Iva Kostanjšek • CROSSNET

Deployment of the ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) in the southern Adriatic

by Iva KostanjšekField work August 11, 2025September 17, 2025Comments are Disabled

On Sunday, June 15, 2025, we headed to the island of Lastovo to install the last three of ten underwater seismometers (Ocean Bottom Seismometer – OBS) from K.U.M. Umwelt- und Meerestechnik Kiel GmbH. Upon arrival on the island of Lastovo, we prepared, assembled and calibrated the instruments to ensure the highest possible quality data collection. …

Deployment of the ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) near the islands of Vis and Jabuka

by Iva KostanjšekField work June 30, 2025September 17, 2025Comments are Disabled

On Saturday, May 31, 2025, we headed to the island of Vis to install 4 more Ocean Bottom Seismometer – OBS from the company K.U.M. Umwelt- und Meerestechnik Kiel GmbH. Upon arrival on the island of Vis, we prepared, assembled and calibrated the instruments to ensure the highest possible quality data collection. One instrument was …

Deployment of the first ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) in the Republic of Croatia

by Iva KostanjšekField work June 5, 2025September 17, 2025Comments are Disabled

On Sunday, April 27, 2025, we travelled to the island of Cres to install the first underwater seismological devices, specifically Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) from the company K.U.M. Umwelt- und Meerestechnik Kiel GmbH, in the Republic of Croatia. OBS is a specialised instrument placed on the seabed to record seismic waves. It contains a seismometer, …

Installing accelerographs in cultural heritage buildings

by Iva KostanjšekField work March 4, 2025March 13, 2025Comments are Disabled

As part of the CROSSNET project, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Media, we are installing seismological equipment in cultural heritage sites. We would like to express our special gratitude to the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and its Director, Mr Tomislav Petrinec, as well as to the conservators and owners …

Participation in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Infrasound Technology Workshop

by Iva KostanjšekEducation November 15, 2024December 2, 2024Comments are Disabled

From November 4 to 8, 2024, project associates on the CROSSNET project Valentina Gašo, Viktorija Milec and Anamarija Tremljan Milun participated in the Infrasound Technology Workshop in Vienna as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization. (Source) The workshop’s purpose was to create an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the …

Field measurements of microseismic noise in the southern part of the Republic of Croatia

by Iva KostanjšekField work June 3, 2024June 3, 2024Comments are Disabled

On Sunday, May 26th, 2024, part of the associates of the CROSSNET project departed towards the south of the Republic of Croatia to perform field measurements of microseismic noise in order to find the locations for future seismological stations. The locations chosen for the measurements were on the Pelješac peninsula, and on the islands of Korčula …

Dan i noć na PMF-u

by Iva KostanjšekConferences, Education May 14, 2024May 15, 2024Comments are Disabled

Manifestation “Dan i noć na PMF-u” has been held since 2016, and was created by connecting the units that were independently and traditionally held at all seven departments of the PMF: Biology Night, Physics Today, Geophysics Live, Geography Open Day, Open Day geology, Open day of chemistry and Open day of mathematics (Day and night …

Participation in the round table on the topic “Earthquakes in Northern Croatia”

by Iva KostanjšekConferences April 30, 2024May 2, 2024Comments are Disabled

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, as part of the research project of the Croatian Science Foundation “Amplification of seismic ground motion caused by topographic effects in Northern Croatia – SIGMATOPCRO”, organized a round table on the topic “Earthquakes in Northern Croatia”. The Round Table aims to contribute to social and …

The Republic of Croatia became a full member of EPOS ERIC

by Iva KostanjšekUncategorized January 25, 2024April 29, 2024Comments are Disabled

The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) is a multidisciplinary and distributed European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), whose long-term goal is to enable and advance the integrated use of data, data products and equipment serving the scientific community engaged in the study Countries in Europe. (Source) At the EPOS ERIC General Assembly held in Rome on …

Participating in the International Training Course on Seismology in Podgorica

by Iva KostanjšekConferences, Education November 8, 2023November 8, 2023Comments are Disabled

From October 9 to 11, 2023, project associates Anamarija Tremljan and Marko Kapelj participated in the seismological workshop EPOS „Next-Generation Open Seismological Data Sharing for Science and Society“. The workshop, which was attended by about 100 participants, marks a milestone in the coordination and expansion of seismological services at the European level within the EPOS …