The Geophysical Association of Ireland is holding a one-day seminar on Environmental Geophysics on February 15th, 2012Date: Wednesday, 15th February 2012Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4Time: Registration 9:00 am, Opening 9:30 amCPD 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 | Geophysical Investigations of Contamination at 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 27th January) | Registration Fee (after 27th 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 10th 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 10th of February. *Students must register by emailing
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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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