Chiara’s current research uses seismology to understand the interior of the Earth. She is particularly focused in using tomographic methods to image crust and mantle structure from regional (e.g., East African Rift, Gibraltar Arc System) to global scales.
Selected Recent Publications
Civiero,
C., Armitage, J. J., Goes, S., & Hammond, J. O. S. (2019). The
seismic signature of upper-mantle plumes: application to the northern
East-African Rift (to be submitted).
Civiero,
C., Custódio, S., Rawlinson, N., Strak, V., Silveira, G., Arroucau,
P., & Corela, C. (2019). Thermal nature of mantle upwellings
below the Ibero‐western
Maghreb region inferred from teleseismic tomography. Journal of
Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016531
Civiero,
C., Strak, V., Custódio, S., Silveira, G., Rawlinson, N., Arroucau,
P., & Corela, C. (2018). A common deep source for upper‐mantle
upwellings below the Ibero‐western
Maghreb region from teleseismic P‐wave
travel‐time
tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 499, 157–172.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.024
Civiero,
C., Goes, S., Hammond, J. O. S., Fishwick, S., Ahmed, A., Ayele, A.,
et al. (2016). Small‐scale
thermal upwellings under the northern East African rift from S travel
time tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010,
1–14. https://doi.org/
10.1002/2016JB013070
Civiero,
C., Hammond, J. O. S., Goes, S., Fishwick, S., Ahmed, A., Ayele, A.,
et al. (2015). Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone
beneath the northern East‐African
rift system from relative P‐wave
travel‐time
tomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 2949–2968.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC005948
DIAS Geophysics are partners within the @eurovolc H2020 project where the first annual meeting occurred this week at the Volcano Observatory of the Azores Islands at the University of Azores in Ponta Delgada #eurovolc
Congrats to @StKiliansDS team Roan Batard, Ethan McQuaid & Marilou Gerbelot-Barillon on winning the Group 2nd place in Physical, Chemical & Mathematical Sci at @BTYSTE lfor their project: 'What makes Dublin shake?' @dias_geophysics were delighted to support you with your project! twitter.com/NBourgeois_Pro…
With support from the @GeolSurvIE , €1.5m is being invested to expand and upgrade the Irish National Seismic Network (insn.ie) New funding will result in more stations, greater coverage & more accurate recording of earthquakes in Ireland. tinyurl.com/yb6ho2cp
A seismometer has just been deployed on the surface of Mars! " This was the first time a science instrument had ever been placed onto the surface of another planet" For more info tinyurl.com/y7amv9qo
Our own Prof. Sergei Lebedev has been listed as one of the top 100 scientists making the world a better place!
For more info' on his project check out sea-seis.ie and also Prof. Chris Bean's imarl.ie#deepoceanlisteningtinyurl.com/ybd2hgo8
Dr. Duygu Kiyan recently presented her work at the AGU Meeting in Washington, USA. Along with her colleagues, she is imaging Ireland's lithosphere using legacy and newly acquired magnetotelluric data across Ireland. @iCRAGcentre@DIAS_Dublin@GeolSurvIE@tcdastro
"Forecasting the Unpredictable: Earthquake science in a crowded world" by Prof. John McCloskey is DIAS's 2018 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Cosmic Physics. Schrodinger Theatre, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Wednesday Dec 12th at 18:30. Admission is free!
The field season of the DIAS led HERSK project started last week when Icelandic Met Office engineers transported seismic gear with skidoos onto Hekla volcano. The HEkla Real-time Seimic networK project
is funded by the GSI shortcall program and led by Martin Möllhoff at DIAS.
This inflation has critically stressed the rocks in the volcano, such that small local earthquakes are being triggered by the tiny ground shaking from large distant earthquakes in the surrounding Pacific ‘ring of fire’.
Recent ascent of magma to shallow levels in the volcano has caused more than one metre of uplift of the volcano’s surface and thousands of small earthquakes.
Chiara Civiero – Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Name: Chiara Civiero
Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Email: cciviero-at-cp.dias.ie
Homepage link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chiara_Civiero
Qualifications
2016: Ph.D., Seismology, Imperial College London
2011: M. Sc., Geophysics, University of Trieste
Research Interests
Chiara’s current research uses seismology to understand the interior of the Earth. She is particularly focused in using tomographic methods to image crust and mantle structure from regional (e.g., East African Rift, Gibraltar Arc System) to global scales.
Selected Recent Publications
Civiero, C., Armitage, J. J., Goes, S., & Hammond, J. O. S. (2019). The seismic signature of upper-mantle plumes: application to the northern East-African Rift (to be submitted).
Civiero, C., Custódio, S., Rawlinson, N., Strak, V., Silveira, G., Arroucau, P., & Corela, C. (2019). Thermal nature of mantle upwellings below the Ibero‐western Maghreb region inferred from teleseismic tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016531
Civiero, C., Strak, V., Custódio, S., Silveira, G., Rawlinson, N., Arroucau, P., & Corela, C. (2018). A common deep source for upper‐mantle upwellings below the Ibero‐western Maghreb region from teleseismic P‐wave travel‐time tomography. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 499, 157–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.024
Civiero, C., Goes, S., Hammond, J. O. S., Fishwick, S., Ahmed, A., Ayele, A., et al. (2016). Small‐scale thermal upwellings under the northern East African rift from S travel time tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010, 1–14. https://doi.org/ 10.1002/2016JB013070
Civiero, C., Hammond, J. O. S., Goes, S., Fishwick, S., Ahmed, A., Ayele, A., et al. (2015). Multiple mantle upwellings in the transition zone beneath the northern East‐African rift system from relative P‐wave travel‐time tomography. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 2949–2968. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GC005948
Geophysics
Back in the field on Sierra Negra #IGUANAproject @GeosciencesEd @hernarado @igepn @dias_geophysics Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Servicing seismometers in the caldera of Sierra Negra today. Trapdoor fault in the background #IGUANAproject @GeosciencesEd @IGecuador @dias_geophysics @parquegalapagos Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
@dias_geophysics hard at work in a lava flow Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Early morning boat trip to service stations on the northern flank of Sierra Negra. Great support from @parquegalapagos. Volcan Alcedo in the background #IGUANAproject @IGecuador @GeosciencesEd @dias_geophysics Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in southern Peru on the 1st March 2019 at 08:50:41 UTC. The event depth is 257km and hence no major damage is expected. Details: insn.ie/2019-03-01-m7-… @DIAS_Dublin @GeolSurvIE @k_verbruggen
DIAS Geophysics are partners within the @eurovolc H2020 project where the first annual meeting occurred this week at the Volcano Observatory of the Azores Islands at the University of Azores in Ponta Delgada #eurovolc
We commenced geophysical data collection as part of the 'Geourban' project last week in Merrion Sq, Dublin. Excellent collaboration with @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @DubCityCouncil @GDGeosolutions
Congrats to @StKiliansDS team Roan Batard, Ethan McQuaid & Marilou Gerbelot-Barillon on winning the Group 2nd place in Physical, Chemical & Mathematical Sci at @BTYSTE lfor their project: 'What makes Dublin shake?' @dias_geophysics were delighted to support you with your project! twitter.com/NBourgeois_Pro…
With support from the @GeolSurvIE , €1.5m is being invested to expand and upgrade the Irish National Seismic Network (insn.ie) New funding will result in more stations, greater coverage & more accurate recording of earthquakes in Ireland. tinyurl.com/yb6ho2cp
A seismometer has just been deployed on the surface of Mars! " This was the first time a science instrument had ever been placed onto the surface of another planet" For more info tinyurl.com/y7amv9qo
Our own Prof. Sergei Lebedev has been listed as one of the top 100 scientists making the world a better place! For more info' on his project check out sea-seis.ie and also Prof. Chris Bean's imarl.ie #deepoceanlistening tinyurl.com/ybd2hgo8
Dr. Duygu Kiyan recently presented her work at the AGU Meeting in Washington, USA. Along with her colleagues, she is imaging Ireland's lithosphere using legacy and newly acquired magnetotelluric data across Ireland. @iCRAGcentre @DIAS_Dublin @GeolSurvIE @tcdastro
Our visiting guest, Professor John McCloskey @EdinburghUni spoke to @NewstalkFM @SeanMoncrieff this afternoon about the unpredictability of volcanoes! Don’t miss his talk tonight - 6.30pm @TCD_physics, organised by @dias_geophysics. Full details: bit.ly/2AqmORP
"Forecasting the Unpredictable: Earthquake science in a crowded world" by Prof. John McCloskey is DIAS's 2018 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Cosmic Physics. Schrodinger Theatre, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Wednesday Dec 12th at 18:30. Admission is free!
To know more about the marine geophysics research conducted here in @dias_geophysics check out imarl.ie for #deepoceanlistening and also Sergei's project sea-seis.ie on the deployment of seismometers in the North Atlantic this summer. @10Things_ToKnow
Prof. Chris Bean and Dr Sergei Lebedev from @dias_geophysics @DIAS_Dublin join @jonathan_mccrea to look at Irish seabed research - 8.30pm @RTEOne - @GeolSurvIE tonight on @10Things_ToKnow
The field season of the DIAS led HERSK project started last week when Icelandic Met Office engineers transported seismic gear with skidoos onto Hekla volcano. The HEkla Real-time Seimic networK project is funded by the GSI shortcall program and led by Martin Möllhoff at DIAS.
The DIAS geophysics team along with their colleagues successfully deployed the seismic network in this unique, natural laboratory in the Galapagos.
This inflation has critically stressed the rocks in the volcano, such that small local earthquakes are being triggered by the tiny ground shaking from large distant earthquakes in the surrounding Pacific ‘ring of fire’.
Recent ascent of magma to shallow levels in the volcano has caused more than one metre of uplift of the volcano’s surface and thousands of small earthquakes.