IRETHERM is an interdisciplinary project connecting academia and industry in order to foster research related to the development of geothermal energy in Ireland. After five years of work on a variety of targets in Ireland, employing and developing tools in many geoscientific scientific disciplines, this project is coming to its end.
This workshop was meant not only to present work done in this project, but also to point out research needs, and collect ideas for the future. We thank all participants for the lively and constructive discussion.
Time:
Friday, April 1, 2016, 9:00 – 18:30
Venue:
Lecture Theatre Geological Survey of Ireland Beggars Bush Haddington Road Dublin
Agenda:
9:00 Registration & Coffee 9:30 – 11:00 Iretherm contributions I (Convener N. Willmot Noller, UCD)
The aim of this discussion was to define the areas of research that are important for the future development and use of geothermal energy in Ireland and elsewhere. The work in IRETHERM was focused at the very early stage of exploration for usable geothermal resources, and has produced many valuable results. However, there is still a large need for further research. This surely implies the improvement of geoscientific tools, including the development of methods which allow a better estimation of subsurface properties using all available data or constraints, together with the characterization of the uncertainty of the resulting models, including non-uniqueness and spatial resolution. Even more important is the necessity of generating or accessing adequate data for these challenging problems. Public affordable access to existing data, as well as substantial funding of research aimed at this goal will be necessary in order to allow geothermal energy to play a role in the decarbonisation process of Ireland in the future. Geothermal energy also has a problem concerning the lack of a legal basis, education, and public perception.
Panelists:
A. Manzella (CNR, Pisa, IT), N. O’Neill (SLR, IE), R. Pasquali (GAI, GeoServ, IE), E. Huenges (GFZ Potsdam, DE), P. Younger (Univ. of Glasgow, UK)
17:15 – The End (wine and cheese)
9:30 – 18:00 Posters:
S. Blake et al:
Compositional data analysis of hydrochemical data from Irish thermal springs
S. Blake et al:
Electromagnetic imaging of hydrothermal circulation systems beneath two thermal springs in Ireland
N. Piana Agostinetti et al:
Joint inversion of Receiver Function and Magnetotelluric data via structure decoupling algorithm
PyCurious is a parallel Python package that ingests maps of the Earth's magnetic anomaly and computes maps of the Curie depth. I began this project at @dias_geophysics with Robert Delhaye. Hopefully it will be useful as the @TellusGSI survey expands its coverage! @GeolSurvIEtwitter.com/JOSS_TheOJ/sta…Retweeted by
DIAS Geophysics
"It shows us that even in a place where we think nothing is going on, the world is a dynamic place" - Prof Chris Bean's interview with @RTEBrainstorm on Ireland's recent earthquakes and our unique position for seismic research @DIAS_Dublin#DIASdiscoversdias.ie/FwO4s
The EM group continue its collaboration with the University of Alberta in completing a magnetotelluric profile across the Peruvian Andes. The photo below is along the route to one of our stations. @DIAS_Dublin#DIASdiscovers
Fixed OBS topside satellite and acoustic equipment attached to M6 weather buoy leaving on the Celtic Explorer on 24th May 2019. Bon voyage! @MarineInst@GeolSurvIE#iMARL#DIASdiscovers
Does your school have a seismometer? Read about DIAS and Seismology in Schools program in the Teachers Union of Ireland newsletter! #NextGeneration#DIASdiscovers
Buoy M6 was deployed today (28 May, 10.45am) 400km west of Galway on the edge of the Rockall Trough. Fixed OBS topside satellite and acoustic equipment attached to this weather buoy! Just waiting for the OBS to be deployed in the next few months! @MarineInst#iMARL#DIASdiscovers
IRETHERM
Iretherm Workshop 2016
IRETHERM is an interdisciplinary project connecting academia and industry in order to foster research related to the development of geothermal energy in Ireland. After five years of work on a variety of targets in Ireland, employing and developing tools in many geoscientific scientific disciplines, this project is coming to its end.
This workshop was meant not only to present work done in this project, but also to point out research needs, and collect ideas for the future. We thank all participants for the lively and constructive discussion.
Time:
Friday, April 1, 2016, 9:00 – 18:30
Venue:
Lecture Theatre
Geological Survey of Ireland
Beggars Bush
Haddington Road
Dublin
Agenda:
9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:30 – 11:00 Iretherm contributions I (Convener N. Willmot Noller, UCD)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session
11:30 – 13:00 Iretherm contributions II (Convener R. Delhaye, DIAS)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Poster Session
14:00 – 15:30 Invited contributions (Convener V. Rath, DIAS)
14:00 – 14:20
14:20 – 14:40
14:40 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:20
15:30 – 16:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session
16:30 – 17:15 Panel Discussion (Convener C. Bean, DIAS)
The aim of this discussion was to define the areas of research that are important for the future development and use of geothermal energy in Ireland and elsewhere. The work in IRETHERM was focused at the very early stage of exploration for usable geothermal resources, and has produced many valuable results. However, there is still a large need for further research. This surely implies the improvement of geoscientific tools, including the development of methods which allow a better estimation of subsurface properties using all available data or constraints, together with the characterization of the uncertainty of the resulting models, including non-uniqueness and spatial resolution. Even more important is the necessity of generating or accessing adequate data for these challenging problems. Public affordable access to existing data, as well as substantial funding of research aimed at this goal will be necessary in order to allow geothermal energy to play a role in the decarbonisation process of Ireland in the future. Geothermal energy also has a problem concerning the lack of a legal basis, education, and public perception.
Panelists:
A. Manzella (CNR, Pisa, IT), N. O’Neill (SLR, IE), R. Pasquali (GAI, GeoServ, IE), E. Huenges (GFZ Potsdam, DE), P. Younger (Univ. of Glasgow, UK)
17:15 – The End (wine and cheese)
9:30 – 18:00 Posters:
S. Blake et al:
Compositional data analysis of hydrochemical data from Irish thermal springs
S. Blake et al:
Electromagnetic imaging of hydrothermal circulation systems beneath two thermal springs in Ireland
N. Piana Agostinetti et al:
Joint inversion of Receiver Function and Magnetotelluric data via structure decoupling algorithm
D. Kiyan et al:
Results from the Tellus A1 airborne electromagnetic data near Irish warm springs
J. Vozar et al:
Magnetotelluric investigations in the Newcastle area (Dublin Basin)
T. Farrell et al:
Temperature at depth within a granite batholith: a case study from the Galway Granite
Geophysics
PyCurious is a parallel Python package that ingests maps of the Earth's magnetic anomaly and computes maps of the Curie depth. I began this project at @dias_geophysics with Robert Delhaye. Hopefully it will be useful as the @TellusGSI survey expands its coverage! @GeolSurvIE twitter.com/JOSS_TheOJ/sta… Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Make sure to drop by on Friday 20th September when we will be opening our doors for Culture Night! @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers #CultureNight culturenight.ie/event/dias-geo…
35 years ago today DIAS seismologists recorded one of the largest earthquakes ever felt in Ireland @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/RTEArchives/st…
"It shows us that even in a place where we think nothing is going on, the world is a dynamic place" - Prof Chris Bean's interview with @RTEBrainstorm on Ireland's recent earthquakes and our unique position for seismic research @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers dias.ie/FwO4s
Prof. Chris Bean explains how the @DIAS_Dublin team is pushing boundaries with innovative new methods as part of the iMARL project supported by @scienceirel and @GeolSurvIE in this special issue of ECO Magazine #DIASdiscovers dias.ie/iTr36
Anton Vetrov from @PhoenixGeoLTD is @DIASDunsink today showcasing their new magnetotelluric equipment to @dias_geophysics and collaborators. @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers
M1.7 earthquake on 18th June 20:53:12 local time in the Irish Sea off Holyhead. Confirmed by INSN operated @DIAS_Dublin in co-operation with @GeolSurvIE. Details at tinyurl.com/yxknwhzr @k_verbruggen #DIASdiscovers
Tales from the high seas! Here’s a blog from Raffaele Bonadio, PhD student, about his experiences on the SEA-SEIS project. blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2019/06… @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers
The EM group continue its collaboration with the University of Alberta in completing a magnetotelluric profile across the Peruvian Andes. The photo below is along the route to one of our stations. @DIAS_Dublin #DIASdiscovers
Fixed OBS topside satellite and acoustic equipment attached to M6 weather buoy leaving on the Celtic Explorer on 24th May 2019. Bon voyage! @MarineInst @GeolSurvIE #iMARL #DIASdiscovers
Does your school have a seismometer? Read about DIAS and Seismology in Schools program in the Teachers Union of Ireland newsletter! #NextGeneration #DIASdiscovers
Buoy M6 was deployed today (28 May, 10.45am) 400km west of Galway on the edge of the Rockall Trough. Fixed OBS topside satellite and acoustic equipment attached to this weather buoy! Just waiting for the OBS to be deployed in the next few months! @MarineInst #iMARL #DIASdiscovers
Great to see Sergei Lebedev, Assistant Professor of Seismology at @dias_geophysics having his co-authored paper published in @NatureGeosci today! You can read the paper at: bit.ly/2Jqxoz2 @iCRAGcentre @scienceirel
Excellent work by @TellusGSI. twitter.com/TellusGSI/stat…
Magnetotelluric survey in County Limerick. Using high quality instrumentation by @PhoenixGeoLTD
An interview on RTE Radio 1 about yesterdays Donegal earthquake can be accessed here tinyurl.com/yytb3odw @DIAS_Dublin @GeolSurvIE
@magicbathtub
M2.1 quake on 29th April 21:18:23 in south Donegal. Confirmed by Irish National Seismic Network operated @DIAS_Dublin in co-operation with @GeolSurvIE. Details tinyurl.com/y4bewx3h @k_verbruggen @rtenews @IrishTimes @Independent_ie @highlandradio @OceanFmIreland @dgldemocrat
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Summer Internship within DIAS Geophysics studying Earthquakes, Volcano imaging and Marine Seismology. Closing date is May 3rd. Please share.