2023:
DIG attended IGRM 2023 and presented updated temperature maps for all of Ireland. These models accurately map to direct borehole temperature measurements. Click here for a link to our blog post. We hope to publish the maps in the near future.
January 2023 – Meysam, Dave and Colin installed our new seismic array in Mallow. The seismic stations will be deployed for one year recording seismic data which will be used to image the subsurface structure in the area. Click here for more information.
2022:
November 2022 -DIG were invited to present at Ireland’s first National Geothermal Energy Summit hosted by TU Dublin Grangegorman and the Geological Survey Ireland. We showed our new Thermal Conductivity map and discussed way to improve our existing temperature and heat flow models. Click here for more information.
August 2022 – DIG carried out further fieldwork in Mallow. The first MT survey line was extended so we could image deeper structure and we added another profile to the East to capture the fault variations. We also tested new MT field equipment which provided much cleaner data. The seismic team scouted additional locations for seismometers and are now planning their main survey. Click here for more information.
March 2022 – DIG presented at the Geothermal heat flow workshop 2022, hosted at UCD. Both Javier Fullea and Emma Chambers gave an overview of the current progress of the project. Javier also gave an overview of LitMod and the intricacies of temperature models while Emma showed the latest all Ireland surface wave models and joint geophysical-petrological models.
DIG MT and seismic fieldwork tests in Mallow – Members of the DIG team travelled back to Mallow for further tests prior to the main survey later in the year. Click here for more information.
2021:
DIG initial fieldwork – In November and December 2021, members of the DIG team travelled to the Munster basin, Co. Cork to collect the first data for the local scale part of the project. Click here for more information.
vEGU – In May 2021 members of the DIG project presented the initial results and future aims for DIG. Click here for more information.
2020:
Fieldwork – In Autumn 2020 researchers from DIAS serviced and collected data from seismic instruments around Ireland. Click here for more information.