MAREMOTI – Tidal measurement, tsunami observations, modelling, and vulnerability studies for the Northeast Atlantic and West Mediterranean (ANR RiskNat 2008).

The MAREMOTI project brings together 9 French partners (CEA/DASE, SHOM, University of La Rochelle, GEOLAB - Blaise Pascal University, LGP - Paris 1 University, Geosciences Consultants, GESTER - Montpellier University, Geology Laboratory - ENS) and one Portuguese partner (Centro de Geofisica da Universidade de Lisboa), all involved in research on tsunamis.

It is coordinated by the CEA and has a three-year mission (March 2009 to March 2012).

 

Five main focuses:

1. Tidal measurement, to build databases of historical observations and improve the instruments
2. Research into historical and paleo-tsunami observations of ancient events (notably in the Balearic Islands and on NE Atlantic coast)
3. Estimation of the tsunami hazard by digital simulation, for the purpose of mapping the hazard and developing alert tools
4. Study of seismic sources that are potential tsunami generators
5. Estimation of vulnerability

Searching for tide curves and scientific exploitation

Search for tide curves in the archives

 

Digitisation using NUNIEAU + signal pre-processing + processing

 

Analysis by specific signal processing

 

 

To find out more:

 

• ANR MAREMOTI website

 

References

 

• Daubord C., H. Hebert, R. Creach, A. Loevenbruck, S. Allgeyer (2011). Western Mediterranean and North Atlantic tsunamis : inventory and analysis of tide gauge data. Poster EGU.
• Daubord C. (2010). Observations marégraphiques de tsunamis sur les cotes méditerranéennes. IXe Rencontres du groupe APS à Cagnes-sur-mer sur le thème « Archéosismisité et tsunamis en Méditerranée ». Résumé.
• Delencre G. (2009). Recueil d'enregistrements marégraphiques historiques de tsunamis et premières analyses. Rapport de stage ENSIETA 2ème année, 71pp.
• Sahal A., M. Labbé, A. Lemahieu, C. Daubord, C. Donnadieu, H. Hébert (2011). The 1979 Nice airport tsunami (French Riviera) : comparison between field investigations and a refined numerical modelling of the landslide and consecutive tsunami. Poster EGU.
• Sahal A., J. Roger, S. Allgeyer, B. Lemaire, H. Hébert, F. Schindelé, F. Lavigne (2009) The tsunami triggered by the 21 May 2003 Boumerdès-Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake : field investigations on the French Mediterranean coast and tsunami modelling. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1823-1834.
• Roger J., S. Allgeyer, C. Daubord, H. Hébert (2009). L'aléa tsunami en France métropolitaine. Actes du colloque Risques naturels en Méditerranée occidentale. Carcassonne, France, Novembre 2009.

 

 

Last updated: 12/12/2012