[CIG-SEISMO] USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Opportunity

[Brad Aagaard]

USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Opportunity

Improving Ground Motion Forecasts for Future Earthquakes

This Research Opportunity focuses on developing methods to improve our
understanding of 3-D and 4-D earth structure (physical properties and
fault evolution) and applying them to the San Francisco Bay area. The
applicant must have a background in earthquake seismology,
computational elastodynamics, tectonophysics, or a similar relevant
field. The research under this Opportunity should involve use of the
improved structural model(s) in simulating ground motions from
moderate or large earthquakes, or long-term fault kinematics while
focusing on one or more of the following areas:

    1. Improving the characterization of the crustal structure in the
    San Francisco Bay area using adjoint methods with earthquake and
    active source data.

    2. Joint inversion of two or more geophysical datasets to determine
    physical properties and geologic structure.

    3. Characterization of short-length scale variations in physical
    properties within geologic units, such as those related to
    scattering of seismic waves.

    4. Characterization of the uppermost 100 m of the 3-D geological
    structure for improved estimates of site response caused by local
    conditions.

Application deadline: November 12, 2008

Starting date: Between October 2009 and March 2010
Location: U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA

For more information:

   USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship Program:
     http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/

   Opportunity #22
     Improving Ground Motion Forecasts for Future Earthquakes
     http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/2010/opps/opp22.html

   Please questions related to this opportunity, please contact Brad
   Aagaard (baagaard at usgs.gov).