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. 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
A major new research project has just started here in DIAS!
The DIG project will see @DIAS_Dublin scientists and their collaborators exploring Ireland's potential for low-enthalpy geothermal energy. @GeolSurvIE@SEAI_ie
Find out more at dias.ie/UhMqk#DIASdiscovers
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Today, we're joining @UNESCO in celebrating all the amazing #WomenInScience who dared to discover!
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Today we launched DIAS 2020: marking 80 year of discovery with a number of themed events based on our primary disciplines.
The programme to date is available on our events page and will be updated as the year goes on!
More: dias.ie/dias2020/#DIASdiscovers#DIAS2020Retweeted by
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Busy start to the week: An international team led by scientists from DIAS has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years
More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/13/dia…@dias_geophysics#DIASdiscoversRetweeted by
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The future is in capable hands if the #BTYSE2020 is anything to go by!
If you're in the RDS, come down and say hi to the @DIAS_Dublin team and make your own earthquake with us
#DIASdiscovers
New research published by the EM Group in @dias_geophysics using magnetotellurics for identifying a fault hosted geothermal reservoir in the Dublin basin. Under IRETHERM, funded by @scienceirel this research was led by scholar Dr. Jan Vozar. doi.org/10.1093/gji/gg…
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. 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
Geophysics
A major new research project has just started here in DIAS! The DIG project will see @DIAS_Dublin scientists and their collaborators exploring Ireland's potential for low-enthalpy geothermal energy. @GeolSurvIE @SEAI_ie Find out more at dias.ie/UhMqk #DIASdiscovers
Happy International #WomenInScienceDay from all of the female geophysicists, geo technicians, researchers and geoscientists here at @DIAS_Dublin! #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/geolsoc/status…
Today, we're joining @UNESCO in celebrating all the amazing #WomenInScience who dared to discover! Their achievements changed the world forever & blazed the trail for girls around the world to follow. Are you with us? Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
M1.0 #earthquake on 29th January 2020 at 07:27:40 offshore Antrim, NI. Confirmed by INSN operated @DIAS_Dublin in cooperation with @GeolSurvIE. Details at dias.ie/8f8U8 @GeoSurveyNI @k_verbruggen @BGSseismology
Discussion of recent volcanic activity at the Fernandina volcano, Galápagos Islands this morning in @DIAS_Dublin with @AndyFBell #DIASdiscovers
@OregonState @RoyalAstroSoc @OxfordJournals @oregonstatenews @kim_clube @LouiseEAlex @Caltech @UofT @unistra @GeosciencesPU @METU_ODTU 7⃣ The 7th most cited #GJI paper of the last decade was: Global shear speed structure of the upper mantle and transition zone by A. J. Schaeffer and S. Lebedev doi.org/10.1093/gji/gg… #geophysics 🌏 Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
The DIAS School of Cosmic Physics is delighted to announce that Dr Duygu Kiyan has been appointed a Schrödinger Fellow in Geophysics. ➡️dias.ie/2020/01/21/dr-… @dias_geophysics #DIASdiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Today we launched DIAS 2020: marking 80 year of discovery with a number of themed events based on our primary disciplines. The programme to date is available on our events page and will be updated as the year goes on! More: dias.ie/dias2020/ #DIASdiscovers #DIAS2020 Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
M0.9 #earthquake on 26th January 22:27:19 offshore Antrim, NI. Confirmed by INSN operated @DIAS_Dublin in cooperation with @GeolSurvIE. Details tinyurl.com/udwmg3q @GeoSurveyNI @k_verbruggen @BGSseismology
DIAS scientists discover disappearance of large parts of tectonic plate beneath Africa irishtechnews.ie/dias-disappear… via @irish_technews @GeolSurvIE @iCRAGcentre @scienceirel #DIASdiscovers
Busy start to the week: An international team led by scientists from DIAS has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years More ➡️ dias.ie/2020/01/13/dia… @dias_geophysics #DIASdiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
The future is in capable hands if the #BTYSE2020 is anything to go by! If you're in the RDS, come down and say hi to the @DIAS_Dublin team and make your own earthquake with us #DIASdiscovers
M1.4 #earthquake on 20th December 09:53:43 UTC in the Irish Sea, an #aftershock of the recent M2.5 quake. Confirmed by INSN operated by @DIAS_Dublin in cooperation with @GeolSurvIE. Details tinyurl.com/ruyl8p6 @k_verbruggen @magicbathtub @BGSseismology
M1.6 quake on 18th December 20:22:14 offshore Antrim, NI. Confirmed by INSN operated @DIAS_Dublin in cooperation with @GeolSurvIE . Details tinyurl.com/v4obkdf @GeoSurveyNI @k_verbruggen @magicbathtub
M2.5 quake on 15th December 21:19:52 in Irish Sea.The strongest event reported in the Irish Sea since 2005. Confirmed by INSN operated @DIAS_Dublin in co-operation with @GeolSurvIE. Details tinyurl.com/t7jnw62 @k_verbruggen @rtenews @IrishTimes @magicbathtub @Independent_ie
New research published by the EM Group in @dias_geophysics using magnetotellurics for identifying a fault hosted geothermal reservoir in the Dublin basin. Under IRETHERM, funded by @scienceirel this research was led by scholar Dr. Jan Vozar. doi.org/10.1093/gji/gg…
Iguanas and geophysicist. Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Successful retrieval of seismic data from Sierra Negra caldera yesterday. ~12km hike on rough lava field. Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
Seismic fieldwork: Galápagos. Long tough day in the field. Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics
This coming #DarkMatterDay and as part of our Samhain agus Science festival @telescoper will give a talk titled "The Cosmic Web" Book your free place here: eventbrite.ie/e/75649739407 #DIASdiscovers #SamhainagusScience Retweeted by DIAS Geophysics