Hi Chris,
I saw your advert (in the Tectonics and structural geology forum) for
a post-doc position on basin-scale salt tectonics and growth of salt-
related normal faults and impacts on sedimentary patterns.
I have one student who is currently finishing his Ph.D. (defence
planned early July), who may fit the job requirements. His name is
Nicolas Sellier and he will soon get in touch with you. He is
currently filling the forms of the Imperial College for that position.
His Ph.D. work focused on looking experimentally at how the
progressive turbidity sediments could trigger movement of salt and its
overlying overburden. For that, he designed a completely new kind of
apparatus in which analogues of turbid currents, comprising a fine-
grained sediment fraction (in his case, water with fine silica or PVC
fraction in suspension), progressively loaded and mobilized the
substrate. This approach combines both the regular stratigraphic
modelling approaches (à la Chris Paola in Minneapolis or George Posma
in Utrecht) and the other classic approach of tectonic physical
modelling (too many names to quote here).
He results are quite innovative.
Nicolas also has great abilities at interpreting seismic data related
to salt tectonics, abilities that, you are aware of that, are quite
rare outside of the Oil and Gas Industry. I think that he could be a
great candidate for this post. I have talked to him about the
practical sides of such a position (he and his partner have a newly
born child) and there does not seem to be any significant hindrance,
since Lille is only a bit more than two hours away from London Saint-
Pancras.
Nicolas has yet to translate his CV in English. Me, I the meantime, am
leaving for 8 days to the field, coaching some undergrads in the Jura,
where I’ll have access to the neither internet nor my mails. Maybe
Nicolas will email you his CV while I’ll be off the 21st-century
technological world, or he’ll wait until I am back (on the 26th) to
send you a revised version.
In any case, this is an application that you should carefully
consider. He is well versed in salt tectonics, unlike many other
applicants. On the publishing side, his dossier is a bit weak but will
improve drastically soon. This is largely my fault for lack of time, I
did not get the time to add my participation to what he has written
months and months ago. But this will be taken care of soon. I have no
doubts that, provided with a great seismic data set Nicolas, he will b
able to complete and write interesting and innovative interpretative
work in no time.
Best regards,
Bruno
PS: I am sending a CC of this message to Nicolas so that you have his
e-mail address.
Le 6 mai 11 à 16:03, Christopher Jackson a écrit :
> Hi All,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting, but please find below information
> regarding a PDRA position at Imperial College. If you have any
> questions regarding this position, please email me directly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Imperial College London
>
> Post-Doctoral Research Associate
> in Basin Analysis
>
> A fixed term post for two years
>
> Salary in the range £30,680-£39,130 per annum
>
> Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate
> (PDRA) to join a multidisciplinary research group investigating the
> tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins. In
> particular, we would like to receive applications from candidates
> with interests in one or several of the following:
>
> • Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of rift basins
> • Three-dimensional development of inversion structures
> • Basin-scale salt tectonics
> • Growth of salt-related normal fault arrays and impact on
> sedimentation patterns
> • Subsurface analysis of igneous bodies
>
> The research project will be undertaken within the Petroleum
> Geoscience and Engineering Research Section of the Department of
> Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. Applicants
> should be educated to at least PhD level. You will join a dynamic,
> close-knit, interdisciplinary research team and you will contribute
> to the Department of Earth Science and Engineering’s commitment to
> develop novel, integrated methods for the tectono-stratigraphic
> analysis of sedimentary basins. The successful applicant will be
> encouraged to develop their research career over a longer timescale
> within this framework.
>
> Informal inquiries about the position can be made to Dr. Christopher
> Jackson at the address below. Alternatively, e-mail [log in to unmask]
> or telephone +44 (0) 20 7594 6538. Further information about the
> department can be found at www.imperial.ac.uk/ese. The successful
> applicant will join the Sedimentary Basins Research Group (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/research/basins
> )
>
> Our preferred method of application is via http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment
> . Select “Job Search” and enter the job reference EN20110073.
> Please quote this reference and PDRA in all correspondence. Please
> complete and upload an application form as directed and submit any
> other relevant supporting documents such as your full CV. Should
> you have any queries please contact: Mrs Darakshan Khan ([log in to unmask]
> ).
>
> Closing date: Friday 27th May 2011
>
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