[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD opportunities

[Giustiniani, Michela]

Call for application for admission to PhD programme - 38th cycle
(2022/2023) of the PhD School "Earth Science, Fluid-Mechanics And
Mathematics. Interaction and Methods", organised by the University of
Trieste in collaboration with the International Centre for Theoretical
Physics (ICTP) and the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied
Geophysics (OGS). The working site is located at the National Institute of
Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) in Borgo Grotta Gigante
(Trieste). The deadline for submitting applications is *December 1, 2022,
1:00 pm (Italian time)*. All information can be found at the following link:
https://www2.units.it/dottorati/files/PhD09Concorso38PNRRbis.pdf



Contact:

Michela Giustiniani (mgiustiniani at ogs.it);

Martina Busetti (mbusetti at ogs.it);

Claudia Cherubini (chrcld at unife.it).



*Integration of geophysical and geological data and hydrogeological
modelling for characterisation of geothermal resource in the Friuli Plain*

The Lower Friuli Plain is characterised by a low-enthalpy geothermal
anomaly that leads to the heating of the groundwater flowing in the
aquifers. The heat source is due to the slow flow of deep water heated by
the normal geothermal gradient and contained in the carbonate rocks buried
beneath the Cenozoic sedimentary cover. The carbonate rocks constitute the
reservoir for the thermal waters and are also a source of heat for the
waters confined in the overlying Late Cenozoic sediments. Locally, where
the carbonates are outcropping, the thermal waters contained in the
reservoir escape naturally, as in the Roman baths of Monfalcone (North-East
Italy).

In the proximity of these springs, the interaction between the waters of
the geothermal reservoir and those of the surface porous aquifers is very
complex. The current global energy and environmental crisis requires
efforts to improve the knowledge of renewable energy resources available in
the region.

The objective of this research project is to develop a conceptual model by
integrating geophysical and geological data and numerical modelling to
characterise regional geothermal resources and their interaction with
shallower aquifers. In addition, a laboratory-scale physical model will be
developed to reproduce the interaction between the fractured karst aquifer
that hosts the geothermal resources and the overlying porous aquifers. The
project will contribute to the development of a digital twin model of the
study area.
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