A joint Syrian-Turkish team conducts a reconnaissance tour of active faults to update maps and determine their seismic cycle Details: A joint team of experts in Syria and Turkey conducted an initial field tour of the path of active faults in northwestern Syria and southern Turkey, in order to develop and update their maps and determine their seismic cycle. The tour of the field lasted for three days of fieldwork, as a preliminary step to conducting more in-depth and specialized scientific studies in the coming stages. The joint team included, on the Turkish side, the Presidency for Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD), and on the Syrian side, the National Earthquake Center and the Higher Institute for Seismic Research and Research at the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, in addition to the General Fund for Geology and Mineral Resources at the Ministry of Energy. The team identified 5 sites for research in the areas included in the tour, to begin working on them in the second phase planned for this March by digging trenches and analyzing the samples using radioactive carbon. The two sides ended the tour with a joint meeting to discuss plans for the next phase, as part of the efforts of the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management to strengthen the monitoring system.

A joint Syrian-Turkish team conducts a reconnaissance tour of active faults to update maps and determine their seismic cycle Details: A joint team of experts in Syria and Turkey conducted an initial field tour of the path of active faults in northwestern Syria and southern Turkey, in order to develop and update their maps and determine their seismic cycle. The tour of the field lasted for three days of fieldwork, as a preliminary step to conducting more in-depth and specialized scientific studies in the coming stages. The joint team included, on the Turkish side, the Presidency for Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD), and on the Syrian side, the National Earthquake Center and the Higher Institute for Seismic Research and Research at the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, in addition to the General Fund for Geology and Mineral Resources at the Ministry of Energy. The team identified 5 sites for research in the areas included in the tour, to begin working on them in the second phase planned for this March by digging trenches and analyzing the samples using radioactive carbon. The two sides ended the tour with a joint meeting to discuss plans for the next phase, as part of the efforts of the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management to strengthen the monitoring system.