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Environmental Geophysics
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Research
The Earth's Critical Zone, the part of the Earth that is sustaining life by providing critical resources, is described by complex interactions between rock, soil, air, water, and living organisms. Geophysical sensing, because of its capability to image subsurface processes at high spatial and temporal resolution in a non-invasive way, is playing an important role.
We develop near-surface geophysical methods and combine them with in-situ and remote sensing, and environmental monitoring to improve our understanding of subsurface processes and surface-subsurface interactions to improve predictive Earth system modeling.
Working areas
Our work focusses on 3 different areas related to groundwater flow dynamics and climate change impacts.
We apply our geophysical developments to better understand the dynamics of permafrost systems, to better predict landslides, and to achieve a more accurate estimation of groundwater recharge rates and groundwater quantity and quality.
Methods
We use and develop imaging geoelectric (ERT, IP) and electromagnetic (TEM) measurement methods that resolve the electrical properties of the subsurface. The focus here is on process monitoring.
To gain a better understanding of the processes taking place in the soil, we combine field and laboratory measurements and analyze the relationships between hydrological, thermal, geotechnical and geoelectrical parameters.
Machine learning and AI are employed to efficiently analyze the various data and to highlight complex connections.