For Schools

 

Introduction to earthquakes

This section will introduce you to the following:

  • plate tectonics and faults
  • the earthquake cycle
  • the elastic rebound theory

 
 

The Izmit earthquake using satellite radar interferometry

In this section, you will learn how COMET scientists used interferometry to study an earthquake that struck the town of Izmit in northern Turkey in 1999. You will learn about:

  • how radar interferometry works
  • how interferograms are made
  • what we can learn from interferograms

 
 
 

The Global Positioning System (GPS)

The COMET scientists have used GPS for a wide range of applications, such as measuring the movement of mountains and measuring ground movement during and after earthquakes. This section will introduce you to some of them.

 

The tectonics of Greece from satellite images

This section will introduce you to some of the work COMET sciences have done in a tectonically active region, like Greece.