THE CORINTH RIFT LABORATORY

 ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΤΑΦΡΟΥ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΑΚΟΥ

  A research project supported by the European Commission

European Academic and Private Companies are joining their efforts to investigate fault mechanics , its relationship with earthquakes , fluid flow and the related hazards.
Continuous monitoring of  seismicity , strain, fluid pressure and geochemistry is carried out at the ground surface , at sea bottom , as well as at various depths in boreholes intersecting active faults.

A European laboratory for geophysicists, geologists, geochemists, and engineers to obtain:

  • A complette record of stress; strain and fluid flow versus time in, above and below active fault planes
  • Recent and present strain through paleoseismology, field geology, extensometry and geodesy
  • Seismic and aseismic transients and earthquake precursors
  • Imaging of moderate to large earthquakes (GPS, inSAR, accelerometry, seismology)
  • Non linear effects of soft soils on strong ground motion
  • Seismic hazard assessment methodology
  • Description of the geometrical complexity and anisotropy of carbonates around faults
  • Continuous cores associated with large sets of logging and borehole imaging
  • A comprehensive description of chemical interactions between circulating fluids and surrounding rocks

The laboratory, covering an area 30km by 30km, near the city of Aigion, is located in the western part of the rift of Corinth. This rift is one of the most seismically active zones in Europe


The Corinth Gulf : A Seismically Active Zone

AIG10 Results : Drilling Through The Aigion Fault