<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">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).
</span><span lang="EN-GB">The deadline for submitting applications
is <b>December 1, 2022, 1:00 pm (Italian time)</b>. All information can be
found at the following link:<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www2.units.it/dottorati/files/PhD09Concorso38PNRRbis.pdf">https://www2.units.it/dottorati/files/PhD09Concorso38PNRRbis.pdf</a></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Contact:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Michela Giustiniani
(<a href="mailto:mgiustiniani@ogs.it">mgiustiniani@ogs.it</a>);</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Martina Busetti
(<a href="mailto:mbusetti@ogs.it">mbusetti@ogs.it</a>);</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Claudia Cherubini (</span><a href="mailto:chrcld@unife.it" style="color:blue">chrcld@unife.it</a><span style="color:black">).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Integration of geophysical and
geological data and hydrogeological modelling for characterisation of
geothermal resource in the Friuli Plain</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">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). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">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.</span></p>
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