MARMOR: Marine Advanced geophysical Research equipment and Mayotte multidisciplinary Observatory for research and Response
The MARMOR project has been endorsed as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 and will be attached to One Ocean Network for Deep Observation action.
MARMOR has 2 ojectives:
To structure the French scientific community under the umbrella of Résif-Epos (the french research infrastructure for seismology and geodesy) by providing the mobile equipment required to advance the study of the earth deformation, seismicity, tsunamis, volcanism and the study of several key environmental issues in ocean and coastal areas.
To develop a cabled seafloor observatory, in order to monitor the on-going submarine seismo-volcanic crisis that started in May 2018 offshore of Mayotte and conduct multi-disciplinary research on the related geo-bio physical and chemical processes.
ScInObs will contribute to the MARMOR project via the procurements of instruments that will be installed in the horse shoe zone (site M1 on the diagram below).
Contact: louis.geli@ifremer.fr