GEO-HASARDS

In the MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Jean Mascle, Dr CNRS

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Definitions

RISK = hazard (alea) + vulnerability

Hazard = probability of catastrophic event

Vulnerability = societal impact

Classification

Nature

Meteorology, climate

Geology/geophysic

Biology, mixed,….

Recurrence

Annual, decennial, secular,…2

The Mediterranean Sea today

( Mascle et al 2008)

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MAJOR HISTORICAL and RECENT SEISMS

IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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SEISMS (Magnitude > 3) between 1964 and 2006

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L’Aquila, april 2009

6,4 - 300

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MAJOR ACTIVE, OR HISTORICALLY ACTIVE,

VOLCANOES

IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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Vesuvio, Eolian islands, Etna

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Main active, or historically active, volcanoes

in Mediterranean sea

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Historical Tsunamis

in Mediterranean Sea

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Main tsunamigenic sources in Mediterranean Sea(after Papadopulos and Fokaefs, 2005)

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Historical occurrences in the

Mediterranean Sea

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Morphology of the Var submarine delta

(after Sardou personnal communication)

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Antibes, October 16, 1979

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Historical catastrophic events in the Aegean area

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Documents exposition

Trésors engloutis d’Egypte (Franck Goddio; Paris hiver 2OO7)

Consequence

In the area of Alexandria 18

LE RENDEZ-VOUS

DE L’ASSURANCE

TRANSPORTS

Cannes

28th and 29th April 2009