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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Dec 2019)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Oct 2019)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Sep 2019)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (June 2019)
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Postdoc position at Oxford University: Palaeoseismology of Central Asian Earthquake Ruptures
2019-02-22 | in Field work, Jobs | one responseThere is a wonderful, amazing, extraordinary postdoc position open at Oxford University: Palaeoseismology of Central Asian Earthquake Ruptures.
We seek to appoint a postdoctoral research assistant to undertake investigations of large earthquakes within the interior of Asia. The post is part of a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust called EROICA. The successful candidate will work closely with Professor Richard Walker, and will join a vibrant community of active tectonics researchers in Oxford within the Earthquake Geology and Geodesy group.
The researcher will be responsible for the detailed mapping of palaeo-earthquake ruptures, the construction of slip distributions from individual earthquakes, the analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery, the construction of digital topographic models, and the selection of sites for long-term slip-rate determination using field investigation. The PDRA will also be involved in planning and carrying out fieldwork to verify remote-sensing observations, to collect samples for dating, and to excavate and interpret palaeo-seismic trenches. We expect the researcher to help in supervising doctoral and masters student research projects, in addition to undertaking their own research.
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Jan 2019)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Dec 2018)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Nov 2018)
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New papers on paleoseismology, earthquakes, and active tectonics (Oct 2018)
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A creeping intracontinental thrust fault in the Tien Shan
2018-09-10 | in Field work, PaperThe 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