[Geoqus] EGU 2010 session "Seismotectonics of the Marmara Sea region"

[Oliver Heidbach]

Dear colleagues,

With the upcoming deadline (Jan. 18, 2010) for abstract submission 
to the next EGU general assembly (Vienna, Austria, May 2-7, 2010), 
we would like to attract your attention to the session TS8.6 on 
"Seismotectonics of the Marmara Sea region". 

Three solicited presentations will be given by
- Pierre Henry 
- Anne Becel
- Elisabeth Hearn

To submit an abstract, please go to 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/2441
and use the link "Abstract Submission".

We are looking forward seeing you at the EGU.
The Conveners


Session description:
TS8.6/SM3.3 Seismotectonics of the Marmara Sea region
Conveners: 
Oliver Heidbach, Mustafa Aktar, Marco Bohnhoff, Kuveet Atakan

The Izmit 1999 earthquake east of the Sea Marmara has triggered 
a number of research projects all with the overall goal contribute 
to understand the structure, kinematics and dynamics of the seismic 
gap in the Sea of Marmara south of Istanbul. The main goal of this 
session is to bring together researchers from various geodisciplines 
that contribute to a thorough understanding of the driving 
geodynamical processes below the Sea of Marmara. Furthermore, it is 
intended to identify open key-questions and future challenges. 
Contributions may regard, but are not limited to, studies of:

- co-, inter- and post-seismic observations after the 1912 Ganos 
  and 1999 Izmit events framing the Marmara seismic gap
- Seismic Monitoring of the Marmara seismic gap
- Seismic hazard and risk assessment
- Historical seismicity and paleoseismological investigations
- Structural investigations from active profiling, receiver 
  functions and tomography
- Interpretation and modelling of stress and strain observations
- Finite geologic strain versus geodetic strain
- Relationship between crustal deformation and heat flow