RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
NEW MCS SYSTEM
Before this project, no multi-channel seismic (MCS) system was available at HCMR or any academic institution in Greece.
The new multichannel seismic reflection profiling consists of the following compartments:
20 feet container containing double air compressor (3000 psi)
A winch with solid state streamer (24 channel, 350 m length)
Two sound sources GI-Guns with total volume of 300 cubic inches (90, 120 and 150 ci chambers each)
Seismic acquisition and processing hardware and software
R/V/AEGAEO
AEGAEO R/V AEGAEO was built in 1985 at the Chalkis shipyard and started her scientific operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1987 the scientific expeditions extended to the western Mediterranean Sea. From June 1996 to Feb 1997 the R/V AEGAEO was converted and enlarged by 10,5 m. The 62 m R/V AEGAEO was refitted in 1997 and now comprises a completely modernised floating laboratory, equipped with all the latest technology necessary for HCMR’s valuable research work which ranges from the geophysical exploration of the sea floor to environmental monitoring. R/V AEGAEO is the mother ship for submersible THETIS and ROV Super Achilles. The Accommodation the laborations and the equipment were changed for the better and R/V AEGAEO became a modern floating laboratory able to carry out all kind of scientific and technical operation. R/V AEGAEO has undertaken the detection and recovery of 2 ambulance helicopters, in the sea area of Sounio and Ikaria Island, one mirage 2000 in central Aegean Sea and a Chinook, helicopter south of the Athos peninsula.
“ATHENA vs. EGELADUS: Interaction between the Hellenic Subduction and the North Anatolian Fault: Implications for the intra-plate deformation and seismic hazard in the Aegean”