SHALIMAR

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Le Suroît
Ship owner Ifremer
Dates 27/09/2003 - 26/10/2003
Chief scientist(s) SINGH Satish

INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS - UMR 7154, UMS 3454

1 rue Jussieu

75005 Paris

+33 (0)1 83 95 74 00

https://www.ipgp.fr/
DOI 10.17600/3020120
Objective

Studying a recently discovered fault in greater detail: the " Tripoli-Beirut " thrust, plunging under the sea at Tripoli, whose seismic slip probably destroyed Beirut in 551 AD. The Shalimar marine survey conducted in partnership with Ifremer will provide better understanding of its activity. The stakes are high, because the fault extends under the Lebanese coast, where 80% of the population lives(Le Journal du CNRS n°160 161, May 2003). The project aims to acquire fine bathymetry and fine reflectivity studies of the seabed, as well as images of the surface and deeper structures, thanks to a surface EM300 using seismic reflection and a towed SAR-PASISAR. The long-term results expected are: - average speed of movement on marine thrusts - identifying the latest seismic events (number, size, approximate return time) - determining the fault system's geometry (surface segmentation, 3D structure) - an initial estimation of the amount of finished shortening by retro-deformation All the results will be used to prepare more precise surveys(dives, drilling) designed to better limit the time scales.

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Salamon Amos, Omira Rachid, Zohar Motti, Baptista Maria Ana (2024). Modern outlook on the source of the 551 AD tsunamigenic earthquake that struck the Phoenician (Lebanon) coast. Natural Hazards, 120(9), 8893-8929. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06559-4 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00892/100409/


Carton H., Singh S.C., Tapponnier P., Elias A., Briais A., Sursock A., Jomaa R., King G. C. P., Daeron M., Jacques E., Barrier L. (2009). Seismic evidence for Neogene and active shortening offshore of Lebanon (Shalimar cruise). Journal Of Geophysical Research-solid Earth, 114(B07407), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005391


Elias Ata, Tapponnier Paul, Singh Satish C., King Geoffrey C. P., Briais Anne, Daeron Mathieu, Carton Helene, Sursock Alexander, Jaques Eric, Jomaa Rachid, Klinger Yann (2007). Active thrusting offshore mount lebanon: Source of the tsunamigenic AD 551 beirut-tripoli earthquake. Geology, 35(8), 755-758. https://doi.org/10.1130/G23631A.1


Daeron Mathieu, Klinger Yann, Tapponnier Paul, Elias Ata, Jacques Eric, Sursock Alexandre (2007). 12,000-year-long record of 10 to 13 paleoearthquakes on the Yammouneh fault, Levant fault system, Lebanon. Bulletin Of The Seismological Society Of America, 97(3), 749-771. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120060106


References of International Seminar Communications

A. Elias, M. Daëron, Y. Klinger, P. Tapponnier, E. Jacques and A. Sursock, 12,000-year-long record of up to 14 paleo-earthquakes on the Yammoûneh fault (Levant fault system). Title, Eos Trans. AGU,87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T43D-1664, 2006.

Briais, A., Singh, S., Tapponnier, P., Elias, A., Sursock, A., Jomaa, R., Carton, H., Daëron, M., King, G., Jacques, E. - Neogene and active shortening offshore the reactivated Levant margin in Lebanon: Results of the SHALIMAR cruise, AGU fall meeting, 2004.

Carton, H., Singh, S., Elias, A., Tapponnier, P., Briais, A., Sursock, A., Jomaa, R., Daëron, M., King, G., Jacques, E. - Miocene to Quaternary folding and thrusting offshore Lebanon from SHALIMAR seismic profiles, AGU fall meeting, 2004.

Elias, A., Tapponnier, P., King, G., Singh, S., Sursock, A., Briais, A., Carton, H., Jacques, E., Daëron, M., Jomaa, R. - Fresh submarine seismic breaks due to historical thrust earthquakes offshore Lebanon, AGU fall meeting, 2004.

Tapponnier, P., Daëron, M., Sursock, A., Jomaa, R., Briais, A., Carton, H., Singh, S., Elias, A., King, G., Jacques, E. - Passive-active margin inversion along the Levant plate boundary: Subduction birth and growth of Mt Lebanon, AGU fall meeting, 2004.

Thesis using campaign data

Ata Elias, souenue - "Le Chevauchement de Tripoli-Saida: Croissance du Mont Liban et risque sismique". Thèse préparée sous la direction de Paul Tapponnier (Laboratoire de Tectonique, IPGP), soutenue le vendredi 31 Mars 2006 à l'Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.

Hélène Carton, soutenue - Études tectoniques en Méditerranée orientale par analyse de données de sismique réflexion : bassin de Cinarcik (mer de Marmara) et marge du Liban. Thèse soutenue le 19 Décembre 2005, préparée sous la direction de Satish Singh (Laboratoire de Géosciences Marines, IPGP).