RESEARCH PROJECTS
Participated Research Projects as Principle Investigator:
Processing and Interpretation of Marine Geophysical Data, 1997. (Supported by TR, Prime Ministry State Planning Organisation (DPT) Research Projects, Principle Investigator: Dr. Muzaffer Sanver).
Deep Seismic Sounding at Black Sea, 1997. (Supported by Department de Geotectonique group of France; Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) and Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Departments of Geology and Geophysics, Principle Investigator: Dr. Ruhi Saatçılar).
The Evolution of the Southwest Blacksea, the Bosphorus, and the Northwest Marmara Sea During Quaternary, 1998. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK) and Turkish Naval Forces, Principle Investigator: Dr. Fazlı Yılmaz Oktay).
The investigation of the formation of Dardanelles (Strait of Çanakkale) by shallow seismic reflection data, 1999. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK) and Turkish Naval Forces, Principle Investigator: Dr. Emin Demirbağ).
Seismic Features of Aegean Continental Shelf Area between the Gulfs of İzmir and Saros, 1999. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), Principle Investigator: Dr. Aysun Güney)
Sedimentation and Active Tectonics of Marmara Sea, 2001. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), Project No: YDABÇAG-197Y044, Principle Investigator: İsmail Kuşçu).
Active Tectonics of the Aegean Sea and Surrounding Regions, Source Parameters of Destructive Earthquakes and Tectonic Settings, 2001. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), Principle Investigator: Dr. Tuncay Taymaz).
Geophysical and Geological Studies in the Sea of Marmara, Morphobathymetric, Seismic, and Coring Investigations During Cruise Marmara2000 with R/V Odin Finder, 2001. (Supported by Italian National Research Council (CNR); Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs., and Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK)-Marmara Research Center, Project No: IGM N. 69).
Investigation of the relation of deep-seated main fault zone and the response of this zone on the sea bed and the uppermost sediments in the Central Basin of the Sea of Marmara, 2004. (Supported by: Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK), Project No: YDABÇAG-102Y105, Principle Investigator: Dr. Emin Demirbağ).
Eastern Mediterranean Centre for Oceanography and Limnology (EMCOL), 2005. (Supported by European Union Project, FP6-2004-ACC-SSA-2).
Active Faults and Historical Earthquakes in the Marmara Region, 2005. (Supported by Italian National Research Council (CNR), Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK)-Marmara Research Center, Turkish Naval Forces (SHOD), General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)).
Archeological, Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Hazar Lake (Elazığ), 2006. (Supported by Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) Research Funds).
Collaborative Research: Basin Evolution along Continental Transforms: Nested Hi-Resolution Multichannel Survey in the Marmara Sea, Turkey, 2007. U.S. National Science Foundation, grant OCE 03-28119, 2/1/2007-9/30/2009. Columbia University (ABD), Istanbul Technical University, Dokuz Eylül University Joint Project.
Collaborative Research: The North Anatolian Fault in the Marmara Sea, Turkey: The Growth of Continental Transform Basins, 2009. U.S. National Science Foundation, grant OCE 09-28447, 10/1/2009-9/30/2011, Columbia University (ABD), Istanbul Technical University, Dokuz Eylül University Joint Project.
The North Anatolian Fault system in the Marmara Sea, Turkey - Insights from the Quaternary evolution of a multi-stranded transform”, 2012. TÜBİTAK-NSF (National Science Foundation) Collaborative Research Project (Project No:112Y026)