ENIGMA ITN

European training Network for In situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments

ENIGMA is an Innovative Training Network funded by the European Commission (3866 k€) from 2017 to 2020

ENIGMA website: https://enigma-itn.eu/

The ENIGMA ITN ( European training Network for In situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments) aims at training a new generation of young researchers in the development of innovative methods for imaging process dynamics in subsurface hydrosystems, in order to enhance understanding and predictive modelling capacities and to transfer these innovations to the economic sector.

The 15 young future PhD students will contribute to develop the spatial representation of subsurface heterogeneity, fluxes, chemical reactions and microbial activity, through the integration of data and approaches from geophysics, hydrology, soil physics, and biochemistry.

The network ENIGMA gather 21 partners (15 academic and 6 industrial) from 8 European countries.

Each of the 15 future PhD students will conduct the research work in 2 or 3 institutions, in collaboration with the industrial partners.

Started in January 2017, the Enigma ITN will run until December 2020.

Peer-reviewed publications from the project (here):

  • Jorge Lopez-Alvis,Thomas Hermans, Frédéric Nguyen (2019) A cross-validation framework to extract data features for reducing structural uncertainty in subsurface heterogeneity, Advances in Water Resources, 133, 103427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.103427

  • Carlos Duque, Soren Jessen, Joel Tirado-Conde, Sachin Karan and Peter Engesgaard (2019) Application of Stable isotopes of Water to Study Coupled Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Nutrient Delivery, Water, 11(9):1842, https://doi.org/10.3390/w11091842

  • Joel Tirado-Conde, Peter Engesgaard, Sachin Karan, Sascha Müller, and Carlos Duque (2019) Evaluation of Temperature Profiling and Seepage Meter Methods for Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Coastal Lagoons: Impacts of Saltwater Intrusion and the Associated Thermal Regime, Water ,11(8): 1648. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11081648

  • Richard Hoffmann, Alain Dassargues, Pascal Goderniaux, and Thomas Hermans (2019) Heterogeneity and Prior Uncertainty Investigation Using a Joint Heat and Solute Tracer Experiment in Alluvial Sediments, Frontiers in Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00108

  • Satoshi Izumoto, Johan Alexander Huisman, Yuxin Wu, and Harry Vereecken (2019) Effect of solute concentration on the spectral induced polarization response of calcite precipitation, Geophysical Journal International, ggz515, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz515

  • Blazevic, L.A.; Bodet, L.; Pasquet, S.; Linde, N.; Jougnot, D.; Longuevergne, L. Time-Lapse Seismic and Electrical Monitoring of the Vadose Zone during A Controlled Infiltration Experiment at the Ploemeur Hydrological Observatory, France. Water 2020, 12, 1230. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051230

  • Palacios, A., Ledo, J. J., Linde, N., Luquot, L., Bellmunt, F., Folch, A., Marcuello, A., Queralt, P., Pezard, P. A., Martínez, L., del Val, L., Bosch, D., and Carrera, J.: Time-lapse cross-hole electrical resistivity tomography (CHERT) for monitoring seawater intrusion dynamics in a Mediterranean aquifer, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2121–2139. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2121-2020

  • Molron, J., Linde, N., Baron, L., Selroos, J.-O., Darcel, C., & Davy, P. (2020). Which fractures are imaged with Ground Penetrating Radar? Results from an experiment in the Äspö Hardrock Laboratory, Sweden. Eng. Geol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105674