MAM-YDBE-Projeler

Objectives: In this project, the main objectives are investigation of possible active faults in Istanbul land area in cooperation with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Directorate of Earthquake and Ground Analysis (DEZIM) and development of landslide determination and monitoring methodologies in priority landslide areas.

First, two selected potential landslide areas will be investigated in detail by high resolution non-conventional refraction seismic methods and monitored by borehole inclinometer and periodic laser measurement techniques. The suitability and efficiency of different seismic methods will be investigated for landslide determination and the best method will be realized taking into consideration of the characteristics of the landslide area to be studied. The objective is to create an efficient observation system at the end of the study to monitor determined landslides by borehole inclinometer and joint ground based Laser and PSInSAR application techniques.

Expected Results and Outputs:

Methodologies will be developed to determine and monitor landslides by doing multidisciplinary research in priority landslide areas.

Faults situated in Istanbul Metropolitan Area (Between Büyükçekmece-Küçükçekmece and Tuzla-Kartal) which are suspected to be active will be investigated by seismologic/geodesic methods.

Research will be realized to determine shallow sea bottom morphology (up to 20m water depth) between Büyükçekmece-Ataköy to reveal sea/land transition zone detail from landslide perspective.

Regional earthquake Information based on scientific findings obtained by continuous geochemical and microseismological studies of TÜBİTAK MRC Earth and Marine Sciences Institute will be continuously transferred to IMM (DEZIM) and thereby to AKOM to provide information for disaster coordination and alert at medium term.