[Geoinfo] Fwd: PhD scholarships in Geophysics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand-March 1 deadline

[Patricia Alvarado]

PhD students are sought to work on several seismological and
geophysical topics within the Institute of Geophysics, School of
Geography, Environment, and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of
Wellington (VUW).

1.      Subduction zone structure — VUW geophysicists are involved in
a large-scale collaborative study of the subduction  zone structure
under the Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand involving
investigators from New Zealand, Japan and the United States.  The aim
of this project is to determine the material properties of the
subduction thrust and other boundaries and thus determine the
properties of a locked subduction zone.  This project combines active
onshore–offshore seismic recordings of explosions and airgun sources
with passive (earthquake) recordings using short period and broadband
recorders.



2.      Fault zone structure in the region of the magnitude 7.1
Darfield and the Christchurch aftershock — we have a wealth of data
from 15 broadband stations that recorded aftershocks of the Darfield
earthquake.  This PhD will be focused on comparing several
methodologies to compare the fault zone to the region surrounding it,
including using cross correlations of seismic noise to measure
time-varying properties.



3.      Deep Fault Drilling Project, Alpine Fault — several studies
addressing the structure and evolution of the Alpine Fault in the
South Island are underway, including analysis of data collected in
shallow boreholes drilled into the fault in early 2011.  Plans are now
underway for deeper boreholes targeting the fault at 1.5 km depth, and
students interested in working on the microstructural, seismological,
or pressure-/temperature-monitoring data from the boreholes are
encouraged to contact us.



4.      Alpine Fault seismicity — we currently operate a 10 station
network of seismographs spanning the central section of the Alpine
Fault with the plan to locate and map hypocentres  of events with
magnitudes as small as zero. We are seeking a student to work on  all
aspects of the network and earthquakes, including newly discovered
induced seismicity and non-volcanic tremor.



5.      Structural studies using seismic noise — the use of seismic
noise as a source of energy with which to study earth structure is a
new technique that has been rapidly evolving in the last decade.  This
PhD will use several of the datasets discussed above to further
develop the techniques and to determine the velocity structure in
selected regions of New Zealand.



6.      Seismological studies of geothermal areas.  We are in the
process of developing projects focussed on seismicity and structure
around geothermal fields in New Zealand.



The next deadline for scholarship applications is 1 March 2012 and the
application is free of charge: successful scholarship applicants from
any country receive a NZ$23,500 stipend and all tuition fee payments.
Full details regarding the application process are available from the
Faculty of Graduate Research at
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/prospective-phds/applying.aspx. All
prospective applicants should contact Professor Martha Savage
(martha.savage en vuw.ac.nz) or Associate Professor John Townend
(john.townend en vuw.ac.nz) at the earliest opportunity for further
details regarding these projects.





Martha Savage
Professor of Geophysics
SGEES
Victoria University of Wellington
Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui

Cotton 522
Box 600, Wellington, 6140
New Zealand

Email: Martha.Savage en vuw.ac.nz
DDI: +64 (0)4 463-5961
mobile:  021-262-7516

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