Jobs:Job-01715
Apply before: 1 December 2024
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Posting:
Position: Two graduate students
Apply before: 1 December 2024
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Fault displacement hazard: This PhD project has the broad goal of enhancing our ability to anticipate key characteristics of a tectonic fault rupture– such as the location, width and the associated uncertainties– before the earthquake occurs. Achieving this goal requires deepening our understanding of fault mechanics in the shallow crust and improving our interpretation of the landscape to learn about past earthquakes. The core project will focus on analyzing the natural, or aleatoric, variability in rupture location through a quantitative and systematized analysis of hundreds of paleoseismic trenches and nearby tectonic landforms. The project will involve extensive paleoseismic trench analysis, quantitative methodologies, scientific publication writing and collaboration with industry geologists. We seek candidates with a strong background in geology (course work in structural geology and/or geomorphology), math (statistics, multivariate calculus and/or linear algebra) and experience with coding in Matlab or Python.
Fragile geologic features: This PhD project has the broad goal of assessing unexceeded ground motions in an area by developing understanding about fragile geologic features, in particular precariously balanced rocks. This understanding includes the geomorphic processes controlling the evolution of their fragility, thus informing the context for their use in seismic hazard studies. The core project will focus on producing and analyzing PBR inventories in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, testing models for their formation following glacial ice retreat, and using them to refine hazard estimates in an area without nearby fault sources. The project will involve extensive field work, deployment of robotic systems, quantitative methodologies, scientific publication writing and collaboration with industry geologists. We seek candidates with a strong background in geology (course work in geomorphology), math (statistics, multivariate calculus and/or linear algebra) and experience with coding in Matlab or Python.
Please contact Chelsea Scott (cpscott1@asu.edu), Ramon Arrowsmith (ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu) or Jnaneshwar Das (jdas5@asu.edu) with any questions.
Graduate applications are due by Dec 1, 2024. Please apply here (https://sese.asu.edu/admission/graduate-admission).
A modest number of waivers for application fees are likely to be available on a first-come, first served basis.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Chelsea Scott
Chelsea Scott
Assistant Research Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration
