Publications
New subsurface temperature maps for Ireland have been published in Geophysical Journal International! This includes new models for the Moho and LAB depth as well as subsurface temperature with uncertainty. Link here: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf281 and full citation is:
Chambers et al. 2025, A new subsurface temperature model for Ireland from joint geophysical–petrological inversion of seismic, surface heat flow and petrophysical data, Geophysical Journal International, 243 (1) https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf281
Upcoming
7th to 10th April 2026 – European Geothermal PhD Days. Bernard has been selected to attend the European Geothermal PhD Days in Leoben, Austria. Bernard is presenting a poster titled: Multi-scale imaging of Iceland using ambient noise and teleseismic earthquakes.
3rd to 8th May 2026 – European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Emma and the MOD3LTHERM Team will be presenting a talk titled: Investigating geothermal potential with limited direct measurements at EGU 26 on Thursday, 7th May, 16:20–16:30 (CEST) Room 2.43 in Vienna, Austria.
3rd to 8th May 2026 – European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Bernard and the MOD3LTHERM Team will be presenting a poster titled: Multi-scale imaging of Iceland using ambient noise and teleseismic earthquakes at EGU 26 on Wednesday, 6th May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) in Vienna, Austria.
2026
UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series 28th January 2026 – Emma L. Chambers was invited to present a talk at the UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar series on Investigating geothermal potential with limited direct measurements.
2025
Workshop on Computational Earth 12th to 18th October 2025 – Bernard A. Owusu has been selected to attend the Workshop on Computational Earth on Elba Island, Italy. Bernard is presenting a poster titled: Determining velocity structure of Iceland for geothermal application.
IAGA / IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting 2025 31st August to 5th September 2025 – Emma L. Chambers has been invited as a speaker during S19: Thermochemical Heterogeneities in the Crust and Upper Mantle from Geophysical Approaches at the IAGA/IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. “Determining the subsurface conditions of the crust and upper mantle using joint geophysical-petrological-lithological inversion“
European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) 27th April to 2nd May 2025 – Emma L. Chambers and the MOD3LTHERM team presented “Joint geophysical-petrological-lithological inversion to determine geothermal potential and subsurface temperature” at EGU 2025 in Vienna, Austria.
Irish Geological Research Meeting (IGRM) 28th February to 2nd March 2025 – Emma L. Chambers, Bernard A. Owusu and the MOD3LTHERM team presented at IGRM, hosted at the Trinity College Dublin.
– Emma presented a talk on Subsurface temperature models of Ireland from joint geophysical-petrological-lithological inversion and a poster on the thermal conductivity measurements made during the De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal (DIG) Project: Measuring Thermal Conductivity with Multiple Methods for Rocks on the Island of Ireland
– Bernard A. Owusu gave his first PhD poster presentation titled: Determining the subsurface temperature at Krafla, Northern Iceland through joint inversion of seismic, elevation, heat flow, and thermal data
For the book of abstracts click here.
2024
Postgraduate Research in Progress (PGRiP) August 28th to 30th 2024 – The MOD3LTHERM team have been invited to give a talk on MOD3LTHERM and the transition from PhD to PI. Here is a link to the conference: https://www.pgrip2024.co.uk/
DIG workshop 10th October 2024 – The MOD3LTHERM team have been invited to present a poster on the MOD3LTHERM project at the DIG workshop. More details for the workshop will be available through the DIG team.
GSNI webinar series 24th October 2024 – MOD3LTHERM have been asked to present on the results of DIG and the new MOD3LTHERM project at the GSNI webinar series.
Geology geoseminar series, Trinity College Dublin, 15th November 2024 – Emma L. Chambers has been invited to present on geothermal in Ireland.
British Seismology Meeting 2024 – MOD3LTHERM – MODelling the 3D thermal and Lithospheric Structure of geoTHERMal regions, Chambers et al. 2024. For a list of the abstracts including the one above click here