Engineering geology competences at the service of Civil Protection

 

Several Research Institutions such as the National Research Council - IRPI, the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence, the European Commission-Joint Research Centre of Ispra (VA) and others are currently working to provide their expertise for the monitoring of the Costa Concordia ship.

For this purpose techniques and methodologies have been employed currently utilized in the field of Engineering Geology, such as TOTAL ROBOTIZED STATIONS, TERRESTRIAL and SATELLITE SAR, TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER, GPS, GEOPHONES on the ground and ACCELEROMETERS inside the ship.