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R&D Projects

Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects - 2014

Geosciences Evaluation Panel - 2014

Coordination

Hemin Koyi
Uppsala University, Sweden

Evaluation

Dick Kroon
Univesity of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Donald Bruce Dingwell
University of Munich, Germany
Hans Thybo
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ulrich Cubasch
Faculty der Freien Universität Berlin, Germany

Projects assigned

PTDC/GEO-MET/1661/2014

Natural System Forcings on Human Occupancy in an Estuary – The Guadiana Case
Tomasz Boski
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-MET/2726/2014

Global and regional precipitation: regimes, space-time variability and changes
Isabel Pedroso de Lima
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-MET/3349/2014

Solar radiation in south-Western iberia: Effects of the Atmosphere and Resource assessment
Maria João Tavares da Costa
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-MET/3457/2014

NEst generation of very High Resolution atmospheric models to simulate fog and tUrbulence
MARIA MARGARIDA SENA BELO SANTOS PEREIRA
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/GEO-MET/4418/2014

Development of a wind energy resource assessment/mapping and wind energy forecasting modelling system for Portugal – Optimization of a mesoscale meteorological model and coupling with a CFD model
David João da Silva Carvalho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-MET/6241/2014

Carbon cycle of inland waters
Miguel Joaquim Fernandes Potes
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-MET/6258/2014

MATAGRO2 - Monitoring of Atmospheric TrAce Gases in Antarctica with GRound-based remote sensing Observations
Daniele Bortoli
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-MET/6659/2014

Characterization of horizontal visibility, and study of relevant factors affecting it in Portugal
Maria de Lourdes Augusta Bugalho
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/GEO-MET/6972/2014

Improving the Predictability of Atmospheric-Oceanic Low-Frequency Variability by Information-Theory Tools
Carlos Alberto Leitão Pires
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-MET/7078/2014

Earth System Modelling of the Eastern Atlantic Region
Pedro Soares
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0091/2014

Comparative study of Caesium retention capacity on clay mineral surfaces under conventional and extreme experimental conditions: implications for L/ILW repository liners
Mário Abel Carreira Gonçalves
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0109/2014

Survey of gold occurrences in the Central Iberian Zone: their relationship to the emplacement of gold deposits in Europe
Paula Cristina Simões de Carvalho
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0164/2014

The role of shear zones on the exhumation of anatectic complexes: implications for the orogenic evolution of the Central Iberian Zone.
Telmo Bento dos Santos
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0260/2014

The paleoenvironmental signature of Large Igneous Provinces
Eric Font
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0493/2014

Analysis of seismicity, strain and volcanism in the southern Iberian Peninsula and the Macronesian islands aimed to forecasting future hazardous events.
Gonçalo Nuno Delgado Prates
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT/Ulisboa/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0652/2014

Multidiscilinary Studies of Active Faults in Portugal Mainland for Seismic Hazard Purposes
João Carvalho
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0754/2014

Integrated geophysical investigation of black shale as unconventional source of energy in Portugal
Mohamed Ahmed Khalil
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0796/2014

BIogeochemical CYCLEs and mass and energy transfer in sedimentary basins
Clara Araújo Sena da Silva
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/0964/2014

Mapping the risk area of cork oak mortality using non-invasive geophysical surveys
Mohammad Farzamian
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1003/2014

Arsenic occurrence in alluvial aquifers - sources and mobilization processes
Ana Isabel Albuquerque Soares Saraiva de Andrade
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1014/2014

Computational study of geochemical processes of natural remediation of metal contaminants via adsorption - GeoComp
David Manuel Silva Martins
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1088/2014

Magma Reservoirs at Oceanic Islands
Vittorio Zanon
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1558/2014

Seismic Hazard and Mineral Resources Investigation on the Lower Tagus and Alvalade Basins and Associated Paleozoic Basement
PATRÍCIA MACHADO MADUREIRA FONTES REPRESAS
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1822/2014

Clays and Nanoparticles in Human Health: Radioactivity and Bioavailability
Maria Isabel Marques Dias
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/1865/2014

Broadband Simulation of greatest expected seismic Shaking for the Ibero-Maghrebian region
Bento António Fialho Caeiro Caldeira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/2429/2014

Coupling geochemical techniques to understand sources, pathways and fate of trace elements in settled dusts collected from preschools in urban and peri-urban areas
Amélia Paula Marinho Reis
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/2590/2014

Seismogenic Processes In slowly DEforming Regions
Susana Custódio
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/3604/2014

Architecture of the Madeira Islands: Geophysical and Geochemical constraints from the Crust to the Mantle Transition Zone
Luis Manuel Matias
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/3678/2014

Geochemistry of Permafrost Thaw Lakes – The Role of Natural Organic Matter in Trace Element, Speciation, Partition and Fate.
João Alfredo Vieira Canário
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/4457/2014

Monitoring space weather with a distributed ground-based sensor network
Anna Morozova
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5013/2014

Improving Rainfall Simulators for Geomorphological and Hydrological Studies
Jorge Manuel Guieiro Pereira Isidoro
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5162/2014

Pockmarks and fluid seepage in the Estremadura Spur: implications for regional geology, biology, and petroleum systems
Vitor Hugo da Silva Magalhães
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5292/2014

TAGNET - Low Tagus Valley Seismic Array
José Fernando Borges
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5753/2014

Dynamic monitoring of landfills and dumpsites: continuous remote evaluation combined with high-resolution discrete multidisciplinary surveys
Manuel Joao Senos Matias
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/5798/2014

SHARP- Seismic Hazard: probabilistic Assessment at long Return Periods
Susana Pires Vilanova
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

PTDC/GEO-FIQ/6931/2014

GeoChemical anomaly separation and mapping: A multiFractal and Fuzzy clustering approach
António Manuel Nunes Mateus
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0051/2014

Development of volcanic island shelves: insights from Sta. Maria Island and implications on hazard assessment, habitat mapping and marine aggregates management
Rui Manuel do Amaral Branco de Oliveira Quartau
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0249/2014

Holocene environmental change and climate variability in James Ross Island (Antarctica)
Marc Oliva
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT/Ulisboa/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0409/2014

Angiosperm diversification and environmental and climatic changes in the Cretaceous of Portugal
Mário Miguel Cardoso Mendes
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0784/2014

Aeolian bedforms characterization in the ExoMars 2016 landing site supported by terrestrial analogues
David Alegre Vaz
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0826/2014

The Lusitanian Basin: integrated organic maturation, thermochronology, seismic analysis, provenance indicators study and its bearing on petroleum system
Paulo Fernandes
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/0946/2014

MEGAHazards 2: Large-scale mass-wasting events in the geological evolution of the Azores islands: location, frequency, mechanisms and consequences
Fernando Ornelas Marques
FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências (Fciências.ID)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/1030/2014

Ichnology and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Portuguese dinosaur tracksites and their context in the Iberian and Western European Mesozoic. Enhancement and promotion of the Natural Heritage.
Vanda Arlete Faria dos Santos
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/1123/2014

Fogo Island volcano: multi disciplinary Research on 2014 Eruption
Rui Manuel da Silva Fernandes
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/1359/2014

Granites, Orogenic cycles, Long-term denudation and heavy mineral Deposition-II
Manuel Francisco Colaço de Castro Pereira
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/1366/2014

How does subduction initiate? Searching for the Wilson Cycle missing link in the southwest Iberian margin offshore.

Filipe Medeiros Rosas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/1698/2014

Portuguese low grade kaolins for development of novel metakaolin- and industrial wastes-based geopolymers
Slavka Carvalho Andrejkovicova
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/2169/2014

Holocene slope failure and mass movement in the SW Iberia margin - searching for preconditioning factors and trigger mechanisms
Ana Cristina Freixo Pereira Roque
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/2512/2014

GEOlogical environments as sources of CArbon dioxide DEgassing
Fátima Viveiros
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/2801/2014

Detection of Intermediate depth submarine Volcanic structures and associated Eruptive processes

José Manuel Rodrigues Pacheco
Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/3603/2014

High resolution stratigraphic and palynological records of the Zambezi River valley, Karoo basins of Mozambique - Paleogeographic and geodynamic evolution within Gondwana
Zélia Maria Silva Pereira Moutinho
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/4304/2014

Tsunami-induced morphodynamic changes in sandy coasts
PEDRO JOSÉ MIRANDA DA COSTA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/4306/2014

CHRONIBERIA - geoCHRONological GIS database of IBERIA
Martim Afonso Ferreira de Sousa Chichorro
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/4626/2014

Paleoenvironments history as a basis to understand, predict and adapt to land use and climate changes
Leena Margarida Xavier Luis Tomás
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/4917/2014

Time span of volcanism in Iberian Pyrite Belt
Rita Solá
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/5589/2014

The challenge of gravel beaches
Helena Maria Leite Pato Granja
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/5680/2014

Construction of a digital repository of geological Portuguese literature: Scientometry and History of Geology (GeoMETRICS.pt)
José Carlos Ribeiro Kullberg
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/5821/2014

New insights from high marsh palaeoclimate proxies research.
Francisco Manuel Falcão Fatela
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/GEO-GEO/6570/2014

Coastal and fluvial terraces of western Portugal mainland, references to evaluate crustal movements, sea-level oscillations and climate change
Pedro Manuel Rodrigues Roque Proença e Cunha
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/GEO-REM/3140/2014

Remote Sensing and Biogeochemical Modelling in the Atlantic off Portugal
Davide D´Alimonte
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-REM/3671/2014

Remote and Proximal Survey Techniques to Optimize Agricultural Management in Degraded Areas Receiving Recycled Agricultural Wastes
Thomas Panagopoulos
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/GEO-REM/4035/2014

Optimization and automation of high performance satellite image processing algorithms for shoreline definition
Alberto Carlos Oliveira Antunes Azevedo
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/GEO-REM/4496/2014

Study of Periodic Loading Effects: Noticeable Discrepancies In tropospheric Delays
Machiel Bos
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/GEO-REM/4897/2014

Regional Assimilation of Remote-sensing Observations
Maria José Correia Monteiro
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, I. P. (IPMA)

PTDC/GEO-REM/6200/2014

Remote Sensing and Image Processing for Agriculture (RSIPA) – a set of new tools
André Ribeiro da Silva de Almeida Marçal
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP/UP)