| Ref.No: | 62446100 |
| Start date: | 03.09.2026 |
| End date: | 02.03.2027 |
| Approval date: | 01.09.2026 |
| Department: | MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING |
| Sector: | GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
| Financier: | INTRAPOWER EKTER A E KLX AIRPORT KOINOPRAKSIA |
| Budget: | 43.400,00 € |
| Public key: | ΡΒΔ546ΨΖΣ4-77Α |
| Scientific Responsible: | Assist. Prof. IOANNIS VAKALAS |
| Email: | vakalas@mail.ntua.gr |
| Description: | THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN OF SUBSURFACE GAS POCKETS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THE AREA OF THE KALAMATA AIRPORT EXPANSION WORKS. THE INVESTIGATION FOLLOWS REPEATED INCIDENTS DURING GEOTECHNICAL DRILLING, WHERE GAS AND WATER WERE VIOLENTLY RELEASED FROM DEPTHS EXCEEDING 20 M. GAS SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED AND ANALYSED CHEMICALLY AND ISOTOPICALLY TO DETERMINE THEIR COMPOSITION AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN BIOGENIC AND THERMOGENIC ORIGINS. GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY (ERT) AND SEISMIC METHODS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GAS-BEARING ZONES AND ACCURATELY DEFINE SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY. THE COMBINED RESULTS WILL SUPPORT RISK ASSESSMENT AND PROVIDE VALUABLE GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED CONSTRUCTION WORKS |
