Merapi Amphibious Experiment

Subproject of the joint research project SUNDAARCk

Project period: 01.04.2004-30.06.2007

Proponents: Dr. Heidrun Kopp, Dr. Ernst Flüh

Sponsored by: DFG-BMBF Sonderprogramm Geotechnologien - Kontinentränder I

The project shall contribute to a better understanding of the potential for natural hazards of the Java subduction zone.

Three wide-angle profiles (P16 - P19), an onshore/offshore network of (OBS-) seismometers, and gravimetric/magnetic investigations shall help to decipher the 3D sub-bottom structure of the subduction zone and the connections to the high-risk volcanism of the Merapi volcano.

• Dr. W. Rabbel - Institut für Geowissenschaften an der Christian-Albrechts Universitat Kiel (IFG)
• Dr. C. Reichert - BGR Hannover
• Dr. B. Lühr - GFZ Potsdam
• Dr. Y. Djajadihardja - BPPT Indonesien

• Kopp, H., Flüh, E.R., Petersen, C.J., Weinrebe, R.W., Wittwer, A. and Meramex Scientists, 2006: The Java margin revisited: Evidence for subduction erosion off Java. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 242 (1-2), 130-142.
• Wagner, D., Koulakov, I., Rabbel, W., Luehr, B.-G., Wittwer, A., Kopp, H., Bohm, M., Asch, G. and MERAMEX Scientists, 2007: Joint Inversion of Active and Passive Seismic Data in Central Java. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (2), 923-932. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03435.x
• Wagner, D., Rabbel, W., Luehr, B.-G., Wassermann, J., Walter, T.R., Kopp, H., Koulakov, I., Wittwer, A., Bohm, M., Asch, G. and the MERAMEX Scientists, 2008: Seismic structure of central Java. In: Karnawati, D., Pramumijoyo, S., Anderson, R. and Husein, S. (Eds.): The Yogyakarta Earthquake of May 27, 2006, Star Publ. Comp., Belmont, CA, 2-1-2-11 pp.
• Wittwer, A. (2010) Investigating the crustal and upper mantle structure of the central Java subduction zone with marine wide-angle seismic and gravity data (Doktorarbeit/PhD), Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, 146 pp 

R/V SONNE

• SO176; 18.05.04-01.06.04; Cilacap-Hongkong
• SO179; 16.09.04-07.10.04; Jakarta-Cilacap

Kopp, H. und Flueh, E. R., eds . (2004) RV Sonne Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report SO 176 & 179 MERAMEX I & II (Merapi Amphibious Experiment), 18.05.-01.06.04 & 16.09.-07.10.04 IFM-GEOMAR-Report, 1 . IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.