Marine geology and geophysics
Activities
Aurora Borealis is designed to be a combination of heavy icebreaker, a deep sea drilling (up to 1000 m in water depth of 5000 m) and a multipurpose (oceanography, biology, geology) research vessel. Aurora Borealis will operate both in ...
The present activity is aimed at obtaining a detailed geologic map, both on land and at sea, of an area placed along the Ionian coast of Calabria covered by the 554 (Crucoli), 562 (Cirò), 571 (Crotone) and 577 (Isola di Capo Rizzuto) topographic...
ISTEGE - Project: Seismotectonic Investigation of the 1905 earthquake (Mw 7.5) within the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia (SE Tyrrhenian Sea)
Partners:
1. Dr.umberto [dot] fracassiingv [dot] it ( U. Fracassi),INGV - National Institute of Geophysics and...
The research activity in the Venice area was carried out in the frame of three projects, with the collaboration of the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of Venice.
Co.Ri.La. “Applicazione di metodologie sismiche innovative ad altissima...
The Sicily Channel lies in the northern area of the African continental platform, between Tunisia and Sicily. In a relatively small area, it hosts a number of morphological, structural, tectonic, and volcanic features, unequalled in the...
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News
OGS is taking part in an oceanographic campaign on the southern Brazilian continental margin, to study the seabed with the help of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, or AUV (photo 1). OGS researcher Daniel Praeg has joined Brazilian colleagues aboard...
OGS researchers are working in the Levantine Sea from 16 September to 25 October, as invited participants in the APINIL campaign of the French research vessel Le Suroît (see photo). The route of the vessel can be seen here: http://www.ifremer.fr/...
On July 11th 2011, the third member of OGS’s board was elected. Voters appointed Sergio Persoglia – formerly manager technologist at OGS, and now retired. What follows is his message to OGS’s staff: Dear Colleagues, let me thank...
The 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, is held in July in Edinburgh, Scotland. Among other sessions, researches from OGS will present their results in the session "Geological controls on modern and past Antarctic...
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