume：27
- issue：10
- firstpage：1358
- section：Special section: Manpower
摘要
Geoscientists from across Africa, the United States, and Europe are building a pan-African initiative, AfricaArray, to strengthen geoscience education and research programs in Africa and to create an Africa-to-Africa academic support system. Universities, government agencies, and exploration companies are benefiting from the establishment of AfricaArray training programs coupled to a network of geophysical observatories spanning the continent. The observatory network provides support to the training programs and fosters community building by catalyzing collaborative projects and encouraging data sharing.