Research group

Laboratory of Seafloor and Subseafloor Geological Processes

Laboratory of Seafloor and Subseafloor Geological Processes

Understanding contemporary physical processes that occur at or beneath the seafloor

The group carries out multidisciplinary research aimed at gaining a holistic understanding of all contemporary physical processes that occur at or beneath the seafloor, including the anthropic influence on these processes, and those that occurred in the geological past. The group research addresses applied and fundamental aspects related to offshore geohazards such as submarine landslides, faulting and tsunamis derived from both processes, continental margin hydrogeology, glacial geomorphology and sedimentology as well as continental margin stratigraphic architecture. These topics cover the disciplines and tools of geology, geophysics, soil mechanics and hydrogeology. The LS3GP has ample experience in 1) marine field data acquisition, 2) laboratory and numerical methods and 3) data interpretation.

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PUBLICATIONS*
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FUNDING*
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* Data from the last two years

Group members

Head of group (PI)

Senior Researcher

Postdoc Trainee

Predoc Trainee

Most relevant information

Highlights

Roger Urgeles is chief editor of the journal “Marine Geophysical Research”

Roger Urgeles manages ICM’s Geotechnical laboratory

Publications
  • Madrussani, Gianni; Rossi, Giuliana; Rebesco, Michele; Picotti, Stefano; Urgeles, Roger; Llopart, Jaume;
    2018

    Sediment properties in submarine mass-transport deposits using seismic and rock-physics off NW Barents Sea

    Marine Geology 402: 264- 278 (2018)
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.11.013
Projects

  • Sharing and enhancing capabilities to address environmental threats in Mediterranean sea

    Period: from 2019 to 2022
    Funding entity:
    INTERREG MED V-B 2014-2020
    Principal Investigator:
    García Martínez, Xavier Antoni, Laboratory of Seafloor and Subseafloor Geological Processes
    Acronym:
    SHAREMED
    Ref.:
    6184
    Amount awarded:
    380000.00€
    Web:
    sharemed.interreg-med.eu
    Abstract:

     

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    Marine ecosystems are exposed to the impact of a number of multiple stressors, resulting from multiple drivers, also acting in different areas. A non-exhaustive list of co-existing pressures includes climate change (e.g. warming and acidification), pollution (litter, NHS), maritime traffic, exploitation of living and non living resources, oligo/eutrophication, invasive species. The need to assess and address the increasing presence of coexisting environmental threats, which propagate in space and time across political boundaries, calls for transactional coordinated actions based on evidence-rooted common understanding. There is a clear need for sharing of data, procedures, information and knowledge, in order to support multilevel governance and shared spatial planning. At the same time there is a need to improve observation and assessment capabilities, by integration of existing systems, development of short term forecast systems, and incorporation of emerging technologies. 

    SHAREMED will increase the capability of managing authorities and scientific community to assess and address hazards related to environmental threats by:

    1) Providing frameworks for collection, comparison, integration, harmonisation of existing experiences and increasing the possibility to find, access and use existing information.

    2) Studying and testing procedures, multilevel agreements, protocols to standardise and produce a shared database and products to be used to assess environmental health and environmental hazards.

    3) Improve observation and assessment capabilities by: defining cooperation practises, integration of existing infrastructure in joint transnational systems; defining and implementing a relocatable forecast system; and incorporation of emerging technologies, with particular reference to operational systems and biological properties.

    The project will capitalise on knowledge provided by previous projects and ongoing programs, and will contribute to the definition of gap analysis, best practises, long term strategies and an action plan for assessing and addressing environmental threats in the Mediterranean Sea. The approach towards reaching the project goals will be applied throughout the duration of the project through active participation of all Project Partners in all Work Packages.

    Project title: Sharing and enhancing capabilities to address environmental threats in Mediterranean sea
    Total budget: 3,100,000.00 €
    ERDF funding: 2,575,50.00 €
    IPA funding: 59,500.00
    Project duration: 01.10.2019 – 30.06.2022
    Lead partner: Istituto Nazionele di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale

Contracts

Research lines

Impact of climate change on the coast and marine basins

Abiotic components of the ecosystems

Awareness of marine geological hazards