People can look at things for years and not get it right ..
Prof. Brian Jacobs (1938 – 2001; Ireland’s Leading Geophysicist)
Marine Hydrocarbon Exploration & Exploitation
- Simulation of petroleum prolific areas by integrating geophysical data
- Scenarios for petroleum generation, migration and accumulation
- Assess the petroleum system and potential reservoirs for oil industry
Gas Hydrates & Fluid Flow Modelling
- Sediment alteration during hydrate formation
- Transport model of methane bearing fluids coupled with:
- Thermodynamic hydrate stability, and
- Pore pressure evolution including hydrate dissociation
Geo-informatics
- Geodata processing & modelling
- Spatial data analysis and visualization
- Video-mosaicking, marine habitat mapping
- Interactive Web GIS linked to marine sensor networks
Marine Resource Management
- Coldwater (deepsea) corals
- Environmental Assessments
- Geo-information (Marine GIS)
- International Environmental Law & Ocean Policy & Bio-diplomacy