Deadline for applications is October, 15 2013.

PROJECT OUTLINE

• Tectonic plates sinking over millions of years? Megaearthquakes & tsunamis? Global fluxes of elements?... How do stresses and energy release, via earthquakes and fluid-mediated mass transfer, interact on such varied spatial and temporal scales (from 10-4 to 106-7 yr)? Time to ZIP (Zoom In between Plates), into the subduction plate interface!
• ZIP entails a total of 12 PhD and 2 postdoctoral positions. ZIP project is a Marie Curie ITN (International Training Network) collaborative research and training effort between 12 leading international universities, research centers and 10 industrial partners.
• ZIP research work packages WP1-2-3 are based on process understanding to reach the following overarching goals: (1) determine the plate interface dimensions, geometry and physical properties, (2) model time-integrated material fluxes, (3) constrain how rock rheologies control seismicity, mega-earthquake nucleation and rupture propagation.
• ZIP provides a whole set of unique, innovative training events!

FOR MORE DETAILS: http://www.zip-itn.eu

Check positions at: http://www.zip-itn.eu/job-opportunities/job-offers/

To apply, before Oct. 15: http://www.zip-itn.eu/job-opportunities/recruitment-form/

For further information, contact us at:
philippe.agard@upmc.fr
ouerdia.oumohand@upmc.fr