ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, TECTONIC PROCESSES
                                  
Departments of Oceanography and Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University,
and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Applications are invited for a tenure-track assistant professor position in
Tectonic Processes. The successful candidate will be appointed in both
departments and will strengthen tectonics at Dalhousie by teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising M.Sc. and Ph.D. students,
and by developing and maintaining a vigorous externally funded research
programme.

S/he will also be appointed a "Scholar" in the Earth System Evolution
Programme (ESEP) of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR).
Candidates should have an interest in quantitative interdisciplinary
research in relationships between tectonic processes and Earth evolution.
The successful candidate will have a record of achievement and assessed
potential necessary to be appointed by CIAR. As a member of ESEP, the
incumbent will be partly supported by CIAR and during this time will benefit
from reduced teaching responsibilities and from association with an
international network of researchers in earth system sciences.

A Ph.D. is required by date of appointment and post-doctoral experience is
desirable. Applications should include a c.v., statement of
research/teaching objectives, names, addresses, phone and emails of four
referees; and be sent to:

                Chair, Tectonics Search Committee
                   Department of Earth Sciences
                        Dalhousie University
                        Halifax, NS Canada
                              B3H 3J5
                                  
                        Phone (902)494-2358
                         FAX (902)494-6889
                    Email: [log in to unmask]
                                  
For more information see our websites:
http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca
http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/es-home.htm
http://www.ciar.ca

Applications will be considered as soon as they are complete, but will be
accepted until March 31, 1999.

Dalhousie University is an employee Equity / Affirmative Action Employer.
The University encourages applications from qualified women, Aboriginal
peoples, racially visible people and persons with disability. In accordance
with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian
citizens and permanent residents.
                                  

CIAR Scholar and Assistant Professor in Tectonic Processes

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Dalhousie University are
committed to strengthen research at Dalhousie and in the Earth System
Evolution program of CIAR through the appointment of a CIAR 'Scholar'
(tenure track Assistant Professor) in Tectonic Processes. The appointment
will be made jointly by the Oceanography and Earth Sciences Departments and
be equally funded by CIAR and Dalhousie for the first five years, after
which time Dalhousie will fully fund the position.

We are seeking a young earth scientist with proven abilities and outstanding
potential. We anticipate that the successful applicant will complement
Dalhousie's and ESEP's existing strengths and broaden our capabilities in
the following manner.

Earth Sciences and Oceanography at Dalhousie have established strengths in
Oceanographic research (Physical, Biological, Chemical and Geological
subdisciplines), Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geochronology (Argon-Argon,
Fission Track and Luminescence laboratories), and Tectonics. In particular,
Tectonics research encompasses aspects of structural, metamorphic and
igneous geology, geodynamics, seismic crustal studies, geochronology,
sedimentology and economic geology. We seek a person with expertise to
complement and integrate across our existing tectonic strengths.

CIAR continues to support the Geodynamics Group at Dalhousie, which focusses
on tectonic processes through the development and application of
geodynamical computer models. These models include mantle-lithosphere
interactions; crustal deformation and thermal evolution; the Earth's
response to surface processes; and the formation of sedimentary basins and
sedimentation within these basins.  We seek a person with quantitative
abilities who will contribute to the    development and/or application of
geodynamical models, will develop a  complementary, innovative research
program, and will apply the results of this research to primary problems in
tectonics.

The CIAR Earth System Evolution Program seeks an improved understanding of
earth system interactions responsible for the development of the solid
earth, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. Tectonic processes, mantle
dynamics, and their consequences for the Earth's surface, are held to be key
components in the Earth System. The CIAR-ESEP network brings together an
internationally respected group of scientists. The existing focal points in
geochemistry and geodynamics will be broadened to include among other
fields, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, paleobiology, tectonics, and
surficial processes. The Dalhousie 'Scholar' will strengthen the tectonics
component of the program directly and the ESEP program as a whole by
developing research that leads to improved understanding of the impact of
tectonics on other components of the Earth System.
_______________________________________________________________________
Dr. Rebecca A. Jamieson
Department of Earth Sciences,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5

phone: (902) 494-3771
fax: (902) 494-6889
e-mail: [log in to unmask]



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