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Section 2.6: Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics

Topics

Topic 3 "Living on a Restless Earth: Towards Forecasting Geohazards"

Subtopic 3.2 "Temporal variations and the late stage before catastrophic events"

  • D3.3 (2027): Methodological framework for the detection, identification, and analysis of preparatory processes related to various hazards using state-of-the-art field monitoring

Subtopic 3.3 "Extreme events: characterization, cascades and impact"

  • D3.5 (2027): Development and field testing of a collection system for the observables related to the occurrence of extreme events
  • D3.6 (2027): The identification of the specific factors behind extreme and high-impact events

Subtopic 3.4 "Translating hazard knowledge to risk mitigation"

  • D3.7 (2027): Design of the next generation of early warning and rapid response systems
  • D3.8 (2027): Time-dependent geohazard forecasts targeted to modern urban risk assessments

Topic 8 "Georesources for the Energy Transition and a High-Tech Society"

Subtopic 8.1 "Geoenergy"

  • D8.2 (2027): Establish multidisciplinary scientific research platforms offering geoscience solutions to energy storage and safe disposal of radioactive waste in the subsurface

Subtopic 8.3 "Integration"

  • M8.5-3 (2026): Develop strategies for minimizing exploration or production-induced hazards, including stress- and thermal changes
  • M8.5-4 (2026): Integrate coupled processes of fluid-rock interaction, including those related to the deep biosphere, into models for geoenergy, subsurface storage, and mineral systems
  • M8.5-5 (2027): Build an open, modular simulation framework capable of addressing the complexity of coupled interactions among the physical, chemical and microbiological components of energy and mineral systems
  • M8.6-3 (2024): Apply advanced data science concepts for data management/exploitation and for complex systems modeling
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