EMSO-Preparatory PhaseESONET-EMSO All regions Workshop

5-7 October 2009

SEA OF MARMARA NODE EMSO ACTIVITIES

Namık ÇağatayİTÜ

Fault lines modified after Armijo (2003) and Le Pichon (2001)

1912Ms=7.4

1999Mw=7.4

Morpho-tectonics: Geohazards

Mater and Gürpınar (1992)

Distribution of population and Industy in the Marmara Region: Anthropogenic inputs

30 % of Turkey’s populationmore than 50% Turkey’s industry located in this region

Natural sediment inputs mainlyfrom the southern drainage basin

Inputs from Black Sea

Heavy maritime transport

Main features of Sea of Marmara as an EMSO node

Geotectonic setting on the North Anatolian Fault: Earthquake, submarine landslide and associated tsunami risk

Oceanographic setting between Mediterranean Sea

and Black Sea

Environmental risks of pollution from industrial, municipal and maritime transportation

Sea of Marmara

3He

Çınarcık

Central HighSesimic gapWestern High

Tekirdağ

Three important observation sitea) Tekirdağ B.-W. High b) İstanbul c) east Çınarcık

Observatory Locations

Sea of Marmara Observatory Design

• Multidisciplinary: geoscience and oceanography• Permanent, cabled to the shore (real-time transmission)• Clock synchronization

SENSOR Manifacturer & model Sampling interv.

Seismometer (OBS) GURALP CMG-40T 100 Hz

Piezometer Ifremer   1 sample/min

Hydrophone OAS E-2PD 100 Hz

Current meter NOBSKA MAVS-3 5 Hz

CTD SeaBird SBE-16plus 1 sample/ 10 min

Turbidometer WET LABS Echo-BBRTD 1 sample/10 min

Methane #1 Franatech METS 1 Hz

Methane #2 Contros HydroC 1 Hz

Oxygen probe Aanderaa Oxygen Optode 3830 1 Hz

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OBSOBS

OBSOBS

OBSOBSJunction

boxJunction

box

PiezoPiezo

PiezoPiezo

Copper + Optical cable

Copper + Optical cable

Shore stationShore station

Gas bubble monitoring

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Other instruments

Gas bubble monitoring

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Other instruments

Flexible, open to future development and connection of new sensors

Stakeholders list in Turkey:Major governmental research and public

organizations in the Sea of Marmara

1) ITU-EMCOL (Eastern Mediterranean Centre for Oceranography and Limnology (http://www.emcol.itu.edu.tr/).

2) General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) (http://www.mta.gov.tr).

3) Petroleum Company (TPAO) (http://www.tpao.gov.tr)4) Turkish Navy Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography

(TN-ONHO) (http://www.shodb.gov.tr/english.html)5) Turkish Coast Guard Command (http://www.sgk.tsk.tr/en_index.htm)6) Turkish Coastal Safety and Rescue General Directorate7) Kandilli Earth Obsevatory of the Bosphorus University (KOERI) (

http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/)8) Marine Sciences Institute of the Middle East Technical University (

http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/)9) Institute Earth and Marine Sciences, TUBITAK-MRC

(http://www.mam.gov.tr/YDBE/index.html)

10) Union of municipalities in the Marmara region 11) Marine Sciences and Technology Institute of Dokuz Eylül University

İzmir (http://www.deu.edu.tr/DEUWeb/Icerik/Icerik.php?KOD=74)12) Marine Sciences and Management Institute of the Istanbul Univeristy

(http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/enstituler/denizbilimleri/ turkce/turkish.htm)13) Turkish Marine Research Foundation (http://www.tudav.org/new/eng/)14) İnönü Foundation Marine Research Centre (www.ismetinonu.org.tr/)

D2.4. Reaching an official agreement between key stakeholders for the

work in the Sea of Marmara Node.

Stakeholders list in Turkey (continued)

EMSO Marmara Node Project Meeting of

Turkish stakeholders on 29 May 2009 Attended by the Vice-Rector of ITU for Research and

representatives of stakeholders (major research

institutes and government organizations)

The main points of consensus reached:

Considering EMSO project being important for the SoM,the stakeholders will constitute a consortium, and apply toTurkish Government with a project proposal for theestablishment of the EMSO Marmara node infrastructure

Implementation Plan for Observatory Infrastructure

Project proposal to be submitted to Turkish Government byMay 2010 will cover Capex and Opex for three years.The proposal need to justify:• Societal and scientific needs • Long-term sustainability of infrastructure (operation and

maintenance)

1) ITU administration will consider the project as high priority one and provide office space, personnel and other support

2) MTA will provide ship services for operational and maintenance purposes3) Support letters from organizations that could contribute to Opex

Meeting with the Union of Municipalities in

the Marmara Region : 1 October 2009 • a support letter for the project proposal, stating

contribution towards operational expenses

• Important for showing the technological and economical aspect of the observatories.

Meeting with SMEs planned during November

2009

Other Financial Work

Industrial funding• Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO)

(http://www.tpao.gov.tr): A seminar about EMSO and ESONET projects and project activities in the Sea of Marmara node was presented to the technical and scientific staff of TPAO in Ankara on 19 February 2009.

• Private petroleum companies with exploration concession in the Sea of Marmara were also informed about the EMSO and ESONET in June 2009:

a) Merty Energy and Petroleum Exploration b) Toreador Turkey Limited c) Thrace Basin Natural Gas Türkiye Corporation

WPs 4&7 Financial and strategic work (continued)

To generate funding in Turkey, we need support through workshops demonstrating the use of seafloor observatories to funding organizations, related industries, scientific community and public at large

WP.3. Legal Work

National Legislation (Task 3.2)• Worked with the Legal Department and EC Project Office

of the ITU. The result is that there is no legislation in Turkey specifically related seafloor observatories.

• Permission from Marine Affairs Department needed (KOERI’s experience).

• According to the Turkey's environmental legislation there is

no need for Environmental Impact Assessment (EPA) (http://www.cedgm.gov.tr/mevzuat/yonetmelik/cedyonetmeligi.htm for a typical deep seafloor observatory set up.

• In case the observatory is a coastal one, the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement (http://www.bayindirlik.gov.tr/english/index.php

should be informed.

WP.3. Legal Work (continued)

The deployment and security issues for seafloorobservatories concerns mainly two governmental Departments in Turkey :

• Department of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography (TN-ONHO) of Turkish Navy (http://www.shodb.gov.tr/english.html)

• Turkish Coast Guard Command (http://www.sgk.tsk.tr/en_index.htm)

We had meetings with these organizations concerningthese issues.

Trawling and ship anchorage are important risks forseafloor cables and observatory stations.

Acknowledgements

Special Thanks • Louis Geli (Ifremer), Pierre Henry (CNRS,

College de France), Yves Aufrett (Ifremer)• Luca Gasperini (ISMAR- Bologna), Paolo Favali

(INGV)