ESF-FWF Conference in Partnership with LFUI
Submarine Paleoseismology: The Offshore Search of Large Holocene Earthquakes
11-16 September 2010
Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Obergurgl, Austria
| SATURDAY 11 September |
17:00 onwards: Registration at the ESF desk
19:00 Welcome Drink
19:30 Dinner
| SUNDAY 12 September |
8:30 - 9:00: Welcome addresses
Session 1: Introduction to Paleoseismology, paleoseismic field methods and results
9:00 - 09:30: DANIELA PANTOSTI, INGV Roma (Italy)
Earthquake Geology and Paleoseismology
09:30 - 10:00: EULALIA MASANA, Universitat Barcelona (Spain)
Paleoseismological trenching and near-fault investigations (I): Strike Slip tectonic environments
10:00 - 10:30: PAOLO MARCO DE MARTINI, INGV (Italy)
Paleoseismological trenching and near-fault investigations (II): Dip Slip tectonic environments
10:30 - 11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 11:30: SHMULIK MARCO, Tel Aviv Univ (Israel)
Off-fault paleoseismology
Session 2-I: Potential, methods and concepts applicable to submarine paleoseismology
11:30-12:00: EULALIA GRACIA, UTM-CSIC, Barcelona (Spain)
Marine paleoseismology: A review of near fault & off-fault investigations at sea
12:00 – 12:30: MIQUEL CANALS, Universitat Barcelona (Spain)
Variability of submarine landslides with a glimpse into landslide-triggered tsunamis
12:30 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30: CESAR RANERO, ICREA / ICM-CSIC (Spain)
Seismic imaging and potential fields applied to active fault exploration
15:30 - 16:00: PHILIP BARNES, NIWA (New Zealand)
Derivation of direct on-fault submarine paleoearthquake records from high-resolution seismic reflection profiles: Wairau Fault, New Zealand
16:00 – 16:30: GERASSIMOS PAPADOPOULOS, National Observatory of Athens (Greece)
Historical seismicity and palaeotsunami studies as valuable tools for offshore palaeoseismology
16:30-17:00: Coffee break
SHORT TALKS
17:00 – 17:15: RAFAEL BARTOLOME, UTM-CSIC, Barcelona (Spain)
Seismic imaging of seismogenic (active strike-slip) faults in the South Iberian margin
17:15 – 17:30: DOMENICO RIDENTE, IEGG-CNR, Roma (Italy)
Missing faults and landslides in the area of the 1908 Reggio and Messina earthquake and tsunami. The role of very high-resolution geomorphic analysis in marine paleoseismology
17:30-17:45: DEVRIM TEZCAN, University of Haifa (Israel)
Active Faulting and Surface Rupture in Eastern Cinarcik Basin (Sea of Marmara)
17:45 – 18:00: EUGENE DOMACK, Hamilton College (USA)
The Role of Long Period Waves in Sedimentation Beneath Ice Shelves
19:00: Dinner
20:30 - 22:00: Poster Session
| MONDAY 13 September |
Session 2-II: Potential, methods and concepts applicable to submarine paleoseismology
9:00 - 09:30: ROLANDO ARMIJO, IPGP- Paris (France)
Active faulting and seismic hazard along the North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara region : In situ study of active faults at sea using a ROV
09:30 - 10:00: ALESSANDRA ASIOLI, Istituto Geoscienze e Georisorse, CNR, Padova (Italy)
Biostratigraphy (planktic & benthic foraminifera assemblages) and Oxygen isotopes
10:00 – 10:30: JORDI GARCIA ORELLANA, Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Use of radionuclides (210Pb, 137Cs, 14C) for dating marine sediments
10:30-11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 Group Photo
Session 3 Submarine Paleoseismology: Subduction Zones / Megathrusts
11:30 – 12:00: HANS NELSON, U.Granada-CSIC (Spain)/U. Texas (USA)
Turbidite paleoseismology: Concepts, examples and implications for hazards
12:00 – 12:30: LISA MCNEILL, NOC, Southampton (UK)
Potential roles for IODP in submarine paleoseismological investigations: a focus on subduction zone margins
12:30 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30: TAKASHI NAKATA, Hiroshima University (Japan)
Mapping of active faults along the Nankai trough revealed by high resolution DEM images
15:30 - 16:00: GEOFFROY LAMARCHE, NIWA (New Zealand)
Characterization of earthquake sources and palaeo-seismic records on the New Zealand continental shelf and slope using high-resolution seismic stratigraphy, multibeam geomorphology and sediment core analysis
16:00 - 16:30: CHRISTIAN BECK, Université de Savoie (France)
Direct measurement of co-seismic fault activity through associated sedimentation: an example within the Lesser Antilles Arc
16:30-17:00: Coffee break
SHORT TALKS
17:00 – 17:15: GUEORGUI RATZOV, Geoazur-Université de Nice (France)
Mass-transport deposits in the northern Ecuador subduction trench: Result of frontal erosion over multiple seismic cycles
17:15 – 17:30: VASILIKI MOUSLOPOULOU, Technical University of Crete (Greece)
Relations between paleoearthquakes and million-year fault growth in an active rift, Taranaki Rift, New Zealand
19:00: Dinner
20:30 - 22:00: Poster Session
| TUESDAY 14 September |
Session 4-I: Submarine Paleoseismology: Continental Margins
9:00 - 09:30: NAMIK CAGATAY, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
Paleoseismology and long-term monitoring (ESONET-EMSO) in the Marmara Sea
09:30 - 10:00: DIMITRIS SAKELLARIOU, HCMR (Greece)
Submarine Paleoseismology in Gulf of Corinth
SHORT TALKS
10:00 – 10:15: GULSEN UCARKUS, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) Recent earthquake breaks along the North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara: Implications for the expected large earthquake Historical
10:15 – 10:30: LAUREEN DRAB, ENS Paris (France)
Seismicity history over the last 4000 years in the Marmara Sea in Turkey: a preliminary study for risk assessment of the city of Istanbul
10:30 - 11:00: coffee break
11:00- 11:30: ALINA POLONIA, ISMAR - CNR (ITALY)
The Calabrian Arc subduction complex: active deformation and the geological record of earthquakes in the Ionian Sea
11:30 – 12:00: JACQUES DEVERCHERE, IUEM- Brest (France)
Paleoseismology off Algeria, Western Mediterranean: State of the art and new perspectives
SHORT TALK
12:00-12:15: GUILLAUME JAMET, IFREMER (France)
Modelling deposition patterns of turbidity events in the Alger Canyon and adjacent Algerian margin. Tracking the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake event
12:30 Lunch
14:00: Half-day excursion
19:00: Dinner
20:00 - 21:00: Forward Look Plenary Discussion
| WEDNESDAY 15 September |
Session 4-II: Submarine Paleoseismology: Continental Margins
9:00 - 09:30: CECILIA MCHUGH, Queens College, City University of New York (USA)
Paleoseismic Significance of Submarine Faults, Tectonic Deformation and Turbidite Record in Response to the January 12 2010 Earthquake, Haiti
SHORT TALKS
09:30 - 09:45: DOMENICO RIDENTE, IEGG-CNR, Roma (Italy)
Assessing seismogenic potential of offshore faults in seismic hazard perspective (SW Adriatic Margin, Italy)
09:45 – 10:00: HECTOR PEREA, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Onshore-offshore correlation of active structures in the Bajo Segura fault zone (Western Mediterranean Sea): Looking for the source of the 1829 Torrevieja Earthquake
10:00 – 10:15: EFTHYMIOS TRIPSANAS, HCMR (Greece)
Seismic Hazard in Passive Margin Frontier Basins: Geological Estimates of the Frequency of Large Earthquake Triggered Submarine Landslides in Orphan Basin, Offshore Canada
10:15- 10:30: XIMENA MORENO, UTM-CSIC Barcelona (Spain)
Onshore-Offshore active tectonics along the Carboneras Fault Zone (SE Spain)
10:30 - 11:00: coffee break
Session 5: Submarine Paleoseismology: Lakes and lagoons
11:00 - 11:30: FLAVIO ANSELMETTI, ETH (Zurich)
Paleoseismology in Swiss lakes: Reconstructing recurrence rates, magnitudes and epicentral locations of strong prehistoric earthquakes
11:30 - 12:00: AURELIA HUBERT-FERRARI, University of Liege (Belgium)
The 2500 yr long paleoseismological record of the Hazar Lake, East Anatolian fault, Turkey
SHORT TALKS
12:00 - 12:15: JASPER MOERNAUT, Ghent University (Belgium)
Recurrence of 1960-like earthquake shaking in South-Central Chile revealed by lacustrine sedimentary records
12:15- 12:30 GENEVIEVE CAUCHON-VOYER, Univ Laval, Quebec (Canada)
Large-scale Holocene earthquake triggered mass movements in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada
12:30 Lunch
Session 6: In search of paleotsunamis & Conclusions
15:00 - 15:30: CESAR ANDRADE, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Paleotsunami research in South Iberia
15:30 - 16:00: PAOLO MARCO DE MARTINI, INGV-Roma (Italy)
Combining inland and offshore paleotsunamis evidence: the Augusta Bay (eastern Sicily, ITALY) case study
16:00 - 16:30: ANDREA ARGNANI, ISMAR-CNR (Italy)
Active tectonics, earthquakes and tsunamis along the submarine slope of south-eastern Sicily
16:30-17:00: Coffee break
SHORT TALK
17:00-17:15: ALESSANDRA SMEDILE, INGV-Roma (Italy)
Possible tsunami signatures from an integrated study in the Augusta Bay offshore (Eastern Sicily–Italy)
17:15 – 17:45: LAURA PERUZZA, OGS - Trieste (Italy)
Importance of marine paleoseismology on seismic hazard analysis
17:45 – 18:15: Final discussion and conclusions
19:00: Reception and Conference Dinner
| THURSDAY 16 September |
Breakfast and departure
With support from
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF)
