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All positions are for a length of 36 months, with EU standard salary for MSCA-ETN
fellowships. All of them foresee PhD enrolment, either at the recruiting Organization
or through partner Universities.
Title of the Research INSTITUTE
○ Objective of the Research Main supervisor
At the origin of the Etna dynamics: insight on the volcano behaviour by integrating
in-situ and satellite-based deformation/geophysical/volcanological) measurements
○ to constrain the structure and dynamics of the active plumbing system and the shallow INGV
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volcano edifice; Giuseppe Puglisi
○ to analyse high-frequency GPS data and evaluate their extended use to intermediate
frequencies.
Numerical simulations of magma and rock dynamics and denition of ground
deformation and gravity patterns diagnostic of deep magmatic movements at
Mount Etna
○ to model time-dependent 2D/3D coupled magma and rock dynamics during multi- INGV
2 component magma convection and mixing in geometrically complex magma chamber-dyke Paolo Papale
systems;
○ to obtain synthetic space-time series of gravity anomaly and ground deformation, and
compare them with experimental and real signals;
○ to identify sets of geophysical signals diagnostic of magma movements at depth.
Thermo-mechanical modelling of the shallow magmatic body at Kraa
3 ○ to constrain the dynamics and thermo-mechanical properties of the shallow magmatic body INGV
and its relationships with the deeper magmatic syste. Paolo Papale
Active degassing of mac magmas from remote multispectral observations
○ to asses the fundamental parameters that control the different modes of active degassing
and their transitions at mafic volcanoes; INGV
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○ to evaluate degassing in comparison with ground displacement and acoustic data as well as Jacopo Taddeucci
numerical results, test interpretations and constrain an overall conceptual model of magma
and volcano dynamics.
Thermal response of a geothermal system to intrusion and rifting events: The Kraa
res in 1975-1984
○ to quantify and model with analytical and numerical fluid/heat transfer software the thermal UI
5 effects of major intrusive events on the geothermal reservoir within a volcanic geothermal Magnus T. Gudmundsson
area;
○ to assess using heat transfer modelling the importance of intrusive activity in maintaining a
high temperature geothermal area.
Crustal deformation modelling in the Kraa area based on realistic Earth properties
○ to constrain realistic Earth parameters from multiple techniques including borehole, gravity,
seismic tomography, thermal structure and resistivity data, and develop a 3D model of the UI
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○ to interpret shallow deformation signals and their origin from geothermal utilization and Freysteinn Sigmundsson
natural processes,
○ to improve modelling of past and present deformation processes.
Time lapse virtual & earthquake source seismic imagery at Kraa
○ to explore current limits and potential of seismic exploration techniques, including seismic
reflections from natural and industrial seismic noise and earthquake sources, through
comparison with unique knowledge of chamber roof location from drilling; DIAS
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○ to use new techniques to extract body waves from noise correlation seismograms; Chris Bean
○ to deploy state-of-the-art borehole seismometers as a complement to the surface seismic
network, and test additional technological developments of high temperature and corrosion
resistant seismic sensors (in cooperation with GSL).
Exploring deformation processes at Etna through analogue modelling – neareld
and dynamic seismic wave analysis
○ to use near field analysis methods to search for static deformations in output data from
laboratory experiments; DIAS
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○ to apply coda wave interferometry to look for seismic signatures associated with known Chris Bean
deformation in analogues models;
○ to relate sub-surface processes to surface changes, focusing on frequencies within the
transitional window between conventional ground deformation and seismic investigations.