NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS FACULTY OF GEOLOGY & GEOENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICS & GEOTHERMICS Laboratory of Remote Sensing GROUND DEFORMATION STUDIES IN CEPHALONIA ISLAND (WESTERN GREECE) BASED ON DGPS & PS INTERFEROMETRY Evangelos Lagios, Vassilis Sakkas, Fabrizio Novali, Alfio Fumagalli & Sara Del Conte
The Central Ionian Islands GPS Networks 24 bench marks in Cephalonia 14 bench marks in Zakynthos 4 bench marks in Ithaca
Seismic Activity (M > 3.6) Seismic Activity 2006–Present (M > 3.6)
Lefkas Earthquake August 14, 2003 Mw = 6.3 Zakynthos Seismic Activity March- April 2006
Cephalonia Island 24 GPS bench marks
DGPS Results
PSInSAR TM product of Cephalonia Island Processed by Tele-Rilevamento Europa (TRE) ERS descending: ERS descending: 39 images 39 images 4/19/ /27/2000 4/19/ /27/2000 ENVISAT descending: ENVISAT descending: 21 images 21 images 6/25/ /5/2008 6/25/ /5/2008
Reference Station (No 06) ITRF 2005
ERS PS Descending (1992 – 2000) Velocity Field (mm/yr)
ENVISAT PS Descending ( ) Velocity Field (mm/yr)
ERS Velocity Standard Deviation
ENVISAT Velocity Standard Deviation
V < 0 α < 0 V < 0 α > 0 V > 0 α < 0 V > 0 α > 0 PS Time-Series
ERS Acceleration Field V < 0V > 0
ENVISAT Acceleration Field V < 0V > 0
PS TIME-SERIES
Identification of Critical Area based on Observed Seismic Energy Released Star indicates the center of the two circles indicating Low (inside small circle) and High seismic energy release (area between the two circles).
Identification of Critical Area based on Modelling of Observed Seismic Accelerating Strain
Critical Time Estimation based on Temporal Analysis of Seismicity
Critical Time Estimation based on Accelerating Seismicity