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ICTJA Research Strategy2014-2017

Institut de Ciènciesde la Terra Jaume AlmeraICTJA

Edition: Institut de Ciències de la Terra Jaume Almera Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume AlmeraCoordination: DirectionDesign and layout: Masgrau-Yani, SL

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Why now?………………………………………………………………………… 4

Our Mission ……………………………………………………………………… 6

Our Aims ………………………………………………………………………… 8

ICTJA Flagships ………………………………………………………………… 10

Our Expertise …………………………………………………………………… 12

Our Research Vision ………………………………………………………… 14

Earth System Sciences ……………………………………………………… 16

Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring …………………… 18

Characterization and Assessment of Geological,

Environmental and Climate Hazards ………………………………… 20

ICTJA in numbers ……………………………………………………………… 22

Index

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Why now?

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The launch of Horizon 2020 (H2020) and the recent launch of the National Plan

for Scientific and Technological Research and Innovation (PEICTI) include both

fundamental and applied science, but their focus is squarely on:

a) Societal challenges

b) Training programmes

c) Infrastructure

Furthermore, difficulties in raising funding at a national level requires that we define

a research strategy for the coming years that maintains and moves forward ICTJA’s

momentum and competiveness at both the national and international level.

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Our Mission


ICTJA is an international geosciences research institute of excellence whose mission

is to advance the understanding of the Earth System Science. We will achieve this

by applying advanced (forefront) experimental and analytical methodologies to well-

defined, knowledge-driven research objectives. A key part of our mission is to meet

industrial and societal needs through knowledge transfer applied to geohazards

and exploration and exploitation of geological resources. Central to our mission is

quality training of the next generation of Earth Science researchers and technicians.

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Our Aims

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Identify new and emerging, high-priority research opportunities.

Enhance our training capabilities of the next generation of Earth scientists.

Increase our support of early career researchers.

Raise our level of international collaboration.

Create and translate breakthroughs in knowledge-driven research into

practical applications that provide the knowledge transfer that industry

and society seeks.

Advance knowledge and understanding within and across the different

fields of earth sciences.

Significantly, these aims must intersect both:

the portfolio of ICTJA research interests and capacities.

the portfolio of HORIZON 2020; PEICTI (Spanish Plan for Scientifc

and Technical Research and Innovation), and industry interests.

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ICTJA Flagships


These flagships are:

Knowledge-Driven Research

Applied Research

Responding to societal needs

Training and support of early career

Researchers and Technicians

ICTJA’s flagships are ambitious initiatives that aim to achieve

scientific advancement, while providing strong support for

industrial and societal needs.

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Our Expertise


Geologicalandgeophysicalstudiesofthelithosphereandshallowsubsurface.Characterization,quantification,monitoring,andforecastingofresources.Experimentalandnumericalmodelingofgeological,environmentalandclimateprocessesandhazards.

Multidisciplinaryanalyticalandexperimentalcharacterizationofgeologicalmaterialsandprocesses.

Technological development (instrumentation and software) applied togeophysical,geochemicalandenvironmentalmonitoring,qualitycontrol,andquantitativeassessment.

Our researchers are at the forefront in knowledge-driven research into Earth System Science and its transfer to meet industry and society needs:

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Our Research Vision


Earth Systems Science.

Subsurface characterization

and monitoring.

Characterization and assessment

of geological, environmental,

and climate hazards.

To enhance key areas in knowledge-driven research and to use this knowledge to meet major industrial and societal challenges through excellence in:

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Earth System Sciences


Knowledge-driven research challenges

Maintain our research excellence in understanding shallow and deep Earth

processes and their interactions.

Reach the forefront in the study of Earth surface processes.

Grow our research capabilities in recent and past climate change.

Enhance the understanding of the physical and chemical properties of geomaterials.

Capacities

Highly experienced research personnel.

Proven excellence in research on crustal structure,

lithosphere dynamics, and shallow Earth processes.

State of the art seismology network.

State of the art laboratory facilities.

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Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring


Industry oriented challenges

Apply our expertise and knowledge to conventional and unconventional

hydrocarbons (shale gas), geothermal energy, underground storage of CO2 and

natural gas.

Integrate tectonosedimentary models as analogs to hydrocarbon plays and

subsurface reservoirs.

Capacities

Development of geophysical methodologies and techniques for characterization

and monitoring.

Provide high-resolution structural, petrophysical, and geochemical characterization

of reservoirs, rock massifs and raw materials.

Experimental characterization of raw materials and beyond.

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Characterization and Assessment

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Climate Hazards


Societal oriented challenges

Further the understanding of climate-tectonic interactions over a range of

temporal scales.

Improve our capacity for experimental and numerical modeling of geological,

environmental and climatic hazards.

Increase our visibility in hazard assessment, forecasting, and decision support

systems.

Capacities

Excellent laboratories for geochronology, geochemistry, and paleomagnetism.

Software development for numerical modeling.

Leaders in the development of e-tools for hazard assessment and territorial

planning, including cost-benefit analysis.

At the forefront in recent and past spatio-temporal environmental and climate

multiproxy and high-resolution reconstructions.

State of the art methods on applied remote sensing and processing of

geospatial data.

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ICTJA innumbers

Personnel - Total 93

ICTJA Publications 2006-2013 - Total 873

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Researchers Permanent Staff 27

Administration Permanent Staff 6

Services Permanent Staff 5

Technicians Permanent Staff 6

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ICTJA Flagships

Knowledge-Driven Research

Applied Research

Responding to societal needs

Training & Supporting Investigators

Our vision

F1. Earth Systems Sciences

F2. Subsoil Characterization & Monitoring

F3. Characterization & Asessment of Geol. & Environ. Hazards

F1 / F2 & F3

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ICTJA Research Strategy2014-2017

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