The project is implemented by the below research groups:
The research team 1 is based in the Department of Economic Geology & Geochemistry that was established in 1988. The main objectives (educational and research) are in the fields of the Environmental Geochemistry, Applied Geochemistry and Economic Geology. The Department is focused, among other subjects on geochemical investigations of soils, geochemical research of sentiments of the drainage pattern, hydro-geochemical & hydro-geological research, geo-botanical & bio-geochemical research, litho-geochemical research, isotope research, radiocarbon dating, and in economic-technical characterization and assessment of mineral raw materials and final products. Regarding the environmental studies, the Department is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, such as Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Unit, Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry Unit, Flame Photometry instrument, Absorption of Visible Spectra Spectrometry instrument, Portable chemical laboratory for water analyses, Spectrometry instruments, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, X-ray Diffraction Spectroscopy Instruments, Scanning electron microscope and Various Laboratory equipments for the support of various analytical methods. More information available at: http://geochem.geol.uoa.gr/index_en.htm
The research team 2 is based in the Department of Geography and Climatology (DGC), which is one of the 6 Departments forming the Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment of The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens that was inaugurated on 3 May 1837. The Department incorporates the Laboratory of Physical Geography and the Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. The personnel include 9 teaching staff, 2 teaching assistants, 4 research assistants, 8 PhD candidates). The DGC deals with subjects of physical geography (e.g. river deltas, beach zones), geomorphology (e.g. river catchments), climatology (past and present changes), coastal oceanography, dynamic sedimentology, photogeology, remote sensing and GIS applications. The DGC has participated in more than 50 research projects from which about the half are EU funded (e.g. MATER, CINCS, PDTD, HCM (Marie-Curie, INTERTEG-I&II, COST, PEOPLE) The DGS has the appropriate infrastructure, both in terms of equipment (e.g. portable borehole, sieve systems portable meteorological station, current meters, grab samplers, water temperature/salinity meter et al.) and in software (ERDAS, MATHEMATCA, ARC-INFO, CEDAS etc). More information available at: http://geogclim.geol.uoa.gr/main_en.htm
The research team 3 is established in the Department of Marine Sciences that belongs to the School of Environment of the University of the Aegean. The Department of Marine Sciences was founded in 1999 and covers all the aspects of marine sciences, including oceanographic processes, marine resources and coastal and marine applications. Considerable research work is being carried out on coastal sediment dynamics and marine geology, microplankton ecology, benthopelagic coupling, ecological modelling, water quality assessment, and on the development of alternative practices for the management of coastal areas (socioeconomic together with environmental assessment techniques) in collaboration with researchers from the Dept. of Environment. The Dept. of Marine Sciences has a wide variety of laboratory and field equipment and has developed numerous research and operational numerical models for the study of nearshore and open marine processes. More information available at: http://www.mar.aegean.gr/
The research team 4 is established in the Institute of Oceanography (IO), which belongs to Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. The IO comprises four Departments (Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Marine Geology – Geophysics), and three Interdisciplinary Actions (Open Seas – Deep Basins, Coastal Zones – Shelf Seas, and Operational Oceanography). It holds a very competitive position in European status and plays a leading role in the eastern Mediterranean. It is the only Institute in Greece that conducts multidisciplinary, physical, chemical, biological and geological, marine and coastal research. This research is accomplished through field measurements, analysis and experiments as well as study of characteristics and processes in coastal, nearshore and offshore environments. Its support units are the Biogeochemical Laboratory, Technical Support & Technology Development, Geographical Information Systems Unit and Database. Three research vessels (AEGAEO, PHILIA and ALKYON) equipped by sophisticated navigation and scientific instruments operate in Greek and Mediterranean seas. Bathymetric sedimentological and geophysical surveys conducted nearshore and offshore by the use of multibeam echo-sounders, gravity corers, side scan sonars, acoustic sub-bottom profilers etc. The IO has coordinated European IP (e.g., SEAHELLARC, SESAME) and national (e.g., AMPHITRITI, DANAOS) projects. More information available at: http://www.hcmr.gr/index.php
