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., Custódio, S., Duarte, J. C., Mendes, V. B., & Faccenna, C. (2020). Dynamics of the Gibraltar arc system: A complex interaction between plate convergence, slab pull, and mantle flow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018873. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018873
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. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008636
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
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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., Custódio, S., Duarte, J. C., Mendes, V. B., & Faccenna, C. (2020). Dynamics of the Gibraltar arc system: A complex interaction between plate convergence, slab pull, and mantle flow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2019JB018873. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018873
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. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008636
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
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