The objective of the project is to facilitate development and modernization of seismic hazard assessment in Croatia and provide knowledge and tools for the development of seismic risk reduction policies through an improved scientific infrastructure, increased capacity building and knowledge transfer, including communication with policymakers and other stakeholders and international research cooperation. The project aims to be an important contribution to making the Croatian society more resilient to the impact of destructive earthquakes.  

The project consists of following components:   

Component 1 – Assessment of seismogenic potential and characterization of the seismic fault systems and fault behaviour on the basis of newly collected data using modern seismological methods 

Component 2 – Development of attenuation relations for predicting seismic ground motion (GMPE – ground motion prediction equation) 

The activities include: 

1. Research equipment procurement, including seismographs/gnss units, geologic field equipment, servers and data storage, computer equipment 

2. Off-road vehicle procurement 

3. Research activities, including installation of instruments, collection of data, development of new structural models of selected investigated region, seismogenic potential and seismotectonic interpretation and development of attenuation relations for Croatia.

4. Dissemination of results and project visibility, including dissemination of the results in the scientific community, policymakers and local governments (paper publishing, organising conferences, reporting on the results directly to stakeholders) 

Summary of bilateral results

The members of the project team intend to continue their research based on the results of the project activities of this project. There is a long-standing successful collaboration between the project leader and the project partner, that will certainly continue in the future. As part of the CRONOS project, young Croatian experts were trained at the University of Bergen. Further cooperation between the researchers of the project leader and the project partner, who participated in the CRONOS project and represent a competent and well-connected group of scientists with respectable knowledge and skills in the field of seismological research, is also expected. The announcement of future calls for proposals covering the topic of impacts related to seismological research will certainly be pursued. In accordance with the available calls for proposals, new project proposals will be submitted based on the results obtained here, allowing the continuation of this research, but also its extension to other areas and cities.

A bilateral cooperation with the Icelandic Meteorological Office (Reykjavik, Iceland) is underway, in the framework of which a continuation of the research started in the CRONOS project is planned, in which the University of Bergen will also be involved, so a new project proposal is planned.

Project details

Project info
Period
2014-2021
Project Website
https://projekt-cronos.hr/en/home/
Approval date
Grant financing
2520687.00€
Final project cost
2237947.42€

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