Speaker
Description
Paolo Mancinelli and Cristina Pauselli
Abstract
In this presentation we briefly summarize the research activities of the Solid Earth Geophysics (GEOS-04/A) group in the last three years. Moving from sample petrophysics to crustal-scale modelling, we will show few examples of the most recent developments in the research fields of the group. In particular, we are active in the thermal characterization of the upper crust through two distinct research lines which are carried out also with in-house instrumentation: the thermal conductivity measurement of soils and rock samples and borehole temperature data acquisition. We work also in the crustal-scale investigation of gravity and magnetic anomaly sources through acquisition, processing and multi-scale modelling of such data throughout the Italian peninsula and surroundings. We also investigate the effects of gravity changes on mantle convection, entropy and mixing. Finally, in the frame of the energetic transition, we focus our research interest also on the long-term and time-proof geophysical monitoring of geological storage sites for pollutants and alternative fuels. All these activities are carried out through ongoing collaborations with national and international research