Building Knowledge for Geohazard Assessment and Management in the Caucasus and other Orogenic Regions

PART I - The role of NATO.- 01-NATO cooperation with Georgia in the framework of the Science for Peace (SPS) Programme.-  02-Lens on NATO-Georgia cooperation: a shared engagement.- 03-An overview of the 20-year collaboration between NATO and Earth scientists to assess geohazards in the Caucasus and other critical regions.- PART II - Key studies focused on regional and geological aspects.- 04-Active kinematics of the Greater Caucasus from seismological and GPS data: A review.- 05-Structural architecture of the western Greater Caucasus orogen: New data from a crustal-scale structural cross-section.- 06-The geometry of the two orogens convergence and collision zones in central Georgia: New data from seismic reflection profiles.- 07-Regional seismotectonic zonation of hydrocarbon fields in active thrust belts: a case study from Italy.- PART III - Key studies for seismic hazard assessment.- 08-The 2020 National Seismic Hazard Model for Georgia (Sakartvelo).- 09-Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Models for Crustal Earthquakes in Georgia.- 10-Time series analysis of fault strain accumulation around large dam: the case of Enguri dam, Greater Caucasus.- 11-Geohazard assessment along the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan).- PART IV - Key studies for volcanic hazard assessment.- 12-Quaternary volcanic activity in the Greater Caucasus: a review of Elbrus, Kazbek and Keli volcanoes.- 13-Tectonic control over the Abuli Samsari Volcanic Ridge, Lesser Caucasus, Georgia.- PART V - Key studies for hydrological, landslide and coastal hazard assessment.- 14-Landslide and mudflow hazard assessment in Georgia.- 15-Significance of the Spatial Resolution of DEM in Regional Slope Stability Analysis Enguri Dam, Republic of Georgia.- 16-Description of a 2-year, high-resolution geodetic monitoring of the Khoko landslide, Enguri reservoir, Georgia.- 17-Examples of coastal hazard along the Georgian Black Sea Coast.- PART VI - Seismic micronation.- 18-Extensive Microzonation as a

Fabio L. Bonali is Researcher at the University of Milan-Bicocca (Milan, Italy), where he conducts his research on "Seismic and Volcanic Hazard", "Active tectonics" and "Volcano-tectonics". He achieved his PhD in Earth Sciences in 2014 and, during his career so far, he has specialized in field and drone surveys, numerical and physically-scaled modelling applied to research performed in Italy, Iceland, South America and Asia. 

His research resulted in 39 scientific papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, on active tectonics and surface faulting, the relations between tectonics and volcanism, and seismology. Since 2007, he has participated in 10 international projects; since 2017 he has led three international projects supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Space Agency. He received three international awards in 2018: the Flinn-Hart Award by the International Lithosphere Program Bureau; an award by the EmergencyManagement Agency (LEPL) - Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, for his activity dedicated to the improvement of Seismic Hazard knowledge in the Caucasus; another prize was awarded to him by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) through the EGU Public Engagement Grants, in recognition of his organizing international, geo-related dissemination events, using immersive virtual reality and extending its use to people affected by motor disabilities. He is also involved in outreach activity on geo-related topics, through the social media, scientific blogs and university classes. Finally, he has organized several international dissemination events with ILP and EGU's support, and under the aegis of the Italian Geological Society.

Federico Pasquaré Mariotto is Associate Professor at Insubria University (Como, Italy), where he teaches "Geohazard Communication" and "Geology of Volcanic Terrains". He specialized in Science Journalism in the U.S. and spent five years working at