Dear all,
The General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (ESC 2026) will take place in Istanbul in September 2026.
We invite you to submit an abstract to our session “Advances in Marine Seismology, Seafloor Networks and Ocean-Bottom Earthquake Observation” via
https://www.esc2026.org/abstract-submission.html
Deadline: 15 March 2026
This session focuses on recent scientific and technological developments that enhance
our ability to observe, model and understand seismic and aseismic deformation beneath
the seafloor. We welcome contributions on the deployment, performance, and
integration of OBS systems, both autonomous and cabled, as well as studies leveraging
seafloor networks to characterise microseismicity, rupture dynamics, and slow-slip behaviour,
crustal deformation, and the coupling between tectonic and oceanographic processes.
We particularly encourage submissions addressing:
• Innovations in OBS instrumentation, noise reduction, sensor integration, and
long-term monitoring strategies;
• Microseismicity patterns, earthquake swarms and fault-zone structure in
subduction zones, rifts, volcanic regions, and transform domains;
• Seafloor deformation measurements using acoustic, geodetic, and fibre-opticapproaches;
• OBS-based characterisation of tsunami sources, submarine landslides, and other
marine geohazards;
• Multidisciplinary use of seafloor observations to link seismic, hydrothermal,
volcanic, oceanographic, and anthropogenic processes;
• Modelling, data processing, and analysis methods that improve the interpretation
of offshore seismic and geophysical datasets.
Conveners:
Nurcan Meral Özel, Tuğçe Ergün, Carlos Corela, Afonso Loureiro, Roberto Cabieces, Maria Tsekhmistrenko
Kind regards,
Carlos Corela, on behalf of the conveners