The project is going to furnish opportunities to scientists to share their expertise and activities systematic research and monitoring of seismic fluid geochemistry in active seismic regions in China, Italy, Iran, Turkey, and Greece. The aim of this interaction among these scientists is to challenge the application of the fluid geochemistry in the earthquake forecasting. A well-organized collaboration of the Institute of Earthquake Forecasting (IEF, China), the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV, Italy), Hormozgan University (Iran), Hacettepe University (Ankara) (HUA, Turkey) and University of Athens (UoA, Greece) scientists in seismically active areas characterized where the active role of the fluids in the earthquake preparatory phase and seismicity pattern evolution has been well recognised, can furnish a better understanding of the mechanisms generating the observed transients and anomalies, providing novel insights on earthquakes forecasting. With this project, scientists will have the opportunity to discuss the most recent results, the novel approaches, used methodology, developing together new strategies and filed/analysis activities for the investigated areas. Great attention will be posed to create new opportunity for young scientists of these countries to improve and share their scientific and technological experise working together in the field and discussing the new frontiers of the fluid geochemistry to investigate the preparatory phases of earthquakes. The project strives to provide scientific and technological supports for the realization of the ultimate goal of forecasting earthquakes.
The major contents of the project are as follows:
(1) The project will carry out fluid geochemistry researches in active fault zones with strong upwelling of deep-derived fluids, and analyse the genesis of geochemical anomalies of these fluids.
(2) In the selected areas (CSES in China, TABOO in Italy, Makran Subduction zone area, onshore Oman Sea, DSFZ (Dead Sea Fault Zone)-Antakia in Turkey, Milos volcanic complex, Greece) researchers will carry out continuous monitoring by using new technology, set up fixed online fluid geochemistry monitoring stations, conduct researches on the method of short-term earthquake forecasting, compare their data (new and literature), summarize the characteristics of short-term earthquake precursors in different regions, establish and perfect earthquake forecasting model, as well as create new monitoring methods.