Research Measure: Infrastructure
Funding Type: DCENR/GSI NDP - Griffith
Funding Year: 2007
Project Duration: 84 months
Project Type: Capacity Building
Total Grant-Aid: €3,144,061
Lead Partner: NUI, Galway, (Biogeoscience Research Group)
Project Summary:
The Biogeoscience Group is focused on advancing an understanding of the seabed offshore Ireland and investigating groundwater-seawater interactions in the coastal zones. There are two distinct components to this research:
Understanding coastal aquifers in karst regions: The objectives of this project are as follows:
- To combine a range of hydrogeological, geophysical and chemical methods to investigate and establish the pathways connecting coastal aquifers with coastal surface and transitional waters along the Galway and the Clare coast.
- To determine spatial and temporal variability of groundwater chemistry in this region. .
- To develop conceptual and practical models of recharge, storage and flow, essential in understanding groundwater regimes, particularly in karst regions.
Understanding the seabed: This project will bring together a range of researchers, with expertise in geophysics, marine sedimentology, computer modelling, oceanography and benthic biology, who will use existing databases to understand seabed composition, properties, processes and habitats offshore Ireland. Further information and updates on this award are available from the NUI Galway Griffith Research Page and the Geological Survey of Ireland.