M.Sc. In Applied Environmental Geoscience Project Seminars 2022 - Tuesday 13th September 1.00pm to 6.15pm.
Each talk is ten minutes long followed by up to five minutes for questions.
Session 1
1.00pm The development of conceptual models and contributing factors relating to three major peat slides in Ireland. – Mariah Jackson
1.15pm Assessment of tunnel stability using empirical and numerical approaches – Case study: Caha Tunnel (N71) , Kerry - Sowmya Gudipati
1.30pm Site Investigation design in karst prone areas of N/M20 Cork to Limerick road improvement scheme- Ewa Dwojak
1.45pm Offshore wind energy development and onshore/offshore site assessment in Ireland- Patrick Cochran
2pm. Optimizing offshore cable routing using OSI data – INFORMAR. -Grace Carvalho
2.15pm Application of semi-automated and manual mapping methods to the offshore geology of the Loop Head Peninsula, County Clare – Aoife Muldoon
Break (15 mins)
Session 2
2.45pm Seabed mapping of Dublin Bay: offshore: Costal environment and evolution. – Andrea Tizon
3 pm A Study of the coastal evolution of the South coast of Wexford. – Patrick Morrissey
3.15pm The Hydrology of Humid Dune Slacks located at Maherees, Co. Kerry– Jennifer Law
3.30pm A study of the physical processes that govern the water regime of floodplain grasslands- Adrian Tanner
3.45pm The ramifications of nitrate in groundwater on planning permission in Kilkenny- Alexander Konchar
4 pm The remediation of contaminated land: A case study of a site in Oranmore, Co. Galway – Tristan Martin
Break (15 mins)
Session 3
4.30pm Geophysical and petrological investigation at the Kinnegad Limestone Quarry (Breedon Cement Ireland, Co. Meath) for the study in the interest of a karst infill (Waulsortian Limestone) - Saúl Sánchez Bailo
4.45 pm Electrical Resistivity Tomography as a method to delineate lithology and monitor water content regime in Limerick flood embarkments – Liam Twomey
5 pm Bedrock Micro zonation map in a survey area in Limerick using ERT- Calvin Olympio Fernandes
5.15 pm The investigation of soils in Cork City parks and their potential to sequester carbon- Joy Wamagata
5.30 pm Assessing the potential of rewetting by examining gas fluxes in Carroll's Bog, Cork- Ellen Lansley
5.45 pm Blue Carbon sequestration as a means of climate change mitigation- Mac Murphy
6 pm Assessment of Carbon sink potential in Cork City urban parks – Henry Glass