Campaign Moree 2023

Overall programme

  • May 7 – May 10: early deployment of instruments by Simon Bufféral and Zoé Dubois
  • May 11 – May 12: science meeting at the Navarino Environmental Observatory. Click here to read more.
  • May 13 – May 21: core GNSS campaign
  • May 22 – May 29: geological campain by Simon Bufféral and Manu Pubellier

Participants to the campaign

Safe conduct released by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

  • Pierre Briole (Tuesday 9 – Monday 22 May) – mission order
  • Simon Bufféral (Sunday 7 – Monday 29 May)
  • Zoé Dubois (Sunday 7 – Sunday 14 May)
  • Παναγιώτης Ηλίας (Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 May) – Leaves after Pylos meeting
  • Εμμανουέλα Κωνσταντακοπούλου – Cancelled
  • Νικόλαος Μαδωνής (Saturday 13 – Saturday 20 May)
  • Manu Pubellier (Tuesday 7 – Monday 29 May)

maps

Vehicles

  • Car 1: Dacia DUSTER
  • Car 2: Nissan Qashqai – rental agreement
  • Drivers
  • Contats Avance Rent A Car (Theocar)
    • Nikos (Avance – Nafpaktos): +30 697 043 8430
    • Other mobile Nafpaktos: +30 694 038 88 06

Pictures of the campaign

Click here to see pictures of the campaign

List of planned GNSS points with details

Click here to download KMZ file

  • Points measured in the CRL array between 1993 and 1996
    • DOXA – measured on october 15, 1998 (SING 1998) and on october 2, 2006 by Jean-Claude Ruegg and Denis Hatzfeld
    • CG47 – Central Greece 1989 – marker – More information here and here – measured on july 10, 1098 (SING 1998) and  on july 12, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CG48 – Central Greece 1989 – pillar – measured on july 10, 1998 (SING 1998) and on july 12, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CG49 – Central Greece 1989 – pillar – More information here – measured on july 12, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CG63 – Central Greece 1989 – More information here – measured on july 12, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CG64 – Central Greece 1989 – More information here and here – measured on september 24, 1994 by Pierre Briole and Rodolphe Cattin 12:32-14:09 – P code
    • CG65 – Central Greece 1989 – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CI00 – CRL 1993 – more information here and here
    • CJ00 – CRL 1993 – More information here and here – caution: photos are misleading – measured on july 7, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • CK00 – CRL 1993 – More information here and here
    • CL00 – CRL 1993 – More information here and here
  • Point of the SING 1998-2000 array
    • Map 234-LN-Nafplio
      •  LN1A – SING point MARA – measured on july 7, 1998 (SING 1998)
    • Map 203-KC-Ligourio
      • KC3F – SING point GILS – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
      • KC6B – SING point DMNA – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • Map 350-RJ-Spetses
      • RJ0F – SING point PHEL – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
      • RJ3E – SING point KOIL – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
      • RJ56 – SING point DDYM – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
    • Map 365-RE-Idra
      • SE2B – SING point ILOK – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
      • SE39 – SING point VRMS – measured on july 8, 2000 (SING 2000)
  • Second order points measured between 1993 and 1995
    • Map 87-EG-Dafni 
      • EG61 measured in june 1995 by Oxford with name DF97 and on october 5, 1995
      • EG87 measured in june 1995 by Oxford with name D135 and on october 4 and 5, 1995
    • Map 173-IM-Korinthos
      • IM70 measured on May 16 and May 20, 1993 with name CK78 (Zevgolatio)
      • IM5B measured on May 20, 1993 with name CK575 more information here 
      • IM36 measured on september 30, 1994 with name CY272 by Dorothée Streiff and Aggeliki Marinou – P code
      • IM12 measured on september 24, 1994 with name CY751 by Pierre Briole and Rodolphe Cattin – single frequency
    • Map 137-GQ-Kaparelli
      • GQ0E measured on october 13, 1995 with name CX44 by Gregory Durand 08:52-11:39 – P code
      • GQ27 measured on september 22, 1994 with name CX470 (Korifi) by Pierre Briole and Rodolphe Cattin – P code [Not scheduled in 2023]
    • Map 238-LR-Nemea
      • LR21 measured on september 30, 1994 with name 0448 by Dorothée Streiff and Aggeliki Marinou – P code
      • LR56 measured on May 17, 1993 with name CI451 (Stimaga) by Kostas Kamberos and Alain Simonin – more information here  and here
      • LR60 measured on May 19, 1993 with name CI514 (Agios Georgios) by Kostas Kamberos and Alain Simonin – more information here and here
      • LR59 measured in 1993 with name CI615 (Stimaga) – more information here [Not scheduled in 2023]
      • IM59 measured in 1993 with name CJ353 (Patima) – more information here [Not scheduled in 2023]
      •  LR84 Foukas measured on october 10, 1995 with name CJ73 by Kostas Kambery and Gregory Durand 14:13-15:42 – P code
    • Map 136-GP-Kandhila
      • GP07 measured on october 9, 1995 with name CD65 by Roland Machenbaum 12:45-15:08 – codeless
      • GP22 measured on october 9, 1995 with name CD69 by Roland Machenbaum 10:19-14:02 – codeless
      • GP35 measured on october 8, 1995 with name CD73 by Roland Machenbaum 15:32-19:28 – codeless
      • GP49 measured on october 10, 1995 with name CD90 by Roland Machenbaum 06:57-10:20 – codeless
      • GP6B measured on september 28, 1994 with name 1039 (Goura) by Dorothée Streiff and Aggeliki Marinou – P code
    • Map 361-SA-Tripoli
      • SA52 measured on october 13, 1995 with name T624 by Roland Machenbaum 06:26-10:36 – codeless
      • SA61 measured on october 13, 1995 with name T831 by Roland Machenbaum 11:21-14:22 – codeless
      • SA70 measured on october 13, 1995 with name T704 by Roland Machenbaum 13:30-15:51 – P code
      • SA8C measured on october 13, 1995 with name T665 by Roland Machenbaum 09:30-12:56 – P code
    • Map 234-LN-Nafplio
      • LN7E measured on october 13, 1995 with name CK70 by Jérôme Ammann and Kostas Kamberos 13:28-15:34 – P code
      • LN75 measured on october 13, 1995 with name CK24 by Jérôme Ammann and Kostas Kamberos 14:22-16:07 -codeless
      • LN80 measured on october 13, 1995 with name CK22 by Jérôme Ammann and Kostas Kamberos 17:17-18:49 – codeless
    • Map 346-RF-Sofikon
      • RF1A measured on october 13, 1995 with name CK47 by Jérôme Ammann and Kostas Kamberos 07:59-10:56 – codeless
      • RF1F measured on october 13, 1995 with name CK78 by Jérôme Ammann and Kostas Kamberos 09:58-11:34 – codeless
      • RF2E measured on october 10, 1995 with name CK12 by Jérôme Ammann 12:07-13:36 – P code
      • RF3A measured on september 29, 1994 with name 0018 (Agios Theodori) by Dorothée Streiff and Aggeliki Marinou 12:28-14:34 – P code

Google map INTERACTIVE

Peloponnese colloquium 2023

Navarino Environmental Observatory, 11-12 May 2023

Object: Two-days get-to-know, multidisciplinary, scientific meeting at the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) in Pylos.

Organisers of the colloquium: Christos Pantazis (NEO) & Simon Bufféral (PSL)

Targetted area: The Peloponnese

Scientific questions

  1. Geology and geomorphology of the area
  2. Earthquakes, tsunamis, and sea level change
  3. Climate change, atmosphere, and aerosols
  4. Applied geophysics and paleo-environments
  5. Water resources and geosciences, from archaeology to agriculture

Thursday May 11th 2023 morning (09:00-12:00)

Visit of the observatory and discussion around the observationnal arrays

Thursday May 11th afternoon (13:30-18:15)

Five minutes pitch by each participant presenting their main research topic and prospectives related to the targetted area and the overall science topics

Active deformation (13:30-14:25)

Agro-ecology and paleoclimates (14:25-15:35)

  • Vasilis Gkisakis (ELGO) – 14:25-14:30 (cancelled)
  • Hakan Berg (SU) – 14:30-14:35
  • Martina Hättestrand (SU, NEO) – 14:35-14:40
  • Giorgos Maneas (NEO) 14:40-14:45
  • Christos Pantazis (NEO) 14:45-14:50
  • Nikos Zaharias (UPAT) 14:50-14:55
  • Open discussion on the topic – 14:55-15:35

Break 15:35-16:05

Atmosphere and aerosols (16:05-17:05)

  • Vaggelis Gerasopoulos (NOA IERSD) – 16:05-16:10
  • Pasquale Sellito (LISA, IPSL, INGV-OE) – Atmosphere & aerosols – 16:10-16:15
  • Stavros Solomos (Academy of Athens) – 16:15-16:20
  • Nikos Mihalopoulos (NOA IERSD) – 16:20-16:25 (cancelled)
  • Open discussion on the topic – 16:25-17:05

Geomorphology (17:05-18:15)

  • Simon Bufféral (PSL Geosciences) – 17:05-17:10
  • Haris Kranis (NKUA Geology) – 17:10-17:15
  • Sotiris Kokkalas (UPAT Geology) – 17:15-17:20
  • Manu Pubellier (PSL Geosciences) – 17:20-17:25
  • Emmanuel Skourtsos (NKUA Geology) – 17:25-17:30
  • Paris Xypolias (UPAT Geology) – 17:30-17:35
  • Open discussion on the topic: 17:35-18:15

19:00-20:00 Aperitive

Friday May 12th morning (08:30-10:30) – Prospective

  • Future collaborations
  • New instrumentations
  • Scientific project
  • Educational aspects
  • Others …

Friday May 12th afternoon (11:00-18:00) -Field trip of nearby geological features

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY!: Is the Taygetos range a compressional anticline, an exhumed dome, a fault-bounded horst, or everything at once?

This question will discusses during a short field trip across the multiple phases of deformation in the Southern and Central Peloponnese, with stops along the alpine fault-and-thrust belt, the active normal faults of East Messenia, and the northern termination of the Taygetos metamorphic window.

CRL School 2023

The CRL School 2023 is being helded (22-26 September 2023)

 

The CRL School 2023 brochure ( updated)

New! Join us at Facebook and share with us your photos here

Instructions for Monday:

  • The School teachers and the School students (pupils) should be outside Akti hotel at 10:00 to take the bus to the 3rd Gymnasium of Nafpaktos at Ligia
  • The students should be in Nafpaktia room at 09:00
  • The students should be in ouside Akti hotel at 13:30 to take the bus to the 3rd Gymnasium of Nafpaktos at Ligia for the GNSS followup handson

Hands on followup in GNSS

  • Please browse to the CRL School 2023 GNSS hands-on repository
  • There download your directory with the Rinex files to a USB and the PC that you will work on Monday.
  • Upload your paper in the CRL School 2023 GNSS teamsResponses
  • Process the rinex files as instructed
  • Browse to Adding basemaps in QGIS
  • Open QGIS and create a new project
  • Move to paragraph : « Here are the steps to add Bing imagery as a basemap in QIGS »
  • The  in QGIS go to Layer –> Add layer –> Add delimited text layer
  • Browse to the produced file…
  • Click here to go to the web page dedicated to the GNSS hand-on

Presentations:

Why CRL ? (P. Briole, 22/09)

The geodetic monitoring of CRL (P. Briole, 22/09)

Space observation at CRL (some useful links)

Teaching Earthquakes in classroom using open data,  case study: active fault bases (K. Makri, 25/09)

Instructions:

Prerequisites for Hand on simple seismic software packages provided
on-line on Saturday 15:00 – 16:00 (EET):
Please follow in advance the instructions for Topic1 to be prepared for
the relative class

Download the map CRL_School_2023_map.tif and the sample data archive
CRL_School_2023_pick_data.zip from here

Dear lecturers of CRL School 2023: Please send your abstract, our CV (using these templates) and hotel reservation in Akti Hotel (with special price for the CRL School participants), not later than Monday 26 June 2023, to CRL School 2023 committee.

You can download the call for the CRL School 2023 (and in Greek)

For further information, you can contact the CRL School 2023 committee.

CRL.School.edu@gmail.com

Call for students and teachers to participate in the Corinth Rift Laboratory School 2023

CRL School 2023

Corinth Rift Observatory

Dear Student and Teacher,

The Corinthian Gulf region is one of the most active rifts worldwide, with extensional deformation rates of up to 15 millimeters per year, observed between its north and south coasts. This phenomenon is unique in Europe and in areas beyond tectonic boundaries. Additionally, the coastal areas of southern Fokida in the northern portion of the Gulf subside, while the coastal areas of northern Achaia in the southern part are uplift. Throughout history, strong and destructive earthquakes have occurred in the area, with the most recent one being the Aegion earthquake in 1995.

For over 30 years, there has been a collective effort to comprehend the geophysical phenomena in the area, including earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis. The numerous and extensive studies conducted by research teams from across Europe reflect the importance of this pursuit. To facilitate these studies, a plethora of instruments, such as seismometers, accelerometers, and geodetic GNSS receivers, have been installed and equipped with telemetry to enable their full operation. Seismological and GNSS geodetic stations are being utilized to record ground motion and measure ground deformation, respectively, to better understand the geo-tectonic background of the region. Frequent acquisitions of data from Earth observation satellites are also being obtained to supplement these terrestrial observations. These diverse observations from both terrestrial and satellite sources are utilized in scientific studies across numerous fields.

Corinth Rift Laboratory (CRL) is a common site of research activities in the area. Its Greek members are the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the National Observatory of Athens, the University of Patras and the Harokopio University of Athens. From the French side, the École Normale Supérieure Universities of Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Savoie Mont Blanc and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. The University of Prague is also a member. The Gulf of Corinth has been included within the framework of the pan-European observation infrastructure of the Eurasian Tectonic Plate (EPOS program) as a Near Fault Observatory.

Are you passionate about geophysics, seismology and geology and eager to expand your knowledge? Then you won’t want to miss the opportunity to attend the upcoming CRL School 2023 in Nafpaktos-Patras, Greece, from September 22 to 26. After a successful live event in 2022, we are excited to continue the streak and bring back the in-person experience. With the chance to learn from esteemed members of the Corinth Rift Laboratory, including professors from universities across Europe, you’ll gain valuable insights into earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis. Don’t miss out on this chance to enhance your expertise and network with other colleagues. Join us at CRL School 2023! The aims of CRL School are:

  • Students with different backgrounds from different universities, to get acquainted with the research and related activities carried out in the scientific fields of Seismology, Geophysics and Geology, especially for the natural laboratory of the Gulf of Corinth. 
  • To bring the research/university community together with secondary school teachers to enrich their knowledge in the thematic fields aiming to more efficient and targeted training. 
  • To disseminate popular knowledge about the thematic areas in local society and local authorities.
  • To intensify the osmosis and collaborations among researchers/professors from different scientific fields on the thematic objectives of the Gulf of Corinth Observatory.

School activities are: 

  • Introduction to the science of seismology and seismicity in the Gulf of Corinth with presentations of researchers/professors as well as students and teachers of secondary education. 
  • Instrumental measurement of seismicity and visits to seismological stations in the area.
  • Measurement of ground deformation by geodetic GNSS, field work and visiting GNSS stations of the area.
  • Measurement of ground deformation by satellite microwave RADAR (SAR interferometry, SENTINEL mission, GEP-TEP and its application to the CRL), with presentations also in the laboratory.
  • Geological observations (geotectonic, geomorphology, coastal and marine geology) on- and off-shore, decoding the knowledge that they provide us.
  • Seismic Hazards and Impact on Engineering Geology, the case of Rio-Antirrio Bridge.

Among others, demonstrations of a seismograph operation for secondary education students, demonstration of scientific instruments, educational on- and off-shore activities as well as presentations/lectures by distinguished national and foreign scientists will be carried out to the participating students and teachers as well as to the general public. 

The summer school is mainly addressed to postgraduate and doctoral students. This year’s school will select 10 students minimum from Greek and foreign universities as well as 8 teachers minimum of secondary education. The school is free of charge for all participants, with the subsidy of students and secondary school teachers supported by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The subsidy for the students and teachers covers more or less the cost of accommodation and meals.

Information about the CRL, as well as the complete program and material for the past summer schools can be found at the link: 

http://crlab.eu

For further information, you can also contact CRL School team by e-mail: 

CRL.School.edu@gmail.com

Applications can be sent until 17th May

The decision for the final participants will be announced during the first week of June 2023.

Interested students can sign up using the following link:

Student Application Form

Interested teachers can sign up using the following link:

Teacher Application Form