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Looking for a PhD student to work on wave-cut marine terraces

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, , Germany
Apply before: 15 January 2024

Posting: Position: PhD student Apply before: 15 January 2024 Apply online: https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/career/job-offers/details/8908

I am looking for a PhD student to join a DFG-funded project investigating the creation and preservation of wave-cut marine terraces. The research is co-led by Sumiko Tsukamoto at LIAG Hannover and the University of Tübingen.

Marine terraces can be crucial to decipher crustal deformation over multiple earthquake cycles and constrain the associated seismic hazard. Yet, the environmental controls on their creation and preservation remain relatively poorly known and the models proposed for their creation have been insufficiently tested.

The objective of this project is to identify and quantify which environmental conditions (i.e., rock uplift, wave power, lithology, etc.) promote or hinder the creation and preservation of marine terraces. The field sites for the project are the Noto Peninsula and the island of Sado on the NW shore of Japan. The PhD project mixes field work, topographic analysis, and numerical modeling.

You will find more information and the application procedure here: https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/career/job-offers/details/8908

Feel free to contact me if you have further questions about the project and the application procedure, I’ll be happy to help.

Best wishes and a happy end of the year! Luca

Dr. Luca C. Malatesta, he/him
luca.malatesta@gfz-potsdam.de
Earth Surface Signals group leader
Earth Surface Process Modelling Section 4.7, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

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Of interest for:

Marine Working Group

Coastal Working Group