Maria Rosário Carvalho

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Assistant Professor 
Email: mdrcarvalho@fc.ul.pt 
Telephone Number: (351) 91-951-2077 
Extension: 351919512077 
Room: 6.3.50 
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

2000: PhD in Geology, Speciality of Hydrogeology, University of Lisbon

1990: MSc in Economic and Applied Geology, University of Lisbon

1989: Degree in Economic and Applied Geology, University of Lisbon

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5275-1311

SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7201413947

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M_Carvalho


Scientific Interests

Main Interests: 

  • Hydrogeology

  • Hydrogeochemistry and geochemical modelling

  • Numerical modelling of flow and contaminant transport in porous media

  • Hydromineral and Geothermal resources evaluation

Top 10 Publications: 

Fernandes, P., Carvalho, M.R., Silva, M.C., Rebelo, A., Zeferino, J. (2019). Application of nitrogen and boron isotopes for tracing sources of anthropogenic contamination in Monforte – Alter do chão Aquifer System, Portugal. Sustain. Water Resour. Manag. (2019) 5:249-266 DOI 10.1007/s40899-018-0265-1.

Carreira, M.P., Carvalho M.R., Nunes, J.C., Grassa, F., Capasso, G., Marques, J.M. (2017). Preliminary geochemical and isotopic results in thermal and cold waters of Graciosa volcanic Island (Azores). 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, WRI-1. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 17: 630 – 633. / doi: 10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.169.

Martins, T.A., Leitão, T.E., Carvalho, M.R. (2017). Assessment of Wastewater Contaminants Retention for a Soil-aquifer Treatment System Using Soil-column Experiments. 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, WRI-1. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 17: 332-335. /doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.084

Carvalho MR, Mateus A, Nunes JC, Carvalho JM (2015) Origin and chemical nature of the thermal fluids at Caldeiras da Ribeira Grande (Fogo Volcano, S. Miguel Island, Azores). Environmental Earth Sciences, 73 (6): 2793-2808.

Mateus A, Carvalho MR, Nunes JC, Carvalho JM (2015) Influence of wall-rock alteration and fluid mixing mechanisms in the chemistry of thermal fluids and mud-pool sediments at Caldeiras da Ribeira Grande (S. Miguel Island, Azores). Environmental Earth Sciences, 73 (6): 2809-2831.

Carvalho, M.R., A. Mateus, J.C. Nunes, J.M. Carvalho (2011). Chemistry of the Ferraria thermal water, S. Miguel Island, Azores: mixing and precipitation processes. Environmental Earth Sciences, 64(2): 539-547, DOI 10.1007/s12665-010-0877-8; WOS:000294347100023; ISSN: 1866-6280; De los Ríos, A., Bustillo, A., Ascaso, A.,

Carvalho, M.R. (2011). Bioconstructions in ochreous speleothems from lava tubes on Terceira Island (Azores). Sedimentary Geology. 236: 117-128, DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.12.012; WOS:000289387800008; ISSN: 0037-0738

Carvalho, M.R., Forjaz, V.H., Almeida, C. (2006). Chemical Composition of Deep Hydrothermal Fluids in the Ribeira Grande Geothermal Field (São Miguel, Azores). Special Issue “Volcanic Geology of the Azores Islands”, of Jour. Volcanol. Geothermal Research, 56, 116-134. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.015

Projects (10 most relevant): 

2006/07    “HYDROARID – Avaliação do potencial hidrogeológico e monitorização da intrusão salina em áreas semi-áridas usando uma aproximação multidisciplinar: aplicação às ilhas de Santiago e Maio (Cabo Verde)”. Projecto financiado pela FCT, contrato POCI/CTE-GEX/55399/2004. A entidade proponente foi a Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências (FFC/FC/UL), sob a liderança científica do Professor Doutor Fernando Acácio Monteiro Santos. Conta com a participação do Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), do Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UTL) e do Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN/MCTES).

2007/11    “INOGAZ- Isótopos, gases nobres e interacção água-rocha no grupo central das ilhas dos Açores: uma contribuição para a avaliação do potencial geotérmico e risco sismo-vulcânico”. Projecto financiado pela FCT, contrato IPTDC/CTE-GIN/68851/2006.. A Universidade dos Açores é a entidade proponente. Membro da Equipa.

2008/12   ”Estudio de rocas/sedimentos silicios con minerales metaestables y su aportación  al conocimiento  de  la diagénesis temprana en ambiente continental”, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, financiado pelo Plan Nacional de Investigación, Espanha, CGL- 2008-05584-CO2-01. Membro da Equipa.

PTDC/AAG-MAA/2891/2012 The Cabeço de Vide mineral waters (Central Portugal): a natural analogue to increase understanding of the origin of life on Earth and possibly elsewhere. Jun/2013 a Mai/2015 – Financiamento: 167,682.00 €. FCUL =

2013/17 IMAGE Project (Integrated Methods for Advanced Geothermal Exploration) – European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No: No: 608553. Goal of the project is to develop an integrated geothermal exploration approach based on state-of-the-art scientific methods. The project is co-funded for four years by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) and started on the 1st of November 2013.

Books & Chapters (up to 10): 

Zeferino, J., Carvalho, M.R., Ferreira, T., Silva, M.C., Afonso, M.J., Freitas, L., Lopes, A.R., Jesus, R., Batista, S., Chaminé, H.I., Carvalho, J.M. (2018). Forecasting and Mass Transport Modelling of Nitrates in the Esposende – Vila do Conde Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (Portugal). In Chaminé, H.I, Barbieri, M., Kisi, O., Chen, M., Merkel, B.J. (Ed). Advances in Sustainable and Environmental Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Water Resources, Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01571-8, Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01572-5: 95-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5_23

Antunes, P., Carvalho, M.R. (2018) Surface and Groundwater in Volcanic Islands: Water from Azores Islands. In: Kueppers U., Beier C. (eds). Volcanoes of the Azores. Active Volcanoes of the World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32226-6_13. ISBN 978-3-642-32225-9.  Online ISBN 978-3-642-32226-6.  EBook Packages Earth and Environmental Science, 301-329.

Carvalho, J.M., Afonso, M.J., Teixeira, J., Freitas, L., Lopes, A.R., Jesus, R., Batista, S., Carvalho, M.R., Chaminé, H.I. (2018). Groundwater favourable infiltration zones on granitic areas (Central Portugal). In Chaminé, H.I, Barbieri, M., Kisi, O., Chen, M., Merkel, B.J. (Ed). Advances in Sustainable and Environmental Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Water Resources, Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01571-8, Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01572-5: 317-320. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5_75.

Marques, J.M., Matias, M.J., Carreira, P.M., Carvalho, M.R., Goff, F., Basto, M.J., Graça, R.C., Andrade, M., Rocha, L., Aires-Barros, L. (2007). Tracing high pH mineral waters ascribed to ultramafic rocks (Central Portugal): Conceptual vs. numerical modelling. Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy’s Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage. Editors – Laurence Chery & Ghislain de Marsily, 596 p. ISBN: 9780415443555, Chaper 26, pp. 351-364.

Carreira, P.M., Marques, J.M., Carvalho, M.R., Monteiro Santos, F.A., Matias, H., Luzio, R., Nunes, D. (2007). Fluid/mineral equilibrium calculations and chemical geothermometry of Monção thermal waters (NW-Portugal): a tool to estimate the deep thermal water composition. Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy’s Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage. Editors – Laurence Chery & Ghislain de Marsily, 596 p. ISBN: 9780415443555, Chaper 27, pp. 365-378.

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

Marques, C.A, Carvalho, M.R., Taborda, R (2019). Aquifer contamination by coastal floods in the plain of Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal. 2nd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ’19), Lajes do Pico, Azores

Carreira, M.P., Capasso, G., Grassa, F, Carvalho M.R., Marques, J.M., Sousa Oliveira, A., Vieira da Silva, A. (2019). Isotopic and geochemical composition of water and gaseous phases associated to Sandim-CO2 RICH hydromineral system (NE-Portugal) – preliminary results. IAEA – International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology, 20–24 May 2019, Vienna, Austria

Zeferino, J., Carvalho, M.R., Ferreira, T., Silva, M.C., Afonso, M.J., Freitas, L., Lopes, A.R., Jesus, R., Batista, S., Chaminé, H.I., Carvalho, J.M. (2019). Forecasting and Mass Transport Modelling of Nitrates in the Esposende – Vila do Conde Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (Portugal). ). 1stConference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2018), Hammamet, Tunisia from 12 to 15 November 2018

Freitas, A., Sá, H., Carvalho, M.R., Nunes, J.C. (2017).  Chemical and Isotopical Signature of “Quenturas” Thermal Water, Furnas Volcano, Azores: A Contribution for the Aquifer Conceptual Model, 2ndInternational Interdisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters, 26th – 31stMarch 2017, Vila de Luso, Portugal.

 Carreira, M.P., Antunes da Silva, M., Marques, J.M., Carvalho, M.R. (2017). Isotopic Signatures of CO2-Rich Mineral Waters: N – Portugal vs. Galicia -Spain, , 2ndInternational Interdisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters, 26th – 31stMarch 2017, Vila de Luso, Portugal, 2 pp.

Martins, T.A., Leitão, T.E., Carvalho, M.R. (2017). Assessment of Wastewater Contaminants Retention for a Soil-aquifer Treatment System Using Soil-column Experiments. 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, WRI-1

Carreira, M.P., Carvalho M.R., Nunes, J.C., Grassa, F., Capasso, G., Marques, J.M. (2017). Preliminary geochemical and isotopic results in thermal and cold waters of Graciosa volcanic Island (Azores). 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, Luso, Portugal

Salvador, N., Monteiro, J.P., Silva, M.M., Carvalho, M.R, (2017). Hydrochemistry of Mediterranean Temporary Ponds and Associated Groundwater in SW Portugal. 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, Évora, Portugal

Nunes, J.C., Coelho, L., Carvalho, M.R., Garcia, J., Cerdeira, R., Carvalho, J.M. (2016). Geothermal Energy Use, Country Update for Portugal. European Geothermal Congress 2016 Strasbourg, France, 19-24 Sept 2016.

Nunes, J.C., Carvalho, J.M., Carvalho, M.R. (2016). New geologic insights for the Pico Alto Geothermal Field (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal) as a key tool for its conceptual modelling. European Geothermal Congress 2016 Strasbourg, France, 19-24 Sept 2016.

Carvalho, J.M., Nunes, J.C., Carvalho, M.R. (2016). Direct uses as environmental mitigation measure in Ribeira Grande Geothermal Field (S. Miguel, Azores Islands, Portugal). European Geothermal Congress 2016 Strasbourg, France, 19-24 Sept 2016

About Rosário Carvalho:
Geologist, PhD in Geology in the Specialty of Hydrogeology, with thesis on Hydrogeology of Fogo Volcano (São Miguel Island). Experience in teaching, research and consulting since 1990, in the areas of Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Geothermia and Environment.