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EPOS European Plate Observing System

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND E-SCIENCE FOR DATA AND OBSERVATORIES ON

EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, SURFACE DYNAMICS

AND TECTONICS

www.epos-eu.org

EPOS is a long-term integration plan that aims to create a single sustainable, permanent and distributed infrastructure that includes:

• geophysical monitoring networks• local observatories (including permanent in-situ and volcano observatories) • experimental laboratories in Europe

EPOS will give open access to geophysical and geological data and modelling tools, enabling a step change in multidisciplinary scientific research into different areas

What is EPOS ?

www.epos-eu.org

Ocean observation infrastructure

Satellite observation infrastructure

European Plate Observing System

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Lab AnalogueModelling

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Ocean Bottom Seismometers – EMSOMarine Geophysics (tsunami hazard, volcanology……

Space Observations DInSar – GMES….Volcano Ash Dispersal.GEOSS……..

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