Geophysical-geotechnical modelling of coastal and offshore mass movementsin an earthquake active area - gulf of Corinth, Greece

Informations projet

N° de convention de subvention: FMBI983245

Projet clôturé

Date de début 15 Novembre 1998

Date de fin 14 Novembre 2000

Financé au titre de

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

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Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée

Coordonné par

University of Patras
Greece

Objectif

Research objectives and content The Gulf of Corinth shelf and slope zone have been affected by submarine mass movements which have a significant impact on the continental borderland. This project aims to identify potentially hazardous coastal and offshore zones, to determine the characteristics of sediments, to assess the movement of sediment and to establish a numerical model for sediment transport processes. Offshore areas affected by recent earthquakes will be surveyed in order to identify the location and the origin of the mass movement events, and to explain the mecanism for slope failure. Field missions will be carried out in order to determine the submarine topography and morphology, the geometry of the sedimentary cover and the physical and mechanical properties of the sediments. The interpretation of the collected data will provide valuable information about slope stability processes and will be useful in order to diminish future risk to coastal infastructure.
Training content (objective, benefit and expected impact) The Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography at Patras has carried out a significant amount of researcher on fundamental and applied coastal geology. It will provide an interesting exchange of points of view between researchers working on the same field. It will allow me to make use of and further improve my competences in coastal geology and computer science.
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Champ scientifique

CORDIS classe les projets avec EuroSciVoc, une taxonomie multilingue des domaines scientifiques, grâce à un processus semi-automatique basé sur des techniques TLN.

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › sedimentology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › coastal geography
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › planetary geology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › seismology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › oceanography › physical oceanography

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Thème(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TE05 - Geology

Appel à propositions

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Régime de financement

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinateur

University of Patras

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• Adresse: University Campus ; 26110 PATRAS ; Grèce
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Participants (1)

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France

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