A novel approach for studying submarine faults: the FOCUS project (FOCUS = Fiber Optic Cable Use for Seafloor studies of earthquake hazard and deformation)

Marc-Andre Gutscher1, Jean-Yves Royer2, David Graindorge3, Shane Murphy4, Frauke Klingelhoefer5, Antonio Cattaneo6, Giovanni Barreca7, Lionel Quetel8, Florian Petersen9, Giorgio Riccobene10, Morelia Urlaub9, Sebastian Krastel11, Felix Gross12 and Heidrun Kopp13, (1)CNRS & University of Brest, Lab Geosciences Ocean, Brest, France, (2)Univ. Brest / CNRS, Laboratoire Geosciences Ocean, Plouzane, France, (3)Geo-Ocean, Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR5638, Plouzané, France, (4)IFREMER, Geosciences Marines, Plouzané, France, (5)Geo-Ocean, Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6538, Plouzané, France, (6)IFREMER, Plouzané, France, (7)Catania University, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Catania, Italy, (8)IDIL Fiber Optics, Lannion, France, (9)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (10)INFN-LNS, Catania, Italy, (11)Institute of Geosciences, Kiel, Germany, (12)University of Kiel, Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, Kiel, Germany, (13)GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany