Partners: UPC, CENMA, CSIC, MeteoFrance, IGC, CGA and Centre de Sostenibilitat d'Andorra.
It's a research project which involves different regions: Andorra, Aragón and Catalonia. The UPC is the regional coordinator of Catalonia. The IGC collaborates in one of the three working groups, specificaly in the physical group. The main project objectives are to improve the knowledge related to the effects of climate change, evaluate the current socio-economic impact of snow tourism in the Pyrenees and to establish models that link the future climate scenarios to the evolution of the technical operability of ski areas. The objectives of the physical group are: the study of the evolution of climate indicators to detect changes in the high mountain climate, the study of variations in the frequency and magnitude of episodes of major avalanches, modelization of climate change both at regional and local levels.
Funded by: Comunitat de Treball dels Pirineus (CTP 2010).
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
The realization of a study of alternative protection means against avalanches in the open pit area: Los Botaderos Lastre and the High and Low Assay Stocks of the future exploitation Rajo Sur in El Teniente mine (Machali Municipality, Chile).
Works to be undertaken:
- Cartography of the avalanche area, at scale 1:5 000, affecting some sectors
- Geomorphological characterization of each area
- Realization of topographic profiles to define each one of the avalanche areas
- Compilation of historical data from the existing bibliography and from the field campaign
- Analysis of the available meteorological data on snow fall
- Numerical spot modelling of avalanche areas where detailed knowledge of avalanche dynamics is necessary
- Proposal for avalanche protection alternatives
Funded: Asistencia Profesional en materia de Montaña LTDA, Chile
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
The objective of this study is to carry out two jobs: 1) a cartography of avalanche routes, which consists of locating the route followed by avalanches in the study area and cartographying in detail 30 routes located in the area considered to be of high interest, mainly in the 7 km access corridor to the Veladero Mine: and 2) a job consisting of modelling the behaviour of the larger avalanches, in around 30 avalanche routes. To do this, it is necessary to characterize the known avalanches, and to determine their main dynamic parameters (speed, pressures, flow heights).
Funded by: Asistencia Profesional en materia de Montaña LTDA, Chile
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Real Observatorio de la Armada, Spain.
The Aludex project aims to use dendrochronology to find out when past avalanches occurred and their return period whenever possible, as well as to gather evidence for the meteorological conditions that cause catastrophic avalanche events in the Pyrenees.The information obtained by this project will contribute to a better understanding of these phenomena and will provide data that can be applied in dynamic avalanche models to determine avalanche hazard and risk.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, FEDER (REN2002-02768)
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Gesellschaft fuer Satellitennavigation, Germany; University of Bundeswehr, Poing; Germany; Bayerische Bergwacht, Bavaria, Germany; Österreichischer Bergrettungsdienst, Austria.
The main aim of this project has been to develop a location service for hikers and rescue services in the Alps and the Pyrenees, where two testing areas have been defined. Three types of services were developed: Infotour, to provide the user with a variety of local information and navigation directions; Safetour, to provide information related to mountain safety, and Datatour to involve users in the acquisition and maintenance of the Paramount database. Data transferred via http protocol using xml.
Funded by: Programme IST of the European Union
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Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Centre National du Machinisme Agricole du Génie Rural des eaux et des Fôrets (CEMAGREF), Grenoble, France; Technische Universität Graz, Austria; Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway; Icelandic Meteorological Office Reykjavík, Iceland; Centro Sperimentale Valanghe e Difensa Idrogeologica, Veneto, Italy; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, Davos, Switzerland.
Coordinated work between several European institutions in order of use the same framework on cartography. A questionnaire has been drawn up to obtain all existing information about avalanches in Europe, so that all database and graphic information will be homogenized.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Environment and Climate) of the European Union
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Centre National du Machinisme Agricole du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Fôrets (CEMAGREF), Grenoble, France.
The objective of this project was to conduct field surveys on the avalanches in the area known as Arcalís for mapping snow avalanches in Andorra.
Funded by: Conselleria d'Obres Públiques del Govern d'Andorra
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC); Centre National du Machinisme Agricole du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Fôrets (CEMAGREF), Grenoble, Francia; Universitat de Barcelona, España; École Polytechnique Féderal de Lausanne, Suiza; Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung, Davos, Suiza; Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, Francia; Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Noruega; Vedurstofe Islands, Reykjavik, Islandia; Universita di Torino, Italia.
Estudio de la dinámica de los aludes mediante la modelización de varias zonas piloto; elaboración de metodologías para la cartografía de zonas de aludes, e integración en un sistema de información geográfica. Se contó con investigadores de países europeos que trabajaron con el equipo de aludes y de sistemas de información geográfica del ICC.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Programa: Human Capital and Mobility) de la Unión Europea.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Central Bureau of Statistics of the National Planning Comission, Windhoek, Republic of Namibia.
Technical approach and support to implement a GIS application in the Central Bureau of Statistics, as well as the training of end users in the use of GIS information for land-use planning, water resources protection, and urban/rural agro-ecological economic development.
Funded by: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID)
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC) y Servizio Cartografico e Geologico de la Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bolonia, Italia.
Preparación y edición en lengua italiana del opúsculo en inglés 'Alluvial Plains', elaborado por el ICC, el Servizio Cartografico e Geologico de la Regione Emilia-Romagna, el Rijks Geologische Dienst de Holanda y el Magyar Geológiai Szolgálat de Hungría, y del opúsculo en catalán 'Què és un mapa geològic?', publicado por el ICC.
Funded by: Servizio Cartografico e Geologico de la Regione Emilia-Romagna.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC); Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Namibia; The National Planning Comission, Namibia; Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional.
La participación del ICC en este proyecto de cooperación consiste en elaborar la cartografía de Namibia a escala 1:1.000.000 (615.000 km2), del sector NE del país a 1:250.000 (190.000 km2) y de tres áreas de interés especial a 1:100.000 (20.000 km2) e incorporar los datos obtenidos en un SIG. La cartografía se realizará a partir de la interpretación de imágenes del satélite Landsat-TM y de fotografías aéreas. Para proceder a la localización de puntos de control para el ajuste del modelo de corrección de las imágenes, el ICC ha adquirido cartografía topográfica a escala 1:50.000 del país.
Funded by: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC) y AURENSA, Madrid, España.
Complete geological cartography of Argentina on one sheet at scale 1:100 000. The first step to be able to produce the necessary basic cartography was to prepare an orthoimage of the study area at scale 1:100 000 from a SPOT satellite image. Thereby, some field points were confirmed, the parameters defining the geometry of the sensor were adjusted and the initial image was constructed. At the same time, the necessary field work was completed. A geological synthesis at scale 1: 100 000 was extracted from both sources of data.
Funded by: Subsecretaría de Minería de la Nación de la Secretaría de Industria, Comercio y Minería del Gobierno de Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Partners: Technical University of Delft (Netherlands) and IGC
Exchange of information and collaboration with the TU DELFT in aspects of: mapping, geotechnical (sampling and laboratory techniques), geophysical, geological risks, water resources, remote sensing and satellite images. The IGC supports the fieldwork conducted by the TU Delft in Catalonia.
Funded by: the participant institutions
Partners: Université Paris Sud, University of Nice, University of Pau, Münster Geophysical Institute, UB-Geomodels and IGC.
The project objective is to develop and to test methods of measurement and joint investment of geoelectric and seismic data in order to study aspects of anisotropy and water flows in areas of mining interest. The study areas are: the Laboratoire Souterrai Bas Bruit (LSBB) near Rustrel (Marseille) and a location in AREVA of Lodève (Montpellier). It is planned to do a monitoring to test, in a 2D and/or 3D configuration, the working hypothesis related to the variation of the seismic and electrical anisotropy depending on the fractures filling. A joint investment, seismic and electrical software will be developed and it will be constructed in laboratory, 3D anisotropic models to test the anisotropic properties in a controlled environment.
Funded by: INSU (Institute National de Science de l'Uranium) from CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).
Partners: Laboratorio de Ingeniería Sísmica (LIS) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) and IGC.
The project objective is the classification of the new accelerographic stations in Costa Rica, by applying passive seismic prospection techniques. Will be studied 10 locations with stations already installed and 10 locations in rock to install new equipment. The main objective is to use the experience in field work and data processing acquired by the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory of Costa Rica (LIS) and the IGC.
Funded by: Comisión de Incentivos del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICIT) and el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MICIT) de Costa Rica.
Partners: Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona; Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona; Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Madrid, Spain.
Development of a methodology for applying electromagnetic methods and passive seismic characterization of sites suitable for CO2 storage, monitoring and modeling. Validation of the methodology in a pilot area of the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Hontomin, Burgos) proposed by CIUDEN and is applied in a area of the Intermediate basin given by the IGME.
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain.
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat de Salta, Argentina.
Exchange of the status of investigations related to the knowledge of the ground's response to seismic vibrations caused by moderate and intense earthquakes, presented by each working group belonging to both institutions. With such knowledge, and based on the available resources at both institutions involved, clearly define a possible joint research project, within a framework of mutual cooperation, in which both parties contribute their knowledge and collaborate in terms of developing and applying different techniques in previously agreed areas to be studied and worked on.
Funded by: Agencia Española de Cooperación internacional al Desarrollo (AECID).
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Estudis Andorrans, Andorra.
Preliminary study of the seismic micro banding in most urbanized areas of Andorra that included the estimation of the amplification functions of the earthquake, both in the zone of the valleys and on the mountain slopes, and a study of the danger of the generation of avalanches caused by earthquakes.
Funded by: jointly by the participants.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; University College of London, United Kingdom.
Completion of seismic profiles with a depth of 500-600 meters, in order to define the geological evolution of the Aínsa basin (Huesca province, Spain)
Funded by: Department of Geological Sciences of the University College of London.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire de Sismologie Expérimentale del Institut Physique du Globe, París, France; Institut de Ciències de la Terra "Jaume Almera" del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain; École et Observatoire de Physique du Globe (EOPG), Strasbourg, France; Université de Pau, France; Office pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outremer (ORSTOM), Villefranche-sur-Saone, France.
The objective of this project was to investigate the possibility of detecting the 3D heterogeneity of the active volcano Piton de la Fournaisse, by conducting seismic experiments testing several different source-receiver geometries.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Environment) European Union.
Partners: IGC
The aim of the group is the research on the area of the active and recent geological processes which occurs in the Earth surface, the soil and the subsoil. The objective is to provide the territory of fundamental and accurate geological information, which is necessary for a sustainable development.
Funded by: Departament d'universitats, recerca i societat de la informació (SGR00903)
Partners: ICC, Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente- CNR, ICNR-IREA, Politecnico di Milano - IPOLIMI, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Institut für Hydraulik, Gewässerkunde und WasserwirtschaftTechnische Universität Wien, University of Slovenia SIULFGG, Remote Sensing Data Engeneering RSDE, Universitat Jaume I (Castelló)
The aim of the project was to offer innovation tools for monitoring and predicting the volume of water available in basins by measuring the quantity of snow. In this way medium and long-term water flow predictions can be made, with a view to more sustainable water resource management.
Funded by: 6th Framework Programme of the European Union (SST4-CT-2004-012257)
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC); Geofluides-Bassins-Eau del Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Grecia; Laboratoire Souterrain del Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France; Istituto di Geochronologia del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pisa, Italy.
Investigation of radioactive elements and trace elements in experimental basins in France and Catalonia, and their implications on resource evaluation and environmental issues .
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Human Capital and Mobility) European Union.
Partners: Servei Geòlogic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Institut Français du Pétrole, France; Elf Aquitaine Production, France; Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France; École National Supérieure de Géologie, Nancy, France; Universität Tübingen, Germany; University of Newcastle, United Kingdom; Groupement pour l'Étude des Structures Souterraines de Stockage, France; Universität Friedericiana Karlsruhe, Germany; Norsk Hydro, Bergen, Norway.
This project was conceived to make an integrated study of some previously selected sedimentary basins in Europe and to carry out dynamic modelling. The study included basins in both expansion and compression regimes. The sedimentary response in the tectonic regime was modelled and the compaction and flow of fluids in the sediment were studied.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Joule II) of the European Union.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire Geofluides-Bassins-Eau del Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
The objective of this project was to demonstrate the potential use of radon and natural radioactivity as characteristic parameters of movement of water in aquifers of different kinds. Development in 11 water pilot systems.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Human Capital and Mobility) European Union.
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Spain; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Spain.
IGC has participated in the Seminar "Introduction to the radar technology and applications" teaching the subject "geological interpretation of the results MI DInSAR". The following topics were lectured: DInSAR products applied in geology, interpretation of MI DInSAR, monitoring of geological natural processes and the potentiality of DInSAR data in subsoil modelling.
Funded by: Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), Venezuela.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Spain; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- Instituto di Recerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Italy; Civil Defensa of Sicilia, Italy; Universitat d¿Alacant, Spain; National Observatory of Athena, Greece.
Project that studies the land movements, by means of radar interferometry, geophysical studies and establishment of a levelling network for the definition of the land movements models, elaboration of risk maps and analysis of the insurance policies.
Funded by: INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC (FEDER) (2003-03-4.3-I-014)
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Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, Aguascalientes; México.
Development of a prototype and the celebration of a seminary-workshop to present the potentialities of radar interferometry, especially in the scope of subsidence phenomenon, analysis of problems and monitoring.
Funded by: jointly by the participant institutions.
Partners: Institut Geologic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (San Fernando, Cádiz)
Implementation of a seismic early warning system in San Fernando Observatory based on the experiences of the IGC in the Catalan Seismic network.
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain.
Partners: IGC, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Toulouse (OMP), Bureau du Recherche Géologique et Miniere (BRGM), Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
The 2007-2013 European program Interreg IVA France-Spain-Andorra SISPyr was officially launched in June 2009 for a period of three years, with the participation of the IGC (Geological Institute of Catalonia) as project leader, the OMP (Observatoire Midi- Pyrénées) and BRGM in France and the IGN (National Geographical Institute) and UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) in Spain.
The program aims for the implementation of a system for acquiring data on earthquakes and a better matching of the scientific to the preparation of the seismic crisis management in the Pyrenees.
Funding: Funds FEDER EFA73/08 and the Languedoc Roussillon Region
Partners: Centre de Recherche en Astronomie et Geophysique, Centre National de Recherche Appliquée en Génie Parasismique, University of Bab Ezzouar; Moroccan partners: Institut Scientifique, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique; Portuguese partners: Instituto de Meteorologia, Lisboa, Universidade de Evora; Tunisian partners: Institut National de la Météorologie; Spanish partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada, Cádiz, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Madrid.
Earthquakes do not recognize national borders and, in consequence, large shocks which occur in the Ibero-Maghrebian region, including Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia, may affect several of these countries, often with catastrophic consequences, and their study requires cooperation between these countries and regions. Also it is the framework to reinforce the importance of bilateral and multilateral collaborations for research and development, training, technological transfer and exchange of data and personnel.
Funded by: all participant institutions.
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya
The aim of this project is to establish the exposition to geo-environmental risks, especially seismic, in the North-east of the Iberian Peninsula. Improvements on the knowledge of essential aspects on the seismic hazard as surface structure of the crust, characterization of the seismicity and the determination of the ground motion due to earthquakes will be carried out.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (CGL2007-63576/BTE)
Partners: ORFEUS, EMSC, ETHZ, KNMI, UU, CEA-LDG, UJF- LGIT, IPGP, GFZ, UP, INGV, DPC-SAPE, Imperial, BGS, NORSAR, ITSAK, KOERI, FFCUL, IST, IGC, AWI, UNLIV, NIEP, ZAMG, NOA-IG.
NERIES is a consortium of 23 universities and research centres that share the expertise and infrastructure in the field of seismology. The aim of the project is to integrate research infrastructure related to the study of seismicity: Distribution of historical earthquake data files, Improvement of accelometric data dissemination and rapid development of shake-maps and loss estimation capability.
Funded by: 6th Framework Program of the European Union (INFRAST-2.1- 026130).
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Real Observatorio de la Armada, Spain.
Evaluation of seismic efects in Malaga and La Cerdanya. Comparation with real damages caused by earthquakes (Girona 1428 and Malaga 1680).
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (REN2003-05178-C03-03).
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
The first initiative for long-term seafloor seismic monitoring in Spain was successfully realized on 2005, when a permanent broadband ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) and a differential pressure gauge (DPG) were installed at about 50 km offshore of the region of Catalonia in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, FEDER (REN2003-06577/RIES).
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minières, Montpellier, France; Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, Champs-sur-Marne, France; Direcció General d'Emergències i Seguretat Civil of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain; Ajuntament de Puigcerdà, Spain; Centre de Recerca en Ciències de la Terra, Andorra.
The main objective is to obtain trans-border and unified zoning of the Pyrenees to be used for preventive and operational information on seismic risk, without distortion on the Spanish-French border. Soil effects, joint seismic stations, automatic seismic systems and damage estimation.
Funded by: FEDER funds of the European Union (Interreg III Programme, I3A-217).
Partners: Servei Geòlogic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, Greece; Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece; Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussés, París, France; Rheinisch-Westfaelisch Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany; Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy; University of Tokyo, Japan; Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovaquia.
The aim of the project was the validation of computing codes, both of the effects of local amplification and of the soil-structure interaction of seismicity in the Volvi-Thessaloniki valley.
Funded by: The Energy, Environmental and Sustainable Development Programme of the European Union (EVG1-CT-2001-00040)
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; European Seismological Commission and International Geological Correlation Program
Data integration methodology for Mediterranean seismic hazard map at scale 1: 5 000 000
Funded by: Swiss Seismological Service, Zurich, Switzerland.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d¿Estudis Andorrans, Andorra.
Geotectonic data summary of different zones were carried out in order to characterize the dynamic parameters of the Valira valley ground. With this data the functions of seismic transference with an equivalent 1D linear method (pro Shake) were estimated. On the other hand, a campaign to record seismic noise was carried out. Seismic shaping was defined by taking the previous parameters into account. Sliding probabilities produced by earthquakes were also estimated, adapting a Catalonian procedure.
Funded by: jointly by the participant institutions.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
Activities to promote the collaboration between the research community in Catalonia as well as other international institutions in the field of the thematic network.
Funded by: DURSI (XT 2003), Government of Catalonia.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Skopje, Macedonia; Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucarest, Romania; Politecnico-structural Engineering Department, Milan, Italy; Land Use Planning and Natural Risks Services, Marseille, France; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Laboratory of Seismic Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria.
The main aim of the project was to develop a general and modular methodology for the accomplishment of seismic damage scenarios, considering the specificities of European cities, including buildings and historical sites. It is based on the evaluation of the seismic danger, on the systematic inventory and the typologies of the elements at risk and the analysis of the value and the vulnerability of these elements. The methodology was applied in seven European cities, among them, Barcelona.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development of the European Union.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC) Barcelona, Spain; AURENSA, Madrid, Sapain.
Inspection and installation of a surveillance seismic network and accelerometer network in the Dominican Republic with the objective of recording, near real time, seismic information of the Caribbean island in order to have a technical tool for earthquake monitoring.
Funded by: European Union
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; Geologisches Landesamt, Germany; Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Paris, France; Instituto di Recerca sulla Tettonica Recente, Italy; National Geological Survey of The Netherlands; Universität zu Köln, Germany.
Two-year project to evaluate the potentiality of large earthquakes in areas where there is currently little seismic activity. The basis of the methodology used is that of repeated seismic movements on a fault with young sediment which lead to the availability of records of earthquakes in the form of typical morphological expressions.
Funded by: Directorate general XII for Science, Research and Development of the European Union.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne & Tectophysique de la Université de Grenoble, France; Institute of Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece; Laboratoire de Geologie de l¿Ingenieur, d¿Hidrogeologie & de Prospection Geophysique Liege, Belgium; Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Instituto di Geodesia & Geofísica, Trieste, Italy; National Kapodistria University of Athens, Greece; Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal; Centre d¿Etudes Techniques de l¿Equipement, Aix-en-Provence, France; Laboratoire de Ponts & Chaussees, Nice, France; Laboratoire de Mechanique des Sols-Structures-Materiaux, Paris, Spain; Aalborg University, Denmark.
Continuation of the EUROSEISTEST projects. Development of methods for the modelling of ground movement and the structures produced by earthquakes and validation of these by experiments in the Volvi-Thessaloniki network 1D, 2D and 3D. Linear and non-linear methods are considered, and an assessment is made of seismic micro banding methods in urban areas and their application to several European cities: Thessaloniki, Barcelona, Benevento, Nice, Grenoble, Lisbon and Liege.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Environment and Climate) of the European Union.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ; Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos, Granada, Spain.
The main goal was to develop digital equipment for seismic data acquisition based on personal and portable computers, operating in Salta (Argentina). Analysis of data recorded by the digital seismic network.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Programa de Cooperación con Iberoamérica), Madrid, Spain.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Spain; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Tolouse, France; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Escola d'Enginyers Tècnics en Topografia of the UPC, Spain.
Research project to study cortical movements on both sides of the Pyrenees, using space geodesy methods and techniques. Observation campaigns on the eastern and western parts of the mountain chain.
Funded by: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, Spain; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Tolouse, France; Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Escola d'Enginyers Tècnics en Topografia of the UPC, Spain.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Milán, Italy; Geo Forschung Zentrum, Potsdam, Germany; Imperial College of Science and Technology, Londres, United Kingdom; Osservatorio Geofísico Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy; National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Schweizerisch Erdbebendienst, Zurich, Switzerland; British Geological Survey, Edimburgo, Scotland; Istituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture, Bergamo, Italy.
The objective of this project was to initiate the collection of a European seismic catalogue suitable for seismic risk assessment, using uniform criteria. An important part of the project involved the establishment of rigorous methodologies for the development of seismic catalogues, both in terms of historical seismicity data and instrumental seismicity data.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Environment) European Union.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Ente Nazionale della Energia Elettrica (ENEL), Roma, Italy; Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l¿Energia e l¿Ambiente (ENEA), Roma, Italy.
This project consisted of testing the comparative performance of different recording systems of intense movements produced by earthquakes. In particular, a system developed at the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) was compared with another commercially available in Italy.
Funded by: Italian and Spanish Foreign Affairs Ministries.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne & Tectonophysique of the Université de Grenoble, France; Institute of Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering, Tesalónica, Greece; Université de Liege, Bélgica; Istituto di Geodesia & Geofisica, Trieste, Italy; National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil del Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal; Centre d¿Études Techniques de l¿Equipement, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Study of the influence of sediment on earthquake ground motion and its effects on structures. A test site was defined in Volvi-Thessaloniki where a series of sensors and corresponding data acquisition systems were installed, in order to obtain detailed information about the movement in different locations of geotechnical characteristics. Several campaigns were carried out with geophysical and geotechnical methods to characterize subsurface and a small-scale model building was constructed.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Environment) European Union.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orleans, France; Observatoire Royal de Belgium, Brussels, Belgium; Departament d'Història Medieval de la Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Collecting and analyzing information concerning 1373 earthquakes in the central Pyrenees. Its historical analysis and seismic interpretation contributed to the evaluation of seismic hazard.
Funded by: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques (DPTOP) de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minières (BRGM), France; Observatoire Royal de Belgique.
Partners: Servei Geològic de catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne & Tectonophysique de la Université de Grenoble, France
Adaptation and developing software as a tool for a study on local seismic effects study. Soil response data comparison between Catalonia and Ashigara Valley (Japan).
Funded by: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques (DPTOP) de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne & Tectonophysique de la Université de Grenoble; Centre Interdepartamental de Recerca i Innovació Tecnològica (CIRIT), Barcelona, Spain.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire du Paris, France; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France; Université Montpellier II, France; Geoid Montpellier, France; Geologie Tectonique-Environment et Risques, Montpellier, France; Université des Sciences et Technique du Languedoc, Montpellier, France; Institut für die Anwendurg der Geodäsie in dem Bauwessen, Stuttgart, Germany.
Current distribution of tectonic deformation studies for estimating the return periods of destructive seism in the eastern Pyrenees, applying geodesic techniques to measure recent cortical movements. This interdisciplinary project includes geodesic and seismological studies of neo tectonics and historical seismicity, etc. Project stages worthy of mention are: design and establishment of the network (24 vertexes); a first campaign of observations; calculation of the data of field campaigns, analysis and comparison. Due to the nature of the area and the work, significant results are expected during a time span of at least 10 years.
Funded by: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques (DPTOP), Spain; Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire du Paris, France; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France; Geoid and Geoter; Université des Sciences et Technique du Languedoc.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne & Tectonophysique de la Université de Grenoble, France
Hardware and software adjustments by telephonic transmission. Seismic data analyses in Catalonia.
Funded by: the participant institutions
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Tolouse, France.
Establishment, operation and data processing of the seismic observation network of the central-eastern Pyrenees. Data from the field stations are transmitted to the Meteosat satellite reception centres of Barcelona and Toulouse. The result of the analysis of these data is published in the joint annual bulletins "Seismic activity in the Pyrenees".
Funded by: the participant institutions.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Spain; University of California, United States of America.
The objective of this project was the development and application of analysis methods of motion accelerograms for obtaining intense focal intensity parameters of earthquakes.
Funded by: Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques (DPTOP) of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain.
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Spain; Istituto per la geofísica della Litosfera del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy; Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minières (BRGM), France; Imperial College, United Kingdom; Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Bélgica; National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; Centre Seismologique Euro-Mediterranéen, France; Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica, Portugal
Review of some historical European earthquakes, which occurred mainly in border areas, to make available to the community a set of highly interesting data for seismic risk analysis, while laying down common methodologies for European seismologists and historians working in this field.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development (Climatology and Natural Hazards Research) of the European Union.
Partners: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC), Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Madrid, Spain; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto y Observatorio de la Marina, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain; Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica, Lisboa, Portugal; Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; Universität Friedericiana Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, París, France; Université Louis Pasteur, Estrasburg, France; Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederlands; University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; Dublín Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublín, Ireland; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Roma, Italy; Københavns Universiteit, Copenhague, Denmark.
The Iberian Lithosphere Heterogeneity and Anisotropy (ILIHA) project was set up to increase our knowledge of the Iberian lithosphere and upper mantle structure through deep seismic sounding and broadband seismological studies. Fourteen broadband stations of the NARS network were installed in Spain and Portugal for the period of one year (1988-1989) to record body and surface waves of teleseismic and local earthquakes.
Funded by: Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development of the European Union.
Socis: Institut Geologic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Observatori del Ebro, Spain; Centre Geosciences Azur-Geoazur, Nice, France.
Catalan seismic network improvement. The pressure sensor of the OBS will participate in a European network of the Western Mediterranean Tsunami prediction. Therefore, the exchange of experiences between Catalonia and Nice is of great interest, taking into account that a system built on a permanent OBS seismic network in real time has been implemented for the first time in Spain.
Finançament: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain.
Partners: Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada (San Fernando, Cádiz)
Evaluation of the soil movements effects produced by earthquakes.
Funded by: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (CGL2006-10311-C03-03).
Partners: Servei Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain; Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos, Granada, Spain.
This project involved the development of seismic instrumentation and its applications in the recording of seismic activity associated to volcanism on Deception Island.
Funded by: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Programa: Antártico), Madrid, Spain.
