The Geophysical Association of Ireland

is holding a one-day seminar on

Environmental Geophysics on February 15th, 2012

Date: Wednesday, 15^th February 2012

Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Time: Registration 9:00 am, Opening 9:30 am

CPD Accreditation: This is an Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI) CPD approved event.

Speakers and topics include:

9.00 - 9.30	Registration
9.30 - 9:40	Introduction	Anthony Lombard	President GAI
9:40-10:30	KEYNOTE - Application of resistivity-IP to mapping of buried waste and groundwater contamination	Torleif Dahlin	Lund University, Sweden
10:30-10:55	Contamination of various EPA Licenced sites in Ireland	Yvonne O'Connell	NUIG & Apex Geoservices Ltd.
10:55-11:20	Borehole geophysical methods for the investigation of contaminated sites	Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Voigt	Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus
11:20-11:45	Coffee
11:45-12:10	Peat depth assessment of carbon stocks using ground penetrating radar and Tellus airborne geophysical data	Antoinette Keaney & Martin Robinson	Queens University, Belfast
12:10-12:35	Using geophysics characterise DTB around a very complex Groundwater Source	Robbie Meehan	Tallamh
12:35-13:00	Nutrient Pathways and Geophysics	Dr. Per-Erik Mellander	Agricultural Catchments Programme Teagasc
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14:00-14:50	KEYNOTE - Geophysical Investigations for solving environmental problems - from handbook to practice	Dr Heinrich Krummel & Mr Knut Seidel	geoFact GmbH & GGL Geophysik und Geotechnik Leipzig GmbH
14:50-15:15	Investigation of Flood Defences Using Geophysics	Ruth Jackson	TrinityHaus TCD
15:15-15:45	Coffee
15:45-16:10	Geophysics for Geothermal Investigations	Dr. Mark Muller	DIAS
16:10-16:35	Deep geophysics surveys to try to identify the trend of the Mallow geothermal spring in North Cork	Darragh Musgrave	White Young Green
16:35	Closing Remarks

Registration Fees:

Early Registration Fee
(before 27^th January)
Registration Fee
(after 27^th January)
GAI or IGI Member €75.00 €95.00
Non-Member €95.00 €110.00
Unemployed €15.00 €30.00
Student Free Entry* Free Entry

20% group discount for 3 or more attendees from same organisation.

Lunch is provided for all fee paying attendees, students can avail of a lunch voucher for €10.*

Please register before Friday the 10^th of February. Registration can be made either by post by filling in the attached form, enclosing a cheque, or online using PayPal (below).

Please register before Friday the 10^th of February.
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The GAI would like to bring to your attention the Irish Geoscience Graduate Programme (IGGP) initiative, which has been created to further Geoscience research excellence.

All courses are available free of charge to postgraduate students registered at an Irish or Northern Irish Third or Fourth Level Academic Institution, and to Irish-based academics (subject to space availability).

All courses are also available to non-Irish students or to industry as Professional Development for a fee.

The institutions involved include:

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. School of Cosmic Physics, Geophysics Section. (DIAS)
National University of Ireland, Galway. Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences. (NUIG)
Trinity College, Dublin. Department of Geology. (TCD)
University College, Cork. Department of Geology. (UCC)
University College, Dublin. School of Geological Sciences. (UCD)
University of Ulster, Coleraine. School of Environmental Sciences, Geophysics Research Group. (UU)

For information, please visit the IGGP website (www.iggp.ie)

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