Project Leader:
Dr. Marie-Helene Cormier
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Marie-Helene Cormier
EI Collaborators:
Leonardo Seeber
Special Locations:
Sea of Marmara
Description:
Funds are provided to process the data collected on two geophysical cruises in the Sea of Marmara. The PIs will combine the results from the collected chirp, sidescan, and bathymetric data with detailed sedimentology of piston cores and land-based observations to work out the configuration of the fault zone and to determine the history of paleoseismicity by correlating submarine landslides and turbidites to individual paloearthquakes. The work will have important societal relevance as it will lead to better understanding of the nature of deformation associated with the earthquakes and their history in the region.
EI Unit:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Hazards and Risk
Core Disciplines:
Earth Sciences
Collaborating Institutions:
Queens College
Funding Agency:
National Science Foundation
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