UPFLOW project presentation by Prof Ana Ferreira

UPFLOW: Project studies rising movements of the Earth’s mantle to ultimately better understand the origin of volcanic islands, volcanism and earthquakes.  

The UPFLOW project – which studies the upward movements of rocks inside the Earth and their implicativos for the origin of earthquakes and the formation of volcanoes – was the subject of a public seminar at the University of the Azores. 
56 ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) were launched into the sea, a piece of equipment that lasts for a year on the seabed and which records, through sensors, the movements of the Earth’s mantle – the placement of the OBSs in the Azores area coincided with the beginning of the seismovolcanic crisis on the island of São Jorge in 2022.

Ana Ferreira, project coordinator, explained that the data collected over a year is still being analyzed by a team of researchers from several universities.

Original article (in Portuguese): https://acores.rtp.pt/local/upflow-projeto-estuda-movimentos-de-ascensao-do-manto-terrestre-para-conhecer-melhor-origem-dos-sismos/ 

Links:

• Prof Ana Ferreira’s academic profile
• Dr Ana Ferreira has secured prestigious EU funding
• Scientists record Earth’s ‘pulse’ at the bottom of the ocean
• Deep-sea devices ‘hear’ earthquakes, singing whales and an exploding ship

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