Genesis and Impact of Tsunamis on the European Coasts

Project Information

GITEC

Grant agreement ID: EV5V0175

Start date 1 December 1992

End date 31 May 1995

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
Italy

Objective

To study tsunami generation mechanisms, for example by the
process of earthquake activity and by submarine or coastal
landslides. To evaluate tsunami hazard in the European seas in
order to reduce tsunami risk in Europe.


Theoretical analyses will include numerical simulation of major
past
tsunamis: in the Northern Sea, in Southern Italy, in the Aegean
Sea and in Portugal (e.g. the 1755 Lisbon event, with calibration
through recent tsunami data from the 28.02.1969 event), and data
acquisition by field and laboratory analyses.

Statistical methods will be applied for identification of
tsunamigenic sources.

Geological analyses will be performed for the identification and
dating of tsunami deposits. This will be achieved through core
sampling in Greece (Aegean sea), in Italy (Gargano), and in
Portugal (Algarve).

Study of sediments in emerged bassins along the Norwegian coast
for identification and dating of tsunami deposits.

Collection and analysis of existing tsunami data; testing and
intercomparison of two tsunami warning systems: DETWS-
Destructive Earthquakes and Tsunami Warning System (Portuguese
system) and Tremors-Tsunami Risk Evaluation through seismic
moment from Real Time System (French system).

Social and economic investigations (tsunami mitigation,
population education).

The following results will be obtained: Production of a unified
catalogue of European Tsunamis. Estimation of Tsunami frequency
for particular coastal areas over long (geological) time scales.
Assessment of Tsunami hazard and impact for particular coastal
areas. Model simulation of European Tsunami events in Nordic
seas, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea. Intercomparison
of the performance of the two warning systems DETWS and TREMORS.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › seismology

Programme(s)

• FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 040101 - Seismic hazard

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viale Berti Pichat 8 ; 40127 Bologna ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (8)

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Priory Street ; CV1 5FB COVENTRY
• Total cost: No data

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Centre d'Etudes de Bruyères-le-Châtel ; 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 70,Messoghion Street 70 ; 11527 ATHENS
• Total cost: No data

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 226,Messogion Street ; 15561 Holargos - Athens
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 41,Allégaten 41 ; 5007 BERGEN
• Total cost: No data

Universidade de Lisboa

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 58,Rua da Escola Politecnica ; 1200 Lisboa
• Total cost: No data

University of Oslo

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Matematikkbygningen ; 316 Oslo-Blindern
• Total cost: No data

Università degli Studi di Genova

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Corso Europa 26 ; 16132 Genova
• Total cost: No data