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USGS is currently recruiting a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow for a project on Marine Geohazards of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, with three general areas of interest: the relationship of Quaternary sediment distribution and stratigraphy to seafloor processes and earthquake history; links between tectonic geomorphology, upper plate structure, and deeper subduction processes; and the influence of fluids and 3D structural interactions on the mechanics of subduction zone forearcs.

A full description of the opportunity is available here:
https://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/opps/2019/17-10%20Hill.htm

General information about the Mendenhall Fellowship program:
https://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/

An info flyer about our Marine Geohazards project:

https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/subduction-zone-marine-geohazards-project-plans

Potential applicants may contact Jenna Hill (jhill@usgs.gov) or one of the other research advisors associated with this project prior to putting together their research proposal.

These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics. Quite a long list with lots of interesting stuff from all over the world. Enjoy! more

The following open position may be of interest for the tectonics community:

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris has an opening for a post-doctoral position to
carry out research in tectonics and structural geology. The project (PI: Martine Simoes) is
funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) to assess active deformation and
seismic hazards in slowly deforming orogens, by quantifying deformation over various timescales,
from long-term geological deformation down in time to short-term processes at the scale
of the seismic cycle. The Western Kunlun mountain range (China) will be considered as a case
example.

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These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, active tectonics and tsunami, including a special issue on the Alpine Fault in New Zealand. Enjoy! more

The Tien Shan takes up about 20 mm/yr of N-S shortening as a result of the India-Eurasia convergence. Recent paleoseismological studies have shown that the shortening is accommodated by a large number of faults, whose slip rates are relatively low. Although the historical earthquake catalogues only reach back a few hundred years, we know that the Tien Shan has seen some of the strongest intracontinetal quakes world-wide with magnitudes exceeding M8. Paleoseismological studies have revealed a large number of surface-rupturing earthquakes, too. But the question is: Do all these known faults rupture in strong earthquakes? In a recent paper, my colleagues and I argue that there is at least one major fault in the Northern Tien Shan that is creeping (Mackenzie et al., 2018). more

These are the latest papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics. Enjoy!

• Mackenzie, D., Walker, R., Abdrakhmatov, K., Campbell, G., Carr, A., Gruetzner, C., … & Rizza, M. (2018). A creeping intracontinental thrust fault: Past and present slip-rates on the northern edge of the Tien Shan, Kazakhstan. Geophysical Journal International.
• Brooks, G. R. (2018). Deglacial record of palaeoearthquakes interpreted from mass transport deposits at three lakes near Rouyn‐Noranda, north‐western Quebec, Canada. Sedimentology.
• Jay, C. N., Flesch, L. M., & Bendick, R. O. (2018). Kinematics and dynamics of the Pamir, Central Asia: Quantifying the roles of continental subduction in force balance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

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USGS is currently advertising an interesting position for a paleoseismologist – permanent and full time.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/507754800

Opening and closing date: 08/10/2018 to 09/10/2018 (I am not sure if that means 10 August to 10 September or 8-9 October…)

Duties:

–Perform field-based paleoseismic research to characterize the chronology of past earthquakes or slip rates on faults in the greater San Andreas fault system in northern California.

–Perform geological research to characterize crustal deformation in northern California and elsewhere. more

A couple of interesting positions are currently open for earthquake geology, tectonics, and paleoseismology people:

• PostDoc in active tectonics, structural geology, tectonic geomorphology and/or paleoseismology, GFZ Potsdam
• University Professor of Tectonics/Structural Geology, Uni Mainz
• Associate Professor in Structural Geology, Uni Oslo
• Two permanent research positions in Geodynamics at the Spanish Research Council
• Five permanent research positions for the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME) Shallow geothermics, geohazards, structural geology and tectonics, subsurface geology
• Tectonophysics TT job at CSU Fullerton
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Uni Brighton
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Geology, Uni Brighton
• Teaching Fellow in Physical Geography, Uni Hull
• PostDoc position “Tectonic and metamorphic evolution of the Mariana convergent margin with emphasis on fault- and fluid-systems in the Mariana forearc” at Uni Graz
• PhD positions on earthquakes, seismic hazard at the University of Camerino, Italy
• PhD or Post-Doc position ” interdisciplinary project to quantify and model microstructural evolution in hydrothermal crack-seal veins” at RWTH Aachen University
• Postdoctoral Geophysicist/ Seismologist, GFZ Potsdam

This time we have an impressive variety of earthquake study sites: Turkey, China, USA, Tadjik Basin, Italy, Japan, Sumatra, Himalayas, Spain, Mexico, Balkans, Mars, laboratory. Who could possibly ask for more? Plus some interesting work on fault physics. Check out the latest papers on earthquakes, active tectonics, and paleoseismicity:

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