Την Τρίτη 21 Μαΐου 2024 και ώρα 19.00 θα μεταδοθεί ζωντανά η συνεδρία υποδοχής του κ. James Jackson, Καθηγητή στις «Επιστήμες της Γης» στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Cambridge, ως αντεπιστέλλοντος μέλους της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών. Κατά την τελετή υποδοχής, ο Ακαδημαϊκός κ. Κωνσταντίνος Συνολάκης θα παρουσιάσει τον Καθηγητή κ. James Jackson, ο οποίος ακολούθως θα εκφωνήσει ομιλία με θέμα “How earthquakes shape Greece”.
Ακολουθεί η περίληψη της ομιλίας του Καθηγητή κ. Jackson και επισυνάπτεται το βιογραφικό του σημείωμα.
Abstract
The discovery of Plate Tectonics in the 1960s provided an adequate description of the evolution of the oceans, but not of the continents, for which a different language is needed. Greece is one of the most active parts of the great earthquake belt that stretches across the Mediterranean, through the Middle East, central Asia and China. Though relatively small, Greece has had a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of the processes that control the deformation of the continents, creating the landscape and geology of the land on which we live. Many of the concepts now central to our understanding of continental behaviour originated from a study of Greece, which has always been a focus of international attention because of its rapid deformation, abundant earthquakes, long historical earthquake record, and spectacular earthquake-produced landscape at sea level, accompanied by a sustained and excellent database of observations in seismology, geodesy, geomorphology and geology, mostly assembled by Greek scientists. This talk will summarize and illustrate that distinguished achievement.
